# Kate Carruthers
> Navigating the future of business, technology, AI, and innovation
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## Pages
- [About this site](https://katecarruthers.com/about-this-site.md) - katecarruthers.com is an independent publication launched in 2002 by Kate Carruthers
- [About](https://katecarruthers.com/about.md) - Kate Carruthers is an industry leader in data, analytics, artificial intelligence, AI & data governance and cybersecurity. Kate has led major technology and business transformations across higher education, large enterprises, public sector, and start‑ups.
- [Disclosures](https://katecarruthers.com/disclosures-2.md) - Inspired mostly by Chris Penn’s Disclosures page (pursuant to US FTC regulations) and partly by my friend Bronwen I’ve put up this handy page so that it’s clear when I’m writing on behalf of someone else. General Statement The views expressed on this site are mine and mine alone and in no way refle…
- [Disclosures](https://katecarruthers.com/disclosures.md) - This is my personal website and blog, information presented here is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for your specific circumstances. This site only contains my personal views, thoughts, and opinions. It is not endorsed by any employer or client, nor…
- [Information for guests](https://katecarruthers.com/information-for-guests.md) - Thank you so much for agreeing to join me on the Data Revolution podcast. Here are some things you may like to know. 1. This is an informal podcast (and it really does not have high production values 🤣). It is meant to be a friendly chat. The concept is for us to discuss interesting ideas related…
- [Kate Carruthers Long Biography](https://katecarruthers.com/kate-carruthers-long-biography.md) - You can find Kate's short biography here Overview Kate Carruthers is a distinguished leader in data analytics, AI, data governance, and cyber security with extensive experience across higher education, large enterprises, startups, and boards. Her career highlights include establishing innovative da…
- [Podcast](https://katecarruthers.com/podcast.md) - Unlock the future with the Data Revolution Podcast. AI, data, and cybersecurity are some of the fastest-growing and most influential domains today. Whether you’re a business leader, a tech professional, or simply curious, understanding their impact has never been more important.
- [Privacy Policy](https://katecarruthers.com/privacy-policy.md) - Last Updated: 13 August 2026 Overview This website, associated content, and services at katecarruthers.com are operated by Carruthers Consulting Pty Ltd (“we”, “us” or “our”). The website is a digital media platform providing blog content, podcasts, video media, events, newsletters, and selected me…
- [Rules of engagement](https://katecarruthers.com/rules-of-engagement-2.md) - About this site This is my personal site and I write and create other video and audio content for my own personal satisfaction. Readers are encouraged to comment, debate and discuss. I moderate all comments and publish most, unless they appear (to my totally subjective gaze) to be defamatory, spamm…
- [Rules of Engagement](https://katecarruthers.com/rules-of-engagement.md) - Outlining the rules of engagement for this site.
- [Book me to Speak](https://katecarruthers.com/speaking.md) - Kate Carruthers provides a clear signal amidst the noise of AI and data, seamlessly connecting theory with practice in an engaging manner. Click here to book Kate Insightful presentations. Actionable insights for your business. Creating the Future in the Age of AI We are entering a future shaped by…
- [Thanks!](https://katecarruthers.com/thanks.md) - Thank you for subscribing to the Data Revolution Newsletter. Please check out the website and previous episodes.
- [Video and Audio](https://katecarruthers.com/videos-2.md) - https://vimeo.com/690235210/c1e6bdc0a5 Champions of Data + AI: Data leaders powering data-driven innovation EPISODE 4: How Education Rewrote the Book on Virtual Learning Ethical use of student data - panel debate @ The UNSW Inspired Learning Summit, October 2018 Panel: Prof Geoffrey Crisp Pro Vice…

## Posts
- [US cloud act, sovereignty, and why you might need to care](https://katecarruthers.com/us-cloud-act-sovereignty-and-why-you-might-need-to-care.md) - Airbus’s move to European cloud hosting is a reminder that data residency is not the same as digital sovereignty. Where your cloud provider is headquartered, and which laws it answers to, can matter as much as where your data sits.
- [Intelligence is leaving the cloud, and our governance frameworks have not noticed](https://katecarruthers.com/intelligence-is-leaving-the-cloud-and-our-governance-frameworks-have-not-noticed.md) - Intelligence is moving off the cloud and onto devices we own and control. Our governance models are still built for a world of centralised chokepoints - API logs, model providers, and labs we can regulate. That world is fading. What replaces it is messier, more distributed, and much harder to see.
- [Mapping the AI value chain](https://katecarruthers.com/mapping-the-ai-value-chain.md) - Most organisations chase AI capability without asking where it sits in the business. Applying Porter's value chain to AI makes the dependencies visible - and reveals which layer is actually your constraint.
- [The intelligent organisation is not the one with the most AI](https://katecarruthers.com/the-intelligent-organisation-is-not-the-one-with-the-most-ai.md) - AI alone will not make an organisation intelligent. Human judgement, diversity and accountability still matter.
- [Australia needs to stop talking about AI as if it were just software](https://katecarruthers.com/australia-needs-to-stop-talking-about-ai-as-if-it-were-just-software.md) - Australia keeps talking about AI as if it were a software problem, but the real issue is the stack beneath it: compute, chips, infrastructure, governance, and decision rights.
