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.

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.

A new paper published by the Government on the 18th July 2018 called'Establishing A Pro-Innovation Approach To Regulating AI' states that the regulation of artificial intelligence in the UK will be underpinned by 6 core principles designed to manage the risks that come with the technology. The six core principles will be applied across all sectors of the economy on a non-statutory basis, complemented by context-specific regulatory guidance and voluntary standards that will be implemented by UK regulators such as the Information Commissioner's Office. Hence, there will be no central AI regulator, but instead sector regulators who will apply the 6 core principles to artificial intelligence systems operated within the area they oversee. Given these proposals, the UK is adopting a far more light-touch risk-based approach compared to the more prescriptive and standardized one being pursued by the EU, which published its draft AI Act back in 2021. The UK approach to artificial intelligence will instead focus upon proportionality, with the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence systems being determined by the industry and context in which the system is being deployed.

As the Pentagon prepares its report into UFOs, due later this month, Chinese military researchers have turned to artificial intelligence to track and analyse the increasing number of unknown objects in China's airspace. To the People's Liberation Army, they are "unidentified air conditions" – a phrase which echoes the US military's "unidentified aerial phenomena" – but to the public they are better known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. According to Wuhan-based researcher Chen Li from the Air Force Early Warning Academy, human analysts have been overwhelmed in recent years by the rapidly mounting sighting reports from a wide range of military and civilian sources across the country. "The frequent occurrence of unidentified air conditions in recent years … brings severe challenges to air defence security of our country." The PLA's task force dedicated to the unknown objects increasingly relies on AI technology to analyse its data, according to Chen's report, which is in line with several other military studies published in domestic journals, most recently in August last year.

Nowadays, it's more straightforward than at any other time to make a piece of graphic design, and this is particularly valid for logo design. These little graphic works will quite often be straightforward, with a moderate couple of components and restricted shadings. They effectively identify a brand and have not many prerequisites. Be that as it may, the design should be critical, extraordinary, and do the occupation for which they were designed. Hypothetically, logo design is entirely simple, to the point that anybody can deal with a DIY logo.

The widespread use and increasing complexity of mission-critical and safety-critical systems at NASA and in the aerospace industry require advanced techniques that address these systems' specification, design, verification, validation, and certification requirements. The NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM) is a forum to foster collaboration between theoreticians and practitioners from NASA, academia, and industry. NFM's goals are to identify challenges and to provide solutions for achieving assurance for such critical systems. New developments and emerging applications like autonomous software for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), UAS Traffic Management (UTM), advanced separation assurance algorithms for aircraft, and the need for system-wide fault detection, diagnosis, and prognostics provide new challenges for system specification, development, and verification approaches. Similar challenges need to be addressed during development and deployment of on-board software for both spacecraft and ground systems.

Rishi Sunak has used a trip to Washington to push the UK as a global centre for artificial intelligence regulation, insisting its record in the sector will make others listen to "this mid-sized country". Downing Street is hopeful that Joe Biden, whom Sunak was to meet at the White House on Thursday, will agree to US involvement in a UK-hosted global summit on AI safety in the autumn. The summit, formally announced by No 10 a day before the talks, is billed as a chance for leading companies and "like-minded countries" to discuss how to limit the potential risks of the technology's rapid advancement. It is designed to run alongside discussions on AI at last month's G7 summit in Japan, rather than competing. UK officials say the London gathering would be intended for companies and governments to start discussions over what sort of safeguards might be needed.

ABOVE VIDEO: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it – and it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp rocks that the rover will have to navigate around on its own. At the end of the 3-mile journey, which began March 14, 2022, Perseverance will reach an ancient river delta within Jezero Crater, where a lake existed billions of years ago. This delta is one of the best locations on Mars for the rover to look for signs of past microscopic life. Using a drill on the end of its robotic arm and a complex sample collection system in its belly, Perseverance is collecting rock cores for return to Earth – the first part of the Mars Sample Return campaign.

England's BBC Channel 4 is going have an AI robot named Ameca provide the alternative Christmas message to King Charles' official royal remarks. A dystopian humanoid cyborg is set to give us the seasons' greetings this year on Channel 4. According to a report from Deadline, the AI robot, whose name is Ameca will be delivering alternate remarks to King Charles III's annual Royal Christmas message which will broadcast on its usual home on Channel 1. The robot was developed by Engineered Arts, a developing firm in Cornwall, England. The AI for Ameca is apparently set to deliver remarks which seek to calm the nation and the world at large, by reassuring us that 2022 was a "learning opportunity, a chance to change the way we think about the world and a reminder to help those in need whenever we can." This sounds suspiciously like some kind of terrifying cyborg threat, especially without hearing the accompanying Apple Maps voice delivering the statement, but Channel 4 assures us the robot supports the human race and loves a good laugh when times get tough.

Teacher tested and approved by educators across the United States, Quantum's AI software is proven in research studies to improve comprehension, problem solving skills and test scores by as much as 50%. Quantum's intelligent tutoring engines are integrated with existing web-based learning products, providing a strong competitive edge for distributing partners. A "technology think tank," Quantum is funded and supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.