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Jibo, the social robot that was supposed to die, is getting a second life

The Verge

The social, lovable robot went viral on Twitter last March when it performed a jaunty dance after telling owners, “The servers out there that let me do what I do will be turned off soon.” That meant its ability to perform many social interactions would wind down on an undefined date, effectively killing Jibo.

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What is NLP? Natural language processing explained

CIO Business Intelligence

They integrate with Slack, Microsoft Messenger, and other chat programs where they read the language you use, then turn on when you type in a trigger phrase. That’s why critics say these programs are always listening; if they weren’t, they’d never know when you need them. Apply the technology to voice and the pool gets even larger.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO Business Intelligence

But casino gaming companies MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment were caught short in this area in recent weeks by hackers using identity-based and social engineering attacks that spoofed identity to gain access to secure systems. It sounds simple, but it could be a hedge against similar social engineering and phishing hacks.

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IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology

The Verge

A December 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study found “empirical evidence for the existence of a wide range of accuracy across demographic differences in the majority of the current face recognition algorithms that were evaluated,” for example. The technology has also come under fire for its role in privacy violations.

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Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups

GeekWire

Commercial customers pay a licensing fee, while academics access the Rosetta code for free — and build and improve on it. studies and postdoctoral work in the Bay Area. ” Baker, who switched to science after first studying social studies in college, didn’t start out with the goal of becoming an entrepreneur.

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What is data science? Transforming data into value

CIO Business Intelligence

While the number of data science degree programs are increasing at a rapid clip, they aren’t necessarily what organizations look for when seeking data scientists. Many organizations look for candidates with PhDs, especially in physics, math, computer science, economics, or even social science. Data science jobs.

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Photoshop’s AI neural filters can tweak age and expression with a few clicks

The Verge

If users choose, they can also send their before and after images anonymously to Adobe for further study. Yap says this sort of approach is new to Photoshop but will hopefully let Adobe temper users’ expectations about AI tools, giving them the license to update the tools more quickly. Image: Adobe.

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