While the term “big data” was coined in 1990 – it didn’t become mainstream until the early 2000’s. It took even longer for companies to start adopting it in their decision-making policies - utilizing it to visualize success and verify that the programs they were investing in were turning out positive results.

The U.K. government recently unveiled their 10-year plan to rival China and the United States as the “AI superpower.” In a statement - Chris Philp, a minister of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said, “Today we’re laying the foundations for the next ten years’ growth with a strategy to help us seize the potential of artificial intelligence and play a leading role in shaping the way the world governs it.”

No this isn’t a case of déjà vu – T-Mobile suffered another data breach – their fifth in just three years. According to Forrester Research security and risk analyst Allie Mellen this is “the worst breach” to date.  In a published statement on August 20, 2021, the popular wireless carrier company announced that hackers were able to steal sensitive data of over 40 million customers who applied for credit with the company. This includes both social security numbers (SSN) as well as drivers license numbers.