Nearly 60 percent of Americans support police using facial recognition technology to find suspects if the software is correct 100 percent of the time, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reported Monday. Top facial recognition technology is now at least 99.8 percent accurate, the National Institute of Standards and Technology reported in November (see 1811210044). About 47 percent support the technology’s use for identifying suspects if it’s correct 90 percent of the time. About 54 percent of respondents disagreed government should strictly limit the technology “even if it means airports can’t use it to speed up security lines,” the survey found. An ITIF affiliate polled 3,151 U.S. adults online Dec. 13-16.

The administration should promote data-sharing when updating national artificial intelligence strategy (see 1812040056), industry groups and Amazon said in comments to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program posted last week. Microsoft and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) voiced support for “de-identification” techniques for anonymous data gathering and sharing. Access to large data sets is essential for Al and machine learning research and development, Amazon said. The e-commerce platform also argued against policies and regulations that might “hamper” tech R&D. The Information Technology Industry Council called data the “gasoline that fuels AI engines,” cautioning that data and privacy concerns must be considered. Sharing data would allow industry to better train algorithms, ITI said. In 2018, the U.S. didn’t properly fund AI R&D, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s Center for Data Innovation said, citing better-financed competition from China, France and the U.K. Exposing source code for AI technology wouldn’t be useful, ITIF said, arguing “transparency guarantees neither accurate nor unbiased results.” The Software & Information Industry Association highlighted passage of the National Quantum Initiative Act, which President Donald Trump signed last week, authorizing $1.2 billion over five years for quantum activities across the federal government. People have a right to transparency, including data on human decision-making and the identities of groups behind the technology, EPIC said, offering 12 core principles endorsed by more than 200 experts and 50 NGOs. No group should be able to maintain “secret” profiling systems, and groups should be obligated to terminate a system if “human control of the system is no longer possible,” EPIC said. Echoing comments from EPIC, Microsoft backed de-identification data-sharing, or methods that preserve confidentiality, privacy and security. “However, AI systems that are used in contexts that involve people would need access to data about people to make informed decision[s],” Microsoft said.

The administration should promote data-sharing when updating national artificial intelligence strategy (see 1812040056), industry groups and Amazon said in comments to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program posted last week. Microsoft and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) voiced support for “de-identification” techniques for anonymous data gathering and sharing. Access to large data sets is essential for Al and machine learning research and development, Amazon said. The e-commerce platform also argued against policies and regulations that might “hamper” tech R&D. The Information Technology Industry Council called data the “gasoline that fuels AI engines,” cautioning that data and privacy concerns must be considered. Sharing data would allow industry to better train algorithms, ITI said. In 2018, the U.S. didn’t properly fund AI R&D, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s Center for Data Innovation said, citing better-financed competition from China, France and the U.K. Exposing source code for AI technology wouldn’t be useful, ITIF said, arguing “transparency guarantees neither accurate nor unbiased results.” The Software & Information Industry Association highlighted passage of the National Quantum Initiative Act, which President Donald Trump signed last week, authorizing $1.2 billion over five years for quantum activities across the federal government. People have a right to transparency, including data on human decision-making and the identities of groups behind the technology, EPIC said, offering 12 core principles endorsed by more than 200 experts and 50 NGOs. No group should be able to maintain “secret” profiling systems, and groups should be obligated to terminate a system if “human control of the system is no longer possible,” EPIC said. Echoing comments from EPIC, Microsoft backed de-identification data-sharing, or methods that preserve confidentiality, privacy and security. “However, AI systems that are used in contexts that involve people would need access to data about people to make informed decision[s],” Microsoft said.

The administration should promote data-sharing when updating national artificial intelligence strategy (see 1812040056), industry groups and Amazon said in comments to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program posted last week. Microsoft and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) voiced support for “de-identification” techniques for anonymous data gathering and sharing. Access to large data sets is essential for Al and machine learning research and development, Amazon said. The e-commerce platform also argued against policies and regulations that might “hamper” tech R&D. The Information Technology Industry Council called data the “gasoline that fuels AI engines,” cautioning that data and privacy concerns must be considered. Sharing data would allow industry to better train algorithms, ITI said. In 2018, the U.S. didn’t properly fund AI R&D, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s Center for Data Innovation said, citing better-financed competition from China, France and the U.K. Exposing source code for AI technology wouldn’t be useful, ITIF said, arguing “transparency guarantees neither accurate nor unbiased results.” The Software & Information Industry Association highlighted passage of the National Quantum Initiative Act, which President Donald Trump signed last week, authorizing $1.2 billion over five years for quantum activities across the federal government. People have a right to transparency, including data on human decision-making and the identities of groups behind the technology, EPIC said, offering 12 core principles endorsed by more than 200 experts and 50 NGOs. No group should be able to maintain “secret” profiling systems, and groups should be obligated to terminate a system if “human control of the system is no longer possible,” EPIC said. Echoing comments from EPIC, Microsoft backed de-identification data-sharing, or methods that preserve confidentiality, privacy and security. “However, AI systems that are used in contexts that involve people would need access to data about people to make informed decision[s],” Microsoft said.

The administration will soon publish public comments on the update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan expected in early spring, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director-Artificial Intelligence Lynne Parker said Tuesday. The administration is pleased overall with the strategic plan inherited from the previous administration, Parker told an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event. The overwhelming majority of comments are positive, she said: “We don’t need to overhaul the original plan.” The federal government can’t ignore significant AI investment from industry and R&D gaps, she said.

The administration will soon publish public comments on the update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan expected in early spring, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director-Artificial Intelligence Lynne Parker said Tuesday. The administration is pleased overall with the strategic plan inherited from the previous administration, Parker told an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event. The overwhelming majority of comments are positive, she said: “We don’t need to overhaul the original plan.” The federal government can’t ignore significant AI investment from industry and R&D gaps, she said.

The administration will soon publish public comments on the update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan expected in early spring, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director-Artificial Intelligence Lynne Parker said Tuesday. The administration is pleased overall with the strategic plan inherited from the previous administration, Parker told an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event. The overwhelming majority of comments are positive, she said: “We don’t need to overhaul the original plan.” The federal government can’t ignore significant AI investment from industry and R&D gaps, she said.

Artificial intelligence will benefit society enormously and doesn’t pose the humanity-threatening, science fiction-based scenarios Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned about, said Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson in a Fox Business opinion Tuesday. Atkinson dismissed Musk’s Terminator-like scenarios in which robotics control humans, while playing up the benefits of autonomous vehicles and smartphones. Tesla didn't comment.

Artificial intelligence will benefit society enormously and doesn’t pose the humanity-threatening, science fiction-based scenarios Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned about, said Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson in a Fox Business opinion Tuesday. Atkinson dismissed Musk’s Terminator-like scenarios in which robotics control humans, while playing up the benefits of autonomous vehicles and smartphones. Tesla didn't comment.

Artificial intelligence will benefit society enormously and doesn’t pose the humanity-threatening, science fiction-based scenarios Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned about, said Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson in a Fox Business opinion Tuesday. Atkinson dismissed Musk’s Terminator-like scenarios in which robotics control humans, while playing up the benefits of autonomous vehicles and smartphones. Tesla didn't comment.