Artificial Intelligence, an enigmatic term for technologies that make gadgets and software "smart," is expected to become a bigger part of our lives thanks to advances in computing power, data storage and high-speed networks such as 5G. San Diego is in a strong position to benefit from the expansion of artificial intelligence, according to a study "Measuring the Future: AI and San Diego's Economy" released last week from the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. While the study did not pinpoint a specific number of artificial intelligence jobs in the region, it did highlight industries with above-average employment in AI fields. They include telecommunications, information technology, software and transportation. Large companies with operations in San Diego such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Northrop Grumman and ResMed -- as well as smaller businesses such as Lytx, Lockton and Semantic AI -- are among the firms developing artificial intelligence technology in the region.

Artificial intelligence, an enigmatic term for technologies that make gadgets and software "smart," is expected to become a bigger part of our lives thanks to advances in computing power, data storage and high-speed networks such as 5G. San Diego is in a strong position to benefit from the expansion of artificial intelligence, according to a study "Measuring the Future: AI and San Diego's Economy" released last week from the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. While the study did not pinpoint a specific number of artificial intelligence jobs in the region, it did highlight industries with above-average employment in AI fields. They include telecommunications, information technology, software and transportation. Large companies with operations in San Diego such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Northrop Grumman and ResMed -- as well as smaller businesses such as Lytx, Lockton and Semantic AI -- are among the firms developing artificial intelligence technology in the region.

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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. French soccer player Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Thursday, saying there are "strong suspicions" that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs. The 29-year-old Barcelona forward's announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China's surveillance of the group. "Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a'Uighur alert' thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company," Griezmann said in an Instagram post.

Hyundai Motors is acquiring Boston Dynamics, according to The Korea Economic Daily. The publication says Softbank has agreed to sell the robot maker for 1 trillion won (US$917 million) and that the acquisition will be finalized at a board meeting today, December 10th. The companies have been discussing a sale since at least early November, based on a previous report by Bloomberg. Boston Dynamics is known for its nightmare-inducing (or oddly adorable, depending on your perspective) robotic dog Spot, which it started selling in mid--2020 for $75,000. The four-legged robot can climb stairs, herd sheep and pull a rickshaw.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei tested facial recognition software that could identify minority Uyghur individuals and automatically send alerts to local authorities of their presence, according to a report obtained by The Washington Post. The document reportedly shows that in 2018 Huawei worked with Megvii, one of China's leading facial recognition startups, to test an AI-powered camera system that could attempt to identify the age, sex and ethnicity of people in a crowd. When it detected the face of an Uyghur individual, it would reportedly trigger an "Uyghur alarm" and alert police in China. The Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. There are approximately 11 million Uyghurs currently in China, with the majority living in the country's northern Xinjiang province.

The system tested how a mix of Megvii's facial recognition software and Huawei's cameras, servers, networking equipment, cloud-computing platform and other hardware and software worked on dozens of "basic functions," including its support of "recognition based on age, sex, ethnicity and angle of facial images," the report states. It passed those tests, as well as another in which it was tested for its ability to support offline "Uighur alarms."

Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL); and Deputy Dean of Research for Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. Rus's research interests are in robotics, artificial intelligence, and data science. The focus of her work is developing the science and engineering of autonomy toward the long-term objective of enabling a future with machines pervasively integrated into the fabric of life, supporting people with cognitive and physical tasks. Her research addresses some of the gaps between where robots are today and the promise of pervasive robots: increasing the ability of machines to reason, learn, and adapt to complex tasks in human-centered environments; developing intuitive interfaces between robots and people; and creating the tools for designing and fabricating new robots quickly and efficiently. The applications of this work are broad and include transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, monitoring the environment, underwater exploration, smart cities, medicine, and in-home tasks such as cooking. Rus serves as the Associate Director of MIT's Quest for Intelligence Core and as Director of the Toyota-CSAIL Joint Research Center, whose focus is the advancement of AI research and its applications to intelligent vehicles.

Artificial intelligence has proven to be a technology that has the potential to change any industry. Chatbots are among the most popular marketing tools, and they represent only one of many areas of application of AI. Thanks to machine learning, AI can not only operate massive amounts of data but also learn from its previous experiences and improve its approaches. Given that 5G enables a much faster transfer of data, it allows developers to expand the functionality of mobile applications and to introduce new features. Let's consider the relationship between these two most promising technologies in more detail.

The unveiling of Qualcomm's new flagship chip -- the Snapdragon 888 -- this week for Android smartphones underlines just how big a role artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities will play in upcoming smartphones. Like how the recent iPhone 12 launch unpacked the tiny transistors and the AI advantages of Apple's new A14 Bionic chip – promising nearly 30% uptick in CPU, GPU, and AI-powered sensors performances – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is the chipmaker's first 5-nanometer chip. The smaller transistors on these 5nm chips mean that performance gains are boosted up to 35% higher than previous generations, and the 888 also has its 5G modem built into it rather than a separate component in previous chips – which means that connectivity is also being enhanced alongside the processing and graphical capabilities. The combination of 5G coverage and AI-powered sensor input should be no slouch for the next-generation of topline Android devices, but AI will not just be enhancing the camera and other sensors. "Qualcomm's addition of a large AI accelerator and TinyML to its next-generation 5G mobile platform is a game-changer for 5G mobile devices," said Lian Jye Su, the principal analyst at tech market advisory firm, ABI Research.