Artificial intelligence (AI) is an exciting technology that seems to be seeing fresh breakthroughs every other day. While starting a career in AI will enable you to spend your days working with some of the most talented developers around for a great salary, it can also be highly competitive and involve a lot of behind-the-scenes work keeping yourself updated on the latest artificial intelligence software. However, the effort you put into keeping yourself ahead of the curve is likely to pay off in the form of a lucrative salary. As a machine learning engineer, you can expect to earn from $125,000 to $175,000, while some of the biggest tech companies out there are attracting talented young graduates with offers that range between $300,000 and $500,000. To put it simply, tech firms are proactively searching for top AI talent and ready to pay big money for the best candidates.

As a CIO, regardless of the industry you are in, you share common opportunities and potential for advancements with other CIOs when it comes to technology. These might include theft of materials, physical security of staff and customers, doing more with fewer employees and contributing to the profitability of your company. In this column, we are going to examine some hospitality technology experiments with emphasis in the casino area. The first one is biometrics, the technical term for body measurements and calculations. It has long been used as a form of identification and access control. But with the proliferation of voice recognition devices (think Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant), biometric technology has moved into guest services and the Wynn Las Vegas Casino is currently attempting to use this as a big competitive advantage.

A little-known lab in Menlo Park, California is responsible for many of the most exciting technologies we've seen over the last half-century. Initially founded in 1946 by Stanford University as The Stanford Research Institute, it's now separate from the university and goes by SRI International. But it's always been a non-profit dedicated to research and development. With 4,000 patents to its credit, SRI is fairly well-known in Silicon Valley, but most consumers have no idea it's been behind the scenes helping with everything from the computer mouse to the Siri voice assistant in your iPhone.