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Fine Tuning AI
Integrating AI into marketing strategies has transitioned from novel to necessary. But how do you gain a competitive edge? Part of the answer lies in your ability to customize the AI models that support your tech stack. Techniques such as fine-tuning, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and transfer learning offer pathways for AI-driven solutions to align with your brand's identity. By leveraging these approaches, you can enhance the precision, relevance, and impact of your campaigns, ensuring that AI not only complements but elevates your marketing efforts. Continue Reading →
U.S. lawmakers voted 50-0 to force the sale of TikTok, alleging that the app's links with the Chinese Communist Party pose significant threats to national security. The House Commerce Committee approved a bill that would require ByteDance (TikTok's owner) to sell the company within 180 days or risk losing access to the U.S. market. Continue Reading →
Anthropic prompt engineer Alex Albert got everyone's pixels in a pickle when he tweeted that Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic's newest hopeful ChatGPT killer) demonstrated a type of "metacognition" (or self-awareness) during a "needle-in-the-haystack" evaluation. Continue Reading →
OpenAI has accused The New York Times of employing deceptive tactics to generate evidence for a copyright lawsuit against the AI company. In a legal filing in Manhattan federal court, OpenAI alleges that The New York Times used "deceptive prompts" to make ChatGPT reproduce the newspaper's content, which OpenAI argues violates its terms of use and undermines the integrity of the legal process. Continue Reading →

Is Your Business Ready for AI?

AI Maturity
Over the past 14 months, I’ve done dozens of leadership level-set workshops focused on how to integrate and leverage AI across the enterprise. While generative AI is getting most of the attention, it is not an isolated technology. To get the most out of AI-enabled platforms, your business must be culturally and technologically ready to put it to work. One of the most common questions I hear from senior business leaders is, “How can we measure our AI readiness?” Continue Reading →
I love the Apple Vision Pro. It is the first truly inspiring portal to the augmented reality world we are evolving into. That said, a fair number of like-minded early adopters are returning their devices (inside the 14-day return window) for the same reasons every other AR/VR device is sitting on the "tech graveyard" shelf in my office: it's not ready for daily use. Continue Reading →

ChatGPT Remembers

OpenAI announced an awesome new feature that allows ChatGPT to remember personal details, preferences, and context from previous chats with a user. For example, if a user mentions their daughter Alexis who likes pink butterflies, ChatGPT can later generate a birthday card for Alexis with those details. Continue Reading →

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