One of the biggest challenges with deep learning is explaining to customers and regulators how the models get their answers. In many cases, we simply don't know how the models generated their answers, even if we're very confident in the answers themselves. However, in the age of GDPR, this black box-style of predictive computing will not suffice, which is driving a push by FICO and others to develop explainable AI. Describing deep learning as a black box is not meant to denigrate the practice. After, all, we're thrilled that, when we build a convolutional neural network with hundreds of input variables and more than a thousand hidden layers (as the biggest CNNs are), it just works.

FICO World, analytics software firm FICO showcased the latest enhancements to FICO Decision Management Suite (DMS) which leverages artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), advanced analytics, optimization and decisioning to deliver better, more predictive business outcomes. "We are excited to unveil new capabilities in FICO DMS," said Jari Koister, vice president of product management at FICO. "DMS supports the full life cycle of decision, analytics and AI driven applications, this includes data ingest and management, collaborative development, scalable elastic execution, and management and performance tracking of models." The new Enterprise Grade Cloud Service is a managed service offered in a FICO datacenter or on AWS. This new service provides everything an enterprise needs to run and operate decision management solutions in the Cloud, including infrastructure, support, architecture best practices, and lifecycle services. Introducing a new Analytics Workbench, FICO now offers a robust analytic development tool that was built from the ground up to be fully integrated with the decision platform.