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A CIO primer on addressing perceived AI risks

CIO

Personal computers, then the internet, and then smartphones all led to opportunities for computer-augmented humanity. Other than those of our fellow humans who hunt for sport it’s rare for species to harm members of other species just for the heck of it. There’s no reason to expect a machine-learning AI to be immune from this fallacy.

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Mozilla acquires the team behind Pulse, an automated status updater for Slack

TechCrunch

Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but the deal is tantamount to an “acqui-hire,” with Mozilla looking to deploy the Pulse team across an array of machine learning (ML) projects. But Pulse sported myriad integrations with business tools that brought similar functionality. ” Feel the pulse.

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Microsoft partners with AiFi to launch Smart Store Analytics, a tracking service for cashierless outlets

TechCrunch

” AiFi’s “smart stores” are grocery stores, sport stadiums and convenience stores equipped with cameras that track what customers pick up and place in their carts, automatically charging their payment cards when they’re ready to check out. million purchases to date.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

The startup’s experimenting with machine learning as well, focusing on the tech’s ability to create visuals and 360-degree videos for product demos. internet users were expected to shop in VR ahead of the 2022 holiday season. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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Meet the 7 winners of the Taiwan Excellence awards, presented by ShowStoppers and TAITRA

TechCrunch

The other one is the WISE-2410, a vibration sensor for monitoring motor-powered mechanical equipment and identifying potential issues so manufacturers can schedule maintenance before machines malfunction, resulting in expensive downtime. The smart system’s other features include includes aerial videos and real-time scoring functions.

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AI in Security — Ready for Prime Time

Palo Alto Networks

Whether through network optimizations facilitating internet access or content filtering on social media platforms, AI silently shapes user interactions and experiences. Addressing misconceptions, Yoni distinguished between AI and machine learning (ML).

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Changing contexts and intents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The internet itself is a changing context—we’re right to worry about data flows, but we also have to worry about the context changing even when data doesn’t flow. We do indeed live in a different internet ecosystem than the one many of our original privacy rules were invented for. The internet is not what it was 30 years ago.