The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to collect and scrutinize images of migrant children’s faces at the border, aiming to improve facial recognition capabilities, according to an assessment by MIT Technology Review.
Historically, the valuable expertise has remained untapped for young learners due to limited access to relevant training data featuring diverse youth populations, often relying on low-resolution internet images or inadequate sample sizes with insufficient representation. Such limitations replicate concerns about privacy and consent that are particularly acute when minors are involved.
Does the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) newly announced plan address the issue effectively? While past concerns over privacy, transparency, and accountability have been raised, some consultants worry that developing new technologies using data from populations with limited capacity to provide or withdraw consent may raise further ethical considerations? .
On August 8, at 4:42 p.m., local time, a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck southern Japan. A powerful seismic activity struck the Japanese coast, sending shockwaves through roughly one million people in the region, prompting initial fears of a tsunami threat. However, a mere whisper of a tsunami lapped at the shore, leaving structures unscathed and miraculously, not a single life was lost. The catastrophe was all but a distant memory due to its brief duration.
Suddenly, a novel development emerged. The Japanese Meteorological Agency, an authoritative body, has issued a ‘megaquake warning’ for the first time ever. The massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake, potentially a precursor to an even more devastating event, raises concerns about the potential for a catastrophic tsunami capable of claiming the lives of approximately 250,000 people.
Scientists are relieved to report that the likelihood of this magnitude-7.1 earthquake being a precursor to a catastrophic event is extremely low, suggesting no cause for immediate alarm. Despite the slight probability remaining that this could be a precursor to something even more catastrophic? .
