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Suspect AI Software Verified Mail-In Ballots With Little Human Oversight in Key Battleground States
Untested AI software was used to verify mail-in ballot signatures in highly contested localities like Clark County, Nevada. The company that produces it has close ties to Lockheed Martin and Microsoft and its founder has a bone to pick with Donald Trump.
November 9, 2020
Secretive HHS AI Platform to Predict US Covid-19 Outbreaks Weeks in Advance
A new AI-powered module known as HHS Vision has been added to the controversial and secretive HHS Protect system for amassing data related to Covid-19. By year’s end, this opaque, yet increasingly influential, system is set to predict Covid-19 outbreaks without traditional testing.
October 27, 2020
New Pentagon-Google Partnership Suggests AI Will Soon Be Used to Diagnose Covid-19
Google recently teamed up with the Pentagon as part of the new, AI-driven “Predictive Health” program. Though only focused on “predictive cancer diagnoses” for now, Google and the military have apparent plans to expand the AI model for automating and predicting Covid-19 diagnoses.
September 17, 2020