AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart and other reasons Canada’s AI laws need urgent attention
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool. In the hands of public police and other criminal justice agencies, AI can...
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Dua Lipa is a poet too – on National Poetry Day, let’s celebrate the power of words to move us
Getty ImagesThe significance and solace of poetry is closer than you think, I tell budding authors as they arrive at...
From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
Casey Harrell, who has ALS, works with a brain-computer interface to turn his thoughts into words. Nicholas CardBrain-computer interfaces are...
Australia’s privacy regulator just dropped its case against ‘troubling’ facial recognition company Clearview AI. Now what?
Ascannio/ShutterstockThe office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced this week it would be taking no further action against facial recognition...
AI ‘nudify’ sites are being sued for victimising people. How can we battle deepfake abuse?
TheVisualsYouNeed/ShutterstockLast week, the office of the San Francisco City Attorney issued a landmark lawsuit. It’s accusing 16 “nudify” websites of...
A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem
Wes Cockx & Google DeepMind / Better Images of AI, CC BYScientific discovery is one of the most sophisticated human...
The UK risks missing out on the coming AI boom – here’s how it can get back on track
Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has been making cost-cutting announcements ahead of a crunch October budget to...
AI pioneers want bots to replace human teachers – here’s why that’s unlikely
History shows technological solutions in education often fall flat. Alexander Sikov via Getty ImagesOpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy envisions a world...
Neurotechnology is becoming widespread in workplaces – and our brain data needs to be protected
DavidMatos/UnsplashAs remote work became standard around the world during the COVID pandemic, employee surveillance rapidly intensified. Companies started deploying software...
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging. Victor Habbick Visions/Science...
