The importance of artificial intelligence is known around the world and every nation is on its way to win the AI race as they realize that acquiring excellence in AI technology would make them the biggest superpower. Tesla king, Elon Musk has recently tweeted that "Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3". Recently India along with Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and others have come together to establish the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) for responsible evolution and use of AI. The PMs and presidents of the nations are supporting artificial intelligence in their speeches as well as their establishment of various policies regarding AI and it is demonstrated in the following. In 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a virtual summit on artificial intelligence called'RAISE 2020'.

The Socially Intelligent Artificial Systems (SIAS) group is part of the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam. The group focuses on civic-centred and community-minded artificial intelligence (AI) that aims to reduce inequality and promote equal opportunity in society. SIAS arose out of the concern that AI is increasing inequality in society. If researchers do not intervene, there is a great risk that the gap between the poor and the rich and general inequality will increase. The predominant questions the group tries to answer are: How can we use AI, and in particular learning systems, to advance society?

A new report suggest machine learning could help in the fight against cyberattacks, but cautions that AI is far from a panacea. Why it matters: Attacks, including ransomware, have been on the rise across a variety of industries and institutions. Several factors have led to the increase in attacks, including the digitization of more of the economy, the growing role of cyber attacks as part of international politics and a lack of security experts, according to the report from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology. "Machine learning can help defenders more accurately detect and triage potential attacks," CSET said in its report. "However, in many cases these technologies are elaborations on long-standing methods -- not fundamentally new approaches --that bring new attack surfaces of their own."

After years of failed attempts to curb surveillance technologies, Baltimore is close to enacting one of the nation's most stringent bans on facial recognition. But Baltimore's proposed ban would be very different from laws in San Francisco or Portland, Oregon: It would last for only one year, police would be exempt, and certain private uses of the tech would become illegal. City councilmember Kristerfer Burnett, who introduced the proposed ban, says it was shaped by the nuances of Baltimore, though critics complain it could unfairly penalize, or even jail, private citizens who use the tech. Last year, Burnett introduced a version of the bill that would have banned city use of facial recognition permanently. When that failed, he instead introduced this version, with a built-in one year "sunset" clause requiring council approval to be extended.

Russia and China have committed to work together on a moon base and lunar space station, but it will not be ready to house astronauts until at least 2036, the two countries said. Known as the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), it will consist of a surface moon base and station in lunar orbit, with construction expected to start in 2026. The two nations have asked other international agencies to join them in the project, which will also include rovers and'hopping robots' to aid eventual inhabitants. NASA is working with the European Space Agency (ESA), as well as Canada and Japan on the Lunar Gateway, a modular crewed space station designed to operate in orbit around the moon and help astronauts reach the lunar surface from 2024. While Russia and China are working together on the moon, the two will compete in low Earth orbit, with both planning their own space station to rival the International Space Station (ISS).

"Deep fakes"--a term that first emerged in 2017 to describe realistic photo, audio, video, and other forgeries generated with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies--could present a variety of national security challenges in the years to come. As these technologies continue to mature, they could hold significant implications for congressional oversight, U.S. defense authorizations and appropriations, and the regulation of social media platforms. Though definitions vary, deep fakes are most commonly described as forgeries created using techniques in machine learning (ML)--a subfield of AI--especially generative adversarial networks (GANs). In the GAN process, two ML systems called neural networks are trained in competition with each other. The first network, or the generator, is tasked with creating counterfeit data--such as photos, audio recordings, or video footage--that replicate the properties of the original data set.

Global catastrophes have historically brought moments of truth for all fields of business. In such times, their inner workings, strengths and weaknesses are laid bare for the whole world to see, as organizations rapidly alter their processes to come to terms with the new reality. Businesses that can make bold moves during such challenging times can quickly turn the misfortune into a benefit. So early indications are that businesses that value information as a currency, and have been quick to adapt machine learning and advanced data analytics, have emerged better from the economic aftermath of the pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic that continues to ravage the world has forced small businesses into building online ventures.

In this one, I want to discuss how there is potential for a new conflict not dissimilar to the Cold War with the development and proliferation of nuclear energy; but this time AI will take centre stage of the theatre. Medical -- Nuclear technology has been harnessed in various medical applications ranging from imaging to killing tumors and sanitizing surgical equipment. "Both military and commercial robots will…incorporate'artificial intelligence' (AI) that could make them capable of undertaking…missions of their own." Professor Lennox writes that many commanders in the American military are voicing concern about relinquishing control over AI systems tasked with identifying, seeking and eliminating human targets. Just like how rewarding nuclear energy has proved to be in other fields, artificial intelligence has its better and worse applications.

AI is revolutionizing many industries across the globe like manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, and IT, but it is also reinventing cyberattacks. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the remote work culture and rapid cloud computing have encouraged hackers to come up with innovative solutions to break into online networks. These cyberattacks pose a severe risk to worldwide security. According to a report by MIT Technology Review Insights, in association with Darktrace, an AI cybersecurity company, "Offensive AI risks and developments in the cyberthreat landscape are redefining enterprise security as humans already struggle to keep pace with advanced attacks." Because cyberattacks have become more sophisticated with time, professionals are researching ways to use AI to combat these threats.

Former White House physician explains why the president needs a cognitive test on'Hannity' Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician, called on President Biden to immediately undergo a cognitive test so the commander-in-chief can prove to the American public sound mental capabilities. "We can't sit on this any longer," Jackson told "Hannity" Thursday night, citing Biden's "embarrassing" performance overseas this week with world leaders. "He's not physically or cognitively fit to be our president right now," Jackson added. The freshman Texas congressman and 13 other GOP members of Congress sent a letter to Biden Thursday expressing "concern" with his cognitive state and cited several examples of potential memory lapses, including apparently forgetting the name of his Defense Secretary, telling an Amtrak story with a timeline that didn't add up and seemingly blanking on the often-quoted first line of the Declaration of Independence. "Unfortunately, your mental decline and forgetfulness have become more apparent over the past 18 months," Jackson and the GOP reps wrote in a letter to Biden, the White House physician and Dr. Anthony Fauci.