Scientists at the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris have released Daddy's Car, a song written by Artificial Intelligence in the style of The Beatles. To our ears it sounds more like a power pop band influenced by The Beatles than The Beatles themselves, but it's certainly very melodic, with key changes and harmony vocals that conjure up the sprit of Abbey Road if not the precise sound. The scientists started by creating a database of 13,000 leadsheets (a form of musical notation that lists the basic elements of popular songs). Then they created a new leadsheet in the style of The Beatles using a tool called Flow Composer, a piece of software that allows users to create new tunes based on previously logged melodies.

Simply hit the Internet for business domain and within a few minutes, you are sure to find yourself submerged in a pool of articles and blogs talking about how AI (Artificial Intelligence) is set to reshape the business world. Yes, AI has been grabbing a lot of attention these days. In fact, a lot of HR centric write-ups and blogs talk about Artificial Intelligence and people management. AI that we all know is a technology capable to perform a plethora of intellectual tasks that humans can perform. Though the optimal application of this technology is light years away, there have been some extraordinary advancements in recent AI research and developments.

SecBI has raised 5 million in a Series A funding intended to fund the firm's debut into the US and European cybersecurity markets. On Tuesday, the Beer Sheva, Israel-based firm said the 5 million funding round has now closed. Investors include Orange Digital Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Amichai Shulman and existing investor Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP). SecBI says the proceeds of the investment round will be used to launch SecBI's debut product, a software solution which automates threat detection and incident investigation. SecBI harnesses machine learning technology to monitor and analyze network log data, identify interesting patterns and hidden threats, and the compile a "comprehensive incident storyline" which will help IT professionals mitigate cyberattacks quickly.

A group of automotive manufacturers and networking equipment makers have established an association to develop and drive commercial offerings for connected transportation. Called 5G Automotive Association, it comprises Audi, BMW Group, Daimler, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm. The group aims to build and test products as well as support standardisation that facilitate connected mobility and road safety requirements, such as connected automated driving and integration with smart cities and intelligent transportation. Next-generation mobile networks now were expected to support increasing data volume and devices as well as reduce latency and ensure reliability, the group said in a statement Tuesday. It added that 5G could facilitate mission-critical communications for safer driving and improved vehicle-to-everything communications (C-V2X) and connected mobility tools.

From the David Lynch-esque pastiche of Virginia to Nintendo's first Mario iOS game Super Mario Run, these are some of the biggest and most interesting games for consoles, computers and mobile devices due this fall--in order of release. The fourth entry in word-wizarding studio inkle's magnificent fantasy is also its last, though you needn't have played the prior three to ease in comfortably here. Boasting "tens of thousands of choices" and a tale that "rewrites itself around your actions," now's as good a time as any to introduce yourself to this superlative narrative romp from the developer of 80 Days (TIME's game of the year 2014). If you love David Lynch, you have to play newcomer Variable State's Virginia--it's really that simple (read TIME's review here). It's a "walking simulator," sure, but unlike any yet drafted, framing its mysteries in strictly visual terms, without audio logs or text dumps or even the grounding cadences of spoken dialogue.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Microsoft has revealed that Altera FPGAs have been installed across every Azure cloud server, creating what the company is calling "the world's first AI supercomputer." The deployment spans 15 countries and represents an aggregate performance of more than one exa-op. The announcement was made by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and engineer Doug Burger during the opening keynote at the Ignite Conference in Atlanta. The FPGA build-out was the culmination of more than five years of work at Microsoft to find a way to accelerate machine learning and other throughput-demanding applications and services in its Azure cloud. The effort began in earnest in 2011, when the company launched Project Catapult, the R&D initiative to design an acceleration fabric for AI services and applications. The rationale was that CPU evolution, a la Moore's Law, was woefully inadequate in keeping up with the demands of these new hyperscale applications.

Humanity has a major food problem. The world's population is expected to increase significantly over the next three decades, but our capacity for food production will struggle to keep pace. Although global fertility rates are actually falling, a general increase in life expectancy will mean a steady increase in headcount during our lifetimes. One 2015 UN DESA report claims the world's population will hit 9.7 billion by 2050 – an increase of some 2.3 billion over today. Of course, a general rise in life expectancy reflects a higher standard of living for more of the world, which is cause for celebration.

I find myself implementing some custom types/trees in online AI challenges, using Python. I know for example that it is important to be able to "copy" (or "undo") in a fast way. Whenever I have a custom type though, copying becomes really slow. Does anyone have suggestions, perhaps some posts or first hand experience?

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