There have been a number of companies with significant budget and resources, who have attempted artificial intelligence and machine learning projects, only to have them fail to deliver a return on investment. Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann has a unique background in artificial intelligence that spans from academia (ETH) to multinational companies (former director at Google) to startups (CTO of 1plusX, co-founder Recommind). He shares his thoughts on what traits companies have that enable them to get a return on investment for their AI initiatives. AI technologies have shown to be widely applicable across many domains and industries. However, this does not mean that they will always work out-of-the-box.

IBM is working to bring 1,800 jobs to France over the next two years in effort to bolster talent in artificial intelligence, IoT, cloud, and blockchain, CEO Ginni Rometty said at the Tech for Good Summit in Paris Wednesday. Also at the summit, the firm announced an expansion of its program for " new collar" skills training, IBM's initiative to train tech workers with specific high-level skills outside of a traditional four-year degree. The summit was hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, a press release noted. "President Macron is making a big bet, and a smart one, that AI is going to transform every job, every profession and every industry," Rometty said in the release. "At IBM, we share this belief and see evidence of it every day with Watson driving exponential impact here in France and around the world. That is why we are bringing 1,800 new jobs to France to meet growing demand for AI from our clients."

Claims adjusters could soon have part of their work replaced by software that looks at photos and decides whether property is damaged, but there is still a need for humans in the process, one researcher predicts. When properties are damaged in a major catastrophe by a wind storm or flood, "typically it takes the insurance company a few weeks to send someone out to assess the damage to property," Aditya Kaul, lead analyst for research firm Tractica, said in an interview Tuesday. To expedite the process, some P&C insurers are using unmanned aerial vehicles (or drones) to survey damage and take pictures. In some cases, they use computer software to assess the damage in the pictures automatically. This is also true for auto damage, explained Kaul, who works out of London, England for Boulder, Colo.-based Tractica.

August 22, 2018 Written by: Dr. Jongwoon Hwang, Group Leader, KIST Europe and Marco Hüster, Business Lead AI Implementation, KIST Europe Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a field for academic researchers; machine learning and deep learning are becoming mainstream technologies that any organization can harness. This could have dramatic implications for many industries, including manufacturing. The impact of AI on manufacturing is likely to usher in a whole new era of industrial development. The first three industrial revolutions were triggered by the introduction of mechanical, electrical and digital technologies, respectively. Now, AI will be the driver of a fourth revolution known as "Industry 4.0."

Cover stories offer a look at the process behind the art on the cover: who made it, how it got made, and why. As described in a Report in this week's issue, an unusual geometric property arises in a bilayer graphene structure in which one layer is rotated 30 degrees with respect to the other. Tiles of triangles, rhombuses, and squares can be mapped over this grid in a pattern called Stampfli tiling. While looking at a figure from this Report (Figure 1), I thought, "No problem. I'll fire up Illustrator, draw the three different shapes, and get to work."

Enteroviruses are important drivers of global health, but few countries undertake enterovirus surveillance. Pons-Salort and Grassly used Japanese surveillance data to model the interplay between the ratio of susceptible and immune individuals, accounting for declining birth and death rates, incomplete surveillance, and seasonality of infection (see the Perspective by Nikolay and Cauchemez). Enteroviruses have highly predictable yet highly nonlinear dynamics. The model also reveals signatures of increased pathogenicity and of antigenic change and transmissibility. Science, this issue p. 800; see also p. 755 Human enteroviruses are a major cause of neurological and other diseases.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a new technology that requires regulation. It is a powerful force that is reshaping daily practices, personal and professional interactions, and environments. For the well-being of humanity it is crucial that this power is used as a force of good. Ethics plays a key role in this process by ensuring that regulations of AI harness its potential while mitigating its risks. AI may be defined in many ways.

The new iPhone is coming. There are probably just days to go until Apple reveals the new handset. And just days after that it'll be ready and waiting, for those who've successfully clicked or queued their way into buying it. All of that makes it just about the worst possible time to buy an iPhone. They are all their usual price, and are just about to be overtaken by a whole host of brand new phones.

When Amazon announced its Grand Tour video game, I imagined a generic racer with crudely digitized versions of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The reality, though, is quite different. Amazon Game Studios is developing a title that, in many ways, is a perfect mirror of the Prime-exclusive show. The real-world antics portrayed in the TV series are more than loose inspiration -- they're the template for every race and mission in the game. Unlike Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport, The Grand Tour Game will be an episodic series.

If you are a fan of DJI's Mavic Pro, today is a good day. Why? Because, as rumored, the drone behemoth didn't just reveal the Mavic Pro 2, it also introduced a second option in the line: the Mavic 2 Zoom (note: no "Pro"). As the name suggests, the latter comes with a 2X optical zoom (24-48mm and 2X digital to 96mm), meaning there's no "greedy boy" option here, each has its own unique selling points -- so you'll need to think long and hard about which one you really want Before we get to the differences, let's talk about what the two models share. Bar the camera, the two new Mavics are the same. The key upgrades include up to 31 minutes of flight time (up from the original Mavic Pro's 27) and there are now more sensors on the drone (10 total) so that Mavic now has obstacle avoidance in all directions (including above/below).