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[New] The United Nations Independent Expert on debt and human rights recognised that Ukraine has progressed in its fight against illicit financial flows but warned that economic reforms without clear safeguards for human rights can further entrench inequality and poverty.
[New] Many computer scientists around the world are trying to replicate the human brain by training neural networks to perform image recognition, but it is much easier to apply artificial intelligence to sound.
Automation could accelerate the productivity of the global economy by between 0.8 and 1.4 percent of the global GDP annually.
Frontline and Customer-Facing functions anticipate the most growth as organisations place higher value on customer service and human interaction.
Technology seems poised to disrupt lots of new industries very soon and could replace humans entirely sometime within the next hundred years.
The UK will in any case play a somewhat less prominent role on human rights after 2019, when its current term on the Human Rights Council ends.
Combining the power of a portable neural network with a robot capable of skillfully navigating its surroundings could open up a new world of possibilities for human and AI interaction.
Increased automation could strip humans of their jobs that helped give previous generations a sense of purpose.
A single health tracking device might fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The years ahead will determine whether engineered smart cities take on a more human face and evolve into vibrant, genuine communities.
The introduction of technology from the fourth industrial revolution could increase loneliness among old people as it could be used to totally substitute "the human touch" of care.
Within the next two years, more companies will embrace the emerging 'no-collar workforce' trend by redesigning jobs and reimagining how work gets done in a hybrid human.
In 2020, AI will be disruptive, but the net gain in jobs could be substantial - 500,000 positions gained as workforce restructuring sees 2.3 million jobs added vs. 1.8 million lost.
The United States could be solely responsible for as much as 60 percent of the global growth in human-caused atmospheric methane emissions during this century.
India will be able to deploy its market and human talent to reach out to the world.
The Factory of 2035 will feature workers collaborating with robots performing tasks more in line with their human talents and capabilities.
The CEA has determined that humans will most likely be needed to actively engage with AI technologies throughout the completion of a task.
Human security in South Asia is really at risk, due to decreasing water availability, due to disappearing glaciers, groundwater depletion, and changing extremes
67% of executives expect AI will result in a net gain in jobs within their bank in the next three years.
The dizzying pace of human migration to urban environments is expected to sweep up more than 68 percent of the world population by 2050.
In 2016, conflict cost world states US$14.3 trillion, or 12.6% of global GDP: Increased focus and expenditure on conflict prevention could save states between US$5 billion and US$70 billion per year, reducing the economic cost of war as well as reducing the human cost.
There is a 50 percent chance AI will outperform all human tasks in 45 years and automate all human jobs in 120 years.
Google has partnered with 3D laser scanning nonprofit CyArk to help preserve historical sites around the world that are at risk of irreversible damage or total erasure due to human conflict and natural disasters.

Last updated: 17 June 2018

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