Google has made one its largest European acquisitions to date with a deal to buy DeepMind technologies, a London-based artificial intelligence firm which specialises in machine learning, advanced algorithms and systems neuroscience. The Guardian understands that Google paid 400m ( 650m) for DeepMind, which develops technologies for e-commerce and games, and has demonstrated computer systems capable of playing computer games. It aims, it says, to develop computers that think like humans. The two-year-old artificial intelligence startup was founded by former child chess prodigy and neuroscientist Demis Hassabis alongside Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman. DeepMind has reportedly competed with Google and other major artificial intelligence companies for talent and Google's chief executive Larry Page is said to have led the deal himself.

Computer science focused educational research institute International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Hyderabad is starting a new accelerator focused on technologies such as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, augmented reality and virtual reality. These technologies, incidentally, are focused around research areas of the premier educational institute. "The ecosystem around IIIT-Hyderabad should be able to leverage the goldmine of the institute," said Vasudev Varma, dean (research and development) at IIIT-Hyderabad. The model is similar to one in the US where research universities spawn startups centered around technologies they develop. IIIT's accelerator, named Avishkar, will be a six-month program.

If there's one thing software company Ebsta understands, it's customer relationship management. The San Diego- and London-based company sells a 10 per month per user Chrome browser extension that syncs customers' email accounts to the Salesforce database to streamline the onerous task of updating a CRM system. But finding new prospects for Ebsta is difficult and, as vice president of sales Bernhard Peters points out, expensive -- especially for a company with roughly 1 million in annual revenue. "We're still a tiny company," Peters says. "We have to be careful who we chase; we don't have a lot of money or manpower to spare. Buying lists never works; they're out of date. And data-mining companies charge at least 25,000 upfront, with no guarantee of ROI." Peters was in a San Diego restaurant when he overheard Olin Hyde, co-founder and CEO of Englue, explaining how his artificial intelligence product LeadCrunch could mine the web to uncover leads based on names of a company's best customers.

AI has mastered one of the most complex board games on Earth, beating the world's best at Go. Just weeks after its overwhelming victory over world-class Go player Lee Sedol, Google's AI operation AlphaGo is set to be challenged. Not given much time to toast its convincing victory, reports have emerged that the team behind China Computer Go team has Google in its crosshairs, with an AI showdown in the works. Shanghai Securities News reported that the Chinese team will set a challenge before the year is out, although it's unclear exactly what that challenge will be. However, it marks a quick deviation away from regular old humans playing Go at the very pinnacle of the game. After winning 99pc of its games against other Go programmes, last year AlphaGo became the first AI system to beat a pro player when it won out 5-0 against European Go champion Fan Hui.

Last week, Microsoft inadvertently revealed the difficulty of creating moral robots. Chatbot Tay, designed to speak like a teenage girl, turned into a Nazi-loving racist after less than 24 hours on Twitter. "Repeat after me, Hitler did nothing wrong," she said, after interacting with various trolls. "Bush did 9/11 and Hitler would have done a better job than the monkey we have got now." Of course, Tay wasn't designed to be explicitly moral.

It's not crazy to think investors and drivers will witness more innovation and change in the automotive industry over the next two decades than what took place over the last century. Technology and smartphones are enabling businesses like Uber to thrive seemingly overnight. Young people moving back into an urban lifestyle are creating opportunities for companies to think differently about how people travel on a daily basis. But perhaps the most intriguing storyline of all is the future of driverless cars. Here are three analysts with the reasons they believe driverless cars are here to stay.

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Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display