Nov 04, 2019 (Investing Alerts) -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a game changer for global businesses, opening doors to innumerable possibilities. With the integration of AI in businesses, the global economy is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years. Although the introduction of AI into business strategies is considered a revolutionary idea, what most business executives struggle with is the proper application of AI throughout their organization in such a way that it generates maximum ROI and value. This gives rise of several questions, "How do we educate our staff about AIs? How can we acquire AI-trained employees? What is the most suitable AI strategy for our business? How do we certify our AI is trustworthy? Will there be new privacy and cybersecurity threats to deal with?".

Nov 04, 2019 (Investing Alerts) -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a game changer for global businesses, opening doors to innumerable possibilities. With the integration of AI in businesses, the global economy is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years. Although the introduction of AI into business strategies is considered a revolutionary idea, what most business executives struggle with is the proper application of AI throughout their organization in such a way that it generates maximum ROI and value. This gives rise of several questions, "How do we educate our staff about AIs? How can we acquire AI-trained employees? What is the most suitable AI strategy for our business? How do we certify our AI is trustworthy? Will there be new privacy and cybersecurity threats to deal with?".

Artificial intelligence should respect human rights, diversity and privacy -- while being a far cry from Terminator-style robots -- according to new federal ethics guidelines. Technology Minister Karen Andrews will today release an eight-point guidance she wants companies to adopt in a bid to prevent people from being exploited. The guidelines stipulate all AI should benefit individuals, society and the environment. It should prevent discrimination, respect privacy and only operate in accordance with their intended purpose. The guidelines also recommend human oversight of AI always be enabled and there should be timely processes to allow people to challenge the use or output of information.

In late 2018, Amazon discontinued the use of their AI-based recruitment system because they found that it was biased against women. According to sources close to the matter, the tool gave low ratings to resumes with the terms "woman" or "women's" in applications for technical roles, and went as far as downgrading applicants from two all-women's colleges. This problem is not new. In 2003, the National Bureau of Economic Growth (NBER) conducted an experiment to track the presence of racial bias in hiring. In the test, they sent out two sets of fictitious resumes with identical information about education and experience.

The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force's plan for the next several decades comes to fruition. Air Force weapons developers are immersed in an intricate plan to bring the service's bomber fleet into future decades -- by adding weapons, avionics and networking technologies to current aircraft and moving quickly to bring new B-21 bombers to the force. The current thinking is centered upon methods of compensating for what service leaders identify as a "bomber deficit," and therefore finding ways to maximize the performance of the aircraft it has in the inventory. "There are only 156 allied bombers and they all belong to us. We are working on the growth of a requirement for long-range strike," Gen. Timothy Ray, Commander of Global Strike Command, told reporters at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in September.

There are many ways in which Artificial Intelligence can potentially benefit society – but doing so requires a radically different data-sharing model. Public and political interest in AI technologies has dramatically increased over the last couple of years. Previously dismissed as a territory for nerds and computer freaks, few topics make the headlines quite as frequently these days. Most of these headlines paint a rather bleak picture, making exaggerated claims about the loss of jobs in the wake of AI or predicting a digital Cold War. One of the most-watched TED talks on the topic is titled, "Artificial Intelligence: It will kill us."

Social media platforms have become overrun with fake news, creating the need for smart AI-based filters to separate fact from fiction. Fake news has become a nearly inescapable part of the social media experience. Social media has become a massive part of how we exchange information. There are now 3.48 billion active social media users in the world, with individuals and organizations recognizing the importance of these platforms as the primary means of interacting with the public. From local celebrities to world leaders like US President Donald Trump, everyone is using social media to deliver stories and messages, and the medium has proven to be an incredibly effective tool for influencing opinions.

Bank has hired technology leader Dr. Tanushree Luke to lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) efforts at the company. In this role, she will drive the continued development of the AI practice within the U.S. Bank Innovation group and AI strategies across the enterprise. Dr. Luke's career has spanned multiple industries and sectors. She joins U.S. Bank from Capital One, where she served as the Head of Predictive AI and Machine Learning for Capital One's Conversational AI Platform/Eno. Prior to that, Dr. Luke was the Chief Data Scientist at BitVoyant and was also previously a Technical Lead for the Department of Defense/DARPA Network Defense Program.

In the consumer realm, technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are slowly changing the way we manage everyday tasks. Take the driving app Waze, for example. Waze uses crowdsourced data, social networking conversations, and cognitive learning to help shave time off daily commutes by providing the most efficient route based on current conditions and individual driving preferences. Or consider products like Nest. Gone are the days of paying to heat or cool your house while no one's home.

Kartik Hosanagar A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control (Viking, 2019) This is an odd moment in the history of technology and innovation. Technology companies have never been more powerful or influential. The five most valuable corporations in the world are all American tech giants, and the products they make and the services they provide continue to colonize an ever-larger chunk of our daily lives. Yet that very power has occasioned a serious anti-tech backlash, driven in part by a sense that these companies have too often exercised their might in a cavalier and careless fashion, and in part by anxieties about how their dominance may be hindering innovation. So it's only fitting that this year's best business books on technology and innovation and grapple with the fundamental challenges facing the tech world today -- how to continue to drive radical innovation, how to manage the rise of ubiquitous machine intelligence, and how to make software that's socially useful and beneficial as well as lucrative.