Neurons, the world's leading applied neuroscience company has moved a step closer to becoming the leading platform for predicting human behaviour by acquiring two of its competitors, VisualEyes and Loceye. Latest Aithority Insights: E-con Systems Launches A Ready To Deploy AI Vision Kit With E-con's Sony Imx415 Based 4k… The move brings 35,000 new clients with a projected 1,000 more each month and enables Neurons to focus on using AI to accurately predict human emotions and sentiments. It boosts the company's competitive advantage and dramatically increases the growth and accuracy of its customer prediction platform, revolutionising the way brands do business. Companies often fail to predict, know, or understand consumer responses. Neurons' technology has enabled major corporations such as Facebook, TikTok, and Ikea to optimize every part of their customer journey from advertising and retail to innovation and beyond.

In the race for artificial intelligence dominance, it is currently just a two horse race when looked at on a national level. As our chart shows, when looking at patent applications, investment, talent, research and companies in the sector, the United States and China are top of the charts when it comes to these key metrics. Between these two leaders, there are areas in which one or the other is far stronger, with China well ahead in terms of investment and financing - China accounted for 60 percent of global investment since 2013. The U.S. on the other hand is most dominant from the perspective of the number of companies operating in the field.

Huawei could soon be allowed to do business with US companies again, according to leaks ahead of the current trade talks between the US and China. Don't be fooled – we have been here before only to be disappointed. This appears to be, as usual, a sop to the markets as any trade progress is likely to be no more than pedestrian. Last week, we have seen further evidence that the fractures in the global order are increasing – and that they are being driven by technology. Not only has Donald Trump banned several Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies from doing business with US companies, but the European Union (EU) has issued a warning about cyberattacks from state-backed companies that have equipment in the bloc's 5G networks. Chinese state media has attacked Apple for providing a map that has assisted protesters in Hong Kong, forcing it to withdraw the application.

English is spoken by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but do the development of translation technology and "hybrid" languages threaten its status? Which country boasts the most English speakers, or people learning to speak English? According to a study published by Cambridge University Press, up to 350 million people there have at least some knowledge of English - and at least another 100 million in India. There are probably more people in China who speak English as a second language than there are Americans who speak it as their first. But for how much longer will English qualify as the "world's favourite language"?

China continues to accelerate its bid to grab the initiative in 21st-century robotics and artificial intelligence development as the next emerging global powerhouse. Small wonder that the world's leading manufacturing giant has already raced past the rest of the world as a major user of robots. According to the China Robot Industry Alliance, the country is already a flourishing hub for consumer robotics and is poised for a radical transition from its human-based workforce to an automated Artificial Intelligence or AI-based alternative. Its recent unveiling of the incredibly adept and efficient personal robot BIG-i is a pertinent example. Dubbed "butler," this humanoid is primarily a service robot with the programmed ability to aid homeowners in the performance of a wide variety of household errands.