Artificial intelligence (AI) has "tremendous potential" to revolutionise comprehensive spine care across areas including patient selection, outcome prediction, research, pre-operative workup and peri-operative assistance, the authors of a large systematic review on the topic have found. Published in the Global Spine Journal, the review, led by Jonathan J Rasouli (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA) looks at the current trends and applications of AI and machine learning in conventional and robotic-assisted spine surgery. According to Rasouli and colleagues, there has been increasing attention and interest in the system-based benefits of AI and its applications to spine surgery. This includes helping clinicians and hospital centres define the quality and cost of care, improve outcomes and mitigate downrange financial exposures to both institutions and payers. "While there has also been controversy surrounding AI, if implemented appropriately, it has the potential to revolutionise the standard of care in spine surgery, reduce cost and waste, and improve the efficiency and patient care. In addition, AI could enhance individualised care to patients to reduce heterogeneity in both clinical practice and research," the study team writes.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has "tremendous potential" to revolutionise comprehensive spine care across areas including patient selection, outcome prediction, research, pre-operative workup and peri-operative assistance, the authors of a large systematic review on the topic have found. Published in the Global Spine Journal, the review, led by Jonathan J Rasouli (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA) looks at the current trends and applications of AI and machine learning in conventional and robotic-assisted spine surgery. According to Rasouli and colleagues, there has been increasing attention and interest in the system-based benefits of AI and its applications to spine surgery. This includes helping clinicians and hospital centres define the quality and cost of care, improve outcomes and mitigate downrange financial exposures to both institutions and payers. "While there has also been controversy surrounding AI, if implemented appropriately, it has the potential to revolutionise the standard of care in spine surgery, reduce cost and waste, and improve the efficiency and patient care. In addition, AI could enhance individualised care to patients to reduce heterogeneity in both clinical practice and research," the study team writes.

Rational intelligence – the exclusively human capacity of thinking, speculating, knowing – has been, since the start of the Modern Era, the keystone of our place in the world: "More than nature, different from machines". While we have intelligence, animals only have instincts and machines are simply mechanical. But today, these principles are being questioned. For one thing, the climatic and social emergency obliges us to put the superiority of rational intelligence on stand-by, at least as regards conservation and continuation of life. For another thing, artificial intelligence is better than human beings at resolving certain "rational" problems, leading us to wonder whether this is the relevant difference.

Compared to other countries, the USA has been relatively slow to develop a national strategy pertaining specifically to Artificial Intelligence. However that has not slowed down the rate of progress in American academia and industry that has led to many noteworthy AI technical advances over the past several years, both in fundamental algorithms and in practical applications. This high rate of AI-related technological progress shows no sign of slowing down. Meanwhile, the federal government has recently become more proactive in its organization of a national strategy and providing guidance and possibly new resources for AI development. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing rapidly in all ways.

The close of the first decade of the 21st century marked the final end of the dream of deregulated global capitalism as a historical horizon of peace and prosperity. From 2008, the so-called Great Recession established new political coordinates characterised by the normalisation of precariousness and the rise of illiberal movements. Similarly, the close of the second decade of the 21st century has been marked by the end of the hopes placed on digital technology as a means of extra-political solution--analogous and complementary to the commercial--to our economic, cultural and social problems. For at least three decades--from the 1980s to the outbreak of the crisis--the vertigo of social weakening and the vital risk associated with global financialisation, labour flexibility and the loss of political sovereignty were somehow curbed by expectations of economic growth and, above all, technological progress. It is difficult to call into question the decomposition of this social programme.

It can no longer be denied that Artificial Intelligence is having a growing impact in many areas of human activity. It is helping humans communicate with each other--even beyond linguistic boundaries--, finding relevant information in the vast information resources available on the web, solving challenging problems that go beyond the competence of a single expert, enabling the deployment of autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars or other devices that handle complex interactions with the real world with little or no human intervention, and many other useful things. These applications are perhaps not like the fully autonomous, conscious and intelligent robots that science fiction stories have been predicting, but they are nevertheless important and useful, and most importantly they are real and here today. The growing impact of AI has triggered a kind of'gold rush': we see new research laboratories springing up, new AI start-up companies, and very significant investments, particularly by big digital tech companies, but also by transportation, manufacturing, financial, and many other industries. Management consulting companies are competing in their predictions on how big the economic impact of AI is going to be and governments are responding with strategic planning to see how their countries can avoid staying behind. Although all of this is good news, it cannot be denied that the application of AI comes with certain risks. Several initiatives have been taken in recent years to better understand the risks of AI deployment and came up with legal frameworks, codes of conduct, and value-based design methodologies.

Of all digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is potentially the one that could have a deeper impact on the political, economic and social transformation process we are currently experiencing. Before this wide range of opportunities, there is a strong competition among world powers to dominate AI's technologic development and the EU should be mindful of what is really at stake. How is the EU framing its AI policies? Is the EU equipped to influence the global competition? What are the future scenarios?

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help funders identify specialists to peer-review proposals for emergency COVID-19 research has been developed. It aims to help fast-track the allocation of funding, and in turn, accelerate the scientific response to the virus. The open-access publisher Frontiers has specifically developed the recommendation tool to aid funders during the crisis by helping them identify new reviewers. Under normal circumstances, the review process for research funding typically takes place by committee and can take a matter of months. However, since the COVID-19 outbreak, experts have become less available, and the urgency of this situation commands a tighter timeframe.

Imagine you just wrapped up a busy day at work and are rushing to pick up your child from day care. You call for an Uber, but the driver never arrives and doesn't answer your calls. Pressed for time, you cancel the ride and find alternative transportation. Turns out many people have experienced similar situations. While innovative, these services still battle age-old problems of socioeconomic and racial discrimination.

Artificial intelligence is more than just a buzzword. It has seen widespread applications across several industries, and many people don't realize that they take advantage of this technology in their everyday lives. The online gambling industry is one of the quickest to adopt artificial intelligence, with land-based casinos lagging slightly in this regard. Keep reading to learn about the impact of AI on the online gambling space, its vast potential in the future, and how traditional casinos try to use it in their favor. Different industries use artificial intelligence for different reasons.