After getting his bachelor and master degrees in Tsinghua University in 1995 and 1998, Steve Deng went to Carnegie Mellon University in 2006 to pursue his Ph.D in Computer Science. Before he got his Doctor degree, Steve Deng had already been hired as a counseling engineer in American Incentia Design Automation company. In January 2006, Steve Deng joined American Magma Design Automation company and became a counseling researcher. In March 2008, he came back to China acting as the assistant professor in the Institute of Microelectronics of Tsinghua University. Steve Deng's major research direction is Al, the automation of electrical design, parallel algorithm and image processing machine structure.

The three new concept robots from LG Electronics are aimed at the services industry, in areas like hotels, airports and supermarkets. Here come our new robot overlords. A Korean tech giant has announced three new robots that take aim at the vast and fast-growing global service industry sector. Technologists and economists have long predicted that artificial intelligence and automation would one day sync up to eliminate millions of mostly low-wage jobs in the future. South Korea's LG Electronics is planning to sell robots to solve tasks currently completed by humans.

A number of dating apps in China were shut down by the police after it was found that they were actually run by automated robots. According to BBC, more than 600 suspects, associated with 21 Chinese companies, were arrested by the police after then startling discovery and at least 12 dating apps were shut down. The fraudulent apps operated across 13 provinces in the country, including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen. The investigation into the matter began in August 2017 when the police tried to crack down on one such app, operating in southern Guangdong province, China, that charged money from customers for in exchange for viewing pornographic videos that did not exist. Further investigation revealed that one of the company's staff members had created fake "sexy girl" accounts, in order to dupe newly registered customers and con them of their money. These accounts were programmed to send out automatically generated greetings and compliments to customers who thought that they were interacting with real women.

Chip maker Intel is betting big on Artificial Intelligence and advancement in computing. During CES 2018, it has announced a host of partnerships and new innovations aimed to enhance the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in sports, automobiles, Hollywood and advanced computing. While delivering his keynote address at CES 2018, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich showcased company's first autonomous vehicle of 100-car test fleet, informed that BMW, Nissan, and Volkswagen are moving their Mobileye-based mapping design to actual deployments and announced a collaborations with SAIC Motor and NavInfo to extend crowdsourced map building to China. "Data is going to introduce social and economic changes that we see perhaps once or twice in a century," Krzanich said. "We not only find data everywhere today, but it will be the creative force behind the innovations of the future. Data is going to redefine how we experience life – in our work, in our homes, how we travel, and how we enjoy sports and entertainment," he added.

Verity Studios' Lucie drones alone completed more than 20,000 autonomous flights. A Synthetic Swarm of 99 Lucie micro drones started touring with Metallica (the tour is ongoing and was just announced the 5th highest grossing tour worldwide for 2017). Micro drones are now performing at Madison Square Garden as part of each New York Knicks home game -- the first resident drone show in a full-scale arena setting. Since early 2017, a drone swarm has been performing weekly on a first cruise ship. And micro drones performed thousands of flights at Changi Airport Singapore as part of its 2017 Christmas show.

It might not have the star power of Alexa or Google Assistant, but DuerOS, Chinese web giant Baidu's AI platform, continues to pick up steam in its native country. It seems like Baidu is trying to curry favor with a more international audience, too -- it's here at CES to show off smart speakers that almost certainly won't wind up in the United States. The most sensible of the models on display was a cutesy, fabric-covered Echo Show lookalike called the Little Fish VSI, which wins our Best of CES 2018 award for Cutest, Least Descriptive Product Name. We're being glib, but the Little Fish VS1 is actually quite a pleasure to play with. Naturally, DuerOS resisted all my attempts to talk to in English, but my colleague was able to check out the (depressing) weather in New York by asking in Mandarin.

Japanese scientists have create a creepy machine that can peer into your mind's eye with incredible accuracy. The AI studies electrical signals in the brain to work out exactly what images someone is looking at, and even thinking about. The technology opens the door to strange future scenarios, such as those portrayed in the series'Black Mirror', where anyone can record and playback their memories. Scientists in Japan have developed an AI that can decode patterns in the brain to recreate what a person is seeing or imagining. The breakthrough relies on neural networks, which try to simulate the way the brain works in order to learn.

It's a not-so-classic story – you fall in love, but she does not, because she is a robot. A number of Chinese dating apps have been shut down after an investigation on dating apps fraud discovered that women on their platforms were actually AI computer programs, it's reported. According to Modern Newspaper, the mobile apps involve 21 companies. Police in southern Guangdong province said they have arrested more than 600 suspects operating across 13 provinces, including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, after finding out that some messages and answers from some "sexy women", which customers will have to pay extra to chat with, were from AI computer programs instead. The programs usually targeted newly registered users and generated greeting messages or compliments to them from fake accounts.

Rokid's AR glasses aren't ready for public consumption, but the company is releasing them this year anyway. Rokid is an AI company based in China and it's made a name for itself building smart home products, but its latest gadget is a pair of frames that aim to be the AR glasses of our sci-fi dreams. Right now, however, their functionality is limited. The Rokid glasses respond to basic hand gestures like sliding tiles of a menu left and right simply by swiping the air, or selecting one by making a fist. The images appear in the upper-right corner of the lenses, superimposed over the real world.

Sony revived its robodog series late last year, offering a limited first run of next-generation Aibos for keen Japanese fans. Despite a killer $1,800 price-tag, the company apparently sold plenty, and those preordered Aibos are finally on their way to their new owners. Finally, the company has brought the new robotic pet out of Japan, and while I could coo in Aibo's general direction, unfortunately no petting was allowed. Regardless, it was disarmingly cute. The dog dunderstood a handful of English-language directions, including hand-shaking and commands to sit.