5 Resources for Data Science Self-study
Despite the fact that every one of us is living a different life, there are a few common experiences that tie most of us together. A depressing yet true example would be the sequence of occasions that characterise a few decades of our lives: school -> college -> work. The majority of these continue to […]
Tracking the Social Impacts of the Fintech Industry – Part I
Part I: Impact weighted accounts Though promises of financial inclusion are aplenty, are fintech companies really even executing their promises of a positive social impact? Read on to know more: That the fintech market is set to be the game-changer for the future is reflected squarely in the forecasts for its growth. According to Yahoo […]
WYSD 2022: The Skills of Tomorrow
As the UN observesWorld Youth Skills Day 2022, let’s take a look at the emerging skills of tomorrow and some futuristic courses designed around them The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2022 is “Transforming youth skills for the future”.This year, the United Nations (UN) is focussing on how multiple worldwide crises have accelerated several […]
Excel vs SQL: Which is better?
The term data has been around for a very long time. However, only a small percentage of the population is aware of the precise nature of data and its potential to alter the course of history. In an epoch where 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced every day, data is essential for many things […]
The State of Military AI
Military spending on AI technologies has increased markedly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What has that done to its global demand? At the back of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the need to strengthen the relationship between technology and the state to strengthen against the threat of foreign occupation has led to a boom in military […]
World Youth Skills Day: 15 July
The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2022 is “Transforming youth skills for the future”. Find out more about this United Nations initiative and what it stands for: The United Nations(UN) observes various international days and weeks as a powerful advocacy tool. Such occasions help educate the public on issues of concern, mobilize political support […]
Making ML more energy efficient
What do deep learning and AI’s crowning jewels, advanced image recognition, gaming champion AlphaGo and language models such as GPT-3 all have in common? Energy, of course. Over their life cycle, large AI models such as these carry out processes which can emit over 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, equivalent to over five times the […]
Digital replicas of farms promise to transform agriculture
Precision agriculture promises to increase yields and reduce costs by maximising efficiency – ensuring food for an expanding population despite harsh climate changes Imagine you’re standing at the edge of a wheat field in Punjab. In the distance, a combined harvester guided by GPS rolls across a field that has been levelled with the aid […]
Companies using ‘emotional AI’ for sales enablement
AI that can detect human emotions helps unearth a host of data from sales calls which can be ploughed back to reap rich benefits in terms of sales enablement The sales rep might not be the only one watching you on your next virtual meeting. Some companies are employing “emotion AI” – a subset of […]
A Primer on Business-Case Quantum Computing – Part III
Part III: The sectors of business-case quantum The pharmaceutical, chemicals, automotive and finance sectors are set to gain the most in the short-term from the business cases of quantum computing. Here are some things to know: As the possible applications of quantum technology push total stakeholder value into the billions, one of the first sectors […]