Google building impaired speech dataset for speech recognition inclusivity
Google has partnered with the ALS Therapy Development Institute and the ALS Residence Initiative (ALSRI) to gather voice samples from…
Fingerprint Cards biometric technology deployed in nine new smartphone models
Fingerprint Cards sensor technology continues to be deployed in new smartphone models. The Swedish biometrics company has revealed that an…
Google announces edge face and voice biometrics at I/O Conference
Google has launched a new smart home hub with biometric facial recognition processed at the edge, and reduced its voice…
Google cancels AI ethics council plans following controversy
Google has given up on the AI ethics advisory group it announced just over a week ago, after public controversy…
Tech giants and civil society seek to institutionalize AI ethics
As artificial intelligence becomes more controversial, tech giants are putting together councils and review processes to ensure ethical uses of…
Google develops on-device real-time speech recognition with new neural network technique
Google is rolling out an end-to-end on-device speech recognition technology entirely driven by neural networks for speech input in its…
Google to argue online photo service is not subject to Illinois biometric privacy law
The use of facial recognition on photos of people, rather than the people themselves, is not covered by the Illinois…
Dismissed biometric privacy suit against Google appealed and filed in state court
A recently-dismissed lawsuit filed against Google under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been given new life by the…
White paper lays out Google position on government involvement in AI
Google has laid out its position on government regulation of artificial intelligence in a white paper, suggesting a limited approach…
Google Brain researcher discusses AI translator project
Google Brain research scientists have developed a tool for increasing the transparency of machine learning models, according to a Quanta…
