Who’s listening to your conversations with Alexa?
Amazon.com Inc. employs thousands of people around the world to help improve its Alexa digital assistant which powers its line of Echo speakers....
Telecommunications & ICT
Google’s newly launched AI ethics panel has already been shut down
Last week Friday, 5 April, just two and a half weeks after its launch, Google shut down its global advisory council (ATEAC) which was designed to oversee ethical issues related to artificial intelligence....
Google has announced a new AI ethics panel
Google’s Senior Vice President of Global Affairs, Kent Walker, announced the launch of a global advisory council...
Financial Times acquires majority stake in The Next Web
The Financial Times (FT), a major news organization headquartered in London, has acquired a controlling stake in The Next Web (TNW), a global digital brand based in Amsterdam that connects tech enthusiasts through different media,...
IBM’s Project Debater AI loses to human champion in a live debate
IBM’s Project Debater – an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered system designed specifically for debating – faced off against Harish Natarajan, a grand finalist in 2016’s World Debating Championships in a live debate organized by non-profit...
Twitter doesn’t delete your direct messages, even years after the fact
According to security researcher Karan Saini, Twitter retains, for years, direct messages that users have sent, including messages that have been deleted...