As technology continues to grow, here are some ways you should start thinking about how automation and artificial intelligence will impact local businesses. Automation has already shaken up many blue collar industries, but it's set to change white collar industries as well. Revenue from artificial Intelligence software will grow from a $644 million in 2016 to nearly $39 billion in 2025, according to IBM. As this technology grows, there are many chances for technologists to implement AI into many facets of our lives and careers. We're already used to virtual assistance like Siri and Alexa, and with more sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence these virtual assistants will be able to give us direction on how to get to the store, while also telling us to get better exercise and other life tips.

Mark Zuckerberg was warned that he risks being remembered as "a genius who created a digital monster", by a senior member of the European Parliament, where the Facebook founder and chief executive was answering questions on a massive data leak affecting millions of users. Guy Verhofstadt said that the only way for scandals surrounding the social media giant to subside, would be for its services to be split apart. "I really think we have a big problem here and it won't be fixed by saying we will fix itself," the parliament's chief Brexit negotiator said. "Could you and would you cooperate with European Antitrust authorities?" The Belgian MEP went on to suggest that Facebook's dominance could be stifled by splitting it from Facebook messenger.

BRUSSELS - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg arrived to meet European Union lawmakers on Tuesday ready to apologize for a massive data leak, in his latest attempt to draw a line under a scandal that has rocked the world's biggest social media network. Zuckerberg agreed to meet leaders of the European Parliament to answer questions about how political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly got hold of the personal data of 87 million Facebook users, including up to 2.7 million in the EU. According to pre-released remarks, Zuckerberg will say it has become clear "over the last couple of years that we haven't done enough to prevent the tools we've built from being used for harm as well." "Whether it's fake news, foreign interference in elections or developers misusing people's information, we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibilities. That was a mistake, and I'm sorry." His comments echo an apology last month to U.S. lawmakers, but questions remain over how Facebook let the leak happen and whether it is doing enough to prevent a recurrence.

The news that Theresa May has urged the NHS and technology companies to adopt artificial intelligence techniques in order to diagnose diseases such as cancer is extremely positive for both the healthcare community and for patients (May to promise millions for AI tools to help fight cancer, 21 May). But to usher in an age of AI, there are several obstacles that must first be overcome. Beyond the prime minister encouraging greater adoption, increased investment into how AI can safely and successfully augment healthcare and research is needed. Far greater collaboration across different disciplines and geographies is also needed to fully realise AI's potential. It's important to remember that while AI has great promise, it's not simply a case of "plug and play".

Technology helps us live better and for longer; in fact it has been doing so since the birth of modern medicine. And as each new technology comes into use, it turns out to have medical uses, even though these are not always the ones that are sold hardest: in the 1920s the American press was full of advertisements for the health benefits of radium, which was then a mysterious and powerful substance just as artificial intelligence (AI) is today. AI won't work miracles or make death unnecessary by letting people upload their minds into silicon, but it might catch cancers earlier. The prime minister on Monday said that 30,000 lives a year would be saved by 2030, mostly through earlier and more accurate diagnosis. This is about 10% of the annual cancer death rate in Britain.

Leaders from three dozen companies and federal agencies gathered at the White House on Thursday to discuss artificial intelligence. Along with government officials, the D.C. summit gathered leaders from three dozen tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google, as well as business leaders from other industries such as energy, healthcare and transportation. A big push was to get the administration to pay attention to AI. Some pushed for the government to take a larger role in both discussing the implications of automation, as well as pushing for more research funding, according to the AP. In a blog post, Nvidia VP of Accelerated Computing Ian Buck, who attended the meeting, voiced a need for infrastructure.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, has been asked to stop selling facial recognition to American cops. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos received a letter Tuesday from the American Civil Liberties Union and its supporters. It demanded he stop selling a little-known service provided by the tech giant to U.S. law enforcement agencies: facial recognition, powered by artificial intelligence. The tool, dubbed Rekognition, can recognize up to 100 people in a single image and is capable of quickly finding faces in databases containing tens of millions of photos. As per Amazon's own description of Rekognition, it "makes it easy to add image and video analysis to your applications."

We recently got a look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and tomorrow it's time for EA and DICE to pull the curtain off of Battlefield 5 in a reveal stream hosted by The Daily Show's Trevor Noah, of all people -- it seems the events department got the memo about the charming if very strange Battlefield 1 reveal in 2016. The Battlefield 5 reveal stream is happening tomorrow, May 23 at 4 p.m. ET. We don't know exactly what to expect, but a new teaser posted on Twitter today would appear to confirm earlier rumors that the series is returning to World War 2 for its 2018 installment, following the successful throwback to World War 1 for Battlefield 1. The teaser isn't all that specific, but as Eurogamer points out the HUD at the top of the screen shows both the British Union Jack and the German Balkenkreuz, used from 1935 until the end of World War 2. The teaser would appear to confirm one big rumor, and the other one is all but assumed to be true at this point. Battlefield 5, already known for large-scale conflict, is expected to add in a battle royale mode to attempt to follow the massive success of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

Korean technology giant Samsung has announced the opening of a huge new AI research in Cambridge, UK to capitalise on local talent. Cambridge has gained international recognition as a hub of AI talent. Google's acquisition of DeepMind, whose headquarters is based in the city, only helped to further boost this reputation. "Today's announcement by Samsung will create high-paying, high-skilled jobs and our modern Industrial Strategy will encourage further investment like this all around the country," says Prime Minister Theresa May. "It is a vote of confidence in the UK as a world leader in artificial intelligence, and the new AI research centre will benefit from the world-renowned talent and academic prowess of Cambridge."

Scott W. Bauguess is the Acting Director and Chief Economist at the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis ("DERA") from the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). He recently gave a Keynote speech: "The Role of Big Data, Machine Learning, and AI in Assessing Risk: A Regulatory Perspective", that many people missed. In it he covered how the SEC is taking advantage of these technologies, and more importantly where they are not, at least not yet. First, let me agree with Scott W. Bauguess that the use of machine learning has great benefits. We see it with our clients every day.