The FBI offers some advice for the lovelorn on this Valentine's Day: The way to heartbreak is through your bank account.
Why it matters: The coronavirus pandemic has mostly left the search for love online, and the FBI says it's seen a rise in reports of scams that seem tooffer romance, but are actually seeking to wrangle money or financial information from their victims.
Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of IBM's Watson AI system crushing its human competition on "Jeopardy!"
Why it matters: Watson's victory marked one of the first times Americans could witness an AI system using natural language processing. But, 10 years later, the field still has far to go.
The arrests and charges in theaftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill insurrection made clear the power of facial recognition, even as efforts to restrict the technology are growing.
Why it matters: With dozens of companies selling the ability to identify people from pictures of their faces — and no clear federal regulation governing the process — facial recognition is seeping into theU.S., raising major questions about ethics and effectiveness.
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