Based in the Big Apple itself (New York), Synechron is one of the fastest-growing digital, business consulting & technology services providers. Since they opened their doors in 2001, Synechron has been expanding at a rapid rate. They now operate in 18 countries around the the world, and has a marked presence in the US, Australia, Canada, UK, Japan, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, France, and India. With the AI Summit London drawing ever closer (it's only one week away!), we spoke to Ben Musgrave, who is Synechron's Business Development Manager, in order to understand how one of the event's key sponsors is deploying AI today and how they plan to in the future. We started off our conversation with Musgrave – who'll be delivering a keynote speech at the AI Summit London – how they are currently involved in the AI-space.

Food delivery company DoorDash says personalized restaurant recommendations based on AI are seeing a significant lift in orders, compared to regular recommendations based on popularity. In an interview with VentureBeat, DoorDash product manager Jimmy Liu said customers who saw personalized recommendations on average "were over 25 percent more likely" to place an order versus people who saw the most popular restaurants in their area. We talked with Liu on the eve of the company's announcement today that it's rolling out these machine-learning based recommendations to all of its users, after testing it on increasing percentages of its customer base. Millions of users have already seen the recommendations, the company said. Liu said the 25 percent lift from recommendations came specifically from email campaigns.

This Deloitte Global report outlines a clear roadmap for you to deploy RPA within your organization. Our paper indicates that companies that are not already considering automation as a component of a broader worker ecosystem will miss significant opportunities for efficiency, quality enhancement, risk mitigation, innovation, and ultimately growth. This report, Automation is here to stay…but what about your workforce?, is the first in a series of upcoming reports looking at automation in Financial Services. Read this report to learn what automation has to offer, and how that might impact your business. Contact a Deloitte professional to get strategic advice on how you can prepare your workforce for launching your next automation initiative.

No one knows what the future holds, but many people are unable to cope with the uncertainty. However, researchers have discovered that the fear of the unknown may be linked to an unusual enlargement of a brain region that is responsible for decision making and motor control. The team believes the findings could help specialists predict those at risk of developing anxiety disorder or OCD later in life, allowing intervention to occur before symptoms arise. Researchers at Dartmouth College conducted MRI scans on 61 students following a survey that measured their ability to tolerate the uncertainty of future negative events. The team analyzed the scans and compared them with the intolerance of uncertainty scores, which showed the size of the striatum was linked with intolerance of uncertainty.

It's been quite an interesting journey for Factmata since we started in January and we're now about to launch a tool that puts factual context in the hands of the people. This will happen around the UK general election, and marks the completion of our Google Digital News Initiative (DNI) project. For 5 months, we've been working around the clock with a distributed team of NLP researchers, PhDs and scientists from around the world to build this, and now finishing off the final touches. As we prepare for launch, we wanted to tell the world about what's next and where we want to take Factmata in the future. Given our team's work in automated fact-checking in previous research, we are uniquely placed to build AI to solve the problem of online misinformation.

Our Western diet is famously bad for the circulatory system, but for a long time, people thought the damage stopped there. Then around 10 years ago, Terry Davidson, a behavioral neuroscientist, wondered whether our modern eating habits might also affect our brains. To test it out, he fed lab rats a diet high in saturated fats and sugars. He found that the animals had problems learning various memory tasks for which they'd get rewards. Their difficulties were probably linked to changes in the way blood reaches a portion of the brain called the hippocampus.

Without noticing it, artificial intelligence (AI) already fits in many forms into our daily lives and supports our decision-making. At times, it's discussed a bit like blockchain, which we're being promised will solve things like world hunger and human trafficking. However, artificial intelligence is already prevalent practically everywhere in technology, from cars to Google searches and as this technology is specifically designed for singular tasks, we humans cannot compete with that level of insistent focus. This relates specifically to what is called Artificial Narrow Intelligence or ANI designed to perform one sole task meticulously. The two next levels of AI development, specifically Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) are still out of our reach, for now.

Google Assistant can now give you step-by-step instructions in the kitchen. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Google Assistant can now give you step-by-step instructions in the kitchen.

Amazon revealed the Echo Show Tuesday, and with coverage of the Alexa gadget came rumors about Apple's upcoming Siri speaker. Apple employees have been testing the Siri speaker in their homes for several months, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. So far, it's unknown whether Apple's upcoming Siri speaker will come with a built-in display, like Amazon's Echo Show. Marketing chief Phil Schiller said last week in an interview he thinks voice assistant devices are beneficial, but that doesn't mean you'd never want a screen. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said there's a more than 50 percent chance Apple could announce its Siri speaker at the Worldwide Developers Conference this June.

Depression is a simple-sounding condition with complex origins that aren't fully understood. Now, machine learning may enable scientists to unpick some of its mysteries in order to provide better treatment. For patients to be diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, which is thought to be the result of a blend of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors, they have to display several of a long list of symptoms, such as fatigue or lack of concentration. Once diagnosed, they may receive cognitive behavioral therapy or medication to help ease their condition. But not every treatment works for every patient, as symptoms can vary widely.