The launch ceremony of 2017 Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference -- Global Mobile Developer Conference and AI Summit Forum, which drew much attention from many industries, was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Guangzhou on October 12, 2017, making the strongest voice of global science and technology from Guangzhou, China. Supported by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Guangzhou Municipal Government, the conference is hosted by International Data Group (IDG), co-hosted by Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission, co-organized by the Publicity Department of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government, the Industry and Information Technology Commission of Guangzhou Municipality, organized by IDG World Expo, and also supported by ChinaSF, an economic initiative of San Francisco. The Mayor of Guangzhou, Wen Guohui said: "Guangzhou is a powerful city of national science and technology. The'IAB' (information technology, artificial intelligence and bio-pharmaceuticals) plan is being fully implemented, with artificial intelligence achieving the most important development." As the organizer of the conference, Hugo Shong, Global Chairman of IDG Capital Partners put forward: "We want to converge ideas and talents for China, Guangdong and Guangzhou in the field of AI through the platform of Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference." Here!" the conference featured a main forum, 13 parallel forums, Guangzhou Internet Technology think tank closed meeting, "Canton Tower the Best" appreciation dinner, an awards ceremony and many other activities.

We've introduced machine learning concepts and approaches in some of our earlier blog posts, we've also discussed how some of these can be applied to your business to drive business efficiencies and to identify actionable data. Inc.com offers a quick read to bring you up to date. In this post, we look ahead throughout the remainder of 2017, highlight trends that we're noticing and what 2018 may bring from a machine learning perspective. Some of the key topics we'll cover include: In the past, chatbots were often implemented as crude Q and A mechanisms that identified specific phrases or keywords and returned a specific response. They had limited use and weren't very flexible.

Consider what your first reaction would be if, during a protest turned violent, you came face-to-face with a riot cop barking at you from behind his clear shield. Not the words that come out of your mouth nor the moves you could make to escape. Before any of that, your emotions would already be fired up and broadcasting to the policeman what you might do next. In RIOT 2, an interactive film by Karen Palmer, controlling these emotions is the key to your escape. Inspired by protests in Baton Rouge and Ferguson to Turkey and Venezuela, the goal of RIOT is essentially to keep calm.

In science news around the world, a deadly plague epidemic spreads through Madagascar, Japan's economy ministry announces a successful first test of seafloor mining for metallic ore deposits near hydrothermal vents, the World Health Organization releases a new strategy for fighting cholera, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves to roll back limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Also, economist Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago in Illinois wins the Nobel economics prize for his study of irrational human economic behavior, scientists discover evidence of rice domestication in South America, and a Carnegie Mellon University roboticist describes how his robotic snakes combed through rubble of the 19 September earthquake in Mexico.

You may think that humans as a species are the most prolific colonizers on the planet but maybe you've never heard of the "Argentine ants of southern Europe". This massive colony is made up of ants from Argentina that were introduced to Europe 80 years ago, and needless to say they've wasted little time in dominating the landscape. While Europe is being invaded by immigrant ants, another much smaller infestation that's taking place is that of mythical unicorns. For those of you not in the know, a unicorn is a startup worth at least $1 billion, and there are 215 in total around the world. There are actually 16 unicorns grazing across Europe right now, and we got zee Germans out of the way after last week's top 8 unicorns by funding.

It was supposed to be an easy $1,000 job. All 25-year-old Jorge Edwin Rivera had to do was pilot a drone, carrying a lunchbox filled with 13 pounds of methamphetamine, from one side of the US-Mexico border to the other where an accomplice could retrieve the smuggled cargo. What he didn't count on was Border Patrol agents spotting the UAV in flight and tracking it back to his hiding spot, 2,000 yards from the national divide. This isn't the first time that smugglers have used commercially-available drones to carry contraband. In 2015, the Border Patrol caught a two people dropping off 28 pounds of heroin in Calexico, California, and, in the same year, caught another drug ring delivering 30 pounds of cannabis to San Luis, Arizona.

A Cincinnati native, Chris Olsen was working at the Silicon Valley firm Sequoia Capital when his associate Mark Kvamme--who was in the eighth month of a six-month job in Columbus, Ohio--told Chris he wasn't going back to the Valley. There was more opportunity in Columbus. Chris, who grew up with the old "Rust Belt" narrative, told Mark he was crazy. Then Chris looked at the number of college graduates in the region; that 60 percent of the population, the country's Fortune 500 companies, and 25 percent of all research being conducted, was within a one-day car drive from Columbus. He already believed that the most successful companies were the ones closest to their customers.

From the customer's side of things, AI and Machine Learning apps are increasingly present in modern daily life, from new facial and improving voice recognition apps to chatbots and robo-advisors we've become an AI society–perhaps without realizing it. From the business perspective, multiple AI-related innovations are disrupting conventional models across all industries. AI will accompany humans rather than replace them, and help them manage a growing technological complexity. Companies wanting to thrive in the future have had to rethink their strategy by integrating AI as (super) human resources and a capital that redefines the company, its operation model, and its offer. Just within the banking sector, new startups like Plum and Digit primarily help millennials save by making automated microdeposits into savings and investments.

The new, interactive talking robot uses Human Centric AI Zinrai, which is the Fujitsu approach to artificial intelligence, to learn and analyze human emotions based on such factors as tone of voice, while using a camera to recognize emotions and faces. The resulting analysis allows it to generate suggestions based on specific interests. The robot will be used for consumer and industrial purposes such as at reception desks, care facilities and other service jobs. It has achieved a natural level of conversation thanks to cloud technology that stores data from conversations. In addition to its use in the robot, the Fujitsu Zinrai AI platform will also be demoed in a more general display at the booth to highlight its business innovation capabilities.

NASA astronauts took another spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, this time to grease the robot arm's new hand. The pair replaced the latching mechanism on one end of the 58-foot robot arm last Thursday. Tuesday's work involved using a grease gun, which resembles a caulking gun, to keep the latching mechanism working smoothly. The two-part lube job is expected to spill into next week, in a third spacewalk. These latches, or hands, are located on each end of the Canadian-built robot arm.