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The Alignment Problem Is Not New

O'Reilly on Data

You have only to look at the slow response of bank regulators to the rise of CDOs and other mortgage-backed derivatives in the runup to the 2009 financial crisis to understand that time is of the essence. It requires constant vigilance, and adaptation to new circumstances at the speed at which those circumstances change.

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AI Has an Uber Problem

O'Reilly on Data

As Bill Janeway noted in his critique of the capital-fueled bubbles that resulted from the ultra-low interest rates of the decade following the 2007–2009 financial crisis, “ capital is not a strategy.” Venture capitalists don’t have a crystal ball. The capital-fueled race to build the largest models has already led to bad behavior.

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It’s True: Educate a Woman, Educate a Nation

Sisense

Report we took a deep-dive into data from The World Bank and found that countries with a higher rate of female participation in the workforce before the world economic crisis of 2008-2009 were more immune to it and bounced back to grow rapidly after the economic crisis. Download the full report See the interactive dashboard.

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6 Case Studies on The Benefits of Business Intelligence And Analytics

datapine

BI users analyze and present data in the form of dashboards and various types of reports to visualize complex information in an easier, more approachable way. This company was originally founded in 2009 as a black car-hailing service in San Francisco. 6) Smart and faster reporting. A great use case of this benefit is Uber.

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New DoE Program Drives Demand For Machine Learning Programmers

Smart Data Collective

This was the highest figure in the country since 2009. However, the detailed findings of intelligent asset performance analysis allow financers to minimize risks and maximize expected returns,” the company reports. During 2019, 2.3 GW of wind power was produced in Spain.

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The Incredible Impact of Blockchain Technology on the Economy

Smart Data Collective

In November, Investopedia reported that prices of bitcoin rose 111% and they seem to be increasing even further. Blockchain was first introduced to the general public with the release of Bitcoin, way back in 2009. The crypto market is booming once again. This has pushed investors, retail and institutional, into a buying frenzy.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #20: Measuring Digital "Brand Strength"

Occam's Razor

Step 4: In the middle of the resulting report you'll see a trend that looks like this: This shows the number of searches for your brand, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time (for the geographic region and time period you've chosen). Step 3: Click Search. Amazon is an interesting example.