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  • Vice
  • 2019
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This Horrifying App Undresses a Photo of Any Woman With a Single Click

Programmer creates an application that uses neural networks to remove clothing from the images of women. Deepfake technology being used against women systematically, despite continued narrative that its use in the political realm is the most pressing issue.

  • Vice
  • 2019
  • 5 min
  • GIS Lounge
  • 2019
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When AI Goes Wrong in Spatial Reasoning

GIS, a relatively new form of computational analysis, can often contain algorithms with biases based on biases present in the training data from open data sources, with this case study focusing on the tendency of power-line identification data being centered around the Western world. This problem can be improved by approaching data collection with more intentionality, either broadening the pool of collected geographic data or inputting artificial images to help the tool recognize a greater number of circumstances and thus become more accurate.

  • GIS Lounge
  • 2019
  • 7 min
  • The New York Times
  • 2019
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ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver’s License Database

ICE, along with other law enforcement agencies, mined state driver’s license databases using facial recognition tech to track down undocumented immigrants and prosecute more cases.

  • The New York Times
  • 2019
  • 3 min
  • Kinolab
  • 2009
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Digital Environment Analysis

In a distant future after the “Water War” in which much of the natural environment was destroyed and water has become scarce, Asha works as a curator at a museum which displays the former splendor of nature on Earth. She receives a mysterious soil sample which, after digital analysis using a object recognition to take data from the soil, surprisingly contains water.

  • Kinolab
  • 2009
  • 5 min
  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020
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The Year Deepfakes Went Mainstream

With the surge of the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 became an important one in terms of new applications for deepfake technology. Although a primary concern of deepfakes is their ability to create convincing misinformation, this article describes other uses of deepfake which center more on entertaining, harmless creations.

  • MIT Tech Review
  • 2020