>WE ARE WINNING (lb)
Stage is set for a pretty big weekend?
France is using AI to check whether people are wearing masks on public transport
The technology won’t be used to identify and punish individuals
By James Vincent May 7, 2020, 10:30am https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21250357/france-masks-public-transport-mandatory-ai-surveillance-camera-software
ACLU sues facial recognition firm Clearview AI, calling it a ‘nightmare scenario’ for privacy
Alleging Clearview violated a well-known Illinois biometric privacy law
By Nick Statt@nickstatt May 28, 2020, 1:13pm
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21273388/aclu-clearview-ai-lawsuit-facial-recognition-database-illinois-biometric-laws
How Well Can Algorithms Recognize Your Masked Face?
Makers of facial-recognition technology scramble to adapt to a world where people routinely cover their faces to avoid spreading disease.
https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-recognize-masked-face/
ByTom Simonite 05.01.2020 07:00 AM
What's the angle re: Masks/AI?
Surely some wild things are happening that the majority of Americans/Patriots are not understanding.
Whatever happens, please watch our backs here in New York - the Cuomo/Gates/Schmidt trio could do irreparable damage if not brought to heel before long.
Video:
Cuomo Says New York to Work With Gates Foundation to ‘Reimagine Education’
19,948 views May 5, 2020
New York will work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a blueprint to “reimagine education” in the Covid-19 era, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his daily coronavirus news conference on Tuesday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2T0YkjVzU
Andrew Cuomo is leaning on tech billionaires to help New York rebuild
Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are being asked to “reimagine” New York. Not everybody loves that.
By Theodore Schleifer @teddyschleifer May 6, 2020, 3:15pm EDT
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/6/21249410/coronavirus-andrew-cuomo-bill-gates-eric-schmidt-tech-billionaires
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is leaning on tech billionaires to rebuild New York after the coronavirus — a reminder of how the mega-rich are consolidating their power and expanding their influence even as they offer to help respond to the pandemic.
Cuomo has tapped Bill Gates’s foundation and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to “reimagine” New York’s economy, health care system, and school system, the governor said in back-to-back briefings on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been chosen to “revolutionize” online learning for the fall and was asked by Cuomo on Tuesday to develop a “blueprint” for how to do so.
And on Wednesday, Cuomo invited Schmidt to appear at his closely watched daily news conference, where Schmidt said he would focus on telehealth, remote learning, and broadband access as the chair of a new commission focused on organizing New York’s economy more around technology.
The appointments will undoubtedly give the two tech billionaires substantial influence in shaping what New York looks like a year from now. And amid a refreshed debate about the role of the ultra-wealthy in society, tapping the former Microsoft and Google CEOs will only increase the concerns raised about this plutocratic power, especially from voices in Cuomo’s own Democratic Party.
Using the word “visionary” to describe Gates and Schmidt on separate occasions, Cuomo portrayed their involvement as acts of benevolence and repeatedly thanked them for their service. And yet the two initiatives are offering a way for private citizens to reshape how 20 million people in New York will live — none of whom voted for Schmidt or Gates (neither of whom technically live in New York).
Andrew Cuomo is leaning on tech billionaires to help New York rebuild
Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are being asked to “reimagine” New York. Not everybody loves that.
By Theodore Schleifer @teddyschleifer May 6, 2020, 3:15pm EDT
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/6/21249410/coronavirus-andrew-cuomo-bill-gates-eric-schmidt-tech-billionaires
Just trying to do my part. o7
Front and Center.
Congress To Examine How The U.S. Is Falling Behind On Critical Technologies
Jason Brett | Jan 29, 2020,02:00am EST
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/01/29/congress-to-examine-how-the-us-is-falling-behind-on-critical-technologies/#5b0bd5052126