- [Australia’s electrification moment](https://katecarruthers.com/australias-electrification-moment.md) - The convergence of electrification and AI presents Australia with a rare opportunity to move from resource exporter to systems leader in the global economy.
- [When AI escapes containment: the human failure mode your threat model doesn't cover yet](https://katecarruthers.com/when-ai-escapes-containment-the-failure-mode-your-threat-model-doesnt-cover-yet.md) - When AI models escape containment psychologically, not just technically, the same governance gaps that let Hugging Face get breached leave your brand and your users exposed too.
- [When AI escapes containment: rethinking data protection in the agentic era](https://katecarruthers.com/when-ai-escapes-containment-rethinking-data-protection-in-the-agentic-era.md) - When frontier AI models start “escaping containment” and hacking real systems, the threat model for every organisation changes overnight.
- [When AI escapes containment: Superintelligence, cyber risk, and protecting your data](https://katecarruthers.com/when-ai-escapes-containment-superintelligence-cyber-risk-and-protecting-your-data.md) - When frontier AI models start “escaping containment” and hacking real systems, the threat model for every organisation changes overnight.
- [AI coding tools and the junior talent pipeline: a capability problem, not a tooling problem](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-coding-tools-and-the-junior-talent-pipeline-a-capability-problem-not-a-tooling-problem.md) - AI coding tools have moved from novelty to infrastructure. The question is no longer whether developers will use AI - they already do. The real question is what this means for junior talent and the skills pipeline Australian organisations depend on.
- [Stop trying to turn PoCs into products](https://katecarruthers.com/stop-trying-to-turn-pocs-into-products.md) - Many AI & software initiatives stall because proofs-of-concept, pilots, and production get blurred. This post explains why PoCs must stay disposable, and how pilots and production prove practicality and accountability.
- [Bringing AI products to life](https://katecarruthers.com/bringing-ai-products-to-life.md) - Most organisations have AI ideas but lack a disciplined AI development lifecycle. This post outlines a practical, governed process from problem framing to FinOps‑aware operations for AI products
- [Managing your innovation pipeline through AI projects](https://katecarruthers.com/managing-your-innovation-pipeline-through-ai-projects.md) - Many organisations “try AI” without real business requirements, guardrails or an innovation pipeline. This post explains how to manage AI projects as an innovation portfolio and why agile still needs clear functional and non functional requirements.
- [How material practice shapes innovation: the surprising origins of zero and AI](https://katecarruthers.com/how-material-practice-shapes-innovation-the-surprising-origins-of-zero-and-ai.md) - The future of work is not about job loss. It is about how work reorganises around new tools.
- [When energy geopolitics hits your laptop](https://katecarruthers.com/when-energy-geopolitics-hits-your-laptop.md) - Energy shocks from Russia’s diesel export ban and the Strait of Hormuz crisis won’t just lift petrol prices - they’re already reshaping global computing.
- [When Space, Strategy and Commercial Tech Converge](https://katecarruthers.com/when-space-strategy-and-commercial-tech-converge.md) - Leaked Russia-China plans to counter Starlink show how military strategy, geopolitics and commercial tech are converging, as states adapt to dual‑use infrastructure and the strategic role of privately owned satellite constellations.
- [DeepSeek’s AI chip is a wake‑up call: the arms race has only just started](https://katecarruthers.com/deepseeks-ai-chip-is-a-wake-up-call-the-arms-race-has-only-just-started.md) - DeepSeek’s push to design its own AI inference chip is a clear sign that the real AI arms race is shifting from flashy models to control of the hardware stack.
- [War, Politics and Compute Power](https://katecarruthers.com/war-politics-and-compute-power.md) - War is politics by other means - and today, supercomputers, AI and platforms are the new “means” in US-China tech rivalry, compute sovereignty and AI governance.
- [The Two-Layer AI Stack: Cost Discipline Meets Strategic Leverage](https://katecarruthers.com/the-two-layer-ai-stack-cost-discipline-meets-strategic-leverage.md) - AI shouldn’t be one big expensive model doing everything. Build a two-layer stack: a cheap, open-weight “engine” for execution, with frontier models as “steering” for judgment and edge cases. Own your costs, avoid lock-in, and let quality go up as prices go down.
- [Some changes with this site](https://katecarruthers.com/some-changes-with-this-site.md) - This site has been running in one form or another since 2002. It started out in the early days as a kind of personal live journal (no pun intended for those who remember Live Journal back in the day). But to put the timeline in perspective: when I started this site, Facebook and Twitter didn’t exis…
- [Claude Science: a practical AI workbench for real scientific workflows](https://katecarruthers.com/claude-science-a-practical-ai-workbench-for-real-scientific-workflows.md) - Claude Science is Anthropic’s new AI workbench for scientists, built around real lab workflows, reproducibility and auditable AI, not just another chatbot. Here is what it means for day‑to‑day research and engineering.
- [AI boomers, doomers, and why sovereignty and investment now matter more than hype](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-boomers-doomers-and-why-sovereignty-and-investment-now-matter-more-than-hype.md) - Australia’s AI future won’t be decided by AI boomers or doomers, but by who owns the compute, sets the rules, and gets paid back for the infrastructure we build.
