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Facial Recognition Spreads as Tool to Fight Shoplifting

Simon Mackenzie, a security officer at the discount retailer QD Stores outside London, was short of breath. He had just chased after three shoplifters who had taken off with several […]




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E.U. Takes Major Step Toward Regulating A.I.

The European Union took an important step on Wednesday toward passing what would be one of the first major laws to regulate artificial intelligence, a potential model for policymakers around […]




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See How Real AI-Generated Images Have Become

April 8, 2023Seeing has not been believing for a very long time. Photos have been faked and manipulated for nearly as long as photography has existed.Now, not even reality is […]




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‘Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do’

On the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving, Randal Quran Reid was driving his white Jeep to his mother’s home outside Atlanta when he was pulled over on a busy highway. A […]




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A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech

A brain wave reader that can detect lies. Miniaturized cameras that sit inside vape pens and disposable coffee cups. Massive video cameras that zoom in more than a kilometer to […]




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As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology

In November 2016, the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness held the first congressional hearing on A.I., with Mr. Musk’s warnings cited twice by lawmakers. During the hearing, academics […]




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Meta, Long an AI Leader, Tries Not to Be Left Out of the Boom

Meta, however, was hamstrung, in part, by its reputation as a corporate giant that helps spread untruths, Dr. LeCun said last month. And with responsibilities to billions of users, it […]




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At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots

Marisa Shuman’s computer science class at the Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx began as usual on a recent January morning.Just after 11:30, energetic 11th and 12th graders bounded […]