MIT's database was teaching AI to use the n-word.

MIT deletes database that taught AI to be racist, sexist

Bad Bots

MIT permanently deleted a massive dataset used for training AI after learning that it was full of racist and sexist slurs.

MIT Deletes Database That Taught AI to Be Racist, Sexist

An MIT team says they "sincerely apologize" for an AI training database that labeled Black people with the N-word.

You've never seen anything like these before.

A neural network generated a bunch of mutated-looking new animals

Dark Bird

A programmer named Aldo Cortesi created an algorithm that draws nonexistent animals, some of which look plausible and others which look like bizarre.

A Neural Network Generated a Bunch of Mutated-Looking New Animals

"Straying even further into the unknown, the model produced weird abstract patterns and unidentifiable entities, all with a vaguely biological, 'life-ish' feel to them."

Step aside, Scarjo, there's a new robot in town!

Hollywood just cast a robot actress in a $70 million movie

Literal B Movie

The lead role of Hollywood's latest science fiction movie "b" will be played by a robot actress named Erica.

Hollywood Casts Robot as Lead Actress in Sci-Fi Movie | Futurism

"Erica" will be the first robot lead actress.

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

Robert Julian-Borchak Williams had to spend 30 hours in prison and post bail because AI decided he looked like a criminal.

Cops arrested an innocent man because facial recognition told them to

Rookie Mistake

The first documented case of police facial recognition AI making its first wrongful arrest happened when a man was wrongfully identified as a shoplifter.

Cops Arrested an Innocent Man Because Facial Recognition Told Them To

"This is just the first time we know about it."

Cops arrest innocent man because facial recognition told them to

The system studied 17,000 celebrity headshots before learning to make its own.

AI can generate headshot photos from slapdash doodles

New Headshots

A new AI algorithm learned from 17,000 celebrity headshots, and now it can take a quick doodle and turn it into a brand new person.

This AI Can Generate Headshot Photos From Slapdash Doodles

The scientists suggest it could bring criminal suspect sketches to life.

New algorithm is a lot like the "enhance!" tool in "CSI"

Film Grain

Researchers at Duke University have developed an AI that can generate a detailed computer-generated portrait of a human face from a pixelized version.

New Algorithm Is a Lot Like the “Enhance!” Feature In “CSI”

Enhance!

"'All Lives Matter' is often used in response to the phrase 'Black Lives Matter', but it does not represent the same concerns."

Telling Siri "all lives matter" brings up BlackLivesMatter.com

Urgent Redirect

A new iPhone update will urge anyone who tells Siri that "all lives matter" to read up on racial issues and visit BlackLivesMatter.com

Telling Siri “All Lives Matter” Brings up BlackLivesMatter.com

Even Apple supports Black Lives Matter.

"It offends me that you couldn’t differentiate the two women of colour out of four members of a group … DO BETTER!"

Robot journalist accused of racism

Faulty Machine

The artificial intelligence system Microsoft uses to post articles to MSN recently confused two women of color, showing how algorithmic bias is happening.

Robot Journalist Accused of Racism

MSN fired journalists and replaced them with AI. Now its AI is being accused of racism.

"The last thing I would claim is that carriers and fighters and satellites are going away in the next couple of years."

Air Force pilots are about to do battle with autonomous drones

BattleBots

The Air Force wants to test its artificial intellgience-driven drones in "some sort fo air-to-air" against human fighter pilots.

Air Force Pilots Are About to Do Battle With Autonomous Drones

The Air Force wants drones to face a "human, manned system in some sort of air-to-air."

"They're not meant to replace traditional forms of measurement, like survey-based data collection, but rather to complement them."

Satellites are tracking poor nations' coronavirus outbreaks

Outbreak Models

Artificial intelligence algorithms trained on satellite and mobile data could spot coronavirus victims and help better coordinate humanitarian aid.

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