AI & Data Exchange 2026: Veeam’s Mark Bentkower on overcoming data uncertainty to reduce AI adoption risks
Poor data hygiene can derail AI initiatives before they begin, but Veeam principal technologist suggests ways to avoid data pitfalls.
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Every data leader has a version of this story. A regulatory audit surfaces a metric that doesn’t match across systems. A board member catches conflicting revenue numbers in two reports presented back-to-back. An AI tool generates a recommendation based on data that hasn’t been governed since the analyst who built it left the company two […]
Read full articlePoor data hygiene can derail AI initiatives before they begin, but Veeam principal technologist suggests ways to avoid data pitfalls.
Ahead of the AI & Big Data Expo at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, May 18-19, we spoke to Jerome Gabryszewski, the company’s AI & Data Science Business Development Manager about AI, processing data for AI ingestion, and local versus cloud compute. The technology media is fond of quoting that data is ‘the new […] The post HP and the art of AI and data for the enterprise appeared first on AI News.
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I suddenly feel so much better about every embarrassing typo I’ve ever made. | Original Illustration (left) by Agathe Singer One of Canva's new AI features has been caught replacing the word "Palestine" in designs. The Magic Layers feature - which is designed to break flat images out into separate editable components - isn't supposed to make visible alterations to user designs, but it was found by X user @ros_ie9 to automatically switch the phrase "cats for Palestine" to "cats for Ukraine." The issue was seemingly limited specifically to the word "Palestine," as @ros_ie9 noted that related words like "Gaza" were unaffected by the feature. Canva says it has now resolved the issue and is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. "We became aware of an issue … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Met says AI software unearthed rule-breaking ranging from work from home violations to suspected corruption The Metropolitan police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the controversial tech company Palantir to root out rogue cops. The software was deployed by the Met over the course of a week, snooping on staff members using data the force has ready access to, unearthing rule-breaking ranging from work from home violations to suspected corruption and even criminal allegations such as rape. Continue reading...