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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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Why Do Businesses Invest in AI

Enterprises are investing in artificial intelligence, reports ZD Net.They are acquiring AI mainly for automation of tasks. 

Why do enterprises buy into artificial intelligence systems? Where are they investing the most?

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AI in Call Centers

As companies deploy more AI in call centers to save money, jobs will be lost, reports Fortune. 

People who call companies to ask questions about their cable bills or complain about their Internet service being out are increasingly talking to artificial intelligence. 

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Making AI More Human

AI developers are employing screenwriters and authors to help their AI be more personable, reports Forbes.

Scott Ganz, who is the Principal Content Designer at Intuit, did not get in the tech game the typical way. Keep in mind that he was a screenwriter, such as for Wordgirl (winning an Emmy for his work) and The Muppets.

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Elon Musk Thinks AI Will Take Jobs

According to CNBC, Elon Musk believes that AI will eliminate jobs.

Elon Musk may be a strong proponent of all things tech. But he’s far from positive on its implications for the jobs market.

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AI in the Art World

University College London and the National Gallery are using AI to analyze famous artwork to learn more about it, reports Tech Xplore.

Artificial intelligence has been used to analyse high-resolution digital X-ray images of the world famous Ghent Altarpiece, as part of an investigative project led by UCL. 

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Tellius and Snowflake Partner to Deliver Cloud-Native Augmented Analytics at Scale

Tellius, a leading provider of AI-powered augmented analytics software, today announced a partnership with Snowflake, Inc, the data warehouse built for the cloud. Through the partnership, the Tellius Search and AI-Powered Analytics platform is certified to natively connect to the Snowflake data warehouse, allowing customers to discover insights at scale without worrying about analytics performance. Organizations leverage Tellius as a fast, simplified, and collaborative approach for business users, data analysts, citizen data scientists, and data engineers to visualize enterprise data using natural language and voice, discover insights assisted by AI, and automate machine learning across all their business data.

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Importance of Understanding AI

As AI rapidly advances it is important that end users understand what AI is, reports Interesting Engineering.

According to Gartner's survey of over 3,000 CIOs, Artificial intelligence (AI) was by far the most mentioned technology and takes the spot as the top game-changer technology away from data and analytics, which is now occupying a second place

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