The COVIDSafe app may not be able to overcome its shortcomings
The Australian government's contact-tracing app, COVIDSafe, has been touted as crucial for restarting the country's economy and curbing COVID-19's spread.
May 18, 2020
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Software
The Australian government's contact-tracing app, COVIDSafe, has been touted as crucial for restarting the country's economy and curbing COVID-19's spread.
May 18, 2020
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Engineering
Anyone who has had a mammogram or an MRI knows how uncomfortable and awkward the tests can be. Now, Purdue University researchers have taken technology used in the defense and aerospace industries to create a novel way of ...
Feb 26, 2020
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Computer Sciences
It is relatively easy to clone parts of an image with photo editing software to remove objects and backgrounds or even to duplicate objects. A skillful digital artist will be able to do this almost seamlessly. Such artists ...
Jan 31, 2020
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Security
How accurately do face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background? According to a new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the answer depends on the ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Google's artificial intelligence system can identify breast cancer more accurately than radiologists, according to a study published in Nature on Wednesday.
Jan 3, 2020
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Security
Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment of the artificial intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Security
In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories.
Jul 10, 2020
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