Demis Hassabis, chief executive of UK-based tech company DeepMind, has been picked to advise the government's newly created Office for Artificial Intelligence. Hassabis (pictured above), who co-founded the Google-owned AI specialist, will "provide expert industry guidance" to the recently formed government body. The Office for AI was created as part of the Industrial Strategy unveiled by the government in November 2017, and has responsibility for delivering the initiatives set out in the £1bn AI Sector Deal published in April. "I'm honoured to be taking on the role of Adviser to the Office for AI, and look forward to the huge opportunity that lies ahead," Hassabis said. "I've always believed that AI could be one of the most important and widely beneficial breakthroughs of the 21st century – and as a proud Londoner, it's fantastic to see the UK's world-class universities and start-ups already making major scientific advances. Alongside the research, I'm very excited about the role the UK can play in making the case globally for AI's safe and ethical deployment."

When a man in the Middle East appears to be performing miracles, a rift breaks out over whether he's the Messiah or a fraud in this suspenseful drama.

Michio Kaku: People often ask me the question, "In the era of AI what jobs and what skills will I need?" Well, first of all let's take a look at the first era of space exploration the 1960s. There was a crash program back then to miniaturize the transistor. The Russian astronauts, they're also very tiny because they have to fit inside the nose cone of a missile, and we scientists were given the mission to miniaturize transistors as far as possible. Now, as a consequence of that, we have what is called the Internet age today.

His groundbreaking application of advanced artificial intelligence algorithms for the analysis, transformation and creation of music forms the basis of DigiTrax's disruptive approach to music composition, and has generated seven granted patents. As the software architect of The Music Builder platform, his pioneering vision is grounded in both theoretical and practical knowledge of music theory. Mr. Matusiak has garnered multiple awards in the field, while completing his studies at Leeds College of Music in the U.K.

"It remains one of the huge competitive advantages that you can get the same, or better, talent for cheaper and less churn," said Matt Clifford, a co-founder of Entrepreneur First, a start-up incubator in London that recruits students from Cambridge and Oxford. Entrepreneur First helped create Magic Pony, yet another A.I. company, which Twitter acquired for $150 million in 2016. But some wonder whether these companies could better serve Britain by staying independent. Ian Hogarth trained as a machine learning researcher at Cambridge, founded the live music app Songkick and is now an angel investor in Britain. He argued that if DeepMind had remained an independent, it may have grown into the country's first tech superpower. Following a similar path were start-ups like VocalIQ (acquired by Apple) and Evi, the company that Amazon acquired in 2013 as part of its effort to build the Alexa digital assistant.

Today's blog post is a Q&A session with top fintech influencer and founder of Unconventional Ventures, Theodora Lau. Named one of 44 "2017 Innovators to Watch" by Bank Innovation, ranked No. 2 Top FinTech Influencers 2018 by Onalytica, and named to the list of LinkedIn Top Voices 2017 for Economy and Finance, she's a powerful voice in the industry. If you probe into the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in the enterprise, it quickly becomes clear what's behind it: big data. In a 2018 NewVantage Partners survey of Fortune 1000 executives, 76.5 percent cite the greater proliferation and availability of data is making AI possible. As Randy Bean in an MITSloan Management Review article puts it, "For the first time, large corporations report that they have direct access to meaningful volumes and sources of data that can feed AI algorithms to detect patterns and understand behaviors….these

The use of artificial intelligence in our everyday lives is on the increase, and it now covers many fields of activity. Something as seemingly banal as avoiding a traffic jam through the use of a smart navigation system, or receiving targeted offers from a trusted retailer is the result of big data analysis that AI systems may use. While these particular examples have obvious benefits, the ethical and legal implications of the data science behind them often go unnoticed by the public at large. Artificial intelligence, and in particular its subfields of machine learning and deep learning, may only be neutral in appearance, if at all. Underneath the surface, it can become extremely personal.

Amazon is set to open a second location for its radical Amazon Go concept store. The store, the second in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, will be a mile away from the original location. Amazon confirmed the new store in a statement, saying'We are excited to bring Amazon Go to 920 5th Avenue in Seattle. The store will open in Fall 2018.' Amazon confirmed the new store in a statement, saying'We are excited to bring Amazon Go to 920 5th Avenue in Seattle. The store will open in Fall 2018.' Pictured, the original store The first store debuted one mile away at the base of Amazon's Day One tower in January, after more than a year of fine-tuning the concept. The second store will be located in the new Madison Centre office tower at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Marion Street, according to GeekWire.

GENEVA – Major U.S. trading partners including the European Union, China and Japan voiced deep concern at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday about possible U.S. measures imposing additional duties on imported autos and parts. Japan, which along with Russia had initiated the discussion at the WTO Council on Trade in Goods, warned that such measures could trigger a spiral of countermeasures and result in the collapse of the rules-based multilateral trading system, an official who attended the meeting said. Over 40 WTO members, including the 28 countries of the European Union -- warned that the U.S. action could seriously disrupt the world market and threaten the WTO system, given the importance of cars to world trade. The United States has imposed tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports and is conducting another national security study that could lead to tariffs on imports of cars and car parts. Both sets of tariffs would be based on concerns about U.S. national security. U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 29 that the probe would be completed in three to four weeks.

The case of 12 boys and their football coach who were found alive after being trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for nine days has gripped the world. Rescuers are now trying to work out how to safely get the group out of the cave, with the Thai military warning that the children could be trapped for up to four months. They have now received food and medical attention, but what will the impact of their ordeal be on their mental health? Dr Andrea Danese is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the National and Specialist CAMHS Trauma and Anxiety Clinic in London. He says that in the short term, many of the children facing such a traumatic incident may be fearful, clingy, jumpy or moody.