The key question on the mind of policymakers now is whether Artificial Intelligence would be able to deliver on its promises instead of entering another season of scepticism and stagnation. The quest for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has travelled through multiple "seasons of hope and despair" since the 1950s. The introduction of neural networks and deep learning in late 1990s has generated a new wave of interest in AI and growing optimism in the possibility of applying it to a wide range of activities, including diplomacy. The key question on the mind of policymakers now is whether AI would be able to deliver on its promises instead of entering another season of scepticism and stagnation. This paper evaluates the potential of IA to provide reliable assistance in areas of diplomatic interest such as in consular services, crisis management, public diplomacy and international negotiations, as well as the ratio between costs and contributions of AI applications to diplomatic work.

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA) has launched the'Artificial Intelligence Lab,' a new initiative which will provide a dedicated platform to develop innovative digital solutions using AI and machine learning. According to ADDA, the AI Lab will apply these solutions to improve the efficiency in services and contribute to excellence in government performance. The AI lab, which was announced at the recently concluded'GITEX Technology Week', forms part of ADDA's strategy to employ cutting-edge technology applications in developing innovative digital solutions for various government services in partnership with Abu Dhabi government entities. The lab offers high-performance computing abilities and has been made available for all Abu Dhabi government entities as a service, where users can access the platform and have the opportunity to know more about machine learning techniques, develop simulation and predictive models with their data sets, engage with AI experts, and experiment with Data Sets for Data Visualisation. ADDA has trained more than 70 Abu Dhabi government employees on AI technologies and has already adopted plans to train 120 employees more over the next two months.

In landmark case, labor court in Las Palmas, Spain, rules that replacing a worker with an automated system is not grounds for eliminating that worker's employment. The ruling, the first of its kind in Spain, could affect many sectors such as accounting, transport, logistics, and manufacturing. It establishes that positions currently manned by human workers can't be replaced by machines or software automation. Spain has some of the most restrictive labor regulations in Europe to terminate employment. Several organizations, including the OECD, claim that the lack of flexibility to hire and fire employees is one of the causes of the country's high unemployment rate.

Yet, Bessa argues that the most important aspect of the work is not the particular material that was created but the ability to reach untapped regions of the design space via machine learning. 'The important thing is that machine learning creates an opportunity to invert the design process by shifting from experimentally-guided investigations to computationally data-driven ones, even if the computer models are missing some information. The essential requisites are that'enough' data about the problem of interest is available, and that the data is sufficiently accurate.' Bessa is a strong proponent of data-driven research in mechanics and materials science. 'Data-driven science will revolutionize the way we reach new discoveries, and I can't wait to see what the future will bring us.'

In an age when artificial intelligence can churn out poetry, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is expanding its query into how intellectual property protections need to adapt to cover creations by non-humans.

I. Is AI doing any good at all? Researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers are increasingly using AI to tackle development challenges. In other words, using AI for a greater good is a real thing. However, it is becoming clear that AI poses as many threats as benefits, although the former ones are usually neglected. I do not want to get into trust, accountability, or safety issues in this short piece (if you want, here there is more), but avoiding the negative effects of AI is why incorporating a set of ethical principles into our technology development process is so paramount. Ethics plays a key role by ensuring that regulations of AI harness its potential while mitigating its risks (Taddeo and Floridi, 2018) and it would help us understand how to use responsibly the power coming from this technology.

An Astronomer has released our best and sharpest look to date at Comet Borisov, the second ever-known interstellar object to visit our solar system, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to capture the new image. The comet was travelling at around 110,000 miles per hour when University of California Los Angeles astronomer David Jewitt studied it on October 12, 2019, when it was 260 million miles away. The comet -- which is named after the Crimean astronomer who discovered it -- will pass within around 177,000 miles (285,000 kilometres) of the Earth in early December this year. It is trailing behind it a 100,000 mile-long tail of dust, which is released as the comet melts in the Sun's glare. After this, it will head back out towards interstellar space, passing Jupiter around the middle of 2020.

StradVision has raised $16.6M in total. We talked with Junhwan Kim, its CEO. How would you describe StradVision in a single tweet? StradVision is a pioneer in deep learning-based vision processing technology, providing the software that will allow Advanced Driver-Assistance Aystems (ADAS) in autonomous vehicles to reach the next level of safety, and usher in the era of the fully autonomous vehicle. How did it all start and why?

For many organizations, automating hundreds or thousands of manual tasks has become a competitive necessity. However the same attributes that make automation so effective also open up organizations to new risks. The reason: Because AI enables a company to remotely manage machines and make them interact with other machines, bad actors could take control of the technology and wreak havoc. Consider the common threats to a computer network: malignant software such as viruses and phishing emails for tricking people into revealing valuable information. If a worker clicks on a malware link and damages his computer on the network, the virus can spread to others.

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