Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. A company that makes stun guns and body cameras is teaming up with a company that makes drones to sell drones to police departments, and that might not even be the most worrisome part. The line of drones from Axon and DJI is called the Axon Air, and the devices will be linked to Axon's cloud-based database for law enforcement, Evidence.com, And it could open a vast new frontier for police surveillance. By working with a company that is already familiar with contracting with police departments, the Chinese-owned DJI--the world's biggest consumer drone manufacturer--could widen up a new, growing customer base: cops. Axon Air, which was announced Tuesday by Axon, is marketed as a way to help law enforcement with search-and-rescue operations, crowd monitoring, traffic-accident reconstruction, and evidence collection.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found organic molecules on Mars, the space agency revealed in a major announcement Thursday During a press conference at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Goddard, Md., and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., scientists noted that the molecules provide fresh insight into the Red Planet. "We found organic molecules in rocks from an ancient lake bed," explained Jen Eigenbrode, research scientist at Goddard. A variety of molecules were identified, she added. While NASA was at pains to explain that it has not discovered life on Mars, the organic molecules could provide vital clues. "Organic compounds are fundamental to our search for life," said Paul Mahaffy, director of the Solar System Exploration Division at Goddard.

Machine learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) technology which allows machines to learn by using algorithms to interpret data from connected'things' to predict outcomes and learn from successes and failures. There are many other AI technologies - from image recognition to natural language processing, gesture control, context awareness and predictive APIs - but machine learning is where most of the investment community's funding has flowed in recent years. It is also the technology most likely to allow machines to ultimately surpass the intelligence levels of humans. Many companies, like Alphabet, have already become'AI-first' companies, with machine learning at their core. At the same time, many ML techniques are getting commoditized by being open sourced and pre-packaged into developer toolkits that anyone can use.

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arriving in Amsterdam on the 27-28 June, the second annual AI Expo Europe event will host 2 co-located events covering IoT and Blockchain, with 8,000 attendees expected to attend including CTO's, CDO's, Head's of Innovation and Technology, IT Directors, Developers & Start-Up's, OEM's, Government, Automotive, Operators, Technology Providers, Investors, VCs and many more. The AI Expo will showcase the most cutting-edge technologies from more than 300 exhibitors and provide insight from over 300 speakers sharing their unparalleled industry knowledge and real-life experiences. The event will host a dedicated start-up incubator zone where you can see the latest AI & IoT technologies and innovations in action, in addition to the vast exhibition of 300 companies who will be showcasing their products and services within the field of AI, IoT & Blockchain. Expect to see demos and booths from Microsoft, IBM, PTC, Kore, Hercules, Thales, Rutronik, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, BPU Holdings, Start-up Amsterdam, ML6, Bottos, Ortec Data Science, Adani, NTR Labs, Prosper BI and many more. Start-ups within the incubator zone include Aiir Innovations, Botsquad, Mercury.AI, IoTify, Porter, 3D Universium, Zazu, 904 Labs, Innovation in Motion, Blockhearts, Mind Trace, Sightcorp, Cupenya, Effect.Ai, Sodaq, Amberscript, BrainCreators, Clockworks to name a few. In addition, attendees can join speakers from Aiir Innovations, Mercury.AI and BrainCreators within the AI Technologies track on day 2 (28th June) as they explore innovative artificial intelligence techniques.

Machine learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) technology which allows machines to learn by using algorithms to interpret data from connected'things' to predict outcomes and learn from successes and failures. There are many other AI technologies - from image recognition to natural language processing, gesture control, context awareness and predictive application programming interfaces (APIs) - but machine learning is where most of the investment community's funding has flowed in recent years. It is also the technology most likely to allow machines to ultimately surpass the intelligence levels of humans. Many companies, like Alphabet, have already become'AI-first' companies, with machine learning at their core. At the same time, many ML techniques are getting commoditized by being open sourced and pre-packaged into developer toolkits that anyone can use.

DataVan, a 30-year-old point of service designer and manufacturer based in New Taipei City, Taiwan, has brought together partners from a diverse range of fields to expand its ofering from kiosk terminals to total solutions based on its AI, according to a press release. The "QSkip" kiosk footprint and modular design are adaptable to any type of business type, including hospitality, retail, healthcare, public and entertainment, the company said. The upcoming "YumQ" suite of solutions includes smart cloud management, online reservations and ordering, table-side self-ordering management, POS solutions and kitchen display systems. The multipurpose "HiFive" touchscreen panel PC is waterproof and dust proof and can set up in all environments in an instant, the release said. A POS terminal upgrade is also available, the release said.

JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 5, 2018 - Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, today announced a strategic alliance with Omnitracs, LLC, a global pioneer of fleet management solutions to transportation and logistics companies. As the first large-fleet commercial telematics service provider to align with Verisk, Omnitracs will now offer its subscribers the ability to contribute data to the Verisk Data Exchange(TM) and apply analytics to the operational safety of their connected fleets. Through the alliance, fleet owners have the option to transfer driving data collected by their Omnitracs telematics platform, the company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fleet management solution, into the Verisk Data Exchange. By contributing their driving data, Omnitracs subscribers will be able to take advantage of fleet insurance services from participating insurance providers and receive operational safety feedback through focused analytics while keeping fleet managers in complete control of their data. "We're excited to expand our telematics-based insurance services to Omnitracs customers and help the insurance industry address the challenging commercial auto risk segment through innovative tools and solutions," said Saurabh Khemka, senior vice president and general manager, Verisk IoT/Telematics.

San Jose, CA, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Tech Museum of Innovation is opening a new immersive exhibit which invites visitors to collaborate with AI-powered robots to bring their creations to life. With Animaker, visitors step into a large-scale projection of a jungle temple where robots invite them to form animals out of LEGO/Duplo bricks. Their creations are analyzed by the robots, incorporating cutting edge 3D-scanning technology and an AI-powered search engine that understands 3D content. The animals then come to life in a virtual ancient temple, and can be personalized by changing their look and behavior. This is the first experience in the world where children play and learn about AI by training machines to recognize different interpretations of real world objects.

AMD just did Intel one better at Computex. Intel wowed the Taipei crowds on Tuesday with a 28-core Core chip, which the company promised by the end of the year. One day later, on Wednesday, AMD announced Threadripper 2--and at 32 cores and 64 threads, it will easily top what Intel promised. AMD's Threadripper 2 announcement was the highlight of the company's press conference, which didn't have much to offer in the way of new announcements in graphics. AMD did say that its Vega 56 Nano for mini-ITX systems is now shipping.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is progressing at a rapid pace, as is the application of the technology to solve real-world problems. While the market for chipsets to address deep learning training and inference workloads is still a new one, the landscape is changing quickly – in the past year, more than 60 companies of all sizes have announced some sort of deep learning chipset or intellectual property (IP) design. A new report from Tractica finds that virtually every prominent name in the technology industry has acknowledged the need for hardware acceleration of AI algorithms and the semiconductor industry has responded by offering a wide variety of solutions. Tractica forecasts that the market for deep learning chipsets will increase from $1.6 billion in 2017 to $66.3 billion by 2025. System-on-a-chip (SoC) accelerators such as those found in mobile devices will lead the market in terms of sheer volumes by the end of the forecast period, followed by application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and graphics processing units (GPUs).