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Artificial intelligence continues to contain biases, but progress continues

09/27/202309/26/2023 Stephanie Beck

Google acknowledges that AI is still highly biased, though the tech is moving forward fast. Artificial intelligence has been rocketing forward both technologically and in popularity, but according to a researcher at Google, it continues to contain biases and repairing fairness in the tech “isn’t a simple thing”. The researcher says the chance is there to get it right as the world adopts it at a rapid speed. “It’s as though we been given a second chance on how we use this technology to dismantle some of the biases we…

Tech giants play a substantial role in mobile wallets innovation and competition

09/22/202309/21/2023 Stephanie Beck

Apple and Google were considerable players in establishing tap-to-pay regulations and technology. A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report has placed the spotlight on the way mobile wallets are impacted by the policies and practices of tech giants. This is particularly true when it comes to the way that smartphones and wearables are used to transact. For instance, Apple currently has a ban on bank and payment apps from being able to access the Apple iOS device tap-to-pay functionality, setting fees for mobile wallets through Apple Pay. On the…

Goa, India police use QR code to bust international human trafficking ring

09/13/202309/12/2023 Stephanie Beck

The investigators used the quick response codes to be used by clients for payments that were traceable. UPI has gained massive popularity in mobile payments, to the point that it could be used for crime busting by providing QR codes to clients of human trafficking. The massive network was based in Goa, India, but was being operated out of Kenya. The police chose this method of tracking because the QR code/UPI mobile payment is typically completed during an early transaction stage, stopping clients from being able to get out of…

IBM said it was easing off facial recognition, but now it’s doubling down

09/08/202309/07/2023 Stephanie Beck

A new $69.8 million contract may have been signed in which IBM will be providing precisely that technology. New media reports are showing that IBM, which had previously stated that it was greatly withdrawing from facial recognition technology, has now signed a new contract giving it a substantial focus on it. The company denies that the deal it signed with the government is for general purpose biometric surveillance. That said, human rights advocates have accused IBM of participating in precisely that potential use for the facial recognition technology. As was…

An artificial intelligence brain implant is allowing a stroke victim to speak again

09/01/202308/31/2023 Stephanie Beck

A woman from Regina, Canada has regained her voice due to groundbreaking new AI technology. A woman from Regina, Canada lost her voice over 18 years ago when she had a stroke, but new artificial intelligence technology worked into a brain implant is helping her to regain her voice. The technology was implemented by a team at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). According to the team, the patient, Ann Johnson, suffered a stroke at the age of 30 years, back in 2005. She has not been able to…