Posts tagged "What are the benefits of big data?"

Big data analytics is rightly lauded for the many new opportunities that it offers. But it will be inevitable that some people will be harmed.

The RailSmart Platform integrates numerous sets of data to work out how the city of Perth functions and how people move around.

Big data — combined with artificial intelligence and facial recognition software — has the capacity to intrude on people’s lives in unprecedented ways.

When used ethically, big data can help solve some of society’s most difficult social and environmental problems. So here are five projects doing just that.