Ep 135 - Telco has a context problem (John Abraham)
From Telco in 20 by Danielle Rios, TelcoDR
March 3, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 135
About this episode
John Abraham discusses the importance of context over data for AI scalability and the role of ontologies in providing necessary business logic.
Appledore Research's John Abraham joins DR to explain why context, not data, is the real blocker for AI at scale, and how ontologies give AI the business logic it needs to actually work.
People in this episode
Host: Danielle Rios
Guest: John Abraham
Topics covered
- AI
- context
- data
- business logic
- ontologies
- telecommunications
Keywords
- AI
- context problem
- data
- ontologies
- business logic
- telecommunications
- Appledore Research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Appledore Research, TelcoDR
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