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Majority of Europeans would consider human augmentation, study finds

|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

A study finds that two-thirds of Europeans surveyed would consider human augmentation. The article breaks down the study to see how location, age, gender impacted responses, and what concerns people had.

URL ⇲ https://thenextweb.com/news/majority-of-europeans-would-con…



Portland adopts landmark facial recognition ordinances

|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

The Portland, Ore., City Council unanimously adopted two landmark ordinances banning city and private use of facial recognition technology. The first bars all city bureaus from acquiring or using the controversial technology with minimal exceptions for personal verification. The second blocks private entities from using the software that scans faces to identify them in all public accommodations.

URL ⇲ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/515772-portland-adopt…



Elon Musk's AI brain chip company Neuralink is doing its first live tech demo on Friday. Here's what we know so far about the wild science behind it.

|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Business Iinsider speaks with two neuroscientists discuss elements of Elon Musk's Neuralink whitepaper, highlighting three potential advancements made in the proposed design of the implant.

URL ⇲ https://www.businessinsider.com/we-spoke-to-2-neuroscientis…



Future mental health care may include diagnosis via brain scan and computer algorithm

|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Experts at the University of Tokyo are combining machine learning with brain imaging tools to distinguish between those with a mental health condition, specifically schizophrenia and autism.

URL ⇲ https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00125.html



A-level and GCSE results: Pressure mounts on ministers to solve exam crisis

|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Pressure is mounting on ministers to let teacher-assessed grades stand in England to avoid a second wave of exams chaos hitting GCSE results this week. About 40% of A-Level results were downgraded after the exams regulator Ofqual used an algorithm based on schools' previous results.

URL ⇲ https://www.bbc.com/news/education-53804323



Why did the A-level algorithm say no?

|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Accusations of unfairness over this year's A-level results in England have focused on an "algorithm" for deciding results of exams cancelled by the pandemic.

URL ⇲ https://www.bbc.com/news/education-53787203



The Quiet Growth of Race-Detection Software Sparks Concerns Over Bias

|| Diversity Equity and Inclusion || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

More than a dozen companies offer artificial-intelligence programs that promise to identify a person’s race, but researchers and even some vendors worry it will fuel discrimination

URL ⇲ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-quiet-growth-of-race-detec…



UK court says face recognition violates human rights

|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who argued that South Wales Police caused him “distress” by scanning his face as he shopped in 2017 and as he attended a peaceful anti-arms protest in 2018.

URL ⇲ https://apnews.com/article/technology-wales-business-europe…



Millions of Americans Have Lost Jobs in the Pandemic—And Robots and AI Are Replacing Them Faster Than Ever

|| Future of Work || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)

How coronavirus has accelerated the replacement of humans for safety reasons, and its potential ramifications on the work landscape.

URL ⇲ https://time.com/5876604/machines-jobs-coronavirus/?utm_sou…



New York bans use of facial recognition in schools statewide

|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

The New York legislature passed a moratorium on the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022. The bill, which has yet to be signed, comes in response to the launch of facial recognition by the Lockport City School District and appears to be the first in the nation to explicitly regulate or ban use of the technology in schools.

URL ⇲ https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/22/new-york-bans-use-of-fac…