Analytics

Kristi BoydMay 31, 2023 0

Understanding the role of privacy and security in responsible innovation

As organizations embrace AI, they often handle large volumes of data that power AI systems. Handling data appropriately includes implementing adequate privacy policies and security measures to protect it. Doing so prevents accidental exposure and ensures ethical data use. AI technology often uses sensitive data for creating, training and utilizing models.

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Artificial Intelligence | Equity and Responsibility

Reggie TownsendMay 25, 2023 0

Fostering AI common sense: The need for critical thinking and healthy skepticism

As AI rapidly advances over the next several years, I’ve been fortunate to have an active role in helping to guide a responsible path forward when it comes to technology’s impact on our daily lives. Currently, this role includes serving as Vice President for the SAS Data Ethics Practice, as an

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Analytics | SAS Events

Alison BolenMay 11, 2023 0

Ulta Beauty and JPMorgan Chase leaders discuss how to partner for AI

The term "partner" is often overused in the technology industry. We partner with cloud providers, we partner with systems integrators, we partner with our customers – and so much more. But when a genuine partnership comes together to build something complex and successful, you can't deny the importance of that

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Analytics

Kristi BoydMay 1, 2023 0

Trustworthy AI: 3 reasons we need it now

Who is responsible for ensuring that new AI technologies are fair and ethical? Does that responsibility land on AI developers? On innovators? On CEOs? Or is the responsibility more widespread? At SAS, we believe that it is everyone’s duty to innovate responsibly with AI. We believe that adhering to trustworthy

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Reggie TownsendApril 27, 2023 0

Data quality: The foundation for trustworthy AI

I see the term resilience in a lot of business literature these days. Intuitively, it makes sense. After a pandemic, global supply chain disruptions and resulting economic fragility, executives understandably consider adaptability, durability and how best to operate with a strength of character – all attributes that define resilience. Many

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsApril 3, 2023 0

Exploring the interplay of technology and society

If you’ve ever contemplated AI's messy reality and political nature, the interplay of technology with society and the impact of AI on democracy, we have a conversation for you. As AI rapidly expands, it has sparked numerous discussions and debates. One theory is that AI is inherently political. This viewpoint

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Analytics

Vrushali SawantMarch 30, 2023 0

The ethics of responsible innovation: Why transparency is key

In today's world, data-driven systems make significant decisions across industries. While these systems can bring many benefits, they can also foster distrust by obscuring how decisions are made. Therefore, transparency within data driven systems is critical to responsible innovation. Transparency requires clear, explainable communication. Since transparency helps people understand how

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Equity and Responsibility | Innovation

Kristi BoydMarch 3, 2023 0

Generative AI: Benefits, risks and a framework for responsible innovation

Generative AI (GAI) is a category of AI that can create new content, including video, audio, images and text. GAI has the potential to change the way we approach content creation. It’s gotten much attention lately. Take ChatGPT for example. The AI chatbot has captivated the public’s imagination with clever

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Alex CoopMarch 2, 2023 0

Unlocking the full potential of AI and ML for businesses and banks: Challenges and cautionary tales

In this post, Ajay Agrawal, professor at Toronto's Rotman School of Management, discusses the challenges of unlocking the full potential of AI and ML for businesses and banks. Agrawal explains how the taxi industry in London, UK provides a cautionary tale of the potential impediments to driving value from AI,

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Banking

Analytics

Vrushali SawantFebruary 22, 2023 0

Embedding responsible innovation: How SAS is leading the charge in ethical technology

Responsible innovation is critical because technology does not exist in a vacuum. It affects us all in unexpected ways. We know analytics has an undeniable impact on society. For example, analytics can help hospitals manage their inventories for essential items like wheelchairs and bladder scanners, help sports teams curate a

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Reggie TownsendFebruary 10, 2023 0

A call to action: Empowering minority populations in the AI revolution

One of the reasons I got involved with the trustworthy AI movement is because automated systems enabled by our past will hurt people – at scale – if we aren’t careful. Worse yet, and from a personal perspective, it concerned me that if such systems were deployed in justice and

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | SAS Events

Lexi RegaladoJanuary 24, 2023 0

4 ways you might not realize advanced analytics is changing the world

The word innovation often draws to mind images of self-driving cars, new phones, and shiny tech. Yet, innovation often happens behind the scenes, especially in advanced analytics. Around the world, industries like healthcare, government, banking, manufacturing, and more rely on the latest advancements in analytics. At SAS Explore, an event for

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Artificial Intelligence

Reggie TownsendNovember 21, 2022 0

Harnessing our superpower: Creating a common vision for AI

I’ve spent months traveling and speaking to business leaders worldwide about trustworthy AI and responsible innovation. On the nights I laid awake in unfamiliar hotel rooms, wishing my body clock would adjust faster than it was, I found joy in watching local television in local languages. While I don’t understand

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsNovember 9, 2022 0

3 principles that emphasize productivity for your analytics platform

More digital channels are bringing greater connectivity and more data is bringing added complexity to organizations. All this can feel chaotic or like a fog of information warfare. As a result, the pace of disruption and data expansion require visual tools that accelerate data wrangling and modeling. To overcome complexity,

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Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Learn SAS

Reggie TownsendAugust 8, 2022 0

Next generation of responsible AI innovators tackle real-world challenges with AI4ALL and SAS

As head of the SAS Data Ethics Practice, I spend a lot of time contemplating the social implications of AI. Considering its benefits like augmenting medical decisions and pitfalls, making decisions based on biased data results in dire consequences for patients. Such implications have the potential to impact society in a variety

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Education

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | Data for Good | Machine Learning

Bryan HarrisMay 5, 2022 0

Who is responsible when AI is irresponsible?

