While many companies are attempting to develop AI for various applications, there is a considerable gap between the goals that organizations want to achieve and the reality of the insights that data and programs provide. The ambitions of an organization for using artificial intelligence (AI) and the reality of how such projects play out are vastly different. Emotional intelligence and mindfulness are two essential aspects. The pandemic highlighted this flaw – people's capacity to stay focused and mindful can be compromised in a remote working environment. When AI is utilized in a cyber-attack, such as when someone tries to deploy a chatbot or another adversarial machine learning technology against organizations, this could be a significant issue.

Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is the author of Girl Decoded and a leading expert on technology and empathy and the ethics of AI. This past June, Affectiva, the company she co-founded, was acquired by Smart Eye. In this virtual sit-down, we set out to learn more about what inspires Dr. el Kaliouby and how new innovations will change how we interface with technology and connect and communicate as humans. Q: Dr. el Kaliouby, tell us how you got started on your journey to exploring the role of emotion in today's technology-driven landscape? My education and career pursuits led me to Cambridge and later MIT, which meant I spent a lot of time in front of devices communicating with family back home.

Emotional AI is taking artificial intelligence to the next level with devices that can understand human moods and emotions. With devices listening to everything, the concern for privacy is now more than ever. From smartphones to smart home devices and work appliances, the technology around us in day-to-day life is so advanced that it is noting our conversations, which sometimes seems like technology is crossing a line. A common example, in this case, is mobile apps and virtual assistants that can recognize emotions in real-time and adapt to the user's mood. While the logic behind this snooping is that ML software can create more natural conversations with human-like understanding, where can the users draw a line when the audio stored contains sensitive information that one might not want to disclose to anyone?

The concept of emotional artificial intelligence refers to the detection of human emotions to improve AI. It makes robots analyze not only cognitive but also the emotional aspects of human communication. Emotional Artificial Intelligence goes by various names such as'Affective Computing,' 'Human Centric Artificial Intelligence,' 'Social Artificial Intelligence,' etc. It is relatively a new concept and its technology is in the development phase. Though it's not matured enough, it still can solve an immense number of problems.

Yet, almost every decision we have ever made in our lives is driven by emotion. Marketing research has proven that predicting sentiments correctly can be a huge source of growth for businesses and that's what we will be working on today -- Reading Emotions. In the world of data and machine learning, this concept falls under the umbrella of cognitive systems. Let us try to decode the science behind Emotion Recognition Algorithms, and build one for ourselves. What exactly is a cognitive emotion detection algorithm trying to accomplish?

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. There is a significant gap between an organization's ambitions for using artificial intelligence (AI) and the reality of how those projects turn out, Intel chief data scientist Dr. Melvin Greer said in a conversation with VentureBeat founder and CEO Matt Marshall at last week's Transf0rm 2021 virtual conference. One of the key areas is emotional intelligence and mindfulness. The pandemic highlighted this gap: The way people had to juggle home and work responsibilities meant their ability to stay focused and mindful could be compromised, Greer said. This could be a problem when AI is used in a cyberattack, like when someone is trying to use a chatbot or some other adversarial machine learning technique against us. "Our ability to get to the heart of what we're trying to achieve can be compromised when we are not in an emotional state and mindful and present," Greer said.

Most of us have had the experience of sending a text or email that came across sounding insensitive or angry, even though that wasn't our intent. Unfortunately, the lack of social cues in such messaging makes it much easier to be misinterpreted. Depending on the communication, this can lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings or worse. That's a shortcoming Bellevue, Wash.-based mpathic wants to correct using empathic AI. Drawing on insights and datasets assembled over the past decade, mpathic has set out to promote human connection and understanding in the workplace.

Following the big launch of the latest pillar by Paco Rabanne, we received more interesting info about the creation, inspiration, and futuristic direction of the newest fragrance PHANTOM. Paco Rabanne's team developed PHANTOM with the perfumers, scientists, and technicians of the International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) company, using the company's state-of-the-art Augmented Creativity process. With PHANTOM, every aspect of perfume creation has been reinvented by next-generation technologies developed for IFF. Thanks to neurosciences, algorithmic tools, and artificial intelligence, our perfumers have been able to push back their creative boundaries. How do you use neurosciences in perfumery?

Some weeks ago, I was discussing numerous ideas in a book called 2084 by John Lennox. Therein, I mentioned a little technology in medical artificial intelligence called Affective Computing. This is…

In recent years, technological advancements have driven and manipulated the hospitality industry. Moreover, due to the COVID -19 pandemic, technology has evolved quickly like never before from virtual events to high-end robots. However, there is a humongous dilemma between AI & EQ in hospitality because the industry is all about "PEOPLE". The term emotional intelligence (EQ) was popularised by the psychologist, Daniel Goleman. Firstly, it is imperative to understand that technology is extremely important and will help any business to envision and reach goals.