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How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?

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In order to address the legal and ethical issues that an autonomous weapons system (AWS) can raise, it’s important to look at the many technical challenges that arise along the full spectrum of autonomy. Some autonomous capabilities are less controversial, while others trigger intense debate over the legality and ethics of the capability.

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Digital Currency and Trade Systems Are Tearing up the Rules

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These platforms—which combine open alliance legal agreements (like Visa or Mastercard's legal agreements), distributed ledger technology (for example, blockchains like IBM's hyperledger ), and end-to-end encryption—can handle not only payments but also finance, trade, tax, and audits in a uniform manner.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Selling User Data for Pennies, Senators Ask FTC to Get Involved

The Truth About Cars

A letter to the Federal Trade Commission has revealed that these automakers are not only selling off your personal data, they’re doing it for a pathetically small sum of money. Markey, the document pertains to data broker Verisk and an earlier story that roped in several major manufacturers. Penned by U.S.

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5 Steps To Take Immediately After a Truck Accident

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Document the Scene. Get Legal Help. You may also feel pressured to sign a document agreeing to this amount. By working with an experienced personal injury attorney, you will have someone by your side who will defend your rights and negotiate the best possible settlement offer on your behalf.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

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However our governments choose to regulate AI, we need to promote a diverse AI ecosystem: from large companies building proprietary superintelligence to everyday tinkerers experimenting with open technology. We’re unable to inspect these systems or build competitive alternatives. However, the E.U.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

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He put in 18-hour days dissecting the code, documenting what it did, and responding to press inquiries. He was one of the founders of the field of cyber forensics, which involves collecting and analyzing digital data for investigations and providing legally admissible evidence. Spafford wrote the first papers on the topic.

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