# AI Accelerator Institute > AI Accelerator Institute is an alliance of AI ecosystem innovators committed to creating the next generation of machine intelligence. Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. This file includes a bounded export of public pages first, then recent public posts. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages ### Membership URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/membership/ Last updated: 2023-12-12T04:14:07.000Z coming soon.... ### signup URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/signup/ Last updated: 2024-07-25T11:52:28.000Z _No content available._ ### teams URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/teams/ Last updated: 2021-05-06T07:25:23.000Z _No content available._ ### About us URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/about/ Last updated: 2026-03-19T14:32:30.000Z AI Accelerator Institute began its journey over 10 years ago with a vision of building an independent knowledge-sharing platform for AI experts and machine scientists from around the world. Fast-forward to today and over **2 million** members later, our network has grown substantially and is only increasing every single day - the global AI ecosystem is already on board, **now it’s your turn**. ## Our mission Our mission is to help develop the next generation of machine intelligence specifically focusing on accelerating AI at the edge. For new and groundbreaking start-ups, we want to inspire and inform your journey, and for those giants in the space, we want to provide the tools you need to innovate and **continue to propel your growth**. ## What we do Since our inception, we’ve achieved a great deal. But we don’t rest on our laurels. We’re constantly looking for ways to evolve and further engage, educate, and inspire our community. Got an idea? Great! We’d love to hear from you. ## Here’s what’s on offer already: - Our regularly updated [**content library**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/articles/) includes articles, case studies, podcasts, and insights from our internal team and guest contributors. Our arsenal of cutting-edge content will arm you with the intel needed to optimize your hardware needs. - Our **Summits,** which are hosted by [**AI Accelerator World**](https://aiacceleratorsummit.com/), take place all over the world and we're looking forward to seeing what more 2024 has to offer. - Join the AI Accelerator Institute [**Slack community**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/join-the-aiai-community/)to discuss all things AI, make new connections, and network with peers. Not to mention you get the chance to join our in-person and virtual community events. - Our [**membership packages**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/signup/) provide you with everything you need to evolve and excel in your role and help propel your organization’s growth. ## Who we are [**Jordan Dunne**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-dunne-1926a066/) Co-founder [**Tim Mitchell**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothymitchell694/) Community and Events Manager [**Marisa Garanhel**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-garanhel-2194845b/) Content Lead [**Ryan Yuan**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ieryanyuan/) Global Event Director [**Motunrayo Abdul-Mojeed**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/motunrayoabdulmojeed/) Community Manager Some companies we work with: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/04/Screenshot-2021-04-12-at-15.51.03.png) ## We’re proudly part of The Alliance umbrella. [The Alliance](https://allianceled.io/) is the world’s most forward-thinking professional development platform for high-growth organizations and individuals worldwide. Through market-leading accredited courses, unrivaled membership plans, industry-shaping reports, thriving communities, and first-class events, it’s redefining the way companies access education and scale. Other brands part of The Alliance ecosystem include: Product Marketing Alliance, Sales Enablement Collective, Product-Led Alliance, Future of SaaS, AI Accelerator Institute, Customer Success Collective, CMO Alliance, Revenue Marketing Alliance, and more. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8rVFJmVzoiRKEldOIjPHdrT0glG2wiue-J1EldrJOSPiW-Y6ej8JaqLusJh68calv2BiO0iUlTPJHqgWaJC_5vO5ZKvrJgfwT3tjkUyVRjtD9hdWJXYPX7LiwosMpbfCaix9zu4k) ### Meet the AI Accelerator Institute team URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-aiai-team/ Last updated: 2025-01-07T11:10:51.000Z Lovely to meet you! Each one of us has a pivotal role in making sure you feel like the valued community member that you are. Interested in getting to know us more? Feel free to add us on LinkedIn with the links below. [**Richard King**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardking001/) CEO at the Alliance [**Jordan Dunne**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-dunne-1926a066/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Co-Founder & Commercial Director [**Tim Mitchell**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothymitchell694/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Community and Events Manager [**Marisa Garanhel**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-garanhel-2194845b/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Head of Content [**Albert Chitiyo**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertchitiyo/) Senior Event Producer [**Harry Ratcliffe**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-ratcliffe-92b485183/) Digital