The Fight
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| Originally published | 1975 |
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| Authors | Norman Mailer |
| Publishers | Little, Brown and Company |
| Genres | Non-fiction |
| Country | United States |
| Preceded by | Marilyn: A Biography |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2067002 |
About The Fight
The Fight is a 1975 non-fiction book by Norman Mailer about the boxing title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman at Kinshasa in Zaire in 1974, known as the "Rumble in the Jungle".
Ukraine war: Soldier tells BBC of front-line 'hell'
... They said it was " suicide" for their soldiers to move there, saying they had lost many men in The Fight and that they cannot dislodge the Ukrainians from their foothold...
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem on 'lethal' desire to control wombs
... Their photo standing shoulder to shoulder with their fists in the air became an iconic image of The Fight by women and African Americans for equality and social justice...
Bowen: US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends
... For Hamas, it is The Fight to survive...
Nepal registers first same-sex marriage hailed as win for LGBT rights
... " The Fight for rights is not easy...
Russia: LGBT groups could be declared 'extremist' in court ruling
... It s a symbol of The Fight with the traditional family...
Manchester police probe Hamilton theatregoers' fight
... A man and a woman in the audience were thought to have been involved in The Fight at Palace Theatre, Manchester, on Friday...
The electronic noses designed to prevent food poisoning
... Sensifi, which launched earlier this year, hopes that it can transform The Fight against infection in the food industry...
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George Floyd: Amazon prohibits police with facial recognition tech
technology giants Amazon, The Police has banned the controversial face recognition software for a year.
It Comes after civil rights advocates raised concerns about possible racial bias in the monitoring technology.
This Week , IBM also said it would stop offering its Facial Recognition software for "mass surveillance, or "racial profiling".
the decisions, The consequences, there is growing pressure on companies to respond to the death in police custody of George Floyd.
Amazon said the suspension of the law enforcement use of its Rekognition software was the legislature the power to regulate the laws are enacted, how the technology is used.
"We have expressed ourselves in favour of the governments of the stricter rules for The Ethical use of technology, face detection, and in the last days, Congress seems to be willing to accept this challenge," Amazon said in a statement.
"We hope that this one-year moratorium could help the Congress sufficient time for the implementation of the relevant rules, and we stand ready to, if desired. "
But The Company said it would still allow the organizations dealing with Human Trafficking to use the technology.
As with other Facial Recognition products, the Amazon Rekognition the Artificial Intelligence (AI) can to compare very quickly, an image of, for example, an officer of the mobile phone camera, and try to Match It with mug shots held on police databases, which can hold hundreds of thousands of photos.
the technology of face recognition has been criticised for some time about a possible bias, and other minorities than the white.
In The Past , Amazon Rekognition has defended against charges of bias, while they continue to provide to the law enforcement authorities.
The death in police custody of George Floyd, an African American man, inflamed these concerns as police tactics and the use of technology for law enforcement have been under intense observation.
at the beginning of This Week , as AI systems are used, which need to be tested in law enforcement, "bias".
In a letter to Congress, IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna , the "fight against racism is as urgent as ever", and three areas in which The Company wanted to with the Congress: the reform of The Police , the responsible use of technology and extension of skills and educational opportunities.
calls for legislationIn recent months, Congress has been weighing a possible legislation of the technology, such as the legislators, the companies and civil liberties activists have for greater regulation of surveillance software.
house Democrats introduced a police reform bill Monday that ban federal law enforcement use of real-time face detection, but some activists would say, the measure does not go far enough.
The American Civil Liberties Union, said that all the use of Facial Recognition on The Police body camera footage should be banned, and that the Federal funds should be limited for the local law enforcement authorities, not restrict, the use of technology in the same Way .
ibm, racism, george floyd death, amazon, surveillance, facial recognition
Source of news: bbc.com
