Many experts warn that the use of artificial intelligence creates several challenges regarding biases, especially when employed in a legal setting. AI learns from data that perpetuates existing human …
VA Reveals Industry Partners for First 5G-Enabled Hospital
On Tuesday, the Veteran Affairs Department announced the companies they will partner with on their first 5G enabled hospital. The three companies are Verizon, Microsoft, and Medivis. Verizon will …
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Uber Pays Google $9.7 Million To Settle Legal Beef In Tangled Self-Driving Car Fight
This week, Uber agreed to pay Google nearly $10 million to settle accusations that Uber executives had improperly recruited Google engineers, which resulted in a complex legal fight sparked by Uber's …
Ring cameras can help you spy on your neighbors, but they haven’t really helped police
Amazon's Ring home security devices have been installed in hundreds of thousands of homes and have been advertised as a way to secure homes by providing video footage whenever someone rings the …
Marine Corps Looks to Virtual Reality as a Recruitment Tool
The Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) has filed a request for information this week, aiming to create a "highly-portable virtual reality simulator" to assist the agency in the recruitment of …
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Senators Call for a Moratorium on Government’s Use of Facial Recognition
Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Jeff Merkley have proposed the Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act, aiming to stop the federal government from using the technology until Congress passes …
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Labor Department Joins GSA’s AI Center of Excellence to Automate Procurement Tools
On Thursday, The Technology Transformation Service announced that it would be partnering with the Labor Department, which will join the General Services Administration's Centers of Excellence program …
CBP Expands Facial Recognition Program to Another Southern Border Crossing
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced earlier this week that they plan to expand its facial recognition program ahead of the original date scheduled for this spring. This week, the technology …
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As WhatsApp Tops 2 Billion Users, Its Boss Vows to Defend Encryption
One of the world's leading messaging apps, WhatsApp, has recently surpassed more than two billion active users. Will Cathcart, CEO of WhatsApp, pledged to defend the app's users through enacting new …
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Defense Digital Service is Taking Over a Drone and Counter-Drone Development Team
Rogue Squadron, a California based done focused defense Innovation Unit team has been adopted by the Defense Digital Service's purview, according to a statement released by Defense officials on …