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Researchers say objects can hide from computer vision by seeking out unusual company that trips correlation bias

Algos guiding self-driving cars don’t expect to see a STOP sign next to food. So if someone put a pic showing apples at a busy intersection ...

07 May 08:01 | 31

Robo-taxis hit the streets of Beijing – albeit a small fleet in a geo-fenced suburb

Code for the Baidu Apollo brains of the service is yours for the taking on GitHub, too

06 May 00:50 | 9

Can your AI code be fooled by vandalized images or clever wording? Microsoft open sources a tool to test for that

Counterfit automatically creates adversarial inputs to find weaknesses

05 May 23:27 | 4

How to hide a backdoor in AI software – such as a bank app depositing checks or a security cam checking faces

Neural networks can be aimed to misbehave when squeezed

05 May 10:57 | 8

More than 1,000 humans fail to beat AI contender in top crossword battle

Plus: Deepfake satellite images and Google fails to cite relevant research in its own large language model paper

01 May 14:51 | 27

NYPD puts down $94k robot canine contract after outcry

Digidog will be returned to its Boston Dynamics owners

30 Apr 22:13 | 49

Palantir co-founder, CEO Alexander Karp gets $1.1bn bumper payday in IPO year

Sometimes the love of ICE and UK.gov is not enough

30 Apr 18:41 | 8

Not only were half of an AI text adventure generator's sessions NSFW but some involved depictions of sex with children

And it was poorly secured, allowing someone to analyze players' private fantasies

30 Apr 10:35 | 33

Analysis + update

Big Tech bankrolling AI ethics research and events seems very familiar. Ah, yes, Big Tobacco all over again

Who knows whether algorithms really harm society?

29 Apr 09:15 | 45

Korean app-maker Scatter Lab fined for using private data to create homophobic and lewd chatbot

Users weren't warned conversations on chat apps were being used to build a bot. And parents weren't told their young kids had signed up

29 Apr 05:28 | 18

UK government gives Automated Lane Keeping Systems the green light for use on motorways

But at less than 37mph, don't expect anything to be quick

28 Apr 19:35 | 141

NASA comes up with COVID-19 infection detector that's out of this world – E-Nose built from space station gear

Machine-learning algorithms to spot telltale particles in human breath

27 Apr 06:05 | 29

Banks across America test facial recognition cameras 'to spy on staff, customers'

Plus: Enormo AI chip gets an upgrade, and more

24 Apr 02:26 | 44

Watchdog 'enables Tesla Autopilot' with string, some weight, a seat belt ... and no actual human at the wheel

'The system not only failed to make sure the driver was paying attention, but it also couldn’t tell if there was a driver there at all'

23 Apr 02:33 | 106

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

Stressing the ex in x86

US Army develops natural-language voice-command AI for robots, tanks, etc. For search'n'rescue. For now

Judge, JUDI, and executioner?

21 Apr 01:14 | 32

'There was no one driving that vehicle': Texas cops suspect Autopilot involved after two men killed in Tesla crash

Model S took corner at high speed, left road, and smashed into a tree

19 Apr 21:30 | 127

Truth and consequences for enterprise AI as EU know who goes legal: GDPR of everything from chatbots to machine learning

Regulations On A European Approach For Artificial Intelligence

19 Apr 08:30 | 13

Seeing a robot dog tagging along with NYPD officers after an arrest stuns New Yorkers

Plus: 'First civil lawsuit' against police for incorrect facial recognition match in wrongful collaring, and more

17 Apr 15:05 | 72

A keyboard? How quaint: Logitech and Baidu link arms to make an AI-enabled, voice-transcribing mouse

Dictates 3 languages, translates into 6, available only in China

14 Apr 14:56 | 30

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Crane horror Reg reader uses his severed finger to unlock Samsung Galaxy phone

On the other hand he was fine

21 nails in Exim mail server: Vulnerabilities enable 'full remote unauthenticated code execution', millions of boxes at risk

Nearly 4 million to be exact, say researchers

Basecamp CEO issues apology after 'no political discussions at work' edict blows up in his face

