Spotify + The Machine: Using Machine Learning to Create Value and Competitive Advantage
Spotify’s use of machine learning is central to its strategy.
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Is machine learning the new wingman?
Machine Learning is Taking-Over the Online Dating Industry
Hinge: A Data Driven Matchmaker
Tired of swiping right? Hinge is employing machine learning to identify optimal dates for its user.
SenseTime and Public Safety
Cities and countries already have begun to deploy AI and ML technologies for public safety and security. On one hand machine learning applications in image and video recognition can help law enforcement officials in detecting criminal activities and efficiently prevent acts that endanger public safety. On the other hand, without thoughtful safeguards, the misuse of these technologies by law enforcement poses sobering human rights risks. Using SenseTime as a case study, this article discusses how China's most valuable AI company, SenseTime, has partnered with government authorities to accelerate product development, why its partnership with the Chinese state is potentially problematic, and how the company can safeguard itself from the misuse of its product.
Window into the soul?: Machine learning for song recommendations at Spotify
“Music is like a window do your soul”… “it tells people a lot about who you are and what you care about, whether you like it or not.” -Christine Hung, Head of Data Solutions at Spotify [4][6] If music is […]
Comcast: Don’t cut the cord
As the largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, Comcast boasted a customer base of over 22.5 million TV subscribers and 25.1 million broadband subscriptions in 2017 (Kafka). With this enormous scale comes vast amounts […]
Barrick – mining data for gold
Traditional hard rock mining has nearly reached its limits of efficiency. Data mining is coming to the rescue with machines learning how to extract the most value.
Tesla – Fully Autonomous Driving Has Never Been Closer
Tesla's competitive advantage in self-driving cars.
The Impact of A.I. and Machine Learning on Financial Data at S&P Global
With a massive amount of data now available to financial institutions, S&P Global must determine how to use A.I. and machine learning to meet customers’ evolving demands.
Can machine learning provide a solution to CNP frauds?
FICO Machine Learning Algorithms Improve Card-Not-Present Fraud Detection by 30% – About a year back, FICO, a software firm announced that its new Falcon consortium models for payment card fraud detection include machine learning innovations that improve card-not-present (CNP) fraud […]