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Four scenarios on the future of circular economy

The circular economy holds the promise of a zero-waste future, yet formidable challenges in technology, finances, and regulation persist. How will governments and businesses overcome these obstacles to achieve true sustainability?

 
 

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How AI Could Dictate Future Fashion Trends

Fashion and technology don't always appear in the same sentence. But as artificial intelligence makes its way through different sectors, future fashion trends won't remain immune to its effects. Here's how AI may not only determine what you wear, but also pick out your clothes for you.

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Intelligent Augmented Reality at Your Service

Intelligence amplification (IA) refers to an attempt to enhance human capabilities with intelligent technologies. This type of concept gives a new point of view to the more common description of artificial intelligence (AI), which pursuits a full-scope replication of human intelligence for the computer or robot to be fully atomised.

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Another Breakthrough for AI

AI won the most complex strategy game known to humankind. After defeating the brilliant Lee Sedol with a 4-1 win last year, DeepMind’s AlphaGo, which is part of Alphabet (Google), continued to make improvements to its AI, culminating in a 3-0 win over the game's number 1 player and 19-year-old prodigy, Ke Jie. The question is: what is AlphaGo next move?

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AI That Writes Itself

Microsoft and the University of Cambridge have published an Artificial Intelligence software called Deep Coder that writes code by copying existing segments that it can find. Deep Coder is a radical innovation, a software robot that makes software.

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