For those of you who followed my work over the years, thank you. 🙏 I’ve always been reluctant to pull the curtain back to tell my story. Honestly, I have a hard time talking about myself, even if it’s personal. I open up more about this in the video/links below… My friends Nathalie Nahai and Dr. Aaron Balick launched a new community, “Time To Show Up,” to help professionals reconnect with their values, creative drive and personal mission. I was…
AInsights: Anthropic Releases Claude 3, ChatGPT Reads Aloud, New Sora Videos Astonish, Sam Altman Return to OpenAI’s Board
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… Please subscribe to AInsights. Please also subscribe to my master newsletter, a Quantum of Solis. Anthropic announced Claude 3, setting new industry benchmarks in reasoning, math, coding, multilingual understanding, and vision Anthropic’s next generation AI models, Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, are now available and appear to surpass OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4 performance. Opus and Sonnet are accessible in its API, enabling developers to start using these models immediately. Sonnet is…
LLAMA Lounge and renAIssance Emerge in Cerebral Valley to Connect Founders, VCs, Executives, and Thought Leaders
My friend and former partner at Altimeter Group Jeremiah Owyang is now a VC at Blitzscaling Ventures along with my friend Chris Yeh. Owyang is also the host of Llama Lounge, one of the largest AI events in the San Francisco Bay Area. In February 2024, Owyang hosted Llama Lounge 8 at GENLAB in San Francisco with 300 attendees that included AI founders, venture capitalists, media, and influencers. The event also had hundreds of prospects on the waiting list. The…
AInsights: AI-Powered Enterprise Use Cases in HR, Customer Service, Payments, Retail, Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Pharmaceuticals
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…. In my work at ServiceNow, we constantly host executives in our global innovation centers. AI is the number one topic everyone wants to explore. And in those meetings, I’m often asked to share use cases that go beyond innovative workflows to demonstrate how organizations are using AI to reimagine operational and business models entirely. I wanted to share some interesting examples with you in this edition of AInsights. The world’s largest…
AInsights: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Ponders the Future of Coding, ChatGPT Gets Memory, Google Gemini 1.5 and the Meaning of Tokens, Three Alternatives to Google Search
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…. NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang says teaching children how to code is no longer the goal, AI is meant to make programming, human At the World Government Summit NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang told the audience that children no longer need to learn how to code. Cue the brake screeching sound. “I want to say something and it’s going to sound completely opposite of what people feel,” Jensen said on stage. “Over the course of…
AInsights: OpenAI Dazzles with Sora, Sierra AI Makes Customer Service Human, NVIDIA Turns Your PC into an LLM
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…. OpenAI’s Sora produces groundbreaking video clips, democratizing and revolutionizing content creation As you’ve probably heard, or most likely seen, OpenAI introduced its new generative AI video platform, Sora. Sora can create stunning, realistic high-definition videos from text instructions or a still image as a prompt. It can generate videos in various styles, such as photorealistic, animated, or black and white, up to a minute in length. Sora is currently limited to…
AInsights: The Impact of Generative AI on Business and Operational Transformation and Innovation
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…. I recently reviewed an AI report published by Coatue, a technology investment platform. In this special edition of AInsights, I wanted to share some of the more notable insights from the research. They demonstrate the significance of these times. This is the moment to build AI-first and AI augmented organizations, beyond automation and the digitization of legacy models, processes, and mindsets. There will be disruptors. And, there will be the disrupted….
Introducing AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI
I started writing more and more about generative AI so that I could keep up with important trends and what they mean in my world. I gave it a name with a simple tagline: “AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI.” Here’s the current catalog if you’d like to dive-in with me…AInsights: Anthropic Releases Claude 3, ChatGPT Reads Aloud, New Sora Videos Astonish, Sam Altman Return To OpenAI’s Board – Link LLAMA Lounge and renAIssance Emerge in Cerebral…
Prompt Engineering: Six Strategies for Getting Better Results
OpenAI released a reference guide to improve results from ChatGPT or any generative AI platform. These methods aren’t mutually exclusive. You can use many of them in combination for greater effect. The point is, experiment! To help, I captured the high level prompts and each series of supporting pillars in a simple infographic. You can download it here. 1) Write clear instructions These models can’t read your mind. If outputs are too long, ask for brief replies. If outputs are…
Harnessing Serendipity: A Guide to Mastering the Art of Creativity, Connection, and Collaboration
David Adler, along with James Cornehlsen and Andrew Frothingham, authored the new book, Harnessing Serendipity. I’ve known David for years. He’s the Chairman & Founder, BizBash. He’s also a friend. Harnessing Serendipity is a book written for visionary and creative leaders to unlock the potential of artful collaboration. The book features invaluable insights from 65 thought-leaders and change-makers across multiple industries, including me! Thank you, David! This curated group of “collaboration artists” share their stories, philosophies, and methods, to help…