GGD Weekly Hit List: August 28th
The top innovations in science and tech transforming our world this week .
After Backlash, Zoom Revamps its AI Policy
After publicizing new AI standards, Zoom has scrambled to updated its Terms of Service (TOS) twice. In late July, the video conferencing company added Artificial Intelligence terms that would require access to “Customer Content” (transcript data from video and audio calls). At first, Zoom didn’t give users the opportunity to option out.
Meet Pepper
Pepper is the world’s first social humanoid robot. Developed by SoftBank Robotics, Pepper recognizes faces and has conversations with humans.
Envision Glasses Help Visually Impaired Users See
Envision Glasses, an AI-powered version of Google Glass helps visually impaired people see their surroundings.