Having suffered through a period of stagnation, artificial intelligence (AI) is now reaching a point of super human ability. For an industry looking to take human drivers out of the loop, this is welcome news. It has taken quite some time to reach this point however, with innovation dwindling during a number of'AI winters' over the last 60 years or so. Despite periodic interest in AI, a significant milestone was reached in 2012, observes Continental's Demetrio Aiello, who heads up the supplier's Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Labs. This content is available only to members of Automotive World with a valid subscription.

InMyBag, a new recovery service for mobile professionals that protects mobile devices from loss, theft and damage, has formed a long-term partnership with Featurespace, the leading Adaptive Behavioural Analytics fraud prevention company, to support the service to InMyBag members. The ARIC platform will be integrated into InMyBag's system to identify and block online fraud at both the point of application and claim -- all in real time. InMyBag provides its members with same-day replacement for devices such as laptops and phones, as well as enterprise-grade data recovery. Iain Harper, InMyBag CEO, commented: "We don't really see ourselves as an insurance company. We're a members' service for mobile professionals that protects the things that matter to them most -- their mobile devices."

Intelligent Assistants (IAs) are redefining digital commerce and customer care as enterprises introduce new services to provide an engaging customer experience using natural language understanding, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Leveraging existing IVR, chat and contact center resources Balancing virtual assistants with human interactions Promoting trust, security and privacy through intelligent assistants and bots Optichannel authentication via voice and multi-modal biometrics Moving beyond "transactional" to "assistive" services

Of all experiences we have in life, face-to-face interactions fill many of our most meaningful ones, yet their power has been untapped in human-computer interaction. Giving a face and virtual embodiment to AI can have a profound impact on our future relationship with tech. People largely learn through social interaction, which is often overlooked by current AI approaches. Soul Machines is changing the way we relate to tech by developing human-like emotionally intelligent virtual agents. These range from BabyX, an autonomously-animated infant that learns using neuroscience and developmental psychology-based models, to virtual assistants that humanize existing cognitive computing platforms.

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As you think about what you want to do with your life, at first, a career in artificial intelligence might not be at the top of your list. When you dream of changing the world, it might be hard to connect the dots between building computer models of human intelligence and eliminating hunger or giving individuals the ability to walk again. Maybe you think you'd have to become a coding pro before you can really start solving problems. Or maybe you can't envision a career in artificial intelligence because you have never met anyone like you working in AI. If you have heard anything about AI in the media, it's probably about autonomous vehicles, gaming, or robots taking over the world.

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On the heels of acquiring data science community Kaggle, Google is launching a machine learning competition of its own for startups. Google is targeting early stage companies taking an innovative approach to machine learning. The competition is being run in partnership with seven venture capital firms that include Sequoia, KPCB, GV, Data Collective, Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock. To qualify for that prize, startups will not be required to use Google services. However, there are other prizes available for companies using Google Cloud and TensorFlow.

Flippy the robot is starting its culinary career with one simple task, but just like any rookie, it is learning on the job. With some practice and training, Flippy will be able to do everything from chopping vegetables to plating meals like a pro. Miso Robotics created the robot, which debuted in a kitchen at the restaurant chain CaliBurger in Pasadena this week. "Flippy will initially only focus on flipping burgers and placing them on buns," David Zito, CEO of Miso Robotics tells ZDNet. He adds, "But since Flippy is powered by our own cooking AI software, it will continuously learn from its experiences to improve and adapt over time. This means Flippy will learn to take on additional tasks including grilling chicken, bacon, onions, and buns in addition to frying, prepping, and finishing plates. Eventually, Flippy will support CaliBurger's entire menu."

Most press coverage of AWS's recent outage has explained the event as having been caused by a "typo" that one of its engineers made when updating a billing subsystem. The'typo' spin on this story may be the media's way of dramatizing the blunder and making it easy to explain. Certainly, Amazon's own post-mortem noted that "one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly {read'typo'} and a larger set of servers was removed than intended." I believe that Amazon is trying to shift the blame from how they have designed, protected and audited their systems – a systemic process that affects all of their operations – and have instead chosen to portray this as a one-off event that happened just within one small subsystem bcause someone didn't follow the approved playbook. Google's advice to make it hard for errors to happen follows the practice of all leading safety organizations.