Way out, beyond the heliosphere, an A.I. aboard NASA space probe Voyager 3 generates free jazz - broadcast via livestream 24/7 - until we lose contact. Its artificial neural network was trained on John Coltrane's INTERSTELLAR SPACE with modified SampleRNN. It listened to the album 16 times then continued to make music in the style. Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977 carrying a mixtape Carl Sagan made called THE SOUNDS OF EARTH. It featured Blind Willie Johnson, Chuck Berry, recordings of laughter, Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, along with diagrams of human reproductive organs. It was intended for an audience of intelligent extraterrestrial lifeforms.

Two years ago a novelist and as-yet-unproduced screenwriter named Nic Kelman went to work for Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Kelman's job, though he might not put it this way, was to write a grimoire--a kabbalistic story bible. "Rules for magic out of the rules for Magic," as Kelman says. The company needed that grimoire because it was going to try to cast a spell in the real world--to transform a popular albeit niche game, complicated and nerdy, into a cross-media franchise. That has happened for comic books, for literature, even for toys, heaven help us.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are quickly becoming an integral part of healthcare delivery. Both on the clinical care and operational side of healthcare organizations, AI has is powering technology that keeps patients safe and improves efficiency for the revenue cycle, supply chain and more. Here are 100-plus companies in the healthcare space using artificial intelligence. To add a company to this list, contact Laura Dyrda at ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com. AiCure is an AI and advanced data analytics company that uses video, audio and behavioral data to better understand the connection between patients, disease and treatment. It allows physicians to have access to clinical and patient insights. Aiva Health developed Aiva, the first voice-powered care assistant.

AI, which is supposed to stand for "artificial intelligence," now spans applications from cameras to the military to medicine. One thing we can be sure about AI -- because we are told it so often and at so increasingly high a pitch -- is that whatever it actually is, the national interest demands more of it. And we need it now, or else China will beat us there, and we certainly wouldn't want that, would we? What does it look like, how would it work, and how would it change our society? The race is on, and if America doesn't start taking AI seriously, we're going to find ourselves the losers in an ever-widening Dystopia Gap.

SINGAPORE - The use of artificial intelligence (AI) will not make soldiers obsolete, but it might redefine their roles in the future, said expert panellists at a technology summit on Thursday (June 27). In fact, soldiers could become more proficient if they are technically skilled and are able to make use of AI systems to their advantage, they added. Speaking at the second Singapore Defence Technology Summit, Israeli computer scientist Yaniv Altshuler said it is "not so unlikely" to foresee a future where soldiers operate a swarm of armoured, autonomous, or semi-autonomous vehicles remotely. "Now, you see soldiers or pilots actually graduating from flying academies and they are flying drones. Do you call them pilots, or are pilots now redundant?... I think the same would be with soldiers," he said.

Wimbledon has paved the way for using Artificial Intelligence. Players are able to analyse each match and their technique after each game whilst spectators can watch more highlights. As the AI tracks the game, it highlights points of interest for all parties.

Fox News Flash top headlines for July 21 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com A well-known Hong Kong actor suffered a deep gash to his abdomen and a hand injury Saturday when a knife-wielding suspect attacked him onstage at a promotional event in China, according to a report. Simon Yam Tat-wah, 64, who appeared in the 2003 Hollywood film, "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life," starring Angelina Jolie, was recovering after medical treatment and returning to Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reported. ANGELINA JOLIE WAS A'HORRIBLE B---H' DURING NIGHTMARE DINNER, MODEL CLAIMS Simon Yam poses on the red carpet of the Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong, April 3, 2016.

Sussing out water potability in the field is sometimes nigh impossible, depending on the remoteness of the region. The United Nations estimates that 2 million tons of sewage and industrial and agricultural waste are discharged into the world's water supply each day. And while a range of chemical kits can test for bacterial risks, not all are equally thorough. Even with recent technological advances, water pollution leads to roughly 9 million premature deaths a year and 16% of all deaths worldwide. This motivated a pair of researchers at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland to investigate an AI-powered Android app capable of detecting water impurity, which they describe in a newly published paper on the preprint server Arxiv.org

Question Is a convolutional neural network able to extract prognostic information from chest radiographs? Findings In this prognostic study of data from 2 randomized clinical trials (Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial [n 10 464] and National Lung Screening Trial [n 5493]), a convolutional neural network identified persons at high risk of long-term mortality based on their chest radiographs, even with adjustment for the radiologists' diagnostic findings and standard risk factors. Meaning Individuals at high risk of mortality based on chest radiography may benefit from prevention, screening, and lifestyle interventions. Importance Chest radiography is the most common diagnostic imaging test in medicine and may also provide information about longevity and prognosis. Objective To develop and test a convolutional neural network (CNN) (named CXR-risk) to predict long-term mortality, including noncancer death, from chest radiographs. Design, Setting, and Participants In this prognostic study, CXR-risk CNN development (n 41 856) and testing (n 10 464) used data from the screening radiography arm of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) (n 52 320), a community cohort of asymptomatic nonsmokers and smokers (aged 55-74 years) enrolled at 10 US sites from November 8, 1993, through July 2, 2001. External testing used data from the screening radiography arm of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) (n 5493), a community cohort of heavy smokers (aged 55-74 years) enrolled at 21 US sites from August 2002, through April 2004. Data analysis was performed from January 1, 2018, to May 23, 2019. Exposure Deep learning CXR-risk score (very low, low, moderate, high, and very high) based on CNN analysis of the enrollment radiograph.

China has been often touted as the fastest emerging hub for AI development, even surpassing the superpowers such as the USA in the emerging tech. Chinese companies and government are taking the analytics and AI play quite seriously, bringing newer and favourable policies around its adoption. Numbers suggest that in 2018, 60 per cent of total global AI investments poured into China with investments from VCs, private equity and the Chinese government. Not just the companies but educational institutes are taking AI seriously as many schools are teaching AI courses to make its citizens AI-ready. There is no doubt that China has been serious about its AI strategy, but is its power and supremacy in artificial intelligence real or exaggerated?