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Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.?
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 27.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, computer programming, politics
Summary | China is surpassing the US in artificial intelligence research. They succeeded in getting to human-level language recognition a year before Microsoft did. China is also increasing funding for artificial intelligence research massively while President Trump is cutting research funding. The Chinese interent giant Baidu has succeeded in understanding very subtle differences between Chinese dialects.
Image Description | Images of a German AI researcher in China with his machines and students, a Tweet, and an auditorium watching a human playing a board game against Google AI.
Image Tags | female(s), Google, male(s), Twitter
Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone? Refresh Your Feeds
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, Instagram
Summary | Facebook, Instagram, and co. have revolutionized finding lost pets. Pet owner can be reunited with their dogs and cats minutes after they post on social media. The broad public is very eager to share images of lost pets on social media and this can help find lost pets much more frequently and quickly than ever before.
Image Description | Images of an Instagram-famous dog with another found dog and his owner.
Image Tags | Instagram, male(s)
A hunt for militants at a key location: the Internet
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 6.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, texting, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube
Summary | The EU's police organization as well as the US government are targeting IS material online in their battle against terrorism. Attempts to intercept communication via encrypted instant messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram have failed. The IS also uploads video and other content to YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. These social media platforms report to have deleted hundreds of thousands of entries linken to the IS.
Image Description | Portrait of a high profile IS member.
Image Tags | male(s)
In Europe’s Election Season, Tech Vies to Fight Fake News
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 1.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | computer programming, Facebook, fake news, Google, law, politics
Summary | In light of recent elections, many people are eager to combat misinformation online. Major tech companies like Facebook and Google are being pressured to purdue solutions to stop the spread of fake news on their platforms. Germany even demands fines from Facebook for not complying with federal laws targeted at keeping hate speech and fake news controled. Competitions with rewards of several thousand dollars are asking for programmers to come up with fact-checking software which can weed out false news.
Image Description | Image of a computer programmer working on solutions to flag fake news and a Reuters image of election posters from France.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
He Tweeted About Chinese Government Corruption. Twitter Suspended His Account.
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 26.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, law, privacy, Twitter
Summary | A Chinese billionaire has publically denuciated Chinese government officials on Twitter by posting images of documents that evidence corruption. His account was suspended by Twitter for a few hours because the shared documents contained personal information which Twitter usually flags.
Image Description | Portrait of Guo Wengui.
Image Tags | male(s)
Father in Thailand Kills 11-Month-Old Daughter Live on Facebook
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 25.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, censorship, Facebook, law, threat
Summary | Since Facebook has enabled its livestream functions many crimes have been broadcasted on Facebook. Facebook still struggles to take such offensive content down. Recently a man livestreamed himself killing his daughter and the recording stayed online for twenty hours. Facebook needs to improve its artificial intelligence mechanism to flag such content faster.
Image Description | Reuters image of people crying.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Daily Report: Facebook Struggles With Being Responsible
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, law, pornography, threat
Summary | Facebook and other social media have a huge problem with inappropriate or criminal content being posted to their platforms. Recently, a man in Ohio posted a video to Facebook of him shooting and killing a man. It took Facebook two hours to take it down. So far, artificial intelligence algorithms have been very successful in detecting nudity/pornography and blocking it but finding violent content is still very much dependent on user action.
Image Description | Getty image of Mark Zuckerberg biting his lips.
Image Tags | Facebook, male(s)
The 'empowered consumer' doesn't get much say
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 16.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | marketing, privacy, social media, threat
Summary | The perceived multiplication of choices in consumer culture, for example when buying a plane ticket (optional luggage fees, insurance fees, prioritized boarding fees, etc.), just looks like an advantage for the consumer on the surface. In the end, we end up paying more and giving away our data. The data will in turn be used to milk consumers even further by knowing to which advertisements they are particularly susceptible.
Image Description | Airport check-in area.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Where Non-Techies Can Get With the Programming
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 4.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, research/study
Summary | Computer programming is the new lingua franca of modern economy. Introductory classes are increasingly popular at universities with 90% of Standford students taking an introductory computer programming class. Coding can be useful for lawyers, doctors, historians, and even students from the humanities because learning to code entails learning computational thinking.
Image Description | Illustration with a diverse group of faces connexted to written computer code.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text
Full stream ahead in YouTube election season
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 26.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Google, politics, research/study, TV, YouTube
Summary | In this election cycle, no one can ignore YouTube. This year it is clear that if one candidate does not advertise their campaign on YouTube they are going to lose. Data collected by Google shows that younger generations are far more likely to watch content on YouTube than on TV. Even 50% of babyboomers watch videos on YouTube. Also, YouTube has the advantage that users can share content with others on various platforms whereas on TV they can only watch the content.
Image Description | Image of a man using a tablet in front of a huge YouTube logo and screenshots of viral videos of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Image Tags | logo, male(s), tablet, YouTube
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