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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed many aspects of our lives for the better. It even played a role in developing vaccines against COVID-19. But you may be surprised just how many things we take for granted that rely on AI.

As IBM explain, "at its simplest form, artificial intelligence is a field, which combines computer science and robust datasets to enable problem-solving." It includes the sub-fields of machine learning and deep learning. These two fields use algorithms that are designed to make predictions or classifications based on input data.

This is how AI is used in our everyday lives.

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Of course, as technology becomes more sophisticated, literally millions of decisions need to be made every day and AI speeds things up and takes the burden off humans. The World Economic Forum describes AI as a key driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Forecasted shipments of edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips worldwide in 2020 and 2024, by device.

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The Forums platform, Shaping the Future of Technology Governance: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, is bringing together key stakeholders to design and test policy frameworks that accelerate the benefits and mitigate the risks of AI and machine learning.

Here are 10 examples of AI we encounter every day.

Your email provider almost certainly uses AI algorithms to filter mail into your spam folder. Quite helpful when you consider that 77% of global email traffic is spam. Google says less than 0.1% of spam makes it past its AI-powered filters.

But there are concerns that algorithms that read content to target advertising are invading our privacy.

AI automates a host of functions on your smartphone, from predictive text that learns the words you commonly use to voice-activated personal assistants which listen to the world around them and try to learn your keywords.

The way your phone screen adjusts to ambient light or the battery life is optimized is also down to AI. But if the personal assistant absorbs everything you say, whether youre on the phone or not, some critics say it creates opportunities for surveillance, however benign the intention.

In many parts of the world, online and app-based banking are the norm. From onboarding new customers and checking their identity to countering fraud and money laundering, AI is in charge. Want a loan? An AI-powered system will assess your creditworthiness and decide.

This is how AI is used in banking.

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AI also monitors transactions and AI chatbots can answer questions about your account. More than two-thirds of banks in a recent survey by SAS Institute say they use AI chatbots and almost 63% said they used AI for fraud detection.

Going for an x-ray? Forget the idea of a clinician in a white coat studying the results. The initial analysis is most likely to be done by an AI algorithm. In fact they turn out to be rather good at diagnosing problems.

In a trial, an AI algorithm called DLAD beat 17 out of a panel of 18 doctors in detecting potential cancers in chest x-rays.

However, critics say AI diagnosis must not become an impenetrable black box. Doctors need to know how they work in order to trust them. Issues around privacy, data protection and fairness have also been raised.

As in banking, chatbots are also being deployed in healthcare to engage with patients - for example, to book an appointment - or even as virtual assistants to physicians. This presents numerous issues though, from miscommunication to wrong diagnoses.

The World Economic Forum's Chatbots RESET programme brings together stakeholders from multiple areas to explore these opportunities and challenges to govern the use of chatbots.

AI is at the heart of the drive towards autonomous vehicles, adoption of which has accelerated due to the pandemic. Delivery services are one area being targeted, while China now has a robotaxi fleet operating in Shanghai.

There are still safety issues to be ironed out, however. There have been accidents involving self-driving cars, some of them fatal.

The Netherlands is the best prepared for autonomous cars.

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Conventional trackside railway signals are being replaced by AI-powered in-cab signalling systems which automatically control trains. The European Train Control System allows more trains to use the same stretch of track while maintaining safe distances between them.

To date, the use of AI in controlling aircraft has been limited to drones, although flying taxis that use AI to navigate have already been flight-tested. Experts say a human is still better at flying an airliner but AI is widely used in route planning, optimizing schedules and managing bookings.

7. Ride sharing and travel apps

Ride sharing apps use AI to resolve the conflicting needs of drivers and passengers. The latter want a ride immediately, while drivers value their freedom to start and stop working when they choose. Learning how these patterns interact, AI can send you a ride when you ask for it.

Travel apps use AI to personalize what they offer users as algorithms learn our preferences. Hotel search engine Trivago even bought an AI platform that customizes search results based on the users social media likes.

Uncanny how social media seems to know what you like, isnt it? Of course, its all down to AI. Facebooks machine learning can recognize your face in pictures posted on the platform, as well as everyday objects to target content and advertising that interests and engages you.

Job seekers using LinkedIn benefit from AI which analyzes their profile and engagement with other users to offer job recommendations. The platform says AI is woven into the fabric of everything that we do.

Unexpected breakdowns are every factory managers nightmare. So AI is playing a key role in monitoring machine performance, enabling maintenance to be planned rather than reactive. Experts say its cutting the time machines are offline by 75% and repair costs by almost a third.

AI can also predict changes in demand for products, optimizing production capacity. AI is currently used in about 9% of factories worldwide but Deloitte says 93% of companies believe AI will be a pivotal technology to drive growth and innovation in the sector.

