To most Americans, the phrase "Medicare Fraud" brings up images of individuals who cheat the system to collect healthcare when they don't need it. While those cases do exist, that's not what really concerns fraud analysts, insurance companies, and government agencies. The strong majority of fraud cases involve healthcare providers. The problem is that there are so many providers that current healthcare solutions aren't advanced enough to identify fraud in the vast amount of information. One example is the problem of prescription billing abuse. That area is a great example of where machine learning (ML) can have a direct input on a real world problem.

In the past two years, we've learned that machine learning algorithms can manipulate public opinion, cause fatal car crashes, create fake porn, and manifest extremely sexist and racist behavior. And now, the cybersecurity threats of deep learning and neural networks are emerging. We're just beginning to catch glimpses of a future in which cybercriminals trick neural networks into making fatal mistakes and use deep learning to hide their malware and find their target among millions of users. Part of the challenge of securing artificial intelligence applications lies in the fact it's hard to explain how they work, and even the people who create them are often hard-pressed to make sense of their inner workings. But unless we prepare ourselves for what is to come, we'll learn to appreciate and react to these threats the hard way.

Two years ago, the emergence of autonomous driving technologies led Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to declare that data is the new oil. If that's true, then artificial intelligence is the new oil refinery. AI is rapidly becoming a globally valued commodity. And nations that lead in AI will likely be the ones that guide the global economy in the near future. That's according to a recent report released by the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Information Technology. The report--the result of a series of subcommittee hearings on AI with members of academia, the technology industry, and government--outlines a need for the US to secure its position in AI research and make further investments into the technology.

The Propeller spirometer and app uses advanced analytics to help patients identify triggers, symptoms, trends and other personalized insights. Also, Propeller's Air is an open API that uses machine learning from Propeller devices and environmental sources and can predict how asthma may be affected by local environmental conditions.

Navies of the future could use technology to allow sailors to work remotely. Technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality would allow some crew members to work from shore, operating key sections of ships from thousands of miles away. The result could be semiautonomous warships that sail with smaller crews, putting fewer in harm's way. The Telegraph reports that the Royal Navy could use A.I. and VR tech in the future to reduce the size of ship's crews. The principle is similar to that used by unmanned aerial vehicle operators who control drones flying thousands of miles away.

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing that could subject the search giant to the same harsh political spotlight that has faced its tech peers all year. The scheduled Dec. 5 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed by three sources familiar with the plan but not authorized to speak on record, comes in response to some Republicans who claim that Google is biased against conservatives. A spokesman for the panel's GOP leader, Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Google also did not immediately respond. Led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.),

Dozens of Google employees are speaking out against the company's plan to build a special search engine for China. The employees have joined with Amnesty International, urging Google to cancel the project. The company's plan calls for a search engine that would comply with China's policy of online censorship, often known as the Great Firewall. JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: The Chinese blogger known as Super Vulgar Butcher used to post about the government's abuses of power. His blog became quite popular.

Amnesty International are holding protests across the globe today calling for an end to Googles plan of censoring their search engine in China. Demonstrations will take place outside Googles HQ's in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia,Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, The Netherlands and Spain. It was revealed that Google secretly built the censored search engine, code-named Dragonfly, to blacklist certain words such as'human rights' and'student protest'. Amnesty have launched a petition to stop works on the'dystopian' platform which are said to launch in China between January and April 2019. The human rights group say that the move would'set a dangerous precedent for tech companies enabling rights abuses by governments.'

After a 458-million-kilometer (300-million-mile) journey lasting seven months, NASA successfully landed their newest probe on Mars yesterday, to the delight of its employees. The moment the $993 million unmanned lander, named InSight, touched down on the red planet on Monday afternoon, celebrations began across the globe - but one in particular has captivated audiences. Two NASA mission controllers who worked on the InSight immediately began a complicated, elaborate handshake that has gone viral. After the handshake Twitter users marveled at the number of moves involved, with one user commenting that it required'NASA-level coordination' Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a $993 million unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on the Red Planet and managed to send back its first picture NASA employees react after hearing the good news - InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, has sucessfully arrived on Mars to study the'inner space' of the red planet: its crust, mantle, and core. Twitter users were marveling at the number of moves in the handshake, with one user commenting that it required'NASA-level coordination', and another questioning how many times they had to practice it to make it perfect.

More than half of parents struggle to keep up with the costs of the latest technology for their kids, it has emerged. Of 2,000 parents polled, one third admitted "going without" themselves in order to buy the latest products for their children. The study also found 37 per cent save all year to ensure their little ones have the same high-tech gadgets as their mates. How technology brought the #MeToo movement to India Over 75% of grandparents'learn about technology from grandchildren' Technology transforms how dogs sniff out poached African ivory But while eight in 10 parents feel'under pressure' to make sure their kid has the latest technology, seven in 10 have refused to buy brand new due to the sky-high price tags. And 38 per cent have opted for refurbished kit instead.