Marketing Executive [**Scott Owen**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-owen-813884209/) Researcher & Growth Lead [**Anthony Witherspoon**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-witherspoon-342835238/) Copywriter/Content Lead [**Ryan Yuan**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ieryanyuan/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Global Event Director [**Rebecca Boucher** ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaboucher500/) Director of Community & Events Marketing [**Tytti Hyysalo**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tytti-hyysalo-29b888158/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Community Manager Any questions? Contact any of us at any time. See you around! ### Partner with us URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/partner/ Last updated: 2025-11-12T10:51:13.000Z More and more organizations are rapidly adopting AI technologies and applying it across their product range, and you could be there to support them on that journey. If you want to market your products and gain exposure to 1,000s of companies looking for solutions to increase product responsiveness and scale-up intelligence, our sponsorship solutions are for you! ### Why partner with AIAI? - Be associated with a totally independent learning and networking platform - Put yourself in front of some of the world’s most exciting technology innovators - Get your message seen by **140,000+ email subscribers** - Spread your reach on social with [**400,000+ followers**](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1814785/) - Network at one of our global or **virtual events** - Expand your network in MNC or start-up - we’ve got it all covered Here are just some of the companies who are already part of our community: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/04/Screenshot-2021-04-12-at-15.51.03-1.png) ### How can we help? We have packages for all needs and budgets, so whether you’re a giant with multiple offerings or a start-up with a niche solution, we have something that’ll help you meet your objectives. ### Webinars We’ve got 3 levels of webinar sponsorship available: - Sponsored - Premium - Powerhouse Whichever option you choose, you’re guaranteed to walk away with 100s of qualified leads and gain exposure to our engaged audience. ### Virtual summits Don’t have the time or the budget for an in-person event? Join one of our virtual summits and benefit from 2000+ attendees, 50+ speakers, and content that crosses multiple time zones. Our online festivals with themed stages give you the opportunity to promote your brand, target your audience, and collect relevant leads. ### Content spotlight Want to showcase your solution, product, or thought-leadership? Our Content spotlight can help increase your exposure. Provide us with your article and we’ll get it published for the eyes of your target audience and more. ### Whitepaper syndication Partner with us to get your report in front of the right audience - or just jump on the success of one of ours. 1,000s of viewers. Tons of appreciation. Lots of leads. What’s not to like? ### **How can I get involved?** Start by downloading our media pack to explore each area a little more or get in touch with [**Jordan**](mailto:jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com). ### Want to get in touch? We’re here for you. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/contact/ Last updated: 2024-09-04T08:14:57.000Z If you're after something in particular, here are some quick links: **Sponsor or partner opportunities:** [jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Press enquiries:** [tim@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:tim@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Speaking contributions:** [tim@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:tim@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Content contributions:** [marisa@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:marisa@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Community enquiries:** [tytti@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:tytti@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Becoming an ambassador:** [tytti@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:tytti@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) **Anything and everything else:** [jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) ### Create & Contribute URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/contributor-guide/ Last updated: 2026-01-27T12:17:46.000Z AIAI is home to a growing network of **over 1.3+ million** AI practitioners from over 170 countries. Each year, our website receives tens of thousands of visits from machine scientists, engineers, and analysts from some of the world's leading companies, all looking to learn more about the latest innovations from the worlds of artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning. To feed our ever-expanding community of AI professionals, we're always on the lookout for people just like you to share your expertise and help us shape the next generation of machine intelligence. If you're interested in sharing your insights and experiences with one of the world's largest AI communities, then read on to find out how you can contribute to the AIAI platform. ## Get involved #### ****Write for us ✍️** Each and every month, 1000s of people make their way onto our site. That’s **a lot* of eyes and exposure for your article. So, whether you want to write about deep neural networks, silicon chips, quantum