This fall, an unusual vessel will begin sea trials off the coast of California. The 51-foot-long Boeing Echo Voyager will have no crew. It will glide underwater for days or weeks, quietly collecting data from the ocean floor to send back to crews on ships or on land. Ever since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, the U.S. military has relied more and more on flying drones to take on dangerous air missions. But increasingly, drones are taking to the sea as well.

In reality, the technology behind that feature is completely innocuous (and can be disabled). However, it is also extremely powerful. The concept, which Logz.io is replicating in the IT space, is that a machine can be taught to read, think, and process very complex information. The AI development that Logz.io announced this week is called Unified Machine Intelligence (UMI), which powers a broader platform called Cognitive Insights . This program is trained to teach itself incredible volumes of information about IT management.

On the first day of "camp," two dozen rising high school sophomores arrive at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's Outreach Summer program (SAILORS) giddy and ready to get started. The rigorous, two-week program is designed to encourage young women from underrepresented populations to get more involved in the field of science. High school students Ishla Zareef-Mustafa and Genaro Pamatz participate in an anatomy lab as part of the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program. On the last day of the summer residential Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP), 24 high school students, surrounded by family members, friends and mentors, present the research they have been working on during the five-week summer program.These programs, which fall under the umbrella of Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies, are designed to provide teenagers from underrepresented populations with an opportunity to explore careers in science, but also to build new relationships, while taking what they've learned back to their home communities. The SAILORS curriculum includes lectures, hands-on research projects and mentoring activities that are intended to educate and excite young women about artificial intelligence.

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We live in a world where artificial intelligence isn't science fiction -- it's reality. And, as Alex Konrad of Forbes previously reported, IBM Watson General Manager David Kenny is currently striving to make sure that AI becomes a "service" soon. Watson is IBM's artificially intelligent supercomputer (not to mention a Jeopardy champion). According to Forbes, IBM and Kenny expect Watson to expand into a 10 billion business within the next ten years. We're thrilled to announce that Kenny will be speaking about how AI is fueling the next massive wave of digital disruption and innovation at IGNITION 2016, Business Insider's flagship annual conference.

Over the past several years, many new technological innovations in the healthcare industry have come and gone, but only a handful of trends matured and achieved widespread adoption among healthcare organizations. Bots are another new development that is piquing the interest of healthcare organizations and attempting to become more than a fleeting trend. Is the information collected by Fitbits and Apple Watches covered by HIPAA regulations? Find out more about what's covered – and what isn't – when it comes to wearable devices and data so you can avoid the risks. This email address is already registered.

There was a scene in the 1993 movie Demolition Man where Officer Huxley (Sandra Bullock, who hasn't aged a minute) asked John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone, who has aged for every minute Bullock hasn't) if he'd like to have sex. While most of us currently prefer the hunka chunka to simulated sex, with augmented and virtual reality technologies taking grand leaps every day -- this line of development was inevitable. It will also require artificial intelligence software to solidify and nurture that link, providing the stimulation based on learning factors. That's a dour outlook, but at the end of Demolition Man Spartan physically kissed Huxley and her brain reacted to this stimuli like it never had to the headset.

There was a scene in the 1993 movie Demolition Man where Officer Huxley (Sandra Bullock, who hasn't aged a minute) asked John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone, who has aged for every minute Bullock hasn't) if he'd like to have sex. Spartan, who had spent the last few decades literally taking a cold shower, expects physical contact. Instead, he gets a device slipped onto his head while Huxley puts one on hers. This has a name (albeit a ridiculous one), Teledildonics, and could soon become our new sexual reality thanks to advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence. While most of us currently prefer the hunka chunka to simulated sex, with augmented and virtual reality technologies taking grand leaps every day -- this line of development was inevitable.

China is developing a new range of killer cruise missiles fitted with technology which will effectively turn them into killer robots. Dubbed "death drones", the missiles will use artificial intelligence (AI) to guide themselves in flight and potentially even choose new targets. Wang Changqing, director of the General Design Department of the Third Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told China Daily that his country was leading the world in the development of AI weapons. He said: "We plan to adopt a'plug and play' approach in the development of new cruise missiles, which will enable our military commanders to tailor-make missiles in accordance with combat conditions and their specific requirements. "Moreover, our future cruise missiles will have a very high level of artificial intelligence and automation.

The rise of ecommerce has changed the way we shop, but many of the warehouses behind the products we buy haven't developed at the same pace. Today's consumers have come to expect instant gratification, and when they place an order online, they expect to get it quickly (otherwise, they'll just shop from a different website next time). Ecommerce companies need to get orders out the door at a pace that is faster than humanly possible. Still, many facilities use the original man-to-goods model, where a person follows a pick list and moves from shelf to shelf, gathering the correct items for each order. Today's larger companies are increasingly adding more automation to their warehouses, such as Amazon's acquisition of Kiva's robotic picking system.