The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, May 18, 2015

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Baidu’s artificial-intelligence supercomputer beats Google at image recognition
MIT Technology Review, May 13, 2015
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/537436/baidus-artificial-intelligence-supercomputer-beats-google-at-image-recognition/

See related report:
Deep Image: Scaling up Image Recognition
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1501.02876v3.pdf

Weibo kicks off 2015 with renewed growth, now has 198M monthly active users
Tech in Asia, May 15, 2015
https://www.techinasia.com/weibo-kicks-2015-renewed-growth-198m-monthly-active-users/

Online dating websites facing tougher regulation
China Daily, May 18, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/18/content_20744167.htm