ANOTHER CRAZY DAY IN AI · THE BIG STORY
AI Won’t Save Bad Analytics
AI can make analytics faster, but companies need decision discipline to make sure all those new answers actually lead to better judgment.
By Wowza Team · Another Crazy Day in AI
IN THIS EDITION
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The analytics trap AI won’t fix
02
Microsoft pitches cheaper AI security
03
OpenAI launches new transcription models
04
Some AI tools worth testing
THE BIG STORY
AI Can Make Bad Analytics Worse
WHAT HAPPENED
In a new Harvard Business Review article, Steven Tadelis, a UC Berkeley professor and former analytics leader at Amazon and eBay, argues that AI can make data analysis faster without making decisions better. He says companies should move from self-service analytics to “decision-service analytics,” starting with the decision they need to improve, then checking whether the data, assumptions, metrics, and evidence are strong enough to act on.
THREE TAKEAWAYS
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AI analytics should start with the business decision, not the dashboard, query, or question someone happens to ask.
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Leaders need to know whether an analysis is describing what happened, predicting what may happen, or proving what caused an outcome.
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The best companies will use AI to improve decision quality, not just speed up analysis or generate more charts.
TWO QUICK HITS
What else is moving
Microsoft Pitches Cheaper AI Security
Microsoft unveiled its first AI model built specifically for cybersecurity, designed to help security teams spot software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. The company is positioning the model as a lower-cost way to bring advanced AI security capabilities into enterprise environments.
OpenAI Launches New Transcription Models
OpenAI just introduced two transcription models for different use cases: one for completed audio files and another for live, streaming transcription. The models are designed to better handle custom vocabulary, background noise, multilingual speech, accents, names, short answers, and numbers.
WORTH A TEST DRIVE
Some tools to try out
ContentIQ
Helps writers verify facts against cited sources before generating an article draft.
Sider
Adds an AI sidebar to your browser for chatting with pages, researching topics, comparing options, and editing websites with prompts.
Lemon
Turns spoken thoughts into clearer prompts for tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other AI apps.
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