Police in China have introduced mobile facial-recognition units that can be mounted right on officers' glasses.

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"They are already using a combination of facial recognition technologies, AI, and a compulsory social ratings system – like an Uber for human beings – to try to remove or punish bad behaviour among its citizens" Speaking exclusively to Daily Star Online, Chris Middleton even claimed the communist government is using the technology to "punish bad behaviour". He said: "China is an interesting case in point. "They are already using a combination of facial recognition technologies, AI, and a compulsory social ratings system – like an Uber for human beings – to try to remove or punish bad behaviour among its citizens." His comments come after the Chinese government revealed plans to unroll a mass surveillance system to watch the country's citizens by the year 2020. Chris added: "Such a draconian, state-sanctioned system risks excluding some people completely from society, if they don't conform to the government's model of'a good person'.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea-- Tech giant Intel says unexpected last-minute "logistical challenges" forced it to scrap plans to launch hundreds of small drones that were to put on a light show as part of the pageantry at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Intel, which received heaps of attention for using their Shooting Star drones to put on a show at the 2017 Super Bowl as part of Lady Gaga's halftime performance, had been working for several months on the Olympics performance. A company spokeswoman confirmed to USA TODAY that it had to scrap the live show, but did not respond to a request for a more detailed explanation of what caused the last-minute challenges. IOC spokesman Mark Adams also confirmed the live drone show was scrapped at the last minute, because of an "impromptu" logistical challenge. Several hours before the start of the ceremony, Intel chief strategy officer Aicha Evans told USA TODAY that they planned to launch 300 drones during the tail-end of the ceremony.

Today, world leaders gathered in a secretive meeting on the global governance of artificial intelligence. It was attended by more than 50 of the world's leading experts in AI. From IBM to Facebook and from Amazon to the U.N., representatives from all sectors and levels of government convened to map the future of AI. Futurism was fortunate enough to be there for the event. The goal of the roundtable, organized by the AI Initiative from the Future Society at Harvard Kennedy's School of Government and H.E. Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, the UAE's Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, was to address the challenges and opportunities AI bring and develop the strategies, guidance, and governance to help safely advance its evolution.

An annual survey released this month by the Consulate General of Japan found that about 1,300 students statewide are engaged in Japanese language programs at the K-12 level, and another roughly 2,100 are enrolled at the college level.

Big Data enabled AI will begin to change the game for online marketing and website presence – and amazing tools are being launched now to democratize access. While it is easy to get blasé about the impact of cheaper data in general, consider this: In 2017, online shopping finally came online en masse in India thanks to technological advances in the domestic telecommunications network and a drop in the price of data transmission. This means that India last year began to see a world that western audiences, in particular, have now grown blasé too. Except that there are 700 million Indians. That means a country several times the size of the United States is able to go shopping online for the first time. And boy, has that made a difference.

From artificial intelligence to blockchain, 11 leading scientists from Alibaba Group and its affiliate research labs, including researchers with the Alibaba DAMO Academy--the Chinese tech giant's first major research program focused on developing next-generation technologies--look at which trends will make the biggest impact in the coming year. Alibaba is helping Shanghai Metro to improve the experience of subway commuters via AI technology, such as voice-recognition ticketing machines. "Multiple [research] teams will announce that they've achieved "quantum supremacy," the engineering of a quantum processor that cannot be simulated by classical computers. Much work is to be done, however, to reach the next milestone of solving a practically meaningful problem that can't be solved classically." "In 2018, the spotlight will be on blockchain technology… Applications of blockchain will leapfrog from proofs of concepts (PoC) to real-world implementations, especially in the areas of financial services and supply chain management. More and more traditional industries will start embracing the technology and re-engineer their business models. A.I. Labs and Taiwan-based chipmaker MediaTek revealed at CES that they have designed bluetooth chips that will allow connected home devices to automatically pair with Tmall Genie. "[The A.I. chips market] is an increasingly heated battleground.

TBWA\Hakuhodo, Yukai Engineering, Crimson Technology and Kotobukisun have partnered to form the Animegaphone Creators Committee to launch a new megaphone that can convert the user's voice into someone else's voice instantaneously to provide better crowd control in Japan. The four companies were motivated to launch this new megaphone because Japanese authorities have trouble controlling large crowds of people in a country with some of the world's most avid and passionate fans. Megaphones are regularly used, but have become so common that now announcements and instructions are often ignored. The Animegaphone is equipped with voice changing artificial intelligence technology that analyses vocal data input while reflecting the user's speech pattern, accent, intonations and other individual vocal characteristics. It then synthesises and merges the voice into a pre-registered voice of another person, with almost no lag or delay.

In a newly published thought leadership paper from SAP entitled "European Prosperity Through Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence," prepared by Andreas Tegge, head Global Public Policy, SAP addresses some anxieties and proposes measures for ensuring AI's rapid assimilation and advancement in Europe. It is probably fair to say that no other technology currently inspires such fascination nor stirs up such heated debate as AI and the branch of AI known as machine learning. Algorithms that are capable of autonomously gaining insight from data without being explicitly programmed are already empowering machines to see, read, listen, and interact. In the intelligent enterprise, machine learning allows better and more efficient processes, which means that enterprises benefit from increased productivity levels and employees have more time to devote to tasks that add greater value. Machine learning will one day have applications in almost every branch and sector of industry.