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Academics protest Google’s role in drone murder
"“It is clear that the Pentagon aims to build out Project Maven to armed drones, and its functionality does not need much adjustment to become a target rec…
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Unfiltered: ‘Time is running out’
"In this week’s episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, we talk to New School professor Peter Asaro about the dangers of artificial intelligence technology and…
Google's march to the business of war must be stopped
Should Google, a global company with intimate access to the lives of billions, use its technology to bolster one country’s military dominance? Should it use its…
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Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract
"More than 90 academics in artificial intelligence, ethics, and computer science released an open letter today that calls on Google to end its work on Proj…
Why the world needs to regulate autonomous weapons, and soon
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the UN has just concluded a second round of meetings on lethal autonomous weapons systems in Geneva, und…
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AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up
"Beyond that, the kinds of content Zuckerberg focused on in the hearings were images and videos. From what we know about Facebook’s automated system, at it…
Is Tricking a Robot Hacking?
Abstract The term “hacking” has come to signify breaking into a computer system. A number of local, national, and international laws seek to hold hackers accou…
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AI in Government: Experts Are of Two Minds
"“Right now these systems are either not doing what they’re supposed to be doing or they’re doing things in ways that allow the companies that are selling…
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Microsoft Says AI Advances Will Require New Laws, Regulations
"Microsoft is working on some of these areas through groups such as the Partnership on AI, which includes rivals like Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Goog…
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In 2017, society started taking AI bias seriously
""2017, perhaps, was a watershed year, and I predict that in the next year or two the issue is only going to continue to increase in importance,"…
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The rise of smart machines puts spotlight on 'robot rights'
"Maybe that makes sense from the perspective of pure logic. But Ryan Calo, an expert in robotics and cyber law at the University of Washington in Seattle,…
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Facebook to expand artificial intelligence to help prevent suicide
"But it may be more difficult for tech firms to justify scanning conversations in other situations, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professo…