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Machines with Brains

Artificial intelligence and robotics are undermining systems that humans have powered for thousands of years, including manufacturing, civil liberties, education, social services, scientific advancement, and the nature of knowledge itself. Humanity’s relationship with computers is dramatically changing, but the societal and economic impact remains unclear.

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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Researchers are gathering South African news headlines to power AI
Quartz • July 2, 2020
FACETIME
The organizations positioned to lobby against a US ban on facial recognition
Quartz • July 1, 2020
ABOUT FACE
AI gatekeepers are taking baby steps toward raising ethical standards
Quartz • June 26, 2020
BAD WITH FACES
The little-known AI firms whose facial recognition tech led to a false arrest
Quartz • June 26, 2020
PAGING DR. AI
Why AI is the next way patients will choose their doctors
Quartz • June 26, 2020
SEE NO EVIL
Amazon and Microsoft pause police facial recognition and demand regulation
Quartz • June 11, 2020
GENDER SHADES
The influential project that sparked the end of IBM’s facial recognition program
Quartz • June 10, 2020