Tay: Crowdsourcing a PR Nightmare
“We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay, which do not represent who we are or what we stand for, nor how we designed Tay.” [1]
Crowdsourcing
TayTweets with Trolls: Microsoft Research’s Painful Lesson in Conversation Crowdsourcing
In March 2016, Microsoft launched Tay, a Twitter bot that could learn from its conversations with others. The experiment quickly unraveled.
Vetr: Crowdsourcing Stock Ratings
Can crowds do better than sophisticated analysts when it comes to predicting future stock prices?
Transforming Governments via Citizensourcing
How cities of Medellin, Colombia and Paris, France, as well as Belgian startup CitizenLab leverage technology to crowdsource solutions to city issues from its own citizens.
[Option 1] SportsMed – Capturing knowledge of global medical community for sport related injuries
SportsMed uses the expertise of global medical and sports enthusiasts’ community to help patients diagnose their problems and undergo the right treatment plan.
PatientsLikeMe: Finding Cures for Chronic Diseases
PatientsLikeMe is an online community network where chronic disease patients are able to find other patients with similar demographics and experiences. This data is shared to help support the search toward better chronic disease treatments.
Google Maps: the winner that begets winning
The forces behind how Google Maps keeps winning and helps others to win too
Bikes, Data and the Crowd
The value of bike sharing services like Hubway heavily depends on bike availability at each of their stations. But how are they able to predict when, where, and how many bikes should be relocated to optimize their network? The solution lies in the data.
IBM Marketing Gets Tennis Moneyball Rolling
IBM is pioneering advanced data analytics in tennis to show off its innovation and analytics prowess.
Crowdfunding by Betabrand or how an $88 “Poo Emoji Button-Up Shirt” raised 1298% of its funding goal
Betabrand is successfully harnessing the power of the crowd to get and vet apparel ideas. But will its engaged, niche crowdbase stand in the way of further growth?