Olaf Groth, F95, F97, a professor at Hult International Business School and CEO of the Cambrian Group, co-authored the new book Solomon's Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines. Tufts Now spoke with him about technology's dual nature and governing artificial intelligence. Olaf Groth: King Solomon was a biblical figure known for making very intelligent decisions and getting to great wealth, but then also making problematic decisions and losing his wealth and his country, or his son's country, as it were. We're saying that we ought to be wise about the kinds of problems that we could be generating in this new data-driven economy. We do not want to end up like Solomon, but rather exercise some foresight so that we don't make the same mistakes.

A brain-inspired computer can now simulate part of the sensory cortex in real time, using tens of thousands of virtual neurons. It is the first time such a complex simulation has run this fast and could be an important step towards building better brains for robots. The SpiNNaker supercomputer at the University of Manchester, UK, features 57,000 specialised chips with a total of 1 million processing units, known as cores.

From Mexican immigrant to MIT, from Girl Power in Latin America to robotics entrepreneurs in Africa and India, the 2019 annual "women in robotics you need to know about" list is here! We've featured 150 women so far, from 2013 to 2018, and this time we're not stopping at 25. We're featuring 30 badass #womeninrobotics because robotics is growing and there are many new stories to be told. So, without further ado, here are the 30 Women In Robotics you need to know about – 2019 edition! There are 150 more stories on our 2013 to 2018 lists. Why not nominate someone for inclusion next year!

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Let's examine the topic of things that work only intermittently, which as you'll soon see is a crucial topic for intelligently designing and building AI systems, especially for self-driving autonomous cars. First, a story to illuminate the matter. My flashlight was only working intermittently, so I shook it to get the bulb to shine, hoping to cast some steady light. One moment the flashlight had a nice strong beam and the next moment it was faded and not of much use. At times, the light emanating from the flashlight would go on-and-off or it would dip so close to being off that I would shake it vigorously and generally the light would momentarily revive. We were hiking in the mountains as part of our Boy Scout troop's wilderness-survival preparations and I was an adult Scoutmaster helping to make sure that none of the Scouts got hurt during the exercise. At this juncture, it was nearly midnight and the moon was providing just enough natural light that the Scouts could somewhat see the trail we were on. We had been instructed to not use flashlights since the purpose of this effort was to gauge readiness for surviving in the forests without having much in-hand other than the clothes on your back. There were some parts of the trail that meandered rather close to a sheer cliff and I figured that adding some artificial light to the situation would be beneficial. Yes, I was tending to violate the instructions about not using a flashlight, but I was also trying to abide by the even more important principle to make sure that none of the Scouts got injured or perished during this exercise. Turns out that I had taken along an older flashlight that was at the bottom of my backpack and mainly there for emergency situations. At camp, I had plenty of newer flashlights and had brought tons of batteries as part of my preparation for this trip.

Around 35 Members of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), all democratic former Heads of State and Government, will join representatives from governments, civil society, academia and tech companies in a discussion to define policy solutions that address the challenges of digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI) in our societies. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of WLA-CdM and former President of Latvia, warns of the big governance challenges that the technological transformation brings along, while also acknowledging its great opportunities. With this in mind, WLA-CdM has partnered with the IE School of Global & Public Affairs in the organization of its 2019 Policy Dialogue titled'Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy: How can Artificial Intelligence Drive Democratic Governance?' "The rise of AI will change our societies in ways researchers are only beginning to examine, and democratic governments simply cannot afford to lag behind. We must govern the technological game before it governs us, not through censorship or trying to stop innovation, but by acquiring competencies and a better understanding of how AI could work for us", says President Vike-Freiberga. AI is set to bring about a radical transformation that will disrupt economic and social trends, raise new ethical dilemmas and change the existing balance of power between states. At a time of growing inequality and wide-spread mistrust of institutions, democracies will need to work out AI's rollout in our societies without giving up on their foundational values.

One of the most exciting fields within machine learning and data science is natural language processing. Having a machine be able to parse and generate plausibly human sounding language is both of enormous practical value and also notoriously difficult. Human language is messy, filled with the sort of irregularities that computers can't handle. Even relatively simple tasks like tagging what part of speech a given word is can be hard and context dependent (is'permit' a noun or a verb?). Even the most powerful and successful implementations of NLP can feel a little off.

The US has banned 28 Chinese organisations, including eight technology corporations that specialise in video surveillance, facial recognition and artificial intelligence over human rights concerns. The firms were blacklisted over allegations of "implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-technology surveillance" against Muslim minority groups.

WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The U.S. government expanded its trade blacklist to include some of China's top artificial intelligence startups, punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities and ratcheting up tensions ahead of high-level trade talks in Washington this week. The decision, almost certain to draw a sharp response from Beijing, targets 20 Chinese public security bureaus and eight companies including video surveillance firm Hikvision, as well as leaders in facial recognition technology SenseTime Group Ltd and Megvii Technology Ltd. The action bars the firms from buying components from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval - a potentially crippling move. It follows the same blueprint used by Washington in its attempt to limit the influence of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd for what it says are national security reasons. U.S. officials said the action was not tied to this week's resumption of trade talks with China, but it signals no let-up in U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line stance as the world's two biggest economies seek to end their 15-month trade war.

Ever since Homo erectus, or upright man, a type of early human, carved a piece of stone into a tool, the welfare of our species has been on the increase. Indeed, this technological breakthrough led first to the hand ax, and eventually to the iPhone. We have found it convenient to organize the most dramatic periods of change between these inventions into four industrial revolutions. As each revolution unfolded, dire predictions of massive job losses ensued. Looking back at the first three, we can see how the concerns were misplaced. The number of jobs increased each time, as did living standards.