AI needs a strong data fabric to deliver business value

As AI systems move into everyday business use, companies are discovering that the biggest challenge is not making AI faster or more powerful, but ensuring AI has the business context (the meaning and relationships behind data) it needs to make good decisions. Without this context, AI can produce answers quickly but make wrong choices, like a supply-chain system that optimizes inventory numbers without understanding which customers are strategically important or what tradeoffs matter during shortages. Organizations are now building data fabrics (systems that connect information across applications while preserving how the business actually works) as a foundation to give AI the context it needs to make decisions aligned with real business priorities.