Johanna Rose Cabildo, CEO of Data Guardians Network (D-GN), emphasizes that AI’s future scalability hinges on data integrity. Her analysis reveals a critical link between AI progress and trust in the reliability of data sources. This is particularly relevant in light of financial challenges faced by companies like OpenAI, which incurred $7 billion in operational costs while generating only $2 billion in revenue. Legal hurdles further highlight the need for compliance with copyright and data ownership laws. Cabildo’s insights point to access to trustworthy, compliant data as the primary bottleneck hindering AI development. This underlines the urgent need to prioritize data integrity and adopt robust governance frameworks to ensure accurate and reliable AI models.