Brenna Goth reports: Shortly after his mother’s funeral, Orlando resident Mark Cady-Archilla was confused to receive mail advertising the opportunity to purchase her fingerprint on a piece of jewelry. Jacqueline Cady took great pains to protect her privacy in life, Cady-Archilla said. He learned months later that the funeral home in charge of her services…
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Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims
Beth Mole reports: Humana, one the nation’s largest health insurance providers, is allegedly using an artificial intelligence model with a 90 percent error rate to override doctors’ medical judgment and wrongfully deny care to elderly people on the company’s Medicare Advantage plans. According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Humana’s use of the AI model constitutes a “fraudulent…
Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts
Geoff Brumfiel reports: A student project has revealed yet another power of artificial intelligence — it can be extremely good at geolocating where photos are taken. The project, known as Predicting Image Geolocations (or PIGEON, for short) was designed by three Stanford graduate students in order to identify locations on Google Street View. But when…
Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’
Joseph Cox reports: “Verizon royally fucked up,” Poppy told me in a phone call. “There’s no way around it.” Verizon, she added, was “100% at fault.” Verizon handed Poppy’s personal data, including the address on file and phone logs, to a stalker who later directly threatened her and drove to an address armed with a…