Digital disruptions have changed the course of the healthcare industry in India and over the years, improved the operational challenges in the system. However, with a large population to address, the healthcare infrastructure is plagued by shortage of healthcare professionals and this is particularly acute in rural India. According to the McKinsey Digital India Report 2019, there are about 2.2 medical professionals (like doctors, nurses, midwives etc.) for every 1000 persons. Out of which 60% of healthcare facilities are centered in the cities. Another report cited that in India, there is 1 government doctor for every 10,189 people.

UK business investment in new technologies such as quantum computing, blockchain and artificial intelligence is set to jump in the next five years, according to research by the CBI and Accenture. The proportion of firms seeking to invest in quantum computing will increase from 11% today to 32% in five years. The number of those starting to put money into blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies will double from 16% today to 35%. Whilst a third of respondents are also due to begin spending on AI. "These technologies will be used not only to improve customer experience and reduce costs, but open up new frontiers of innovation, from drug discoveries to drone deliveries. As we move from research to reality, investment in quantum computing is set to leap threefold, and could make possible experiments that are currently too costly and impractical," says Felicity Burch, CBI Director of Digital and Innovation.

Medopad, the UK startup that has been working with Tencent to develop AI-based methods for building and tracking "digital" biomarkers -- measurable indicators of the progression of illnesses and diseases that are picked up not with blood samples or in-doctor visits but using apps and wearables, has announced another round of funding to expand the scope of its developments. It has picked up $25 million led by pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, which will be working together with Medopad to build digital biomarkers and therapeutics related to heart health. Medopad said it is also working on separate biomarkers related to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Diabetes. The Series B is being made at a post-money valuation of between $200 million and $300 million. In addition to Bayer, Hong Kong firm NWS Holdings and Chicago VC Healthbox also participated.

In late 2018, Amazon discontinued the use of their AI-based recruitment system because they found that it was biased against women. According to sources close to the matter, the tool gave low ratings to resumes with the terms "woman" or "women's" in applications for technical roles, and went as far as downgrading applicants from two all-women's colleges. This problem is not new. In 2003, the National Bureau of Economic Growth (NBER) conducted an experiment to track the presence of racial bias in hiring. In the test, they sent out two sets of fictitious resumes with identical information about education and experience.

"While the short-term boost could be small, construction investment tends to offer long-term support to the economy." The pain of a small labour pool is made worse by an ageing population. Japanese aged 60 or older now make up about a fourth of the construction industry's skilled workers, while those under 30 are just over a tenth of the total, down from about a fifth in the late 1990s. That means all companies are fighting for workers as the jobless rate hovers at more than two-decade low of 2.2% and the number of job openings for every applicant is near its highest point in 45 years. There were 5.1 million construction workers in Japan as of end-August, a 27% decline from 20 years ago.

When you think of a lawyer's office, you typically visualize a cabin with row of books stacked up from top to bottom. Now imagine if they didn't have to read them either! ROSS Intelligence, an artificial intelligence based legal research software that gives answers to questions put to it in plain English. For instance, one could type in "is a non-compete clause legal in India? What is the position of the Bombay High Court?" and have Ross generate a response backed up with references including relevant judgments and readings.

Along with innovative services, AI is helping the M&E industry to take big strides towards a bright and profitable future. FREMONT, CA: The media and entertainment sector is experiencing a wave of transformations with the accelerated adoption of advanced technologies. Artificial intelligence, being one of the most impressive technologies, is already an impactful part of the industry. The advanced technology gives machines cognitive powers, which is so beneficial to businesses that CIOs have been giving it the highest priority lately. The M&E CIOs who have led their organizations towards embracing AI has enjoyed exceptional success in the form of improved quality of services and accelerated growth.

The news: The word "digital" came up 44 times on Starbucks' investor call Thursday, following its earnings report that beat analyst estimates with $6.75 billion in third quarter revenue. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson highlighted the company's "Deep Brew" initiative that leverages artificial intelligence to automate inventory orders; predict staffing needs; anticipate equipment maintenance; personalize customer offers (its Starbucks Rewards loyalty membership program grew 15 percent to 17.6 million members); and more. "Deep Brew is a key differentiator for the future," Johnson said on the call. Johnson, a former Microsoft and Juniper Networks leader who took over as CEO in 2017, wrote about Deep Brew in a LinkedIn post last week. The company is working with Microsoft to power the underlying infrastructure for Deep Brew.

AntiStatics Architecture has designed a bamboo tower installation named "Woven Grove", that was exhibited at Design China Beijing 2019. The installation is an exploration of the inherent material behaviors of bamboo and has been inspired by the craft-based practice of weaving. As the properties of bamboo are highly pliable and flexible, they were able to weave the pieces together to create a highly rigid and lightweight structure. The designers used customized artificial intelligence algorithms as a means of generating the form, before creating small scale models from the same material, that would allow them to see how the bamboo would react before creating the full-scale version. They then created the installation in sections, which were then fastened together on-site.

This article was submitted in response to the call for ideas issued by the co-chairs of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Eric Schmidt and Robert Work. It responds to question 3 (parts a. and b.), which asks what types of AI research the national security community should focus on how the government, academia, and the private sector should work together, and what type of infrastructure the United States needs. The U.S. Army tank brigade was once again fighting in the Middle East. Its tanks were recently equipped with a computer vision-based targeting system that employed remotely controlled drones as scouts. Unfortunately, adversary forces deceived the vision system into thinking grenade flashes were actually cannon fire.