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Kristina Podnar discusses the importance of synthetic data and governance with data leader Ioana Mazare.

Kristina Podnar talks with data and analytics leader Ioana Mazare about why synthetic data is gaining traction, where organizations risk getting it wrong, and why strong governance is still essential. They explore privacy, bias, fit-for-purpose use cases, third-party synthetic data providers, and the leadership, strategy, and accountability needed to make data trustworthy in the age of AI.

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Host: Kristina Podnar

Guest: Ioana Mazare

Topics covered

• synthetic data
• data governance
• privacy
• bias
• accountability
• leadership
• analytics

Keywords

• synthetic data
• data governance
• privacy
• bias
• AI
• analytics
• leadership

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Organizations: AI

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