The government workscape is changing rapidly. This major shift is multifaceted with jobs switching to remote, an overall struggle to fill roles, budget cuts and the automation of many tasks. However, one thing is clear: Government agencies are being forced to do more with less. People are fleeing the public sector for private-sector jobs. In fact, the number of private-sector jobs has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level.

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. As technology evolves to support a wide range of tasks, companies are increasingly relying on automation to help improve overall work efficiency and operations. Satellite analytics, specifically, is rapidly growing in popularity and helping businesses in a variety of industries including utilities, energy, mining, transportation, construction and more. In fact, SnapLogic released a report stating 81% of employees say AI improves their job performance. Satellites can travel around the earth at 17,000 mph, capturing hi-res images to provide companies access to historical data, increase safety and cost-efficient insights.

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) is the next key step for IoT – transforming the process of analyzing data and turning it into action. IoT will help with a new generation of AI enablement due to the aggregation nature of IoT. At its core, IoT is gathering massive amounts of data. And as that data is processed through the data-hungry algorithms of AI, the analytical and action parts of IoT will be greatly enhanced. IoT is key for collecting relevant, intelligent data and communicating it to be processed, analyzed, and made actionable.

The days of drivers sneaking dangerous downward glances at directions on their phones may soon come to an end. Automakers are poised to introduce technology on new cars, trucks and SUVs that projects directions onto the windshield and draws a circle around pedestrians or deer on the roadway. Depending on the vehicle, these augmented reality windshields may also display vehicle information, identify ice patches and, eventually, serve as a screen for entertainment purposes when self-driving cars become a reality. Brands poised to debut the technology include Kia, Hyundai, Cadillac and Audi. Advocates say that the windshields show how technology can be used to reduce driver distraction, keeping drivers' eyes on the road instead of darting toward an infotainment screen or phone.

Testing and trial runs of autonomous cars are going on briskly so that they can hit the roads soon, commute from one place to another and ridesharing companies can use them to ferry passengers to their destination. Autonomous cars would alter the long-established relationship between the driver and the car, as the vehicle steers, stops, accelerates, turns, identifies hurdles on its own and avoids collisions. This would be reinventing the car industry and its implications for the future would be colossal. But would autonomous cars make all forms of human intervention a thing of the past completely and at any stage there would be no need of human direction? What would happen in rarer scenarios where the car may need an external control for better navigation?

It works rather like the BB-8 robot from Star Wars, and could change the way we drive. Goodyear has revealed a radical new spherical tire powered by AI and linked to the car by magnetic force so it can rotate on any axis in any direction. The firm says it will be able to sense road conditions and adapt accordingly, turning itself into either a wet or dry weather configuration instantly. Working like human muscles, the smart tire can re-shape the individual sections of the tire's tread design, adding'dimples' for wet conditions (left) or smoothing the tread for dry conditions (right) Made of super-elastic polymer, the tire's bionic skin has a flexibility similar to that of human skin, allowing it to expand and contract. This outer layer covers a foam-like material that is strong enough to remain flexible despite the weight of a vehicle.