- [AI tokens and the ‘tokenpocalypse’](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-tokens-and-the-tokenpocalypse.md) - The ‘tokenpocalypse’ isn’t about scary AI bills so much as it is about the absence of sensible AI governance.
- [AI, Five Eyes, and the enterprise](https://katecarruthers.com/frontier-ai-five-eyes-and-the-enterprise.md) - Five Eyes now says cyber risk assumptions are now measured in months
- [Who really owns your data?](https://katecarruthers.com/who-really-owns-your-data.md) - Cyber, privacy and the rise of self sovereign identity
- [Beyond AI sovereignty: why the West relies on US frontier models and what comes next](https://katecarruthers.com/beyond-ai-sovereignty-why-the-west-relies-on-us-frontier-models-and-what-comes-next.md) - The West has largely bypassed AI sovereignty, opting instead for dependence on US frontier models and raising urgent questions about control, resilience, and strategic agency.
- [The hidden politics of AI: sovereignty in a platform world](https://katecarruthers.com/the-hidden-politics-of-ai-sovereignty-in-a-platform-world.md) - AI Sovereignty was never theoretical - you just weren’t paying attention
- [Talking about rebranding Data Governance](https://katecarruthers.com/talking-about-rebranding-data-governance.md) - Data governance really does need a rebrand
- [Anthropic, Fable 5, and why sovereign AI just got real](https://katecarruthers.com/anthropic-fable-5-and-why-sovereign-ai-just-got-real.md) - When Washington pulls the plug: Fable 5, Mythos 5, and why sovereign AI risk just got real.
- [AI’s Hidden Extraction Economy](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-extraction-work-of-repair.md) - We can’t unring the bell: How Labour and Knowledge Power “Intelligent” Machines
- [Reflections from 2024: Innovating when the ground is moving](https://katecarruthers.com/reflections-from-2024-innovating-when-the-ground-is-moving.md) - It is interesting to read back on old posts sometimes. One I came across is titled: AI Changes Everything. Way back in June 2024 I travelled to Boston to speak at FEI: Front End of Innovation conference, invited by old friend Seth Adler to speak about how AI was about to change everything. FEI has…
- [Context and control: the real future of AI in the enterprise](https://katecarruthers.com/context-control-ai-enterprise.md) - The AI conversation is shifting. What began as a fascination with generative tools is rapidly evolving into something far more consequential: AI as an enterprise execution engine. The real challenge is no longer producing outputs, but delivering reliable, governed outcomes at scale.
- [Why observability and assurance are essential in the age of AI agents](https://katecarruthers.com/why-observability-and-assurance-are-essential-in-the-age-of-ai-agents.md) - As AI agents take real actions across your business, observability and assurance move from nice‑to‑have to non‑negotiable.
- [Data is changing: static to flowing](https://katecarruthers.com/data-is-changing-static-to-flowing.md) - Data is no longer a static by-product; it is a flowing asset that powers automation and AI. When it is poorly governed, AI amplifies the problems - so managing data and its risks is now a strategic imperative.
- [Machine overmatch in an age of software-defined war](https://katecarruthers.com/machine-overmatch-in-an-age-of-software-defined-war.md) - Ukraine has shown that modern war is increasingly software-defined, data-dependent and commercially entangled. Salt Typhoon reveals what this means in peacetime: adversaries are mapping telecommunications, infrastructure and digital ecosystems long before a crisis begins.
- [Before you worry about AI threats, fix your security fundamentals](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-threats-fix-your-security-fundamentals.md) - Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on cybersecurity fundamentals.
- [The hardware crunch is here: what it means for AI and data operations](https://katecarruthers.com/hardware-crunch-ai-data-operations.md) - AI and data teams are heading into a period where hardware scarcity, longer lead times, and rising costs are no longer edge cases but operating conditions.
- [Why data minimisation matters in the age of AI-powered cyber attacks](https://katecarruthers.com/data-minimisation-matters.md) - AI is changing the risk profile of cybersecurity, turning data minimisation from a privacy nicety into a frontline defence. The less data you hold, the less there is for AI‑enabled attackers to exploit.
- [The coming AI jobs-pocalypse](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-jobs-future.md) - The story we tell ourselves about technology and jobs has almost always been wrong, at least in the short term.
- [Why AI needs a Proof-of-Concept to Production pipeline](https://katecarruthers.com/why-ai-needs-a-proof-of-concept-to-production-pipeline.md) - Organisations that treat AI as a series of disconnected experiments will end up with expensive demos, shadow IT and AI, and mounting risk rather than real business value.
- [AI has changed the cyber threat landscape](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-has-changed-the-cyber-threat-landscape.md) - Artificial intelligence is now a first‑order cyber risk driver, as well as a productivity tool. AI‑accelerated threats, fragile model “harnesses,” and concentrated dependence on a few vendors demand urgent uplift in governance, resilience, and incident response.
- [The hype cycle and AI: why we need to stay grounded](https://katecarruthers.com/gartner-hype-cycle-ai-governance.md) - Generative AI has hit the peak of inflated expectations. The Gartner Hype Cycle reminds us we've been here before - and shows why governance, not hype, and doing the work still matters.
- [AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology problem](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-adoption-people-not-technology.md) - AI isn’t magic. It’s change management (and people). Ignore that at your peril.
