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The New US Department of AI

According to Energy.gov, the United States has created a Department of Artificial Intelligence. The office will coordinate all the AI project the Department of Energy is involved in. 

Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the establishment of the DOE Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO).

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Pentagon Looks for AI Ethicist

The Pentagon wants to find someone to oversee the artifical intelligence program to keep it ethical, reports the Guardian.

Wanted: military “ethicist”. Skills: data crunching, machine learning, killer robots. Must have: cool head, moral compass and the will to say no to generals, scientists and even presidents

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AI Will Cause Workers to Need Retraining

A new study by IBM’s Institute for Business Value believes that artificial intelligence will mean 120 million workers will have to be retrained, reports CNet. 

Artificial Intelligence is apparently ready to get to work. Over the next three years, as many as 120 million workers from the world's 12 largest economies may need to be retrained.

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