Awesome, not awesome.
#Awesome
"...[R]esearchers are working on ways to let AI learn from large amounts of medical data while making it very hard for that data to leak...“The whole notion of doing computation while keeping data secret is an incredibly powerful one,” says David Evans, who specializes in machine learning and security at the University of Virginia. When applied across hospitals and patient populations, for instance, machine learning might unlock completely new ways of tying disease to genomics, test results, and other patient information.” - Will Knight, Editor Learn More from MIT Technology Review >
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"[China] has been using a wide-ranging, secret facial recognition system to track and control the Uighurs, a largely Muslim minority, The Times reported. The advanced system is integrated into China’s growing network of surveillance cameras and is constantly tracking where Uighurs come and go. “If you make a technology that can classify people by an ethnicity, someone will use it to repress that ethnicity...”" - Niraj Chokshi, Reporter Learn More from The New York Times >
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