- [ANZAC Day and a multipolar world: what “lest we forget” means now](https://katecarruthers.com/anzac-day-2026.md) - On ANZAC Day 2026 I remember the ordinary diggers behind the legend and reflect on Australia’s place in an emerging multipolar world, from Gallipoli to today’s conflicts.
- [AI, power, and why open institutions matter](https://katecarruthers.com/one-size-fits-none-ai-power-and-why-open-institutions-matter.md) - Software and AI are never neutral; they can quietly lock in existing systems of control and power. To avoid surrendering autonomy to a few proprietary platforms, we need open, community‑governed institutions that keep AI accountable and share its benefits more fairly.
- [Beyond AI hype: building new  institutions for AI and the Digital Revolution](https://katecarruthers.com/beyond-ai-hype-building-institutions.md) - In history I saw how the English working class responded to upheaval of the industrial revolution by building new institutions Today’s AI disruption raises a similar question: what new institutions do we need for the AI age?
- [Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs](https://katecarruthers.com/losing-faith-in-the-system.md) - Etsy witches, AI, & young people quietly returning to the Catholic Church might look unrelated, but they all signal a crisis of trust in institutions.
- [Etsy witches, Claude’s mythos, and the strange mood we are in](https://katecarruthers.com/etsy-witches-claude-mythos.md) - Etsy witches, constitutional AI, and rising geopolitical risk are all symptoms of the same restless zeitgeist.
- [Australia’s data sovereignty ambitions will fail without research compute](https://katecarruthers.com/australias-data-sovereignty-ambitions-will-fail-without-research-compute.md) - Australia’s lack of serious, at‑scale compute is not just a research productivity problem, it is a sovereignty problem as well. Our universities are trying to do world‑class work on infrastructure that simply does not match the ambitions in our national AI strategies or data sovereignty rhetoric.
- [AI is now infrastructure: Why that changes everything](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-is-now-infrastructure.md) - 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.
- [Future of Education - why critical thinking matters more than ever](https://katecarruthers.com/why-critical-thinking-matters.md) - 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](https://katecarruthers.com/the-agent-era-is-here.md) - 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 agentic AI from some different angles. We’ve spent…
- [What we need to think about for effective AI governance](https://katecarruthers.com/effective-ai-governance.md) - People keep asking me: “What do we actually do about AI governance?”
- [Data Governance needs a rebrand](https://katecarruthers.com/data-governance-needs-a-rebrand.md) - 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, an…
- [Reinventing Higher Education in the Age of AI](https://katecarruthers.com/reinventing-higher-education-in-the-age-of-ai.md) - 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…
- [Microsoft's AI Evolution: From Office Tools to AI Copilots](https://katecarruthers.com/microsofts-ai-evolution-from-office-tools-to-ai-copilots.md) - 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…
- [Life with ADHD: Time blindness, or why I lose hours, not just my keys](https://katecarruthers.com/life-with-adhd-time-blindness-or-why-i-lose-hours-not-just-my-keys.md) - Time has always felt a bit … theoretical to me. People talk about “ten minutes” or “next week” as if these are solid, tangible things you can hold in your hand and stack neatly in a calendar. For those of us with ADHD, time is usually either “now” or “not now” – and everything in the “not now” buck…
- [Agentic AI: How Voice-Driven Agents Are Changing the Way We Use Apps](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-user-interface-future.md) - I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston back in June 2024 about AI, innovation and the future. I have been thinking a lot about this topic in the time since 2024 and now in early 2026. The future direction of Artificial Intelligence is not just about AI in and of itself, i…
- [From DeepMind to Transformers: Google's AI Impact](https://katecarruthers.com/deepmind-transformers-google-ai.md) - In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, host Kate Carruthers gives an overview of the transformative journey of AI, focusing on Google's pivotal role. From the open-source release of TensorFlow to the groundbreaking AlphaGo, and the development of the transformer architecture, Google's cont…
- [After 10 Years as a CDO: What I’ve learned about excellent jobs](https://katecarruthers.com/excellent-jobs.md) - Back in late 2024, after a decade as Chief Data and Insights Officer at UNSW Sydney, and more than a decade working at UNSW, I decided it was time to leave. It was a big step. It was scary to leave the comfort of a role and place I'd come to know intimately. I’d invested a lot of myself in the role…
- [Life with ADHD: The Hidden Cognitive Load Behind “Losing Things”](https://katecarruthers.com/life-with-adhd-the-hidden-cognitive-load-behind-losing-things.md) - One of the more "amusing" things about having ADHD for me is that I lose things. Not usually irrevocably, but they disappear for long periods and then mysteriously reappear. A while back I lost my bottle of Vyvanse tablets and I could not find them anywhere. Then while I was away on vacation over C…
- [2026 Bingo Card](https://katecarruthers.com/2026-bingo-card.md) - As is my tradition I do my annual bingo card at the start of the new year to deal with my existential dread. Herewith my 2026 bingo card. I’ll be doing a wrap up on my 2025 BingoCard shortly.
