The First International Workshop on AI and Intelligent Assistance for Legal Professionals in the Digital Workplace (LegalAIIA) will be held at the Cyberjustice Laboratory at the University of Montreal on June 17th. This workshop is part of the 17th International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL), a biennial conference which has served as an important forum at the intersection the AI and the law since its founding in 1987. The LegalAIIA workshop itself is an offshoot of the successful decade-long DESI (Discovery for Electronically Stored Informed) workshop series, which was pivotal in helping forge an interdisciplinary community of legal and technical practitioners working on advancing the state-of-the-art in electronic discovery practice. The first edition of Legal AIIA, driven by an impressive set of electronic discovery veterans including Jack G. Conrad (Thomson Reuters), Jeremy Pickens (Catalyst Repository Systems), Amanda Jones (H5), Hans Henseler (Magnet Forensics), and Jason R. Baron (Drinker, Biddle & Reath), aims to tackle head on the issue of human-AI collaboration. Accepted papers will focus on evaluating when and how to best leverage a "human-in-the-loop" approach to AI.

On Thursday 16th May, I had the pleasure of speaking at the UNESCO International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education, in Beijing. In my speech, I outlined what I think are the two most important AI principles for countries. Firstly, that AI will only succeed if it will make us more, not less, human, and secondly, that algorithms can inform our decisions and policies but must not become policy makers. Policy makers must remain human and must remain in charge. The outcome of the conference was in the consensus approved on the last day: AI in education has to be trustworthy, inclusive, and free from gender bias and privacy harms.

Companies across the world are leveraging artificial intelligence to communicate with customers, extract relevant insights out big data and solve some of the most complex problems. AI is everywhere and the way it is rising, it is prophesied to create 2.3 million jobs by 2020. However, even though AI seems to be the next big tide in the industry, many companies are not able to make the best out of this sought after technology. Maybe because they are lacking someone who would be able to make some serious decisions regarding this technology. And this calls for the much-needed job of a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO).

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SWITZERLAND, GENEVA – Singapore announced that its work in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance and Ethics has won a top award at the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes1. The winners of the 18 categories2 of the WSIS Prizes were announced today during an award ceremony at the annual WSIS Forum held in Geneva, Switzerland. Singapore won in the "Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society" category, beating four other finalists3 across the globe. Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) Assistant Chief Executive (Data Protection and Innovation) Yeong Zee Kin received the prize at the ceremony in Geneva. Singapore's AI Governance and Ethics initiatives aim to build an ecosystem of trust to support AI adoption. These initiatives advance Singapore's vision to be a leading Digital Economy and Smart Nation through balancing business innovation and consumer trust and confidence in adopting AI.

Wearing a sensor-packed glove while handling a variety of objects, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have compiled a massive dataset that enables an AI system to recognize objects through touch alone. The information could be used to help robots identify and manipulate objects, as well as in prosthetics design. The MIT researchers developed a low-cost knitted glove, called "scalable tactile glove" (STAG), equipped with about 550 tiny sensors across nearly the entire hand. Each sensor captures pressure signals as humans interact with objects in various ways. A neural network processes the signals to "learn" a dataset of pressure-signal patterns related to specific objects.

ABU DHABI - President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned Iran on Wednesday that any attacks in the Persian Gulf will draw a "very strong response" from the U.S., taking a hard-line approach with Tehran after his boss only two days earlier said America wasn't "looking to hurt Iran at all." John Bolton's comments are the latest amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran that have been playing out in the Middle East. Bolton spoke to journalists in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, which only days earlier saw former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warn there that "unilateralism will not work" in confronting the Islamic Republic. The dueling approaches highlight the divide over Iran within American politics. The U.S. has accused Tehran of being behind a string of incidents this month, including the alleged sabotage of oil tankers off the Emirati coast, a rocket strike near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a coordinated drone attack on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi rebels. On Wednesday, Bolton told journalists that there had been a previously unknown attempt to attack the Saudi oil port of Yanbu as well, which he also blamed on Iran.

Amazon has been under fire from critics concerned about the potential loss of privacy when Alexa hears your every word. So on a day Amazon unveiled its latest smart speaker with a display – the $89.99 Echo Show 5 – the company announced privacy features that will apply to all its Alexa-infused devices: notably, the ability to ask Alexa to delete the recordings of your voice captured when you summon Alexa for a task or query. Starting today, you can utter the words, "Alexa, delete what I said today" and recordings from the given day will be erased. In the coming weeks in the U.S. (and later elsewhere), you will be able to say," Alexa, delete what I just said," to wipe out the last request you made. Amazon separately put the spotlight on a new Alexa Privacy Hub meant to provide transparency around how you can ensure privacy when using Alexa and Echo devices.

Amazon has rolled out a new security feature to give users greater control over their voice recordings. The internet giant will now let users ask Alexa-equipped devices to delete their voice recordings from that day. It comes as Amazon has faced growing privacy concerns tied to its Alexa digital assistant, including who is able to access users' voice recordings and how it stores them. Amazon has rolled out a new security feature to give users greater control over their voice recordings. 'Simply say, "Alexa, delete everything I said today" and the respective recordings will be deleted,' Amazon said.