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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

But in 2013 and 2014, it remained stuck at 83% , and while in the ten years since, it has reached 95% , it had become clear that the easy money that came from acquiring more users was ending. Yet many of the most pressing risks are economic , embedded in the financial aims of the companies that control and manage AI systems and services.

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7 famous analytics and AI disasters

CIO Business Intelligence

The patients who were lying down were much more likely to be seriously ill, so the algorithm learned to identify COVID risk based on the position of the person in the scan. The algorithm learned to identify children, not high-risk patients. In 2014, Amazon started working on AI-powered recruiting software to do just that.

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How To Improve Incident Response Time for Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

Take the Marriott data breach in 2014, for example. An extremely good principle and starting point would be to honestly quantify the cybersecurity risk in your organization. Organizations should have strategies and procedures in place for making risk-related choices that represent the organization’s risk tolerance for data theft.

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Can Predictive Analytics Help Traders Navigate Bitcoin’s Volatility?

Smart Data Collective

The good news is that predictive analytics technology can reduce risk exposure for these investors. They can still minimize the risks by using predictive analytics strategically. Gox hack in 2014 and the collapse of the Silk Road marketplace in 2013. Investors must be aware of this risk when considering investing in bitcoin.

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Energy leader Petrobras sails toward sustainability with new supply chain solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Without the real-time data visibility necessary to make informed decisions, Petrobras was facing an upsurge in risks and disruptions. With users able to monitor plant operations, maintenance teams have the ability to assess equipment performance, lower the risk of unplanned downtime and rapidly identify potential problems.

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SAP faces probe in the US over alleged price fixing in government contracts

CIO Business Intelligence

The investigation centers on more than $2 billion worth of SAP technology purchased by US government agencies since 2014. With the DOJ scrutinizing potentially illegal practices, SAP risks significant financial penalties and reputational damage that could affect future federal contracts.

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Protecting Your Supply Chain with Data-Aware Security

CIO Business Intelligence

One need only look at the infamous Target breach of 2014 , which exposed the data of nearly 110 million individuals due to a backdoor that a contractor inadvertently created, to realize that an organization is only as secure as the weakest link in its supply chain. Manage the risk. The bottom line?

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