Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative

To combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, covid-19, the Trackvirus application has been developed in Israel to consult in real time the routes taken by infected people. Monday April 27, 2020.Pour lutter contre la propagation de la pandemie du coronavirus, covid-19, l application Trackvirus a ete develope en israel pour consulter en temps reel les itineraires emprunte par les personnes infectees. Lundi 27 Avril 2020.NO USE FRANCE

A practical guide for COVID-19 app-makers

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

An encryption message is seen on the WhatsApp application on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

The EARN IT Act is a disaster amid the COVID-19 crisis

Riana Pfefferkorn

Monday, May 4, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the Alfred Herrhausen Conference at the Deutsche Bank building in Berlin, September 28, 2012. The German words in the foreground translate "Politics of Emotion instead of Algorithms." REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Trade secrets shouldn’t shield tech companies’ algorithms from oversight

Marietje Schaake

Monday, May 4, 2020

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda

Friday, May 1, 2020

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Can artificial intelligence help us design vaccines?

Ethan Fast and Binbin Chen

Thursday, April 30, 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - In the photos taken on February 20, 2020, medical workers sterilize all public places in downtown Seoul on February 20, 2020. After South Korea reported the first death of a patient with COVID -19 on Thursday (20) and confirmed 53 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total of infected to 104 in the country, the authorities take more preventive measures against coronavirus.

How surveillance technology powered South Korea’s COVID-19 response

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

A screen displaying statistics of the spread of coronavirus is hung on the wall above different maps in St. Clair County's emergency operation center Wednesday, April 1, 2020.20200401 Emergency Operation Center Coronavirus 0006

Why the U.S. needs a pandemic communications unit

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Senators look at a placard presented as evidence of Russian social media manipulation, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Podcast: Camille François on COVID-19 and the ABCs of disinformation

Camille François, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A man wearing a protective face mask walks under surveillance cameras as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Dealing with demand for China’s global surveillance exports

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

April 2020

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COVID-19 is triggering a massive experiment in algorithmic content moderation

Tuesday, April 28, 2020