Twitter is currently, yet again, ablaze at the mere thought coming from the one we call Musk. Elon Musk recently tweeted out, and has previously expressed, that the so-called neural lace, is a way for humanity to propel itself forward into its own evolution, and as a way to deter ourselves from becoming "obsolete" in the ever growing world of the artificial intelligence. As soon as I heard of the plans for a neural lace though, my alarm bells started chiming, because as utopian as it all may sound, I think all it will do is open up a direct channel for A.I. to invade our human brain, and in some way or another, whether positive, negative, or neutral, make use of the awesome equipment we carry in our wetware. What is this "lace" you speak of? In simple terms it is an interface between hardware, software, and wetware, marrying the human brain to digital components, so as to increase the bandwidth of human processing power, and decompress the means of person-to-person communication, although I think person-to-many would not be far behind too.

Where is the next big marketing disruption coming from? I caught up with a host of digital experts at the CMO Digital Insight Summit to find out. Tucked away on Scotland's wild and rugged west coast, Turnberry has a special place in golfing folklore. Famous for the legendary'Duel in the Sun' between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus at the 1977 Open Championship – an epic display of both sport and sportsmanship – the resort has seen its fair share of intense competition over the years. And in many ways, that made it the perfect setting for the recent CMO Digital Insight Summit.

What do you think when someone says'artificial intelligence'? Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way from concept to reality in a short space of time and, despite being a buzzword for the last couple of years, is now mainstream enough that all the main tech players are developing their own products and services to help us through our daily lives. Google has recently developed a context-aware personal assistant simply called the Google Assistant, which can engage in two-way conversations with the user and help with everything from turning the lights on, to playing the latest tunes from Spotify, all without touching a button. Facebook, on the other hand, has taken the different approach of implementing smart chatbots into their Messenger app to make it easier and more convenient for users to check things like the weather and the news, without having to leave the app they're using for conversations. The potential of AI is finally starting to be realised - although there is a long way still to go.

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astute Solutions was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the New Software category in the 15th Annual American Business Awards today. The consumer engagement software firm's chatbot product, Astute BotTM, won the top honor in its category. The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. This year, the American Business Awards received more than 3,600 nominations in a wide variety of categories from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry.

The kidnapping of Tennessee teen Elizabeth Thomas allegedly by his ex-teacher Tad Cummins will be the point of discussion at Friday's 20/20 show. The show will focus on Cummins' months on the run and what will happen next to the 50-year-old, who was arrested mid-April. The 15-year-old former student of Cummins went missing in March and was found in a remote part of northern California, more than a month after her disappearance. Elizabeth was reunited with her family, while Cummins was arrested. He has been charged with kidnapping and transporting a minor across state lines with the intention to engage in sexual activity.

My name is Michelle and I will be your conference moderator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. We will conduct a question-and-answer session towards the end of this conference. We will expect the call to conclude in an hour. As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Roger Sachs, Head of Investor Relations at Genpact. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Genpact's first quarter earnings call to discuss our results for quarter ended March 31, 2017. We hope you have had a chance to review our earnings release which was posted to the IR section of our website, genpact.com. With me in New York today are Tiger Tyagarajan, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ed Fitzpatrick, our Chief Financial Officer. Our agenda today will be as follows: Tiger will provide a high level overview of our results, as well as update you on some of our strategic initiatives. Ed will then discuss our financial performance for the quarter in greater detail. Tiger will then come back for some closing comments and then we will take your questions. And as Michelle just said, we expect the call to last about an hour. Please note, the year-over-year growth rates discussed today include the impact of the reclassifications of the divested GE Capital businesses to Global Client revenue as if these transactions occurred on January 1, 2016. This was done to provide a consistent view of the underlying growth trends of our business. The actual results without these adjustments are included in our earnings release. Some of the matters we will discuss in today's call are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are set forth in our press release. In addition, during our call today we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures which we believe provide additional information to investors and better reflect the way management views the operating performance of the business. You can find a reconciliation of these measures to GAAP in our earnings release in the IR section of our website.

With advances in machine learning and AI, the CFO will finally be able to shift their focus back to strategic thinking. Many CFOs are loath to consider AI because they see it as a risk. According to Intacct's Chief Technology Officer Aaron Harris, however, automation will be a key resource that the finance industry must embrace. FEI Daily spoke with Harris about where automation is intersecting with the financial industry today and how CFOs can refocus on strategy by embracing AI. FEI Daily: Why is an understanding or AI and machine learning so important for financial executives?

Twitter's (TWTR) investment in computers that function like a human brain is paying off, in more ways than one. Aside from helping to draw people back to the social media website, the company's growing status in artificial intelligence (AI) is also attracting attention from high profile investors. In an interview with CNBC's Squawk Alley, billionaire businessman Mark Cuban confirmed that he has recently been buying Twitter stock, as well as shares in other big names that work in AI, deep learning and machine learning, such as Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX). In the interview, which sent the company's embattled shares up 4 per cent, Cuban claimed that firms specializing in AI are likely to experience better productivity and higher revenues off a smaller workforce, which should subsequently boost earnings. Cuban's encouraging comments came after the social media giant credited better than expected quarterly earnings to machine learning techniques.

Chris began his new role this April after nearly three years as head of digital services at the Getty Research Institute, where he oversaw the digitization of its vast trove of books and special collections materials. Chris came to the Getty from the Yale University Libraries, where he was the digital projects manager, and Beinecke Library digital studio production manager before that. A photographer, tinkerer, and self-described "imaging guy," Chris is as enthusiastic about process--ask him about improving inefficient workflows!--as he is about innovation in 3D scanning and technical imaging. I asked Chris about the new role (which comes with its own acronym, by the way), and what projects we can expect to see from the Getty in his first year. What does the IDMA do?

In 2001, a group of Physicists were awarded the Nobel prize in Physics for creating an experiment that produced the Bose Einstein Condensate(BEC). The BEC is a state of Matter in an extremely cold state, close to absolute zero(that is, very near 0 K or 273.15 C), first theorized by Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in 1925. In the 2001 Noble Prize winning experiment, the physicists created the first BEC in a lab by shooting multiple lasers at Gas particles from different directions. After meticulous calculations and planning, they carefully calibrated a series of lasers to achieve this.