AI is a glorified term for digital systems; in that light it's increasingly pervasive. At one point I worked on manufacturing of vehicle ignition computers: the one and only computer in a major manufacturer's vehicle so difficult to produce that one model was deployed to a broad range of vehicles. The why was to address a variety of issues that simple electro-mechanical systems could not such as emissions, fuel economy, cold starting, knocking, vapor lock, etc. Today vehicles are a maze of digital controllers and networks addressing all manner of safety and performance issues as well as complex entertainment, communication and navigation functions. However, intelligent systems increasingly play a role in energy efficiency and productivity solutions of all kinds.

"There are only two types of networks, those that have been compromised and those that are compromised without the operator's awareness," wrote James Scott, senior fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, in a collection of essays on next-generation cyber defenses. The writers, ICIT fellows and industry security experts, voiced a common theme: Cyber threats continue to pervade government systems and no one solution is a cure-all. The government sector is second only to the health care industry in system vulnerability and susceptibility to attack, based on total records breached, Scott wrote. In 2016, 36.6 million records were exposed, 13.9 million of which came from government systems. Between 2010 and 2016, he said, federal and state agencies publicly disclosed 203 breaches, and there was a 40 percent increase in public-sector data breaches in 2016.

When it comes to social intelligence, dogs and toddlers are of a similar standing, a new study claims. Researchers have found that dogs and 2-year-old children perform with similar success on cooperative communication tasks, both outperforming chimpanzees – one of our closest living relatives. The discovery suggests evolution may have shaped both humans and dogs in a way that favors'survival of the friendliest,' the researchers say. Researchers have found that dogs and 2-year-old children perform with similar success on cooperative communication tasks, both outperforming chimpanzees – one of our closest living relatives. Social intelligence is the ability to succeed in complex social relationships and environments.