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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

Malwarebytes

Six years ago, Yann LeCun, currently Chief AI Scientist at Meta, gave Facebook users an idea of how his team approached its work in artificial intelligence research and facial recognition. Paxton doesn’t see Facebook’s face recognition technology as a means to protect its user’s identities.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

SAFR was rolled out with little fanfare at two Seattle pilot schools about a year ago, in early 2017. Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have poured vast resources into theoretical research in the related fields of artificial intelligence, image recognition and face analysis. Next-gen FR. Marquez, the Robbie.AI

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Survey Says…Cybersecurity Remains A Critical Challenge For Business

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In its Global Risk Report 2017 , the World Economic Forum found that “large-scale cyber-attacks or malware causing large economic damages” or “widspread loss of trust in the internet” remain the primary business risks in North America. 23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader.