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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Facial recognition bias frustrates Black asylum applicants to US, advocates say","slug":"facial-recognition-bias-frustrates-black-asylum-applicants-to-us-advocates-say","publishDate":"2023-02-08 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-09 14:30:51.926043","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The US government’s new mobile app for migrants to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border is blocking many Black people from being able to file their claims because of facial recognition bias in the tech, immigration advocates say.\nNon-profits that assist Black asylum seekers are finding that the app, CBP One, is failing to register many people with darker skin tones, effectively barring them from their right to request entry into the US.\nAdvocates are protesting that since the app’s rollout by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month, the algorithm problems are sharply reducing the number of Black asylum seekers who can fill out their applications.\n“There are about 4,000 Black asylum seekers waiting in Reynosa and at least another 1,000 Haitians in Matamoros.\n“And we help everybody in both cities.”Another solution is that Black asylum seekers buy brand new cellphones.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Brain-Inspired System ‘Reads’ Handwriting with Skyrmions","slug":"brain-inspired-system-reads-handwriting-with-skyrmions","publishDate":"2023-02-09 06:04:16+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-09 14:30:51.263415","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"“Another advantage of using skyrmions is energy saving, because skyrmions can be controlled using very small current densities,” says Yokouchi.\nTo put data into the device, the researchers encoded information into a magnetic field that, when applied to the skyrmions, generates a voltage.\nThe researchers trained the device using more than 13,000 images of handwritten digits from 0 to 9.\nThey converted the images into magnetic input signals, and tuned the device so that the output voltage signals accurately represented the correct digit.\n“Our work indicates that energy-saving neuromorphic computing can be realized using skyrmions,” says Yokouchi.
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Professors Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni and Viterbi Board of Councilors Member Fariborz Maseeh Elected to the NAE - USC Viterbi","slug":"professors-costas-synolakis-and-gerard-medioni-and-viterbi-board-of-councilors-member-fariborz-maseeh-elected-to-the-nae-usc-viterbi","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-02-09 14:30:47.723783","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"“We are thrilled that our distinguished colleagues Costas Synolakis and Gérard Medioni have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering,” USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos said.\nMaseeh, who holds a doctorate from MIT, has founded or cofounded several successful tech companies and is a member of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Board of Councilors.\nIn 1996, the same year that he was made a full professor at USC Viterbi, Synolakis founded the USC Tsunami Research Center.\nHe serves on the USC Viterbi Board of Councilors.\nIn 2010, Massiah donated to USC Viterbi $1 million to establish the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition at USC Viterbi.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Google chatbot blunders as AI battle with Microsoft heats up","slug":"google-chatbot-blunders-as-ai-battle-with-microsoft-heats-up","publishDate":"2023-02-09 09:06:32+05:30","createdLocal":"2023-02-09 14:30:45.965814","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank.\nAlso Read | Google strikes back in AI battle with MicrosoftThe bots are quickly being integrated into search engines and Google is battling to preserve its two-decade dominance of the web search industry.\nBut astronomers on Twitter quickly noticed that Google's Bard had given out an error in an ad on Twitter touting its new technology.\nAnalysts have suggested Google rushed its announcement under pressure from Microsoft, but Raghavan denied the claim.\nGoogle executives announced on Wednesday several AI-induced improvements across products including maps, translation, and its image recognition tool Lens.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"India travel system boasts 99% accurate facial authentication","slug":"india-travel-system-boasts-99-accurate-facial-authentication","publishDate":"2023-02-08 21:33:43+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-09 14:30:44.765649","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"An Indian startup supplying facial recognition for a new airport-clearance service says its algorithm is right 99 percent of the time.\nThe company, Dataevolve, wrote the code for Digi Yatra, which is a contactless biometric security service still taking off in India.\nThe company trained its algorithm on 600,000-image dataset made up of Indian nationals, according to business publication Moneycontrol.\nThere are three or four thousand travelers using Digi Yatra on an average day at four airports.\nArticle Topicsaccuracy | airports | biometric authentication | biometrics | Dataevolve | dataset | Digi Yatra | face biometrics | facial authentication | India
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