Management

Asking for reports is a fact of corporate life. So is requesting updates to your dashboards. But imagine if you could open a chat window and talk directly with your data. You'd just type (or say), "What's the last day we can sell a full-priced widget in market 18 before we have to mark it down or ship it back to the manufacturer?" and the database would give you the answer. No reports, no dashboards, just a conversation. Continue Reading →

Using proprietary data in AI workflows has the potential to transform brand marketing, but there aren't any one-size-fits-all solutions. To make matters worse, the field is filled with jargon and hype. I can't do much about the hype, but I can arm you with some high-level concepts to facilitate your AI-focused discussions. With that in mind, here's a brief overview of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), one of the most popular ways to incorporate your proprietary data into generative AI workflows. Continue Reading →

OpenAI plans to integrate SearchGPT into ChatGPT by the end of this year. Initially launched as a prototype in July, SearchGPT combines real-time search capabilities with conversational AI providing direct answers, summaries, and contextual insights as opposed to a list of links. The chat interface allows users to ask followup questions and the system links citations to the output ensuring transparency (and the preservation of link-based search). Continue Reading →

Meta has launched Movie Gen, a new AI-powered video creation tool for small businesses. Movie Gen allows users to generate video content from prompts, edit existing videos, and add synchronized sound effects and music. It will not be available for open developer use but is intended for collaboration with the entertainment industry and content creators. Continue Reading →

I've spent the better part of the past four days putting OpenAI's o1 models through their paces. For those who aren't following the foundational AI model wars, last week, OpenAI released a new series of AI models called o1, which the company says is the first in a “new series of reasoning models for solving hard problems.” I wrote about it the day after it debuted. As far as I can tell, this is the first iteration of the rumored project "Strawberry." In a word, "Wow!" o1 is absolutely next level. What it does, it does better than anything else I've tried. But it's not for everyone. In fact, there's a very good chance it's not for you. Here's why. Continue Reading →

We've reached an era where summarizing any meeting, lecture, or event is as simple as hitting “record.” While this technological convenience is undeniably appealing, particularly in our fast-paced world, there’s a growing concern that something crucial is being lost as people abandon the art of personal note-taking in favor of AI-generated summaries. Continue Reading →

With all that is going on in the world -- real problems, real wars, real issues that are happening in real time -- it's easy to understand why we don't hear much about the potential socioeconomic impact of AI. There's lots of talk about regulations, privacy, safety, ethics, and intellectual property rights, but not much talk about how AI is going to truly impact how we spend our day. Let's explore. Continue Reading →

Believe it or not, it's time to start thinking about CES® 2025 (January 7-10). I am super excited to be back in Las Vegas leading our Executive Briefing & Floor Tours team. CES is one of the world's largest and most important technology-focused trade events. There will be upwards of 140,000 people, more than 3,250 exhibitors and over 2.3 million square feet of exhibit space. With so much to see and do, it can be overwhelming. Continue Reading →

Have you seen Google’s “Dear Sydney” Olympic ad featuring a father using Gemini AI to help his young daughter write a fan letter to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone? It is one of the most disturbing commercials I’ve ever seen. Continue Reading →

Greetings from a train from NYC to Washington DC where I hope to board an evening flight to SFO. Like tens of thousands of air travelers, I've been Crowdstruck! Continue Reading →