High-Speed Privacy Protection: Facebook Opacus Trains PyTorch Models With DP
Facebook AI this week released a new high-speed library called Opacus.
Tag: Privacy
YOLO Creator Joseph Redmon Stopped CV Research Due to Ethical Concerns
Joseph Redmon, creator of the popular object detection algorithm YOLO, tweeted last week that he had ceased his computer vision research to avoid enabling potential misuse of the tech.
EmotionCues: AI Knows Whether Students Are Paying Attention
A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harbin Engineering University has adopted facial recognition technology to analyze students’ emotions in the classroom through a visual analytics system called “EmotionCues.”
Dr. Max Welling on Federated Learning and Bayesian Thinking
Dr. Welling shares his views on FL, the importance of distributed learning, and the Bayesian aspects of the domain.
Google Health Data Backlash; Microsoft Head of AI and Research Splits; Bengio vs Marcus in Christmas Debate
Synced Global AI Weekly November 17th
Can a Smart Light Bulb Steal Your Personal Data?
In a new paper, researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) design and implement attacks that leverage characteristics of the light emitted by modern smart bulbs to “steal” users’ private data and preferences from other nearby devices.
New AI Face Anonymization Model Protects Privacy
A team of researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology recently proposed a new architecture that can anonymize faces in images automatically while the original data distribution remains uninterrupted.
Jack Ma and Elon Musk Debate AI in Shanghai; Apple Makes A Rare Apology; Self-Driving Taxi Concerns
Synced Global AI Weekly September 1st
How to Hide Your Feelings From AI Voice Assistants
No matter whether the conversations commence with “Ok, Google”, “Hello Alexa”, or “Hey Siri”, tech giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all granted third-party contractors access to their users’ many interactions with voice assistants.
DeepFake Nudie App Goes Viral, Then Shuts Down
Just two days after a story on Motherboard went viral, developers of the “DeepNude” AI-powered software that enables users to virtually disrobe images of women have announced they are shutting down the website and the free and premium versions of the app they launched in March.