What Enterprise Leaders Need To Know About Generative AI: 8 Key Takeaways From VB Transform
VentureBeat, Wednesday, July 26,2023
It has been two weeks since VB Transform, the first major independent event focused on the impact of generative AI on the enterprise. Generative AI is widely seen as the most powerful technology force since the internet, and enterprise companies are eager to to leverage it.
To help them navigate this new frontier, VB Transform brought together experts and speakers from various industries to share their insights and best practices. See our coverage of the event. But here are my eight key takeaways for enterprise leaders:
1. It's all about your data layer
This may seem like an unsexy takeaway, but it is the most important one. Most enterprise companies have huge challenges in getting their data in order, and if they ignore or avoid this, they will miss out on the benefits of generative AI. Data is the fuel for the large language models (LLMs) that fuel generative AI, and without clean, reliable and secure data, LLMs will not perform well, or will even cause harm.