The advent of "fake news" has led us to doubt the truth of online media, and advances in machine learning give us an even greater reason to question what we are seeing. Despite the many beneficial applications of this technology, it's also potentially very dangerous. Alex Adam explains how synthetic videos are created and how they can be detected.

Clustered data is all around us. The best way to attack it? Mixed effect models. Sourav Dey explains how the mixed effects random forests (MERF) model and Python package marries the world of classical mixed effect modeling with modern machine learning algorithms and shows how it can be extended to be used with other advanced modeling techniques like gradient boosting machines and deep learning.

The honeymoon era of data science is ending, and accountability is coming. Successful data science leaders must deliver measurable impact on an increasing share of an enterprise's KPIs. Joshua Poduska, Kimberly Shenk, and Mac Steele explain how leading organizations take a holistic approach to people, process, and technology to build a sustainable competitive advantage.

Kuberhealthy is a synthetic monitoring operator for both apps and Kubernetes clusters. Learn how to increase application and cluster observability by replicating real workflow and carefully checking f …