Netflix has been relying on its state-of-the-art movies recommendation engine to propel it to various new heights. Should it keep utmost faith on the engine that took the company to where it is today or is this the time to hit the break and bring back human judgement?
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Rio Tinto – Mining Data like Diamond
When surviving competitively afloat the mining industry’s ocean of high and low tides seemed impossible, Rio Tinto leveraged Big Data and Machine Learning to revolutionize the mining industry over the past decade, through its state-of-the-art autonomous operations.
Farmers Business Network: Democratizing agriculture using machine learning
Farmers Business Network (FBN), a HBS grad-founded startup, is disrupting the agriculture sector by crowd-sourcing farmer data. FBN has managed to apply machine learning techniques to aggregated farmer data to generate actionable insights around input use and crop marketing for farmers.
Disney World: The Happiest Place on Earth (at a 99% Confidence Interval)
Walt Disney World is using wearable technology and machine learning to provide a more personalized (and more efficient) experience for their visitors.
2018: A Space Odyssey – How NASA uses Machine Learning for Space Exploration
Neural network machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing the classifications of galaxies and giving us a deeper understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe.
Facebook’s Negotiating Chatbots – Deal or No Deal?
With machine learning, Facebook has built robots that can negotiate and even lie; what are the business and societal implications for Facebook and its users?
Symantec: Using Machine Learning to Improve Malware Research
As cybercrime grows, the defenders found a new tool for their arsenal: Machine Learning. Symantec implemented a creative approach that harnesses the power of ML to detect sophisticated actors in cyberspace.
Capturing Value Through Machine Learning, Shell Adapts The Era of Low Oil Prices
Exploring how Shell has leveraged machine learning to adapt the era of low oil prices through predictive maintenance, optimization and safety applications
The Power of Patient Data: How Flatiron Is Combining Big Data and Machine Learning to Revolutionize Cancer Care
With their machine learning-enabled OncoEMR platform, Flatiron is giving oncologists the power of big data at the point of patient care.
How traditional automotive OEM, Volvo Cars, embraces autonomous driving
Autonomous driving is one of the applications for machine learning and is going to change entire automotive industry. How the traditional car maker, such as Volvo Cars, is preparing for this trend?