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Survey: Execs eager to implement generative AI, but few know how

CIO

Overwhelming majorities of executives around the world are planning to spend money on generative AI this year, but very few are truly ready for the technology, according to a survey released today by the Boston Consulting Group. It forces conversations like ‘what kind of data stores do we have,’ and ‘what can we really do with them?’”

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2021 Data/AI Salary Survey

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

In June 2021, we asked the recipients of our Data & AI Newsletter to respond to a survey about compensation. The average salary for data and AI professionals who responded to the survey was $146,000. Most respondents participated in training of some form. Executive Summary. Demographics.

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

CIO

Synchrony isn’t the only company dealing with a dearth of data scientists to perform increasingly critical work in the enterprise. Companies are struggling to hire true data scientists — the ones trained and experienced enough to work on complex and difficult problems that might have never been solved before. Getting creative.

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10 most in-demand generative AI skills

CIO

The recent AI boom has sparked plenty of conversations around its potential to eliminate jobs, but a survey of 1,400 US business leaders by the Upwork Research Institute found that 49% of hiring managers plan to hire more independent and full-time employees in response to the demand for AI skills.

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Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform

TechCrunch

Organizations dealing with large amounts of data often struggle to ensure that data remains high-quality. According to a survey from Great Expectations, which creates open source tools for data testing, 77% of companies have data quality issues and 91% believe that it’s impacting their performance.

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6 strategic imperatives for your next data strategy

CIO

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

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Expert tips for hiring (and retaining) data scientists

CIO

With IT leaders increasingly needing data scientists to gain game-changing insights from a growing deluge of data, hiring and retaining those key data personnel is taking on greater importance. But there simply aren’t enough trained — not to mention experienced — data scientists for all the companies looking to harness them.

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