over reliance on small teams of data experts (Source: Google)

Agentic Analytics Cannot Lead: The Enduring Need for Data Professionals and Analytics Leadership

The Promise of Agentic Analytics In its latest Looker product announcement, Google unveiled “agentic analytics”—a term meant to capture the evolution of AI-powered business intelligence—at the core of its updated Looker platform. Through a blend of Gemini’s conversational AI and the Looker semantic layer, Google presents a future where business users interact with data as […]

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The Case for Human Conversations: Why Data Professionals Remain Critical in the Age of AI Agents Like Gemini in Looker

In Google’s latest Gemini At Work webinar event, the company reviewed AI agents for Looker. Gemini is Google’s AI ecosystem.; Looker is its business intelligence (BI) platform. These artificial intelligence agents are data agents that assist users at each step along the path of transforming data into insights. I am intrigued by Google’s seductive promise […]