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A Practical Guide to Gaining Value from LLMs
Rama Ramakrishnan, MIT Sloan ReviewWhen large language models exploded onto the scene in 2022, their powerful capabilities to generate fluent text on demand seemed to herald a productivity revolution. But although these powerful AI systems can generate fluent text in human and computer languages, LLMs are far from infallible.
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The dark side of generative AI: How using AI in marketing, advertising and communications can expose confidential organisational information
Anthony Caruana and Kathryn Goater, MumbrellaCorrect use of sensitive and confidential information requires guarding of valuable intellectual property. These challenges are further exacerbated in the age of generative AI. Generative AI tools open new possibilities for corporate content makers, but they also give risk to a whole new set of security risks.
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AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
United NationsThere are high hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) can help tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental emergencies. Among other things, the technology is already being used to map the destructive dredging of sand and chart emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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The gen AI skills revolution: Rethinking your talent strategy
Alharith Hussin, Anna Wiesinger, Charlotte Relyea, Martin Harrysson, and Suman Thareja, McKinsey & CompanyDeveloping the software talent companies need to grow means thinking in terms of skills rather than roles to navigate this period of uncertainty around talent.
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3 Strategies to Manage Your Employees’ AI Risks
Zac Amos, Risk and Resilience HubIf you use artificial intelligence or manage team members who do, risk awareness and reduction strategies are essential for keeping companies’ reputations and data safe.
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Is now the right time to appoint a chief AI officer?
Cath Everett, RaconteurThe rapid advance of GenAI has been bewildering. No wonder many business leaders are considering whether they’d benefit from the guidance of a strategic-level expert in the field.
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Scarlett Johansson’s AI row has echoes of Silicon Valley’s bad old days
Zoe Kleinman, BBC NewsScarlett Johansson's clash with OpenAI over the use of her voice echoes back to the macho Silicon Valley giants of old.
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For the first time, two Pulitzer winners disclosed using AI in their reporting.
Andrew Deck, NiemanLabAwarded investigative stories are increasingly relying on machine learning, whether covering Chicago police negligence or Israeli weapons in Gaza.
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To defend against disruption, build a thriving workforce
Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet, Emily Field, Taylor Lauricella, and Brooke Weddle, McKinsey & CompanyAs generative AI begins to reshape jobs, leaders have an opportunity to reimagine work, the workplace, and the worker. Five actions can help.
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What is deep learning?
McKinsey & CompanyDeep learning has been around for a while, but most of us never used a deep learning–based tool until the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Even as we marvelled at ChatGPT’s outputs, most of us didn’t know it was using deep learning to generate them.
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