The inaugural boss of NASA's newly-created UFO research division has been named as a former meteorologist and liaison to the Pentagon. Mark McInerney will become the US space agency's director of research into unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), more commonly known as unidentified flying objects. NASA officials initially refused to reveal McInerney's identity amid fears he would be harassed, before later backtracking on the decision. Speaking about the new UFO boss following the release of the agency's highly-anticipated study into more than 800 UAP sightings, NASA's associate administrator Nicola Fox told reporters: 'They have been working there a while now, during the study, to help be a point of contact.' But when directly asked whether she could name the official, Fox replied: 'We will not give his name out.' Alien hunter: The inaugural boss of NASA's newly-created UFO research division has been named as former meteorologist and liaison to the Pentagon Mark McInerney (pictured) NASA officials initially refused to reveal McInerney's identity amid fears he would be harassed All changed hours later, however, when NASA sent out a press release that included McInerney's name and revealed he previously worked as the agency's liaison to the Pentagon.

Are AI machines going to take over our brewpubs? Unlikely, but it is almost certain that breweries will continue to use AI and data to create new beer recipes and optimize existing formulations. Here are some ways AI is currently used in beer making.

There are many ways artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can make our world more productive and effective. There are even breweries that are using AI to enhance beer production. Is this brilliant or unbelievable? While it's admittedly too soon to tell, using data to inform brewmasters' decisions and the possibility of personalised brews makes AI-brewed beer definitely intriguing. Since brewing beer is an art and a science, artificial intelligence offers a powerful helping hand in the latter.

There are many ways artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can make our world more productive and effective. There are even breweries that are using AI to enhance beer production. Is this brilliant or unbelievable? While it's admittedly too soon to tell, using data to inform brewmasters' decisions and the possibility of personalized brews makes AI-brewed beer definitely intriguing. Since brewing beer is an art and a science, artificial intelligence offers a powerful helping hand in the latter.

The term "machine learning" covers a grab bag of algorithms, techniques, and technology that are by now pretty much everywhere in modern life. However, machine intelligence has recently started to be used not just for identifying problems but to build better products. Amongst the first is the world's only beers brewed with the help of machine intelligence, which went on sale a few weeks ago. The machine learning algorithms uses a combination of reinforcement learning and bayesian optimisation to assist the brewer in deciding how to change the recipe of the beer, with the algorithms learning from experience and customer feedback. Perhaps the most obvious intrusion of machine learning into the physical world is the voice recognition that drives Apple's Siri, or Amazon's Alexa.

Say what you will about Google's AlphaGo AI, it generally turned up to its championship matches sober. Actually, most AI tend to stay away from the bottle – which makes sense given their lack of mouth, or digestive system, or sense of fun. One UK company is looking to change all that, though. IntelligentX's AI might not actually drink beer, but it is learning how to brew it thanks to machine-learning algorithms. It works like this: IntelligentX has made four different types of beer.

Say what you will about Google's AlphaGo AI, it generally turned up to its championship matches sober. Actually, most AI tend to stay away from the bottle – which makes sense given their lack of mouth, or digestive system, or sense of fun. One UK company is looking to change all that, though. IntelligentX's AI might not actually drink beer, but it is learning how to brew it thanks to machine-learning algorithms. It works like this: IntelligentX has made four different types of beer.