In my latest at Forbes …
Tableau unveiled new data tools for the rest of us in San Diego yesterday, mostly powered by AI. Hyped-up product developers showed ways to plan vacations with data almost automatically or create complex-looking visualizations of data about the art they love with just a few clicks. Executives talked about APIs and shared dimensions and composable data sources and new integrations with Microsoft Teams, plus how “data helps us make the world a better place.”
But the real innovation data visualization giant Tableau (owned by Salesforce) is pushing is instant access to data for everyone, just by asking, via advanced AI technologies similar to those that power ChatGPT.