March 22, 2018
Transforming the World With AI
On Tuesday, Software.org sponsored a Washington Post event called Transformers: Artificial Intelligence. The event convened researchers, technology innovators, and business leaders to explore AI policies, the future of work, and ethical and societal issues related to AI. Among the highlights: Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and...
March 20, 2018
Maximizing the Benefits of AI, From Business and Beyond
AI-based systems already are helping promote incredible economic progress around the world by making business processes faster, seamless, and more efficient. AI-based tools are enabling an unprecedented number of business applications, with algorithmic models, natural language processing, deep learning, cognitive computing, machine learning models, and...
March 01, 2018
Encryption Plays a Key Role in Securing Our Critical Infrastructure
We are surrounded by discussions of the benefits of future technology: smart cities and new services that will ease our commutes and improve our work lives and sensor-laden smart homes that will ease our day-to-day chores through the Internet of Things (IoT). In many ways,...
December 06, 2017
The Reasons Why Michigan and Indiana Win With Software
In late September, Software.org: the BSA Foundation released a study that quantified the economic impact of software throughout the United States. The report tracked state-by-state changes in growth, jobs, and GDP. The good news is that the study finds software is helping grow the economy...
November 17, 2017
Blockchain: Understanding a Software Technology That Will Advance New Solutions
The term “blockchain” – like cloud computing and IoT before it – keeps cropping up in new and different settings, yet few people still truly understand its operations or allure. Blockchain, most often linked to the digital currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum, serves as the foundation...
September 26, 2017
With Software, Every State’s a Tech Hub
Across the US, software empowers countless people and businesses, improving our lives each day in ways big and small. In Michigan, it’s reducing medical conflicts so Americans can live longer, healthier lives. In South Carolina, it’s improving transparency in police departments. In California, it’s helping...
August 11, 2017
Closing the Gender Gap, One Girl at a Time
Software.org’s first Girls Who Code class graduated this week, and we are honored to have sponsored such a dedicated group of aspiring coders. Rather than spend the summer at the beach, these 17 young women spent the past seven weeks mastering sophisticated languages like HTML,...
July 11, 2017
Connecting Devices to Connect Society
Most of us use the Internet to communicate, but we’re not alone – our appliances now use it too. It all began in 1990 when someone hooked up a toaster to the Internet to control it remotely. Since then, innovators have been exploring how to...
May 16, 2017
Software Paves the Way to Increased Economic Growth
The concerns with our aging infrastructure are well-documented. The highways, bridges, and airports that paved the way for our world-leading economy today are crumbling and, even worse, undermining growth. Rather than boosting business, our infrastructure costs the nation roughly $1 trillion a year in lost...
April 04, 2017
Software.org: At the Intersection of Software and Society
When it comes to software, society faces three key challenges. We need to design policies that can stay ahead of cutting-edge technologies. We need to prepare for the workforce of the future. And we need to better support diversity, inclusion, and economic opportunity for all....