General Electric Co. is working on a way to use artificial intelligence in electricity grids, a technology that it expects will save $200 billion globally by improving efficiency. "We're also putting a lot into the machine learning side, a lot," said Steven Martin, chief digital officer at GE's energy connections business, at an interview at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit in London. "We have a lot of people working on this." This is expected to significantly increase the efficiency of the grid and save consumers money. Researchers are looking into how so-called machine learning can be integrated into businesses from healthcare to computing, and now energy.

BAE Systems has released a set of images showing its new driverless mini-tanks that could revolutionise warfare. The innovative concept, codenamed Ironclad, could soon work alongside other unmanned aerial and ground vehicles to support troops on the battlefield. The Ironclad tanks can be modified with different attachments, meaning they can carry out reconnaissance, evacuate troops and act as bomb disposal units. BAE systems has released a set of images showing its new driverless mini-tanks that could revolutionise warfare. BAE Systems aims to make them completely autonomous in future, meaning they operate without a human controller.

Uber's quest for a new chief executive to succeed Travis Kalanick has taken another twist after one of America's most senior corporate figures ruled himself out. Jeffrey Immelt, the former chief executive of General Electric, said via Twitter that he had "decided not to pursue a leadership position at Uber", while expressing "immense respect" for the cab-hailing company and its founders. I have decided not to pursue a leadership position at Uber. I have immense respect for the company & founders - Travis, Garrett and Ryan. Meg Whitman, chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is now the frontrunner to become the new Uber boss, the New York Times reported, despite Whitman stating publicly last month that she would not be leaving HPE.

Microsoft continues to put its artificial intelligence, Cortana, in everything as part of a larger effort to make everyday products more connected and easier to use. The company teamed up with popular thermostat maker Johnson Controls to create GLAS, a sleek new touchscreen wall thermostat that promises to do much more than just turn up the heat. Microsoft debuted the smart control center with a slick video, showing off the device's gorgeous interface. The touchscreen unit can supposedly sense when people are in the room, automatically change settings for energy savings, provide daily reports about air quality, keep track of your calendar and more. GLAS will run on the Windows 10 IoT Core OS, which is made specifically for smart devices.

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Traditionally, the hiring process has meant plenty of face-to-face interaction with candidates, with managers using interviews to narrow their candidate pools. But technology might give that method of operation the axe, as Kelsey Gee of The Wall Street Journal reports. Dutch-British Unilever, one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world with over 400 brands, is experimenting with a process that relies on artificial intelligence and an algorithm to recruit and sort job applicants. Mike Clementi, human resource executive with Unilever, explains to Gee that, given how young workers have a strong online presence and use smartphones on a regular basis, it no longer makes sense for the company to continue to recruit only at their handful of go-to college campuses. Unilever's new way of recruiting and sorting applicants works like this: Unilever has programmed their technology to measure specific elements, such as vocabulary, facial expressions and question response speed.

The term'Artificial Intelligence' is one that resonates far and wide and encompasses everything and everyone, – from the scientists seeking to reach out beyond the existing limits of our knowledge of the universe to the intelligent digital personal assistants now found on various platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. It includes the self-driving car, which is getting ever-closer to reality and the ubiquitous smartphone that is growing even smarter (e.g. Even the way we carry out financial transactions, light and heat our homes and restock our fridges and freezers has AI at its heart. It is not difficult to see why AI is impacting our lives in such a transformational manner; after all, everything we have of value as human beings, as a civilisation, is deeply entwined with our intellect. At its best, AI can become a commanding force that helps to augment that human acumen.

A robot overlord adjusts Rob's Open Source Android (ROSAL) at the London Science Museum (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Searching recently for evidence of artificial intelligence taking over our jobs, lives, and everything else, Tom Davenport came up empty. "Nary a robot overlord to be found," he declared at the 14th MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. A day later, at the 3rd RE•WORK Deep Learning Summit, I found many humans who are successfully lording over robots, telling their artificial intelligence creations how to perform a number of narrow cognitive tasks. Davenport, who has published eighteen books on topics ranging from managing organizational data and processes to leading with AI and analytics, is working on his next one, tentatively titled The Cognitive Company. Throughout his distinguished career in a field littered with "hype cycles," Davenport has opted to respond with healthy skepticism to the typical breathless and enthusiastic pronouncements regarding the latest new new thing.

Singapore has been hailed as one of the smartest cities in Asia. SINGAPORE has been getting a lot of positive press lately. In the last month alone, General Electric announced the opening of a high-tech service center in the city-state, while Proctor & Gamble launched a new digital innovation hub. While the tiny island nation has long been used by MNCs as a launchpad for Asia, it's clear Singapore has become the innovation cluster in the region to watch. The latest news from Tech in Asia confirms this, as Singularity University (SU) has officially launched a Singapore chapter last week.

Fears of robot automation muscling humans out of jobs have grown exponentially as automated technology has evolved, especially in the manufacturing industry. But General Electrics CEO Jeff Immelt claims that robots won't steal human jobs any time soon. Immelt, 61, states that the idea of robots stealing human jobs is'more of a Silicon Valley vision than the real world.' The comments are likely to stir controversy as General Electrics, with more than 300,000 employees worldwide, has already invested billions in automation. General Electrics CEO Jeff Immelt (pictured) claims that robots won't steal human jobs any time soon.