What can AI help us see, try, or explore that we couldn’t easily do before? Alli shares three standout talks from the 2026 Outlier conference—and three lessons for using AI in data visualization: - Use AI to expand your options without outsourcing your judgment.- Give AI the information it needs to critique its work.- Use AI to find what’s worth visualizing in the first place.RESOURCES MENTIONED:Show notes: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/podcast/113Schedule your storytelling with data team trainingDownload our free SWD + AI Primer PDF documentOutlier Conference 2026 YouTube PlaylistSurbhi Bhatia’s “DraftGPT: fast ≠ finished in vibe-coding data visualisation.”Madeleine Filloux’s “How we cloned our visualization team.”Nihanth Cherukuru’s “Emerging Opportunities at the Intersection of AI and Visualization.”