Misinformation is a growing global concern, influencing public opinion, shaping campaign outcomes, and eroding trust in institutions. Could artificial intelligence be the answer to combating the issue?

Small data shifts create big impact - just like the butterfly effect. B-Corps like Oddbox, Neighbourly, TOTM, and Butterfly Data are using data to drive business success while benefiting wider society. How can we amplify this impact? Let’s explore.

During this year’s Public Sector AI Week, Sara Boltman, co-founder of Butterfly Data, spoke about the growing role of artificial intelligence in government and public services. Drawing from her background in data science and machine learning, she highlighted AI's potential to improve decision-making while warning of the risks of bias without proper oversight.

Butterfly Data and Oxford Insights developed the Company Analysis Tool (CAT) to identify risks in public contracts using AI. It integrates UK contracting data with ‘red flag’ methodologies to flag suspicious companies.

On this Data Privacy Day, it’s worth considering how to balance progress with the safeguarding of data…

Join us as we look at how to prevent rounding errors when using SAS’s Proc SQL; leveraging the default formatting of the SELECT INTO statement. I recently encountered  some peculiar behaviour when using the “select into” function in SAS’s proc SQL. It was rounding very large numeric values in macro variables to the nearest 5 significant figures…

Analogies can be overused and can be used in many difference situations, and this can be distracting.

As an example, using the Recipe analogy is a good way for describing different concepts and ideas…

As our very own Henry Newman-Burke looks to present at SAS Fans on Wednesday, 27th November, he will be sharing his take on ‘What if Santa was moving house?’ A presentation which shares the festive view of analogies used…

AI is reshaping the fight against corruption in public procurement, unlocking tools that elevate transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency worldwide…

I was in a meeting recently and had the horror of witnessing someone referring to a data ingestion process as “the data being slurped in”. Once I’d recovered from this moment, it did get me thinking, why are we all so obsessed with talking about data like its water?