Like many new types of innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) is often dismissed as being over hyped, but the technology is growing rapidly and capturing substantial amounts of funding.

A recent '60 Minutes' broadcast that portrayed Alphabet, and the company’s Google search unit, as a ruthless monopoly may have driven Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to call for a Justice Department investigation of the nation’s biggest tech firms.

Many industry decision-makers say data management, which is becoming more complex, is a major challenge.

Virtual reality and augmented reality have been off to bumpy starts.