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Artificial Intelligence: ANI, LogicGate Computing, AGI, ASI GPT-3 seems to suggest it is a form of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI); however, its name “Generative Pre-trained Transformer – 3” includes “pre-trained”, so still relies heavily on machine learning. It is a very big step forward, and went widely unnoticed: for that very reason it is on…
Obviously, financial applications come to mind instantly … With its (planned) network of up to 46,000 small satellites (eventually; 12,000 to start out with) in low orbit, and interconnectivity by laser-based optical communications in the vaccum of space, this infrastructure can beat any terrestrial communications in the sense of latency, and even speed. For a…
AI-generated synthetic media is being used in a political ad campaign—not to disrupt the election, but to save it. MIT Technology Review by Karen Hao, September 29, 2020 The news: Two political ads will broadcast on social media today, featuring deepfake versions of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both deepfake…
At that speed, you can download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. The saying goes “Technology is growing fast” stopped being a cliche but has become reality. Remember the record of the world’s fastest internet speed was set back in May this year? Well, it’s been long gone now. The world’s fastest…
Post aus Japan: Künstliche Haut vor dem Start Als Kind ließ sich Benjamin Tee von japanischen Roboter-Mangas inspirieren. Nun ist der Mann aus Singapur einer der Pioniere, die Automaten gefühlvoller machen. Roboter mit Fingerspitzengefühl sind gerade einen Schritt näher gerückt. Im Juli stellte Benjamin Tee von der National University Singapore (NUS) ein System vor, dass…
Instagram could face up to $500 billion in fines in class-action lawsuit alleging it illegally harvested biometric data A new lawsuit accuses Instagram of collecting people’s biometric data without their consent in violation of a state law. Last month, Facebook — which owns Instagram — offered $650 million to settle a similar lawsuit alleging that…
Der Tech-Riese Microsoft erwägt eine Übernahme der Geschäfte des sozialen Netzwerks TikTok für die USA, Kanada, Australien und Neuseeland. Nachdem US-Präsident Donald Trump ankündigte, die beliebte App wegen Datensicherheitsbedenken und der mutmaßlichen engen Bindung zur chinesischen Regierung zu verbieten, hat Microsofts CEO Satya Nadella eine Chance gesehen in den Social Media-Markt einzusteigen. TikToks Wert wird…
Nur zwei Städte weltweit verfügen laut Comparitech über eine flächendeckendere Videoüberwachung als London, Taiyuan und Wuxi, beide in China gelegen. Und der Vollständigkeit halber muss hier gesagt werden, dass die Volksrepublik 18 Mal in den Top 20 der am stärksten überwachten Großstädte der Welt auftaucht. Indes schafft es die britische Hauptstadt mit 68,4 Kameras je…
About two years after it was created, the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence center is setting its sights on new projects, including one on joint information warfare. This initiative seeks to deliver an information advantage to the Department of Defense in two ways. The first is improving the DoD’s ability to integrate commercial and government AI solutions.…
Zwischen März und Mai haben ausländische Akteure US-Staatsanleihen im Wert von über einer halben Billion US-Dollar abgestoßen. Niemals zuvor wurden so viele Treasury Bonds innerhalb eines Monats verkauft wie im März (299 Milliarden US-Dollar) und April (177 Milliarden US-Dollar). Das geht aus den vom Finanzministerium der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika veröffentlichen Monatszahlen der Nettoverkäufe (Käufe…
Why should you become anonymous? And how can you even be anonymous on the web? Watch to learn how to use essential anonymity tools to become anonymous on the web. You will learn what it means to be anonymous on the web, how to use essential anonymity tools, and you’ll learn some tips and habits…
Comparitech’s Paul Bischoff found that Amazon’s facial recognition platform misidentified an alarming number of people, and was racially biased. Facial recognition technology is still misidentifying people at an alarming rate – even as it’s being used by police departments to make arrests. In fact, Paul Bischoff, consumer privacy expert with Comparitech, found that Amazon’s face recognition…
Details of contract agreed by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, came to light after FoI request. UK health service will not gain commercial benefit from future Amazon products using its data Amazon has been given free access to healthcare information collected by the NHS as part of a contract with the government. The material, which…
Homeland Security wants to expand facial recognition checks for travelers arriving to and departing from the U.S. to also include citizens, which had previously been exempt from the mandatory checks. In a filing, the department has proposed that all travelers, and not just foreign nationals or visitors, will have to complete a facial recognition check…
The heart of MIT’s “In Event of Moon Disaster” film installation uses a deep fake video to depict an alternate version of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. (Courtesy Francesca Panetta) In the event that Apollo 11 — the NASA mission that sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the Moon —…
We are finally getting to the end of progression in silicon technology. What will replace silicon? This video covers some of the potentials of future computing architecture. Liquid Transistor (Gallium & Iridium) Nanomagenetics (Vortex Domain Wall Structures) Light (Optical) Computing – Surface Plamons Quantum Computing (Superposition Calculations) Alternative Materials to Silicon: Galium Nitride, and Graphene…
Cybersecurity company CHEQ conducted research with the University of Baltimore, which found that the epidemic of online fake news now costs the global economy $78 billion annually. The report, which analyzes the direct economic cost from fake news, also estimates fake news has contributed a loss in stock market value of about $39 billion a…
A guard stands at the entrance of the Montenegrin Defense Ministry in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica Nov. 11. Deployed inside the sprawling communist-era army command headquarters in Montenegro’s capital, a group of elite U.S. military cyberexperts are plotting strategy in a fight against potential Russian and other cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 American and Montenegrin elections.…
von Mathias Brandt on 05.09.2019 Berlin wird laut einer Erhebung von Comparitech durch fast 40.000 Kameras überwacht – das sind etwa 11,2 Kameras pro 1.000 Einwohner. Damit liegt die Bundeshauptstadt auf Platz 2 im Ranking der bestüberwachten Städte Europas; weltweit liegt Deutschlands größte Stadt auf Platz 19. Im Vergleich mit London hat Berlin indes noch reichlich…
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