I am a MAKER, for the hearts of the dream." So goes a rallying cry carved in giant letters on the wall of a warehouse in Shekou, a seaside enclave near Hong Kong. Many of China's most promising entrepreneurs flocked there recently for a conference organised by TechCrunch, a technology publisher from Silicon Valley. Yet Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent--established Chinese internet giants collectively known as the BAT--were overshadowed by upstarts such as Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing firm that chased America's Uber away from China, and Ofo, a bike-sharing startup that is going global. Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. They are part of a new wave of inventive young firms emerging from China. A few years ago, Chinese innovation meant copycats and counterfeits.

Hong Kong bank customers are willing to embrace new digital banking services based on AI and machine learning, according to a new survey by Unisys. The survey found that 60% of Hong Kong respondents are comfortable with a bank using software and algorithms to assess online credit card applications, but only 31% are comfortable with their use for home loans. "The Unisys Banking Insights findings suggest there is a great opportunity for Hong Kong banks to use smart software to lead decision making for commodity products such as credit cards," Unisys Asia-Pacific VP for financial services Richard Parker said. But currently consumers are less willing to use this for life events such as home loan applications which involve larger financial amounts and emotional involvement." Hong Kong consumers are also moderately willing to support data sharing in an open banking environment, but only if they can be assured that privacy and security concerns are met.

The coming years will see an increased debate on data privacy and secrecy, regulations that are structural as well as knee jerk reactions and most importantly, approaches that are'non-intrusive' Image: Shutterstock The three buzz words - big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning are getting even more prominent and at the cost of getting most of us jittery. If there was any unfound fear about AI replacing human intelligence initially and then dominating it, the recent annihilation of the chess engine, Stockfish, by Google's AI-based Alpha Zero only adds credence to it. Stockfish, a chess engine that Grand Masters hone their skill against, is programmed with a collection of all the games played by the very best over centuries, was handed out a drubbing by an AI-based engine that only practised with itself for 4 hours an just knew the rules of chess! The implications are tremendous, the best of collective human intelligence stands little chance against the machine! AI would slice, analyse and process data which human beings cannot fathom!

Nonetheless, this has our curiosity. What's more, the news also presents us the chance that we seldom get in the mainstream media to further debate points of contention related to AI, like how Sikka's admiration for China should not overlook the massive state surveillance that is reportedly being carried out (think –facial recognition) or that there is a genuine basis for being careful on how we develop these technologies and the impact that they could have on the human society. AI is the future but how we get there is the debate.

Ethics has always been one of the most important subjects among scientists and philosophers. There are a lot of AI researchers discussed about the matter of AI Ethics, some have exaggerated ideas about the invasion of robots that ruin humanity and human life in future and some others have been more optimistic. There is no doubt that A.I has changed our life and how we operate in manufacturing, Industry 4.0, online security, healthcare and so on. Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and machine intelligence have had a great impact on invention of new technology within software design, quantum search engine and IT applications. As the prospects of real-time recognition for security purposes grows bolder, it has also engendered a lot of controversies. With this innovation currently being used on experimentally in actual operations by police of England and China, it becomes imperative to give a comprehensive analysis of the innovation.

The health ministry is considering the use of artificial intelligence to draw up care plans for nursing care insurance recipients. The ministry will launch a national survey as early as August on how AI is being developed and on examples of AI use for nursing care, ministry officials said. It also plans to compile by the end of the current fiscal year, which runs to March 2019, a report that will assess the effectiveness of AI-based care plans in alleviating the burden of care-givers and preventing worsening conditions in those who need nursing care, the officials said. The report will also list related problems to be tackled. Before an older person certified as needing long-term care can receive nursing care insurance services, a care plan needs to be drawn up.

Inside a glass-fronted four-storied building in the heart of Gurugram, 150 engineers are continuously tracking a fleet of 2,500 trucks as they criss-cross the country, travelling thousands of kilometres every day. Since it launched in 2014, Rivigo has built its business by solving complex logistics problems in a country with a huge infrastructure deficit. The company has devised a relay model, wherein a driver works by handing over the truck to another driver at designated pit-stops. The driver then drives the vehicle back to where he came from. This has helped Rivigo bring down the travel time required to move goods significantly.

The talk starts with Automation and Digital transformation in general and would cover the trends visible in the RPA market. It will give you insights into how it all started and how quickly have enterprises adopted it. We would also touch upon the key advantages they have witnessed in terms of gaining efficiency, compliance, enhancing customer experience and saving costs. It would also throw some light on the near future of RPA and the impact of AI to it. Half of my experience comes from helping Mid-Large Enterprise customers adopt cloud services and the other half helping large Global organizations outsource their IT and Business Processes for better efficiency and agility It has been an enriching journey having made real impact, whether it was helping large Global Telco reduce their customer support costs by over 45% or a global pharma company adopt cloud for their training needs or a large manufacturing company improving collaboration between its employees by over 120% with the use of O365.

India is changing and so is our technology eco-system. The eco-system which was in terms of technology innovation a laggard is now running a marathon at a speed which perhaps is putting other global tech startup eco-systems to rethink their India strategy. The credit of this must also go to Niti Ayog s vision and setting aside a fund of Rs. 200 crore for future technology companies from India. Under Atal Innovation Mission, startups can raise upto Rs. 10 crore that fits the criteria set up by the Niti Ayog.

An Australian man has set a new world record for fastest time to solve a Rubik's cube at just 4.22 seconds. Feliks Zemdegs is a 22-year-old'speedcuber' from Australia who participated in the Cube for Cambodia 2018 event on Saturday in Melbourne. He broke the previous world record of 4.59 seconds by solving a 3x3x3 cube in just 4.22 seconds. Feliks Zemdegs set a world record for fastest time to solve a Rubik's cube at just 4.22 seconds The 22-year-old from Australia broke the previous record at the Cube for Cambodia 2018 event on Saturday in Melbourne. A video captured his record-breaking performance as he sat alongside other speedcubers of all ages.