Data Transforming Business

What if the real advantage in AI lies not in having more data, but in having less?In this episode of the Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data podcast, host Shubhangi Dua, Podcast Producer and B2B Tech Journalist at EM360Tech, sits down with Herb Blecher, Research Director of Data and Analytics at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). This conversation challenges a common belief in enterprise tech – that gathering everything ensures insight. Blecher, alluding to the modern-day AI craze, cautions the enterprise audience that just because you can access vast amounts of unstructured data doesn’t mean you should.What is the AI Gold Rush & Why It’s Risky?Unstructured data now fills the enterprise tech space — voice calls, financial documents, customer chats, images, logs, and emails. “With AI and machine learning, we’ve finally figured out how to access and organise it.”However, Blecher offers a stark reality check. AI doesn’t just increase insight; it increases error. When machines transition from calculating numbers