The US Department of Transportation and the White House have released a new federal government automated vehicle policy guide, “Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies: Automated Vehicles 4.0.”
The report describes research, policy, funding and other efforts by 38 different federal government agencies in support of the development and
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Effective January 6, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed new export controls on geospatial imagery software that is used in areas including self-driving vehicles, drone navigation, remote sensing, and analysis of earth imagery.
The new export control requires that an export license be
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In the latest issue of AI Outlook − a new DLA Piper publication that reports on the latest developments around artificial intelligence in Washington − we discuss the Trump Administration’s long-awaited guidelines governing how federal agencies should develop and use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The memorandum names a number of
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On December 19, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce, released a study on demographic differentials for contemporary face recognition algorithms.
The study describes and quantifies demographic differentials for contemporary face recognition algorithms. Essentially, the purpose of the study was to
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This issue of AI Outlook − a new DLA Piper publication that reports on the latest developments around artificial intelligence in Washington − we discuss next week’s House Oversight and Investigations Committee hearing, which will look into the national security implications of facial recognition technology.
The hearing, tentatively set for
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Thought leaders from the AI industry shared ideas and predictions on the present and future of artificial intelligence at the DLA Piper European Technology Summit last month. I had the pleasure of moderating the AI panel – “Applying the laws of man or the laws of Asimov – future regulation
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The Internet of Things experienced a massive acceleration in 2016, but what are the predictions for 2017? What should we expect?
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The development of Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies raises the issue on whether they should also act ethically.
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Artificial intelligence technologies might find a considerable hurdle in privacy rights, obligations and sanctions provided by the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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