AI is a general-purpose technology that has the potential to improve the welfare and well-being of people, to contribute to positive sustainable global economic activity, to increase innovation and productivity, and to help respond to key global challenges. It is deployed in many sectors ranging from production, finance and transport to healthcare and security. Alongside benefits, AI also raises challenges for our societies and economies, notably regarding economic shifts and inequalities, competition, transitions in the labour market, and implications for democracy and human rights. The OECD has undertaken empirical and policy activities on AI in support of the policy debate over the past two years, starting with a Technology Foresight Forum on AI in 2016 and an international conference on AI: Intelligent Machines, Smart Policies in 2017. The Organisation also conducted analytical and measurement work that provides an overview of the AI technical landscape, maps economic and social impacts of AI technologies and their applications, identifies major policy considerations, and describes AI initiatives from governments and other stakeholders at national and international levels.

The AI Group of experts at the OECD (AIGO) completed its recommendations in meetings at the World Government Summit in Dubai earlier in February. "The contributions of the AI expert group mark an important milestone in our efforts to ensure that governments and people share the economic and social benefits of AI and understand and minimise the risks," said Andrew Wyckoff, director of the OECD's Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate, which is spearheading the work. The recommendations cover a broad range of public and private policy matters that are being transformed by artificial intelligence systems. They include a common understanding of AI concepts including: what is an AI system? What is the AI system lifecycle?

Many might not realize it but artificial intelligence (AI) has ubiquitously made its way into our daily lives. For instance, digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri handle everyday tasks including scheduling reminders or playing your favorite morning jam. Support channels are being taken over by chatbots and you're none the wiser. Impressive as these applications may be, AI is entering its so-called third wave, which is set to create more interesting applications for the technology itself, as reported by Top500.org. Third-wave AI is supposed to be truly intelligent and most similar to human thinking, meaning it will make sense of the independent world and its varying contexts.

We know AI is improving. So let's look at where an investment in AI and Blockchain technology might pay off big. This conversation with Peter Voss of Aigo.ai is a great place to start. A scientist who has founded a startup to make personal assistants personal. Imaging Siri, Alexa, etc actually learning so they do what you want!

Aigo.ai has announced the launch of their decentralized community for the world's first truly personal personal assistant. The development of the community is the final piece in the creation of a revolutionary AI assistant that is hyper-personalized to individual needs, desires, and goals - and most importantly, provides you, and only you, with the ability to keep and own all the information and data you share with it. Peter Voss, Chief Scientist at Aigo.ai and a pioneer in the artificial intelligence space, has developed Aigo using groundbreaking "cognitive architecture" to implement the "Third Wave of AI" - learning unsupervised, instantaneously and interactively. With significantly greater cognitive ability than today's Siri, Alexa, and other chatbot technologies, Peter and his team envision Aigo as the foundation for implementing what they call a true "ExoCortex," which they define as an everyday, interactive, cognitive extension of ourselves. The Aigo community will be vital to his team's vision of creating this new category of personal assistants – becoming a hive of intelligence, free of advertising, corporate ownership, and agendas.