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Data Quality

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/22/2026

Stop Paying OpenAI to Read Garbage: The Two-Stage Agent Pipeline

This article critiques the common practice of feeding raw, unformatted data directly into AI prompts, leading to exorbitant costs and poor agent performance. It illustrates how a junior developer's approach caused an AI agent to endlessly loop while attempting to parse malformed JSON, underscoring the need for proper data engineering rather than using LLMs as parsers.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·23d ago

The Quiet Trap in AI-Powered Financial Analysis: When EDINET Data Meets Claude

The article discusses a critical flaw in AI-powered financial analysis using Japan's EDINET data, where inconsistent XBRL tagging leads to overconfident yet flawed AI outputs from models like Claude. It highlights how Japanese developers are actively solving these complex data quality issues, a problem Western fintech has not yet properly identified. The author shares a personal anecdote to illustrate the trap of using EDINET data with AI models.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·27d ago

When AI Encounters Non-Standard Data: Why Structured Normalization Becomes Necessary

This article explains that AI struggles with non-standardized data, leading to misinterpretations of information like timelines or attributions. This issue arises because AI processes data fragments statistically, often overlooking structural nuances that humans perceive, making consistent data crucial for accurate AI outputs.

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RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·6d ago

Fixing FOLIO and MALLS: Verified Annotations and an LLM-assisted Framework to Focus Human Relabeling

A systematic inspection of extsf{FOLIO} and extsf{MALLS} validation splits revealed high rates of incorrect FOL formalizations and ambiguous NL sentences, distorting AI model evaluation. The authors developed and released corrected ground truths for these datasets, demonstrating how annotation errors impact the evaluation of state-of-the-art LLMs.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·5/10/2026

Building an AI sourcer that actually finds the right talent

The author built an AI sourcing agent that ranks candidates and drafts outreach. The main challenge wasn't the AI model, but the data layer, as standard B2B data providers offer limited, stale information. Switching to DataForB2B, which provides over 70 live-sourced filters like GitHub repos and certifications, significantly improved the agent's effectiveness.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·5/2/2026

When AI Becomes the Distribution Layer: Why Structured Records Become Necessary

The content discusses how AI systems, becoming the primary information distribution layer, can confidently present outdated or recombined data, exemplified by an incorrect boil water notice. This type of failure undermines trust and highlights the necessity of machine-readable structured records to preserve attribution, authority, and timing of public communications.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/21/2026

A boy and his dog.

The author describes training "Scout," a 50M-parameter language model, on TinyStories, emphasizing data quality and using prompt probes and Claude Code for evaluation. They detail the model's progress, noting its ability to recall subjects but struggling with context and exhibiting repetition at 12,800 steps.

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