Algorithms · August 2021Gaffe level: Typo
Researchers Create 'Master Faces' to Bypass Facial Recognition
Researchers generated AI 'master faces' that can unlock a surprising number of strangers' facial-recognition profiles, like a skeleton key made of pixels. Your face might be your password, but it turns out the lock is pickable.
Source: Vice
AI Cameras and New Satellites Are Spotting California Wildfires Before People Do
ALERTCalifornia's network of nearly 1,300 AI-watched cameras detected just over half of the state's wildfires before any human reported them this past summer. California has also launched the first three FireSat satellites, the start of a constellation built to catch fires while they are still the size of a schoolyard.
Source: PetaPixel