approaches to AI, computer vision, machine learning or AI product strategies, we want to hear more. If you’ve got the insights, we’ve got the platform. Here’s how to contribute 👇🏼 ****Step 1: Submit your subject** Before you put your fingers to the keyboard, drop us a line and let us know what you want to write about. Some popular topics include: - Brain-Inspired Computing - Chip Design - Compute 2.0 - AI Accelerators - Computer Vision - Data Centers - Inference & Training - Machine Learning ****Step 2: Follow the rules** We’re a reasonable bunch and we don’t expect too much, but what we do ask for is: - Articles to be no shorter than 800 words - Any pictures included to be royalty-free - A picture to sit with your contributor profile - A short bio (200 characters or less) Also, individual contributions shouldn’t promote your company’s products or services. For that sort of stuff, we have sponsorship opportunities. **See below for these opportunities!* ****Step 3: Submit your work** Get in touch via email ([content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com)) and remember to include the link/attachment to your article along with your profile pic and bio - if you’re not already set up as a contributor, that is. Already published something awesome elsewhere? Not a problem. With custom canonical links, you can still share it with our audience too. Yawn 💤 time for the boring bits… ****Image policy** We include images with every post. Stock photography will be chosen by our team and will be posted with your entry unless you have a particular image you wish to use. By including any photos, screenshots, or images, you consent to allow AIAI to post this image with proper credit to you and/or the creator. ****Link policy** Links in your post should be relevant to the story you’re telling and provide context to your audience. When referring to another article or piece of research, please use proper citations or links to the source material. ****Syndication policy** We reserve the right to use any and all contributed content, with credit to any authors, in its entirety or in portions for promotional purposes, including in social media, other blogs, or newsletters. AIAI may choose to cross-post to Medium, LinkedIn, or other blogging services. #### ****Speak at an event 📆** Our AI Accelerator and Computer Vision summits assemble technology leaders from the world's most innovative organizations. We meet in locations around the world with one goal in mind: to discuss how state-of-the-art technologies can be developed, deployed, and scaled to create extraordinary business value. If you have insights to share, we want to hear them. Apply below to be considered to speak at one of our summits, where you'll have the chance to address fellow technology leaders and make an impact.[ Apply here.](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/requesttospeak) #### ****Guest or host a podcast 🎤** Our [podcasts](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-podcasts/) have fast become essential listening for 1,000s of AI practitioners. We provide thought leaders with a platform to share not only their experiences but also their unique insights and perspectives on the big trends and developments from within the AI and computer vision spaces. Want to feature on a podcast? Or maybe you'd like to host your own? Get in touch with us below to let us know! [content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) Podcasts you can be a guest in: - [Women in AI: Breaking the Mold](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/women-in-ai-breaking-the-mold/) - Computer Vision Unblurred (Coming Soon) #### ****Sponsorship opportunities 🦾** More and more organizations are rapidly adopting AI technologies and applying it across their product range, and you could be there to support them on that journey. If you want to market your products and gain exposure to 1,000s of companies looking for solutions to increase product responsiveness and scale-up intelligence, our sponsorship solutions are for you! Become a sponsor: - Events - Articles - Reports - Podcasts - Webinars - Virtual summits See how you can collaborate with us [here](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/partner/). #### ****Contribute to a report 📚** Our regular landscape reports put the spotlight on the latest developments at the cutting edge of the AI, computer vision, and machine learning spaces. To continue our industry-leading research, we're always keen to hear from practitioners and experts who have something to share. Have a look at the surveys we're currently running to find out how you can help shape the AI industry. ****What we need from you:** 1. A headshot 2. A short 200-word bio 3. A quote ****Get in touch with us below:** [content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com](mailto:content@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) ****Reports we're working on:** - Computer Vision Hardware and Software of Choice, 2023 - Computer Vision Landscape, 2023 - State of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Computer Vision Salary Survey, 2024 #### ****Join our Advisory Council 🧑‍💻** Coming from all over the world, and with a range of backgrounds and expertise, our Advisory Council members are crucial to helping us achieve our mission of showcasing the power of AI. Apply to be an advisor [here](https://productmarketingall.typeform.com/to/ChjDfYpC). The form shouldn’t take any longer than a few minutes to complete, and once you’ve registered your interest we’ll get back to you with a little bit more info about what is