By 2050, humans will ditch speech and communicate using nothing but their thoughts. They'll do this through a'collective AI consciousness' that is part of the very fabric of the human brain and can reveal what anyone is thinking. Called HIBA, which stands for Hybrid Intelligence Biometric Avatar, the consciousness will take on the personas of its users and exchange information between them. That's according to Marko Krajnovic, the producer of the exhibit in Dubai that is this week showcasing predictions by AI experts. The collective consciousness was unveiled at the Museum of the Future this week, as part of the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Stunning footage has captured the cosmic journey of Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster, which blasted off into space aboard the Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this month. The incredible spectacle saw a dummy called Starman strapped behind the wheel of the car leave the planet on the back of the world's most powerful rocket. They are both now on their way to Mars orbit and then the asteroid belt. Millions of people worldwide have been following the fate of the craft, including one professional photographer who trained his camera on the nightsky to capture footage of it from 500,000 miles away. Stunning footage has captured the cosmic journey of Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster, which blasted off into space aboard the Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this month. Rogelio Bernal Andreo is a Spanish-American astrophotographer best known for his images of deep sky objects. He used Nasa's online ephemeris calculator to work out where Starman was in the night sky. Capturing the breathtaking images from his home in San Francisco was no easy task, however. When he initially attempted to spot the Tesla, at around 2am PDT (10am GMT) on February 9, when it was around 500,000 miles from Earth, he failed.

Cyber criminals continue to launch increasingly sophisticated and devastating attacks on industrial, business and financial organisations around the world – and the damage from such crime could reach $6tn by 2021, according to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures. Security technologist Bruce Schneier's insights and warnings around the regulation of IoT security and forensic cyber psychologist Mary Aiken's comments around the tensions between encryption and state security were the top highlights of the keynote presentations at Infosecurity Europe 2017 in London. You forgot to provide an Email Address. This email address doesn't appear to be valid. This email address is already registered.

Yet for many companies they remain vitally important as the epicenter of occupational fraud detection. So what are the most common tactics of employees looking to defraud companies on their expense reports, and how is the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence already helping stop them? For most of us, when we purchase, say, pillowcases at Walmart, we rightly expect to see the word "Walmart" spelled out clearly on our bank statements. To monitor these transgressions for employers, today's AI systems can automatically cross-check each expense report receipt with data from review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. For example, one machine learning program detected employee meals reimbursed at "K-Kel, Inc," which, it turns out, was actually a receipt for the Spearmint Rhino strip club in Las Vegas.

In an open letter to the UN last year, Robotics experts also called for a ban on developing so-called "killer robots" and warned of a new arms race. Earlier this week, the US Director of National Intelligence published the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment, which expressed concern about the "potential …

Compared to previous revolutions involving processes like mechanization, mass production, and automation, the fourth industrial revolution is characterized by the convergence of new and emerging technologies in, complex socio-technical systems that permeate every aspect of human life. Convergence also implies the increasing interaction of multiple fields, such as AI, genomics and nanotechnology, which rapidly expands the range of possible impacts that need to be considered in any science policy exercise. Ten years ago, nanotechnology was celebrated largely for its impacts on chemistry and material sciences. But the ability to precision engineer matter at genetically relevant scale has resulted in significant advances in genomics and neurosciences, such as creating the ability to model networks of neurons. This example illustrates how the convergence of two emerging technologies --AI and genomics--leads to advances beyond the initial capabilities of either alone.

Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future. We are surrounded by hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics--hysteria about how powerful they will become, how quickly, and what they will do to jobs. I recently saw a story in MarketWatch that said robots will take half of today's jobs in 10 to 20 years. It even had a graphic to prove the numbers. How many robots are currently operational in those jobs? How many realistic demonstrations have there been of robots working in this arena? Similar stories apply to all the other categories where it is suggested that we will see the end of more than 90 percent of jobs that currently require physical presence at some particular site. Mistaken predictions lead to fears of things that are not going to happen, whether it's the wide-scale destruction of jobs, the Singularity, or the advent of AI that has values different from ours and might try to destroy us.

To avoid a collision, the pilot reportedly took control back from the student and performed evasive maneuvers. Unfortunately, the helicopter's tail hit a tree, causing the pilot to lose control and resulting in a crash landing. While the FAA didn't confirm whether a drone played a part in the crash, Bloomberg says the National Transportation Safety Board is aware that a drone may have been involved and is investigating the case with that in mind. The incident happened above a patch of undeveloped land and is nowhere near an airport where drones are prohibited. However, under the FAA's "Special Rule for Model Aircraft," operators are required to fly drones within visual line-of-sight and never near traditional aircraft. According to a study commissioned by the FAA, drones could cause more structural damage to planes than birds because they have metal parts.

WASHINGTON – Two astronauts from Japan and the United States went on a spacewalk Friday to repair the International Space Station's robotic arm and put equipment in storage. The spacewalk was the first for Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai and the fourth for his U.S. counterpart Mark Vande Hei. The outing began at 7 a.m. when the duo switched their spacesuits to battery power before venturing into the vacuum of space. The excursion was expected to last 6½ hours. Kanai, 41, is a doctor and diver who goes by the nickname "Neemo."

Animation on your phone on the fly, or getting Alexa to play a musical compilation – those are just two examples of how we use artificial intelligence (AI) in our day-to-day lives, whether we know it or not. But AI is much more than that. AI is all about training computers by example, rather than programming. UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, speaking at Davos last month, said the UK could be a world leader in AI. The environment for AI start ups in the UK has improved markedly over the years, when it comes to industry interest and the talent available, according to Joyeeta Das, CEO of startup Gyana.