https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/09/ai_roundup_061219/

Roundup Hello, welcome to this week's machine learning musings. We bring you news about the hottest topics in AI: Facial recognition, the so-called AI arms race between the US and China, and erm, GPUs in the cloud.

US citizens won’t be subjected to facial biometric scans as they fly in and out of America, after all: The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a proposal asking for everyone - including US citizens - to pass through facial recognition cameras as they travel in and out of the country.