AI and the growing mountain of spaghetti legacy code

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Digital transformation #mindcandy 26 May 2025

Today’s topics are AI activation, data architecture, AI-driven data extraction, spaghetti legacy code, data, strategic data management,  the economics of technology, and data durability.

Microsoft leader says adapting to the AI era requires ‘activating at every level of the organization’

https://fortune.com/2025/05/22/ai-business-adoption/

If you have not made your line of business leaders accountable for transforming their business units or their functions, you’re never going to have progress. You’re never going to see that massive scale in terms of upskilling.

Designing more inclusive AI starts with the right data architecture

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/inclusive-ai-data-architecture/

There are over 7,000 languages spoken in the world, yet most AI chatbots are trained on around 100 of them.

The Future of AI-Driven Data Extraction: Trends to Watch in 2025 and Beyond

https://editorialge.com/ai-driven-data-extraction/

In the modern digital world, data serves as a key driver for businesses to stay competitive. Still, real intricacy lies not in accessing information but in seizing its full potential. It means efficiently pulling, organizing, and interpreting massive volumes of unstructured web data.

AI Offensive: Spaghetti Legacy and The Digital Arms Race We’re Losing

https://medium.com/@krisguttenbergovitz/spaghetti-legacy-and-the-ai-offensive-a-digital-arms-race-were-losing-7efb713030fe

How We’re Building Tomorrow’s Vulnerabilities at Machine Speed

One Simple Way to Get Better at Reading Data

https://hbr.org/2025/05/one-simple-way-to-get-better-at-reading-data

One simple but enlightening question to ask is “What’s the denominator?

Strategic Data Management: The Science and Art of Growth

https://www.happiestminds.com/blogs/strategic-data-management-the-science-and-art-of-growth/

Check Correlations to Business Performance

The new economics of enterprise technology in an AI world

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-new-economics-of-enterprise-technology-in-an-ai-world

Big changes in tech are presenting CIOs with a chance to modernize the economics of technology and productivity.

Beyond Speed: Why Modern HPC Must Prioritize Data Durability to Maximize ROI

https://www.rtinsights.com/beyond-speed-why-modern-hpc-must-prioritize-data-durability-to-maximize-roi/

According to Hyperion Research, durability—ensuring that data remains unchanged and free from corruption or loss—is emerging as a critical requirement alongside traditional performance metrics.

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