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The US wants to scan the faces of migrant kids at the border

As Boyd explained at a conference in June, the key question for OBIM is, “If we pick up someone from Panama at the southern border at age four, say, and then pick... Read more »

The Download: facial recognition for migrant children, and Japan’s megaquake

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at the border in a bid to improve facial recognition technology, MIT Technology... Read more »

What Japan’s “megaquake” warning really tells us

Crucially, this advisory is not a warning that a megaquake is imminent. It means: “be ready for when the big earthquake comes,” says Hubbard. Nobody is mandated to evacuate, but they are... Read more »

The US government is still spending big on climate

For example, in December 2023 we learned how restrictions in the EV tax credits will affect vehicles with components made in China. As a result, starting in 2024 some vehicle models became... Read more »

Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those born today

DAVID BISKUP If getting from point A to point B is becoming difficult, maybe you can travel without going anywhere. Green, who favors a blank-slate room, wonders if you’ll have a brain-machine... Read more »

DHS plans to collect biometric data from migrant children “down to the infant”

As Boyd explained at a conference in June, the key question for OBIM is, “If we pick up someone from Panama at the southern border at age four, say, and then pick... Read more »

A new public database lists all the ways AI could go wrong

These findings may have implications for how we evaluate AI, as we currently tend to focus on ensuring a model is safe before it is launched. “What our database is saying is,... Read more »

The Download: a new AI risk database, and studying Jupiter’s mysterious moon

What’s new: Adopting AI can be fraught with danger. Systems could be biased, or parrot falsehoods, or even become addictive. And that’s before you consider the possibility AI could one day somehow... Read more »

The Download: greener steel, and join us for EmTech 2024

+ Riki Banerjee, CTO of brain-computer interface company Synchron, will give us an  inside look at the future of minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces that enable humans to use their thoughts to control... Read more »

How the auto industry could steer the world toward green steel

“The relatively high value of cars, especially of premium brands, also means they can absorb the short-term green premium of greener steel,”  Alex Keynes, cars policy manager at the European Federation for... Read more »