involved. In the meantime, if you’ve got any questions, drop us a line or find us on[ Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/aiecosystem/shared%5Finvite/zt-cy7xmyw4-XyADejXceqJx6NgbCvlEYg). #### ****Be a course beta tester 🎓** Our expert-led courses aren't created in isolation, which is why we need your help. We seek support from researchers, engineers, analysts, and scientists to ensure that our training programs deliver everything a participant needs to take the next step in their career. Interested to know what you'll get in return for being a beta tester? First and free access to accredited courses - for life. What we need from you first, though? Candid, thorough, and timely feedback. To join our AIAI beta tester program, or to learn about other ways to work with us, please email the [team](mailto:courses@aiacceleratorinstitutealliance.com). #### ****Affiliate partner 🤝** With a global network of over 500,000 practitioners, our platform offers a unique opportunity for businesses seeking to get their name in front of an engaged network of AI professionals. If you would like to explore partnership opportunities with AIAI, please email: [tim@pmmalliance.com](mailto:tim@pmmalliance.com). #### ****AMA contributor 🙋‍♀️** Ask Me Anything, or AMAs, are great ways of building your brand awareness, trust, and authority. We're looking for experts in AI, computer vision, deep learning, and more, from all industries, to provide their knowledge and expertise for AMAs. If you're interested in participating, get in touch with our team at [community@aiacceleratorinstitute.com.](mailto:community@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) #### ****Meetup organizer 🏘** We've got a few [regional meetups](https://community.allianceled.io/c/welcome-technology/) coming up and we can't wait to see you there! The best part? They're free. And better yet, you can run your own meetups in your city and chat with your local peers. If you're interested in being a meetup organizer, get in touch with us here: [community@aiacceleratorinstitute.com.](mailto:community@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) --- ## **Why you should get involved** - **6,400+** members in the community - **1.3+ million** members on LinkedIn - **100,000+** website visitors a year - **10+** partners ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/03/Screenshot-2021-04-12-at-15.51.03-1-1.png) ## **Join the AIAI Community** Chat with like-minded AI enthusiasts from around the world! From beginners to experts, the community is for everyone. Find the latest content, job ads, events, and more. Join the community today! ### AI Player: On-demand content from leading AI experts URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiplayer/ Last updated: 2026-04-08T15:46:24.000Z ## What is AI player? AI Player is an on-demand content platform that gives professionals access to insights from leading voices in artificial intelligence. It helps teams stay current with AI trends, learn from real-world applications, and apply emerging technologies across enterprise environments. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-4.33.45---PM-1-1.png) A still from AI Player. --- ## How AI player works AI player acts as a delivery layer that connects users to structured, high-value AI insights without requiring direct interaction with models or tools. It operates across three core components: - **Content** Expert-led insights from practitioners, researchers, and industry leaders across machine learning, generative AI, and enterprise applications - **Curation** Content is organized into clear, structured formats, removing the need to search, filter, or assemble fragmented information - **Access** On-demand, repeatable access that allows users to engage with and revisit insights within real workflows From a systems perspective, this approach reduces friction between AI capability and practical application, enabling teams to consume and apply intelligence in a consistent and scalable way. --- ## Use cases and applications AI players are used across a range of professional and enterprise contexts where access to structured, high-quality AI insight is critical. Common use cases include: - **Enterprise AI strategy** Supporting leadership teams in understanding AI trends, capabilities, and implementation approaches - **Technical upskilling** Enabling engineers, data scientists, and product teams to stay current with developments in machine learning and generative AI - **Product and innovation teams** Providing curated insights that inform roadmap decisions, experimentation, and AI integration - **Operational workflows** Embedding expert knowledge into day-to-day processes, reducing reliance on fragmented or ad hoc information sources - **Cross-functional alignment** Creating a shared understanding of AI across business, technical, and executive teams ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-4.34.54---PM-1.png) A still from AI Player. --- As AI adoption accelerates, these use cases highlight the shift from accessing tools to accessing applied intelligence in a format that can be consistently consumed and acted on. ## Features and capabilities: | Feature | Description | | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Content access | On-demand expert-led AI insights from leading practitioners | | Delivery format | Structured, repeatable content designed for real-world application | | Use cases | Enterprise AI strategy, technical upskilling, and product development | | Accessibility | Available on-demand across devices and integrated workflows | | Focus | Applied AI knowledge and practical, implementation-focused insights | ## Explore AI Player content below: ## ### Meet the AIAI Advisory Council URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meet-our-advisory-council/ Last updated: 2026-08-14T10:39:48.000Z We’re proud to introduce our Advisory Council. Coming from all over the world and with a range of backgrounds and expertise, they are crucial to helping us achieve our mission of showcasing the power of AI. Learn who they are, what they do, and where they've enjoyed their successes from their profiles below… --- ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIAI-Ambassadors/karl.jpeg) #### Karl Sponholz ###### Chief Technology Officer at Spread Group Karl Sponholz is a visionary technology leader with over a decade of experience driving digital transformation and innovation across multiple industries. With a proven record of scaling businesses internationally and pioneering AI-powered solutions, Karl seamlessly blends technical expertise with strategic business acumen. His broad AI expertise spans developing groundbreaking computer vision systems, building scoring algorithms in financial services that outperform traditional banking models, crafting personalization algorithms for eCommerce, and implementing advanced large language model applications to enhance operational efficiency. As an Advisory Board Member at the AI Accelerator Institute, Karl leverages his deep industry insights and passion for innovation to help shape the future of AI. [ ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Pranoti-Tests/Snippet-sample-images/linkedin.svg) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-sponholz/) --- ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIAI-Ambassadors/ray%20k.jpeg) #### Raymond Kunik ###### SVP, Head of Digital at 3M Raymond Kunik, an innovative and customer-centric leader with a proven track record of success in digital transformation across various industries. With over 20 years of experience, Raymond has spearheaded Fortune 500 digital transformation programs for companies such as Hertz, General Motors, and Danaher. [ ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Pranoti-Tests/Snippet-sample-images/linkedin.svg) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/raykunikprofessionalprofile/) --- ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIAI-Ambassadors/stav.jpeg) #### Stavros Zervoudakis ###### VP of Artificial Intelligence at Mutual of America Stavros is a leader with 20+ years of experience spanning AI technologies, process automation, cloud computing, UX, QA/QC, agile, SDLC, with an engineering mindset and focus on delivery and business value generation. In addition to his teaching role as Adjunct Professor at NYU, Stavros is VP, AI at Mutual of America. [ ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Pranoti-Tests/Snippet-sample-images/linkedin.svg) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stavroszervoudakis/) --- ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIAI-Ambassadors/ahmed.jpg) #### Ahmed Serag ###### Chief Data & AI Officer at AIL at Cornell University Ahmed is an executive leader with a strong track record of leading global organizations to turn data into insights that drive meaningful commercial innovation and decision making. He currently works as Chief Data & AI Officer, AIL at Cornell University. [ ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Pranoti-Tests/Snippet-sample-images/linkedin.svg) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/afserag/) --- ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIAI-Ambassadors/IMG_0370.jpeg) #### Shashank Kapadia ###### Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Walmart Global Tech Shashank Kapadia is a machine learning engineering leader specializing in large-scale AI solutions that drive measurable improvements in user engagement and business outcomes. With over a decade of hands-on experience at global organizations like Walmart, Randstad, and Monster Worldwide, he has pioneered cutting-edge ML solutions—optimizing revenue, boosting engagement, and streamlining decision-making. Shashank’s approach balances technical rigor with ethical responsibility. He champions fairness, transparency, and real-world relevance, ensuring solutions serve both the enterprise and the broader community. An active mentor and thought leader, he has spoken at global conferences, judged and mentored hackathons, authored widely-read articles on NLP, and co-authored published research—guiding teams to award-winning results. A valedictorian graduate in Operations Research from Northeastern University, Shashank continues to push the boundaries of ML innovation. His work exemplifies a seamless fusion of cutting-edge techniques, high-level strategy, and values-driven execution—advancing technology that’s as impactful as it is responsible. [ ![](https://pma-assets-external.