Researchers Fooled a Google AI Into Thinking a Rifle Was a Helicopter
Dec 21, 2017•7 min
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Episode description
Tech giants love to tout how good their computers are at identifying what’s depicted in a photograph. In 2015, deep learning algorithms designed by Google, Microsoft, and China’s Baidu superseded humans at the task, at least initially. This week, Facebook announced that its facial-recognition technology is now smart enough to identify a photo of you, even if you’re not tagged in it.
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