Have you received an automatically generated parking ticket in the UK from a commercial vendor? Could you read the license plate number? If not, should you fight it? Is it even worth the time to protest the fine, considering that this financial decision's judge, jury, and executioner has an economic incentive weighted towards taking your money even if the evidence is flawed? This chain of thought recently occurred to me after receiving a ticket from a third-party commercial parking service...

Getty Images/iStockphoto By Published: 04 Jun 2024 The capabilities of a new wave of generative AI tools have spurred massive investment. But, even as the investment dollars keep pouring in and companies build business strategies around this emerging technology, alarm bells about a trough of disillusionment, a crash or even a third AI winter are being sounded in some quarters. Take, for example, the misgivings of AI pioneer Gary Marcus, who recently argued that a rumored $100 billion GenAI...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Feature AI is transforming the insurance industry by automating processes and improving risk assessment, but it also poses challenges in data transparency and algorithmic decision-making. By Published: 31 May 2024 AI's role in the insurance industry is growing. AI tools can ingest documents, assess risks, process claims, organize data and reduce fraud. These applications of AI help insurance companies enhance efficiency and accuracy in evaluating risks and managing...

Eye tracking technology uses special sensors to follow what our eyes look at. Various flavors of the technology have been around for decades in medical and behavioral research, workplace safety, interface design studies, automotive attention tracking and computer gaming interfaces. HTC first incorporated eye tracking into its VR headset in 2017, and Apple included the tech in the Vision Pro spatial computing platform that debuted in early 2024. Other headset vendors, including Sony, HP, Pico...