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How are you using AI? AI

How are you using AI?

Where is AI already making you money and where is it just making you feel modern? I gave a talk on this in Edinburgh the other day to a brilliant group of people at SMT Network. Fast forward to the end to find out which types of AI your organisation uses today and where you might be

Dan Ilett · 11 min read min read
The Agents Working Against You AI

The Agents Working Against You

We have entered what the industry is calling the "Agentic Wars." In December 2025, Meta paid over $2 billion to acquire Manus, a nine-month-old startup that had built something Silicon Valley now considers essential: an AI that doesn't just talk, but acts. ChatGPT and its peers answer

Dan Ilett · 4 min read min read
Bubbles, Kitkats and Broadcom AI

Bubbles, Kitkats and Broadcom

“We are seeing more pilots than Lufthansa,” - Klemens Hjartar, Senior Partner at McKinsey, talking today on stage at Nordic Fintech Week about Agentic AI. (Thank you Ewan MacLeod.) AI has sped up the race to the bottom. No sooner has someone invented a Tony Robbins AI agent to coach you

Dan Ilett · 1 min read min read
Futile Resistance, Shutdown Gobsmack and Bumbled Guardrails AI

Futile Resistance, Shutdown Gobsmack and Bumbled Guardrails

DeepMind has redrawn the threat map. In a new update to its Frontier Safety Framework, the UK-based lab now ranks “harmful manipulation” and “shutdown resistance” as core risks. That means models that change your beliefs - or refuse to turn off- are no longer sci-fi. The change matters

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read
GPT Relationships - It’s Complicated Wellbeing

GPT Relationships - It’s Complicated

What makes the perfect partner? Research suggests it’s someone who listens. Active listening is one of the most important traits in a healthy, lasting relationship. It builds empathy, trust and emotional safety, the foundations of human connection. Tools like ChatGPT and Replika are

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read