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Storelift launches autonomous convenience stores using AI and computer vision
https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/02/storelift-launches-autonomous-convenience-stores-using-ai-computer-vision/

 

AI researchers use heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos
https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/03/ai-researchers-use-heartbeat-detection-to-identify-deepfake-videos/

 

We’re entering the AI twilight zone between narrow and general AI
https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/03/were-entering-the-ai-twilight-zone-between-narrow-and-general-ai/

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Creepy ‘Geofence’ Finds Anyone Who Went Near a Crime Scene
https://www.wired.com/story/creepy-geofence-finds-anyone-near-crime-scene/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

Israeli startup to use gene-editing tools to enhance cannabis seeds
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-startup-to-use-gene-editing-tools-to-enhance-cannabis-seeds/

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A sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason.
https://www.businessinsider.com/predictive-policing-algorithm-monitors-harasses-families-report-2020-9?r=DE&IR=T

 

Chinese military tests drone swarm-armored vehicle integration
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1200512.shtml

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NVIDIA is buying Arm for $40 billion

 

'Four years after buying Arm Holdings for $32 billion, Softbank is selling Arm to NVIDIA for $40 billion. It’s the most expensive deal in the semiconductor space to date, and it would put NVIDIA in control of the technology that powers most of the world’s smartphones and a growing number of other devices.'

 

https://liliputing.com/2020/09/nvidia-is-buying-arm-for-40-billion.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Liliputing+(Liliputing)

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Smart Locks—CCP’s New Tool to Control Population

 

'Coincidentally, the infamous “Fengqiao Experience”—a Mao Zedong-era method when massed groups of citizens were incited to monitor and reform those labeled as “class enemies”—originated in Zhuji city in the early 1960s. President Xi Jinping has revived the method and promotes it to control the population, but only with “upgraded” high-tech features to collect and analyze information.'


https://bitterwinter.org/smart-locks-ccps-new-tool-to-control-population/

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