EU Police Push for Pan-European Facial Recognition Network A police investigator in Spain is trying to solve a crime, but she only has an image of a suspect’s face, caught by a nearby security camera. European police have long had access to fingerprint and DNA databases throughout the 27 countries of the European Union and, in certain cases, the United States. But soon, that investigator may be able to also search a network of police face databases spanning the whole of Europe and the U.S. According to leaked internal European Union documents, the EU could soon be creating a network of national police facial recognition databases. The Capital Tribune Japan
Les travailleurs les mieux payés et les plus éduqués seront les plus touchés par l’intelligence artificielle - MEI États-Unis - 24 février 2020 La Brookings Institution à publié une analyse qui introduit une nouvelle méthodologie pour mieux déterminer les types de tâches et de professions qui pourront être touchées précisément par les capacités d’apprentissage machine de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) plutôt que par l’effet des logiciels et de la robotique d’automatisation dans l’économie.
ハフィントン・ポスト Les universités s’associent au secteur privé pour développer des quartiers d’innovation - MEI International - 24 février 2020 Le site JLL souligne le rôle grandissant des universités dans le développement des quartiers d’innovation. Par l’établissement de partenariats avec le secteur privé et les villes, certaines universités s’engagent désormais dans la transformation de leurs espaces de travail et, ce faisant, elles fortifient leur présence dans les communautés. L’Europe va-t-elle (enfin) rattraper son retard dans le domaine numérique ? Mercredi, la Présidente de la Commission européenne, l’Allemande Ursula von der Leyen, a présenté la nouvelle stratégie européenne dans le domaine du numérique. L’enjeu pour l’Europe est de rattraper son retard dans ce domaine, ou à tout le moins d’éviter d’accroitre ce retard. Partagez-vous ce diagnostic et pensez-vous que cette stratégie sera payante ? C’est une batterie importante de mesures, dont certaine d’ampleur, que la Commission a présenté mercredi dernier et dans le détail desquelles je ne vais pas nécessairement rentrer.
Telus to launch 5G network with Huawei gear this year Telus Corp. says it will begin building out its fifth-generation wireless networks this year with gear from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., even as it awaits the outcome of a federal security review. With this move, Telus is betting that the government will allow Huawei equipment to be used in 5G networks. But if Ottawa decides to ban Huawei in 5G networks entirely, Telus runs the risk of having to rip out costly gear. Telus has long said it prefers to have the option to use Huawei equipment, which it uses for its existing networks and is known to be cheaper than other suppliers’ gear. Artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and information integrity Much has been written, and rightly so, about the potential that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to create and promote misinformation. But there is a less well-recognized but equally important application for AI in helping to detect misinformation and limit its spread. This dual role will be particularly important in geopolitics, which is closely tied to how governments shape and react to public opinion both within and beyond their borders.
Canadian governments give Huawei millions in funding while debate rages over its 5G role As it fights for the right to be part of Canada’s future 5G wireless network, Huawei Technologies often cites the fact it has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in this country. But government statistics show the largesse has flowed the other way, too, underlining the close relationship the Chinese tech giant has forged with at least one province and Ottawa. Canadian governments have provided millions in funding to Huawei and academic researchers collaborating with it, most of the grants designed to enhance the company’s 5G prowess, records indicate. The support includes a $16-million handout from Ontario’s former Liberal government to Huawei in 2016, augmenting money the company said it would spend on enhancing 5G research in the province. A McGill University engineering professor is receiving $740,000 from a federal funding agency over five years for cutting-edge work with the firm on next-generation wireless.
What we can learn from the controversy around Huawei Despite US pressure to block Huawei, the UK government has decided to let the firm continue to be used in its 5G networks with certain restrictions. Jonathan Liebenau addresses Huawei’s historical context as a company, and moves on to consider some motives that have brought it under scrutiny. In recent weeks I have frequently been asked about what we should think about the policies and publicity that embroils Huawei. This is because I have been conducting research into them and many other Chinese digital economy companies for some years and have had unprecedented and greatly appreciated access to much of the company’s staff, records and facilities. The recent interest follows the decision to allow Huawei to sell equipment to UK telecommunications network operators up to a market share of 35%, which has brought relief to the industry as well as anger amongst those who either agree with claims that the company poses a threat or that countering the US position will provoke retaliation.
The digital Silk Road - The digital side of the Belt and Road Initiative is growing Special reportFeb 6th 2020 edition ONE TROPICAL evening in November, the 9,800-tonne Ile de Bréhat slipped from the quay at Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, and steamed out of Iron Bottom Sound. For weeks the boat had been a familiar sight as it finished its job of laying 4,700km of fibre-optic cable from Sydney to Honiara on Guadalcanal and 730km among the main outlying islands, with another branch heading to Port Moresby, capital of neighbouring Papua New Guinea. Less than a fifth of Solomon Islanders have access to the internet. The Ile de Bréhat is about to transform more lives than any ship since the Los Reyes, the first European vessel to discover the islands, in 1567. Two-thirds of the $93m cost of the Coral Sea Cable System was borne by the Australian government.
ExCellThera : six millions pour protéger une biotech québécoise Le gouvernement du Québec va accorder 6 millions de dollars à la société de biotechnologie ExCellThera pour l’empêcher de tomber entre les griffes d’un fonds américain. La société montréalaise a publié les résultats du premier essai clinique de sa thérapie cellulaire en novembre dernier, et tout indique qu’elle est faisable et sécuritaire. Publié le 11 février 2020 à 9h00 ✓ Lien copié Isabelle Dubé La Presse
Canada’s military wants Ottawa to ban Huawei from 5G Canada’s military wants the federal government to ban Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from supplying equipment for the next generation of wireless infrastructure, according to a senior Canadian official with knowledge of the matter. National security agencies, the military and the Department of Innovation are conducting a cybersecurity review to determine whether Huawei’s 5G technology would be a security risk to Canada. The review also examines the costs to consumers and major telecom carriers of restricting 5G equipment suppliers. The official, whom The Globe and Mail is not identifying because they are not authorized to discuss the subject publicly, said senior military leaders, including Canadian Forces chief of defence staff General Jonathan Vance, have told senior levels of government they believe Huawei would threaten national security.