An artist's concept shows a NASA Mars exploration rover on the surface of Mars. The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity were launched in 2003 and arrived at sites on Mars in January 2004. An artist's concept shows a NASA Mars exploration rover on the surface of Mars. The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity were launched in 2003 and arrived at sites on Mars in January 2004. We probably should not project human traits onto machines.

The UK government has announced that it plans to invest in 40 artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics projects to boost productivity and improve customer service in the UK insurance, accountancy, and legal services industries. The government has pledged £13 million to support these collaborative industry and research projects and develop the next generation of professional services. One of these projects, developed by Intelligent Voice Ltd, Strenuus Ltd. and the University of East London, will combine AI and voice recognition technology to detect and interpret emotion and linguistics to assess the credibility of insurance claims. Another project is an analysis tool that looks at images collected by drone to assess flood-damaged areas, using a 3D image recognition system to evaluate flood extent and depth alongside impacts on buildings and infrastructure to help with insurance claim assessments. Other examples include an online bot that uses AI to provide answers to online legal questions and software that analyses accounting data and suggests ways to cut expenditure.

In this piece, Erica explores the current impact of technology and AI on recruitment and AI, and why in this talent short era, embracing bots is more crucial than it's ever been. Ten years ago, the idea of robots and Artificial Intelligence in the workplace, let alone recruitment and HR, would certainly have been met with scepticism. Times have changed and the simple fact is bots are here, valuable and, quite frankly, businesses across America need to embrace them. Aside from the fact that the emerging generation of employees has had constant interaction with some form of AI or Bot since childhood - leading to expectations that all user experiences should match those in the social and consumer world - there's arguably a more critical reason for starting your journey with AI and robotics in talent acquisition. As the Americas region faces a shortage of available talent, the solution for many businesses lies in artificial intelligence and robotic process automation (RPA) to better source, capture, engage and manage their workforces.

The Age of Artificial Intelligence is upon us! So will you lose your job in 2017? Man the photon torpedos and tune your dilithium crystals because sales 3.0 or even 4.0 is upon us. AI is steadily creeping into sales assistants that loop into Slack Bots to sync to Salesforce like Troops.ai. You can even deploy a virtual sales assistant that schedules meetings for you (x.ai)!

A project to develop breakthrough artificial intelligence technology for the anti-fraud sector is one of a number of new projects set to receive funding to enable the UK accountancy, insurance and legal services industries to transform how they operate. The artificial intelligence software, being developed by Intelligent Voice Ltd, Strenuus Ltd. and the University of East London will combine AI and voice recognition technology to detect and interpret emotion and linguistics to assess the credibility of insurance claims. The project is one of 40 backed by £13 million in Government investment to support collaborative industry and research projects to develop the next-generation of professional services. Artificial intelligence and data are transforming industries across the world.We are combining our unique heritage in AI with our world beating professional services to put the UK at the forefront of these cutting-edge technologies and their application. We want to ensure businesses and consumers benefit from the application of AI - from providing quicker access to legal advice for customers, to tackling fraudulent insurance claims, these projects illustrate our modern Industrial Strategy in action.

When it comes to the future of healthcare, perhaps the only technology more powerful than CRISPR is artificial intelligence. Over the past five years, healthcare AI startups around the globe raised over $4.3 billion across 576 deals, topping all other industries in AI deal activity. During this same period, the FDA has given 70 AI healthcare tools and devices'fast-tracked approval' because of their ability to save both lives and money. The pace of AI-augmented healthcare innovation is only accelerating. In Part 3 of this blog series on longevity and vitality, I cover the different ways in which AI is augmenting our healthcare system, enabling us to live longer and healthier lives.

Amazon picked a tough moment to come to New York. Progressive groups were in the ascendant and they turned their fire on an obvious target: a plan to lure a company run by the world's richest man with $3bn in subsidies and tax breaks. The abrupt collapse of Amazon's plan for a new headquarters, or HQ2, in Long Island City was a milestone victory for leftwing insurgents over establishment Democrats who backed the deal. "This is a new day in New York City politics," said Sasha Wijeyeratne, executive director of Caaav: Organizing Asian Communities. "They sauntered in here and said HQ2 was inevitable," she said.

To date, this field has been always covered with huge expectations. Surely, we are in such a hype phase, but Google CEO Sundar Pichai is also right, when he says AI is bigger than the invention of fire and electricity. As one of the largest industrial nations, Germany addresses this big promise and published a AI strategy this month (Nov, 2018). But what exactly does that strategy look like and how competitive is it in a global comparison? Germany is one of the most innovative countries in the world.

Forbes published an intriguing story about the capacity of AI to serve as a kind of cybersecurity sheriff. Published on February 6, the story stated that AI has already displayed limitless potential in applications across different industries. That much is certainly true. It goes on to say that deploying AI for cybersecurity solutions will help protect organizations from existing cyber threats and help identify newer malware types too. Additionally, AI-powered cybersecurity systems can ensure effective security standards and help in the creation of better prevention and recovery strategies.

In the United States, the average patient sees a physician just three times per year, according to the CDC, for visits lasting just 20 minutes each. Doctors, for their part, put more time into administrative tasks than face-to-face care: every hour spent with patients takes about two hours at the desk for documentation and other tasks, according to a Stanford study. More than half of all doctors report symptoms of burnout. In the United States, the average patient sees a physician just three times per year, for visits lasting just 20 minutes each. Voice-driven artificial intelligence (AI) can help cure the time shortage on both ends of the spectrum.