Ask these questions to help distinguish between a promising machine learning technology and a marketing hype. Artificial intelligence, more commonly known under AI acronym, has become a very hot topic these days. Forrester Research forecasts a 300 percent growth of AI investment this year. Toyota invests $100 million in fund for AI, UBS is trying to bring AI to its investment bank's operations, while VCs frivolously dream of replacing all of us with AI to cut costs. Some people even feel embarrassed because they have never used or implemented AI in their office or home.

IoT in connected Government helps to deliver better citizen services and provides transparency. It helps in delivering contextual and personalized service to citizens, enhances the security, and improves the quality of life. The reference architecture provides guidance for the development of government systems, solutions and application architecture. A reference architecture provides a common framework and allows the design to follow the consistent definitions for the system of interest, its decompositions and design patterns. The vision of any Connected Government in the digital era is "To develop connected and intelligent IoT based systems to contribute to government's economy, improving citizen satisfaction, safe society, environment sustainability, city management and global need."

The tongue-in-cheek post contained a picture of a gambling addiction ad stating "In the end the machines will win," -- not so obviously referring to gambling machines. On a more serious note, Musk said that the danger AI poses is more of a risk than the threat posed by North Korea. If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. This echoes his remarks earlier this month when he said, "AI just something that I think anything that represents a risk to the public deserves at least insight from the government because one of the mandates of the government is the public well-being." Nobody likes being regulated, but everything (cars, planes, food, drugs, etc) that's a danger to the public is regulated.

The Alibaba employee who fended off one of the world's largest DDoS hacking attacks and another who spearheaded development of a new voice-activated and controlled artificial intelligence product were Wednesday named to the 2017 MIT Technology Review's list of top Innovators Under 35. On the publication's list are Wang Gang, a leading researcher at Alibaba A.I. Labs, and Wu Hanqing, chief security scientist at Alibaba Cloud. The list recognizes talented technologists whose work has the potential to transform the world. "We are excited about the news, and it is our honor to have two talented people from Alibaba recognized on the list," said Jeff Zhang, Alibaba Group chief technical officer. "Wang's contributions to developing cutting-edge technologies to empower next-generation artificial intelligence applications, and Wu's efforts in designing world-class internet security systems and helping small businesses defend against cyberattacks, make them true pioneers in their fields."

American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn came up with idea of a "paradigm shift" in the 1960s to describe a scientific revolution – a momentous discovery that fundamentally rewrites the laws of science, such as Galileo proving the Earth revolves around the Sun or Newton discovering gravity. It is not too much to say that finance is undergoing a paradigm shift today, driven by smartphones, financial technology startups, and trends such as blockchain and artificial intelligence. "Most of the change in the industry was quite incremental and what I regard as linear – the introduction of ATMs, the introduction of credit cards, those kinds of things," says Antony Jenkins, former chief executive of Barclays. "When you look at what's happening now with mobile banking, it's a true transformation. The power in people's pockets enables them to change things in really quite a radical way."

Stephen Colbert kicks up his feet at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he tapes "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." Stephen Colbert kicks up his feet at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he tapes "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Stephen Colbert's desktop computer monitor is ringed with reminders -- Post-it notes ("Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God," Pierre Teilhard de Chardin), keepsakes (cards from musicians Regina Spektor and Jack White), directives ("Ask yourself this question: Is my attitude worth catching?"), When not in use, Colbert's computer screen defaults to a live feed of the Earth taken from the International Space Station. Right now, the view has just crossed the Nile, the sun is setting and clouds are casting long shadows across the Red Sea. Colbert looks at these images whenever he's feeling anxious. There's the whole world, he tells himself.

You can tell that Uncharted: The Lost Legacy started as more of an expansion than a standalone game. Rather than spanning the globe like previous Uncharted games, it all takes place in one part of India. And you get to play as a woman, who are so often relegated to DLC in these big franchises such as BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea or smaller spin-off games such as Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. Even in Naughty Dog's own The Last of Us: Left Behind, we only got to play as Ellie after we'd met her through the eyes of generic video game man Joel. But The Lost Legacy expanded during development, and although Uncharted 4 season pass holders won't have to pay for it, it's now a full-length by-the-numbers Uncharted game led by two women – the Indian-Australian Chloe Frazer and the black South African Nadine Ross.

For many Americans, the threat of a nuclear missile strike from North Korea feels very real at the moment. Much more real than being attacked by an intelligent robot, say. But according to Elon Musk, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a much greater threat to humanity than Kim Jong-un's belligerent regime in Pyongyang. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, speaks during the International Space Station Research and Development Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., on July 19. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has long warned of the dangers of AI and issued his latest opinion after a bot from OpenAI defeated some of the world's best players in in a professional gaming competition.

Dating app Hinge is rewarding couples who meet on the app with free gifts. Couples who have made it to various relationship milestones - from early ones such as the first sleepover to more serious ones like having a baby - can claim gifts from the'Hinge Milestone Market,' including everything from an electric toothbrush to a $200 vibrator. The company partnered with sponsors like Casper, Plated, Minibar and Rent the Runway to provide rewards for the 11 milestones. Dating app Hinge is rewarding couples who meet on the app with free gifts. 'Hinge's Milestone Marketplace is a pop-up online store designed to celebrate and reward major relationship milestones - from the very first sleepover to engagements, weddings and babies,' Hinge said. The store - which will be live for seven days through August 23 - will operate on a first-come, first served basis.

"Creativity is intelligence having fun." – Albert Einstein These days, artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to nearly every aspect of our working lives. Creatives, however, have been mostly left alone because, after all, a robot can't create art, can it? As it turns out, there's more AI experimentation going on in artistic fields than you'd think, and it's on its way to making the lives of marketers, designers, journalists and advertising people easier. From the automation of monotonous everyday tasks to true autonomy, where robots may one day create their own artworks, AI is changing what it means to be creative and challenging concepts we thought were intrinsically human. Defining what we mean by'creativity' is a tall order.