🚗 Self-Driving Cars, AI in Education, and Biometric Data
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Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?. August was an eventful month for driverless taxis in San Francisco. On August 10, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Google's Waymo and GM's Cruise to begin charging customers for driverless taxi rides across the city. A week later, Cruise vehicles were involved in two serious crashes within hours of one another. By Timothy B. Lee via Ars Technica
Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? - Winson Tang (@winsontang)
AI content detectors are unreliable, says ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. OpenAI is preparing teachers for the back-to-school season, releasing a guide on how to use ChatGPT in the classroom, months after educators raised the alarm on students turning to AI for cheating. By Hasan Chowdhury via Insider
There's no way for teachers to figure out if students are using ChatGPT to cheat, OpenAI says in new back-to-school guide - Alec Chivalry (@ArtVandelay2021)
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X's new privacy policy allows it to collect users' biometric data. Starting next month, X's updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users' biometric data and other personal information. Under the revised policy, "may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security and identification purposes" so long as the user provides consent. By Elizabeth Napolitano via CBS News
X's new privacy policy allows it to collect users' biometric data [with user consent] - Ted Hearn (@TedatPolicyBand)
How AI is Predicting the Next Big Trends in Consumer Products. For decades, identifying the next big consumer trends and products was an imprecise art dominated by guesswork. Companies would spend millions on market research, only to be caught off guard by sudden shifts in public taste. It was like throwing darts blindfolded. By Ari Goldberg via Entrepreneur
AI Is Making Market Insights Accessible to Businesses of Any Size — Not Just the Big Names. Here's How You Can Use It. - Donna Dean Payne (@thewebcoach)
How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet. A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Qakbot is a banking trojan that became infamous for providing an initial foothold on a victim’s network for other hackers to buy access and deliver their own malware, such as ransomware. By Carly Page via TechCrunch
How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet - Hala Bughazi (@HalaBughazi)
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