Using Big Data for Good Requires Testing, Transparency, Precision, and Due Diligence Big data can help drive decisions in almost every aspect of our lives—from the way financial products are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. The data-driven revolution is prefaced upon the idea that data and ...

As computing power has increased and data science has expanded into nearly every area of our lives, we have entered the age of the algorithm. While our personal and professional data is being compiled ...

One fact about machine learning and data algorithms that may surprise business users is that there aren’t actually that many of them. This topic can get overwhelming for busy professionals. But in ...

Machine learning and deep learning have been widely embraced, and even more widely misunderstood. In this article, I’ll step back and explain both machine learning and deep learning in basic terms, ...

Artificial intelligence has become a popular tool for job recruiters, in part because programmers can code applicant-screening algorithms to avoid any explicit discrimination in their decision-making ...

Cosmonaut Nikolai Chub working on the Russian segment of the International Space Station during an April 2024 spacewalk. Credit: NASA MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are ...

Did you hear the one about how aid workers rebuilt homes after a flood—and forgot to include kitchens? How about the entrepreneur whose product was dismissed by funders as too “niche”—but whose ...