Data As a Corporate Asset—the GenAI-era Take (Part 1)

In this two-part episode of the Azure Essentials Show, we delve into the transformative power of data in the Gen AI era, exploring how businesses can leverage unstructured data, embrace low data environments, and drive innovation through AI. Hosted by Jacob Bendfeldt, you’ll hear insights from Microsoft's leading experts, Vijay Mital and Ulli Homann, and learn about the evolving landscape of data as a corporate asset and the exciting possibilities that generative AI brings to the table. These episodes are part of a special series of the Azure Essentials Show focused on the transformative power of data in the Gen AI era.

Resources
• The Age of AI transformation | Microsoft.com https://www.microsoft.com/ai/
• Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft Research https://www.microsoft.com/research/research-area/artificial-intelligence

Connect
• Vijay Mital | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijaymital/
• Ulrich (Uli) Homann | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichhomann
• Jacob Bendfeldt | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-bendfeldt-03a578/

Related Episodes
• Watch more episodes in our Essential AI for Business series https://aka.ms/EssentialAIForBusiness
• Watch more episodes of the Azure Essentials Show https://aka.ms/AzureEssentialsShow

Related content from Microsoft Research
• AI for Business Transformation: Lessons from Healthcare https://www.microsoft.com/research/video/ai-for-business-transformation-lessons-from-healthcare/
• AI for Business Transformation: Multimodal Models https://www.microsoft.com/research/video/ai-for-business-transformation-multimodal-models/
• AI for Business Transformation: The Business of Data https://www.microsoft.com/research/video/ai-for-business-transformation-the-business-of-data/

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:35 How to think about data
2:18 Unstructured data
2:37 Human generated data
3:14 Multi-modality
4:59 Low data environments
5:27 Low data example
6:38 Background noise
7:10 Synthesized data
8:25 C-Suite shift
10:31 Surgical not sledgehammer
11:34 No dumb questions
11:54 And the answer is…?