AI facial recognition used in thousands of child exploitation cold cases
DHS is using facial recognition and AI to find child abusers and rescue victims in a major new operation underway to solve thousands of cold cases.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin App goes offline – limiting users’ access to wallets
Worldcoin’s users are unable to access their tokens on the World App wallet after the mobile application stopped working on Monday.
Former Google exec’s startup Humu acquired by HR platform Perceptyx
Five years ago, human resources star Laszlo Bock—a veteran of Google and GE—unveiled “nudge engine” software startup Humu to the world, using HR technology to prompt smarter employee behaviour.
This startup just raised US$26 million to develop safer gene editing tools
By targeting RNA rather than DNA, Amber Bio aims to treat multiple genetic diseases with fewer safety risks.
New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves
Users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results
Google launches fund for female founders in Asia-Pacific, focusing on AI startups
The fund will provide $100,000 in equity-free cash to six female-founded startups this year.
Two years after Australia’s landmark Facebook showdown, it’s happening again overseas
Meta said months ago it would block news for Canadian Instagram and Facebook users “in order to comply” with Canada’s Online News Act.
Steve Jobs’ son launches new VC firm with $200 million to fight cancer
Reed Jobs will head the firm that stems from Emerson Collective, which his mother Laurene Powell Jobs created and largely funded with the Apple founder’s fortune.
280,000 Tesla vehicles under investigation for losing steering control
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will investigate an estimated 280,000 Tesla vehicles.
Are AI chatbots the new job interviewers?
Chatbots are increasingly being used by companies to interview and screen job applicants, often for blue collar jobs. But like other algorithmic hiring tools before them, experts and job applicants worry these tools could be biased.