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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the AI Journey conference in Moscow last week, and once again didn’t hold back on expressing the importance of being prepared for AI. “Global history knows many cases when large, global corporations and even countries literally slept through a technological breakthrough and were swept off the historical stage overnight,” Putin said at the conference, according to Russian News Agency TASS.

At just 14-years old, Gitanjali Rao is a 10th grader, a scientist, an inventor, and so much more. She is featured on the cover of Time Magazine this month, sitting next to the headline ‘Kid Of The Year.’ When not attending the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, Rao is using genetic engineering to research prescription opioid addiction at the University of Colorado, Denver. She created a colorimetry device, has given multiple Ted Talks, and won awards for a device she developed to rapidly detect lead in water.

Consistent, unshakeable ringing in the ears is a condition that affects 10-20% of adults around the world. Some 20% of those that have it are afflicted by a severe form of tinnitus which presents with additional symptoms such as depression, cognitive dysfunction, and stress. Up until recently, the diagnosis of the condition has relied on patients providing subjective feedback. Now, researchers in Melbourne, Australia have developed an objective measure for tinnitus, using machine learning algorithms and a process called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS.)

The two new products that Google Cloud rolled out this week are the Healthcare Natural Language API, and an AutoML Entity Extraction for Healthcare. Both products look to assist healthcare practitioners and staff with the review and analysis of healthcare documents. Specifically, Google notes their solutions are geared around improving accuracy and efficiency.

The enterprise AI market is expected to grow considerably in the next two years. It was valued at $845m in 2017 and is projected to increase to over $6-billion by 2022. “The rising demand for AI-based solutions and platforms, and the need to analyze large and complex data sets are expected to drive the growth of the enterprise AI market,” writes Markets and Markets in their research report.

IBM’s AI Ethics Global Leader, Francesca Rossi, wrote an op-ed in the Harvard Business Review this month centered around the issue of governance. Specifically, Rossi states that IBM is committed to advancing fairer, more transparent, and more accurate advanced technology, and is looking to build trust among consumers and the business community. Here are her recommendations for how enterprises can achieve these goals.