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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

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The contracting stage addresses gaps in existing software and information technology contract templates, which are not adequately evaluating the nuances and risks of AI systems. Harvard’s AI Sandbox , for example, enables university researchers to study security and privacy risks in generative AI.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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The technology has been around for years, but requiring it marks a major safety milestone for active safety. That’s because it’s moving toward the dream of self-driving vehicles, which demands universal standards. In 2022, cars in many countries must start carrying automatic emergency braking.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. requests for orientation on the latest technology.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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And yet this transformative invention took nearly two decades to make it out of the lab, with numerous companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia considering the technology and yet failing to recognize its potential. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Seldom can we attribute inventions in digital technology to one individual or company. Competing claims about the memory stick’s origin.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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And interestingly enough, some of those calls are coming from the CEOs of the companies involved in this technology. And do you also worry about algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems that may be used in judicial systems, or legal systems, or medical contexts, things like that? Wald: Yeah. Wald: Absolutely.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

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At Stanford University, otolaryngologist Blair Simmons and engineer Robert White successfully implanted the first multichannel cochlear implant, and Simmons coauthored a report about it in Science in 1965. Meanwhile, the legal team at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital was concerned about liability if anything went wrong.

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