The Department of Homeland Security Is Embracing A.I.
The Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim...
The Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim...
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In February, just before the AU’s AI policy draft came out, Shikoh Gitau, a computer scientist who started the Nairobi-based...
The World Mosquito Program is about to start construction on a mass rearing facility—the biggest in the world—in Curitiba. “And...
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The news: A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen before...
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To spark innovation by identifying gaps and pain points in the employer-based health-care system, JPMorgan Chase launched Morgan Health in...
I just published a story about a new kind of security vulnerability discovered by researchers at the University of Chicago. Inspired by...