Human Rights & Tech Weekly News Circular

Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 7-14 June 2019.

You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.

 

 

AI

Artificial intelligence helps detect sepsis in Sydney emergency departments (ABC News)

Human Rights & Tech Weekly News Circular

Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 7-14 June 2019.

You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.

Surveillance

Facial recognition technology scrapped at King’s Cross site (The Guardian)

South Wales Police use of facial recognition ruled lawful (BBC News)

Google and Amazon use smart speakers for ‘surveillance,’ top tech investor says  (Yahoo Finance)

Privacy

Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral  (The Guardian)

‘Deepfake’ app causes fraud and privacy fears in China (BBC News)

Google to Pay $170 Million for YouTube Child Privacy Breaches  (Bloomberg)

Researchers Use Big Data And AI To Remove Legal Confidentiality (Forbes)

Security

Confirmed: Google’s Android Suffers Sustained Attacks By Anti-Uighur Hackers  (Forbes)

AI

AI Is Like Encryption: It Can’t Be Regulated Out Of Existence  (Forbes)

Philanthropists should treat AI as an ethical not a technological challenge  (Financial Times)

Health

New research shows an AI-powered system can develop potential new drugs in just 3 weeks (Business Insider)

How Healthcare Is Using Big Data And AI To Cure Disease  (Forbes)

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HRBDT Weekly News Circular

Each week the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, prepares an overview of related news stories from the week. This summary contains news articles from 7-14 June 2019.

You can follow the HRBDT Project on twitter: @hrbdtNews.