This time last year Steve Wozniak was sounding a cautionary note about the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI), warning that computers would one day take over from humans and joking that we might even end up as their pets. In a recent interview with Australia's ABC TV's Lateline the engineering genius appeared more sanguine about the future of self-aware, super-intelligent Artificial Intelligence and much more concerned with the real world killer robots that are all but with us: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). The Apple co-founder maintains that human-level Artificial Intelligence won't happen for "a very long time": It might take 200 years before they are really fully able to operate all of their needs in the world, until then they're going to need human beings … I'm not really worried at all. It's very scary to make autonomous weapons that are just following some programmed set of instructions … even when you're driving a car there is no one set of rules … if a lane is closed off you have to do something against the rules … I don't think it's a good idea at all. I don't think we can really stop it.

"Sales and revenue generation are as a result of human interaction; it is that human interaction that is changing" – when asked to keynote speeches on the subject of technology in sales and marketing this is often a quote that gets a lot of heads nodding- it is very pertinent in this discussion too. This is due to the fact that I believe, ultimately, there will be little human interaction in certain real estate transactions in the future; some and future being the key points. Could there really be a possibility that artificial intelligence and real estate could work together? Which elements and when are pivotal to the debate and I hope to cover a few here. Ultimately it is my belief that in the near future the real estate industry could be automated and run algorithmically. However, it is important, from the outset to distinguish between automation and the more challenging theory of machine learning which is a term often used to describe Artificial Intelligence.

Business documents written in foreign languages are no longer the problem they once were thanks to technologies like Google Translate, but what about contracts written in legalese? That's where LawGeex hopes to help with an AI-based online tool. LawGeex offers what it calls the world's first contract review platform based on artificial intelligence. The goal, it says, is to help businesses and individuals "get a fair deal" before signing an agreement. Toward that end, it combines machine-learning algorithms with crowdsourced data, text analytics, and the knowledge of expert lawyers to make in-depth contract reviews accessible to everyone.

Humans have always had a complicated relationship with new "technologies." From awe to fear, centuries ago, Plato even worried that writing would adversely affect people's memories. Modernity has had a particular curiosity regarding artificial intelligence (AI). From Terminator-style killer robots to emotive humanoids, the mention of AI brings to mind the many silver screen renderings of some future civilization. More likely than any of these, however, is the reality that AI will probably turn out to be another commonplace technology that, while novel at first, will end up integrated into our everyday lives.

Researchers with MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have announced a breakthrough in cyber threat detection that promises to dramatically lower the amount of time human analysts spend sorting through information in search of evidence of cyber attacks. IT analysts spend countless hours scouring through mountains of data in order to find evidence of compromised systems. Often, the search for anomalies in data is so extensive, that overwhelmed human teams are forced to overlook potentially critical information for lack of time. That's where MIT's researchers believe they can help. In a world where most companies are under constant threat of cyber attack, having a system that never sleeps or takes a coffee break is a big help.

Maurice Stucke, a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law and a former trial attorney with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, recently received a 2016 Antitrust Writing Award for a legal article regarding artificial intelligence. The article, "Artificial Intelligence & Collusion: When Computers Inhibit Competition"--co-authored with Oxford University Faculty of Law Professor Ariel Ezrachi--discusses the challenging legal and ethical questions that are emerging as artificial intelligence development and implementation throughout society continues to develop at an accelerating rate. Artificial intelligence is "set to change the competitive landscape and the nature of competitive restraints," Stucke and Ezrachi write. "We are shifting from the world where executives expressly collude in smoke-filled hotel rooms to a world where pricing algorithms continually monitor and adjust to each other's prices and market data." Stucke and Ezrachi have frequently collaborated on intersectional issues concerning law and technology.

IBM is reportedly going to combine Blockchain's distributed ledger technology with its artificial intelligence system Watson to make the billions of smart devices in an emerging world of Internet of Things work safer and smarter. According to a lengthy article in CoinDesk written by Michael del Castillo IBM is still in prototype phase in developing this project that brings together the company's Internet of Things Foundation and Watson divisions to create the Watson Internet of Things group. The project is being overseen by IBM's chief architect in charge of Internet of Things security Tim Hahn who told CoinDesk that the possibilities of the collaboration of artificial intelligence, IoT and Blockchain were huge. "What we're doing with blockchain and devices is enabling the information those devices supply to effect the blockchain. You begin to approach the kind of things we see in movies."

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

When it comes to cybersecurity, it would appear that the best offense is a good defense, and by and large we have neither. Following a damning report of the U.S. government's capabilities when it comes to online security and the emergence of yet another dangerous piece of malware that has already stolen some 4 million from dozens of banks and financial institutions, our digital defenses look to be down and out. But a new solution from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be our saving grace. In a new paper, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveil an artificial-intelligence platform called "AI squared" that claims to predict cyberattacks "significantly better than existing systems by continuously incorporating input from human experts." Combining the capabilities of humans and machines, AI-squared was shown to detect an impressive 85 percent of attacks, which represents a threefold improvement over previous benchmarks.

Restoring mobility to people living with paralysis is one of the great challenges of modern medicine, and until recently, it remained more of a hope than reality. But in a pioneering clinical study, scientists may have finally crossed the frontier. They've developed a cutting-edge new technology that -- for the first time -- has allowed a human with paralysis to move his hand again, a breakthrough described in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The technology is the product of a decade's work involving close collaboration among experts in neurology, physiology and engineering. SEE ALSO: Scientists find 13 genetic'superheroes' resistant to severe childhood illnesses The result is a complex "neural bypass" system that's able to decode brain waves and use them to control a muscle stimulator that empowers movement in a paralyzed limb.