As artificial intelligence become more and more applied to technologies all around us, we have read alot about recruiting tech talent from big tech giants. This companies want to dominate artificial intelligence, something that have been done in the world of technology ever since IBM was the bigest seller on mainframes. We had Microsoft dominating PC industry, Google dominating search engine, Facebook dominating social media. They want the same to happend to artificial intelligence, and right now the bigest player is Google with DeepMind. Tech giants have become very aggresive about recruiting tech talent, because in Silicon Valley the most valuable asset is not the money but the tech talent.

Japanese Internet company Softbank Corp. is selling its stake in Finnish game developer Supercell to Chinese technology firm Tencent in a deal announced Tuesday that values the company at about 10.2 billion. Separately, Nikesh Arora, Softbank's president and chief operating officer, announced his resignation, although he will remain an adviser. He had joined the company from Google in 2014 and was instrumental in the Supercell sale, as well as other Softbank investments, mainly in India and other parts of Asia. Softbank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said Arora had been picked to succeed him, but Son decided he wanted to do "a few more crazy ideas" and stay at his job for another decade, and that would be too long of a wait for Arora. "Helping Masa begin the transformation of Softbank and sowing the early seeds has been a great experience. I have enjoyed working with Masa and the Softbank team and I look forward to my next challenge," Arora said in a statement.

When Tencent Holdings finalized its 8.6 billion acquisition of "Clash of Clans" developer Supercell from Japan's Softbank on Tuesday, it was just the latest strategic move from what is rapidly becoming one of the biggest power players in the global video game industry. In fact, most of your favorite games are connected in some way to the Chinese internet giant -- whether you know it or not. When people think of smartphone games, in addition to "Clash of Clans," titles such as "Candy Crush," or maybe "Kim Kardashian Hollywood," come to mind. Supercell has also developed "Clash Royale," "Boom Beach" and "Hay Day." It turns out Tencent has invested in all of those companies, developing games that are being played every day.

This step of your Learning Path introduces you to emerging technologies and cutting-edge practices in the field of machine learning through a series of presentations from from Strata Hadoop World in California. You'll expand your understanding of speech recognition and acoustic modeling; learn theoretical tradeoffs between statistical risk, amount of data, and "externalities" such as computation, communication, and privacy; look at developments in computer vision, and many other topics.

The buzz in Silicon Valley is bots: they're cheaper and faster to build than apps, and make it a snap to reach users where and when they want to communicate. Are bots the future of customer engagement? Join our free VB Live event to find out. "The trend is very clear here that people don't want to talk on the phone," says Paul English, cofounder of Kayak and now founder of a new, exclusive personalized travel app called Lola. "It's why messaging has become such an important communication platform." And it's a trend that has opened up the doors to a new revolution in bot technology.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about the convergence of automation, artificial intelligence and rising connectivity. In the next five to 10 years, the adoption of these emerging technologies has the potential to raise efficiency, productivity and income levels to improve quality of life in Southeast Asia. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterised by the fusion and amplification of emerging technology breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. This will be multiplied by the extreme connectivity between billions of people with mobile devices with unprecedented access to data and knowledge. Southeast Asian countries have the potential to leapfrog ahead of other developing nations by embracing new technologies to transform how people work, live and play, according to a new report by real estate consultancy JLL.

Ed Felten, deputy chief technology officer at the White House, said during the call that drones are becoming more advanced through the use of sensors and artificial intelligence that help them sense obstacles, making them a useful tool for government agencies to assess damage during emergencies. Felten added that drones are "still a nascent technology," so only state and local governments have passed privacy rules to govern the use of drones while the federal government considers broader regulation.

The Obama administration issued new regulations on commercial drone use Tuesday, clearing the way for farmers, businesses and other corporations to utilize "unmanned aircraft" in their day-to-day operations. The rule comes with several caveats: use of drones is restricted to daylight and twilight hours, operators are asked to avoid flying drones over people, and the aircraft are required to weigh 55 lbs. Operators--who have to be at least 16 years of age-- would be restricted to flying one drone at a time and vehicles would have to be within their line of sight. Pilots will also have to to pass a written test and undergo a security vetting process in order to operate the drones. Federal officials are willing to make some exceptions, offering applications for waivers for those who want to use their drones at night and fly over crowds.

Elon Musk's 1 billion artificial intelligence group wants to build a robot to clean people's houses. OpenAI – which is funded by the billionaire maker of reusable rockets and electric cars – hopes to build a domestic robot as a test of its research into how to build artificial intelligence that won't kill us. Building such a robot isn't just a way of getting rid of household chores, according to a blog entry posted by the nonprofit research group. It would also be a neat way of testing whether or not its work in artificial intelligence is progressing in the right way. Boston Dynamics describes itself as'building dynamic robots and software for human simulation'.

Routine commercial use of small drones was cleared for takeoff by the Obama administration Tuesday, after years of struggling to write rules that would both protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the creation of a new category of rules for drones weighing less than 55 pounds. The long-anticipated rules would mean drone operators would be able to fly without special permission. "This rule is just a first step along a path of full integration of drones into the national airspace system, and the first page of a new chapter for aviation technology," said Jason Miller, an Obama economic adviser. Currently, commercial operators have to apply for a waiver from rules that govern manned aircraft, a process that can be time-consuming and expensive.