Tag: artificial intelligence

‘One Team, One Fight!’: Former DoD Official Highlights Urgency in US Fight to Maintain AI Superiority Over China

The Pentagon’s efforts to maintain a strategic advantage against China in the domains of artificial intelligence and machine learning are being undermined by bureaucratic waste and a lack of urgency, according to a former Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity official. “China isn’t behind, but is leading, and we are running out of time,” said Nicolas…


Facebook Chief Technology Officer Makes ‘Difficult Decision’ to Step Down in 2022

Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer has made the “difficult decision” to step down from his role, he announced Wednesday. Schroepfer, who has worked for the social network for 13 years and oversees its work in artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and the blockchain, said he will transition to a new part time role as Facebook’s first senior…


Youtube Demonetizes Popular Australian Fishing Channel for ‘Animal Abuse’

A YouTube channel featuring recreational fishing videos has been demonetised by the video-sharing giant over supposed content featuring “animal abuse.” The Australian-based content creator for Gido’s Fishing Adventures said his channel had been demonetised for a month and that he was waiting for a response from Google-owned YouTube. “(YouTube’s notice) says I need to make…


UN Warns Artificial Intelligence May Pose ‘Negative, Even Catastrophic’ Threat to Human Rights

The United Nations has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may pose a “negative, even catastrophic” threat to human rights and called for AI applications that are not used in compliance with human rights to be banned. U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Sept. 15 urged members states to put a temporary ban on the sale and use…


Is Your AI Woke?

Commentary At its core, artificial intelligence involves statistical discrimination; that is, AI algorithms extract decision-making insights from statistical information. In contrast to run-of-the-mill statistical discrimination techniques, AI algorithms are able to “learn” through a process that involves training on data. The key to the success of AI is that the algorithms can generalize from the…


Hewlett Packard Enterprise Wins $2 Billion Computing Service Deal With NSA

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. on Wednesday said it won a 10-year, $2 billion contract to supply high-performance computing systems to the National Security Agency (NSA). The systems will be used for artificial intelligence computing, the company said. The system will be housed in a data center owned by QTS Realty Trust Inc. Under the contract,…


Chinese Leader Fast Tracks to Military Modernization at All Cost

Commentary Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping touted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military centenary goal to build the world’s strongest force by 2027 in an internal meeting on July 30. The year 2027 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP and the PLA (People’s Liberation Army). Xi’s goal can be seen as…


US and European Leaders Warn About China Setting Standards on AI

Top U.S. and European leaders recently spoke about how democracies should set the rules for artificial intelligence (AI), instead of an authoritarian regime like China. “We cannot let China write the rules of the road around AI,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at the Global Emerging Technology Summit in Washington on June 13. The…


Telstra to Slash 2000 Jobs by the End of 2021 Amid Market ‘Headwinds’

Telstra has announced it aims to cut 2000 jobs by the end of the year to reduce costs, as the telecommunications giant struggles to make a profit in the national broadband network market. The telco’s chief financial officer Vicky Brady confirmed the company is on track to axe 8000 staffs in its direct workforce as…


US Navy Must Win Wars, With Robots and Perhaps Without Them

Commentary In April, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet ran a much-anticipated Fleet battle problem. Arguably, its dull official name, Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21, was a touch misleading. Navy Fleet battle problems have a remarkable history for testing technology, training sailors, developing organizations and informing long-term decisions that have greatly benefited the United States. I’m…