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Twitter adds former Google VP and A.I. guru Fei-Fei Li to board as it seeks to play catch up with Google and Facebook
Twitter has been relatively slow off the mark in the AI race. Recently it has appointed Stanford professor and former Google vice president Fei-Fei Li to its board as an independent director.
Fei-Fei Li was chief of AI at Google Cloud up until October 2018 when she left as a result of leaked emails relating to the controversial Project Maven project which saw Google AI used to identify drone targets from blurry drone video footage.
The project was objected by many Google employees and a petition with around 4000 signatures was later submitted to call for a clear policy that states Google nor its contractors will ever build warfare technology again.
A leaked email suggested Li was more concerned about how the project would affect Google’s public image instead of the ethics of the project.
Today Twitter uses AI technology to recommend tweets to its users and identify racist content, hate speech, or content from extremist groups. The company hopes that Li, one of the most respected AI leaders in the industry, could attract more top AI talents.
Full Article: CNBC
https://cnb.cx/2M2S1AO
#Twitter #AITechnology #FeifeiLi #Google
Twitter adds former Google VP and A.I. guru Fei-Fei Li to board as it seeks to play catch up with Google and Facebook
Twitter has been relatively slow off the mark in the AI race. Recently it has appointed Stanford professor and former Google vice president Fei-Fei Li to its board as an independent director.
Fei-Fei Li was chief of AI at Google Cloud up until October 2018 when she left as a result of leaked emails relating to the controversial Project Maven project which saw Google AI used to identify drone targets from blurry drone video footage.
The project was objected by many Google employees and a petition with around 4000 signatures was later submitted to call for a clear policy that states Google nor its contractors will ever build warfare technology again.
A leaked email suggested Li was more concerned about how the project would affect Google’s public image instead of the ethics of the project.
Today Twitter uses AI technology to recommend tweets to its users and identify racist content, hate speech, or content from extremist groups. The company hopes that Li, one of the most respected AI leaders in the industry, could attract more top AI talents.
Full Article: CNBC
https://cnb.cx/2M2S1AO
#Twitter #AITechnology #FeifeiLi #Google
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Twitter adds former Google VP and A.I. guru Fei-Fei Li to board as it seeks to play catch up with Google and Facebook
Fei-Fei Li left Google after coming under fire for her comments on a controversial military contract that Google held with the Pentagon.
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Twitter Netizen question Li Fei Fei's pro-Beijing background
Cancelled many Twitter users' account
(20 May) Li Feifei, American Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert, joined Twitter last week. External has concern she has a close relationship with the Chinese government. Some netizens worried the China government influence Twitter. Right after a economist disclosed Li’s background, his four accounts were suspended by Twitter for review. On the other hand, Some netizens' accounts have been banned and warned after sharing some posts related to Li. Those involved have initiated a petition to the White House requesting investigation of both Twitter and Li.
Li Feifei, the former Clouds expert of Google, was on board as Independent director of Twitter last Monday (on 11 May). After that, some Twitter users sorted out some information about the network and cooperation between Li and the Chinese government. They expressed their concern that Chinese may influence Twitter to suppress opposite voices.
Netizens' concerns were not their imagination. An economist had a live on Sunday (17 May). He thought Li as an independent director was like to "let cat watch over fish" and did a review of Li's background deeply. On Tuesday (19 May), Twitter banned his accounts "Finance Cold-eye", "Cold Mountain review comment "and "Freedom wind", etc. His spare account, "Finance Cold-eye 2.0" has also been warned.
He questioned the ban of his accounts should be related to Li and complained to media that Twitter and its parent company, Google, suppressed Freedom of speech. He also listed information of other banned accounts which challenged Li before. He revealed he initiated the petition to the White House on the internet to request the investigation Chinese Communist Party(CCP) suppressing speech and Twitter banning dissident accounts quickly. He also asked to look into the cooperation between Google China Center and CCP in details via Li.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Twitter-Netizen-question-Li-Fei-Feis-pro-Beijing-background-Cancelled-many-Twitter-users-account-05-30
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https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/li-05202020094251.html?encoding=None
#LiFeiFei #Twitter #Google #SharpPower #China #Cersorship #AI #ChinaInfluence
Twitter Netizen question Li Fei Fei's pro-Beijing background
Cancelled many Twitter users' account
(20 May) Li Feifei, American Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert, joined Twitter last week. External has concern she has a close relationship with the Chinese government. Some netizens worried the China government influence Twitter. Right after a economist disclosed Li’s background, his four accounts were suspended by Twitter for review. On the other hand, Some netizens' accounts have been banned and warned after sharing some posts related to Li. Those involved have initiated a petition to the White House requesting investigation of both Twitter and Li.
