AI is now infrastructure: Why that changes everything
AI is no longer just a clever feature bolted onto apps - it’s fast becoming a core piece of digital infrastructure, as fundamental as electricity, networks and cloud.
Kate Carruthers
Future of Education - why critical thinking matters more than ever
Most educators are rushing to adapt to AI without fully grasping its implications - are we teaching students just to use technology, or to critically engage with it?
AI Agents Are Here: How Memory, Emergence, and Governance Will Make or Break the Agent Era
The Agent Era Isn’t Coming. It's here and it’s Already Messy.
I spent an interesting evening at an agentic AI meetup with old friends Mark Pesce and John Allsop in the wilds of Waterloo in a brewery the other night. It really got me thinking about
What we need to think about for effective AI governance
People keep asking me: “What do we actually do about AI governance?”
Data Governance needs a rebrand
I have long thought that data governance has a brand problem. Inside many organizations it still sounds like control, cost, and constraint, not value. Even when the underlying work is critical, the label “data governance” often lands with executives as bureaucracy: steering committees, policies, and standards that slow things down.
Reinventing Higher Education in the Age of AI
In this episode, Jason La Greca and Kate Carruthers explore how AI is transforming universities, research, and learning methodologies. Kate and Jason discuss about the evolving landscape of higher education in the context of AI and data. They discuss the challenges universities face in meeting the needs of employers and
Microsoft's AI Evolution: From Office Tools to AI Copilots
In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, Kate Carruthers outlines how Microsoft has evolved from a traditional enterprise and consumer software company into a major player in AI and AI infrastructure. She looks at the role of strategic partnerships, including its work with OpenAI, and how a greater focus