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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

Given that our leading scientists and technologists are usually so mistaken about technological evolution, what chance do our policymakers have of effectively regulating the emerging technological risks from artificial intelligence (AI)? We ought to heed Collingridge’s warning that technology evolves in uncertain ways.

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'Paris s'éveille'! Introducing the AWS EU (Paris) Region

All Things Distributed

Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS EU (Paris) Region, our 18th technology infrastructure Region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide. Now, we're opening an infrastructure Region with three Availability Zones. Today, customers can connect to the AWS EU (Paris) Region via Telehouse Voltaire.

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Call for Code asks developers worldwide to collaborate on solutions to save lives

O'Reilly Software

The O’Reilly Media Podcast: Daniel Krook, IBM developer advocate, on the Call for Code Global Initiative at IBM. In this episode of the O’Reilly Media Podcast, Rachel Roumeliotis, VP of content strategy at O’Reilly, sat down with Daniel Krook, IBM developer advocate. See the IBM Code Patterns site for more information.

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Laravel For Healthcare App Development: Why So Obvious?

Tech News Gather

With quality healthcare app development , patients as well as healthcare service providers have the chance to avail a more streamlined and faster service on-demand. While many technologies and tools are available for healthcare application development, Laravel is the frontrunner according to tech experts.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Even social media started with the promise of information triage: for each person, a unique feed of updates from only the friends they had chosen to follow. As the internet grew, the amount of information available to consumers became so vast that it outran traditional human means of curation and selection. Available at: [link].

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The Great Firewall of China: Obstacles to Monitoring Performance

Dotcom-Montior

One can only download apps using the manufacturer’s downloader software, where VPN installers and other banned apps are not available for installation. The firewall’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology analyzes website keywords and meta tags then whitelists or blacklists the URL or IP address. IP Blocking.

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Planning for Responsive Images

CSS - Tricks

Another strategy for handling dynamic images is to crop them intelligently to avoid deleting important content and refocus on (or re-center) the primary content. However, you can take advantage of the artificial intelligence offered by open-source tools or SaaS companies that specialize in image management. That’s hard to do.

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