New Delhi: Microsoft India today launched a program under which it will train 5000 government employees over the next year on AI (artificial intelligence) and cloud computing skills. The program, called'Digital Governance Tech Tour', will comprise of physical and virtual workshops, said the company in a press release. The program was inaugurated by Amitabh Kant, chief executive of NITI Aayog, the government's policy think-tank and Ajay Prakash Sawhney, secretary, MeITY (The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology). The company said that the program will be open to technocrats and IT professionals across in the government, including employees of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs); government partners as well as solutions/systems integrators and is free of cost. Under the program, developers can earn the AZ-900 Certification, which demonstrates foundational level cloud computing skills on the spot at no cost, after clearing an exam.

A new Centre at the University of Cambridge will develop artificial intelligence techniques to help address some of the biggest threats facing the planet. Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Centre for Doctoral Training in Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER) is one of 16 new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) announced today. The Cambridge Centre will be led by Professor Simon Redfern, Head of the Department of Earth Sciences. Climate risk, environmental change and environmental hazards pose some of the most significant threats we face in the 21st century. At the same time, we have increasingly larger datasets available to observe the planet, from the atomic scale all the way through to global satellite observations.

Lucidea, provider of ArchivEra, CuadraSTAR SKCA and Eloquent Archives, enjoyed a very successful experience at this year's Society of American Archivists (SAA) annual conference. Traffic to their booth was the highest ever, with attendees eager to see how easily their archival collections management solutions enable researchers and the public to connect with the historic materials archivists work hard to preserve. Lucidea's archives specialists demonstrated the powerful and versatile capabilities of ArchivEra, CuadraSTAR SKCA, and Eloquent Archives that make them a valued technology partner in the archives community. Importantly, SAA attendees were the first to see Lucidea's exciting new AI prototype for archives. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration now available in ArchivEra, Lucidea's clients will enjoy powerful automatic categorization functionality.

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, left, speaks with Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2016. The two automakers announced Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, they are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology. TOKYO – Japan's top automaker, Toyota, and smaller rival Suzuki are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology, as manufacturers around the world grapple with innovations in the industry. Under the deal, announced Wednesday, Toyota will take a 4.9% stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. valued at 96 billion yen ($908 million), and Suzuki will make a 48 billion yen ($454 million) investment in Toyota. In 2017, Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki agreed to work together in ecological and safety technology.

The greatest impact of intelligent technologies won't be from eliminating jobs but from changing what people do and driving innovation deeper into the business. Thoughtful adoption of intelligent technologies will be essential to survival for many companies. But simply implementing the newest technologies and automation tools won't be enough. Success will depend on whether organizations use them to innovate in their operations and in their products and services -- and whether they acquire and develop the human capital to do so. In a recent Deloitte survey of 250 executives familiar with how their companies are thinking about intelligent technologies, nearly three out of four said that they expected AI to substantially transform their organizations within three years.1 Of course, the workforce will be deeply affected by all this change. Yet even as AI eliminates some jobs in the coming decade (it most certainly will), it may create as many positions as it kills and open up vast new opportunities for collaborations between humans and machines.

The BBC is launching its own voice assistant, appropriately called'Beeb' (though the efficacy of that wake word is completely suspect in a world where people might talk about Justin Bieber, just saying). Upon hearing this news, you might be tempted to think, "Ugh, why? The Beeb assistant might be a boondoggle, a waste of British taxpayer money, and a classic example of the BBC making a tech thing without a super clear reason or need just because it can. In fact, I would put even money on it being all three of those things, but I'm still rooting for it anyway. Command Line is our daily newsletter about personal tech.

Recruiters beware and be prepared. New laws have recently come into effect policing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in video interviewing. Here's how they could affect your recruiting efforts. Technology helps recruiters collect, organize and store enormous amounts of information about job applicants all over the world. Workflow automation, the cloud and search functionalities are just some examples of software that make recruiters' lives easier. But, artificial intelligence (AI) has long been a gray zone in HR, dangerously toeing the line between reality and an imperfect, artificial world.

SEMANTiCS 2019 Keynote Speaker Valentina Presutti coordinates the Semantic Technology Laboratory of the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science in 2006 at University of Bologna (Italy). She has coordinated, and worked as researcher in, many national and european projects on behalf of CNR and she co-directs the International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS). Valentina serves in the editorial board of top journals such as Journal of Web Semantics, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Data Intelligence Journal, Intelligenza Artificiale. She's been involved in many research projects.

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning have become entrenched in the professional world. AI-style capabilities are being embraced and developed globally (over 26 countries/regions have or are working on a national AI strategy) for many different purposes -- from ethics, policies and education to security, technology and industry, the scope is broad and multi-faceted. If, like many others, you are unclear as to what this new terminology means, below is a diagram depicting the hierarchy of AI, machine learning and deep learning for you to consider. In healthcare, the opportunities are vast and significant. Just from a financial point of view, AI has the potential to bring material cost savings to the industry.

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