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Pranoti-Tests/Snippet-sample-images/linkedin.svg) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashankkapadia/) --- ## Become an AIAI Advisor Apply to be an advisor [here](https://productmarketingall.typeform.com/to/ChjDfYpC). The form shouldn’t take any longer than a few minutes to complete and once you’ve registered your interest we’ll get back to you with a little bit more info about what is involved. In the meantime, if you’ve got any questions, [drop us a line](mailto:jordan@aiacceleratorinstitute.com) or find us on [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/aiecosystem/shared%5Finvite/zt-cy7xmyw4-XyADejXceqJx6NgbCvlEYg). ### AI Accelerator Institute | Ambassadors URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/become-ambassador/ Last updated: 2024-12-05T13:50:17.000Z Are you looking to elevate your personal brand in the AI field? Then our ambassador program is perfect for you. Designed to give you the space to establish yourself in the field of AI, the program can also be tailored to be exactly what you want. We want it to be as beneficial for you as it is for us. Plus, it’s no more than a 6-month commitment… With opportunities to grow your network, contribute to professional content, or run community events, we’ve got you covered! We’d love for you to be a part of it. **🚨 Applications close on January 13, 2025** --- ## What’s involved? We want to make sure that it’s as beneficial for you as it is for the community and to do that, we’ve created two routes you can take, based on your personal preference, all with specific perks: #### ⭐ Content Ambassador Love our content? Want to contribute in specific ways? This is the best route for you. ✍️ Contribute 3 pieces of content per ambassadorship These could be: ✓ Blogs ✓ Podcast ✓ Case Study ✓ AMA ✓ Webinar/Panels #### ⭐ Chapter Lead Ambassador Are you currently running meetups in your area? Or do you want to? Try this route. ****🤝 Host 2 regional meetups per ambassadorship** There are two types, click for details 👇 \- [****Virtual Meet Ups**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wu9--bHMlyWyHRUEtXVcb%5FXAV72-spUh/view?usp=sharing) **🧑‍💻** \-[ ****In-person Meet Ups**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ajJwMYcfjWCSsRYh4-8Usadp1fedq9It/view?usp=sharing) **☕️** #### 🤑 Benefits and perks 🎖6 months free annual Pro Membership Plus… 💡 Access to an exclusive network 📚 Early access to reports 📝 Early access to new courses 🎖 Reputable stamp on CV 🧑‍🏫 Special rates across all products 🖥️ Free access to our virtual events 📢 Reciprocal promotion on socials 🎯 Input into shaping the future of AI Accelerator Institute 🌐 Ambassador networking opportunities #### 🚨 Terms and Conditions ****Terms and Conditions of the AI Accelerator Institute’s ambassador program** - If you work for a vendor or a potential sponsor of our community, we unfortunately won’t be able to accept your ambassador application due to the lead generation opportunities the program provides. - Are you a consultant, business coach, or self-employed professional? We wish you all of the best, but won’t be able to accept your ambassador application due to the lead generation opportunities the program provides. - We are not able to accept ambassadors who are in between jobs. However, if anything changes you are welcome to reapply for the next cohort. We re-open applications every 6 months. - We need to be in consistent communication with you during your time in the ambassador program, if you do not reply to us on Slack or email in a 2-month period, we will have to end your ambassador participation. - At the end of your commitment time, if you don’t meet the agreed-upon expectations, we won’t be able to continue your participation in the program. - We love transparency, so if at any time during your commitment period you have a change in your job title or circumstance, please do let us know at your earliest convenience. - We know there are other ambassador programs out there just like ours, and we won’t stop you from joining them, but we would appreciate it if you let us know so that we are aware of this as a community. 👀 You can also get our[**one-pager**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MShswQQBR-qCJ373oX-2uW%5Fbp60FuoE-/view?usp=drive%5Flink)and[**terms and conditions**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mhgVbV5pEQbnprbSP3qAaVNB5VwjzKbI/view?usp=drive%5Flink)as a PDF. --- ## Be the change, become an AI Accelerator Institute ambassador. 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The model proposes, and a workflow checks the proposal and takes the action. Anthropic's guide to [**building effective agents**](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents) defines workflows as "systems [**where LLMs and tools**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) are orchestrated through predefined code paths." Agents, in its words, are "systems where LLMs dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage." For most business processes I build a hybrid. A fixed workflow runs the steps someone can write down, and an agent handles the single step that calls for judgment, such as parsing a messy email. [7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 roadmapA frontier model reformatting JSON is expensive overkill. Here are seven sourced reasons small language models earn a place in your 2027 roadmap, and how to start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-86cf58ca-1555-4a7d-bbc0-70ba507766b6.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--2-c494f3db-42b4-4508-b778-aef370364b69.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/) ## **The agent returns a choice** Give the agent the data it needs and a short list of allowed answers. Make it return one of them: a category, a label or a yes or no. The workflow owns the rest: the trigger, the lookups, the write and the log. Take a refund request. The agent reads the customer's email and the order record, then returns "refund," "replacement" or "escalate." If it returns "refund," the workflow pulls the amount from the order record, compares it with the refund ceiling and issues the refund. 