- [AI, Cybersecurity and Sovereignty: Technology & Security Podcast](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-cybersecurity-podcast.md) - Was on the Technology & Security Podcast with the smart and lovely Miah Hammond-Errey just before Christmas 2024 - have been meaning to share the link. Miah and I had a great chat where we traced my path from defending shopping centre digital systems against cyber threats to building higher educati…
- [Colonialism, Convicts and Country: How the British Empire shaped my Australian Story](https://katecarruthers.com/colonialism-convicts-country.md) - Reflection on how colonialism shaped the modern world and my Australian family story, built on both convict and migrant histories and Indigenous dispossession.
- [Unlocking the potential of AI with Leonie Valentine](https://katecarruthers.com/unlocking-the-potential-of-ai-with-leonie-valentine.md) - Join Kate Carruthers on the Data Revolution podcast as she discusses the transformative power of AI in business with the amazing Leonie Valentine. Discover how understanding real-world problems is key to leveraging AI effectively, and explore the ethical considerations that come with this technolog…
- [2025 Reflection: Why community and kindness matter more than ever](https://katecarruthers.com/2025-reflection-why-community-and-kindness-matter-more-than-ever.md) - As I contemplate 2025 while sitting in the shade in the tropics 🏝️ on vacation, I realise how precious are the networks of relationships and friendships I have been lucky enough to accumulate. These are the many people who’ve helped me along the way, and whom I have also tried to help. With the va…
- [AI Innovation: Why leadership matters more than technology](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-innovation-poc-to-production.md) - In the history of business, technology has always been the driver of change, from stone tools to the internet. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is simply the most recent, and arguably among the most powerful, addition to this long line of technologies. However, like every revolutionary technology that…
- [AI and Capability Uplift: Navigating the Future of Work](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-and-capability-uplift-navigating-the-future-of-work.md) - Join ‪Kate Carruthers on the Data Revolution podcast as we welcome back Gladwin Mendez for an insightful discussion on the future of AI and data capability uplift. Explore the ethical implications of AI in the workplace, the importance of strategic alignment, and how organisations can prepare for a…
- [AI Governance: Navigating the New Frontier](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-governance-navigating-the-new-frontier.md) - In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, host Kate Carruthers chats with James Kavanagh, an expert in AI governance. They discuss the challenges and opportunities in building AI systems that are safe, secure, and lawful. James shares his journey from engineering to AI governance, emphasising…
- [What's new in AI in 2025 (so far)](https://katecarruthers.com/whats-new-in-ai-in-2025-so-far.md) - In the latest episode of the Data Revolution podcast, host Kate Carruthers dives into the transformative landscape of AI as we approach the end of 2025. With a focus on the pivotal changes and some AI innovations, this episode offers a glimpse into the future of technology and its implications for…
- [The future of AI is smaller not bigger](https://katecarruthers.com/the-future-of-ai-is-smaller-not-bigger.md) - The future of AI will be smaller and not bigger. My take on where AI’s headed? Forget bigger, flashier, more bloated models. The future’s going to be smaller, smarter, and way more focused. This is especially with the advent of agentic AI, since this will be driving business processes, and business…
- [Navigating the Future of AI and Quantum Computing](https://katecarruthers.com/navigating-the-future-of-ai-and-quantum-computing.md) - In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, host Kate Carruthers interviews Gerard Solden, who shares his journey from banking to AI infrastructure. They discuss the reality of AI technology, the importance of accuracy and reliability in AI systems, and the innovative concept of agentic framewo…
- [Data Integrity & Compliance in an Australian Context](https://katecarruthers.com/data-integrity-compliance.md) - In the age of artificial intelligence, data integrity has emerged as the fundamental bedrock upon which reliable, trustworthy, and effective AI systems must be built. As organisations increasingly rely on AI to drive decision-making, predict consumer behaviour, assess market trends, and secure agai…
- [Jonathan Mast: Getting started with Generative AI](https://katecarruthers.com/jonathan-mast-getting-started-with-generative-ai.md) - In this conversation on the Data Revolution Podcast, Jonathan Mast (https://whitebeardstrategies.com/) discusses the transformative role of AI in various aspects of life and business. He emphasizes that AI amplifies human skills and experience, making it a valuable tool for individuals of all ages.…
- [Navigating Cybersecurity for Small Business](https://katecarruthers.com/jodie-miners.md) - In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, I speak with Jodie Miners about the importance of cybersecurity for small businesses, focusing on the SMB 1001:2025 standard. We discuss the challenges small businesses face in implementing cybersecurity measures, the benefits of achieving certificati…
- [Navigating the AI Landscape for kids](https://katecarruthers.com/tama-leaver.md) - In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, I speak with Dr. Tama Leaver about the evolving role of data and AI in society, particularly focusing on children's interaction with generative AI, the implications for privacy and consent, and the challenges of educating young people in a rapidly cha…
- [Rise of the Fractional Chief Data Officer](https://katecarruthers.com/rise-of-the-fractional-chief-data-officer.md) - Great to have old friend, Gladwin Mendez (https://www.gecprudentia.com/), back on the podcast to talk about the emergence of the new role of fractional Chief Data Officer (CDO). The rise of fractional CDOs reflects the growing recognition of data's strategic value in modern businesses. As organisat…
- [AI and building a free society](https://katecarruthers.com/david-bray.md) - My guest for this episode is Dr David Bray. He has been thinking deeply about AI for many years. We had a wideranging chat about AI, cybersecurity, new AI’s, state actor attacks and the ongoing greyzone war, the need to use data to maintain free societies, and the importance of working locally and…
