Robots · December 2022Gaffe level: Blunder
Roomba's AI Training Photos, Including People on Toilets, Ended Up on Facebook
Modified Roombas used by paid collectors captured intimate images from inside homes, and gig workers labeling the data shared some of them online. The robot vacuum was watching, and then it was oversharing.
Source: MIT Technology Review
An AI Read Heart Disease From Face and Tongue Photos
Researchers in China fused tongue and facial photographs through a dual-branch deep learning model and screened for coronary heart disease without a single blood test, reaching an AUC of 0.9992 on an independent test set. Published in Scientific Reports, it points to a low-cost, non-invasive screening tool that needs only a camera.
Source: Scientific Reports