With Google DeepMind's recent success in mastering the game of Go, Tesla's advances in autonomous driving capabilities, and voice recognition systems like Amazon's Alexa taking off, interest in AI and machine learning have reached an all-time high. Those living in the AI world in the 1980s remember what has been referred to as an "AI winter"--a time when the inflated expectations resulted in a "crash," and funding began to dry up. While it's unlikely that the current enthusiasm in AI will wane, some worry that huge attention, and expectations, about AI could have negative side effects. Some also worry about how AI is equated with machine learning--or even, more specifically, deep learning, which is a narrow subset of AI. So, what happened in the '80s?

According to the BBC, there is a mere 3% chance that solicitors' jobs could be replaced by artificial intelligence and automation. For family lawyers, the risks should be even lower because particularly human skills of empathy and negotiation are integral to your work. That BBC article's a year old, and artificial intelligence is shaking up the law. In Melbourne, Settify is a new family law firm that has embraced artificial intelligence. Settify is so machine-based that it can offer many of its services, including initial advice, free.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a floating drone ship at sea on Sunday morning. The company's eighth launch this year was part of its ongoing effort to re-use costly rocket parts instead of discarding them into the ocean. It is the fourth time SpaceX has vertically landed a Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform at sea. The company has also landed another rocket safely on land. The rocket launched under a dark night sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The robots are coming, and they're getting smaller, smarter and cheaper. While today, businesses may own just a single drone, one day, large parts of whole industries could be overseen by a new generation of robots. But, how will groups of these robots perform useful tasks like collecting crop data or organizing around a common goal? That's one role for the blockchain proposed in a new white paper from MIT Media Lab research affiliate Eduardo Castello Ferrer. The eight-year robotics veteran believes that by using the blockchain to distribute information, whole armies of robots could solve problems and accomplish tasks more efficiently. The idea is that in robotic swarms, each robot follows basic rules, drawing inspiration from creatures like ants and fish that often clump together.

Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank has started an'Innovation Lab' in Bengaluru to tap into the best technology that impacts its operations, and is open to investing in startups, a senior company official has said. "We started an'Innovation Lab' recently which is right now a dedicated space from where we are partnering with startups in the fintech space to test concepts and launch them into commercial products," Kotak Bank's Chief Digital Officer Deepak Sharma told PTI. The fourth largest private sector bank has put together a seven-member core team, which is working with an equal number of startups in the artificial intelligence, analytics, biometric or iris scanning and machine learning space. A bulk of the startups are Bengaluru-based, while two are from the US and Australia, Sharma said. Domestic lenders, especially those in the private sector, have been increasing their engagement with the fledgling fintech startup community to tap into the technologies of the future which will help them stay relevant.

Technology is changing the way we live. Innovative products like smartwatches, virtual assistants like Siri and Cortana, and self-driving cars are raising the bar on expectations. So why shouldn't that change be reflected in the way we work? Business Insider spoke to Dave Wright, the chief strategy officer at cloud computing business ServiceNow about what they're doing to improve processes and productivity and the workplace, as well as trends we're likely to see in the future. But first if you're not sure what ServiceNow does, here's how Wright explains it.

Tomorrow's graduates will be applying for jobs working in virtual worlds and outer space, experts claim, following the release of a new report predicting career trends for the next ten years. Research conducted by a group of leading technologists, academics and industry analysts suggests that a host of new job options will become available to those graduating in less than a decade's time, including "ethical technology advocates", "sustainable power innovators" and "virtual habitat designers". Contrary to common fears that robots will render human employment worthless, the expansion of new technology will provide countless more as yet unheard of career paths, experts believe, using virtual reality environments and better connected remote office environments. Ryan Asdourian, Microsoft's Windows and Surface Lead said of the report: "While these jobs may seem like the realms of science fiction, in reality they are indicative of changes that we are already seeing today." "The job market is changing at a more rapid pace than ever before, partly because of artificial intelligence."

Art lovers usually have to rely on headsets or humans to guide them around galleries. But visitors to the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth can now take a tour in the company of a little robot called Aggie. Like many galleries, it is dealing with a lack of money and falling visitor numbers. So, the curators are taking a less conventional route to attract more visitors. "We thought it would be really fun for family audiences to have something which was almost like a child-like guide, but a robot, who could excite them and also create new worlds around them," Chris Taverns, from the Art Gallery of Western Australia, told Al Jazeera.

SpaceX launched a Japanese commercial communications satellite Saturday night. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:26 p.m. PT from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the JCSAT-16 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. At 10:40 p.m., the first stage landed on a platform floating several hundred miles off the Florida coast. The secondary objective of landing the first stage of Falcon 9 on the drone ship -- named Of Course I Still Love You -- is key to the SpaceX mission of reusing rockets. The satellite, operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., will serve as a backup transmitter for the rest of the communications company's satellite fleet.