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Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business

Vox

The company’s commitment to opposing this type of racially biased surveillance technology fits into a welcome trend of actions being taken after anti-police brutality protests have swept the nation. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. Still, organizers and researchers have been clear about what they want next.

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Silicon Valley’s AI frenzy isn’t just another crypto craze

Vox

Generative AI — or the new artificial intelligence that can create original content, including essays, fine art, and software code — is the talk of the town in Silicon Valley. And open source generative AI firm Stability AI says it has paying clients in the film industry who use its software to autogenerate images.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

A proponent of Chaos Theory, trends researcher Bronwyn Williams makes unpredictable futures accessible to businesses that want to thrive amidst accelerating societal and technological change. In 2011, Williams brought her methodology for making sense of disorder and uncovering hidden patterns to Flux Trends. Twitter: @bronwynwilliams.

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How influencers are being recruited to promote the Covid-19 vaccine

Vox

Over the coming weeks and months, the nonprofit is laying the groundwork for a $50 million campaign to encourage Covid-19 vaccination, which the organization thinks could be one of the largest public education efforts ever run in the US. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Three takeaways from a visit to TikTok’s new transparency center

The Verge

Trending up : Google is giving more than $8.5 million to nonprofits and universities using artificial intelligence and data analytics to better understand the coronavirus crisis, and its impact on vulnerable communities. Assuming TikTok survives beyond November, I’d love to visit it in person sometime. Governing. ?

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