If tech experts are to be believed, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the world. But those same experts don't agree on what kind of …

We are on the cusp of truly remarkable changes in the way we think of healthcare and how we deliver healthcare.

Futurists often like to predict that artificial intelligence will one day be so powerful, it will be beyond human comprehension – and almost God-like.

Remark Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) primarily focuses on the development and deployment of artificial–intelligence-based solutions for …

We think about it and it says, OK, the machines are better than we are.

Before a recent press screening of Blade Runner 2049, a representative from Warner Bros. read a note from Denis Villeneuve, in which the director politely asked those assembled to preserve the film's many secrets. It's a reasonable request, but a difficult one, as any discussion of 2049 is bound to involve spoiler-spilling queries, many of them existential. And, perhaps, the most pressing head-scratcher of all: Just how the hell does Harrison Ford get his arms to look like that? The actor's formidable 75-year-old limbs--bulging with squiggly veins, and just itching to swing--get a fair amount of screen-time in Blade Runner: 2049, Villeneuve's sweeping, deeply affecting new sci-fi drama, and the sequel to Ridley Scott's future-redefining 1982 original. That film marked Ford's first appearance as Rick Deckard, a lean, oft-tipsy, emotionally akimbo Los Angeles robot-hunter tasked with tracking down on-the-lam androids (or "replicants").

China has installed over 20 million cutting-edge security cameras in what is believed to be the world's most advanced surveillance system. The camera system, facilitated with artificial intelligence technology, is part of the'Sky Net' operation, which is China's anti-corruption programme mainly aimed to track down fugitives. Such technology can identify a pedestrian or a motorist, which can help policemen in their search for criminals. The new technology can identify a person's age, gender and colour of clothes (left). Video footage posted by China Central Television in a documentary today displays what a real-time CCTV captures on screen.

Our love affair with Alexa, Siri and all the other speaking devices has innovators in many industries dreaming up ways to deliver similar technology to their clients or create customer experiences that capitalize on this capability. Spoken interfaces seem to be what people crave and the BBC's Research & Development professionals have jumped in full throttle to deliver the capability for a two-way spoken conversation with their listeners. The BBC's initiative is known as Talking with Machines. This project puts resources to work to "explore the possibilities of these devices and platforms in terms of content, interaction design, and software development patterns." The BBC aims to be able to support the technology that already exists as well as set the foundation for what is to come.

AI involves the science and engineering of intelligent computer programs. It uses various computer functions such reasoning, learning and problem solving based on human intelligence. AI systems can be used in various disciplines such as biology, computer science, mathematics, linguistics, psychology, and engineering to build an intelligent system. Some of the different applications that incorporate the AI systems in healthcare fields are medication management, treatment plans, and drug discovery. The global the AI in Healthcare market is driven by the ability of AI to improve patient outcomes, increase in need for coordination between healthcare workforce & patients, rise in adoption of precision medicine, and remarkable growth in venture capital investments.

That's a lot of data scientists that will now have a clearer avenue into Azure as Microsoft competes against the likes of Amazon Web Services, Google …