But in relying on algorithms to provide customer convenience, managers must understand classification to protect brands from making unethical societal choices when delivering outcomes to customers. It's not new for businesses to be proactive in an effort to influence. History is filled with intriguing stories of worthy trials such as constructing homes near plants for workers, to failed efforts, too, such as those that led to the 2009 global financial crisis. When businesses use technology to influence, an important question arises. What qualities become associated with algorithms?

Cyber threats have evolved into daily wars and you're gearing up to face the worst. From ransomware to destructive malware, you only have minutes to find threats before they evolve into major breaches. This video explains how cyber threats evolved and why cybersecurity defenses fail to keep up. Powered by supervised machine learning, BluVector helps defend networks today and protect against new zero day cyber threats tomorrow. Arm your network for wars that have yet to be seen.

The most detailed model of the universe ever created has been unveiled by computer scientists. Dubbed'Illustris: The Next Generation', or IllustrisTNG for short, the computer model boasts never-before-seen levels of details about the forces at work in the universe. Scientists say the detail and scale provided by the advanced computer simulation has enabled them to observe how galaxies form, evolve, grow, and trigger the creation of new stars over 13 billion years. They have already used it to provide new insights into how black holes influence the distribution of dark matter, how heavy elements are produced and distributed, and where magnetic fields originate. Scientists believe shock waves may have helped create the infant cosmos.

DARPA has completed its part in the development of Sea Hunter, a submarine-hunting drone ship that can cross the open seas without a human crew for months at a time. It has officially handed over the ship's development to its project partner, the Office of Naval Research, which has already begun fine-tuning the drone's autonomous features. The Navy has also renamed the drone to Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV)... which really isn't any better than its old name, Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel or ACTUV. We've got a feeling people will stick to calling it Sea Hunter, unless the Navy can come up with a snappier nickname. Defense contractor Leidos started building Sea Hunter in 2014.

Ever had trouble recognizing your luggage at the airport? Well, soon your luggage will be able to recognize you--in a way--with Delta Air Lines' self-service bag drop system that uses facial-recognition technology to identify travelers. Delta this summer will install four self-service bag-drop machines at Minneapolis-St. The deployment will allow Delta to test the machines, which it says will allow customers to quickly, securely and easily check their own bags. One of the devices will be equipped with facial-recognition technology that can match passengers' faces with their passport photos.

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says two U.S. drone strikes this week hit a building where dozens of Taliban were meeting in southeastern province of Ghazni, killing 26 insurgents and wounding 22. Arif Noori, a provincial spokesman, says the drone assault was carried out on Tuesday during an offensive in Ghazni province's Andar district where the U.S. military came to the aid of Afghan security forces battling the Taliban. He says among those killed was a senior commander, known only as Aqhani, who ran the insurgency in Ghazni province. The first U.S. drone strike hit the building, the second struck an hour later after more Taliban had gathered at the scene.

After midnight in a sweltering room in Pasadena in July 1976, Viking Mars team members sat hunched around a bulky monotone computer monitor, tensely awaiting the first data from the world's first successful Mars probe lander, the only Mars lander ever specifically designed to detect life. Over the next weeks each of Viking's first life-detection experiments came back with a striking signature. As the data trickled back into the Space Operations Facility, it became clear that carbon dioxide was released when organic compounds were added to Martian soil, though not when the mixture was superheated. This was a life signature, and exactly what had happened with the experiment on Earth. When water was added to the soil, oxygen was released, just as on Earth. The remote probe, panning for life, had found its signature in its first two experiments.

Americans don't fear artificial intelligence as much as is commonly believed, a new study by Gallup and Northeastern University has found. Officials at Northeastern say that it shows higher education should be more involved in training people for the artificial intelligence world. In a survey of 3,297 adults, about three-quarters said artificial intelligence has and will continue to have a fundamental, but also positive, effect on their lives. Among blue-collar workers, that number dipped to 68 percent. But nearly three-quarters of participants (and 82 percent of blue-collar workers) admitted the revolution will take more jobs than it creates.

Forget everything you know about robots - the market is about to explode with growth. To date there has been much commercial success with floor cleaning and even window washing robots and both of these are huge markets. But they may be nothing compared with the next frontier of this amazing technology which will allow them to navigate around humans in operating rooms at hospitals. You see iRobot just got FDA approval for a new robot to do just that. The robot, also known as Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant (RP-VITA), received 510(K) clearance from the FDA and can be used for active patient monitoring in pre-operative, peri-operative, and post-operative situations.

The World Economic forum took place in Davos, Switzerland recently where various world leaders held talks discussing several issues. Whilst there, Prime Minister Theresa May said the UK would join the Davos forum's own council for artificial intelligence. Other countries have stated their claim on the AI world already, for example, France is the country of choice for Google's new research centre dedicated to exploring the uses of artificial intelligence in the health and environment sectors. In addition to this, another global corporation in Facebook have an AI lab based in the nation. A recent report by the Eurasia Group consultancy also concluded that the USA and China are in a'two-way race for AI dominance'.