Sudha Viswanathan

For businesses wanting to take advantage of machine learning, human habits can be the weak link.

Poor data hygiene can lead to serious compliance problems, such as violating data privacy laws, which can easily happen if documents are fed ad hoc into AI tools.

"The complexity of the awards that outline minimum pay rates and conditions of employment result in many employers unknowingly underpaying their workers," writes Pitcher Partners' Sudha Viswanathan.