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"Lianne Kerlin from the BBC answers a few of our eager questions to give us some insight into the project and what it will achieve."

"Neuroscientists have found that they can identify individuals based on a coarse map of which brain regions "pair up" in scans of brain activity. The map is stable enough that the researchers could pick one person's pattern from a set of 126, by matching it to a scan taken on another day. "

An on-air comment by a US TV presenter activated Amazon Echo gadgets in viewers' homes across San Diego.

Modern cars are morphing into mobile data centres - connected, clever and packed full of sensors. But are they also becoming spies in our drives?

"Barbie is having a digital makeover, with the release of an internet-connected version of the iconic doll."

"Through the design, development and implementation of the Living Room of the Future (LRoTF), we build upon existing work to progress two strands of research. The first explores how media broadcasters may utilise Object-Based Media (OBM) to provide more immersive experiences. Created in conjunction with the BBC R&D the LRofTF utilizes OBM to dynamically customise television content according to audiences' personal, contextual and derived data. OBM works by breaking media into smaller parts or 'objects', describing how they relate to each other semantically, and then reassembling them into personalized programmes. In addition to this media-delivery aspect, the LRoTF explores data protection issues that arise from OBM's use of data by integrating with the privacy-enhancing Databox system. "

"Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps."

Social media apps, designed to be addictive, are playing an increasingly large role in the lives of young people (or 'Gen Z').

"Rachel Coldicutt;s talk at the 2019 publicspaces/BBC conference"

"The BBC's R&D team has built experimental systems that pull in data from Netflix and Spotify. The goal? More personalisation "

In support of our mission to benefit people and society, the Partnership on AI intends to conduct research, organize discussions, share insights, provide thought leadership, consult with relevant third parties, respond to questions from the public and media, and create educational material that advances the understanding of AI technologies including machine perception, learning, and automated reasoning.