S5 | Ep 48 | Building AI for AI: How Trust Models and Data Marketplaces Are Changing the Game with Susan Laine, Chief Technology Officer (Data) at Quest Software

Driven by Data: The Podcast

In Episode 48, of Season 5 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom was joined by Susan Laine, Chief Technology Officer (Data) at Quest Software, where they discuss the concept of building 'AI for AI', which includes;

• The state of data in the AI era and why garbage in equals disaster out
• How ‘AI for AI’ is helping organisations manage data at scale and speed
• Where AI is being used to optimise AI and why that matters
• Why most AI POCs still don’t make it out of production and what to do about it
• Balancing the race for speed with the realities of trust, governance, and risk
• Building a modern data trust model looks like and why it’s critical for AI success
• The key metrics that matter most when measuring trust in data
• The rise of the data marketplace and what it means for data sharing and adoption
• How data management convergence is changing the game for modelling and intelligence
• How user feedback loops are helping to mature data products over time
• Why context and semantic layers are essential for AI you can trust
• How GenAI is reshaping how we build and scale data products
• The structural and cultural shifts AI is triggering across data teams
• The changing roles and skillsets needed to succeed in AI-led data teams
• Why building your own capability is slowing you down and what to do instead
• Three smart steps to build trusted, scalable AI and data capabilities today

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