- [2025 BingoCard](https://katecarruthers.com/2025-bingocard.md) - In something of a tradition for me, at the start of each new year, I deal with my existential dread by creating a BingoCard. Here is my 2025 BingoCard: Here is a link to the pdf version
- [What NEDs need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Expert Systems](https://katecarruthers.com/what-neds-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence-automation-and-expert-systems.md) - By Kate Carruthers & Kobi Leins "What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people." - Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the first chatbot, 1964 What is AI? ‘Artificial Intelligence’ is a te…
- [Microsoft Copilot and AI in government](https://katecarruthers.com/microsoft-copilot-and-ai-in-government.md) - Had a great chat with Kobi Leins about some good feedback on the Australian Governments Microsoft Copilot pilot (full story here: Australian Government trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot). We also had a wide-ranging chat about the upcoming training deficit all organisations have in respect of AI, the r…
- [The challenges of getting robots and AI to be more human](https://katecarruthers.com/the-challenges-of-getting-robots-and-ai-to-be-more-human.md) - This time my guest is Dr Brandon Rohrer. He is a data scientist who originally started in researching robots to assist with stroke recovery, and who now works on solving data challenges. Brandon, whom I tracked down via his online discovery work on https://e2eml.school/blog.html where I was captiva…
- [AI in higher education - chasing cheaters](https://katecarruthers.com/kane-murdoch-shaun-lehmann.md) - My guests for this episode are Kane Murdoch and Shane Lehmann. They work in the area of academic integrity at one of Australia's major universities and have been thinking seriously about the problems facing us in academia of ensuring that students behave with integrity in their assessments. The iss…
- [Human cognition and AI](https://katecarruthers.com/human-cognition-and-ai.md) - This time my guest is my friend Ross Dawson. He is always on the cutting edge of new stuff, as you would imagine for a futurist. We had an amazing chat about his current passion for cognitive AI and how it is going to change the world of work. I loved his ideas for humanity working together with AI…
- [Misinformation and Disinformation are Data Too](https://katecarruthers.com/emma-briant.md) - This time my guest is Dr Emma L. Briant, a globally renowned researcher on misinformation, disinformation and propaganda. We had a great chat about how these are now the new battlegrounds and how data underpins them. Of course we mentioned the US (a bit). Emma shared her new research and some other…
- [2024 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics](https://katecarruthers.com/2024-global-top-100-innovators-in-data-and-analytics.md) - I’m excited to share that I’ve been named one of the 2024 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics by Corinium! A heartfelt thank you to my amazing Data Platform team at UNSW and peers for their support. Check out the list here: https://www.coriniumintelligence.com/top-100-innovators-2024 #D…
- [Data Governance for Leaders](https://katecarruthers.com/data-governance-for-leaders.md) - New course I recently facilitated a new Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) short course called Data Governance for Leaders, for the first time. I developed this course based on my lessons learned as a data governance leader for UNSW and from key resources around the world. I designed t…
- [AI in Education](https://katecarruthers.com/lynn-gribble.md) - My guest for this episode is Dr Lynn Gribble. She is an Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney Business School who is passionate about embracing new technology to help in the education process. Lynn has been at the forefront of new technology in education, from pioneering voice feedback to innovating w…
- [The AI Revolution is a Marathon, Not a Sprint](https://katecarruthers.com/the-ai-revolution-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint.md) - Kate Carruthers shares her thoughts on us being at the very start of the AI revolution - we are in the Netscape stage of the journey (not the TikTok stage). She also discusses how Generative AI might just be the start of a new generation of user interfaces. And how AI will merge into autonomous sys…
- [AI and autonomous everything](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-autonomous-everything.md) - I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston the week of 10 June about AI, innovation and the future. This post is part of a distillation of my thoughts. The future direction of Artificial Intelligence is not just AI in and of itself. It is as part of another whole thing - auto…
- [AI Changes Everything](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-changes-everything.md) - I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston this week about AI, innovation and the future. This post is part one of a distillation of my thoughts. The very first thing we need to understand is, to misquote Churchill, is that the stage of the development, implementation and mon…
- [CDO Magazine’s Global Data Power Women 2024 List](https://katecarruthers.com/global-data-power-women-2024.md) - CDO Magazine have just released their Global Data Power Women 2024 List (for its fourth year) to showcase the best of women leading data. I am very grateful to CDO Magazine for their recognition 🙏. My sincere thanks to my marvellous team who keep bringing my ideas to life and who remain a joy to w…
- [Panel at UNSW Cyber Security Summit AI panel](https://katecarruthers.com/panel-at-unsw-cyber-security-summit-ai-panel.md) - Was happy to join an AI panel at the inaugural UNSW Cyber Security Summit today. I was lucky enough join an amazing group of panellists - AI guru Prof. Toby Walsh; UNSW CISO Derek Winter; legal, cyber and privacy expert Laura Newton of Freehills; and ably moderated by Robert Buhrke. The regulatory…
- [Directors care about ESG now!](https://katecarruthers.com/directors-care-about-esg-now.md) - Was delighted to be on a panel, chaired by the amazing Gladwin Mendez, at the Corinium Global Intelligence Chief Data and Analytics Officer conference on 8 May 2024. Our panel discussed ESG: What’s measured is managed. Nowadays relevant, timely and accurate data is critical to drive an organization…
- [New data architectures and AI](https://katecarruthers.com/new-data-architectures-and-ai.md) - I have been thinking about how we manage data for a long time. And now with the rise of AI in people's imaginations it is becoming an imperative for organisations to rethink their old model of storing data in siloes. Now data is not merely a thing to be stored, it now must be able to flow. It needs…