Google says AI can enhance the value of wind power by 20%.

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10. Regulating power supply

Wind and solar power may be green but what happens when the wind doesnt blow and the sky is cloudy? AI-powered smart technology can balance supply and demand, controlling devices like water heaters to ensure they only draw power when demand is low and supply plentiful.

Googles DeepMind created an AI neural network trained using weather forecasts and turbine data to predict the output from a wind farm 36 hours ahead. By making output to the power grid more predictable, Google says it increased the value of its wind energy by 20%.

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Following Saturday's rally in support of the Second Amendment at Salem's Riverfront Park, several people reported on social media allegations of individuals being escorted out of the park or assaulted by rally attendees.

Questions were raised about what appeared to be a lack of obvious police presence. Police and the city were criticized for allowing a group without a permit to gather and then prevent others from using a public park.

The rally attracted about 200people, and Statesman Journal staff in attendance reported seeing few officers during the event.

When asked by the Statesman Journal about the public's concerns, Salem police officials said they did havea presence at the rally andweremonitoring it for violence to keep the downtown park safe.

Salem police spokesman Lt. Treven Upkes said the department is working to set the record straight after disinformation on social media spread during and following the event.

He said the allegations that the department wasn't monitoring the rally and didn't have a planned response simply weren't true.

"We actually assigned around 30 officers to the event," he said, adding that some were on call should help be needed and officerssome visible, some less visible were present throughout the entire rally.

Plainclothes officers may havedeployed depending on the event, Upkes added.

He saidit is standard procedure to avoid deploying uniformed officers into a crowd if there is no counter protest or overt criminal activity.

"We're not going to insert ourselves into those rallies and protests, be itright or left, once again to point out that neutral ideology," Upkes said."We're not going to inflame any situations by our presence or doing things."

During the rally, speakerswarned of a coming civil war, endorsed 2020 electionconspiracy theories and encouraged attendees to run for local elected office.

The Proud Boys, Tick Licker Firearms,Fifty1Fifty Tactical and the Stolen Voices Foundation were among the event's sponsors, with Proud Boys members also providing "security." About 30 people in Proud Boys attire tactical gear andblack-and-yellow clothing were seeing carrying pistols.

Open carry of such firearms is legal in Salem parks.

The rally was supposed to be headlined by Republican Rep. Mike Nearman, but he did not speak.Nearmanwas chargedFriday with official misconduct in the first degree and criminal trespass in the second degree stemming from a riot at the Oregon Capitol building Dec. 21.

Salem did not issue a permit for the Saturday rally due to pandemic restrictions. The city has not given out permits for months in an effort to deter large gatherings that may spread COVID-19.

The date that permits would be given changed from May 1 to May 31 shortly before the Saturday event.

Upkes said the park can be used for events on a first-come, first-served basis.

In a statement, police officials said:

"Please remember, theCity of Salemcannot stop constitutionally protected activities, nor can the Salem Police Department."

Event organizer Magen Marie Stevens speaks at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Community members expressed concern the Police Department was showing favoritism by not having a heavy presence at the rally.

Those concerns were further compounded by rumorsthat the Proud Boys' security teams were telling people to leave, escorting people out of the public park and had even assaulted someone for taking photos of the event.

Upkessaid the police received a report afterthe event by someonewho said they were harassed by rally attendees and told to leave. The personmaking the reportdeclined to be listed as victim for the prosecution, according to police.

Upkes said police also received a call during the rally that participants were attacking people.

"We were on-site for (that report) and determined it was not occurring, and the caller did not return or answer our calls," he said.

Police officials said the dispatch center also received two separate false reports. One caller reported intoxicated people terrorizing people near the carousel, and another reported Proud Boys with clubs, chains and knives.

Officers in the area at the time of the calls saw no such activity, police said.

Demonstrators gather at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Upkes encouraged people experiencing or seeing violence to immediately report it to 911 and added that many of the people reporting harassment on social media never reached out to police.

Upkes also pointed to the nuance of whether escorting people out of the park was illegal. Simply telling someone to leave the public area and even walking with them isn't necessarily a crime. But pairing that order with the threat of violence, menacing or harassment is, he said.

Before the rally on Saturday, Salem Police Department officials said their goal was to allow for constitutionally protected activity and prevent or intervene to stop the violence.

Upkes said it feels like people alleging favoritism to the far-right rallies and protests are forgetting the arrests and enforcement actions they've made at recent far-right gatherings.

"I think we're doing our job at this point in that both sides, quote-unquote, don't like how we handle their events," he said.

