Amazon claims its Rekognition software can now detect fear

Amazon claims its Rekognition software can now detect fear

It seems that just like bees, Amazon can sense your fear.

Because nothing says “nightmare scenario” quite like a giant tech corporation everyone uses knowing what you’re feeling, Amazon announced on Monday that Rekognition, its controversial facial recognition tool, can now detect a person’s fear.

The update includes “improved accuracy for emotion detection (for all 7 emotions: ‘Happy’, ‘Sad’, ‘Angry’, ‘Surprised’, ‘Disgusted’, ‘Calm’ and ‘Confused’)” but, just for kicks, I guess, “added a new emotion: ‘Fear’.”

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Hackers can ransomware your fancy digital camera

Hackers can ransomware your fancy digital camera

Not even your precious memories are safe from hackers.

That much was made clear at the annual DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, where a security researcher demonstrated just how easy it is to remotely encrypt a digital camera with ransomware. And once that happens, you can say goodbye to all your photos — unless you pay up.

The specific camera in question was a Canon EOS 80D, but, as Eyal Itkin explained to the early Sunday morning crowd of seemingly hungover hackers, it’s likely not the only model vulnerable.

“If you can do something to cameras, you have many potential victims you can affect,” he observed. “Would you pay to get your camera back?” Read more…

Want to Know The Latest on AI? Read These Books!

Want to Know The Latest on AI? Read These Books!

Readers of this column know that Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot. Managing Director at Redpoint Capital’s Tomasz Tunguz pointed out this past week that there were no AI startups eight years ago and that today, there are 400!

A Universal Memory?

A Universal Memory?

The 2019 Emerging Memories are Ramping Up Report projects $4B discrete MRAM sales by 2029 and use in many embedded applications. The demand is there and the infrastructure is being created that could turn MRAM into a Universal Memory.   Read Article