💡 An amount above the ceiling goes to a person for approval. [****The agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) does not type an amount or call the payment system. The workflow rejects an answer outside the list and hands the case to a person. In this design a wrong answer surfaces at one known point. Rerun that step on the same input to see why the model chose as it did, and swap in a different model later without touching the rest of the process. --- ## **Prompt rules did not hold** > I learned how far prompt rules go on a front-desk phone agent we run for a local service business. It can book new customers and send messages to the front desk. In one week of calls we reviewed in September, the agent told a caller that a message had already been sent. The notification call had been cut off when the caller spoke, and nothing confirmed it went out. The prompt already told it to acknowledge only actual notification results and never to resend an unconfirmed one. The backend was healthy that week, and all of its executions succeeded. The logs showed that the workflow ran. They said nothing about whether the agent chose the right action. We tried the prompt first, and prompt-only versions failed in testing. One model announced actions it had not taken. Another retried an abandoned notification. Switching models did not fix it by itself. [How deeptech companies can use AI for smarter R&D betsRaising a big round is the easy part. A deeptech founder explains how project-level budgets, evidence-based milestones, and AI-assisted analysis help every pound of R&D capital buy down real risk.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-18676ba0-6d39-45e9-8696-f6092f400f7a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteIgor Konopliastyi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--2-9df891bd-6a99-48f9-80db-17074e00e5f4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-deeptech-companies-can-use-ai-for-smarter-r-d-bets/) In testing, a procedure around the write held up. The procedure forces the call and reads the receipt. The agent may confirm only when four receipt fields agree: a submitted flag, a submitted status, a message ID from the provider and the matching action. Any other result takes a fixed uncertainty line. The first strict test exposed an edge case: a receipt with the ID absent rather than empty. We corrected the check, and three test cases then passed: a valid receipt, an interrupted submission and a missing ID. In October we tested the same idea on dates and identity. The test bank held ten scenarios drawn from three weeks of the business's real calls, run as text simulations with a simulated caller. On the live version, 17 of 20 runs had no defect. In one simulated booking, the agent invented the caller's details ("Caller Caller," an example.com email address and a birth date of 1990-01-01) and read "next Tuesday" as November 3\. The other booking used the business's own email address. A simulated emergency callback carried an invented birth date. 💡 We moved date handling and identity checks into code. The model passes the caller's own words, such as "next Tuesday," to the availability tool, which returns the spoken date, whether the business is closed that day and the earliest open times. A new customer record requires the caller's own name, birth date and email, and the write tool refuses placeholders before it writes anything. The same ten scenarios ran 21 times with no defect. **The test is small:** text only, simulated callers, two or three runs per scenario and no audio. Four runs on earlier versions of the fix failed. The booking skipped intake, or an emergency callback carried the name "Caller." Two rules, emergency routing and cancellations, still live in the prompt, on top of a business-hours status that code supplies. [8 AI problems leaders face now, and the fix for eachEight problems keep landing on AI leaders' desks, and each has a fix backed by fresh data. Start with the two that cost you most this quarter.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f2bef115-d1ec-42e7-8829-ccdeb50e95c5.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--5-5b0abafc-4fbc-4621-b263-2aecd1ce0c4e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-8-problems-ai-leaders-face-right-now-and-the-fix-for-each/) ## **Limit what the agent can touch** Start the agent with read-only access, and let it write only by asking the workflow, one action per request. OWASP's entry on[**excessive agency**](https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm062025-excessive-agency/) lists excessive functionality, excessive permissions and excessive autonomy as root causes. Its mitigations include implementing authorization in downstream systems rather than relying on the model to decide whether an action is allowed. A refund ceiling, a discount limit and a recipient list are rules the workflow checks. Choosing which customer record to open is an action too. In a customer-history lookup we built for a client, the call platform supplies the caller's phone number to the tool, so the model cannot choose which record opens. If two contacts share the number, the lookup returns no history. Treat anything the agent reads, including emails and web pages, as untrusted input. Hidden instructions in that text can steer a model that holds broad permissions. Write the handoff rules before launch. A person takes over in four cases: the customer asks for one, the agent's answer falls outside the allowed format, the conversation returns to the same question a second time, or the case involves money, legal terms or health information. --- ## **Test the choice and price the run** > Test the agent step before