With rapid advances in AI and data science, data has become an essential asset to every enterprise. Setting up a data strategy, therefore, has become every enterprise’s mission, particularly in the C Suite and at Executive levels. What is a data strategy and how do we create the right data strategy?
… There are 6 areas that we should focus on to create a successful data strategy: Alignment, Architecture, Process, Organization, People, and Long-term planning. Read More
Daily Archives: November 7, 2019
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In the matter of automated data processing in government decision making
The Legal Education Foundation (“TLEF”) seeks to identify new and emerging areas of law where there are gaps in the legal analysis and the need for increased understanding.
… Ultimately, we conclude that there is a very real possibility that the current use of governmental automated decision-making is breaching the existing equality lawframework in the UK, and is “hidden” from sight due to the way in which the technology is being deployed.
Notwithstanding these conclusions, we should emphasise that we fully understand the benefits of automated decision-making. In no way should our Opinion be interpreted as endorsing a blanket resistance to technology that has the potential to increase the speed and perhaps accuracy of important government functions. Rather, our Opinion should be read as a caution against the uncritical acceptance and endorsement of automated decision-making because of its potential to cause damaging unlawful discrimination. Read More
The US Army is creating robots that can follow orders
For robots to be useful teammates, they need to be able to understand what they’re told to do—and execute it with minimal supervision.
Military robots have always been pretty dumb. The PackBot the US Army uses for inspections and bomb disposal, for example, has practically no onboard intelligence and is piloted by remote control. What the Army has long wanted instead are intelligent robot teammates that can follow orders without constant supervision. Read More
Inside the Microsoft team tracking the world’s most dangerous hackers
From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth.
When the Pentagon recently awarded Microsoft a $10 billion contract to transform and host the US military’s cloud computing systems, the mountain of money came with an implicit challenge: Can Microsoft keep the Pentagon’s systems secure against some of the most well-resourced, persistent, and sophisticated hackers on earth? Read More
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