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Let's say one exec stakes their career on building the company's future on one tech vendor. Massive budgets are spent. Three years later, it's obviously wrong. But that person can't allow change because it means admitting failure. So the entire organisation slows down. Months are lost in
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Cognizant’s VP of Insurance, David Sexton, has forced a hard question into the boardroom. When a hiring request lands, directors now ask not only if a role is essential but whether AI could do it instead. This is no longer an experiment. Sexton points out that much of what insurance
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“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
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Welcome to the AI Roundup The UK government’s internal trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot failed to deliver the expected productivity gains. Despite Copilot’s ability to generate meeting notes and email drafts, the pilot found no measurable improvements in efficiency. Micro1 raised $35 million
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Good morning I recently coached an exec team who wanted more updates on how companies are responding to AI challenges. Here's the latest: The White House is finalising a “Winning the AI Race” plan to push US AI overseas and block federal funding in states with restrictive AI laws. It leans
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The Executive Summary's latest pulse survey researched 150 global enterprise CEOs on their relationship with technology. Most studies focus on CIOs, but with the rise of AI, CEOs are pushing harder to drive the tech agenda themselves. Two Stats That Matter [more to be revealed]: * 68% of
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Gartner expects that 30 percent of GenAI projects will be abandoned by the end of this year. Why? Because the fundamentals don’t hold up. Poor data quality. Loose risk frameworks. Sky-high costs and unclear outcomes. Some companies are spending up to $20 million just to test something they
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One economist warns exaggerated expectations could drive interest rates to 16%, slow consumer spending and concentrate wealth among AI system owners. The promise of transformation is real, but so is the risk of economic imbalance. If you're not learning AI skills, you're almost certainly
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Marketing gets harder every year. More noise. Fewer eyeballs. Here are my thoughts on how you stay relevant, stand out and get ahead. Breakdown StrategyWhy It MattersWhat to DoAI-Powered PersonalizationPersonalization isn’t a luxury—it’s the standard. Without it, you’re invisible.Invest in
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Welcome to the end of the week. At last... Here's why tech is great. 💡I really want you to look at our AI Frontiers events at the bottom of this email. The first is on AI disruption in media, entertainment and games later this month. The second is on DeFi (decentralised finance) 5 reasons
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Wednesday, 23 October Join us at AI Frontiers: Transforming Media & Entertainment to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we consume and create media Date and time Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:00 - 19:00 BST Location The Club House, 6th floor, 5 Swallow Pl 5 Swallow Place,
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Klarna is shaking the tree in its recent announcement it will kill Salesforce and Workday SaaS applications to replace them with AI-created software. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski stated: "There are large ongoing internal initiatives that are a combination of AI, standardization, and