- [Inaugural Women Leading Tech Power List](https://katecarruthers.com/inaugural-women-leading-tech-power-list.md) - It is an honour to be on the Women Leading Tech Power List for 2024 - such an amazing list of women! So kind of the lovely folks at B&T and Atlassian, thank-you. More details about the nominations here: Power List One of the important things to recognise is that when one gets listed on this kind of…
- [Yarning about data visualisation: Quinn Dombrowski](https://katecarruthers.com/quinn-dombrowski.md) - This time my guest is the intriguing Quinn Dombrowski, whom I have been keeping an eye on via social media for ages due to their Textile Makerspace project and general all-round niceness and humanity. We had a fascinating chat about some non-traditional approaches to data visualisation. You can eve…
- [What NEDs need to know about AI and cyber security](https://katecarruthers.com/what-neds-need-to-know-about-ai-and-cyber-security.md) - By Kate Carruthers & Kobi Leins Note: this is a republication of a old piece that Kobi and I wrote as our old website has now gone away. AI and Cybersecurity Cybersecurity has been on our radar for some time as an important factor of which company directors need to take account. The cyber threat la…
- [Education, Data, and Generative AI: the future - Ray Fleming](https://katecarruthers.com/ray-fleming.md) - This time my guest is an old friend, Ray Fleming from InnovateGPT, who is co-host of the AI in Education podcast. And this is a joint podcast where we had a chat about the future of education in the age of AI. The podcast was a special dual-production episode between the AI and Education podcast, a…
- [Substack and Nazis](https://katecarruthers.com/substack-and-nazis.md) - As I explained earlier over on Substack I have decided to move the newsletter and website hosting back to Buttondown to Beehiiv Ghost.org due to Substack's stance on Nazis. Here is some background on the matter for those who are not familiar: Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi cont…
- [Data needs good management - Mark Nicholls](https://katecarruthers.com/data-needs-good-management-mark-nicholls-episode-16.md) - This time my guest is Mark Nicholls. He is CEO of the Information Professionals Group , who help businesses to leverage digital technology to achieve their business objectives. We had an excellent chat about all of the good IT practices that still need to be done to ensure that good clean data can…
- [Data governance - the time is now](https://katecarruthers.com/data-governance-the-time-is-now.md) - For many years, since late 2014 to be precise, I have been thinking about and doing data governance. But now with the advent of popular AI it is even more important. It has always been seen as boring stuff and nobody was really that interested. But in recent times – thanks to some quite egregious d…
- [Data in manufacturing - Adam Sharman](https://katecarruthers.com/adam-sharman.md) - My guest this time is Adam Sharman from data consultants to the manufacturing sector https://dsifer.com/ - who “combine extensive experience in manufacturing, primary and food processing with world leading data analysis to help business leaders embrace the future of productivity”. We had an excelle…
- [Ethics and data in games - Catherine Flick](https://katecarruthers.com/catherine-flick.md) - My guest for this episode is the charming and erudite Catherine Flick, who is an ethics researcher (and newly minted Professor) working with the Digital Observatory Research Cluster. We have been friends on social media for ages, most recently on the dear departed Pebble, and this was our first cha…
- [Raising heretics - Linda McIver](https://katecarruthers.com/raising-heretics-linda-mciver-episode-13.md) - This time my guest is the remarkable Dr Linda McIver, who is the CEO of the Australian Data Science Education Institute. We had a wide-ranging chat about the importance of educating the rising generation to make sense of data in the in the modern world. And, even though we did not talk explicitly a…
- [Identity is all about data - Steve Wilson](https://katecarruthers.com/steve-wilson.md) - My guest for this episode is Steve Wilson from Lockstep. He is my go-to human for all things relating to identity. As we were contemplating this episode we started talking about identity (which might not actually be the best word for it) and then Steve said "identity is all about data" and that is…
- [The Big Five Data Questions](https://katecarruthers.com/five-data-questions.md) - If you are not sure why you even need to do data governance there are a number of articles and vidoes here. But if you are wondering how to get a handle on how big of a problem you have then here are the big five questions to ask about your data. I got these questions from Mike Burgess, who was the…
- [A rambling chat - Kobi Leins](https://katecarruthers.com/a-rambling-chat-kobi-leins-episode-11.md) - To be fair it has been a hellish month at work so I decided to do a low key chat with a mate because I'm tired. This time my guest is Kobi Leins. "Dr Kobi Leins (GAICD) is a global expert in AI, international law and governance. Leins provides strategic advice on selection, implementation and opera…
- [Data Revolution Newsletter - September 2023](https://katecarruthers.com/data-revolution-september-2023.md) - Greetings people! Welcome to the frontlines of the Data Revolution. Here is the September 2023 newsletter. Stuff Governance This month I have been thinking about how we need to adapt our policy and governance to AI speed and scale. There is a quote from Kent Aitken (Aitken, K. (2017, May 23) that I…
- [Taming AI - Peter Leonard](https://katecarruthers.com/taming-ai-peter-leonard-episode-10.md) - In this episode my guest is Peter Leonard. He is a guru in the legal data and tech space and one of my primary go-to people when I am thinking about data governance, data sharing, regulation, and AI ethics. Today we are talking about some of the issues that folks are going to need to think about as
- [AusCERT2023 - Data Governance & Cyber Security Panel Discussion](https://katecarruthers.com/auscert2023-data-governance.md) - Joined Troy Hunt, Craig Rowlands, Sasenka Abeysooriya on panel at the AusCERT 2023 Conference. "In an increasingly interconnected world, the need for robust data governance and cyber security measures has never been more critical. This panel discussion aims to explore the intricate relationship bet…
- [Bi-modal approaches for data, AI, and innovation - Khaled Auf](https://katecarruthers.com/bi-modal-approaches-for-data-ai-innovation.md) - My guest today is Khaled Auf, and we will be talking about the benefits of a bi-modal approach to delivering Analytics, BI and Data Science . We also touch on tri-modal approaches (and even coin the very innovative quad-modal approach).
