Intelligence analysts are swimming in data pouring in from an array of vehicles and platforms -- a problem that isn't new, but for which government leaders still seek the right solutions. To help stem the deluge and better position analysts and key mission-critical data, intelligence community officials are targeting automation as a high priority, with a futuristic vision for applications down the road as well. "A significant chunk of my analytic workforce today, I will send them to a dark room to look at TV monitors to do national security-essential work … but boy, is it inefficient," Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, told reporters at the annual GEOINT Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. "The number of people needed to maintain awareness of, if not exploitation of, one sensor is really daunting. I suspect we're going to get more of those sensors. The near-term goal particularly centers on analysis of full-motion video that streams in from unmanned aerial systems -- "the wolf really close to the door," as Cardillo put it. But he and other officials also are looking toward future uses for different types of automation, including artificial intelligence. And Cardillo, among others, are looking to partner up for help. "As the commercial industry and academic think tanks and advanced science and engineering schools move to artificial intelligence and machine learning, they're all desperate to get a hold of some data with [which] to train their algorithms and teach their machines to learn," Cardillo said. He added that intelligence community leaders, including those at the NGA, are looking at how to safely expose data sets to accelerate development in automated tools. Internally, the agency has launched a new Office of Ventures and Innovation aimed at guiding emerging technology from incubation through the entire life cycle. "To get to this automated, augmented future that we're talking about, we need to coordinate across a lot of different parts of the agency," Anthony Vinci, NGA director of plans and programs, told C4ISRNET. "It's not just a technology issue, it's bringing technology and [research and development] into the operational units, into analysis or into the business services units, human development or finance for business analytics." Vinci said the NGA is working closely with other government agencies, including the Defense Department, to further automation and AI and get to a new level of intelligence and military operations. "How can we use automation to take some of that pressure off of the analysts who are putting together those products?

From Silicon Valley's perspective, Brexit, President Trump, and populist revolts around the world are incongruous to what is really going on. Large numbers of workers are getting left behind in the wake of automation and artificial intelligence and most governments are not nearly nimble enough to react. Most people have a skewed perception of their role in a situation, as well as others' motives. The majority will happily take credit for positive outcomes, while often feeling victimized by negative ones. There's a push to return to the days where people weren't feeling choked economically.

AI promises great opportunity, and with that comes great responsibility for government and enterprise leaders alike. In the last year, there has been an ever-increasing velocity of articles, blogs, speeches and thinking raising ethical concerns about AI. What are the national or international economic policy changes we need to make to reduce the potential for disruption in specific geographies or economic sectors? What are the risks for labor displacement? What specific types of job training and counseling programs will be effective in helping people adapt to a new age of machines as co-workers and new jobs created as a result of AI? What new levels of protection should be introduced to safeguard not just an individual's data but also the data personas of individuals?

Part of the problem of humans not understanding AI decision-making stems from how AI works today. In a recent study, most participants agreed that autonomous vehicles should be programmed to make difficult ethical decisions, such as killing the car's occupant instead of ten pedestrians in the absence of any other options. Under the new DARPA four-year grant, researchers will work to develop a platform that facilitates communication between humans and AI to serve this very purpose. Later, the researchers will adapt these findings to robotics and autonomous aerial vehicles.

For example, your CAIO will work closely with the CTO and CIO to spearhead new innovative solutions or enhancements to existing products by applying machine learning or deep learning technologies across all aspects of the business.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign as tensions with President Trump rose, ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports. The NYT's Maggie Haberman later confirmed Karl's report, adding that Trump declined Sessions' offer. The source of the tension: Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, which he did not consult with Trump about ahead of time. Two sources close to the president say he lashed out repeatedly at the attorney general in private meetings, blaming the recusal for the expansion of the Russian investigation… but sources say the frustration runs both ways."

Do you know key benefits of AI and appropriate changes? This article is based on the White House's report "Artificial intelligence, automation and the economy". The report notes that automation will keep making a profit, and will demand new abilities from the employees to succeed in the new world condition. New changes have to be available to each person, so policymakers need to help strengthen the best results of automation and decrease the risk. New technology allows reducing the time required to perform tasks and frees up employees to work on more difficult assignments.

Uber has fired more than 20 people after an internal investigation into harassment claims. The taxi-app firm has been under fire over its treatment of women in the workplace since a former employee wrote a scathing blog post about her experience. The post prompted the company to launch two investigations. Uber said the sackings related to sexual harassment, bullying and issues about poor company culture. Uber has struggled with a series of controversies in recent months, including a backlash over aggressive corporate tactics and a lawsuit from Google-owner Alphabet over allegedly stolen technology for self-driving cars.

In late February, the UN-Secretary General held a press conference, highlighting the risk of starvation in East Africa and the necessity to raise funds to address the emergency situations in Somalia and South Sudan. Drought has been back in these countries and their neighbours since 2016, leading to a huge current food crisis. While governments are trying to handle the situation, how could technology innovations help prevent starvation and improve agriculture management in the future? We met with Laurent Rivière, a French 30 years-old entrepreneur, who shared with us his view on the subject with a combination of engineer pragmatism and changemaker idealism . Founder and CEO at Sunbirds for two years, he explained to us how his "bird of the sun," his solar drone, is addressing the agriculture challenges of the 21st century.

Police in South Wales have arrested a man using automatic facial recognition software. It's the first time a person has been seized this way in the UK, according to Wales Online, following a series of trials at large-scale public events including Download music festival and Notting Hill Carnival. The most recent was the Champions League final in Cardiff, which took place last Saturday (June 3rd). The man, however, was arrested three days beforehand (May 31st). In a statement to Ars Technica UK, police confirmed he was a local resident and "unconnected" to the game in Cardiff.