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Moving mountains of data: Can humans learn from the failures of new technologies? | #WiDS2017

By Gabriel Pesek Feb 3, 2017

As machine learning advances, some voices in the data industry are drawing attention to the potential negative effects underlying the application of these sciences, particularly in regard to forcing humans out of jobs given to…

Big Data

Pymetrics uses neuroscience games and big data to get people hired | #WiDS2017

By Nelson Williams Feb 3, 2017

Hiring in the business world can be a guessing game. On one side, even if a candidate is qualified, there’s no guarantee they’re actually good at the job or will stick to it. The…

Women in Tech

Learning from surprises in the data: the nuance of marketing | #WiDS2017

By Bev Bellile Feb 3, 2017

Data science, and especially the field of predictive analytics, has become a game changer in the advertising and marketing fields. As advertising has become a playground for data sciences, the company Dstillery was one…

Big Data

Feeding the data science famine: AI, social learning in the cloud | #WiDS2017

By R. Danes Feb 3, 2017

A forward-thinking keynote from Diane Greene, SVP of Google Cloud, considers a real-world approach to employing those most at risk of losing jobs to machine automation. At the Stanford Global Women in Data Science Conference, Greene shares two…

Big Data

Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

By Robert Hof Feb 3, 2017

Machine learning will cost us jobs, a prominent technology executive acknowledged today, but she said job disruption isn’t the insurmountable problem that many observers fear. Diane Greene, senior vice president in charge of Google…

Big Data

Where data science meets commerce: Walmart’s out to create retail psychics | #WiDS2017

By Gabriel Pesek Feb 3, 2017

With data science growing in sophistication and applications every day, it may be surprising to learn that some of the market’s biggest boosts are coming from companies with a primary focus on standard retail,…

Cloud

Report: Amazon keeps massive cloud lead despite disappointing earnings

By Maria Deutscher Feb 3, 2017

Investors were disappointed Thursday after Amazon.com Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings report revealed that its cloud business grew less than what analysts had expected. But according to Synergy Research Group Inc., Amazon Web Services is still…

Emerging Tech

Workers at city hall in Recife, Brazil get an AI assistant

By Kyt Dotson Feb 3, 2017

Information technology workers who want to get help at city hall in Recife, Brazil, soon may get it, fittingly enough, from a machine rather than a human. Global IT outsourcing company Stefanini is providing…

Big Data

Conversica further blurs line between human and robotic sales prospecting

By Paul Gillin Feb 3, 2017

Just six weeks after raising $34 million in funding, Conversica Inc. is enhancing its artificial intelligence-powered business conversation engine to enhance its natural language processing capabilities and add time-recognition intelligence and automated FAQ response…

Cloud

MapAnything raises $33.1M to become the Waze of field operations

By Maria Deutscher Feb 3, 2017

For consumers, planning a travel route is as easy as inputting a few commands into the Google Inc. traffic app Waze. But field personnel often don’t have the same luxury thanks to the complexity…

all stories

Moving mountains of data: Can humans learn from the failures of new technologies? | #WiDS2017

Pymetrics uses neuroscience games and big data to get people hired | #WiDS2017

Learning from surprises in the data: the nuance of marketing | #WiDS2017

Feeding the data science famine: AI, social learning in the cloud | #WiDS2017

Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

Where data science meets commerce: Walmart’s out to create retail psychics | #WiDS2017

Report: Amazon keeps massive cloud lead despite disappointing earnings

Workers at city hall in Recife, Brazil get an AI assistant

Conversica further blurs line between human and robotic sales prospecting

MapAnything raises $33.1M to become the Waze of field operations

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