by CDO Review Staff | Feb 7, 2019 | Data Journalism
The eighth edition of the Global Editors Network (GEN) Data Journalism Awards is now accepting applications. One major change from 2018 competition is that the “Best Data Journalism Team” category has been divided into two: large and small teams. There is no charge...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 7, 2019 | Data Journalism
Data journalists can now gain access to previously secret data—leaked or hacked from government or other sources—through a recently launched service called Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets). Fronted by noted FOIA filer and national security journalist Emma...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 7, 2019 | Data Journalism
Quartz AI Studio is an open source platform that will aid data journalists in sifting through mountains of documents for the relevant material. Project leader John Keefe said that machine learning and other AI techniques will help speed up such tedious searches....
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 7, 2019 | Data Journalism
Local newspapers with limited markets and even more limited resources are having a tough time of it in the digital age. But a new project offers rays of hope. A project called RADAR (Reporters and Data and Robots) begun in the UK is managing to produce some 8,000...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 7, 2019 | Data Journalism
Last year, data journalists from the BBC overhauled the process by which they produced graphics for the BBC News website. They expanded their capabilities in R (using the ggplot2 package) for complex data analysis and they came up with a “graphics cookbook” that...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Jobs and Salaries
The CTOs and CIOs still get the biggest paychecks but A.I. engineers and machine learning specialists are now in such high demand that they have the clout to demand salaries that exceed $200K. A ranking of the highest average salaries in the tech industry was...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Deals
Globality uses its AI technology to connect huge multinational companies with the best service providers. Efficient matching of companies to the appropriate service providers made possible by AI could deliver savings of up to 50%. Softbank’s Vision Fund recently...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Deals, Tools
Kite recently announced it had secured $10 million in its latest funding round to bring its total funds raised to $17 million. Kite’s Predictive AI code completion tool allows users to automate routine coding tasks for greater efficiency. It can also suggest several...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Deals
ContentSquare, an AI and predictive analytics startup, attracted $59 million in Series C funding in January 2019 led by French private equity firm Eurazeo. ContentSquare applies AI techniques in analyzing customer experience, which gives the firm the unique ability to...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The demand for workers with A.I. skills has grown over 120% over the past three years according to RS Components research and it is not about to stop. But among the biggest tech companies, it is Microsoft which is angling for future dominance in A.I.. More info on...
