Intel and e-learning startup Class Technologies are facing pushback over an AI software feature that they claim can detect students' mental states, such as boredom or confusion, during video calls. Intel and Class co-developed the technology, which analyzes and classifies students' body language and facial expressions, to deliver insights to teachers. More: - The AI feature will be tested as part of Classroom Technologies's "Class" software product, which runs on top of Zoom.
- The system uses a computer camera and computer vision to assess the student's engagement levels.
- The tool feeds video streams and other contextual data into an AI engine, which attempts to classify how well a student is paying attention and how much they understand the subject matter.
- Teachers can view the results to see which students require extra help or if educational materials should be changed, according to the companies.
Zoom-out: - Such AI-based "emotion recognition" technologies have drawn scrutiny for being inaccurate, overly simplistic, and insensitive to the varied emotional expressions of different cultures.
- For students, "being distracted at that moment in time may be the appropriate and necessary state for them at that moment in their life," Todd Richmond, professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, told Protocol.
- Intel could use the testing results to improve the technology and distribute it to a wider audience, according to Protocol.
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Preston Dunlap, the Pentagon's first chief architect officer, has stepped down and plans to launch a space software company that would utilize satellites, data, and AI, according to Bloomberg. In a nine-page notice posted on LinkedIn, Dunlap argued that the U.S. Defense Department lags behind the commercial sector in areas like AI, cybersecurity, distributed computer processing, and more. More: - Dunlap resigned on Monday, the same day he posted a "playbook" of tips for the Pentagon on LinkedIn:
- The U.S. could lose its already-thinning technological edge worldwide if it doesn't make structural changes, he wrote.
- Dunlap argued that the DOD should form more partnerships with the private sector to drive innovation.
- He cited Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a commercial approach that he followed at the DOD to accomplish "firsts," including an autonomous algorithm that automated tasking across space, land, and air sensors.
Zoom-out: - Other experts have warned about the U.S. falling behind China and others in AI and other technologies.
- The Pentagon's former chief software officer, Nicolas Chaillan, resigned last year, citing the DOD's alleged reluctance to prioritize AI and cybersecurity.
- Chaillan claimed that China has already surpassed the U.S. in AI capabilities and will become the dominant leader in 15 to 20 years.
- The U.S. has "no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years," he told the Financial Times.
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 Asia-Pacific organizations are forecasted to spend $32B on AI systems in 2025, up from $17.6B this year, according to the IDC's latest Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide. The IDC predicts that pandemic-related changes will remain and fuel the continued adoption of "practical AI use cases," such as remote or contactless technologies. More: - In the Asia/Pacific region (excluding Japan), the banking industry is expected to invest the most money in AI solutions over the next five years.
- This includes areas like fraud analysis and augmented threat intelligence, according to the IDC.
- The second-highest spender is state and local governments, which will explore AI uses for public safety and threat intelligence.
- In third is professional services, where investments could focus on augmented customer service agents such as chatbots, the IDC said.
- Nearly 50% of the spending will be on hardware, namely servers and storage, the agency predicts. Software, such as AI applications and intelligent platforms, is expected to make up 31% of AI expenditures.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it processed 48 million travelers last year using facial recognition, up from 23 million the year before. The processing was done through the agency's Simplified Arrival program, which scans and compares a person's face biometrics to photos of the person on file. More: - The CBP launched the program in 2018 to identify people using stolen or fraudulent IDs and documents while traveling.
- Since then, the agency has used face biometrics to identify 46 alleged "imposters" entering airports and 916 at pedestrian stations, according to its latest annual report.
- The government claims the technology is 97% accurate.
- Around 200 U.S. airports use Simplified Arrival, and 32 airports also use facial recognition for travelers departing the country.
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The General Services Administration (GSA) is launching the Applied AI Challenge for companies and academia to display their AI projects in pandemic preparedness, climate, and other public service areas. The winner will receive a $50,000 cash prize. The purpose is to help government agencies adopt more emerging AI tech. More: - Participants can submit white papers detailing the benefits of their technology. The projects must be related to unified platforms, computer vision engines, natural language processing engines, and general AI functions.
- Some examples are AI tech for weather and flood prediction, drug discovery, sanitation and clean water, or agricultural innovations for food security.
- Finalists will present a prototype of their technology at Applied AI Challenge Industry Day on June 30, 2022.
- The GSA's Technology Transformation Service is the competition sponsor. The agency emphasized startups and leading-edge tech companies as well as women-owned, minority-owned, and other businesses.
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- ICLR 2022, the International Conference on Learning Representations: April 25-29, virtual.
- World Summit AI Americas 2022: May 4-5, Montréal, Canada.
- International Conference and Expo On Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: May 16-18, London.
- CVPR 2022, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: June 19-24, New Orleans.
- Deep Learning World: June 19-24, Las Vegas.
- International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining: July 16-21, New York City.
- ICML 2022, International Conference on Machine Learning: July 17-23, Baltimore, in-person conference with virtual elements.
- AI & Big Data Expo Global: Dec. 1-2, London.
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 |  | Beth is a writer and analyst at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily tech news. Since starting work at Inside, she has covered various topics including virtual reality, drones, and e-commerce. Prior to that she was a public policy and investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic, where she won a Pulitzer Prize nomination and First Amendment Award for reporting on the rising costs of pensions. Reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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