We hear a lot about responsible AI or AI ethics in the marketplace today. At SAS, we believe there should be a larger conversation about responsible innovation. In reality, the decisions made by AI are the outcome of algorithms, data and business processes. This means ethical considerations must be applied

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Thomas KeilNovember 22, 2021 0

Trustworthy AI: What it is and why we need it

We as a society should actively involve a divers, non-tech-audience into the discussion in the proper usage of AI – it can not be tech experts only discuss what our everyday life is impacting so much already.

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Analytics

Olivier PenelNovember 5, 2021 0

How to Get Started With Responsible AI

In my previous article, “The Vital Ingredients of Responsible AI,” I described the principles that underpin the need to develop AI systems that factor in the human factor, not only contribute to business outcomes but also protect individuals, society and the environment. While it’s difficult to argue with those principles,

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Olivier PenelNovember 2, 2021 0

The vital ingredients of responsible AI

In my previous article, “The Business Imperative for Responsible AI," I covered the main business drivers for responsible AI. Beyond the greater good and social responsibility, responsible AI is emerging as a key factor for successful AI adoption. In this article, I will describe the main ingredients of responsible AI:

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Artificial Intelligence

Fadi GlorOctober 14, 2021 0

Dummy's Guide to Responsible Artificial Intelligence

"Now what? Responsible artificial intelligence (AI)? You're probably going to tell me that this is going to interfere with how I go about AI." Yes, I am. There's a whole list of nations coming up with strategies on AI. Check out this world map where each colored country is having a

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Analytics | Data for Good

Caslee SimsOctober 1, 2021 0

What matters now when it comes to COVID-19

Early in the pandemic, we used this blog to offer resources for responding to COVID-19, recovering from the economic losses, and reimagining life after the pandemic. By now, everyone has read about testing, contact tracing, social distancing, treatment protocols and vaccines. Whether or not you have had COVID yourself, all

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Health Care

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Alex CoopSeptember 30, 2021 0

Why I listen to branded podcasts (and 5 great ones to add to your list)

Since 2015, the number of Americans who to listen to at least one podcast per month has increased by approximately 40 million people. The number of podcast listeners has also ballooned globally in tandem with a rise in smart speaker adoption. People are consuming them at home, on the go

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Health Care

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Olivia OjedaSeptember 23, 2021 0

Breaking the cycle of bias in decision making

“Bias is not inhuman. To have bias is absolutely human,” says Banu Raghuraman. If data enthusiasts are going to break the cycle of bias, however, “we have to be more aware of where the data is coming from, what it’s trying to tell us and how we can break the

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Communications

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | Data for Good | Data Management | Internet of Things

Caslee SimsSeptember 20, 2021 0

How analytics is helping with climate sustainability

A recent report suggests that the current state of climate change is alarming. Climate change puts billions of people at risk of events like extreme hurricane seasons and rising sea levels. However, data and analytics play a critical role in informing us about the situation, planning ahead, and raising awareness

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Kimberly NevalaSeptember 15, 2021 0

Technical readiness for Artificial Intelligence: A Q&A with Iain Brown

In this Q&A with MIT/SMR Connections, Iain Brown, SAS’s head of data science for the United Kingdom and Ireland, discusses technical readiness for AI, customer adoption trends, IT’s changing role, and mission-critical considerations for technology and talent. Q: What does it mean, from both a technology and a cultural standpoint,

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Alex CoopSeptember 14, 2021 0

Join the ethical AI discussion at this social coding event

As organizations increasingly use artificial intelligence to collect and analyze data and identify individuals, the topic of ethical AI often rears its head. Last year, Michigan's Integrated Data Automated System flagged more than 540,000 unemployment claims as possibly fraudulent. Thousands of state residents’ accounts were inaccurately flagged, making it almost

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Education | Government

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsAugust 20, 2021 0

Overcoming AI bias to empower an equitable society

Reasoning frameworks of artificial intelligence used in criminal justice and health care systems move us to rethink how AI can be constructed to help foster an equitable society.  We interact daily with algorithms that over time predict and inform our actions. Spam filters in e-mail and real-time mapping technologies on

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Analytics

Olivia OjedaJuly 6, 2021 0

3 ways industries are using AI-powered decisions

Having the ability to know what the best decision is in any given scenario sounds like a superpower. What may surprise you is that this “superpower” already exists. SAS calls it intelligent decisioning. Decisioning is a powerful tool in the business world. It is useful to both the company and

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Communications

Artificial Intelligence

Agnieszka PiechockaMarch 23, 2021 0

Ethics in AI: 2 sides of the same coin

Artificial intelligence undoubtedly remains a key trend when it comes to picking the technologies that will change how we live, work and play in the near future. As always, with great power comes great responsibility. There are many benefits that AI solutions bring to the world. But poor design or

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Advanced Analytics | Data for Good

Thomas KeilMarch 9, 2021 0

“SAS is extremely proud of its history and role it continues to play in the life science industry.”

Collaboration in the cloud is definitely the next big thing from my perspective for life sciences organisations.

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Health Care | Life Sciences