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AI and Big Data

Articles

BBC News (2023) What is AI? A simple guide to help you understand Artificial Intelligence, BBC News.
Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-74697280-e684-43c5-a782-29e9d11fecf3

Chen, M. (2024) What Is Big Data?, Oracle.
Available at: https://www.oracle.com/big-data/what-is-big-data/

Geeks for Geeks (2025a) What is Big Data?, Geeks for Geeks.
Available at: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/big-data/what-is-big-data/

Geeks for Geeks (2025b) How do Big Data and AI work together?, Geeks for Geeks.
Available at: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/artificial-intelligence/how-do-big-data-and-ai-work-together/

Hashemi-Pour, C., Botelho, B. and Bigelow, S.J. (2024) What is Big Data and why is it important?: Definition from TechTarget, Search Data Management.
Available at: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/definition/big-data

IBM (no date) What is Big Data Analytics?, IBM.
Available at: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/big-data-analytics

Kimberling, E. (2023) Introduction to Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Big Data.
Available at: https://www.thirdstage-consulting.com/introduction-to-data-analytics-business-intelligence-and-big-data

Oanottage (2023) Introduction to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: Unleashing the Power of Data-driven AI, Medium.
Available at: https://medium.com/@oanottage/introduction-to-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-unleashing-the-power-of-data-driven-ai-8bef0c51761

Stryker, C. and Kavlakoglu, E. (2025) What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?, IBM.
Available at: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/artificial-intelligence

Videos and Webinar recordings

Altman, S. (2025) OpenAI’s Sam Altman talks ChatGPT, AI agents and Superintelligence – Live at TED2025, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_altman_openai_s_sam_altman_talks_chatgpt_ai_agents_and_superintelligence_live_at_ted2025

Donohue, J. (2013) The upside of data, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_donohue_the_upside_of_data

Duranton, S. (2019) How humans and AI can work together to create better businesses, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/sylvain_duranton_how_humans_and_ai_can_work_together_to_create_better_businesses

Etlinger, S. (2014) What do we do with all this big data?, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_etlinger_what_do_we_do_with_all_this_big_data

Luccioni, S. (no date) We’re doing AI all wrong. here’s how to get it right, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/sasha_luccioni_we_re_doing_ai_all_wrong_here_s_how_to_get_it_right

Ng, A. (2022) Andrew Ng: How ai could empower any business, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_ng_how_ai_could_empower_any_business

O’Neil, C. (2017) The era of blind faith in big data must end, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/cathy_o_neil_the_era_of_blind_faith_in_big_data_must_end

Qiufan, C. (2021) A sci-fi vision of life in 2041, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/chen_qiufan_a_sci_fi_vision_of_life_in_2041?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Schmidt, E. (2025) The AI revolution is underhyped, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_schmidt_the_ai_revolution_is_underhyped

Wallace, M. (2014) The ethics of collecting data, TED.
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/marie_wallace_the_ethics_of_collecting_data

Podcasts

The Guru’s Guru (no date) In AI we trust?
Available at: https://feeds.transistor.fm/in-ai-we-trust

The TALK Podcast (2023) Data and Information Literacy, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HOIUU7WX1pMNA4PiLu4Rw?si=ZoRBUamLS-OoOJMEJbtyAw