But just like the CMO's role, the world of customer experience is constantly evolving. In order to lead a strategic and successful customer experience, the CMO must be aware of changing trends. Here are 10 CX trends every CMO should consider. Companies today have a wealth of data on their customers. It comes from wearable devices, surveys, internet activity and so much more.

Q: I have an Amazon Echo. What are the best smart products to use with it like lights and such? A: Virtual assistants, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are gateways into the "smart" universe. Yes, you can program your devices individually, and few smart appliances require voice commands. But once you establish and sync all the gadgets in your home, you can unleash the full power of the smart network.

A.I. (2001) is asking a disturbing question about nature. Is creating artificial intelligence playing God? Is artificial intelligence made in man's image and not God's image? Are A.I.'s valid forms of life if not made in God's image? Can God meet their needs like God can meet a human's need? A.I. is more clinical than most of Steven Spielberg's films.

Machine Learning is one of the most in-demand technologies and one of the fastest growing frameworks for machine learning is TensorFlow. TensorFlow is Google's open source machine learning platform that is most widely adopted by machine learning developers worldwide. Today, at the TensorFlow Developer Summit, the TensorFlow team announced the updates and roadmap of the product that includes availability of Tensor 2.0 alpha, TensorFlow.js 1.0, TensorFlow Lite and TensorFlow Extended. The TensorFlow 2.0 release is now available as a developer preview. TensorFlow 2.0 Alpha is available now.

Lawyers have long been characterized as technology Luddites who are slow to change and wary of innovation. For corporate counsel, though, this stereotype may be fading. According to the results of a new Thomson Reuters report, "Ready or Not: Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Legal Departments", corporate counsel believe they are tech savvy but acknowledge that their comfort level and confidence with technology have limitations, specifically around artificial intelligence (AI). The applications and impact of AI are growing, and AI tools will undoubtedly affect how the legal profession practices over the next decade. Consider how dramatically technology inventions have already changed the practice of law: From typewriters to computers and from fax machines to email, each advance has been transformative in the law.

Then came Aibo, the robotic pet dog, and Pepper, the semi-humanoid robot designed to read emotions. Now, Sophia, the digital humanoid, is touring the world. All of which is to say, we've been around artificial intelligence (AI) in some form or another for years. Even so, there remains widespread fear over the potential of an impending malevolent "AI revolution." During one of my recent trips to Japan, I got a chance to interact with three Pepper robots.

San Francisco (CNN Business)It could be any ad on YouTube: A blonde model playfully puts her hand in front of the camera lens, dons white sunglasses and flashes a grin. In the background, hip-hop music plays while an unmistakably female voice says, "Fashion changes, but style lasts forever." The ad -- part of a demo reel on YouTube created by a new startup called WellSaid Labs -- is short and slick. But something is a bit different. While the model you see is a human, the background voice you hear only sounds like one. The Seattle-based company is using voice actors and artificial intelligence to create synthetic voices that sound a heck of a lot like people.

One of the most common applications of machine learning today is in recommendation algorithms. Netflix and YouTube use them to push you new shows and videos; Google and Facebook use them to rank the content in your search results and news feed. While these algorithms offer a great deal of convenience, they have some undesirable side effects. You've probably heard of them before: filter bubbles and echo chambers. Concern about these effects is not new.

News anchors must have been rather reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world's first female artificial intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession. In fact, Xin has been broadcasting news about the ongoing two sessions just like her human colleagues do. Some video clips show how Xin works. All Xinhua needs to do is to feed the English and Chinese texts into the receiver for her to read them like a normal news anchor. Unlike previous androids though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being.

Lambeth's employer, Ben Crossley, confirmed that his fourth-generation farm is indeed using drones to control sheep. One favored model: the DJI Mavic Enterprise, which is already outfitted to play sounds -- such as barking -- over a speaker. The Washington Post noted that farmers are already using drones around the world for a variety of farming tasks, *including* surveying crops. The Washington Post noted that farmers are already using drones around the world for a variety of farming tasks, including surveying crops. Having the devices deal directly with animals is less common -- but it could be a vision of the future of agriculture.