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The scandal where Target data scientists bragged to reporters about knowing when teenage girls are pregnant before their fathers broke in 2012, and they said th
by Cheer2171 3y ago
The scandal where Target data scientists bragged to reporters about knowing when teenage girls are pregnant before their fathers broke in 2012, and they said they were doing it since 2002. It was based entirely on data mining purchase histories with rewards cards at the register. No fancy AI or facial recognition needed.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.... Imho more like an anecdote than a sourced story, but a good one nonetheless.