The words people use, the way they phrase things during conference calls, in reports or in regular conversations; all contain many of the quantitative keys that make Yin Luo such a highly respected analyst. "It's called natural language processing, using computer algorithms to, for example, analyze news stories" and draw conclusions, said Luo, vice chairman for quantitative research, economics and strategy at Wolfe Research, LLC. For example: A CEO has a conference call with analysts and says "I think" before offering insight. There is a distinct difference between beginning a sentence with "We think," which indicates a level of uncertainty seeking cover of the universal "we." "If they say'we think,' they are less certain," said Luo. This sort of analysis is the type of "alternative data" that excites Luo most about his job.

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Inquisitive artificial intelligence that asks questions about things it reads could be used to quiz students in class. The question-asking ability would also help chatbots with the back and forth of human conversation. AI is usually on the receiving end of queries, says Xinya Du at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Du and his colleagues have turned the tables by building a system that has learned to ask questions of its own. This is something that people have been wanting to do for a long time, says Karen Mazidi at the University of Dallas in Texas.

Automation and machine learning are set to disrupt our workforce in massive ways in coming years, according to delegates at this year's World Economic Forum on Africa. The so-called'fourth industrial revolution' is set to displace many career fields, introducing what could be the best of times and worst of times for workers, according to Dr. Roze Phillips, Managing Director for Accenture Consulting. However, this situation also presents new opportunities in the world of work, especially when it comes to more analytical jobs, as Phillips explains in this podcast with BizNews. This podcast is brought to you by RMB. I'm at the World Economic Forum for Africa, where I'm speaking to Dr Roze Phillips, who is the Managing Director for Accenture Consulting.

Digital health adoption is on the rise in the UAE. For many years, in the UAE, progress in digital health has been more like an undercurrent. But, lately it has become a tide, with all stakeholders fully invested and ready to catch the wave. Given its infrastructure capabilities, Dubai is leading in harnessing digital health knowledge and innovation from around the world to support and develop tailored treatments. "The digital health startup scene has gained immense momentum in Dubai over the past year, as the city's vision and drive towards innovation is creating interest in both the public and private sector to explore new technologies," says Roland Daher, head of health tech accelerator Dubai 100.

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"The connectivity that is the heart of globalisation can be exploited by states with hostile intent to further their aims.[…] The risks at stake are profound and represent a fundamental threat to our sovereignty." "It's not MI6's job to warn of internal threats. It was a very strange speech. Was it one branch of the intelligence services sending a shot across the bows of another? Or was it pointed at Theresa May's government? Does she know something she's not telling us?" Senior intelligence analyst, April 2017 In June 2013, a young American postgraduate called Sophie was passing through London when she called up the boss of a firm where she'd previously interned. The company, SCL Elections, went on to be bought by Robert Mercer, a secretive hedge fund billionaire, renamed Cambridge Analytica, and achieved a certain notoriety as the data analytics firm that played a role in both Trump and Brexit campaigns. But all of this was still to come. London in 2013 was still basking in the afterglow of the Olympics. Britain had not yet Brexited. The world had not yet turned. "That was before we became this dark, dystopian data company that gave the world Trump," a former Cambridge Analytica employee who I'll call Paul tells me. "It was back when we were still just a psychological warfare firm." Was that really what you called it, I ask him. Psychological operations – the same methods the military use to effect mass sentiment change.

This article originally appeared in Buzz Business for TIME. Last October, the Mirai botnet took advantage of hacked IoT devices to take high profile websites, such as Twitter, Reddit, Netflix, Airbnb--and, it was rumored (incorrectly), the entire nation of Liberia. How do you secure a world of dizzying interconnectivity? If innovation is generating this unprecedented security challenge, it's only fair for innovation to help solve it--AI to the rescue. Look to the evolution of our telephone system.

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