AI provides a technique to extract value from this untapped resource, said Ben Kus, chief technology officer at Box. To use the widely scattered data properly requires preparation, organization, and interpretation to make sure it is applied accurately, Kus said.
Box Extract uses reasoning to dig deep and extract relevant information. The AI technology ingests the data, reasons and extracts context, matches patterns, reorganizes the information by placing it in fields, and then draws correlations from the new structure. In a way, it restructures unstructured data with smarter analysis by AI.
“Unstructured data is cool again. All of a sudden it’s not just about making it available in the cloud, securing it, or collaboration, but it’s about doing all that and AI,” Kus said.
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