File photo: Bots are turning their sights on the season's hottest toys and games, driving up the costs for people, said Sen. Chuck Schumer. Cyber scalpers are helping the Grinch steal Christmas. Bots, sophisticated computer programs used for mass online purchases, have already driven up ticket prices for Broadway shows and top concerts and are now turning their sights on the season's hottest toys and games, said Sen. Chuck Schumer. "Bots come in and buy up all the toys and then charge ludicrous prices a midst the holiday shopping bustle," the New York Democrat said on Sunday. " Cyber bots -- we call them'Grinch bots' -- are expanding their reach and unfairly scooping up the hottest toys your parents can't even click buy.

Algorithms will be as important as ammunition in the future of warfare, according to a new report. The US armed services invested $7.4 billion (£5.5bn) in AI, big data and cloud computing last year which is set to change modern warfare, the report revealed. Military chiefs have warned the US'can either lead the coming revolution, or fall victim to it'. The report comes as the Pentagon focuses on improving its algorithms amid growing concern powerful Chinese and Russian AI could be set on world domination. The US armed services invested $7.4 billion ($5.5bn) in AI, big data and cloud computing last year which is set to change modern warfare, the report revealed.

"You good?" a man asked two narcotics detectives late in the summer of 2015. The detectives had just finished an undercover drug deal in Brentwood, a predominately black neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, that is among the poorest in the country, when the man unexpectedly approached them. One of the detectives responded that he was looking for $50 worth of "hard"– slang for crack cocaine. The man disappeared into a nearby apartment and came back out to fulfill the detective's request, swapping the drugs for money. "You see me around, my name is Midnight," the dealer said as he left.

The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange are exploring the opportunity to venture beyond the current businesses and have, along with other market infrastructure companies, sought SEBI's permission to form a separate entity to take on these businesses. "Stock exchanges (SEs) are seeking a one-time regulatory approval to venture into business areas outside SEBI's purview," sources close to the development told BusinessLine. "They have sought SEBI's permission to engage in activities or businesses that are unrelated to, or not identical to, those of an SE or of clearing corporations (CCs) or their core business, through a separate legal entity," they added. The proposal was made to the newly-formed SEBI committee headed by former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor R Gandhi, which has been mandated to review norms for stock exchanges, depositories and CCs. The BSE and the NSE did not respond to an e-mail from BusinessLine seeking their views.

Taking the floor at the internet conference in Ujena, CEO of Apple Inc, Tim Cook, said he is worried about not artificial intelligence as such, but people who think like machines, saying technologies will empower us greatly, if in harmony with humanity, as reported by world's media. "Much has been said about the potential negative aspects of artificial intelligence [AI]. I'm not worried about machines that think as people, I worry about people who think like machines. We need to work together to introduce technology to humanity," he said, bringing his words fully in line with the conference's inspiring motto, which is "digital economic development for openness and sharing benefits – building community of common destiny in cyber space." "Technologies can change the world for the better, if they are embedded in humanity. We believe that artificial intelligence will be able to embroider a person's ability and help to make a breakthrough that transforms our lives in education, in access to health services and in countless other areas."

The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange are exploring the opportunity to venture beyond the current businesses and have, along with other market infrastructure companies, sought SEBI's permission to form a separate entity to take on these businesses. "Stock exchanges (SEs) are seeking a one-time regulatory approval to venture into business areas outside SEBI's purview," sources close to the development told BusinessLine. "They have sought SEBI's permission to engage in activities or businesses that are unrelated to, or not identical to, those of an SE or of clearing corporations (CCs) or their core business, through a separate legal entity," they added. The proposal was made to the newly-formed SEBI committee headed by former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor R Gandhi, which has been mandated to review norms for stock exchanges, depositories and CCs. The BSE and the NSE did not respond to an e-mail from BusinessLine seeking their views.

This paper examines the speaker identification potential of breath sounds in continuous speech. Speech is largely produced during exhalation. In order to replenish air in the lungs, speakers must periodically inhale. When inhalation occurs in the midst of continuous speech, it is generally through the mouth. Intra-speech breathing behavior has been the subject of much study, including the patterns, cadence, and variations in energy levels. However, an often ignored characteristic is the {\em sound} produced during the inhalation phase of this cycle. Intra-speech inhalation is rapid and energetic, performed with open mouth and glottis, effectively exposing the entire vocal tract to enable maximum intake of air. This results in vocal tract resonances evoked by turbulence that are characteristic of the speaker's speech-producing apparatus. Consequently, the sounds of inhalation are expected to carry information about the speaker's identity. Moreover, unlike other spoken sounds which are subject to active control, inhalation sounds are generally more natural and less affected by voluntary influences. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that breath sounds are indeed bio-signatures that can be used to identify speakers. We show that these sounds by themselves can yield remarkably accurate speaker recognition with appropriate feature representations and classification frameworks.

During President Trump's visit to Beijing, he appeared on screen for a special address at a tech conference. First he spoke in English. Then he switched to Mandarin Chinese. Mr. Trump doesn't speak Chinese. The video was a publicity stunt, designed to show off the voice capabilities of iFlyTek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company with both innovative technology and troubling ties to Chinese state security.

"With this in mind, the UASTF recommends that the Legislature consider legislation that would prohibit interference with a key facility, as currently defined in statute with a UAS. This legislation should include no specific airspace restriction, but rather a prohibition on a certain conduct such as'interference' or similarly defined term," the task force's report states.

Beijing - Apple chief executive Tim Cook has called for future internet and AI technologies to be infused with privacy, security and humanity. Cook made the comments on Sunday at the opening ceremony for China's World Internet Conference - an event designed to globally promote the country's vision of a more censored and controlled internet. It's the second Chinese appearance in two months for the executive, who met with President Xi Jinping in October. "The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook said. "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our partners in China to help build a community that will join a common future in cyberspace."