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ForkLog 24 29.11.2021

Russia Employs AI to Psychoanalyse Personality From Social Media

Russian authorities have shown interest in creating an artificial-intelligence platform that can psychoanalyse a person’s personality from social-network posts. The study was commissioned by the Analytical Center under the government.

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ForkLog 13 24.11.2021

Apple Sues NSO Group Over Spyware

Apple has filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, the developer of spyware, and sought to bar it from accessing its devices.

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ForkLog 15 24.11.2021

ClearView AI breaks into the top ten of the most accurate face-recognition systems

The software of the notoriously controversial startup ClearView AI made the top ten out of nearly 100 face-recognition providers in the NIST test.

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ForkLog 6 22.11.2021

UK regulator eyes blockchain-analytics tools

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced a tender among firms specialising in blockchain analytics. The contract is worth £500,000 ($672,000).

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ForkLog 15 09.11.2021

Media: Israeli forces deploy facial recognition against Palestinians

The Israeli army has deployed an extensive facial-recognition system to track Palestinians on the West Bank, according to former soldiers.

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ForkLog 12 04.11.2021

Australia orders Clearview AI to stop collecting citizens’ data

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has demanded that the developer of the Clearview AI facial-recognition system stop collecting citizens' photographs and destroy the data it already holds.

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ForkLog 23 03.11.2021

Facebook to drop its facial-recognition system and delete related data

Meta has announced the closure of Facebook's facial-recognition system in the coming weeks. The social network will also delete individual biometric templates for more than a billion people.

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ForkLog 14 27.10.2021

Scottish schools suspend facial-recognition payments after ICO intervention

Nine schools in North Ayrshire (Scotland) suspended the use of a facial-recognition system for paying meals in canteens after intervention by the UK\'s Information Commissioner\'s Office.

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ForkLog 11 26.10.2021

Media: Amazon sells AI to Britain’s security services for espionage

British intelligence agencies have signed a contract with Amazon to store and process secret materials. This will allow agencies to share information among themselves and conduct deep data analysis using artificial intelligence for espionage.

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ForkLog 19 25.10.2021

Russian authorities deploy AI to locate debtors

By 2023, the Federal Bailiffs Service will connect AI to the search for debtors. The cost of implementing the system will be 11.5 billion rubles.

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ForkLog 10 21.10.2021

Russian Railways to deploy AI to detect disorderly passengers on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC)

An AI system to detect anti-social behaviour by passengers will be installed on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) to prevent offences. The development cost of the platform will amount to 15.7 million rubles.

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ForkLog 16 13.10.2021

Ukraine to deploy AI cameras to monitor mask-wearing and 1.5-metre social distancing

In November, cameras will go live in Ukraine's two largest cities to monitor mask-wearing and 1.5-metre social distancing.

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