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Zuckerberg preaches that Artificial Intelligence will protect Data Privacy in Facebook whereas Verhofstadt demands the big European state to take charge

May 23, 2018 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

Earlier this evening Mark Zuckerberg accepted the invite by the European Parliament in Brussels for a much discussed Q&A on Data Privacy in the EU. The European Sting was at the EP to report live. The major EU politicians and heads of European political parties tried to corner Facebook’s founder with tough questions about […]

Filed Under: Business, Digital Tagged With: artificial intelligence, European Union, Facebook Data Privacy, Mark Zukcerbeg European Parliament 23 May 2018, The European Sting, The Sting, Verhofstadt European parliament

We have to learn to trust Artificial Intelligence. Here’s how

May 17, 2018 by World Economic Forum Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you based on the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alan Finkel, Chief Scientist of Australia Humans and AI can learn to get along, says Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel. But it will take trust – and a Turing Certificate. Every day, I put my life in […]

Filed Under: World Economic Forum Tagged With: Alan Finkel, artificial intelligence, The European Sting, The Sting, World Economic Forum

Artificial Intelligence has a gender problem. Here’s what to do about it

May 15, 2018 by World Economic Forum Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you based on the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and Madhulika Srikumar, Junior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. Three of the fastest-growing applications of artificial intelligence (AI) today are a manifestation of patriarchal stereotypes – the booming sexbots industry, the proliferation […]

Filed Under: InfoSociety, Technology, World Economic Forum Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, Madhulika Srikumar, Samir Saran, The Euroepan Sting, World Economic Forum

The EU Commission vies to screen Chinese investment in Europe

September 20, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Last week, Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the powerful European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, announced a plan to screen foreign investments. The idea is to hold back or even effectively block business acquisitions or other investment plans financed by third country companies, in key sectors allegedly considered to be sensitive from […]