At 10:06 AM 6/20/2000 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36923,00.html > >Smut Filter Blocks All But Smut >by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >3:00 a.m. Jun. 20, 2000 PDT >When Exotrope Inc. introduced its BAIR smut-blocking >software last year, everyone seemed wowed by the company's >claims of intelligent filtering. > >New York Governor George Pataki applauded Exotrope's >"state-of-the-art technology," Tucows Network gave BAIR five >stars, and PC Magazine handed the program a coveted editor's >choice award. > >But an investigation by Wired News shows that BAIR's >"artificial intelligence" does not work as advertised. Nice story, Declan. But having seen Bennett Haselton's BAIR work develop from day one, I am unsure how what was (mostly) Bennett's work got transmogrified into an "investigation by Wired News." http://www.peacefire.org/censorware/BAIR/ (last updated 6/6/2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------- James S. Tyre mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bigelow, Moore & Tyre, LLP 626-792-6806/626-792-1402(fax) 540 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 Co-founder, The Censorware Project http://censorware.org
