Jul 26, 2019
Andy and Dave discuss a scathing report on Scotland Yard’s facial recognition software, which researchers at the University of Essex found to have an 81% error rate (but that the Met Police say has an error rate of 0.1%). In related news, Axon announced that it will ban the use of facial recognition systems on its...
Jul 18, 2019
More research from Berkeley and also University of Southern California creates a method to “protect” world leaders against deep fakes, by identifying, among other things, 17 Facial Action Units (such as subtle movements of eyebrows, cheeks, nose, etc, during speech). And research from MIT can take an audio clip and...
Jul 12, 2019
Andy and Dave discuss the update to the US National AI Research and Development Strategic Plan, which establishes 8 objectives for federally funded AI research. Meanwhile, the European Commission starts its pilot phase for ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI, with the first AI Alliance Assembly meeting in Brussels and...
Jul 5, 2019
Russia expert Sam Bendett joins Andy and Dave for a discussion and update on Russia’s latest developments and efforts in AI and autonomy. The group discusses a 30 May meeting, in which Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined the national AI priorities; the Russian AI strategy, originally expected in June, is now...