Making artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, etc). The focus is on productive implementations and real-world scenarios that are accessible to everyone. If you want to keep up with the latest advances in AI, while keeping one foot in the real world, then this is the show for you!
Blacklisted facial recognition and surveillance companies
The United States has blacklisted several Chinese AI companies working in facial recognition and surveillance. Why? What are these companies doing exactly, and how does this fit into the international politics of AI? We dig into these questions and attempt to do some live fact finding in this episode.
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Notes and Links
- 1 million ethnic Uyghurs in China have been held in “re-education camps”
- Surge in Chinese research related to surveillance of Muslim minorities
- US AI Blacklist summary article from MIT Technology Review
- Hikvision
- iFlytek
- Megvii
- Yitu
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