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Copilot Failure, $35m and Zero-Day AI Attacks AI

Copilot Failure, $35m and Zero-Day AI Attacks

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

Dan Ilett · 1 min read min read
The AI Roundup AI

The AI Roundup

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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Speed must not damage quality AI

Speed must not damage quality

The future of software delivery depends not just on how fast you move but on how smartly and responsibly you do it. Software teams are delivering faster but often at the cost of quality. Sixty-three percent deploy untested code and 42 percent lose over $1 million a year to software issues.

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Tech Debt to Tsunami from AI Fallout AI

Tech Debt to Tsunami from AI Fallout

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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From Pilot to Pause: Why GenAI is Stalling AI

From Pilot to Pause: Why GenAI is Stalling

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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GPT Relationships - It’s Complicated AI

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

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Fusion Guns, French Nerds & Next-Frontier Space Rockets AI

Fusion Guns, French Nerds & Next-Frontier Space Rockets

Good Friday to you all This week, I've been helping my clients with sales. I have doubted the notion that storytelling is useful to companies, but it seems to be back in full fashion for 2025. Perhaps reality is biting in that while people buy from people, those people had better be smart,

Dan Ilett · 3 min read min read
The AI Boom: Innovation or Instability? AI

The AI Boom: Innovation or Instability?

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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Scary: If you read one thing today, make it this... AI

Scary: If you read one thing today, make it this...

ChatGPT: "AI is unlikely to "seize" control in a dramatic coup—it will gradually take over because it’s better, faster, and more reliable than humans in many domains. AI will effectively control large parts of human life through necessity, dependency, and influence."

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AI failure, cabaret and my back passage AI

AI failure, cabaret and my back passage

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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Unlocking DeFi: Opportunities for the Buy-Side in modern finance AI

Unlocking DeFi: Opportunities for the Buy-Side in modern finance

Why DeFi? The Opportunities of Decentralised Finance on the Buy SideJoin us at The Club House, where business leaders from finance, DeFI and real-world asset sectors discuss disruption in the buy-side…Eventbrite Date and time Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:00 - 19:00 GMT Location W1B 2AF5 Swallow

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AI Frontiers: Transforming Media & Entertainment AI

AI Frontiers: Transforming Media & Entertainment

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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