#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

“#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones” Video conferencing services have for years boasted that their technology is “intuitive” to use or “integrated” to function with other tools, but now vendors such as Google and Cisco can hardly go a blog post without trumpeting a different attribute: “inclusive.” The latest buzzword, and the…

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#Google wants to use AI to diagnose your skin condition

#Google wants to use AI to diagnose your skin condition

“#Google wants to use AI to diagnose your skin condition” Is that red spot on your arm just a pimple, or something more serious? Google wants to answer that for you with the help of artificial intelligence.  The search giant’s new dermatology feature, unveiled this week, uses machine learning to identify 288 different skin ailments…

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#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

“#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition” NEW YORK — Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced last year. Amazon and other technology companies have been under pressure from civil rights activists and their own workers to…

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#US banks deploy AI to monitor customers, workers amid tech backlash

#US banks deploy AI to monitor customers, workers amid tech backlash

“#US banks deploy AI to monitor customers, workers amid tech backlash” Several US banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources told Reuters. Previously unreported…

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#Microsoft in talks to buy Nuance Communications: report

#Microsoft in talks to buy Nuance Communications: report

“#Microsoft in talks to buy Nuance Communications: report” Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications for about $16 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The price being discussed could value Nuance at about $56 a share, the source said, adding that an agreement could…

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#Streaming music algorithm more likely to play male artists

#Streaming music algorithm more likely to play male artists

“#Streaming music algorithm more likely to play male artists” Is your algorithm feminist enough? Streaming music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and iHeartRadio may be giving male artists more airtime, according to a new study that discovered a “widely used” algorithm is more likely to recommend male artists, as opposed to “female and mixed-gender…

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