Last week's US Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness focused on the impact AI has in various sectors of US society. Scientists predict that investments in AI will increase by more than 300 percent over the next few years, meaning AI will have a more prominent role in society.

ConsenSys is seeking to help in the rebuilding efforts of countries stricken by natural disaster by moving physical records into a blockchain to safeguard them from the elements. Blockchain software is a safe, transparent, and economical solution to database needs across the spectrum of government, finance, and industry.

The Nikola One hydrogen-powered semi-truck can travel between 800 and 1,200 miles on a single tank of fuel, a distance as far as San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Nikola's plan to build 364 hydrogen refueling stations will eliminate one of the biggest roadblocks to the adaption of hydrogen-powered vehicles: infrastructure.

A drug that successfully suppressed HIV to undetectable levels in eight monkeys has now entered human HIV trials, with results expected between late 2017 and early 2018. These trials join a growing number of promising leads in the hunt for an HIV cure, which includes everything from vaccine treatments to gene editing.