Apple on Thursday confirmed acquiring the Israeli startup Q.ai, in what appeared to be part of the tech giant’s efforts to make inroads into the wearables market, with the aid of artificial intelligence.
The purchase cost Apple almost $2 billion, people familiar with the terms told the Financial Times. Industry press said it was the second-largest acquisition in the company’s history, after its purchase of the Beats music giant in 2014.
Q.ai is tight-lipped in public about its technology, but patents it filed show tech being used in headphones or glasses using “facial skin micro movements” for nonverbal communication, according to the FT.
The move may be a component of Apple’s strategy for “wearable” products, such as smart glasses. Software that reads facial expressions could potentially make way for a hands-free user interface that doesn’t require talking out loud, reports noted.
Software that reads facial expressions could potentially make way for a hands-free user interface that doesn’t require talking out loud, reports noted.
That’s not what it will be used for, and they damn well know it. Whenever tech companies come up with new applications, always think of the most evil thing it could be used for. And it is ALWAYS about propaganda, surveillance and control.
This tech will be by authoritarians to scan faces in crowds, especially when those regimes give speeches. Looking for signs of ThoughtCrime: anger, incredulity, amusement, etc. Because if you show ANY of those signs, you’ll be added to the regime’s “list” even if you never carry a protest sign or say a single word.
Now we’re going to have to wear full face masks in public. That a whole new fashion sector.
To make money from, of course.
Just buy a Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it.
It’s in it’s early stages. The best it can do right now is “Jew” or “Not a Jew”. /s
Technology is neither good or evil. The values of the people who use it decide.
evil shit emerges into the world, you look where it comes from… … a fascist police state. yeah, i suppose that tracks. gods how i fucking hate this timeline.
Israel is a haven for testing tech on Palestinians and then selling the tech to western investors.
oh yeah i figured it was something like this, treating their literal captive population like guinea pigs instead of human beings. Of course. It’s what fascists DO. Just like what German fascists did to Jews, just like what Japanese fascists did to the Chinese.
I’m dreading the eventuality that the united states will begin doing it to people it decides post-hoc are “foreign”, like fully fledged citizens it chooses to “denaturalize” because
it wants an excuse to murder with impunitythey’re not “american” enough…you’d think there’d be at least one group on earth who would know better than anyone to let this shit slide,
but instead Israel is ROLLING in that shit like it’s a luxurious mudbath at a spa.utterly hideous behavior no matter who does it, but with added hypocrisy.
No nefarious applications possible there at all, amirite?
FaceID and TouchID haven’t been yet, after 13 years.
So probably not?
Cool. You seem like a guy who knows his stuff. There’s this bridge I’ve got to sell and i want to make sure the right person gets it.
Tim Apple would never violate your privacy
Ah poor israeli tech company had to hide in bomb shelters from the denizens of their ghetto with small arms and homemade rockets, armed with nothing except for the most powerful military in the world, unlimited money and the best gear, and complete informational awareness.
It was touch and go for a while but they pulled through! /s
What a bullshit evaluation
