While the number of available jobs is rising, workers' skills and technology-driven jobs may be at odds. Here's what societies could do to address the impact that automation and artificial intelligence may have on labor. When Ken Jennings was defeated by IBM's Watson on the TV show Jeopardy! As someone with a degree in computer science, several million in winnings, and still considerable social media presence, he can perhaps afford to be sanguine. Will advancements in technology, automation and artificial intelligence threaten our jobs?

Entrepreneurs need little convincing that technology is important, rapidly evolving, and likely to have a profound impact on their businesses. But keeping track of developments, and knowing where to focus one's attention, is anything but straightforward. Analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers (pdf) say the impact of constant technological breakthroughs represent a "megatrend" – a change so big that "every business should develop an emerging technology strategy". They have highlighted eight key areas that all businesses should pay attention to. The artificial intelligence market is growing rapidly and forecast to be worth 36bn by 2025.

The recent progress in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning makes questions about the ethics of AI more pressing than ever. Most tech companies and their employees want to do good in the world. We all have an image of our better selves or "at our best." We also want to avoid the risks that come with the increasing public scrutiny of ethical lapses. The main idea behind Humans & Machines Ethics Canvas is to have a blueprint from ideation to successful completion of the project for individual, teams and organisations.

Mobile broadband operators are ramping up spend for big data and machine learning as they transform into digital service providers. With a long history of handling huge datasets, and with their path now blazed by the IT ecosystem, mobile operators will devote more than 50 billion to big data and machine learning analytics through 2021, forecasts ABI Research. Machine learning technologies will lead operators to profoundly change how they manage the telecom business. "Machine learning-based predictive analytics are applicable to all aspects of the telecom business," says Joe Hoffman, Managing Director and Vice President at ABI Research. "It is important that operators master and internalize these technologies and not rely solely on their vendors' expertise. Executives that overlook big data and machine learning risk irrelevance."

Scientists studying the effects of radiation in rodents say that astronauts' exposure to galactic cosmic rays could face a host of cognitive problems, including chronic dementia. The UC Irvine-led study, published in Scientific Reports, adds to a growing body of research on the harmful effects humans may reckon with as they venture out longer and deeper into space, whether on trips to Mars or potentially beyond. "The most logical conclusion to draw from these studies is that cosmic radiation exposure poses a real and potentially detrimental neurocognitive risk for prolonged deep space travel," the study authors wrote. "With the growing realization that space is a radioactive environment comes the need to more completely define these risks with more certainty through continued research." It's well-known that radiation can damage neural tissue and hurt cognitive function; cancer patients with brain tumors who need radiotherapy end up with what the study authors called "severe and progressive cognitive deficits."

WIRE)--Zymergen, a technology company unlocking the power of biology, announced today that it has raised 130 million USD in Series B funding led by SoftBank Group (TOKYO: 9984). The round also includes prior lead investor Data Collective (DCVC), as well as return investors True Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, DFJ, Innovation Endeavors, Obvious Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures. New investors include Iconiq Capital, Prelude Ventures, and Tao Capital Partners. Zymergen also announced two additions to its Board of Directors: former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel laureate Dr. Steven Chu, and SoftBank Group International Managing Director Deep Nishar, previously a longtime senior executive at Google and LinkedIn. Zymergen has developed a proprietary platform, which uses robots and machine learning to engineer microbes faster, more predictably, and to a level of performance previously unattainable.

KDnuggets recently reached a milestone of 5,000 posts this past spring. Looking over our content at that time, and subsequently, has brought to light the numerous quality posts we have brought readers, along with the notion that there may be interested in a second look at some of them. In that vein, the following is a list of our top 10 blog posts of the fourth quarter of 2015. Sure, this is going back nearly a year for these posts, but a few of them are still among our most popular week in, week out, while others are deserving of another glance due to their topical content. Note that, while this post has proven popular over the months, it is based on first experiences with TensorFlow, which has evolved since its original release.

Jonas Cleveland is making science fiction a reality. The company he founded and leads, COSY, designs robots that can provide real-time data to retailers about their products on store shelves, saving time, money and frustration for employees and shoppers. "If you work in retail, the thing that you hate doing most is having to walk around at the end of the day with a clipboard and marking off where products are located throughout the store," Cleveland said. "These are all good things for a robot to do. That's the space where we play."

When a sleepy Marc Dubois walked into the cockpit of his own aeroplane, he was confronted with a scene of confusion. The plane was shaking so violently that it was hard to read the instruments. An alarm was alternating between a chirruping trill and an automated voice: "STALL STALL STALL." His junior co-pilots were at the controls. In a calm tone, Captain Dubois asked: "What's happening?" Co-pilot David Robert's answer was less calm. "We completely lost control of the aeroplane, and we don't understand anything! The crew were, in fact, in control of the aeroplane. One simple course of action could have ended the crisis they were facing, and they had not tried it. But David Robert was right on one count: he didn't understand what was happening. As William Langewiesche, a writer and professional pilot, described in an article for Vanity Fair in October 2014, Air France Flight 447 had begun straightforwardly enough – an on-time take-off from Rio de Janeiro at 7.29pm on 31 May 2009, bound ...

Are you ready for this secret about the efficient education with AI? Different education changes influence on schools: most students bring their own devices into the lessons, coding has been added to the curriculum. A virtual teaching assistant will help to deliver knowledge in the classroom. Artificial intelligence can make a significant difference in education with robots and apps that may simplify and upgrade the process. New digital tools allow learners to use resources anywhere and anytime. AI and bots will not eliminate human teachers but they will support their work.