Let's start with the basics: Accenture defines artificial intelligence (AI) as a collection of multiple technologies that together enable machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn, either on their own or to augment human activities. Indeed, we are seeing AI at a tipping point – quickly coming of age and beginning to mature at a much faster rate than ever before. This is because it is now possible, due to the availability of massive, inexpensive cloud-accessible computing power and low-cost storage, combined with algorithms, to sift rapidly through enormous volumes of data. Companies need to know how to harness AI effectively. Corporate executives seem convinced of its potential – according to Accenture's 2016 Technology Vision survey, 70 per cent of corporate executives said they are making significantly more investments in AI-related technologies than two years ago, with 55 per cent stating that they plan on using machine learning and embedded AI solutions like Amelia extensively.

This article was posted by Xiu-Shen Wei. Xiu-Shen Wei is a 2nd-year Ph.D. candidate of Department of Computer Science and Technology in Nanjing University and a member of LAMDA Group. Deep Neural Networks, especially Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), allows computational models that are composed of multiple processing layers to learn representations of data with multiple levels of abstraction. These methods have dramatically improved the state-of-the-arts in visual object recognition, object detection, text recognition and many other domains such as drug discovery and genomics. In addition, many solid papers have been published in this topic, and some high quality open source CNN software packages have been made available. There are also well-written CNN tutorials or CNN software manuals.

Leon Russell called his best-known composition "A Song for You," but a better title might've been "A Song for You -- and You and You and You and You." The heartfelt ballad, instantly recognizable from its opening cascade of delicate piano notes, first appeared on Russell's self-titled debut album in 1970. That's a decade after this singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist -- who died Sunday at age 74 -- moved to Los Angeles from his native Oklahoma and quickly established himself as a go-to session player. Since then, though, "A Song for You" has been recorded and performed hundreds of times by artists as diverse as Donny Hathaway, the Carpenters, Willie Nelson, Amy Winehouse and the rapper Bizzy Bone. In 1994, Ray Charles won a Grammy for his moving rendition of the tune.

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Want to see how Hollywood takes on Ghost in the Shell outside of a handful of tiny video clips? You just got your chance. Paramount has released a full-length trailer for its spin on the anime/manga classic, and it's at least interesting -- if not necessarily what purists would want. It's visually stunning, with more than a few moments that will remind you of at least the 1995 animated movie. It's mainly the casting and unanswered questions that might leave you on the fence ahead of the movie's March 31st, 2017 launch date.

Roughly 20 km away from Hong Kong's slick, densely packed urban center lies the New Territories -- a suburban mishmash of rugged hills and scruffy villages, soaring new housing developments and vacant lots. This is where over half of the territory's 7.2 million people live. It could also be the resting place for your old PC or printer. Up to 20% of all U.S. electronic waste may be ending up in Hong Kong. Not in some scrapyard in the developing world, picked over by haggard children and wheezing laborers, but in the backyard of one of the world's most sophisticated financial capitals.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!): Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. This RHex dance contest was filmed in 2013, as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival. More isn't always better, but with glowy flying drones, it definitely is: If you do the math (and the math is simple and exponential), by 2020 Intel will be flying 312,500 drones, which is a VGA display.

Could TRITIUM hold the key to unlimited energy? Researchers have revealed they are introducing tritium to the Z Machine's fuel, the most neutron-laden isotope of hydrogen. Top secret X-37B military spaceplane could be turned into a... Meet Bear-yoncé! Dancing bear twerks it out in hilarious... Russia unveils killer robots that can seek and shoot humans... How slimeballs slither: Watch the bizarre'slimelapse' that... Top secret X-37B military spaceplane could be turned into a... Meet Bear-yoncé! Dancing bear twerks it out in hilarious... Russia unveils killer robots that can seek and shoot humans... How slimeballs slither: Watch the bizarre'slimelapse' that... With the addition of tritium, the Z Machine's already neutron high upper limit will be pushed much farther, emitting 80 times the amount of neutrons. The Z Machine has long been used to provide crucial information for computer simulations that test the readiness of America's nuclear stockpile, and to recreate the conditions at stars and the cores of planets.

Is this part of a secret spy satellite? The metal cylinder is 4.5 metres long and just over a metre in diameter Another smaller piece of metal with Chinese writing fell nearby The incident comes shortly after Beijing launched a satellite into space It has not been confirmed whether the launch of the satellite and the metal objects found were related The metal cylinder is 4.5 metres long and just over a metre in diameter From exploding phones to dangerous hoverboards: Why are... Did fake news on Facebook swing the US election? The AI that learns by PLAYING: Google DeepMind is making... From exploding phones to dangerous hoverboards: Why are... Did fake news on Facebook swing the US election? The AI that learns by PLAYING: Google DeepMind is making... The barrel-shaped object crashed onto property owned by a jade mining company in Kachin State's Hpakant township on Thursday The bizarre events came the same day Chinese state media reported Beijing had recently launched a satellite into space.

Symantec has launched Endpoint Protection 14, a new security solution which harnesses artificial intelligence to protect clients. Announced on November 1, the new security offering is powered by AI and machine learning on the endpoint and in the cloud. Symantec says that by harnessing machine learning to collate data and detect patterns and anomalies which may indicate a cyberattack, AI provides "a multi-layered solution able to stop advanced threats and respond at the endpoint regardless of how the attack is launched." Symantec Endpoint Protection combines machine learning, memory exploit mitigation, and threat intelligence provided by Symantec and Blue Coat, which combined their research and security operations in October after Symantec completed the acquisition of Blue Coat for $4.6 billion. The company also says that the solution is capable of 99.9 percent efficacy, low false positives, and a 70 percent carbon footprint reduction in comparison to past endpoint software.