Mueller, Babysitter, Seeing, Cheap AI Labor, Alt-Right - Five Things - Issue #396

Recent developments in the special counsel investigation indicate that things are about to heat up.

A start-up that requires prospective babysitters to hand over their social media accounts says it uses “advanced artificial intelligence” to assess a sitter's risk of drug abuse, bullying and more.

Advances in digital imagery could deepen the fake-news crisis—or help us get out of it.

If China is the Saudi Arabia of data, its data factories are the refineries, turning raw data into the fuel that can power China’s goal of A.I. supremacy.

Interview with Natalie Wynn, the creator of the YouTube series ContraPoints, which talks back to alt-right rhetoric.

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