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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 →

While companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google focus on responsible AI development, a darker side has emerged on underground networks. Unfiltered AI models are being deployed on the dark web, enabling dangerous applications including tools for cybercrime, the distribution of disinformation, and automated privacy violations. Let's explore. 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 →

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 →

No one born today will ever live in a world where they are smarter than AI. But what does that really mean? Is there a way for human beings to understand how smart AI is? Is IQ a fair test? Is it even reasonable to apply ideas about human intelligence to machines? If IQ tests aren't right, how will we know when an AI model is smarter than we are? Continue Reading →

I'm in Cannes this week for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. It's a week-long celebration of excellence in branded communications and advertising. So, as you can imagine, the event is filled with people who create, buy, and sell advertising. As you can also imagine, every conversation ultimately gets to the subject of AI. Among the pressing concerns, one of the biggest is the threat that web-connected large language models (LLMs) pose to web publishers. Let's review. Continue Reading →

While the Boy Scout Motto is, "Be Prepared" – and I was very serious about Scouting back in the day – I am always amused when I happen by NatGeo's "Doomsday Preppers." But I can say with certainty that they are missing the biggest, most obvious threat: Data Doomsday! Continue Reading →