Gaby Del Valle

AI gun detection company name-dropped Disney in its successful pitch to NYC

/ Evolv Technologies, whose scanners are being tested on the subway, told Mayor Eric Adams there were ‘interesting parallels’ between…

7 days ago

President Joe Biden to announce AI data center at failed Foxconn site in Wisconsin

/ Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion in the project, which will create up to 2,000 permanent jobs, according to the…

2 weeks ago

UnitedHealth CEO admits it paid $22 million ransom to BlackCat

/ ‘This was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,’ CEO Andrew Witty said in a Senate…

3 weeks ago

Report: Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza

/ Lavender, an artificial intelligence tool developed for the war, marked 37,000 Palestinians as suspected Hamas operatives.By Gaby Del Valle,…

2 months ago

NYC’s AI gun detectors hardly work

/ The city installed Evolv scanners at a Bronx hospital in 2022. Their false positive rate was huge.By Gaby Del…

2 months ago

NYC will test AI gun detectors on the subway

/ Evolv, the company supplying the scanners, is being investigated by both the FTC and SEC.By Gaby Del Valle, a…

2 months ago

Homeland Security is testing AI to help with immigration, trafficking investigations, and disaster relief

/ DHS is rolling out a pilot program in partnership with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.By Gaby Del Valle, a policy…

2 months ago

CBP wants to use AI to scan for fentanyl at the border

/ Customs and Border Protection are installing “high-tech drug detection machines” that are actually just very, very strong X-rays.By Gaby…

2 months ago

The AI-generated hell of the 2024 election

Manipulated images, edited video, misleading robocalls — none of these things are new to American electoral politics. But with the advent…

2 months ago