AI researcher Connor Leahy advises whether humans should be fearful of artificial intelligence and where the technology is expected to be in the future. TOKYO -- The Japanese government announced last week that it will be adding 23 new technologies, including specific AI technologies, to its list of "Specified Key Technologies," according to the Cabinet Office's website. This designation means that the government will fund public and private research institutions to develop AI technologies for "active cyber defense" to prevent cyberattacks and technologies that can be used for detecting disinformation. The newly added technologies cover four areas, including cyberspace, maritime, aerospace and biotechnology. This is part of the government's Fostering Key Technologies for Economic Security strategy under the Economic Security Promotion Act.

Dr. Axel Spies is a German attorney (Rechtsanwalt) in Washington, DC, and co-publisher of the German journals Multi-Media-Recht (MMR) and Zeitschrift für Datenschutz (ZD). The impact of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) proposed by the European Commission, and currently debated at the European Parliament (EP), has been underestimated in the United States. With approximately 3,000 amendments that must be reconciled, the AIA represents the first attempt to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) by a uniform law from cradle to grave. The AIA focuses on the providers of AI services that put them on the market or use them for their own purposes. Germany is actively contributing to the debate: AI is mentioned in the federal government's Coalition Treaty as a "digital key technology" and a European AIA is generally supported.

The metaverse might be the latest buzzword for the advertising industry, but as it turns out, most CEOs participating in a Gartner survey ignore the technology. They want to avoid wasting effort on concepts that are many years from offering substantive value to the enterprise. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reported as the most impactful new technology among CEOs for the third year in a row, according to Gartner. Some 63% of CEOs see the metaverse as either not applicable or very unlikely to be a key technology for their business, despite Gartner's February prediction that 25% of people will spend at least one hour per day in the virtual world by 2026. The remainder think it will be a key technology for the development of business.

For the third year running, AI is the top priority for CEOs, according to a survey of CEOs and senior executives released by Gartner on Wednesday. The findings also revealed that the metaverse, which has received a lot of hype in the last year, especially since the rebranding of Facebook to Meta, is not as relevant to business leaders – 63% say that they do not see the metaverse as a key technology for their organization. It's not a big surprise that AI continues to be on the mind of top business leaders. As TechRepublic reported in June 2021, 97% of senior executives planned to invest heavily in AI. Jobs in AI, which are often high-pay, are also in demand, according to the jobs board Indeed.com.

Extended reality technologies aren't new, but the way that we interact with them has changed rapidly within the last several years. As businesses compete for supremacy in this space, the landscape of these new innovations has become confusing and uncertain for many. What is the Metaverse, where is it taking us next, and what are the key technologies driving its development? Before we get into the details, let's first understand what we're talking about. Recently, the concept of a Metaverse has been popularized by Facebook's rebranding to Meta, but the story doesn't start there.

Manan Shah is the co-founder and CEO of Avalance Global Solutions, California-based cybersecurity, and breach and attack simulation company. Ever since Alan Turing helped decode the Enigma messages used by the Germans during World War II, the concept of artificial intelligence started getting traction. It was only in 1956 that the term actually was officially coined by none other than John McCarthy. It was the era when the debate over artificial intelligence began and became a heated topic. The concept fascinated a lot of free thinkers and frightened others.

The U.S.'s top counterintelligence official thinks America's status as a global superpower relies on protecting its lead on five key technologies. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center's acting director, Michael Orlando, said that foreign theft of America's technologies could put the nation's ability to remain active in the tech industry at risk. In order to prevent such an incident, the counterintelligence will conduct an outreach campaign to educate businesses and academia about the expansive efforts by China and Russia to collect cutting-edge research, the Wall Street Journal reported last month. The five key technologies identified are artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, bioscience, quantum computing, and semiconductors. Officials claim that America's rivals are trying to legally and illegally steal every one of them, which could hinder future economic growth and military dominance.

Porsche uses artificial intelligence (AI) in vehicle development to make drive systems even more efficient and sustainable and to further optimize development processes. AI gives computers the ability to analyze problems and solve them automatically--much like a human being. This potential is being exploited in powertrain development, both in the field of e-mobility and in the internal combustion engine as a traditional domain of mechanical engineering. In the development of traditional combustion engines, for example, AI solves the problem of predicting the gas content in the engine oil. Since high gas content leads to oil foaming and thus to reduced lubricity, the oil system must be designed for the lowest possible gas content.

Hamburg News: How did you enter the AI sector? I started programming at my first employer, Axel Springer, out of curiosity. At the time, I was allowed to jointly found a start-up for Axel Springer and spent plenty of time working with our programmers, who encouraged and motivated me to programme. Later, I gained my first real programming experience at Soundcloud where I heard about artificial intelligence for the first time. I jumped onto the AI bandwagon through my Master's degree in America and later as part of my job in San Francisco. Hamburg News: What do you plan to do in future?

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us. Here are the key technologies that will shape your journey. In 2016, the theme for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, was "Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution." It was a major milestone, marking the fact that today's industries produce goods by adopting advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The first industrial revolution changed the way people worked by utilizing steam and water power.