albert fox cahn
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Why the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster
Earlier this week, 23andMe admitted that an October hack was dramatically worse than the company initially admitted, affecting 6.9 million people, not the 14,000 it first reported. 23andMe followed up with an early Christmas present for users: a terms of service update that would force people to give up the right to sue the company.…
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Microsoft’s Calling It Quits on Creepy Emotion Recognition Tech
As part of its overhauled AI ethics policies, Microsoft will phase out public access to AI capabilities that attempt to infer emotions and identity attributes.
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Clearview AI Says It’s Bringing Facial Recognition to Schools
Clearview AI, the surveillance firm notoriously known for harvesting some 20 billion face scans off of public social media searches, said it may bring its technology to schools and other private businesses.
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Boston Dynamics Is Hoping Robot Dogs Are Less Creepy While Fighting Fire
“Spot,” the nascent Terminator on four legs invented by Skynet, er, I mean, Boston Dynamics, has landed its next public safety gig: firefighter.