DM Radio

Broadcast Date: August 13, 2020, at 3ET

Guests:

• Barr Moses, Monte Carlo
• Nick Halsey, Okera
• Peter Baumann, Active Navigation

They said that Data Scientist was the sexiest job today, but what do *they* know? There are countless cool jobs in data these days! From engineers to analysts, across all industries, data pros are rocking! Find out more on this episode of DM Radio!

Building AI Assistants and Agents for mission-critical enterprise applications presents challenges related to accuracy, security, and explainability. An effective end-to-end Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) platform can mitigate AI "hallucinations," reduce bias, and ensure high-precision, contextually accurate outputs. This enhances compliance with copyright standards and delivers consistently trustworthy results. Robust security measures, including access controls, defenses against prompt injection attacks, and adherence to SOC2 and HIPAA compliance requirements, are essential for protecting sensitive data. Additionally, explainability for results and actions aids compliance, simplifies troubleshooting, and builds trust in AI-driven applications.

Such a platform should offer sophisticated capabilities, extending beyond basic vector search by combining semantic and lexical retrieval, advanced reranking, real-time updates, and flexible user-defined functions, while remaining easy to use through a simple API. This empowers developers to build high-performing AI-driven applications without needing deep expertise in complex RAG systems. By integrating a plug-and-play RAG solution, enterprises can lower costs, simplify custom solutions, and benefit from ongoing model and infrastructure updates, all while maintaining compliance and scalability through flexible deployment options like SaaS, on-premises, or VPC hosting. Learn more on this episode of DM Radio!

Data Science and Data Warehousing would seem to be two peas in a pod! Both disciplines focus on generating valuable data-driven insights to optimize business decisions. And yet at many organizations, they are run by different groups that often don't even talk to each other. That's likely changing soon, in part because of advances in both worlds. Learn more on this episode of DM Radio!

Prepare for takeoff! DM Radio Host @eric_kavanagh will interview speakers and delegates from the Airside.Live Conference in NYC! We'll learn about the rise of Analytic Governance, and why it's central to the Information Economy with Patrick Connolly of DataOps.live and Bobby Napiltonia of Okera.