Perhaps you saw the recent story about Mark Zuckerberg's new housemate: Jarvis, an artificial intelligence assistant that the Facebook founder created to control appliances, play music, recognize faces, and even entertain his toddler. Apparently Zuckerberg spent 100 hours creating his virtual helper -- it's name is taken from the artificial intelligence system in the movie ''Iron Man'' -- and Jarvis's skills include adjusting the thermostat, turning on the lights, and operating the toaster. It's also able to text Zuckerberg pictures of people who stop by the house, and it can open the front door for anyone it recognizes. Talking about it on -- where else? -- Facebook, Zuckerberg said Jarvis can tell when Zuckerberg's 1-year-old daughter, Max, wakes up ''so it can start playing music or a Mandarin lesson.'' This is all very interesting, but it's not exactly new. Indeed, Brookline-based software engineer Chad Barraford created a digital life assistant several years ago -- and his is also named Jarvis.

Call it moviegoers hungry for a sassy robot and some daring acts of galactic rebellion. For the second Christmas movie season in a row a "Star Wars" franchise film has dominated the holiday box office. Also for the second year in a row, North American ticket sales are projected to exceed $11 billion, according to the entertainment data firm ComScore. And as the year comes to a close, 2016 is expected to see a 1.5% increase in ticket sales over 2015 ($11.3 billion versus $11.1 billion). That puts the Gareth Edwards-directed action flick, set just before the events of George Lucas' 1970s trilogy, well above the Disney film's approximately $200-million production budget.

While many models are purposed for detecting the occurrence of significant events in financial systems, the task of providing qualitative detail on the developments is not usually as well automated. We present a deep learning approach for detecting relevant discussion in text and extracting natural language descriptions of events. Supervised by only a small set of event information, comprising entity names and dates, the model is leveraged by unsupervised learning of semantic vector representations on extensive text data. We demonstrate applicability to the study of financial risk based on news (6.6M articles), particularly bank distress and government interventions (243 events), where indices can signal the level of bank-stress-related reporting at the entity level, or aggregated at national or European level, while being coupled with explanations. Thus, we exemplify how text, as timely, widely available and descriptive data, can serve as a useful complementary source of information for financial and systemic risk analytics.

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Today's tech buzzword, artificial intelligence (AI), can be a difficult concept to wrap your head around. AI technology, which holds vast potential to revolutionize the way the world works, is often used to paint an apocalyptic view of the future. We now live in a world where talking computers and self-driving cars are no longer a thing of the future -- but are we also at risk of developing computers so smart that they can replace humans? Influential tech figures such as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have cautioned the industry against diving head-on into AI because the technology's implementation could do more harm than good if we aren't careful. While there's no arguing that some of the cautionary tales around AI hold merit, our current reality is far from the robot-run society we've seen in the movies.

Call it moviegoers hungry for a sassy robot and some daring acts of galactic rebellion. Buena Vista's "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" vanquished all others in its second week of wide release, hauling in $64.4 million over the three-day holiday weekend, and is expected to pull in nearly $32 million more on Monday, which for many is also a holiday. That should bring its four-day holiday take to an estimated $96.1 million and its total domestic box office to $286.4 million -- with an additional $237.4 million from international screens. The Gareth Edwards-directed action flick, set just before the events of George Lucas' 1970s trilogy, is already well above its approximately $200-million production budget. Universal's "Sing," an animated musical comedy about the adventures of a singing pig named Rosita (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) and a koala bear who is in over his head (Matthew McConaughey), pulled in $35.3 million in domestic box office over the three-day weekend.

Germany composer Johann Sebastian Bach remains a staple in classical music. His illustrious works such as Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg variations and Mass B minor remain some of the most powerful pieces ever made. Bach spent over 50 years perfecting his ability to adapt rhythms, forms and textures from styles abroad. Many regard him as one of the greatest composers to have ever lived. And one new artificial intelligence system can recreate Bach's biggest achievements in just minutes. Fast forward to the 21st century where music is created by statistical models and artificial intelligence in no time.

At least, that seems to be the industry perspective. Humans are rash, impulsive and tainted by personal bias. So why not just replace them with machines? Apparently, that's what Facebook thought when they fired their entire team of news editors for political bias, replacing them instead with a new algorithm. That did not go well.

Traditional broadcast TV services have stagnated over the past couple of years, while over-the-top services such as Amazon Video, Netflix and the BBC's iPlayer led the way. Sky's Q dragged broadcast TV kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a modern interface, fast box and service that put time and place shifting at the heart of it. It records, it downloads, it supports 4K and can spit video around your house via Q Mini boxes or the Q app on smartphones and tablets using your home network. Sky Q was pretty expensive at launch, but now is available from £20 per month. Bluetooth headphones are almost mainstream.

The holiday spirit is strong with "Rogue One," as the "Star Wars" spinoff continued its stranglehold on the box office for the second consecutive weekend. "Rogue One" took in around $14 million Saturday, placing it on a trajectory to potentially rake in $105 million during the four-day holiday weekend to bring its likely domestic total to well over $300 million since its Dec. 15 release. Winning the battle for second place appears to be Universal Pictures' "Sing," an animated tale of a koala attempting a last-ditch effort to save his theater by holding a reality show-style singing competition. From production company Illumination Entertainment, "Sing" is buoyed by several celebrity voice performances, including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson. Through Sunday the animated film had brought in an estimated $33.17 million, putting it on track to earn around $51 million through Monday and over $71 million since its Wednesday release date.