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These Chinese firms were blacklisted for Uighur oppression. Now they want to sell COVID-19 surveillance tools to the West.
The companies are touting thermal screening and facial recognition technologies, and are finding cu…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The US will put 8 more Chinese companies including dronemaker DJI on an investment blacklist, report says
Dronemaker DJI and other companies will be added to the US Treasury's "Chinese military-industrial …
Shalini Nagarajan
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The US blacklisted some of China's most valuable AI startups over human rights issues in a dramatic trade war escalation
On the list were eight tech companies, including three of China's biggest AI startups - SenseTime, …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Huawei reportedly tested facial-recognition technology that could set off a 'Uighur alarm' to the Chinese government when the software identified someone from the persecuted minority group
At least 1 million Uighurs have been detained in internment camps in China as the government contin…
Katie Canales
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Inside the creepy and impressive startup funded by the Chinese government that is developing AI that can recognize anyone, anywhere
And the Chinese government has big plans to have a ubiquitous surveillance network that can monitor…
Harrison Jacobs,Pat Ralph
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Stocks are dropping after China hints at retaliation after the US blacklisted Chinese tech firms
"European stocks are in the red today as the market pares back hopes for a deal between the US and …
Theron Mohamed
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Huawei reportedly worked with 4 additional companies to build surveillance tools that track people by ethnicity, following recent revelations that it tested a 'Uighur alarm'
The Washington Post has unearthed additional tools Huawei helped build that claim to have the abili…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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China's hot AI startup SenseTime says it is 'deeply disappointed' by US blacklisting
Major investors are reportedly concerned, too. Amid the wave of disappointing tech IPOs in 2019, on…
Charlie Wood
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China launched a new app that warns people if they've come into contact with anyone who has the Wuhan coronavirus, the latest surveillance state measure to contain the disease
Soldiers wear protective suits during the arrival of Brazilians repatriated from Wuhan, China, the …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took a subtle swipe at Amazon and other rivals by calling the uses of facial recognition 'terrible'
In May, the ACLU revealed that Amazon was providing Rekognition to law enforcement agencies for pur…
Julie Bort,Alyson Shontell
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How US-China tech war is rippling through the global supply chain
How US-China tech war is rippling through the global supply chain
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Microsoft warns investors that its artificial intelligence tech could go awry and hurt its reputation
"Issues in the use of AI in our offerings may result in reputational harm or liability. We are buil…
Julie Bort
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai explained how easy it is to unintentionally create a sexist, racist AI bot
Microsoft, too, was called out a couple of years ago by an MIT researcher who found three leading f…