Enforcment

• 》Silicon.co.uk | Classified US Army Data Found Unprotected On AWS Server
• 》Microsoft | U.S. Army to use HoloLens technology in high-tech headsets for soldiers
• 》NYT | How A.I. Helped Improve Crowd Counting in Hong Kong Protests
• 》Forbes | Hong Kong Exposes Both Sides Of China's Relentless Facial Recognition Machine

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Retail

• 》The Verge | Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be shared
• 》WSJ | Retailers Use AI to Improve Online Recommendations for Shoppers
• 》The Verge | Walmart is using AI-powered cameras to prevent theft at checkout lanes
• 》The Verge | Retail stores are packed with unchecked facial recognition, civil rights organizations say

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Food Production and Food

• 》Japanese Companies Use Technology to Fight Food Waste
• 》World’s Largest Robotic Field Scanner Now in Place

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Medical

• 》NYT | China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment
• 》NextGov | VA Turns to Machine Learning to Automate Prescription Workflows
• 》ProPublica | You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True
• 》TED | What tech companies know about your kids
• 》Tech Radar | Are fitness trackers the future of healthcare?

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ICE/Police

• 》MIT Technology Review | Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown | MIT Technology Review
• 》AlgorithmWatch | Unchecked use of computer vision by police carries high risks of discrimination
• 》LAPD ends predictive policing program
• 》The Intercept | Google AI Tech will be used for virtual border wall, CBP contract shows

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Jobs

• 》VentureBeat | Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction
• 》Reuters | Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women

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Loans and Financing

• 》ProPublica | Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk
• 》NYT | Apple Card Investigated After Gender Discrimination Complaints
• 》MIT Technology Review | The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty

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Education

• 》WSJ | Bots Grade Your Kids’ Schoolwork—and They’re Often Wrong
• 》WSJ | How China Is Using Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms | WSJ
• 》It isn't all bad news - meet Moxie!
• 》NYT | Online Cheating Charges Upend Dartmouth Medical School

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Judicial System

• 》ProPublica | Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks.
• 》VICE | This Company Is Using Racially-Biased Algorithms to Select Jurors
• 》MIT Technology Room | Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game
• 》MichiganLive | Michigan man misidentified by facial recognition technology warns Congress of risks posed by police surveillance

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