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

Vox

Still, Mutale Nkonde, a research fellow at Harvard and Stanford who leads the nonprofit AI for the People, told the AP that “the symbolic nature of this is important.”. Then, on Tuesday, the Boston City Council held a hearing about an ordinance to ban facial recognition by the government. Support Vox’s explanatory journalism.

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Apple and Google roll out their new exposure notification tool. Interest seems limited.

Vox

This big public unveiling raises a couple very important questions: Will any government agencies actually build those apps? Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. All Open Sourced content is editorially independent and produced by our journalists. Support Vox’s explanatory journalism.

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Facebook’s war against one of the internet’s worst conspiracy sites

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That hasn’t stopped Natural News from crying censorship and urging readers to appeal to Facebook and even the federal government over the bans. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. All Open Sourced content is editorially independent and produced by our journalists. Support Vox’s explanatory journalism.

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

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In an interview with Foresight for Development , Njonjo discusses the many benefits that foresight methodologies can bring to African governments, including “proactive policies and legislation”, “better solutions to complex problems”, “reducing the number of catastrophes”, and “better use of resources”. Professor Ivana Milojevi?

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

The Verge

million to nonprofits and universities using artificial intelligence and data analytics to better understand the coronavirus crisis, and its impact on vulnerable communities. Governing. ? Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Trending up : Google is giving more than $8.5 Yi-Ling Liu / Wired ).

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The messy politics of Nextdoor

Vox

Vote.org , a nonprofit working with the company on voter turnout initiatives, declined to comment. The platform also provides local public agencies like city governments as well as fire and police departments a direct channel to “easily broadcast information” to several Nextdoor communities at once. Will you help keep Vox free for all?

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