Secrets of Big Data

S01E01 Beat down by Data

When a British warship's tracking system is hacked, its location becomes falsely reported, leading to a precarious military confrontation with Russian troops in the Black Sea. Meanwhile, an American teen finds himself detained and assaulted by police for parking in a crime-prone area identified by a computer algorithm. In the Amazon rainforest, a LiDar scan uncovers unusual round depressions scattered across the jungle floor. Additionally, an Indian woman faces the devastation of a cyclone for the second time in twenty years, but new advancements in artificial intelligence could help shield her from future disasters.