The benefits of machine translation are easy to see and experience for ourselves, but those practical applications are only one part of what makes the technology valuable. Microsoft and the government of New Zealand are demonstrating the potential of translation tech to help preserve and hopefully breathe new life into the Māori language. Te reo Māori, as it is called in full, is of course the language of New Zealand's largest indigenous community. But as is common elsewhere as well, the tongue has fallen into obscurity as generations of Māori have assimilated into the dominant culture of their colonizers. Māori people make up about 15 percent of the population, and only a quarter of them speak the language, making for a grand total of 3 percent that speak te reo Māori.

In this special guest feature, Stewart Dunlop, a content manager working with LegalZoom, highlights the fact that artificial intelligence has been predicted to be of value to many different industries, and perhaps one of the most feasible applications will be within legal services. This is due to several factors, which will be explained further in the article, but perhaps the most important is the fact that one of AI's biggest strengths is data collection and analysis. Stewart is a full-time content writer and part-time footballer and reader. Artificial intelligence has been predicted to be of value to many different industries, and perhaps one of the most feasible applications will be within legal services. This is due to several factors, which we will explain further in the article, but perhaps the most important is the fact that one of AI's biggest strengths is data collection and analysis.

This week, Las Vegas officials announced a new plan to deal with the city's notorious gridlock and congestion. The city is installing cameras and traffic sensors connected to an artificial intelligence system at intersections throughout the city to help direct traffic in a more efficient way. The system will be used to make changes in the timing of traffic lights and the location of digital traffic signs, such as those that announce lane closures. Las Vegas announced a new plan to manage the city's brutal gridlock with a network of AI-connected cameras and sensors installed at intersections throughout the city So far, 30 intersections have been equipped with the sensors, and the city plans to add another 50 by next February. According to officials, the system should deliver efficiency gains of up to 40 percent to the daily traffic flow.

Two years after discovering a way to neutralize a rogue protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, University of Alberta Distinguished University Professor and neurologist Jack Jhamandas has found a new piece of the Alzheimer's puzzle, bringing him closer to a treatment for the disease. In a study published in Scientific Reports, Jhamandas and his team found two short peptides, or strings of amino acids, that when injected into mice with Alzheimer's disease daily for five weeks, significantly improved the mice's memory. The treatment also reduced some of the harmful physical changes in the brain that are associated with the disease. "In the mice that received the drugs, we found less amyloid plaque buildup and a reduction in brain inflammation," said Jhamandas, who is also a member of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute. "So this was very interesting and exciting because it showed us that not only was memory being improved in the mice, but signs of brain pathology in Alzheimer's disease were also greatly improved. That was a bit of a surprise for us."

Humans have enlisted nearly 100 AI-powered robots in North American to come to the rescue for something humans are terrible at: recycling. Even when we try to do it right, we're often making things worse; About one out of every four of the things people throw into the recycling bin aren't recyclable at all. All those misplaced greasy pizza boxes (not recyclable) and clamshell containers tossed in with the plastics, have imperiled an industry that was never really that effective in the first place. Only a small fraction of the over 2.1 billion tons of the garbage the world produces each year gets recycled -- about 16%. And even that small sliver has gotten smaller over the past year.

The governments of most countries around the world are willing, if not necessarily eager, to aid in the development of advanced-level assisted driving. Yet, India is not'most countries'. In mid-2017, the country's transportation minister Nitin Gadkari said bluntly that his government "will not allow driverless cars in India." Why? "We are not going to promote any technology or policy that will render people jobless." This categorically states the government's worry.

One thing we generally find lacking in even the best gaming headsets is microphone performance. We'd love a headset that truly negates the need for a standalone mic, and that seems to be what Asus is insinuating with its new ROG Strix Go 2.4, an interesting headset for a coupe of reasons. As it pertains to the microphone, noise cancelling is part of the pitch, but Asus says it's using artificial intelligence (AI) to make it better. "The algorithm draws on a massive, 50-million-record deep learning database and tens of thousands of hours of training to accurately identify and counteract up to 95% of environmental noises. The upshot of this smart technology is that everything from keyboard clatter to background human chatter is virtually eliminated--ensuring crystal-clear in-game voice communication with teammates," Asus says. If you head over to the product page and scroll down about a third of the way, you can listen to a trio of audio samples comparing passive noise cancellation, environmental noise cancellation, and AI-powered noise cancellation.

AI has the potential to power driverless cars and smart cities. But critics say the technology could perpetuate bias, put people out of work and even threaten human existence. About 500 university students attended Thursday's debate, hinting at just how controversial the technology is. The IBM machine, which was defeated by a human in a one-on-one debate nine months ago, delivered each team's 4-minute opening speech using submissions sourced ahead of time from over 1,000 people. The rebuttals by each side were done by the human debaters, who also delivered the closing arguments.

When you think about automation, there's a good chance you think about robots in a factory or a warehouse. That's partially because a lot of automation that is starting to be utilized more and more has to do with robotics. However, as a new report from the Brookings Institute explains, it's not just blue collar jobs associated with physical labor that are under threat. Developments in robotics will contribute to the loss of largely blue-collar jobs, but will also AI threaten the high-paying jobs many of us are striving to one day obtain, according to the report. Robert Maxim, a research associate in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, tells Inverse automation is going to impact pretty much every kind of job.

Back In 2000, Goldman Sachs employed 600 people to execute stock trades for the investment bank's major clients. By 2017, that workforce had reportedly dwindled to just two traders -- the others had been replaced by automated trading systems that can handle millions of transactions per minute. The rise of artificial intelligence threatens many more college-educated workers as the technology becomes more sophisticated and is more widely adopted by a range of industries, according to a new Brookings Institution analysis. In fact, the researchers say, AI is five times as likely to displace college grads than those without a degree. The research "suggests that better-educated, better-paid workers (along with manufacturing and production workers) will be the most affected by the new AI technologies, with some exceptions," write Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton and Robert Maxim of Brookings.