'People are being more discerning about spending money,' he says. 'People are being more discerning about spending money,' he says. T hey are already packing our groceries and delivering shopping. Now robots are coming to the kebab shop, alongside self-service screens and loyalty apps, as takeaways look for ways to tackle rising costs. German Doner Kebab (GDK), a perhaps surprisingly British-owned chain that has been springing up across the country, has turned to technology to keep its fast food business buzzing in the face of rising costs and tough times on the high street.

During his eight years as community alert and warning manager in Sonoma County, California, Sam Wallis has repeatedly watched wildfires roar through the cities and small towns he protects. Often with little warning, fires have razed homes and charred the area's picturesque hillsides, valleys and vineyards just north of San Francisco. Wallis had to evacuate his own home last year. And in 2017 his property was strewn with wind-blown debris from the deadly, 37,000-acre Tubbs Fire, one of the most destructive in California's history. "The Tubbs Fire was the seminal event, an absolutely massive and fast-moving fire that we had no way of tracking," Wallis says.

On Thursday, Google released a document entitled "Artificial Intelligence at Google: Our Principles," vowing to avoid Pentagon projects to develop AI weapons. However, they'll continue to work with the US military on a host of other projects, including AI projects, so long as they don't include surveillance that runs counter to human rights. "Google is in a spot at the moment," Wallis, editor-at-large for Digital Journal and author of more than a dozen books, told Loud & Clear hosts John Kiriakou and Nicole Roussell. "This is gold rush time for artificial intelligence; everybody wants a piece of it, and we're not talking about the sort of generic type of artificial intelligence -- we're talking about possibly thousands or millions of different kinds of artificial intelligence." In other words, the advent of artificially intelligent weapons is "inevitable," Wallis said.

On Thursday, Google released a document entitled "Artificial Intelligence at Google: Our Principles," vowing to avoid Pentagon projects to develop AI weapons. However, they'll continue to work with the US military on a host of other projects, including AI projects, so long as they don't include surveillance that runs counter to human rights. "Google is in a spot at the moment," Wallis, editor-at-large for Digital Journal and author of more than a dozen books, told Loud & Clear hosts John Kiriakou and Nicole Roussell. "This is gold rush time for artificial intelligence; everybody wants a piece of it, and we're not talking about the sort of generic type of artificial intelligence -- we're talking about possibly thousands or millions of different kinds of artificial intelligence." In other words, the advent of artificially intelligent weapons is "inevitable," Wallis said.

"OK Google – what's artificial intelligence (AI) going to look like in 2018?" While your home smart sensor or smart phone might not have a precise answer to that question, it will certainly take note of the fact that you asked it. Insurers across North America have been investing heavily in the Internet of Things (IoT), embracing connected devices like home smart sensors, wearables, and autonomous vehicles, in order to generate data for machine learning and boost cognitive services to improve customer service. Exciting times lie ahead in 2018 and beyond with regards to the intersection between IoT and AI, according to Jodie Wallis, managing director for artificial intelligence, at Accenture. "Soon, all of the data that has been collected over the past couple of years by IoT sensors will start to fuel innovation in AI," she told Insurance Business.

Letting your dog get away with disobedience won't benefit it during its old age, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna discovered that, instead, having your elderly dog play games on a touch screen might stave off cognitive decline. The scientists found that brain training and problem solving can slow the pace of brain deterioration. But the older dogs that could benefit from the training are rarely introduced to it. The study explains: 'Unlike puppies or young dogs, old dogs are almost never trained or challenged mentally.

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