Artificial intelligence is developing in leaps and bounds as new systems harness the capabilities of supercomputers and dedicated semiconductors.  But the ongoing acceleration in AI performance and utility raises a number of challenges for policymakers grappling with how to ensure their countries remain competitive and how to regulate this dynamic and far-reaching technology.

Until recently, the quality of classroom instruction relied almost entirely on a teacher's resourcefulness, motivation and intelligence. Soon, it will also depend on artificial intelligence--with lessons based more on what students need to learn than on traditional methods of instruction. "Even with PCs, projectors and the internet, the way students are taught hasn't changed that much in the past 50 years," says Rose Luckin, the chair of learning with digital technologies at University College London's Knowledge Lab. "With artificial intelligence helping the teacher, there will be a revolution in education that addresses many of teaching's shortcomings." Sometimes called "the fourth industrial revolution" (after steam, electricity and computing), artificial intelligence is all around us, from beating people at poker to analyzing mortgage applications and replying to requests on voice-activated phone systems at home or on your phone.

Data sharing and data within digital literacy were among the subjects addressed by expert witnesses during the second House of Lords select committee hearing on artificial intelligence (AI). Every conference this year contains a dead human genius reincarnated as software system or a robot. Yes, there is a lot of hype, but there is real worth in AI and Machine Learning. Read our counseling on how to avoid adopting "black box" approach. You forgot to provide an Email Address.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) attracted $162M in investments across 12 deals in the first half of 2017, the highest amount of funding in Canada in the past five years, according to the MoneyTree Report from PwC Canada and CB Insights. Despite the record high in AI deals, investments in venture-backed companies based in Canada slowed down in the first half of 2017. Funding decreased to $885M in the first half of 2017 from $1.027B (14%) from the same period in 2016. The number of deals also decreased to 127 deals from 170 (25%) from the same period last year. Quarterly activity in Q2 2017 saw $400M deployed across 58 deals. This is a decline from Q2 2016 which saw $600M deployed across 58 deals.