Artificial intelligence is already being used in some newsrooms to mine data, create algorithms and automatically generate content. Using this technology on a daily basis raises new questions for journalists. Some experts claim that we are living a transitional phase, and that we have to make a decision about the future use of this technology in the media world, especially in data journalism. The first edition of the ESMH Summer School – "AI and journalism" – raised many questions about the ethical implications of using AI technologies in journalism. After discovering how AI works and how it is being (and will be) deployed in the near future in the newsrooms, the 80 young journalists who participated in the summer school reflected upon impartiality, responsibilities and the potential limits of its use.

Hijacking IP addresses is an increasingly popular form of cyber-attack. This is done for a range of reasons, from sending spam and malware to stealing Bitcoin. It's estimated that in 2017 alone, routing incidents such as IP hijacks affected more than 10 percent of all the world's routing domains. There have been major incidents at Amazon and Google and even in nation-states -- a study last year suggested that a Chinese telecom company used the approach to gather intelligence on western countries by rerouting their internet traffic through China. Existing efforts to detect IP hijacks tend to look at specific cases when they're already in process.

Border gateway protocol (BGP), a routing protocol used to transfer data and information between different host gateways, is fundamental to the internet's design. Unfortunately, it's flawed in two respects: It lacks route authentication and basic origin validation. That makes BGP liable to cause connectivity issues in the event of misconfigurations, and worrisomely opens the door to malicious spammers, traffic interceptors, and cryptocurrency thieves. That's why researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab recently conducted a study of BGP activity over the course of five years, with the goal of identifying the dominant characteristics of hijackers and how they differ from legitimate systems. The work informed a set of metrics to which the team applied an AI algorithm to evaluate their accuracy in identifying hijackers' patterns.

Global IT giant Microsoft has opened a new laboratory in Zurich, where it will collaborate with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in the areas of mixed reality and artificial intelligence. Microsoft has opened the Mixed Reality and AI Zurich Lab, where it will collaborate closely with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. According to ETH Zurich, the lab is already home to twelve Microsoft employees, four ETH Zurich doctoral students and one doctoral student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). ETH professor Marc Pollefeys is the director. The new lab in Zurich is dedicated to researching mixed reality technologies and artificial intelligence.

But only one booth had a line. Attendees stood patiently, every so often oohing and aahing over the featured device. Some turned to strangers, remarking, "Isn't this just the cutest?" or "That's just incredible." Others asked when they could purchase their own. Tombot is one of many startups selling robotic companions for senior citizens, offering emotional support, day-to-day assistance, or remote monitoring through artificial intelligence.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named Carnegie Mellon University as an Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence, a five-year designation that includes $3 million in research funding. For four of the past five years, Carnegie Mellon's forecasting efforts have proven the most accurate of all the research groups participating in the CDC's FluSight Network. In addition to expanding CMU's existing forecasting research, the new funding will enable CMU to initiate studies on how to best communicate forecast information to the public and to leaders. It will also support efforts to determine how forecasting techniques might apply to pandemics -- the rare occasions when a truly novel strain of flu is prevalent around the world. Roni Rosenfeld, head of CMU's Machine Learning Department and leader of its epidemic forecasting efforts, said the designation of CMU and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as the first two CDC flu forecasting centers of excellence marks a coming of age for the epidemic forecasting community.

Robots are critical for expanding humanity off-planet. They help not just with exploring distant parts of the universe, but also with advancing our economic activity into Earth orbit. We spoke with Gordon Roesler, who formerly led DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program. We asked for his thoughts on the potentials and difficulties facing space robotics, as well as how individuals can involve themselves in this exciting field. What are some of the most important ways that space robotics can make space more accessible, and which of these ways are most feasible?

Generating logos from whole cloth isn't exactly novel -- startups like Logojoy employ AI to create thousands of banners and branding elements on demand. But in a new paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, It builds on LoGAN, the team's previous logo-crafting machine learning system, which they detailed in a study published last October. Unlike the new and improved algorithm, LoGAN could only create new designs if provided one of a dozen color keywords. "With most Americans exposed to 4,000 to 20,000 advertisements a day, companies are paying ever-increasing attention to their branding. This puts pressure on designers to come up with aesthetic yet innovative and unique designs in an attempt to set their designs apart from the masses," wrote the coauthors.

What are the competencies of a good leader? Great leaders can achieve unprecedented results and pave a company's path to the highest achievements. However, leadership alone cannot do much. Leadership has to be translated and broadcasted to stakeholders via efficient and thoroughly defined communication. Therefore effective leadership is all about communicating effectively.

Stanford's new Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), an interdisciplinary, global hub for artificial intelligence thinkers, learners, researchers, developers, builders and users, is co-hosting its first HAI resident artist. The residency is a collaboration with Sundance Institute's New Frontier Lab Programs (NFLP), and co-hosts on campus are the Office of the Vice President for the Arts (VPA) and the Stanford Humanities Center. Transmedia artist Stephanie Dinkins pictured with an earlier AI project, the social robot Bina48. Transmedia artist Stephanie Dinkins will be on campus for a residency in the fall, developing her project Not the Only One, a multigenerational memoir of one black American family told from the "mind" of an artificial intelligence entity with an evolving intellect. She will return in April 2020 for a convening of thought-leaders exploring artificial intelligence, automation, machine learning and culture.