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Read More »At tech event in Pittsburgh, a top Google executive calls for responsible AI leadership
‘We could be more responsible’
Just hours after his Tuesday appearance at the White House, Matthew McConaughey visited Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier to discuss common sense gun control. The actor published an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman detailing a few simple restrictions that he thinks should be put in place on assault rifle ownership. “I’m not someone from the entertainment industry that decided to swing by for an open cause,” McConaughey said, at the top of the interview. “This landed on my… Source link
Read More »Countries, not manufacturers, are responsible for WHO moratorium on boosters
Moderna (MRNA) has maxed out on its manufacturing capacity for 2021 and has shifted its focus to 2022 and 2023 advanced purchasing orders for its COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday. The company reported $2.8 billion in vaccine revenue for the second quarter and anticipates pricing of doses will fall and impact revenue as more low- and middle-income countries become the dominant purchasers, according to officials on an earnings call. In addition, Moderna expects the global pandemic to… Source link
Read More »Feds now say right-wing extremists responsible for majority of deadly terrorist attacks last year
The U.S. government is acknowledging for the first time that right-wing extremists were responsible for the majority of fatal domestic terrorist attacks last year, according to an internal report circulated by the Department of Homeland Security last week and obtained by Yahoo News. A review of last year’s domestic terrorist incidents by a DHS fusion center — which shares threat-related information between federal, state and local partners — found that although civil unrest and… Source link
Read More »Google names executive to monitor responsible AI research after staff unrest
Google confirmed Marian Croak, one of its few black executives, will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technologies known as AI Reuters | February 19, 2021 | Updated 12:17 IST Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will… Source link
Read More »Google names exec to oversee responsible A.I. research after staff unrest
The logos of Google and several of its applications are displayed on a computer screen. Chesnot | Getty Images Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few Black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technologies known as AI. Ethical AI… Source link
Read More »Google names exec to oversee responsible AI research after staff unrest
By Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few Black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical… Source link
Read More »Google has a new responsible AI lead – TechCrunch
Google has appointed Dr. Marian Croak to lead its responsible artificial intelligence division within Google Research, Bloomberg reported earlier today. Croak was previously the vice president of engineering at the company. In her new role, Croak will oversee the teams working on accessibility, AI for social good, algorithmic fairness in health, brain fairness, ethical AI and others. She’ll report to Jeff Dean, SVP of Google AI Research and Health. In a Google blog post and video… Source link
Read More »Google says ‘technical error’ responsible for some news sites’ homepages not showing up in search results
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Google and big tech censorship. Google had a technical issue Tuesday morning that temporarily removed the homepages of several news sites, both conservative and liberal, from its search results. For instance, when you Googled the Daily Caller, a conservative news site, stories about the Daily Caller would show up but not links to the Daily Caller’s home page. Google said the problem, which has been fixed, was a technical issue that was not based on the ideology of… Source link
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