7 signs your data isn’t ready for AI

AI is useless without access to abundant and accurate data. Unfortunately, many enterprises are saddled with data that’s stored in a way that’s unusable for AI applications. AI data incompatibility is widespread, even among organizations actively investing in AI, says Daren Campbell, tax technology and transformation leader at business advisory firm EY Americas. “Adoption of generative and agentic AI is accelerating, but only a small minority of organizations have the data maturity required to scale AI effectively,” he states. “This helps to explain why many companies report AI activity without sustained business impact, since ambition is moving faster than underlying data foundations.” Is your enterprise’s productivity being held hostage by inaccurate, defective, or obsolete data? Here’s a quick rundown of seven key signs that indicate your organization needs a data makeover. Your data strategy is designed for compliance not decision-making AI-incompatible data is typically the result