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Prepare for generative AI with experimentation and clear guidelines
Generative AI is catching on extremely quickly in the corporate world, with particular attention from the C-suite, but it’s still new enough that there aren’t any well-established best practices for deployment or training. Preparing for the technology can involve several different approaches, from conducting pilot projects and lunch-and-learns to forming centers of excellence based around…
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IBM’s watsonx could be a generative AI game-changer
Disclosure: IBM is a client of the author. IBM this week announced watsonx at Think, and it has the potential to be a generative AI standout. That’s important because generative AI has hit the tech industry like a Mack truck and appears to be advancing at an unbelievable rate. Just as quickly, well-founded concerns about…
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Microsoft adds M365 Copilot to more apps, extends customer trial to 600 firms
Microsoft will expand customer trials of its Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant to 600 businesses as it continues to integrate the chatbot across its portfolio of Office apps. This includes new ways to use Copilot with Outlook, PowerPoint, and Whiteboard, and a new data “map” to help businesses integrate the AI tool, the company said…
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Q&A: What VRdirect’s Rolf Illenberger expects from Apple Reality
In a pattern we’ve seen in the prelude to every significant Apple product introduction, we’re reading the usual negative reporting. To understand the market Cupertino is getting into a little better, I spoke with Rolf Illenberger, managing director of VRdirect. Illenberger’s company builds VR software for enterprise clients such as Siemens, Porsche, and Nestle. He…
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Building a digital clone or assistant with generative AI — good idea or bad?
Disclosure: IBM, Microsoft and Cisco are clients of the author. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is moving at light speed, and we’re already beginning to see people use it to clone themselves digitally. (A Wall Street Journal writer created a digital clone that her family has been interacting with instead of her.) To reiterate how fast…