On September 10, 2019, Cravath partner Katherine B. Forrest, former U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, conducted a webcast for Celesq entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Justice: Constitutional Issues." Katherine addressed the use of AI in the criminal justice system and the constitutional questions that arise from it, including Fourth Amendment, Sixth Amendment and due process issues.

It's already getting tough to discern real text from fake, genuine video from deepfake. Now, it appears that use of fake voice tech is on the rise too. That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported the first ever case of AI-based voice fraud -- aka vishing (short for "voice phishing") -- that cost a company $243,000. Don't miss Hard Fork Summit in Amsterdam In a sign that audio deepfakes are becoming eerily accurate, criminals sought the help of commercially available voice-generating AI software to impersonate the boss of a German parent company that owns a UK-based energy firm. They then tricked the latter's chief executive into urgently wiring said funds to a Hungarian supplier in an hour, with guarantees that the transfer would be reimbursed immediately.

Given the Indian government's latest emphasis on developing a program for artificial intelligence, we chose to apply the strengths of ours (deep analysis of AI implications and apps) to figure out Since the first 90s, the IT and ITeS services sector of India has been of huge value to the economy of its gradually growing to account for 7.7 % of India's GDP in 2016. In an effort to cash in on this foundation, the present Indian administration announced in February 2018 that the federal government think tank, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog (Hindi for Policy Commission), will spearhead a national program on AI focusing on investigation. This particular improvement comes on the high heels of the launch of a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence for India's Economic Transformation by the Commerce as well as Industry Department of the Government of India in 2017. The industry professionals we interviewed seemed to agree that artificial intelligence has definitely caught the attention of the Indian government as well as the tech community recently. Based on Komal Sharma Talwar, Co-founder XLPAT Labs as well as part of India's AI Task Force: "I really feel the Mody's government has discovered we have to have the proper policy in place so that there is a mission statement from their website as to just how AI must evolve in the nation so it is advantageous at big for the country." Certainly it is comments as Komal's which made us recognize that we ought to assist in figuring out a strategic path for artificial intelligence improvement in India – as well as find out almost as possible regarding the potential strategic value of the technology.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new center located in Silicon Valley to foster collaboration with technology companies to develop innovative healthcare solutions. The National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation (NCCHI), a pilot established within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, will focus on artificial intelligence, clinical decision support and workflow efficiencies as initial priorities. Currently, the VA Palo Alto Health Care System is looking to bring into clinical use an AI system developed by vendor DeepMind that forecasts the presence of acute kidney injury in patients early enough so clinicians can intervene to prevent deterioration. "The NCCHI is an important part of our strategy to be leaders in healthcare innovation and quality," said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in a written statement. "The center is particularly exciting because it is uniquely designed as a catalyst to combine strengths from non-healthcare fields."

China, formerly the world's largest buyer of recyclable paper and plastics, no longer imports recycled materials. Global recycling facilities now demand improved sorting practices and reject bales of materials containing greater than one percent impurities. In the face of these realities, some U.S. cities have pulled back from recycling. San Francisco, however, is meeting the challenge head on and continues to lead North America in the recovery of recyclable materials. Recycle Central, the 200,000-square-foot materials recovery facility operated by Recology, is the backbone of San Francisco's recycling system, according to Recology.

Element AI has closed a much-anticipated venture round, raising a $200 million CAD ($151.4 million USD) Series B from the Government of Quebec, pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), and McKinsey & Company, among others. The $200 million in funding is one of the largest venture capital rounds in Canadian history, and follows a record-breaking year for Canadian tech. New investors included CDPQ, a long-term institutional investor, McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm and owner of advanced analytics company QuantumBlack, and Gouvernement du Québec. Existing investors from this round include DCVC (Data Collective), Hanwha Asset Management, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, among many others, the startup said, bringing the total amount raised so far to $340 million CAD ($257 million USD). "Operationalizing AI is currently the industry's toughest challenge, and few companies have been successful at taking proofs-of-concept out of the lab, imbedding them strategically in their operations, and delivering actual business impact," said Element AI CEO Jean-François Gagné. "We are proud to be working with our new partners who understand this challenge well, and to leverage each other's expertise in taking AI solutions to market."

Element AI has closed a much-anticipated venture round, raising a $200 million CAD ($151.4 million USD) Series B from the Government of Quebec, pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), and McKinsey & Company, among others. The $200 million in funding is one of the largest venture capital rounds in Canadian history, and follows a record-breaking year for Canadian tech. New investors included CDPQ, a long-term institutional investor, McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm and owner of advanced analytics company QuantumBlack, and Gouvernement du Québec. Existing investors from this round include DCVC (Data Collective), Hanwha Asset Management, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, among many others, the startup said, bringing the total amount raised so far to $340 million CAD ($257 million USD). "Operationalizing AI is currently the industry's toughest challenge, and few companies have been successful at taking proofs-of-concept out of the lab, imbedding them strategically in their operations, and delivering actual business impact," said Element AI CEO Jean-François Gagné. "We are proud to be working with our new partners who understand this challenge well, and to leverage each other's expertise in taking AI solutions to market."

The dietary supplements category has its share of fad ingredients or formulations, and for years the industry was able to maintain high levels of new product launches thanks to a steady flow of new ingredients coming onto the market. But increased media and consumer scrutiny and the long shadow of the NDI process does seem to have had a chilling effect on the introduction of new ingredients launches over the past decade. Back in November 2015, Colin Watts, then-CEO of The Vitamin Shoppe, said: "I think the issue that we are facing this year is […] the rate of new ingredients, new products, new forms that are coming into the market are less than we've seen in the past. "And so when there isn't a lot of new in this category in particular, especially the retailer ends up taking a little bit earlier of a hit in that front, because the customer just doesn't have a reason to come in and see something new that's going on" Innovation is still occurring, of course: You can point to innovation in delivery formats, in the supply chain and around the science, but one of greatest benefits to the industry has come from technology. The Internet was barely a thing when the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act (DSHEA) was signed into law in 1994, and now every single brand has an online presence.

GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance for AI algorithms designed to detect a type of collapsed lung on x-ray images, the company said Thursday. The FDA clearance covers a set of algorithms that GE has embedded in its Optima XR240amx mobile x-ray device, thereby enabling hospitals to access AI capabilities without investing in IT infrastructure. GE, which claims the system is the first AI-powered x-ray device, said the technology will help hospitals identify high-priority cases and fast track their treatment. Turnaround times for chest x-rays vary significantly, even within healthcare institutions. A retrospective chart review conducted in 2018 showed that out of 1,000 chest x-rays ordered with STAT priority, 38% of studies did not indicate clinical urgency, suggesting the status is overused.

In a bumper edition of Mobile Mix, Kavit and Diana chew over Apple's latest device launch. As always, the hype around its annual September event was big, so did Apple deliver? Elsewhere, Justin provides a twist on operator use of Artificial Intelligence and Joseph is in Singapore with highlights from 5G Asia.