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Microsoft’s president says we need to regulate facial recognition tech before ‘the year 2024 looks like the book “1984”’ — Recode

Microsoft President Brad Smith laid out a frightening scenario in which facial recognition technology, if left unchecked, could totally change the way we live, writes Kurt Wagner.

Here is the link: https://www.recode.net/2018/11/7/18072048/facial-recognition-regulation-brad-smith-tony-blair-web-summit

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The FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain — The Verge

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