Rise of the Robots: From big data to artificial intelligence

Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence and big data will reach the tens of billions by 2025. Michael Finnigan finds out what family-run operations need to know about the rise of the robots. The county of Wiltshire in the United Kingdom might seem like an unlikely setting for one of the world's most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories. It is best-known for its Neolithic monuments and iconic stone circles, most famously Stonehenge, but beneath its prehistoric landscape the future is unfolding. At family-run technology design firm Dyson, a team of engineers are using artificial intelligence to get a leg up on the competition.