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  • Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work
  • Politico Newsletter: Helsinki wants to be Europe’s smartest
  • So Much Data – Where Are Our Intelligent Apps?

Newsletter from 07 May 2021

[Advanced] Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work

A paper from Google Research: AI models are increasingly applied in high-stakes domains likehealth and conservation. Data quality carries an elevated signifi-cance in high-stakes AI due to its heightened downstream impact,impacting predictions like cancer detection, wildlife poaching, andloan allocations. Paradoxically, data is the most under-valued andde-glamorised aspect of AI.

[Simple] Politico Newsletter: Helsinki wants to be Europe’s smartest

In 2020, Helsinki was ranked the world’s second smartest city, after Singapore, and won a top design prize for creating a “digital twin” or a computer model of the newly built neighborhood Kalasatama, in central Helsinki. So what makes Helsinki “smart”?       

[Simple] So Much Data – Where Are Our Intelligent Apps? (Video: 50:15min)

A recording of a webinar hosted by Prifina: More data should lead to more intelligence apps. How can brands, developers, entrepreneurs create new tools for personal data? 

[Intermediate] 10 Design Considerations for Vaccine Credentials

This blog post describes ten separable concerns for COVID-19 vaccine credentials, and responsive design strategies.    

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