Like millions of people in the US, artificial intelligence was just something Dianne Balon read about on the news. Little did she know the tech would come to save her life. Despite being a picture of health, an AI-powered blood test in 2022 revealed that one of the world's deadliest cancers was silently forming in Ms Balon's pancreas. It caught the tumor in its earliest form, before it had the chance to grow and spread, which is when the vast majority of pancreatic cancers are caught - at which point it's too late. The results of the test provided a key'piece of the puzzle'.

To conduct the business of lending, banks employ credit risk processes – initial assessment, in-depth assessment leading to accept or reject decision, periodic review of loan performance and reporting. These processes expose banks to several frauds, referred to as "credit risk process fraud." Key categories of CRPF are misappropriation of funds, manipulation of data by borrowers and third-party providers, deviations from procedures and manipulation of reports. Efficient management of CRPF is vital for banks. Conversely, many banks do not provide commensurate importance to CRPF in terms of governance, clear definition to segregate it from frauds in credit operations and other related ones, infrastructure in terms of data, fraud investigation, systems, and automation.

Diagnosing cardiac pathologies from echocardiograms correctly can be an extremely challenging endeavor that only very skilled cardiologists can perform with ease. This latest breakthrough contains the potential to completely shift the narrative when it comes to diagnostic medicine, and can ultimately save countless lives in the near future. Previously, researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute and Stanford University developed one of the first artificial intelligence technologies to assess cardiac function, specifically, left ventricular ejection fraction--the key heart measurement used in diagnosing cardiac function. Their research was published in the prestigious journal Nature. Building on this past research, the most recent study assessed the impact of artificial intelligence in clinical deployment as part of a prospective, blinded and randomized controlled clinical trial.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has invested in the development of technologies that allow the human brain to communicate directly with machines, including the development of implantable neural interfaces able to transfer data between the human brain and the digital world. This technology, known as brain-computer interface (BCI), may eventually be used to monitor a soldier's cognitive workload, control a drone swarm, or link with a prosthetic, among other examples. Further technological advances could support human-machine decisionmaking, human-to-human communication, system control, performance enhancement and monitoring, and training. However, numerous policy, safety, legal, and ethical issues should be evaluated before the technology is widely deployed. With this report, the authors developed a methodology for studying potential applications for emerging technology. This included developing a national security game to explore the use of BCI in combat scenarios; convening experts in military operations, human performance, and neurology to explore how the technology might affect military tactics, which aspects may be most beneficial, and which aspects might present risks; and offering recommendations to policymakers.

If the draft of its AI strategy is anything to go by, the EU has yet to recognize the technology's epochal significance Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Brussels is failing to grasp threats and opportunities of artificial intelligence. When the computer program AlphaGo beat the Chinese professional Go player Ke Jie in a three-part match, it didn't take long for Beijing to realize the implications. If algorithms can already surpass the abilities of a master Go player, it can't be long before they will be similarly supreme in the activity to which the classic board game has always been compared: war. As I've written before, the great conflict of our time is about who can control the next wave of technological development: the widespread application of artificial intelligence in the economic and military spheres. That's why it's so worrying that while China has been quick to react to the threats and opportunities of AI, the European Union -- if the draft of its AI strategy is anything to go by -- has yet to recognize the technology's epochal significance.