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Amazon is embracing surveillance-as-a-service
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WhyLabs raises $4 million to grow AI and data monitoring platform
Researchers create dataset to advance U.S. Supreme Court gender bias analysis
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How U.S. tech policy could change if Democrats win back the Senate
Black tech organizations grow amid calls for racial justice
Defense Innovation Board: The Pentagon should hire remote workers who can handle classified info
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Iron Ox raises $20 million to grow robotic greenhouse operations
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Pew: 73% of Americans believe social media platforms censor political speech
Zoom is coming to Amazon, Google, and Facebook smart displays
Machine learning groups form Consortium for Python Data API Standards to reduce fragmentation
Key moments in Kamala Harris’ history with Silicon Valley
AI researchers devise cheap data collection method to scale training robots
What Kamala Harris’ record says about major AI policy issues
Researchers say ‘The Whiteness of AI’ in pop culture erases people of color
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Bill in Congress would require businesses receive consent before using biometric data
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Truera applies explainability AI research to grow its model evaluation platform
