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Securing the AI-Ready Government Data Environment
Government organizations hold some of the largest and most sensitive collections of data in the world. As agencies increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI), protecting that information requires more than traditional cybersecurity. It requires governance built specifically for an AI environment. SC World brought this interesting and important topic to our attention in their article, “How…
Read MoreData Quality Is Still the Foundation of Information Science
For information science professionals in higher education, data quality is hardly a new concern. Long before generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), machine learning and advanced analytics entered the conversation, the principle was simple: information systems can only be as trustworthy as the data they contain. This important topic came to us from IT Brief and their…
Read MoreWhy AI Still Needs Human Insight
Artificial intelligence (AI) can process millions of data points in seconds, identify patterns humans might miss and automate tasks that once consumed hours. That makes AI an extraordinarily powerful tool for data analysis. But a tool is exactly what it is. Tech Target brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Will AI replace…
Read MoreAI and Unstructured Data: Finding Meaning in the Mess
Organizations have never lacked data. The bigger problem has been figuring out what to do with all of it, especially the information that doesn’t fit neatly into rows and columns. This interesting and important topic came to us from CDO Magazine in their article, “Why AI Changes Unstructured Data: Data X-Ray’s Kyle DuPont on Metadata…
Read MoreBetter Data, Better Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) may get the headlines, but its effectiveness still depends on something far less glamorous: data. That is where FAIR data becomes increasingly important. This interesting topic came to us from Nature in their article, “Advancing FAIR data towards comparable, organized, predictive AI-ready data for community validation.” FAIR stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable…
Read MoreGarbage In, Garbage Out: Why Are We Still Having This Conversation?
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be advancing at breakneck speed, but one stubborn truth hasn’t changed: AI is only as good as the data behind it. RT Insights brought this topic to us in their article, “Why AI Systems Are Only as Good as the Data Being Fed into Them“. This is not new news. “Garbage…
Read MoreFrom Information to Action: Turning Data into Better Decisions
Organizations today have access to more data than ever before. Customer behavior, operational performance, financial trends, market activity and employee insights can all be measured and analyzed. But having data and making good decisions with it are two very different things. This interesting topic came to us from IDB in their article, “How Can Governments…
Read MorePeer Review in the Age of AI: Is It Time for an Upgrade?
For generations, peer review has been a cornerstone of scholarly publishing. Before research enters the academic record, experts evaluate its methodology, evidence, originality and conclusions. The system is imperfect, but its purpose remains essential: protecting the credibility and integrity of scholarship. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article,”Guest Post…
Read MoreData Layers and Semantic Layers: Where AI Finds Meaning
Artificial intelligence (AI) depends on data, but having access to enormous amounts of data does not automatically mean an AI system understands what that data means. That distinction helps explain the relationship between two important components of modern AI applications: the data layer and the semantic layer. DATAVERSITY brought this topic to our attention in…
Read MoreWhen Meaning Meets Machines: AI, Semantics and Knowledge Graphs
Semantics and knowledge graphs have been quietly doing important work for years. Semantics helps systems understand that words, concepts and context are related. Knowledge graphs turn those relationships into structured networks of people, places, products, ideas and facts. This interesting topic came to us from Bio-IT World in their article, “Trends from the Trenches: Why…
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