At a recent presentation for a local post-secondary institution, I fielded a number of questions related to the use of language, primarily English language texts, as training data for generative AI. There were questions around cultural impacts and related ethical concerns. These queries were more nuanced than the usual ones I get around copyright or […]
Generic LLMs vs. Domain-Specific LLMs: What’s the Difference?
Large language models (LLMs) are a special type of AI model that uses natural language processing (NLP) to understand and generate text similar to human language. They are a form of generative AI trained on textual data to produce textual content. ChatGPT stands out as a well-known example of generative AI. Trained on massive datasets, LLMs […]
Beyond Generative AI and the Future of Innovation
The power of generative AI (GenAI) seems to have no limits. Every day, we see new barriers being broken and new use cases that no one thought possible. And yet, I can’t help but notice that most of these advances we’re hearing about revolve mostly around content creation. While remarkable in its own right, this begs the […]
Now Is the Time for Executives to Deploy Ethical Rules Around AI
For better or worse, AI is causing disruption in almost every field imaginable. Corporations around the world are embracing its possibilities to make work more efficient. The success of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools has also caught the attention of nearly every industry in an effort to meet profitability, efficiency, and sustainability goals. Money […]
The Impact of Generative AI on Data Science
As businesses adopt generative AI, a technology that creates new content and finds patterns, what will Data Science, the processes and activity geared to getting insights from big data, look like? How will this kind of analytical work change? Will there be an increased or decreased need for data scientists? How should businesses adapt their information […]
SQL at 50: A Lesson in How to Stay Relevant Around Data
Structured query language (SQL) is now 50 years old. The original paper for SQL (then called SEQUEL) was published in May 1974 by Raymond Boyce and Donald Chamberlin, and provided a guide for data manipulation based on a set of simple commands. Today, we take SQL for granted around data – it is still the third most […]
Smart Data Fingerprinting: The Answer to Data Management Challenges
The world generated 120 zettabytes of data in 2023, on track for a 1.5x growth over two years to exceed 180 zettabytes in 2025. Unfortunately, data management strategies have not kept pace with the evolution and expansion of data, largely continuing to work with old-world processes and structured information stored in historical databases. There is an […]
The Rise of Augmented Analytics: Combining AI with BI for Enhanced Data Insights
Businesses today are drowning in data. The sheer volume and complexity of information available have made it increasingly difficult for organizations to extract meaningful insights using traditional business intelligence (BI) tools and the expertise of specialized data scientists. This is where augmented analytics comes in. This game-changing technology combines the power of artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Data Labeling Challenges and Solutions
In the rush to adopt AI across diverse sectors, today’s enterprises face a common hurdle: efficient data labeling at scale. Numerous enterprises are grappling with generating usable data despite having huge amounts of raw information. Organizations are overwhelmed by the influx of image data, highlighting the need to process and label it for practical use. Data […]
Human-AI Collaboration: How AI Can Enhance Human Capabilities and Ethical Considerations
Artificial intelligence is here to change the world, and it is up to us to embrace this technology and use it responsibly to reap its full potential. Although critics have expressed some valid concerns about the potential harm that AI technology could bring about, fostering an AI-human collaboration can allow us to use this powerful […]