Maëva Ghonda is a scientist born in Kinshasa, the great capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Maëva is the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Quantum Computing Newsletter, the host of the Quantum AI Series Podcast, and the chair of the Quantum AI Institute. As a research scientist, her work is centered on technological innovations -- i.e. Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -- to tackle challenges in Pharma and Healthcare (e.g. Maëva Ghonda's passion for quantum computing ignited while working as Joint Quantum Institute Scholar.

Colonial Pipeline has partnered with Accenture to optimize utility rates using artificial intelligence (AI). Accenture is using a proprietary database powered by AI to help Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, reduce regulated and deregulated electric utility rates for its interstate pipeline system. The energy-management project leverages Accenture's Utility Tracking System (UTS), a proprietary database of approximately 30 million anonymized utility bills that the company has been aggregating for more than 20 years, according to a July 14 statement. Built to identify power tariff options around the world, UTS uses AI-powered insights and automation as part of Accenture's SynOps platform to continuously improve the efficiency and reliability of electricity rate-savings recommendations. Accenture is using insights generated by UTS to evaluate power bills for operations at approximately 80 Colonial Pipeline pump stations along its 5,500-mile pipeline system, which delivers approximately 100 million gallons of refined petroleum products daily to markets in the Southern and Eastern United States.

As part of ongoing efforts to diversify their economies and build a platform for sustainable future growth, MENA nations are increasingly turning towards artificial intelligence (AI). A slew of recent investment and initiatives – primarily in academia and the government, but also in the private sector – has reinvigorated interest from industry leaders around the globe in the potential for AI to strengthen the efficiency and sustainability of MENA economies. According to a report from the Economist Impact Unit (EIU) and Google published earlier this year, AI could bring about an additional $320bn in economic growth in the MENA region by 2030. Many long-term economic strategies in the region target high-value sectors with the potential to benefit from the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a raft of technological advancements in AI, data and cloud computing that merge the physical, digital and biological worlds. In recent years the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt have published ambitious, government-driven strategies to develop AI.

In 2029, the human race faces eradication and extinction by its own creation, a machine powered by a self-aware artificial intelligence (AI) program called Skynet. So goes the plot of The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenneger's hit movie from the '80s. In the movie, surviving humans formed a resistance against Skynet and the machines. Their plan was to destroy the company that created the AI to prevent Skynet from being created in the first place. When the movie was released, the very concept that machines could be self-aware was a far-fetched idea and simply a figment of the writer's imagination.

The chaos at ports continues with no end. A troubling realization is sinking into the mind: The effects of the " Great Supply Chain Distortion" are already being felt throughout the country. For example, 30% of baby formula brands may be out of stock soon. This could cause retailers to limit the number of containers they can sell and leave parents concerned that their children won't get enough food. This issue covers all industries and has an impact on automotive, healthcare IT, hospitality, manufacturing, apparel, as well as other areas.

Identification of the human voice from different patterns, noises, tones can be the biggest task to achieve. Extracting meaning of the word in context with the sentence can slow down the growth of this market. Resistance in adoption by end-users due to high installation cost associated with these solutions and services is hindering growth of the natural language processing market. Currently, the natural language processing and artificial intelligence is experiencing emergence of various service providers and individual solution providers, which are posing healthy competition to other established service provider. Some major players in this market are Apple Inc., Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., 3M Co., Dolbey System, Inc., Netbase Solutions Inc., SAS Institute Inc. and others.

The hesitation previously expressed is that algorithms can be discriminatory, cementing in past biases in an organization's hiring patterns and excluding the possibility for new approaches and greater diversity in types of recruits. This is clearly a problem--though one that can be countered by careful management of the process and designing better algorithms. A recent study, from Megan Fritts of the University of Arkansas and Frank Cabrera University of Wisconsin–Madison, considers another problem--which has received little attention in debates about the ethics of algorithms--that the use of recruitment algorithms will lead to a'dehumanization' of the hiring process and in so doing can negatively impact employee-employer relationships. Algorithms used for sifting through thousands of resumés may exaggerate biases but can hardly be said to be very dehumanizing. Problems really occur when AI-based assessment tools are used to analyze video interviews, or algorithms influence the final selection by recommending the best candidates from the remaining pool.

A visitor experiences a massage robot at the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 1, 2022. With the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse", this year's WAIC kicked off in China's Shanghai on Thursday. A staff member introduces a minimally invasive orthopedic surgery robot to visitors at the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 1, 2022. With the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse", this year's WAIC kicked off in China's Shanghai on Thursday. Visitors view an AI robot at the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 1, 2022.

A staff member introduces a minimally invasive orthopedic surgery robot to visitors at the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 1, 2022. With the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse", this year's WAIC kicked off in China's Shanghai on Thursday. SHANGHAI, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- From advanced industrial integration to refreshing life creativity, attendees at the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference felt that artificial intelligence (AI) has deeply integrated into daily life. Themed "Intelligent Connectivity Infinite Multiverse," the three-day conference concluded on Saturday in Shanghai. Walking into the exhibition hall, a screen showing characters on an ancient bronze vessel through an AI recognition system attracted many visitors.