Microsoft will work with organisations in the UK to develop artificial intelligence that helps the planet and people with disabilities, the company has announced at Future Decoded. Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's Chief Environmental Officer, used his keynote speech at the London event to launch the second AI for Good programme and invited ventures to apply. The four-month accelerator will have space for 12 start-ups, charities, social enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses that have a social mission. It will give them credits for Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, a curriculum designed by Microsoft Startups, Social Tech Trust and Microsoft, access to workshops that will help develop their products and bring them to the market, and contact with relevant speakers. "AI is one of the most important tools we have to accelerate innovation at the speed and scale we need to address climate change and other important societal challenges," Joppa said.

Artificial intelligence is at the center of many emerging technologies today, and perhaps nowhere are the implications more meaningful than in healthcare. So where is AI making an impact in healthcare today? What will the future bring, and how should healthcare providers and technologists get ready? On the Season 4 premiere of GeekWire's Health Tech Podcast, we address all of those questions with three guests: Linda Hand, CEO of Cardinal Analytx Solutions, a venture-backed company that uses predictive technology to identify people at high risk of declining health, and match them with interventions; Colt Courtright, who leads Corporate Data & Analytics at Premera Blue Cross; and Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft's new chief medical officer and vice president of healthcare. This episode was recorded on location at the dotBlue conference in Seattle, hosted by the returning sponsor of the show, Premera Blue Cross.

Today at our flagship technology event, Future Decoded, we announced the launch of the Microsoft UK AI for Good 2020 accelerator programme to help UK purpose-driven ventures advance their AI solutions and create positive social change. Now in its second year, the Accelerator builds on last year's success, which saw 11 organisations graduate, all of whom reported positive impact on their business following the programme. Unveiled this morning by our Chief Environmental Officer Dr Lucas Joppa, the UK AI for Good Accelerator will be run by Microsoft for Startups and the Social Tech Trust from our accelerator space in Shoreditch, London. "AI is one of the most important tools we have to accelerate innovation at the speed and scale we need to address climate change and other important societal challenges. It's exciting to see Microsoft's AI for Good initiative evolving to engage new partners and help catalyse social impact organisations across the UK." "We have an exciting opportunity to help more social tech ventures to shape the future we want to see, using AI. I'm inspired by the growth we've seen from the 11 ventures in our first cohort and can't wait to see the very best UK social tech innovations that emerge as we open applications for our second AI for Good programme, in partnership with Microsoft."

Today at our flagship technology event, Future Decoded, we announced the launch of the Microsoft UK AI for Good 2020 accelerator programme to help UK purpose-driven ventures advance their AI solutions and create positive social change. Now in its second year, the Accelerator builds on last year's success, which saw 11 organisations graduate, all of whom reported positive impact on their business following the programme. Unveiled this morning by our Chief Environmental Officer Dr Lucas Joppa, the UK AI for Good Accelerator will be run by Microsoft for Startups and the Social Tech Trust from our accelerator space in Shoreditch, London. "AI is one of the most important tools we have to accelerate innovation at the speed and scale we need to address climate change and other important societal challenges. It's exciting to see Microsoft's AI for Good initiative evolving to engage new partners and help catalyse social impact organisations across the UK." "We have an exciting opportunity to help more social tech ventures to shape the future we want to see, using AI. I'm inspired by the growth we've seen from the 11 ventures in our first cohort and can't wait to see the very best UK social tech innovations that emerge as we open applications for our second AI for Good programme, in partnership with Microsoft."

Autonomous cars aren't quite ready to share the road with human drivers just yet, but they're getting closer. And they get closer day by day. Self-driving vehicles are expected to go mainstream within the next decade or so, and it looks like the majority of people are excited for them. In a recent study that was conducted by Audi, people from around the globe appear to see autonomous cars with optimism. Overall Findings Are Good In its study, Audi surveyed 21,000 participants from nine countries around the world, including China, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, and the United States.

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, it's helpful to take a moment and look closer at how this software has changed so much in a relatively short time frame. From caffeinated beverages crafted by robots to fuel delivery in space aboard an uncrewed spacecraft, AI is being used in new and exciting ways every day. Let's check in with five more experts to see where this emerging technology is heading, an update from this popular post two years ago. The Austin-based company Briggo is having a profound impact on its industry and culture through creativity, passion, and of course, robotics. With robots, the latest mobile technology and cloud computing, Briggo is enabling human progress at its core, says COO Marsha Osborn.

NEW DELHI: As the Narendra Modi government goes bullish on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing, Blockchain and data analytics, the daunting task ahead is to train millions of government officials so that these disruptive technologies can be optimised for the benefit of over one billion-plus people. Beyond skilling students, young coders and entrepreneurs in emerging technologies, the onus is now on tech giants to train the men in the system especially in the information technology (IT) departments and Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is retail giant Amazon's Cloud arm, is set to embark on this journey. There is already a lot of talk happening within the government agencies about the success they have had after moving to Cloud. "This is the right time to skill them, train them in AI-enabled Cloud computing so that India can move faster on embracing new-age technologies. We have had successful meetings with senior government leaders on this subject as AWS is already leading in skilling the students and upskilling the workforce in the country," Peter Moore, Regional Managing Director for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Global Public Sector -- APAC and Japan, told IANS.

Mist's Bob Friday: An AI-driven network maximises the user experience through better performance and reliability while lowering IT costs through better efficiencies. Artificial intelligence (AI) – it's a nebulous term that means many things to different people. What is true is that one day in the near future, machines will be likely to possess'human-level' intelligence, providing organisations with efficiencies that they have never seen before. But what role is AI playing inside organisations today, particularly when it comes to providing a good experience for internal users and external customers across their wide area networks? Tech execs gathered in Sydney in September to discuss the benefits of using artificial intelligence technologies inside their wired and wireless networks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to disrupt our world. With intelligent machines enabling high-level cognitive processes like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem-solving and decision making, coupled with advances in data collection and aggregation, analytics and computer processing power, AI presents opportunities to complement and supplement human intelligence and enrich the way people live and work. On the other hand, some of the leading scientists and thinkers have warned about'technological singularity'. Technological singularity refers to the belief that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both. It is a technology that takes in huge amounts of information from a specific domain and uses it to make a decision in the service of a specified goal.

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