With December nearly here, I have started to reflect on some of the research that our Frost & Sullivan team in Australia and New Zealand has published this year. Check out the latest findings on how the hype around artificial intelligence could be sowing damaging confusion. Also, read a number of case studies on how enterprises are using AI to help reach business goals around the world. You forgot to provide an Email Address. This email address doesn't appear to be valid.

World's first artificial intelligence politician, named SAM was created by Nick Gerritsen, a 49 year old entrepreneur in New Zealand.the Gerritsen said: "There is a lot of bias in the'analogue' practice of politics right now." "There seems to be so much existing bias that countries around the world seem unable to address fundamental and multiple complex issues like climate change and equality." It is not legal for AI to contest elections. "SAM is an enabler and we plan to operate within existing legal boundaries,"

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have repeatedly expressed their concerns over developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, and even warned that they could soon surpass humans and might one day pose a severe threat to the entire humankind. Their concern may be compounded by recent developments, like when a robot named Sophia was last month confirmed in Saudi Arabia as the world's first robot citizen, and now, we have the world's first AI-powered virtual politician from New Zealand known as SAM. It seems the tech titans were not totally wrong as humans are ready to give AI the power to rule us. The world's first AI politician can reportedly answer a person's queries on local issues regarding education, housing and immigration, PTI reported. The AI politician was created by Nick Gerritsen, who said: "There is a lot of bias in the'analogue' practice of politics right now."

Scientists in New Zealand have developed a robot politician whose "brain" is powered by artificial intelligence. This politician, whose name is SAM, is able to answer a citizen's questions about housing, education, and immigration, NDTV reports. According to NDTV, this AI politician was created by a 49-year-old entrepreneur in New Zealand named Nick Gerritsen. "There is a lot of bias in the'analog' practice of politics right now," said Gerritsen about his new invention."There SAM answers questions via Facebook messenger. "My memory is infinite, so I will never forget or ignore what you tell me.

Scientists have developed the world's first artificial intelligence politician, that can answer a person's queries regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and immigration. The virtual politician, called SAM, was created by Nick Gerritsen, a 49-year-old entrepreneur in New Zealand. "There is a lot of bias in the'analogue' practice of politics right now," said Gerritsen. "There seems to be so much existing bias that countries around the world seem unable to address fundamental and multiple complex issues like climate change and equality," he said. The AI politician is constantly learning to respond to people through Facebook Messenger as well as a survey on its homepage.

Scientists have developed the world's first artificial intelligence politician, that can answer a person's queries regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and immigration. The virtual politician, called SAM, was created by Nick Gerritsen, a 49-year-old entrepreneur in New Zealand. "There is a lot of bias in the'analogue' practice of politics right now," said Gerritsen. "There seems to be so much existing bias that countries around the world seem unable to address fundamental and multiple complex issues like climate change and equality," he said. The AI politician is constantly learning to respond to people through Facebook Messenger as well as a survey on its homepage.

The concerns over government facial recognition systems don't just revolve around the possibility of Orwellian control -- it's that they may share that data with others you don't completely trust. Australia is learning this first-hand. The Guardian has obtained documents showing that the country's Attorney General office is talking to telecoms and banks about testing private use of the Facial Verification Service in 2018. Companies would need to get your permission and would have to show that they're honoring Australia's Privacy Act, but they could otherwise use it to fight fraud or otherwise verify the identities of their customers. The approach would be similar to the existing Document Verification Service, where companies pay a fee every time they want to verify info from documents like your driver's license or passport.

If you're keeping up to date on technology news, you're probably seeing references to machine learning everywhere, and for good reason: machine learning is an integral component of the way that computers process information. Machine learning is all around us, informing our day to day lives from the way we navigate Google maps right down to the way we check our inboxes. But what is it exactly, and when did it start being such a big deal? Here's a quick explainer to get you up to date: In 1959, MIT engineer Arthur Samuel described machine learning as a "Field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed." Samuel was busy creating his own computing machine: an autonomous checker program that he envisioned would someday beat the top world checker player champion.

The federal government is considering allowing private companies to use its national facial recognition database for a fee, documents released under Freedom of Information laws reveal. The partially redacted documents show that the Attorney General's Department is in discussions with major telecommunications companies about pilot programs for private sector use of the Facial Verification Service in 2018. The documents also indicate strong interest from financial institutions in using the database. The government has argued that the use of facial recognition is necessary for national security and to cut down on crimes such as identity fraud. The Attorney General's Department says private companies could only use the service with the person's consent.

If you asked people about Artificial Intelligence, most, if they had an idea of what it was, would likely respond with concerns about the rise of the robots, job losses, sentient machine armies, privacy and transparency. You only need to look at the comments about Boston Dynamics back-flipping robot this week to see how quickly we get dystopian about the prospect of advances in this area. Dave Heiner, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Regulatory Affairs team at Microsoft, sees things a bit differently. His main concern is we're not deploying it fast enough. It's a surprising statement from a man whose job contains the words'regulatory affairs' but he's a self-proclaimed AI convert and has spent the last few years contemplating all manner of issues in relation to AI including data privacy, ethics, transparency and trust, and has been advising Microsoft, as well as governments and organisations on behalf of Microsoft, on AI policy frameworks and regulation.