30% of employees reportedly walked out following sudden rule change

Signal banned for booking obviously targeted ads? That story's too good to be true, Facebook claims

Antisocial giant dismisses chat app rival's 'stunt' in escalating war of words

Visual Basic 6 returns: You've been a good developer all year. You have social distanced, you have helped your mom. Here's your reward

(Almost) Why? Kickstarter and nostalgia of those who have forgotten the pain

JET engine flaws can crash Microsoft's IIS, SQL Server, say Palo Alto researchers

Trio claim database queries can lead to remote code execution

East London council blurts thousands of residents' email addresses in To field blunder

'Was a Mailchimp sub too hard?!' asks Reg reader

Chrome on Windows turns on Intel, AMD chip-level defenses against malicious websites

Terms and conditions apply

The quest for faster Python: Pyston returns to open source, Facebook releases Cinder, or should devs just use PyPy?

Official CPython is slow, but there are many ways to get better performance

The Starship has landed. Latest SpaceX test comes back to Earth without igniting fireballs

There was just a little fire. But not enough to worry anybody

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US Homeland Security sued for 'stonewalling' over use of Clearview facial recognition

Potential surveillance nightmare could be unfolding in secret, civil-rights warriors fear

14 Apr 12:15 | 13

Neural networks give astronomers huge boost in identifying galaxies: 27 million done, 600 million to come

AI algorithms in large-scale astronomy are mandatory, study says

14 Apr 07:27 | 21

Microsoft digs deep for chatty AI specialist Nuance, bids $19.7bn to bolster healthcare chops

Hello? Is this thing on?

12 Apr 18:58 | 6

Nvidia shrinks GPUs to help squeeze AI into your data center, make its VMware friendship work

Creates two new mini models because it’s assumed you won’t build silos to host huge hot monsters

Clearview AI accused over free trials to US police that were plausibly deniable

Plus: Another Google AI boffin resigns and AI tries to recreate music from famous musicians who died at 27

12 Apr 12:03 | 7

Twitter nukes AI-generated twits who backed Amazon and pushed anti-union rhetoric

Plus: Waymo CEO is standing down, Volvo is partnering with a self-driving startup to stay relevant

06 Apr 06:33 | 20

Turns out humans are leading AI systems astray because we can't agree on labeling

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Asking for a friend's machine-learning code

01 Apr 21:04 | 114

While truly self-driving cars are surely just around the corner, for now here's an AI early-warning system for your semi-autonomous ride

Hey, we heard you like machine learning. So we put a machine-learning system in your machine-learning system

01 Apr 14:21 | 43

Pentagon pal Microsoft to supply US Army with 120,000+ HoloLens units in contract somehow worth 'up to $22bn'

Gives Blue Screen of Death a whole new meaning

31 Mar 22:48 | 22

AI recommendations fail fans who like hard rock and hip hop – official science

Welcome to the new bland

31 Mar 11:04 | 42

How are GPUs going to change your working world? It’s AI, everywhere

Join Lenovo at Nvidia's GTC '21 and accelerate your learning

Arm pulls the sheets off its latest Armv9 architecture with added AI support, Realms software isolation

CEO reckons this tech will be used in 300 billion chips

30 Mar 18:00 | 8

Under threat of judicial review, UK.gov agrees to consultation before extending Palantir's NHS role beyond pandemic

A small victory, but campaigners say they will be keeping a close eye

30 Mar 14:00 | 17

You put Marmite where? Google unveils its latest AI wizardry: A cake made of Maltesers and the pungent black tar

Two ingredients that don't really go together. Like, er, AI and Ethics?

30 Mar 13:15 | 89

Google's AI ethics firings garner more trouble – $60,000 Chocolate Factory boffin grant turned down over issue

Plus: Amazon delivery drivers forced to consent to being surveilled by AI

29 Mar 13:16 | 6

Semi-autonomous cars sales move up a gear with 3.5 million units leaving forecourts

Will you visit me please, if I open my door... in cars?

26 Mar 19:27 | 33

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