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Your AI Model’s Weakest Link? The Data You Can’t Trace

Forbes Councils Member Akash Pugalia warns that untraceable data is the weakest link in AI models, as pressure for proven data lineage mounts from regulators, customers, and business leaders. Without clear data provenance, AI systems risk producing unreliable outputs and facing compliance failures.

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Your AI Model’s Weakest Link? The Data You Can’t Trace
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By Akash Pugalia, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

Forbes InnovationThe pressure for proven data lineage is arriving from several directions at once.

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