The new lawsuit that shows facial recognition is officially a civil rights issue
On January 9, 2020, Detroit Police drove to the suburb of Farmington Hill and arrested…
Podcast: What’s AI doing in your wallet?
Our entire financial system is built on trust. We can exchange otherwise worthless paper bills…
New business models, big opportunity: Retail
Now is a tough time to be a retailer. Even before the 2020 coronavirus pandemic…
New business models, big opportunity: Tech/manufacturing
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic upended the way companies do business. Some are coping better than…
Big Tech’s guide to talking about AI ethics
AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science. The same…
This family raised millions to get experimental gene therapy for their children
When Gary Landsman prays, he imagines he is in Israel and his sons Benny and…
NASA’s next lunar rover will run open-source software
In 2023, NASA will launch VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), which that will trek…
US covid contract details are a “trade secret”—according to the contractors
As the US government pumps billions of dollars into projects aimed at curbing the pandemic,…
Forget Boston Dynamics. This robot taught itself to walk
A pair of robot legs called Cassie has been taught to walk using reinforcement learning,…
Got your covid shots? You might have to prove it.
As covid vaccines roll out in a handful of countries, the next question has become:…