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Quality Assurance, Errors, and AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Generative AI will be used to create more and more software; AI makes mistakes and it’s difficult to foresee a future in which it doesn’t; therefore, if we want software that works, Quality Assurance teams will rise in importance. Security is yet another issue: is an AI system able to red-team an application? Language nothing.

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The True Cost of Neglecting Quality Assurance: Lessons from Recent Tech Failures

Perficient

The Importance of Quality Assurance in Software Development The pressure to deliver software quickly and cost-effectively is among the highest priorities of business leaders. However, recent high-profile tech failures serve as stark reminders of the critical importance of robust Quality Assurance (QA) practices.

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Generative AI in Data and Quality Assurance (QA): Transforming Processes

Perficient

Real-time Data Processing: Gen AI uses complex algorithms for real-time ingestion, cleansing, and transformations guaranteeing seamless integration across systems. Data Enrichment: Gen AI generates fresh features for existing data (e.g., generating customer demographics based on purchase history or activity logs).

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Containerization: Better Quality Assurance Through Automation

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Quality assurance” (QA) refers to the procedures for verifying that a software application meets the defined standards, auditing, and evaluation of a product at each stage of development—from requirements gathering all the way through testing and maintenance. Reliability.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO

Smaller models, on the other hand, are more tailored, allowing businesses to create AI systems that are precise, efficient, robust, and built around their unique needs, he adds. Reasoning also helps us use AI as more of a decision support system, he adds. Now, it will evolve again, says Malhotra. Agents are the next phase, he says.

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What Is a Quality Assurance Plan and How Does It Help Make the Best Apps?

Invid Group

What Is a Quality Assurance Plan and How Does It Help Make the Best Apps? As systems grow and expand, the number of test cases also increases, and there typically needs to be a plan to ensure that the system is behaving as expected. What Is a Quality Assurance Plan? Better Testing Means Better Apps.

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CIOs are bullish on AI agents. IT employees? Not so much.

CIO

Frontline AI practitioners have likely seen the amount of customization, quality assurance, and maintenance required to make a somewhat functional agentic workflow, Mikhailov says. Other AI experts have warned organizations about building AI agents without outside help.