Apr 11, 2019
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AGG for the WEEK of April 3rd-April 9th
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!
Exclusive: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry - Vox
FLIPPY’S FAM!
Meet Blue: The Cheap and Manipulative (in a Good Way) Robot | WIRED
Toyota's basketball robot is more accurate than Steph Curry - Business Insider
TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!
Prepare for Robocall Hell, Where Scam Bots Pretend to Be Your Mom
China Is Installing “AI Guards” in Prison Cells
A Sticker Can Trick Teslas Into Steering Toward Oncoming Traffic
This Robot Reads the Bible to Old People in Nursing Homes
DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Teams of Robots Compete to Explore Underground Worlds
Artificial intelligence can now emulate human behaviors – soon it will be dangerously good
MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
Hackers used stickers to fool a Tesla, highlighting the risks of AI - Vox
Artificial Intelligence Can Now Manipulate Medical Images Well Enough To Kill People
The rise of the killer robots – and the two women fighting back | World news | The Guardian
EU publishes guidelines on developing ethical AI - The Verge
How Robots, IoT And Artificial Intelligence Are Changing How Humans Have Sex
A Boston Dynamics robot is now a warehouse worker
A powerful spyware app now targets iPhone owners | TechCrunch
Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression, Mood Disorders Could Be Ethically Fraught
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!
5G and the Health Effects of Cell Phones | WIRED
NYC declares emergency over measles outbreak, mandates vaccinations | Ars Technica
Read the Best Parts of Alex Jones's 159-Page Deposition About Pepe the Frog - Motherboard
JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming's spy novels influenced the CIA | Salon.com
Trump's 'Witch Hunt' Claims Aren't Conspiracy Theories - The Atlantic
THE NEW AGE AND OCCULT IN THE NEWS
Genetic Astrology: When Ancient DNA Meets Ancestry Testing
More help needed for those who feel cursed, possessed, says exorcist – Catholic Philly
Why is Amazon Prime using astrology to sell you its products?
BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM
Researchers find a way to use CRISPR Cas-9 on reptiles
FDA Warns Virginia Lab for Illegally Marketing Unproven Genetic Tests
New DNA 'shredder' technique goes beyond CRISPR's scissors
SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON
UK to unleash internet safety czar on Google, Facebook, Twitter - CNET
Facebook to use AI to stop telling users to say hi to dead friends | Technology | The Guardian
Facebook bans half-dozen Canadian pages under extremism, hate policy - National | Globalnews.ca
Facebook’s ad system seems to discriminate by race and gender - Algorithmic prejudice
What Are Instagram Class Accounts? - The Atlantic
Facebook axed its bird-size internet drones before they even flew
Australia Proposes Bill to Stop “Weaponization” of Social Media
BECAUSE SCIENCE!
Scientists build a machine to generate quantum superposition of possible futures
Scientists Say They Can Make Light Travel 30x Faster Than Normal
UFOs are time machines from the future, professor claims | Fox News
Physicists Are Starting to Suspect Physical Reality Is an Illusion
Scientists are about to unveil the first images of a supermassive black hole - The Verge