Alcohol breath tests, a linchpin of the criminal justice system, are often unreliable, a Times investigation found.
One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick (Published 2017)
Researchers are perfecting technology that sniffs out signs of disease in breath, blood and urine.
Your office equipment can reveal the identity of your special someone
In pilot study, microbial “fingerprints” turn up on loved ones and office items.
Swansea from Mouthwashing is the best alcoholic in games
This is the bad kind of drinking contest
Cannabis Evidence | Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana
Cannabis use is becoming increasingly common among older adults in the United States, but less is known about how often cannabis use may become problematic in this population. A new study from University of California San Diego School of Medicine finds that among the...
UK police say 92% false positive facial recognition is no big deal
South Wales Police: "No facial recognition system is 100% accurate under all conditions."
I take illegal drugs for inspiration - Dr Susan Blackmore
I take illegal drugs for inspiration Daily Telegraph, Saturday May 21st 2005, pp 17-18 (Note: This version is very slightly different from the published, edited, version) © Sue Blackmore 2005 Every year, like a social drinker who wants to prove to herself that she’s not an alcoholic, I give up cannabis for a month. It …
Anthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI | TechCrunch
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms
Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database
Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
Deployments of surveillance vans over five months resulted in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offenders
Interactions in fraud experiments: A case study in multivariable testing
A while ago we observed something curious when we ran a set of simultaneous A/B tests around multiple antifraud features. These tests were…
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
Danger arises when law enforcement believes that AI models are retrieving certainties rather than generating likelihoods.
