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The Algorithmic Economy Continues its Rise

By Dick Weisinger

The world is changing rapidly due to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), application programming interfaces (APIs), computer languages, and emerging technologies. These changes are creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses, consumers, and society as a whole. One of the

API Economy: An EcoSystem for Exchanging Digital Services

By Dick Weisinger

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are collections of entry points into software components that enable the components to be interacted with remotely. Most major software applications now provide an API interface for developers which can be used to access and extend

Algorithmic Economy: Unintended Consequences from Algorithmic Errors

By Dick Weisinger

Algorithms don’t always get it right. The consequences of errors and bad data in algorithms that manage government welfare and assistance programs have become a target of criticism. Michele Gilman a professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School

Algor-ethics: Building Ethical Algorithms

By Dick Weisinger

Trust, ethics, governance. Technology needs to build these qualities into algorithms and their software implementations. A failure to do so is not only a reputational risk to technology companies but also a blow to fairness and decency in society. But

Algorithms: Data can be Goop With Hidden Value like Oil, but Algorithms can Refine it

By Dick Weisinger

“Laws and regulations affecting algorithms and data will be key factors in determining how effectively each nation’s firms will be able to compete in the global algorithmic economy. In particular, the GDPR, the EU’s new privacy law, has diminished, and