You can"t always determine emotion from someone"s facial movements, neither can AI
If you saw a person with their brow furrowed, mouth turned down, and eyes squinted, would you guess they're angry? What if you found out they'd forgotten their reading glasses and were deciphering a restaurant menu?.....»»
Italy Fines Clearview AI $22 Million, Orders Data Deleted
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Another European privacy watchdog has sanctioned the controversial facial recognition firm, Clearview AI, which scrapes selfies off the Internet to amass a databased of some 10 billion of faces to.....»»
From quantum vibrations to nanodiamonds, unusual toolbox puts dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variants under surveillance
With each new SARS-CoV-2 variant that has emerged, global panic ensues to determine its level of threat. But a group of quantum biologists, engineers, and virus physicists think we already have the tools to more easily detect—and stop—dangerous c.....»»
Every second counts in Jaguar Racing Formula E
Races can be won or lost with fractions of seconds separating first, second, and third. Many factors determine who stands on the podium, awarded with points and champagne, and who returns to the pit on a recovery truck. One factor that plays a critic.....»»
Activists pushed the IRS to drop facial recognition. They won, but they"re not done yet
In mid-February, privacy and digital rights activists were buzzing about a recent victory: Earlier in the month, the Internal Revenue Service said it would back away from a controversial plan to force taxpayers to use facial-recognition software befo.....»»
A few simple rules determine how floating fire ant rafts change shape over time
Agent-based model describes how "treadmilling" behavior can spontaneously emerge Enlarge / Fire ants form a protrusion from an ant raft. (credit: Vernerey Research Group/CU Boulder) Fire ants are a textbook example of collecti.....»»
SEC Scrutinizes NFT Market Over Illegal Crypto Token Offerings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing creators of NFTs and the crypto exchanges where they trade to determine if some of the assets run afoul of the agency's rules, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with t.....»»
College Kid"s Twitter Bot That Stalks Musk"s Jet Now Tracking Russian Oligarchs
A Twitter bot created by a college student is tracking the movements of 46 jets owned or leased by more than 20 Russian oligarchs and sending updates to ADS-B Exchange, "a sit that collects data from aviation enthusiasts who run their own equipment t.....»»
Tail hair technology uses real-time DNA sequencing to determine age of cattle
A way to determine the age of cattle by analyzing their tail hair has been described as a "game changer" for Australia's lucrative northern cattle industry......»»
Facial asymmetry in mountain gorillas likely tied to inbreeding
A large international team of researchers has found a possible connection between facial asymmetry in mountain gorillas and inbreeding. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes comparing the facial features.....»»
Drones used to identify pregnant dolphins
Researchers have found a way to remotely determine if protected female bottlenose dolphins are expecting a calf using aerial photos taken from drones......»»
IRS To Adopt Login.gov As User Authentication Tool
An anonymous reader quotes a report from FedScoop: The Internal Revenue Service has committed to Login.gov as a user authentication tool after earlier this month agreeing to abandon the use of a commercial tool that featured third-party facial recogn.....»»
IRS now lets taxpayers opt out of facial recognition after backlash
The Internal Revenue Service will continue using controversial facial recognition software for the rest of the current tax-filing season to verify taxpayers' identities before they can log on to its website. But after facing a backlash, the agency is.....»»
Yield is key for TSMC-Samsung race in 3nm chip production
TSMC and Samsung Electronics are set to enter a race for 3nm chip production as they both plan to start commercial production of the most advanced available process node in the second half of 2022, but manufacturing yield rates will determine who wil.....»»
IRS says you can now create account without submitting to facial recognition
IRS still uses ID.me but says users can choose interview instead of a selfie scan. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Spencer Whalen/EyeEm) The Internal Revenue Service today said that selfies collected from taxpayers will be del.....»»
Scientists Map the Dark Matter Web Surrounding the Milky Way
A new simulation aims to determine whether the standard view of dark matter can explain how unique our galaxy’s neighborhood is......»»
100 Billion Face Photos? Clearview AI tells investors it"s On Track to Identify "Almost Everyone in the World"
tThe Washington Post reports: Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year, enough to ensure "almost everyone in the world will be identifiable," according to a financial presentatio.....»»
Scientists Demonstrate Self-Awareness In Fish
Researchers from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, have provided evidence to suggest that fish have the capacity for MSR, a behavioral test to determine whether an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition. As Phys......»»
This scientist is the lizard king, and he just found another one from the age of dinosaurs
Aaron Bauer has traveled the world in search of lizards, logging more than 2 million miles in his quest to identify new species and determine how they fit into the tree of life. He has made more than 100 trips to southern Africa alone......»»
Big-data tracking technologies can uncover wildlife secrets and improve conservation efforts
Recent advances in wildlife tracking techniques have enabled large-scale data collection on the detailed movements of many animal species. The application of these approaches has revealed new insights into how animals use their environment, interact.....»»
Scientists demonstrate self-awareness in fish
Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is seen as evidence for self-awareness and passing the mark test, in which animals touch or scrape a mark placed on their body in a location that can only be indirectly viewed in a mirror, is used to determine the capaci.....»»