In a statement, police officials encouraged those who were escorted out of the park to contact the police department at 503-588-6123, option 1to file a police report.

"We understand the concerns of those who read the social media commentary," police officials said."We share those concerns because officers were in the area, and if those circumstances were occurring, any criminal behavior could have been addressed with immediacy."

Reporter ConnorRadnovich contributed to this story

For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth.

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A couple of hundredpeople attended a far-right Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park on Saturday where speakers called on them to join together against cancel culture, Oregon Democrats,the coronavirus vaccine, gun controland pandemic-related lockdowns.

They also warned of a coming civil war, endorsed 2020 electionconspiracy theories and encouraged attendees to run for local elected office, especially school boards.

Jo Rae Perkins, a frequent Republican candidate for elected office in Oregon, called the coronavirus vaccines a "bioweapon" and said the state is "going after your children."

"Let's take back Oregon, let's take back this country," she said.

A man holds a flag at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021.(Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

Other speakers includedProud Boys member Daniel Tooze, conservative radio host Rob Taylor, 2022 Republican candidate for governorPaul Romero and pastor Lew Wootan of The River Church in Salem.

The Proud Boys, Tick Licker Firearms,Fifty1Fifty Tactical and the Stolen Voices Foundation were among the event's sponsors, with Proud Boys members also providing "security."

The rally was supposed to be headlined by Republican Rep. Mike Nearman, but he did not speak.Nearmanwas chargedFriday with official misconduct in the first degree and criminal trespass in the second degree stemming from a riot at the Oregon Capitol building on Dec. 21.

Event organizer Magen Marie Stevens speaks at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

The riot began after Nearman exited a side door of the Capitol which was closed due to the pandemic allowing people to charge inside.

There is one major gun bill under consideration at the Oregon Legislature this session.

That bill, Senate Bill 554, would require firearms to be secured withtrigger or cable lock, in a locked container or in a gun room when not being carried, except in certain circumstances. It sets penalties for failure to securefirearms.

The bill alsobans carrying firearms in the Capitol, at Portland InternationalAirport or on school grounds if the school's governing body sets a policy banning guns.

Flags wave at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

"How do you feel that your concealed handgun license will essentially be nullified?" Taylor asked the crowd."It's getting to the point where you really can't take it anywhere. Just try taking your daughter or your son to school, you could end up with a criminal record, just for taking your child to school and practicing your Second Amendment rights."

The bill passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 34-24 after hours of debate. It must receive a concurrence vote in the Senate before moving to the governor's desk for her signature.

Former Republican Senate candidate Jo Rae Perkins speaks at a May Day Second Amendment rally at Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 1, 2021.(Photo: BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL)

The bill nearly triggered a Republican walkout when a previous version came up for a vote in March.

Several Senate Republicans face recall attempts due to their refusal to walk out. Signatures for the recall efforts were being gathered at the rally.

Reporter Connor Radnovich covers the Oregon Legislature and state government. Contact him at cradnovich@statesmanjournal.com or 503-399-6864, or follow him on Twitter at @CDRadnovich.

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The worlds firstin-vitro fertilization(IVF) baby was born in the United Kingdom in 1978. The success of the artificially made baby gave hopes to the human community on their fertilization and parenthood. After four decades of intense research and trials into the field, doctors now useartificial intelligenceto help parents get babies successfully. Scientists are working onembryoanalysis with computeralgorithmsto help build families.

More than 80 million couples are affected by infertility across the globe. Around one in seven couples have trouble conceiving, which means there is a high demand for solutions such asin-vitro fertilization. Creating anembryois a process where the ovum from the female ovary and sperm from the male are fused outside the body in a laboratory. Theembryois then placed in the females ovary for the development ofin-vitro fertilization. It has been reported that more than 5 million babies have been born from thein-vitro fertilizationmethod. Unfortunately, not all IVF treatments turn out to be successful. Couples who need IVF to conceive a child are well aware that even the most advanced assisted reproductive technology doesnt always guarantee a baby. Therefore, doctors are seeking the help ofartificial intelligenceto pick theembryothat is most likely to succeed. In a normal in-vitro cycle, around 70% of the embryos are abnormal, resulting in a miscarriage or a baby with a lifelong genetic disorder. Butartificial intelligencecan change the routine by detecting theembryothat is more likely to grow without any problem.

Selecting the successful embryo is the toughest process inin-vitro fertilization. Currently, the tools available for making this decision are limited, highly subjective, time-consuming, and often extremely expensive. Therefore,embryologists use their experience, observation skills, and gut feeling to choose theembryothat is most likely to be successful. To change the routine and makein-vitro fertilizationprocess more accurate, scientists are seeking help fromartificial intelligence. The technology assists embryologists to make a consistent choice.Artificial intelligencesystem could learn how embryos develop over time and then uses the information to select the best embryos. The trained AIalgorithmcan find the successfulembryojust by looking at its image.

