benjamin van giffen

Zoom notifies Facebook when we open the app, notes our device info , the time zone + city, phone carrier, and a unique advert identifier created so we can be targeted by the right ads. Fb collects the data even if you don't have FB. vice.com/en_us/article/… via @vice #privacy

14h day, 11 meetings. Who else is more busy than ever before?

Vocabulary choices shape public debates. Imagine if the vague term "AI" didn’t exist and machine learning were known by the more honest term applied function approximation. That would expose the absurdity of "strong AI" predictions—it’s as likely as building a ladder to the moon.

I'm teaching a class to Congressional staff at the Wilson Center in DC today on AI, measurement, geopolitics. I'd love to highlight some positive uses of AI that have emerged in last couple of months to highlight pace of change. Suggestions?

Meet @BenjaminBischke @iclr2019 presenting our work on building footprint segmentation at the „AI for Social Good“ workshop @HSGStGallen @DFKI

The future is here... Machines taking over from humans.

F.A.Z.-exklusiv: Daimler-Chef #Zetsche erklärt, wie wichtig ein eigenes Betriebssystem ist für die Autohersteller. „Wir wollen nicht hirnamputiert werden“, sagt er dem @Vierzueinser und @ThiemoHeeg – jetzt lesen mit #FPlus faz.net/aktuell/wirtsc…

New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators theguardian.com/technology/201…

A cool list of cognitive biases. I am not sure to what extent data-driven businesses exploit / mitigate some of them.

Great day for the Kanton of St.Gallen! The people accepted the “IT-Bildungsoffensive” with nearly 70%! Subsequent spending will attract a lot of talent into the region! sg.ch/news/1/2019/02…

Update! Facebook is shutting down its iOS Research app after we exposed its policy problems and sparked criticism from all of you. Thanks for spreading the word!

Wir sind in der Technik gewohnt, dass aus gleichen Prozessen die gleichen Ergebnisse resultieren. Bei Lernenden System ist dies nicht der Fall. Über die Versionierung von #KI diskutieren @damianborth (@HSGStGallen) & Stephan Wolf (@GLEIF) mit @CKerkmann bei #HBStrategie.

1. Facebook deals in data 2. Facebook’s largest partners got far more access than Cambridge Analytica did 3. Facebook never directly told users that it was sharing this data 4. Facebook was sloppy 5. Regulators let it happen nyti.ms/2EvyHJQ

Eric Brynjolfsson, Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy speaking at the #platformeconomysummit #chiefinformationarchitect #ecosystemfacilitation lnkd.in/dHhnh2P

Congratulations #phhukal

“It’s about utilizing statistics, machine learning and computer science to interpret situations or make predictions based on data from actual phenomena.” explains Marcin Detyniecki, Head of R&D and Group Chief Data Scientist @AXA Group Data & Tech Innovation

It was an honor to be invited to #ICDPPC2018 in Brussels this morning. I’d like to share a bit of what I said to this gathering of privacy regulators from around the world. It all boils down to a fundamental question: What kind of world do we want to live in?

It's shameful what US Open did to Naomi Osaka nyp.st/2QgCxd7

Was macht die Digitalisierung mit den Menschen und mit der Gesellschaft? Im Rahmen der SNF-Ausschreibung "Digital Lives" suchen 57 Forschungsprojekte nach Antworten. snf.ch/de/fokusForsch…

Exploring characteristics and transformational capabilities of #InsurTech innovations to understand insurance value creation in a digital world | ow.ly/MsXC30kDK2B