{
  "id": 14980390,
  "title": "Only 34% trust synthetic data’s referential integrity — and it’s holding adoption back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/only-34-trust-synthetic-datas-referential-integrity-and-its-holding",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New Stack",
    "slug": "the-new-stack",
    "url": "https://thenewstack.io/synthetic-data-referential-integrity/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Despite enterprise leaders' strong belief in synthetic data's potential, adoption remains limited. A primary reason? Only 34% of leaders trust synthetic data to preserve referential integrity, according to Perforce Delphix research. This lack of trust is holding back widespread adoption.\n\nWhile enterprises recognize synthetic data's benefits in safeguarding sensitive information, accelerating development, and expanding data access responsibly, the issue lies in data quality. Only 38% of leaders believe synthetic data delivers sufficient realism.\n\nThe limited usage of synthetic data within software engineering and testing teams can be attributed to this trust gap. Synthetic data must reflect the intricate relationships across diverse databases and systems, mirroring real-world behavior. Otherwise, teams risk testing isolated components instead of genuine business processes.\n\nTo unlock synthetic data's full potential, organizations must prioritize maintaining realism and relationships. This involves generating data that adheres to expected formats, ranges, and business logic, and continuously evaluating data quality as systems evolve. With trustworthy synthetic data, enterprises can accelerate development while maintaining stringent privacy protections.",
  "summary": "While enterprise leaders overwhelmingly believe in the promise of synthetic data, adoption lags. As a result, synthetic data has great, The post Only 34% trust synthetic data’s referential integrity — and it’s holding adoption back appeared first on The New Stack .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}