The systems take what is already available and present it in an entirely new framework in order to take a quantum leap above legacy systems in terms of workflow support and analysis. There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about AI and its capabilities; here is a basic definition. AI is the "capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in human…for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems." So it is basically an advanced logic system, patterned after the human brain but constrained by hard-wired rules and data points. The underlying premise is Moore's Law, which states that processing power doubles every 18 months; as computers become more powerful, they can be used to run more complex AI programs.

It's now widely acknowledged that artificial intelligence has made rapid progress in recent years. Many applications of AI are now outperforming humans at specific tasks – such as game playing and diagnostic systems. Most of this has been achieved within the last decade through rapid progress using data-driven approaches that are centered on machine learning technologies and algorithms. However, despite all the euphoria, many AI researchers believe that machine learning alone is not enough to produce human-level intelligence. Human-level intelligence has come to be known as Strong AI or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

In a clandestine, 40,000-square-foot cultivation facility in northern Arizona, we met with the founders of CEAD, Royce Birnbaum and Adam Klaasmeyer, a company that develops artificial intelligence applications for the cannabis industry. These two are no strangers to innovation. Birnbaum, the lead back-end developer for the project, has had a career in developing systems for monitoring nuclear reactors for the Navy and AI technology for the defense industry, while Klaasmeyer, the front-end developer and coder, has contributed to projects for companies such as Atari and Microsoft. The CEAD technology currently being tested at a cannabis research and development center in Arizona monitors operational and environmental systems including plant nutrition, growth rates, life cycles, and predictive pest outbreaks. In addition, it keeps a log of all movements made by the cultivation team and gathers data in regards to specific feeding and pruning schedules.

For years, the Denver public school system worked with Video Insight, a Houston-based video management software company that centralized the storage of video footage used across its campuses. So when Panasonic acquired Video Insight, school officials simply transferred the job of updating and expanding their security system to the Japanese electronics giant. That meant new digital HD cameras and access to more powerful analytics software, including Panasonic's facial recognition, a tool the public school system's safety department is now exploring. Denver, where some activists are pushing for a ban on government use of facial recognition, is not alone. Mass shootings have put school administrators across the country on edge, and they're understandably looking at anything that might prevent another tragedy. Safety concerns have led some schools to consider artificial intelligence-enabled tools, including facial recognition software; AI that can scan video feeds for signs of brandished weapons; even analytics tools that warn when there's been suspicious movement in a usually-empty hallway.

Facial recognition systems can produce wildly'inaccurate results', especially for Asian and African Americans, a new US government study has found. The new research comes amid widespread deployment of facial recognition technology for law enforcement, airports, banking, retailing and smartphones. The study found that facial recognition software would confused two people 100 times more often for Asian and African American faces than it did for white ones. Failures could lead to the'wrong people being arrested' and'lengthy interrogations' according to Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study also found two algorithms assigned the wrong gender to black females 35 per cent of the time.

Hey Mylo the robot was released in Ireland earlier this year to help people living with dementia. "He's a monitoring and comfort robot to allow people with Alzheimer's to stay in their homes for longer and to be as independent as possible," Hey Mylo creator Candace Lafleur said. Mylo can do all sorts of helpful things, such as medication and scheduling reminders. It can even monitor heart rate and call for help if someone falls. The robot responds through a phone app or by voice and touch.

On our sidewalks, in our skies, in our every store… Over the next decade, robots will enter the mainstream of retail. As countless robots work behind the scenes to stock shelves, serve customers, and deliver products to our doorstep, the speed of retail will accelerate. These changes are already underway. In this blog, we'll elaborate on how robots are entering the retail ecosystem. On August 3rd, 2016, Domino's Pizza introduced the Domino's Robotic Unit, or "DRU" for short.

The first rule about the mall robot appears to be: "Don't talk about the mall robot." Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto had mall robots, one of which was famously accused of knocking over a small child. How many robots did the posh mall have at the time? How many does it have now? When and why did the shopping center rid itself of autonomous patrollers? The shopping center declined to say.

San Francisco (CNN Business)In 2010, artificial intelligence was more likely to pop up in dystopian science-fiction movies than in everyday life. And it certainly wasn't something people worried might take over their jobs in the near future. A lot has changed since then. AI is now used for everything from helping you take better smartphone photos and analyzing your personality in job interviews to letting you buy a sandwich without paying a cashier. It's also becoming increasingly common -- and controversial -- when used for surveillance, such as facial-recognition software, and for spreading misinformation, as with deepfake videos that purport to show a person doing or saying something they didn't.

The robot uprising forged in the "Terminator" movies is one step closer to reality. On Thursday, Toyota debuted its new, upgraded humanoid robot, the T-HR3, which is controlled remotely by someone wearing a headset and wiring on their arms. Toyota claims that in the future, this machine, which is smoother, lighter and easier to use than past models, could be used "to perform surgery in a distant place where a doctor cannot travel. It also might allow people to feel like they're participating in events they can't actually attend," according to the Associated Press. That same day, it was announced that Swiss researchers developed a light, quick robotic bug called the DEAnsect, which can withstand several whacks from a flyswatter and can survive being stepped on by a shoe.