Li Feifei, the former Clouds expert of Google, was on board as Independent director of Twitter last Monday (on 11 May). After that, some Twitter users sorted out some information about the network and cooperation between Li and the Chinese government. They expressed their concern that Chinese may influence Twitter to suppress opposite voices.
Netizens' concerns were not their imagination. An economist had a live on Sunday (17 May). He thought Li as an independent director was like to "let cat watch over fish" and did a review of Li's background deeply. On Tuesday (19 May), Twitter banned his accounts "Finance Cold-eye", "Cold Mountain review comment "and "Freedom wind", etc. His spare account, "Finance Cold-eye 2.0" has also been warned.
He questioned the ban of his accounts should be related to Li and complained to media that Twitter and its parent company, Google, suppressed Freedom of speech. He also listed information of other banned accounts which challenged Li before. He revealed he initiated the petition to the White House on the internet to request the investigation Chinese Communist Party(CCP) suppressing speech and Twitter banning dissident accounts quickly. He also asked to look into the cooperation between Google China Center and CCP in details via Li.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Twitter-Netizen-question-Li-Fei-Feis-pro-Beijing-background-Cancelled-many-Twitter-users-account-05-30
Source: Rfa
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/li-05202020094251.html?encoding=None
#LiFeiFei #Twitter #Google #SharpPower #China #Cersorship #AI #ChinaInfluence
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Twitter Netizen question Li Fei Fei's pro-Beijing background; Cancelled many Twitter users' account
(20 May) Li Feifei, American Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert, joined Twitter last week. External has concern she has a close relationship with the Chinese government. Some netizens worried the China government influence Twitter. Right after a…
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Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store
// Remove China Apps, an app that claims to identify and delete all the Chinese apps has crossed 1 million downloads on Google Play Store
//The app has become increasingly popular on the Play Store owing to the growing friction between India and China.
//The Remove China Apps has been rated 4.8 stars on Google Play Store and it is currently one of the top apps.
//The app went live on Google Play Store on May 17
//TikTok had a bad run on the Play Store recently when it was downvoted to 1 star recently. However, Google got rid of over 8 million negative reviews from the app and the ratings went back to 4.8. A lot of users across the country had also uninstalled the app.
//another short video making platform Mitron... was reportedly designed to take on Bytedance-owned TikTok... was downloaded more than five million times and received 4.8 ratings on Google Play Store.
Full Article: India Today, (01-Jun)
Further reading:
Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from Play Store
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/02/remove-china-apps-google-play-store/
#Google #India #TikTok #App #BoycottChineseProduct #BoycottMadeInChina
Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store
// Remove China Apps, an app that claims to identify and delete all the Chinese apps has crossed 1 million downloads on Google Play Store
//The app has become increasingly popular on the Play Store owing to the growing friction between India and China.
//The Remove China Apps has been rated 4.8 stars on Google Play Store and it is currently one of the top apps.
//The app went live on Google Play Store on May 17
//TikTok had a bad run on the Play Store recently when it was downvoted to 1 star recently. However, Google got rid of over 8 million negative reviews from the app and the ratings went back to 4.8. A lot of users across the country had also uninstalled the app.
//another short video making platform Mitron... was reportedly designed to take on Bytedance-owned TikTok... was downloaded more than five million times and received 4.8 ratings on Google Play Store.
Full Article: India Today, (01-Jun)
Further reading:
Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from Play Store
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/02/remove-china-apps-google-play-store/
#Google #India #TikTok #App #BoycottChineseProduct #BoycottMadeInChina
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Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store
Remove China Apps, an app that claims to identify and delete all the Chinese apps has crossed 1 million downloads on Google Play Store.
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The grave doubts about Google and YouTube
The latest controversy comes from today that if a random code is typed in the Google search box, it will bring up the gas explosion charity dispute in Taiwan, which was used by Kuomintang to smear Chen Chu during the previous presidential election in Taiwan.
What do we see further ahead?
YouTube has been caught red-handed for automatically deleting messages containing the words "communist thief" or "fifty cent army (Wu Mao)" for a long time. According to The Verge's article, Youtube has been deleting the related comments since last October.
Related Article→
https://www.ithome.com.tw/news/137869
Last month, #GoogleTranslate has suddenly replaced Taiwan wordings with China's wordings with a "community certification" label next to them. Examples include the word “video” will be translated to “Shi Pin” (視頻; instead of “Ying Pian”, 影片) while the word “software” will be translated to “Ruan Jian” (軟件; instead of “Ruan Ti”, 軟體), to list just a few.
Related Article→
https://www.facebook.com/BerryVoice/posts/3014567928622541
Google put the blame to the Youtube incident on its algorithm, but they haven’t said a word about the translation incident. What will be the excuse of the “Chen Chu, charity fund” incident this time?
