NY‘s moratorium on facial recognition, deepfakes in 2020, and more!
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Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
This week:
- Google tolds its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research - documents
- Facial-Recognition Tools in Spotlight in New Jersey False Arrest Case
- The year deepfakes went mainstream
- 13 acquisitions highlight Big Tech’s AI talent grab in 2020
- AI Startups Raised $9.9B in second half of 2020, a 15% Jump
0:00 - 0:40 Intro
0:40 - 4:00 News Summary segment
4:00 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://lastweekin.ai/p/94
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