# Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/now-that-machines-can-learn-can-they-unlearn-2/
- Published: 2021-08-22T09:45:22-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Andriy Onufriyenko | Getty Images. Article by Tom Simonite, Wired.com. Reprinted on Ars Technica – August 21, 2021. Researchers see if they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI from scratch. Companies of all kinds use machine learning to analyze people’s desires, dislikes, or faces. Some researchers are now asking a different question: How can we make machines forget? A nascent area of computer science dubbed machine unlearning seeks ways to induce selective amnesia in artificial intelligence software. The […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio