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Advertising Gets More Inclusive
As brands seek to appeal to an increasingly diverse audience, the images they use have to evolve accordingly.
AR for Empathy: The Devastation of War
Even before the invention of photography, artists sought to recreate the horrors of war in pictures. Now technology makes it possible to take that rendering a step further, immersing the viewer directly in the experience with the use of AR.
On March 7, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the release of a free AR app for iOS called “Enter the Room,” The app is the product of a collaboration between ICRC and the French digital innovation agency Nedd, working with Apple...
Can You Obtain Certifications for a Blockchain Career?
It’s clear that tech pros in a variety of industries are examining the implications of blockchain. After all, the technology can be leveraged not only for cryptocurrency (i.e., Bitcoin), but everything from “smart” contracts to secure, distributed ledgers. Can developers prove that they have the skills to work with this technology?
(In case you’re joining this tech-industry craze a bit late, here’s a very quick breakdown of how it works. A blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a...
Retaining Women in Tech Takes More Than Training
As more and more business and manufacturing processes revolve around technology, the demand for people with the necessary skills is growing. To assure the supply of qualified people filling those positions, we have to stop thinking in terms in terms of stereotypes and clear the way for women to get on board.
The problem is not that women aren’t trained in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. “Women have earned 57% of all bachelor's degrees and about half of all sci...
Can Blockchain Improve Tech’s Workplace Diversity?
Blockchain is expected to add over $3.1 billion in business value, according to research firm Gartner. But the value proposition could involve more than money: blockchain might lead to a more diverse pipeline of qualified employees.
That’s the mission of STEAMRole, which uses blockchain and its own cryptocurrency (called RoleCoin) for two purposes: providing STEAM-expert role models and a Diverse Talent Pipeline Platform (DTPP) for companies to use in tracking and hiring diverse talent.
Based...
Predictive Analytics: Data and Retail Expertise
Predictive analytics have been proving their worth in the retail sector, with examples showing the sector how predictive analytics can blend with industry experience in decision making
The Ad Blocker Arms Race
An academic study, "Measuring and Disrupting Anti-Ad Blockers Using Differential Execution Analysis," found that in fact, anti-ad blockers are used 52 times more than previously indicated. I contacted one of the leaders of the study, Zhiyun Quian, Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside, to learn about the persistence of hidden anti-ad blockers.
The Shop Window Opens a Portal of Possibilities
any of us are window shoppers, but online purchasers. That may be one of the factors in the widely reported decline of retail stores. To flip the situation around, it may be time to transform the shop window from static tableaux into AI-powered interactive displays that extract value from data.
Add a Dose of AI for Better Health Marketing
I spoke with SVP and general manager of Pulsepoint's health division, Chris Neuner, about how first-party data is combined with AI to uncover insights about the target market for the health industry.
Segmentation, Personalization Becoming A Reality For B2B Marketers With Emergence Of AI And Real-Time Analytics
The patience for “spray-and-pray” emails is continuing to shrink, and sophisticated B2B buyers are increasingly expecting and demanding relevant and targeted messaging.
Ernan Roman, President of ERDM Corp. and author of Voice of the Customer Marketing, stated that customers know the difference between truly tailored and general marketing. He added that resorting to “spray-and-pray blast” marketing can backfire on brands due to the “relationship damage” they generate by showing that they talk ...
An Algorithm Gets Rhythm
Most of us have heard of DeepBlue, the computer that harnessed artificial intelligence to beat a chess champion back in 1997. Now there’s DeepBeat, a machine learning algorithm that raps.
Algorithms that compose are not new. In fact, services like Narrative Science replace authors with algorithms that can extract the story told by data and present it in various narrative forms, according to its intended audience. But that was more of a business application without demands for rhyme and rhythm that are required for rap.
That was the challenge that Eric Malmi set for himself at the University o
I’d Like to Thank the Algorithm that Made this Film Possible
Benjamin is the self-chosen name of “the world’s first automated screenwriter,” according to its own Facebook page. Benjamin’s site gives a slightly longer description of the screenwriter as “a self-improving LSTM RNN [Long short-term memory recurrent neural network] machine intelligence trained on human screenplays.”
Benjamin already has written a fil
Data-Driven Hiring Takes Command
How do you know that a new hire will work out? Even a perfect resume doesn’t guarantee it because there are many other factors that determine if an individual will be happy and productive at a particular organization. That’s the premise of job matching startup called Ideal.com. It takes in a lot more data from both employee and employer to predict compatibility for sales positions.
Why Machine Learning Can Improve Customer Service
AI, chatbots, and customer service
Data for Good: Tracking Legislative Influence
If you want to learn about the process of getting a proposed bill passed, you can read the official explanation on a state senate site. It’s remarkably similar to the steps involved for federal legislation, according to the explanation offered to the protagonist of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. What the explanations don’t reveal, however, are the entities behind the proposed legislation.
The actual authors of proposed legislation don’t sign their names, but they do leave signatures of a sort, the signals of individual style that can be found throughout their written work.