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Data Quality in the Age of AI

By : Andrew Jones
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Data Quality in the Age of AI

By: Andrew Jones

Overview of this book

As organizations worldwide seek to revamp their data strategies to leverage AI advancements and benefit from newfound capabilities, data quality emerges as the cornerstone for success. Without high-quality data, even the most advanced AI models falter. Enter Data Quality in the Age of AI, a detailed report that illuminates the crucial role of data quality in shaping effective data strategies. Packed with actionable insights, this report highlights the critical role of data quality in your overall data strategy. It equips teams and organizations with the knowledge and tools to thrive in the evolving AI landscape, serving as a roadmap for harnessing the power of data quality, enabling them to unlock their data's full potential, leading to improved performance, reduced costs, increased revenue, and informed strategic decisions.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Prioritizing quality over quantity

Since Hadoop came along in 2006 and significantly reduced the cost of storing big data, data engineers have often been focused on how much data they can bring in centrally, with the assumption that they’ll use it to create value later. But by prioritizing quantity over quality, many organizations found it took so much effort to use this data that in practice they just couldn’t justify it. That left them with dark data that was poorly managed and increased the risk of misuse and leaks.

In fact, a report from Seagate found that only 32% of data available to an organization is utilized. That leaves 68% of your data incurring costs, both monetarily and in increased risk, without generating any value.17

It’s the data producers that are responsible for the quality of their data. But the data consumers are still responsible for supporting that investment. Let’s define the roles and responsibilities of both those groups...