10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from August 15, 2026, to August 21, 2026, features AI-powered systems that could help airlines reduce climate-warming contrails and a system that uses…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Stefano Grassi, CEO of Gilytics
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Stefano Grassi, CEO of Gilytics, a Switzerland-based company providing a geospatial planning platform for infrastructure projects. Grassi explained how Gilytics uses spatial…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportTracking Mineral Deposits
The U.S. Geological Survey has partnered with the Australian and Canadian governments to create CMiO-MIN, a dataset mapping how critical minerals occur in ore deposits worldwide. The dataset adds 13,000…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Maria Paola de Salvo, CEO of EasyTelling
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Maria Paola de Salvo, CEO of EasyTelling, a Brazil-based company developing an AI-powered platform that translates scientific research into practical applications. De…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from August 1, 2026, to August 7, 2026, features a robotic cherry-harvesting system designed to address agricultural labor shortages and an AI-powered website…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportAssessing Solar Performance
The International Energy Agency’s PV Power Systems Programme has created a dataset tracking the environmental impacts of modern solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, which convert sunlight into electricity. It includes reviewed…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMapping Toxic Wastewater
The New York Times has created a visual showing where toxic wastewater from fracking is injected underground in Ohio. The map tracks injection wells and shows how wastewater can move…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMapping Coastal Waterways
Researchers at the University of William & Mary in Virginia have partnered with NOAA to collect seafloor mapping data during commercial fishing trips and crab-trap removal. The dataset captures millions…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Samuel Gold, Founder of Risklytics
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Samuel Gold, founder of Risklytics, a San Francisco-based company developing an AI-powered platform that analyzes commercial insurance policies and AI-related liability risks.…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportHow to Fix the AI Model Theft Bill Before It Becomes Law
Adversarial AI distillation—the systematic extraction of capabilities from a frontier AI model to train a competing model—poses a real threat to U.S. AI leadership and national security. Congress is right…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportAutomating Drones
Virginia-based data-labeling startup Enabled Intelligence has created a dataset built from real Ukrainian drone footage captured during the ongoing war. The collection contains more than half a million hours of…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Juha Riippi, CEO of Quanscient
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Juha Riippi, CEO of Quanscient, a Finland-based startup developing an AI-powered engineering-simulation platform that combines cloud and quantum computing. Riippi explained how…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportEnhancing Drug Discovery
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a dataset of more than 50,000 experiments focused on carbon–nitrogen bond formation, a key step in producing many medicines. The collection offers…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportUniversities Must Rethink AI Education for the AI Economy
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the workforce, from ambient note‑taking and AI‑assisted drug discovery to automated cybersecurity testing and product design. As employers increasingly seek workers who can apply…
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