7-Eleven is testing delivering snacks and drinks using sidewalk delivery robots in Los Angeles, California https://www.businessinsider.com/7-eleven-rolls-out-self-driving-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles-2023-1
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UK policymakers are using a new Irish content moderation regulation as justification for a provision in the #OnlineSafetyBill to criminalize senior tech employees. But in fact, the Irish model provides restraint the UK version lacks. https://datainnovation.org/2023/01/irelands-latest-online-safety-law-is-unfair-parallel-for-changes-in-uks-online-safety-bill/
Ireland’s Latest Online Safety Law Is Unfair Parallel for Changes in UK’s Online Safety Bill
UK policymakers are using a new Irish content moderation regulation as justification for a provision in their own bill tackling online harms—the Online Safety Bill— to criminalize senior tech employees. But in fact, the Irish model provides restraint the UK version lacks. In December, Ireland sig
From using an #AI system to determine a painting’s artist to monitoring cardiac health with a wearable #sensor, catch up on last week's top #data news highlights here https://datainnovation.org/2023/01/10-bits-the-data-news-hotlist-396/
10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s list of top data news highlights covers January 21, 2023 to January 27, 2023 and includes articles on using an AI system to determine a painting’s artist and monitoring cardiac health with a wearable patch. 1. Building a Smart Walking Stick Researchers at the University of Colorado,
Researchers at @[email protected] have created #machinelearning models that can detect early signs of delirium and predict which ICU patients have a high risk of delirium https://healthitanalytics.com/news/johns-hopkins-machine-learning-tools-predict-risk-of-icu-delirium
The Washington Post has created a series of visualizations comparing the number of lightning strikes in each U.S. county in 2022 with their average number of lightning strikes from 2015 to 2021 https://datainnovation.org/2023/01/visualizing-lightning-strikes/
Visualizing Lightning Strikes
The Washington Post has created a series of visualizations tracking the number and location of lightning strikes across the United States. One visualization compares the number of lightning strikes in each county in 2022 with their average number of lightning strikes from 2015 to 2021. Counties that
Researchers at Google have created an #AI system that can generate music from a variety of text-based prompts, including narrative captions, descriptions of famous artwork, instrument names, genres of music, musician experience levels, and places https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/28/23574573/google-musiclm-text-to-music-ai
MARCH 7: @[email protected] speak with @[email protected] (@[email protected]) & @[email protected] (@[email protected]) about the promises & pitfalls of generative #AI in the classroom & the ways policymakers can support educators while allowing this new tech to prosper. https://datainnovation.org/2023/03/will-chatgpt-forever-change-education/
Will ChatGPT Forever Change Education?
Generative AI has made waves in the news cycle lately, with new developments like ChatGPT inciting both excitement and panic from educators. Some call it the end of the five-paragraph essay, while others see it as an opportunity for pedagogical advancement. Either way, generative AI is already a rea
Banning an app like #TikTok on the basis of its foreign ownership sets a bad precedent for the United States. https://datainnovation.org/2022/12/china-linked-apps-pose-a-risk-but-banning-apps-like-tiktok-is-not-the-answer/
China-Linked Apps Pose a Risk, But Banning Apps Like TikTok Is Not the Answer
Recently, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have proposed a ban on TikTok, the popular video social media app, for the alleged threat it poses to America, including children, adults, and national security. They argue that since the company’s parent is Chinese-owned ByteDance, the Chin
Rep. Jake Auchincloss used ChatGPT to draft a the speech in support of a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel AI center for research and development in the public, private, and education sectors https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/member-congress-reads-ai-generated-speech-house-floor-96670638
Existing & proposed laws will fail to protect #EU citizens from nonconsensual pornographic #deepfakes. Policymakers should amend current legislative proposals to better protect victims & should encourage soft law approaches. https://datainnovation.org/2023/01/eu-proposals-will-fail-to-curb-nonconsensual-deepfake-porn/
EU Proposals Will Fail to Curb Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn
Existing and proposed laws will fail to protect EU citizens from nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes—AI-generated images, audio, or videos that use an individual’s likeness to create pornographic material without the individual’s consent. Policymakers should amend current legislative proposals to b