I would like to ask: How much longer do Google have to hide behind “the algorithm” explanation ? How much longer do they have to keep us quiet?
Source: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/551090876/posts/10157093414550877/?d=n
Further reading:
Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/22143
YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/21939
#SharpPower #Google #GoogleTranslate #ChinaInfluence #Youtube #Taiwan
The grave doubts about Google and YouTube
The latest controversy comes from today that if a random code is typed in the Google search box, it will bring up the gas explosion charity dispute in Taiwan, which was used by Kuomintang to smear Chen Chu during the previous presidential election in Taiwan.
What do we see further ahead?
YouTube has been caught red-handed for automatically deleting messages containing the words "communist thief" or "fifty cent army (Wu Mao)" for a long time. According to The Verge's article, Youtube has been deleting the related comments since last October.
Related Article→
https://www.ithome.com.tw/news/137869
Last month, #GoogleTranslate has suddenly replaced Taiwan wordings with China's wordings with a "community certification" label next to them. Examples include the word “video” will be translated to “Shi Pin” (視頻; instead of “Ying Pian”, 影片) while the word “software” will be translated to “Ruan Jian” (軟件; instead of “Ruan Ti”, 軟體), to list just a few.
Related Article→
https://www.facebook.com/BerryVoice/posts/3014567928622541
Google put the blame to the Youtube incident on its algorithm, but they haven’t said a word about the translation incident. What will be the excuse of the “Chen Chu, charity fund” incident this time?
I would like to ask: How much longer do Google have to hide behind “the algorithm” explanation ? How much longer do they have to keep us quiet?
Source: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/551090876/posts/10157093414550877/?d=n
Further reading:
Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/22143
YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/21939
#SharpPower #Google #GoogleTranslate #ChinaInfluence #Youtube #Taiwan
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Youtube會把包含「五毛」、「共匪」詞彙的留言自動刪除
Youtube解釋，可能是平臺執法系統發生錯誤，目前已展開調查
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Ex-CEO of Google Warned: China's Control of AI will Harm the World
(North American News) The ex-CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, warned that the Chinese dictatorship would promote artificial intelligence (AI) development beyond the U.S. Once China controls the global AI technology, it would be a disaster to the world. Besides, he urged the U.S. government to catch up on the pace, doubling the funds on technology development in the next five years.
Schmidt, the Chairman of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board under the U.S. Department of Defense, participated in a seminar on AI technology at Bipartisan Policy Center on Tuesday. He said there is an advantage for the Chinese government as they are huge, single-minded, and adopt a top-down model, which the U.S. government is hard to duplicate. "I am not praising nor supporting them, but I urge you to take this issue seriously."
Schmidt described that the "high-tech authoritarianism" model motivated China to exceed the U.S. in all aspects. "They will have a larger economy, more funding on development, higher quality of investigations, broader technology applications, and a stronger computer infrastructure." He emphasised that once China controls AI technologies of the world, it “might not be a very pretty place to live.”
#US #China #AI #Google #Schmidt #technology
Source: Apple Daily #Aug28
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200828/G7KOU233ERC6RI5IAOZRS4Y6AU/
(North American News) The ex-CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, warned that the Chinese dictatorship would promote artificial intelligence (AI) development beyond the U.S. Once China controls the global AI technology, it would be a disaster to the world. Besides, he urged the U.S. government to catch up on the pace, doubling the funds on technology development in the next five years.
Schmidt, the Chairman of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board under the U.S. Department of Defense, participated in a seminar on AI technology at Bipartisan Policy Center on Tuesday. He said there is an advantage for the Chinese government as they are huge, single-minded, and adopt a top-down model, which the U.S. government is hard to duplicate. "I am not praising nor supporting them, but I urge you to take this issue seriously."
Schmidt described that the "high-tech authoritarianism" model motivated China to exceed the U.S. in all aspects. "They will have a larger economy, more funding on development, higher quality of investigations, broader technology applications, and a stronger computer infrastructure." He emphasised that once China controls AI technologies of the world, it “might not be a very pretty place to live.”
#US #China #AI #Google #Schmidt #technology
Source: Apple Daily #Aug28
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200828/G7KOU233ERC6RI5IAOZRS4Y6AU/
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#Google Wrongly Displays the Establishment Year of the Republic of China on Taiwan's National Day
On Oct 10, 2020, as Taiwan was celebrating its the National Day, Google also wrongly displayed the establishment year of the Republic of China (#ROC), stating the year as 1949.
