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*DataPoint* Bots Behaving Badly

Chat bots going rogue seem to be the new norm and it looks like China has two new virtual dissidents. What’s going on here? Are these bugs in the software? Or are the bots thinking for themselves and drawing their own conclusions for good and for ill?

*DataPoint* Christmas in July or How Data Helps Charities

While Frank is playing with robots in Pittsburgh, Andy is packing boxes for “Christmas in July.” There, he reflects on how data is helping charities better help people. Mentioned in this *DataPoint*: Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child, The Honduras Project, Prison Fellowship.

*DataPoint* Robots: Hollywood vs. Reality

Frank is at the Carnegie Science Museum in Pittsburgh admiring the robotics exhibit when he notices a stark contrast.  The vision of robots that Hollywood created hasn’t quite translated to reality.

*DataPoint* Sunday Data

A podcast guest recently told Frank and I that “data never sleeps.” Apparently, data doesn’t take a day off, either. Links ACS Technologies Biml Interrogator Demo