Killer drone hunts soldiers without being told to

Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos reveal how a killer drone hunted down and engaged humans without instruction for the first time, Amazon’s plan to turn your WiFi over to the public, and why the devastating drought in the western US will affect the entire country. Richard Vevers from the Ocean Agency talks about the health of Earth’s oceans. … Read More >Killer drone hunts soldiers without being told to

Rise of the killer robot: An autonomous drone hunted down a human target in Libya last year & no one is talking about it

The prospect of AI-led warfare is inching ever closer if events in Libya last year are anything to go by. Despite calls for a ban, killer robots present a terrifying, apocalyptic vision of lawless conflict in the future. … Read More >Rise of the killer robot: An autonomous drone hunted down a human target in Libya last year & no one is talking about it

Not even wildlife can go undetected: Australia trains AI road cameras for KOALA ‘facial recognition’

Researchers at an Australian university have been granted thousands of dollars from the government to work on AI-based devices that would help identify individual koalas crossing the roads in the country. … Read More >Not even wildlife can go undetected: Australia trains AI road cameras for KOALA ‘facial recognition’

IDF brags of waging ‘first AI war,’ lending credence to view that Gaza serves as testing ground for Israel’s fighting techniques

The 11-day flare-up between Israel and Hamas was dubbed the “first AI war” by Israel’s military, which bragged about using advanced computing technologies to sift through the staggering amount of intelligence it collects on Gaza. … Read More >IDF brags of waging ‘first AI war,’ lending credence to view that Gaza serves as testing ground for Israel’s fighting techniques

‘Weapons of the future’: Russia has launched mass production of autonomous high-tech WAR ROBOTS, Defense Minister Shoigu announces

The Russian military will soon be equipped with autonomous war robots capable of acting independently on the battlefield, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said, adding that Moscow has launched mass production of such machines. … Read More >‘Weapons of the future’: Russia has launched mass production of autonomous high-tech WAR ROBOTS, Defense Minister Shoigu announces

EU data protection watchdog says facial recognition should be banned due to ‘deep intrusion’ into people’s private lives

Facial recognition should be banned from Europe’s public spaces, the EU’s independent data protection authority has said, just days after the bloc’s executive branch proposed a new bill allowing the partial use of the technology. … Read More >EU data protection watchdog says facial recognition should be banned due to ‘deep intrusion’ into people’s private lives

‘A means, not an end’: EU proposes ‘human centric’ approach to AI regulation in draft rules

The European Commission has proposed regulations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) through a risk-based rules framework that calls for heavy fines, partial bans on surveillance, and safeguards for high-risk applications. … Read More >‘A means, not an end’: EU proposes ‘human centric’ approach to AI regulation in draft rules