Organisations across the world are witnessing talent shortage in AI and are struggling to hire competent employees in this ever-changing landscape. Since every company is striving for a data-driven approach, there is a rise in the integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, data science, among others, to achieve business objectives. However, the absence of superior talent in the market is impeding the growth of firms. In fact, research tells us that 85% of AI projects fail due to risk, confusion and lack of upskilling in the employees. "It is very challenging to get excellent developers in the space even though AI and Data Science has been the most sought-after skill," says Gaurav Mehrotra, vice president and head of business data solutions at Innoviti Payment Solutions. A recent report published by noted online learning platform Coursera states that out of the 45 million learners on the platform, two million enrolled in AI-based content in 2019.

Tue 17 Dec 2019 02.00 EST Last modified on Tue 17 Dec 2019 02.02 EST Need a new smartphone but don't know which one is the very best? Here's a guide comparing the current top-end smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and others to help you pick the best handset for you. There has never been a better time to buy a new flagship smartphone with many quality handsets available at a wider range of prices than ever before. Whether your priority is two-day battery life, fantastic camera performance or a spectacular screen, there's plenty to choose from. This Guardian buyer's guide to top-end smartphones was last updated on 17 December 2019, and represents the best available models at the time. As new models are released and tested, this guide will be updated to help you choose the right flagship phone for you. Welcome to one of the Guardian's new buyer's guides.

Honda Motor Co. will be the first automaker in Japan to release a domestically produced car with "level three" autonomy, sources have said. Level three autonomous driving technologies will be mounted on Honda's new Legend luxury sedan, set to be launched as early as summer 2020, the sources said. With the level three technologies, drivers will be able to leave operation of their car to the vehicle itself during traffic congestion on expressways. Next spring, Japan will enforce a revised road traffic law to permit the driving of level three autonomous vehicles on public roads. With the technologies that Honda will mount on the Legend, drivers will not need to operate the accelerator or the wheel during congestion on expressways.

A new method for making deepfakes creates realistic face-swapped videos in real-time, no lengthy training needed. Most of the deepfakes that are shared online are created by feeding an algorithm hundreds or thousands of images of a specific face. The algorithm "trains" on that specific face so it can swap it into the target video. This can take hours or days even with access to expensive hardware, and even longer with consumer-grade PC components. A program that doesn't need to be trained on each new target is another leap forward in making realistic deepfakes quicker and easier to create.

Artificial intelligence stocks are rarer than you might think. Many companies tout AI technology initiatives. But there really are few -- if any -- public, pure-play artificial intelligence stocks. And the AI competition landscape isn't an easy picture to paint. Instead, look for companies using AI technology to improve products or gain a strategic edge.

To support the demand for more smart applications for AI embedded system and application developers, Aetina offers a series of system on modules (SoMs) built with Nvidia Jetson modules. The company has compared its Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier edge computing platform with the RTX 2080 graphics card. Using the Aetina Jetson AGX Xavier AI computing platform, which has 512 CUDA computing cores and 11 TFLOPS of AI computing inference, the company compared the Nvidia RTX 2080 high-performance graphics card which provides 20.14TFLOPS computing performance, but it needs 225W for operation. However, with the Xavier platform, it only cost 30W for operation, bringing 0.367 TFLOPS/W, for a four-fold improvement in AI performance effciency, reports Aetina, compared to RTX 2080's 0.09 TFLOPS/W. The Xavier platform supports various I/O extension, external high-speed Net card, and flexible match with different camera modules.

US semiconductor giant Intel has acquired Israeli startup Habana Labs, a developer of artificial intelligence processors, for $2 billion, the company announced on Monday. Founded in 2016, Habana Labs develops processor platforms that are optimized for training deep neural networks and for inference deployment in production environments. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv and has offices in California, Poland, and China. Intel led a $75 million investment in Habana Labs in 2018. That year, Habana unveiled its Goya inference processor which it says is ideally suited for the most demanding AI applications in the industry, including private and cloud data centers, autonomous vehicles, factory and warehouse automation robots, and high-end drones.

Beethoven's unfinished symphony is set to be completed by artificial intelligence, in the run-up to celebrations around the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. A computer is set to complete Beethoven's unfinished tenth symphony, in the most ambitious project of its kind. Artificial intelligence has recently been used to complete Schubert's'Unfinished' Symphony No. 8, as well as to attempt to match the playing of revered 20th-century pianist, Glenn Gould. Beethoven famously wrote nine symphonies (you can read more here about the Curse of the Ninth). But alongside his Symphony No. 9, which contains the'Ode to Joy', there is evidence that he began writing a tenth.

As algorithms become entrenched into society, the debate about their effects rages on. In essence, algorithms are sequences of instructions used to solve problems and perform functions in computer programming. As mathematical expressions, algorithms existed long before modern computers. While they vary in application, all algorithms have three things in common: clearly-defined beginning and ending points, discrete sets of "steps," and design meant to address a specific type of problem. On the one hand, algorithms play the role of prime suspect -- responsible for the recent UK pound's Brexit-induced flash crash, used for political and informational manipulation on social networks, and part of what Harvard Professor Shoshanna Zuboff calls "surveillance capitalism".

Founded in 2017 by tech entrepreneur Paul Hallett, experienced vet Robert Dawson and vet dermatologist Sarah Warren, the early-stage company is looking to bring vet care in line with some of the groundbreaking innovations seen in the human health sector. Vet AI recently partnered with pet insurer Animal Friends to offer its customers free access to its smartphone app. Called Joii, it lets owners check their animal's symptoms and receive instant advice from qualified vets on treatment through free online video consultations, which would usually cost £20 per call. Joii will advise users to visit a vet clinic if necessary, or it may decide that no action needs to be taken. The company has collaborated with a number of partners both internally and externally to develop its offering.