Based on history, the Republic of China was established in 1912 following the collapse of the Qing dynasty. The ROC had been run by the Nationalist Government (#Kuomintang; #KMT) with a base in China, until the Communist Chinese Party's takeover of China in 1949. The year 1949 displayed by Google was the time when the KMT was relocated to Taiwan and the establishment year of the People's Republic of China (#PRC), but not the ROC.
Taiwan's Apple Daily contacted Google Headquarters in the US. Google replied by saying that they needed to undergo further investigations in order to come arrive at a conclusion for the problem.
Source: Apple Daily; CNA #Oct11
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202010110200.aspx
On Oct 10, 2020, as Taiwan was celebrating its the National Day, Google also wrongly displayed the establishment year of the Republic of China (#ROC), stating the year as 1949.
Based on history, the Republic of China was established in 1912 following the collapse of the Qing dynasty. The ROC had been run by the Nationalist Government (#Kuomintang; #KMT) with a base in China, until the Communist Chinese Party's takeover of China in 1949. The year 1949 displayed by Google was the time when the KMT was relocated to Taiwan and the establishment year of the People's Republic of China (#PRC), but not the ROC.
Taiwan's Apple Daily contacted Google Headquarters in the US. Google replied by saying that they needed to undergo further investigations in order to come arrive at a conclusion for the problem.
Source: Apple Daily; CNA #Oct11
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202010110200.aspx
中央社 CNA
搜尋中華民國建立時間變1949年 Google調查中
雙十國慶日甫過，網友今天卻發現在Google搜尋鍵入「中華民國建立時間」，竟得到「1949年12月7日」的結果；對此，Google僅回覆：「還在調查當中」。
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Peter Thiel criticizes Google and Apple for being too close to China
Tech investor Peter Thiel criticized big U.S. technology companies for being too close to China at a Tuesday appearance at a virtual event held by the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and sits on Facebook’s board after making an early investment, is an outspoken voice in the technology investment world is known for contrarian opinions and conservative leanings. He’s backed defense contractors like Palantir and publicly supported former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president.
On Wednesday, the Nixon session focused on China, and he was joined by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
Source: CNBC #Apr07
#PeterThiel #Google #Apple #China #PayPal #Facebook
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/peter-thiel-criticizes-google-and-apple-for-being-too-close-to-china-.html
Tech investor Peter Thiel criticized big U.S. technology companies for being too close to China at a Tuesday appearance at a virtual event held by the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and sits on Facebook’s board after making an early investment, is an outspoken voice in the technology investment world is known for contrarian opinions and conservative leanings. He’s backed defense contractors like Palantir and publicly supported former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president.
On Wednesday, the Nixon session focused on China, and he was joined by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
Source: CNBC #Apr07
#PeterThiel #Google #Apple #China #PayPal #Facebook
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/peter-thiel-criticizes-google-and-apple-for-being-too-close-to-china-.html
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#China has exploited #Google, #YouTube, and other western search engines on sensitive topics, including Xinjiang and COVID-19, to assert their narrative to American audiences.
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A #US Federal Communications commissioner pushes #Apple and #Google to remove #TikTok from their app stores
In a letter to the companies released on Tuesday, Jine 29, 2022, #BrendanCarr, a Republican commissioner, said he believed that “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple’s and Google’s standards and that TikTok should be taken out of the app stores...
The Biden administration has considered other measures to keep American data away from China but has not publicly pushed TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner.
TikTok has maintained that it is taking steps to keep employees in China from gaining access to its data. Shortly before a recent news report revealed it was struggling to do so, it said it was routing all data from its U.S. users through servers controlled by Oracle.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/apple-google-tiktok.html
Source: New York Times #Jun29
#CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #App #MadeinChina
In a letter to the companies released on Tuesday, Jine 29, 2022, #BrendanCarr, a Republican commissioner, said he believed that “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple’s and Google’s standards and that TikTok should be taken out of the app stores...
The Biden administration has considered other measures to keep American data away from China but has not publicly pushed TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner.
TikTok has maintained that it is taking steps to keep employees in China from gaining access to its data. Shortly before a recent news report revealed it was struggling to do so, it said it was routing all data from its U.S. users through servers controlled by Oracle.//
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/apple-google-tiktok.html
Source: New York Times #Jun29
#CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #App #MadeinChina
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An F.C.C. commissioner pushes Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores.
Brendan Carr, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, said he was concerned that the Chinese-owned app could provide Beijing with access to the data of Americans.
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#Google is phasing out China. Now its translation service is exiting the world’s biggest internet market.
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#TikTok is reportedly breaking into new business ventures. Job listings hint at competition with e-shopping giants like #Google and #Amazon.
A controversial #ChinesePoliceOffice closes in Ireland after a request from a ministry department.
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