What a Bad Trail Recommendation Taught Me About AI and Data

An anecdote about an AI-generated backpacking plan that understated route difficulty illustrates the risks of relying on models fed stale, incomplete, or disconnected information. The piece argues that as software companies add AI capabilities, trustworthy outputs depend less on the model itself than on access to accurate, current data from systems of record. It presents CData as an embedded data-connectivity provider used by major enterprise software companies, offering hundreds of maintained connectors to databases, SaaS platforms, ERP and CRM systems, and data warehouses. According to the company, outsourcing connectivity can reduce development and maintenance burdens, accelerate time to market, prevent data degradation caused by changing APIs, and enable AI features to provide more reliable answers.

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