AI is here to stay; but the debate over AI ethics is just beginning.
via Elon Musk Donates $10M to Keep AI From Turning Evil | WIRED.
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La capacité de surveiller les moindres faits et gestes des autres, tout en cachant les siens, est la forme la plus haute du pouvoir.
via « Surveiller, tout en se cachant, est la forme la plus haute du pouvoir » – Rue89 – L’Obs.
Facebook is gobbling up the world, one internet connection at a time…
via Facebook’s march to global domination is trampling over net neutrality | The Verge.
Cette condamnation est en grand pas en avant pour la plus grande affaire d’infraction au droit d’auteur de l’histoire des Etats-Unis, a déclaré le procureur général adjoint. Nous avons l’intention de veiller à ce que les responsables soient reconnus coupables de s’être enrichis illégalement en volant du contenu d’artistes et créateurs américains.
via Un développeur de MegaUpload condamné à une peine de prison ferme.
New constitutions are written every year. The people who write these important documents need to read and analyze texts from other places. Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions that users can systematically compare them across a broad set of topics — using an inviting, clean interface.
via Constitute.
No one else in the world could actually make a run at Tesla, because they either don’t have the cash and, most importantly, they don’t have the ability to give assurances to Elon that they won’t f@#$ it up.
Police investigate after bot created by web developer Jeffry van der Goot tweets ‘I seriously want to kill people’.
via Randomly generated tweet by bot prompts investigation by Dutch police | Technology | The Guardian.
Starting in the next few days, when you ask Google about common health conditions, you’ll start getting relevant medical facts right up front from the Knowledge Graph. We’ll show you typical symptoms and treatments, as well as details on how common the condition is—whether it’s critical, if it’s contagious, what ages it affects, and more.
via Official Google Blog: A remedy for your health-related questions: health info in the Knowledge Graph.
This cyber world is the Wild Wild West, and to some degree we’re asked to be the sheriff.
via Obama: “Everybody’s online and everybody’s vulnerable” | Ars Technica.
We’re starting to use probe data as a cue for semi-automated improvements to OpenStreetMap. With algorithms that filter out noise and infer things like directionality and popularity of routes, we can identify roads missing from OpenStreetMap, turn restrictions, and even speed limits for Smart Directions.