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Digital transformation #mindcandy 10 June 2025
Today’s topics are non verbal AI models, creative effectiveness, big tech, the AI hype, corporate caution, agentic mesh architecture, proprietary data, CISOs as information architects and data quality metrics.
AI Models Can Think Without Words: A New Frontier in AI Research
https://www.rtinsights.com/ai-models-can-think-without-words-a-new-frontier-in-ai-research/
The possibility of AI reasoning in non-verbal ways opens up exciting new opportunities for the future of artificial intelligence.
Creative Effectiveness In The Age of AI
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/406356/
The marketing landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is not just transforming how brands engage with consumers—it’s revolutionising how we measure, optimise, and ultimately prove the value of creativity itself
Big Tech’s AI Endgame Is Coming Into Focus
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/06/everything-app-big-tech-ai-endgame/683024/
One app to rule them all
‘Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst’: Don’t believe the hype — here’s why artificial general intelligence isn’t what the billionaires tell you it is
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) risks spiraling out of control as claims around the emerging technology escalate into the realm of the absurd.
Epidemic of corporate caution gridlocks digital transformation
Well-intentioned C-suites nevertheless hamper progress and hemorrhage their competitive advantage with permanent evaluation committees that perpetually search for perfect solutions when they should be acting more decisively and incrementally.
Revolutionizing Data Engineering With Agentic Mesh Architecture
Agentic mesh architecture takes automation a step further by enabling businesses to automate the full life cycle of data engineering. From building and testing to deploying and monitoring, this approach covers each phase of data operations.
Why and how to unlock proprietary data to drive AI success
https://sdtimes.com/data/why-and-how-to-unlock-proprietary-data-to-drive-ai-success/
How can a business actually stand out in the age of AI? The answer is simple, but easily overlooked: Proprietary data.
Why CISOs are quietly becoming information architects
https://blogs.opentext.com/why-cisos-are-quietly-becoming-information-architects/
They’re not just protecting endpoints anymore. They’re shaping how information flows throughout their business.
The devil is in the data: How data quality metrics help enterprises get ahead
https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/data-quality-metrics
Data quality metrics are quantitative measures for evaluating the quality of data. Organizations can leverage data quality metrics to track and monitor data quality over time, helping identify high-quality data fit for data-driven decision-making and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases.
