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How Humans and Everyday Tech Can Outmatch AI

YoungUpstarts

There’s an increasing awareness that machine-learning algorithms encode biases and discrimination into outcomes. After all, algorithms simply look for patterns in the data. Whatever is embedded in the data is what the algorithms will repeat. Algorithmic problem-solving is also severely hampered by the quality of data it’s fed.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Compliance. Revisiting our components let’s see why.

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Innovation: The Key To Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

With Asia’s share of global research and development forecast to grow to 40% this year, the quest to drive innovation is at the forefront of conversation among business leaders and entrepreneurs in the region. There is no proven formula or algorithm but there are a few critical success factors.

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Four Trends In Artificial Intelligence That Affect Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

Artificial intelligence (AI), which is essentially a set of tools and programs that make software ’smarter’ in a way an outside observer thinks the output is generated by a human, is starting to break out on the global stage. For most in Asia, AI in its most basic forms is already evident in daily lives. Still, far-reaching changes lie ahead.

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4 Ways How Risk Management Companies Ensure Financial Security

The Startup Magazine

Its very nature is rooted in uncertainty, as market fluctuations, geopolitical shifts, and even unforeseen global events can alter its course. The use of cutting-edge algorithms and analytics allows these consultants to make educated forecasts about market dynamics and potential adverse events.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. .

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3 Things Worth Investing In To Keep Your Company Growing

YoungUpstarts

Investing in AI and algorithms that can predict traffic patterns for logistics companies and distributors leads to huge cost savings in both money and time. Research firm Markets and Markets predicts the WMS global market will grow to $5.53bn by 2019. As the drive for efficacy grows, so does the need for process optimization.

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