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AI Weekly: AI phrenology is racist nonsense, so of course it doesn’t work

In a paper titled “The ‘Criminality From Face’ Illusion” posted this week on Arxiv.org, a trio of researchers surgically debunked recent research that...

Drone companies abdicate responsibility in selling to law enforcement

It’s an open secret that law enforcement is deploying drones to surveil the nationwide protests against racial injustice. Indeed, in an open letter,...

Still haven’t done your taxes? TurboTax’s Deluxe Package is on sale right now

The IRS has extended tax season to July 15 this year. If you have yet to file your taxes, you may want to...

Researchers find racial discrimination in ‘dynamic pricing’ algorithms used by Uber, Lyft, and others

A preprint study published by researchers at George Washington University presents evidence of social bias in the algorithms ride-sharing startups like Uber, Lyft, and...

GitLab acquires DevSecOps startups Peach Tech and Fuzzit

GitLab has acquired a pair of startups as the DevOps giant doubles down on security support for development teams. While GitLab is perhaps...

Sentropy raises $13 million to develop AI tools that detect online abuse

Sentropy, a startup developing platform-agnostic tools to detect online abuse, emerged from stealth today with $13 million in venture capital. Its products aim...

Amazon imposes one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition technology

Amazon today said it’s declared a halt of the sale of facial recognition to police departments for one year. The news comes one...

IBM walked away from facial recognition. What about Amazon and Microsoft?

IBM’s choice to end commercial sales of facial recognition may increase pressure on Amazon and Microsoft to halt contracts with law enforcement agencies....

Love working from home? Browse 30,000+ remote listings with FlexJobs

If you find yourself out of a job in this time of economic uncertainty, you’re not alone. Even as reopening measures are enacted,...

Planck raises $16 million to underwrite commercial insurance risk

AI commercial insurance platform Planck today announced it raised $16 million in equity financing, a portion of which came from Nationwide Insurance’s $100...

Flatfile raises $7.6 million for AI that extracts and transforms spreadsheet data

Flatfile, a startup developing a platform that analyzes spreadsheets using AI and machine learning, today announced that it has raised $7.6 million in...

Domino Data Lab raises $43 million to help companies keep their AI models up to date

Domino Data Lab, a startup developing a platform focused on enterprises with large data science teams, today announced that it raised $43 million...

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