AI for BI at the heart of third-generation analytics

AI for BI is a key tenet of the third generation of analytics. Sometime in the middle of the current decade, features such as augmented intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing started to become key parts of business intelligence platforms. In the years since, although analytics platforms have progressed, AI for BI still hasn't matured to the point where analytics tools can truly free up humans from the mundane tasks associated with data analysis, to the point where data analysis is part of everyday applications rather than a stand-alone application unto itself, or to the point at which BI platforms can predict for humans a likely outcome before they even request it. And it hasn't gotten to the point where it's accessible to everyone. In September, Constellation Research released a report entitled "Augmented Analytics: How Smart Features Are Changing Business Intelligence."