Data Mining

Chatbots need to have contextual awareness if they have to adequately resolve a query. This contextual awareness leads to intelligence over time, by handling millions of queries over significant periods. Conversational UX relies on effective contextual intelligence to create more meaningful relationships with customers. From banking to health services, each industry has unique requirements from contextual chatbots that work with large data sets.  Designing a Contextual Chatbot Designing a contextual chatbot requires…

India has proposed to a UN ad hoc committee that all signatory member nations allow other countries to request phone, email and other subscriber information as well as traffic data of their residents necessary in some specific cybercrime investigations and proceedings, sources told ET.The idea of the proposal, a senior government official said, was to develop a process that will help in cybercrime investigation and provide speedy access to data given the increasing pace of cybercrimes globally.“The proposals are at a very…

Media companies are preparing to spotlight their buzziest television shows at the TV industry’s annual advance-sales presentations to advertisers, but marketers may be more preoccupied with measuring how many people watch and how to translate that into deals.Veteran players like Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal and newer platforms such as Netflix Inc. will try to win over ad buyers during star-studded “upfront” pitches in mid-May at New York City venues including…

A self-professed novice has reportedly created a powerful data-mining malware using just ChatGPT prompts, all within a span of a few hours. Aaron Mulgrew, a Forcepoint security researcher, recently shared how he created zero-day malware exclusively on OpenAI’s generative chatbot. While OpenAI has protections against anyone attempting to ask ChatGPT to write malicious code, Mulgrew found a loophole by prompting the chatbot to create separate lines of the malicious code, function by function. After compiling…

It is possible to simulate human intelligence in machines with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). These simulations allow them to complete a variety of tasks without much human assistance. Companies need precise training data if they are to develop AI and ML models that are more efficient and newer. It is possible to gain a better understanding of a given problem through the use of training datasets which can subsequently be enriched through data annotation and labeling for further use as artificial…

A startup backed by an internet-search pioneer wants to give cash to users who share personal data including what they buy or watch on mobile apps. The startup, Caden Inc., operates an app by the same name that helps users download their data from apps and services—whether that’s Amazon.com Inc. or Airbnb Inc. —into a personal “vault.” Users who consent to share that data for advertising purposes can earn a cut of the revenue that the app generates from it. They…

I don’t love the idea that my data is collected by websites, apps and devices. Hackers could steal it. Advertisers could use it to get me to buy more stuff. Plus, it’s also kind of creepy that I’m tracked everywhere I go. There are times when I want my data collected, though. Or at least, there are times I don’t mind because I get something of value in return. I’m reminded of that every year when Spotify sends me my Wrapped results. Spotify Wrapped, for those who don’t partake in social media, is a year-end analysis of…

WASHINGTON—Board members at Udemy Inc., UDMY -0.97% SolarWinds Corp. SWI -1.92% and three other public companies resigned in recent weeks because they simultaneously served as directors of competing companies, the Justice Department said.The moves came after DOJ officials signaled earlier this year that they would enforce a law that bars people from serving on the boards of rival companies, an arrangement that could lead to illicit…

Palantir PLTR -14.24% Technologies Inc. said it expects sales growth to hit its slowest pace since it went public as the federal government delays some spending on contracts with the data-mining company. "You live by the same sword that you pay the price for, and we deal with very, very large contracts,” Chief Executive Alex Karp said Monday on the company’s second-quarter earnings call, adding that the…

Databricks Inc. says it has topped $1 billion in annualized revenue, a milestone that comes as the nine-year-old data analytics company looks to acquire other tech startups to drive growth. Co-founder and Chief Executive Ali Ghodsi said he has no immediate plans for a public market debut or to raise another round of investor funding, adding that the San Francisco-based company has enough cash to see it through a prolonged recession. Databricks,... Databricks Inc. says it has topped $1 billion in…