Algorithms · October 2024Gaffe level: Typo
Two students built facial recognition glasses that dox strangers. It was not hard
Two Harvard students built glasses that identify strangers in real time using facial recognition. It was not hard. A Boston man discovered he was the star of their viral subway demo a month after the encounter.
Source: The New York Times
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