They're not driven by the unknown, but by the present. Let's look at the last epoch-changing technological development: the internet. The tech utopians of the late 20th century saw the incoming digital revolution as a liberating force, one that would dismantle the old power structures that oppress us and help humanity build a new, more perfect society. It's painfully clear now that their hypothesis was laughably naive. Who, exactly, has the internet liberated? Silicon Valley tech tycoons and advertisers aside, it has decimated the music, film and publishing industries, slashed the earnings of musicians, writers, photographers, and just about every other professional whose product can be digitized, shrinking their industries, killing off job openings, and maiming job security.

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Microsoft has released a new chat program meant to let colleagues talk to each other. The app will allow people to chat as well as to work together on documents at the same time, in a way similar to Google Docs. But its main competitor will be apps like Slack and Hipchat, which are both instant messaging services that have taken over many connected offices. Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo. A Toyota Motors employee demonstrates a smartphone app with the company's pocket plug-in hybrid (PHV) service on the cockpit of the latest Prius hybrid vehicle during Toyota's "connected strategy" press briefing in Tokyo An employee shows a Samsung Electronics' Gear S3 Classic during Korea Electronics Show 2016 in Seoul, South Korea Visitors experience Samsung Electronics' Gear VR during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea Amy Rimmer, Research Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, demonstrates the car manufacturer's Advanced Highway Assist in a Range Rover, which drives the vehicle, overtakes and can detect vehicles in the blind spot, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire Chris Burbridge, Autonomous Driving Software Engineer for Tata Motors European Technical Centre, demonstrates the car manufacturer's GLOSA V2X functionality, which is connected to the traffic lights and shares information with the driver, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire In its facilities, JAXA develop satellites and analyse their observation data, train astronauts for utilization in the Japanese Experiment Module'Kibo' of the International Space Station (ISS) and develop launch vehicles The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to the music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight.

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As machine learning becomes ubiquitous, robots will be tasked with handling increasingly more sensitive and private data. In order to help protect this personal information, computer scientists at Google have developed neural networks that teach themselves how to encrypt the information they process. A team from Google Brain, the organisation's deep learning research project, taught neural networks how to encrypt and decrypt messages. In a research paper published online the scientists created three neural networks: Alice, Bob, and Eve. Each was assigned its own job.

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Big Blue is bringing its Watson artificial intelligence tools to the world in a big way, with new tools announced this week for marketing, commerce, supply chains, and human resources. IBM also rolled out a new hybrid cloud database solution, cognitive capabilities for iOS apps, and services for developers using the Slack collaboration platform. The company announced the new products and services at its World of Watson event taking place this week in Las Vegas. The conference is dedicated to promoting IBM's artificial intelligence technologies. One of the key themes of this year's conference is how Watson can help business professionals.

All eyes are on artificial intelligence right now, and MDC Media Partners is seizing the moment with the launch of Born, an AI-focused agency. The shop, founded by Michael Nicholas, entrepreneur-in-residence and chief experience officer at MDC Media Partners, "is the first agency of its type," said Martin Cass, CEO of MDC Media Partners. "There are lots of people who can write the copy and some who can do the technical stuff, but nobody who is bringing the two together," he added. Mr. Nicholas will retain his role within MDC Media Partners while overseeing Born, along with Max Fresen, the new agency's chief creative officer. Mr. Fresen joined Born from DigitasLBi, where he served as senior-VP, creative of experience design.

According to the Women's Heart Foundation, coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in women. More than twice as many women die from cardiovascular disease as from all forms of cancer combined. Evaluation for suspected coronary disease differs in women because of frequently misleading results provided by treadmill testing without imaging. Gender differences have been observed in treatment practices, and the optimal approach for women has yet to be established. This week they announced the launch of myWanda, the first and only mobile application specifically aimed at empowering women to improve the health of their hearts.

With Google's AI winning a convincing series of GO games, and warnings for an AI overlord making it to the media on a regular basis, the question is not whether artificial intelligence is going to affect travel, but how. Looking at digital transformation in the past, it's safe to say at this time that AI would not replace travel services but rather enhance them, add value and perform tasks it simply does better and faster than us mere humans. Just look at the way we are handling big data for Business Intelligence, for example, or how the Internet of Things is already shaping travel. This is a short but very insightful round-up of a panel discussion on travel with AI experts, including people from IBM's Watson. It gives good examples of how AI can and is already enhancing our travel experiences. Not directly related to travel, but highly relevant still, this article analyses the hurdles to take when using AI as bots to improve personalisation.