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  Admitting that it is not easy to detect and remove accounts belonging to people under the age of 13, Facebook has said that it is looking at ways to convince people under age 13 to not lie about their age, including using the artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Facebook Latest News Facebook and Instagram weren't designed for people under the age of 13, so the company is now creating new ways to stop those who are underage from signing up. "We're developing AI to find and remove underaged accounts, and new solutions to verify people's ages. We're also building new experiences designed specifically for those under 13," said Pavni Diwanji, VP of Youth Products at Facebook. Facebook is also working with operating system (OS) providers, internet browsers and other providers so they can share information to help apps establish whether someone is of an appropriate age. Read Full Article Here

  Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk is considering holding an AI Day in about a month, where the Silicon Valley billionaire will showcase the progress in AI software and hardware with an aim to recruit. "Looking at holding Tesla AI Day in about a month or so. Will go over progress with Tesla AI software & hardware, both training & inference. Purpose is recruiting," Musk tweeted on Monday. His latest plan to promote Tesla's technology comes amid the hiccups faced in the company's path to achieve full self-driving technology. Musk had during an earnings call in January said he was "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year." But in May, Tesla informed the California Department of Motor Vehicles that it may not achieve full self-driving technology by 2021 end. Click Here

  As artificial intelligence (Ai) technology gets all-pervasive, the European Union is considering a ban on the use of AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores, among other applications. The leaked draft proposal, first reported by Politico and is expected to be made official next week, would see the EU take a strong stance on certain applications of AI, similar to the EU's regulation of digital privacy under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), reports The Verge. According to the draft, a ban on AI is needed for "indiscriminate surveillance," including systems that directly track individuals in physical environments or aggregate data from other sources. It also seeks a ban on AI systems that create social credit scores, which means judging someone's trustworthiness based on social behavior or predicted personality traits. Read More