Chapter 12. The Future of Unity Catalog
The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented.
Dennis Gabor
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was a guest at the Data + AI Summit 2025 held in San Francisco. JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the US. It was really interesting to listen to Jamie’s views on AI and cybersecurity. He mentioned that JPMorgan Chase is spending around one billion dollars a year on cybersecurity and two billion dollars a year on AI, and these numbers are expected to keep growing. This speaks volumes about how much importance is being given to these topics.
Similarly, more and more companies seem to be willing to invest in the secure use of AI. Moreover, this investment is not just for engineers and scientists, but for everyone within the organization. Data democratization applies to all, not just the ones who are technically savvy. This means more users with a nontechnical background should be given access to the tools so that they can also leverage data and AI. This requires organizations to develop user-friendly interfaces to such tools, ensuring that access and usage are secure. As the number of users increases, security and governance become more complex.
One way to achieve the democratization of data and AI is to onboard nontechnical users, especially business users, to the data and AI platform. Instead of bringing the data and AI to the users, bring the users to the data and AI. This avoids organizations having to develop ...
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