Many of the largest and most reputable news outlets in the world are using or dabbling in artificial intelligence and, this year, the first AI female news anchor was debuted in China.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 23 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Portugal is betting on artificial intelligence to boost exports

Portugal is rolling out a new AI platform which will help its companies find exporting partners around the world.

Sergio Goncalves · Reuters 18 Apr 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

In the age of automation, we need to rethink well-being after work

In order to manage the latest wave of automation, we must have ends that are more compelling than merely wanting more products and services.

Robert Skidelsky · Project Syndicate 18 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How AI could dramatically improve your healthcare

As machine learning progresses, its applications include faster, more accurate medical diagnoses.

Seokbum Ko · The Conversation 16 Apr 2019

Education, Gender and Work

What does AI mean for gender equality?

Female workers are more exposed to risks of computerisation than male workers, and that this tendency is more pronounced in larger cities.

Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Keisuke Kondo · VoxEU 12 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How Americans see automation and the workplace in 7 charts

These seven charts, based on recent Pew Research Center surveys, highlight Americans’ views toward job automation.

Abigail Geiger · Pew Research Center 11 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

New quantum device can “generate all possible futures”

A team of scientists say they’ve built a quantum computer that generates a superposition of all possible futures the computer could experience.

Dan Robitzski · Futurism 10 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Artificial Intelligence is making pesto even more delicious

Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 09 Apr 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How Leonardo da Vinci's sketches showed humans as complex machines

Leonardo da Vinci was able to translate many of the anatomical observations he made from dissecting bodies into blueprints for machines.

Susan Broomhall and Ivan Marusic · The Conversation 09 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Will self-driving cars will be “unthinkable” in 50 years?

New York University data journalism professor Meredith Broussard thinks we might not be heading to the self-driving future we imagined.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 08 Apr 2019

Globalization 4.0

The latest technology isn't enough – you need the business model to go with it

As the dawn of electrification and the early history of computing show, pioneering technology means little without the right mindset to apply it.

Jon Bruner 05 Apr 2019

Climate Change

5 ways cities can use emerging technologies to fight climate change

Big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual reality and 3D printing will be vital in mitigating the worst consequences of global warming. Here are some solutions already in the...

Mounir Kabbara 05 Apr 2019

Cybersecurity

AI raises the risk of cyberattack – and the best defence is more AI

The cybersecurity industry is deploying machine learning to counter the growing threat from AI-controlled cyberattacks. But sustained investment is needed to build these defences at scale

Wilson Center 04 Apr 2019

Middle East and North Africa

AI has the potential to enrich our lives in so many ways – if we use it properly

From healthcare to remote learning, or from easier access to government services to fighting crime: AI has the potential to transform our futures for the better - as long as we get it rig...

Alain Bejjani 04 Apr 2019

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