Clearview AI Settles Suit and Agrees to Limits on Facial Recognition Database
Facial recognition software makers are largely barred from selling their photo databases to private companies.
Facial recognition software makers are largely barred from selling their photo databases to private companies.
Oregon House, Calif. – In a small town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a religious organization called Fellowship of Friends has set up a 1,200-acre compound full of art and ornamental architecture. More than 200 miles from the base of a fellowship in Oregon House, California, the denomination, which believes that higher consciousness…
A group that advocates moral non-monogamy sent an open letter to Meta on Thursday, requesting Facebook to allow users to list more than one relationship status in their profile. The letter, launched by the Organization for Polymory and Ethical Non-Monogamy or OPEN, said Facebook’s current policy was “arbitrary” and “excluded”. The signatories include leaders of…
Is there an inherent contradiction in your mind about GoFundMe being a for-profit corporation? In fact, I think being profitable is what enables us to do what we do and build such a great platform, because we have to run a global, world-class platform service. We have to keep evolving. We have to keep giving…
As Russia seeks to block the flow of information into Ukraine by attacking its communications infrastructure, the British news outlet BBC is reverting to a broadcasting tactic that became popular during World War II: Shortwave Radio. The BBC said this week that it would use radio frequencies that could travel long distances and be accessible…
However, research looking for a direct link between social media and well-being has not found much. Stanford University Behavioral Psychologist Jeff Hancock, who conducted a meta-analysis of 226 such studies, said that “hundreds of these studies have been performed, showing almost all very small effects.” What’s remarkable about the new study, Dr. Hancock, who was…
Automakers are also struggling with the transition to electric cars and trucks. Many companies are spending billions of dollars to design battery-powered models and build plants for their production. They are rushing to capture Tesla, which now sells most electric vehicles. But most established automakers are unlikely to find a place in US electric vehicle…