As more and more companies and medical institutions are coming forward to try their hand on thisartificial intelligenceespoused in IVF, we take you through some of the recent significant developments in the field.

Embryonics use AI to identify the most successful embryo: Embryonics, an Israeli AI fertility company has usedartificial intelligenceto increase the fertility rate and avoid the odds of successful implantation of theembryo. At the company, a group ofalgorithmspecialists, data scientists, and embryologists are developing analgorithmthat could predict theembryoimplanting probability. They have trained thealgorithmto analyze IVF time-lapsing imaging of developing embryos. The team is using medical imaging withdeep learningto curate datasets from tens of thousands of IVF cycles, including time-lapse videos of embryos. Embryonics is planning to streamline this fertility process by conducting clinical trials at several sites in the United States after obtaining the US Food and Drug Administrations approval.

Austin Fertility Center seeks AIs help for embryo analysis: Austin Fertility Center in the United States is also usingartificial intelligenceto non-invasively analyze embryos and determine whether they are euploid or aneuploid. The center has successfully applied AI inembryoselection with the help ofdeep learningthrough computer vision. They use 2D statistic images of embryos created through past IVF cycles at Ovation Fertility IVF laboratories to train thealgorithm. Austin Fertility Center also said that the method has shown 32% improvement in the prediction of successful implantation.

VIOLET, a tool that beats human analysis in embryo selection: Scientists from CARE Fertility, one of the leading independent providers of fertility treatment in the United Kingdom has joined hands with Canadian med-tech partner Future Fertility onembryoanalysis. The duo has researched to know howartificial intelligencecan be used as a more accurate tool to predict human egg fertilization andembryodevelopment. Recently, they also launched VIOLET, an AIalgorithmthat has outperformed human analysis, predicting human egg fertilization and blastocyst embryo development with 77% and 62% accuracy respectively.

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning have emerged as important tools for modernizing systems and simplifying federal processes. Nevertheless, they require the right data for training the algorithms.

Humans train algorithms by using them and over time, algorithms learn via a deep neural network.

Chris Ritter, leader of the Digital and Software Engineering group at the Idaho National Laboratory, said that while the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence is to get a computer to think like humans or surpass humans in terms of predicting functionality, machine learning is about having pre-programmed devices, which can conduct analysis on their own. Scaling up general artificial intelligence, from something like a simple Google CAPTCHA form to operating a nuclear reactor, is what his office looks into.

Where a lot of the existing research is, is in getting the data curated, and getting the data in a format thats possible to get those scale-up advantages, and to apply machine learning to some of our complex problems in the energy domain, Ritter said on Federal Monthly Insights Artificial Intelligence and Data.

Aside from deep neural networks, which are a kind of black box not easily audited, Ritter said another kind of algorithm is called explainable or transparent artificial intelligence.

What that means is, its mathematical. Right? So its completely auditable. And we can apply some penalize regression techniques to those areas, and you can make that a more novel technique, he said on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. And what a lot of people dont think about is, if you have a ton of data image recognition is a great example, right? Then DNN these deep neural networks are a great approach. But if you have less data, sometimes its better to apply a common statistical approach.

In use cases such as life safety and critical safety systems, its important to be able to audit what the algorithm will do and why that is.

At the Idaho National Laboratory, Ritter engages in digital engineering which uses key tenets of modeling, building from a source of truth, and innovation to name a few. The group has tried to change the way people work and have them produce data into buckets that engineers can already mine. Ritter said theyre trying this approach rather than seeing how they can make an algorithm smarter. Lets make the humans change their pattern a little bit.

On the innovation front, he cited the Versatile Test Reactor project as an example. The reactor is being built to performing irradiation testing at higher neutron energy fluxes than what is currently available, and as a result could help accelerate testing of advanced nuclear fuels, materials, instrumentation, and sensors, according to the Energy Department. Ritter said a lot of university researchers were incorporated into the project, who bring novel AI techniques to the table.

To ensure digital engineering of these massive projects at the laboratory produce usable, real-world results, engineers build ontologies, or blueprints, for the data to curate it. Examples of data could be equipment lists, computer-aided design files, costs, schedule information, risks and data from plant operators, Ritter said. When these subsystems are generating so much more data than anyone can possibly look at in an hour, predictive maintenance can spot anomalies and raise a red flag.

And so in other applications and other industries were seeing predictive maintenance applied. And so we know that that technique is certainly possible, in the design side being able to apply artificial intelligence during the design of an asset, he said. I think we are still in the early stages of that idea.

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