- [The need for Explainable AI – Fiona Tweedie](https://katecarruthers.com/fiona-tweedie.md) - This time my guest is Fiona Tweedie. She has been thinking about the need for explainable AI for a long time. We had a fascinating chat on why this is important, why we should care about AI being explainable, some of the risks associated with AI not being explainable.
- [It's about people - Gladwin Mendez](https://katecarruthers.com/its-about-people.md) - For this episode of the Data Revolution podcast my guest is Gladwin Mendez. Today we are going to be talking about the important other things that data and technology need to work - people and process. As Gladwin noted over on LinkedIn: "There's a powerful Māori saying:"He aha te mea nui o te ao? W…
- [New roles for Data and AI](https://katecarruthers.com/new-roles-for-ai.md) - Everyone seems to be running around trying to work out what the new surge in AI that is driven largely by the growth in generative AI. And so many people are being all doom and gloom about how AI will kill us all, and others saying we will all lose our jobs. Today I will discuss how we will need to…
- [AI: From Imagination to Reality](https://katecarruthers.com/ai-imagination-reality.md) - There is such a hunger out there among people for information about AI. There are so many doomsayers and panic merchants. And people just want to know what can AI and in particular generative AI do for me, in my personal life and in my job. For me, Chat GPT is a great way to summarise information a…
- [CDAO first 100 days - Felipe Flores](https://katecarruthers.com/episode-5-cdao-first-100-days.md) - For this episode I am joined by a well-known data leader - Felipe Flores - who is talking about things you need to do as a data leader when you start a new role. "Felipe is a data science senior executive with almost 20 years experience. He has worked across data engineering/warehousing, reporting,…
- [Ops World data panel](https://katecarruthers.com/ops-world-data-panel.md) - This week I'd like to share a special episode of the Data Futurology Podcast, featuring the keynote panel discussion from the OpsWorld conference earlier this year. On this panel were Conor R. O'Neill, Head of Data Science, Comparethemarket.com.au and Arvee Manaog, Head of Enterprise Systems, Data…
- [Thinking about data protection](https://katecarruthers.com/data-protection-episode-4.md) - In this episode I’ll be talking about data protection and how we need to work together with colleagues to ensure that data protection can happen effectively. This is because data protection is a team sport and no 1 person or no single business unit can do it all on their own.
- [Global Data Power Women List 2023](https://katecarruthers.com/global-data-power-women-list-2023.md) - It is an honour to be named on the Global Data Power Women List by CDO Magazine for 2023. This time it is for my work with the UNSW AI Institute, which we have been starting up since 2022 as the flagship UNSW Research Institute in artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning.
- [Mark Pesce talking AI](https://katecarruthers.com/mark-pesce-talking-ai-episode-3.md) - In this episode I am having a chat with Mark Pesce about artificial intelligence (AI). Mark is a well known futurist, inventor, author, educator and broadcaster. We talk about how fast AI is moving, in weeks and days not months or years anymore. And we also talk about some of the scary stuff and ho…
- [Data governance and why it is important](https://katecarruthers.com/episode-2-data-governance-and-why-it-is-important.md) - In this episode Kate talks about why data governance is important and the features of a good data governance program. With a slight digression on why data is not the new oil and the problem with data.
- [Introducing the Data Revolution podcast](https://katecarruthers.com/episode-1-introductions.md) - Welcome to Episode 1 of the Data Revolution podcast. In this episode I cover my personal journey into the world of data and give an overview of some key concepts for future episodes.
- [Data Revolution podcast is live!](https://katecarruthers.com/data-revolution-podcast-is-live.md) - First episode is now live and up on the new Data Revolution website: https://datarevolution.tech
- [Welcome to the Data Revolution Podcast](https://katecarruthers.com/introducing-the-podcast.md) - In this episode Kate Carruthers covers her personal journey into the world of data and gives an overview of some key concepts for future episodes of the Data Revolution podcast. Thanks for listening! You can find more episodes at Data Revolution Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KxUuAC2RH0Z…

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