surveillance - The Sociable

Technology

US intelligence wants a super quiet spy drone for 10-pound payloads, military use

Tim Hinchliffe3 months ago

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US spy agency IARPA is looking to build a super quiet spy drone that can deliver a 10 pound payload...

Technology

Spy agencies want to accurately ID people from drones and rooftops

Tim Hinchliffe4 months ago

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Combining facial and body recognition from above, spy agencies are researching how to identify people at long range from drones...

Technology

‘Privacy is a myth’: AI for surveillance startup Wobot CPO

Tim Hinchliffe9 months ago

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Wobot Intelligence Chief Product Officer (CPO) Tanay Dixit talks with The Sociable about privacy in the age of mass surveillance from the...

Technology

Human rights groups ask House not to fund invasive tech for border security

Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago

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Over 25 human rights and tech groups petition the US House of Representatives to not fund "various invasive surveillance technologies...

Technology

Every move you make IARPA will be watching you

Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago

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On the surface, IARPA's Activities in Extended Video (ActEV) Prize Challenge looks to improve efficiency, so camera operators can quickly...

Technology

‘Authoritarianism is easier in a world of total visibility’: WEF report

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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Weather wars, authoritarian surveillance, social control, and more are "Future Shocks" that could fundamentally destabilize the world as we know...

shareholders amazon rekognition facial recognition

Business Technology

Shareholders tell Amazon to stop selling Rekognition facial recognition tech to govt

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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Amazon shareholders file a resolution demanding that Amazon stop selling facial recognition software Rekognition to government and law enforcement, citing...

Technology

Workplace AI: A dystopian nightmare in the making?

Tom Valovic2 years ago

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage in corporate circles these days. The CEO of Google has stated that AI...

Technology

AI for governments monitoring citizen happiness

James Rosenfield2 years ago

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Governments may use information gleaned from AI in a beneficial way in monitoring citizen happiness, but this type of data...

Technology

How video analytics and facial recognition are fighting crime

Jess Rapp2 years ago

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Security surveillance just got smarter thanks to the development of video analytics and facial recognition technology. With millions of closed-circuit...

Privacy in the age of performance crime fighting

Social Media

Why privacy is becoming a collateral of crime fighting

Daniel Sanchez2 years ago

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Tech giants like Google and Apple could be helping catch criminals with technologies already built in gadgets we use everyday....

Technology

Citywide facial recognition cameras could be cool and worrying

Ben Allen2 years ago

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Moscow has, according to TechCrunch, turned on facial recognition for the city's CCTV cameras. And that's OK, apparently, because there is...

Web

DOJ under fire for warrant attempting to collect anti-Trump website visitor data

Omar Elorfaly2 years ago

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The US legal system gets another reality check as the Department of Justice (DOJ) completely flops its attempt to get the...

Web

FBI allowed to continue secretly obtaining your data from tech companies: court

Ben Allen3 years ago

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The FBI will be allowed to continue issuing National Security Letters (NSLs) under nondisclosure laws according to a ruling by...

Technology

CIA-backed, NSA-approved Pokemon GO users give away all privacy rights

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Pokemon GO users swept up in the phenomenon are willingly giving away their rights to privacy by agreeing to download...

Niall Dorr, Innovation Manager at Netwatch and Professor Noel O’Connor, a Principal Investigator in CLARITY

Technology

New surveillance technology analyses video for human characteristics, greatly reduces false alarms

Darren McCarra8 years ago

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Netwatch, an established security company that specialises in crime prevention technologies, has developed a surveillance technology that can distinguish between human and non-human activity, greatly reducing the number of false alarms issued to key holders, security guards and members of the police force.

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Suicide impacts us all. Whether it is from someone we know personally, to a well-loved celebrity, losing someone to suicide is never easy. According to Save.org, Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages, with one death occurring every 12 minutes.

In our society, we want to do all we can to help those suffering from suicidal thoughts to get the help they need, however, identifying symptoms before an attempt is made can be difficult. In this episode, we will look at how predictive AI us being used to stop suicide before it happens.

To discuss this topic I am joined by two guests. My first guest is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr.Colin Walsh. In addition to Dr.Walsh, I am also joined by the CEO of Behavioral Signals, a pioneer in emotion AI for speech recognition technology, Rana Gujral.

And for our Neuron to something piece, we will look at a recent study that analyzing emotions triggered by events such as losing a phone or someone else holding it.