it touches a customer. Build a set of a few hundred real past cases, including the ugly ones, and write down the right outcome for each. Score the agent against the set, and score it again after every prompt or model change. **Then run in shadow mode:** the agent makes real decisions on live traffic, and a reviewer approves each one before the workflow sends or writes anything. Automate the categories where the reviewer's change rate stays low. Price the run the same way. A fixed workflow costs what the automation tool charges. An agent also bills for model usage, which grows with the text it reads, the tools it calls and the loops it runs. A research agent that runs a search, opens five results and tries again can cost a multiple of one classification call. Anthropic's guide says autonomy "means higher costs, and the potential for compounding errors." A bounded choice puts a ceiling on the cost of each run, because the workflow makes one model call where an open agent makes as many as it decides to. 💡 Start with one action your agent can take today: a message sent, a record written or money moved. Put it behind a workflow step with a rule to check and a receipt to read, then run your test cases again. --- [***Emre Benian***](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emrebenian/) *runs an* AI consulting & implementation company in Chicago for owner-led businesses. ### How deeptech companies can use AI for smarter R&D bets URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-deeptech-companies-can-use-ai-for-smarter-r-d-bets/ Last updated: 2026-10-19T10:51:47.000Z Britain's technology funding figures look reassuring at first.[ **UK companies raised £14.4 billion in the first half of 2026**](https://beauhurst.com/research/the-deal-h1-2026/), while the average round reached a record £5.4 million. But this was not a broad-based funding boom. Just three AI companies accounted for 29% of all capital raised, the number of deals fell, and[ **total investment remained 21% below the H1 2022 peak in nominal terms**](https://beauhurst.com/research/the-deal-h1-2026/). Deeptech also faces a real capital shortage. The Royal Academy of Engineering estimates that[ **closing Britain's late-stage funding gap would require an additional $4 billion to $11 billion a year**](https://raeng.org.uk/news/uk-top-european-deep-tech-hub-and-startup-champion-but-weak-at-late-stage-investment/). More capital is necessary, but it is not sufficient. In capital-intensive technology companies, I have repeatedly seen another gap: the distance between raising enough money to scale and being operationally ready to scale. 💡 A large round does not remove technical, commercial or manufacturing risk. If the capital is deployed in the wrong sequence, it can allow a company to make expensive mistakes faster. AI introduces another dimension to this problem. As research teams gain new ways to analyse experimental data and explore potential approaches, deciding where to allocate limited R&D capital becomes more difficult. [7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 roadmapA frontier model reformatting JSON is expensive overkill. Here are seven sourced reasons small language models earn a place in your 2027 roadmap, and how to start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-2a9bdb67-05e9-4ff1-a8a7-dfc05f923bb9.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--2-86e326ab-78a0-44b3-ae32-73af8c343146.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/) ## Deeptech does not scale like SaaS The familiar software playbook is deceptively simple. Once a company has found product-market fit, new capital can fund more engineers, more salespeople and more marketing. If the economics work, the company tries to repeat what already works, only faster. > Deeptech adds a different set of constraints. Growth may require laboratories, specialised equipment, pilot production, manufacturing capacity, new suppliers, certification and lengthy enterprise sales processes. The Royal Academy of Engineering describes deeptech companies as requiring significant R&D, capital and time investment, and identifies[ **access to pilot production lines and large-scale manufacturing facilities as a particular challenge**](https://www.raeng.org.uk/policy-and-resources/research-and-innovation/uk-infrastructure-for-deep-tech-scale-ups) when moving from research to commercialisation. I have seen this firsthand at SPhotonix. Building a laboratory meant coordinating equipment purchases, suppliers, payments and installation, while also helping recruit a technical and scientific team. 💡 Hiring specialists from outside the EU added another layer: permits and approvals had to be handled alongside the technical work. None of this resembles adding another software seat or cloud instance. Each dependency can affect when the company can run experiments and move to the next stage. A funding round therefore creates commitments as well as options. Hiring can often be slowed or reorganized. Building a production line or buying specialised equipment is much harder to unwind. A technical decision made today may commit capital for years, while the commercial assumptions behind it may still be unproven. Founders should resist treating a funding round as permission to scale. Use capital first to remove the next layer of risk. [Your first robot hire: 6 questions before it arrivesA robot hire needs a safety case and an insurer long before it needs a badge. Six questions turn a vendor demo into a decision you can defend.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-586eef6f-ca79-4a53-bce7-0dba278a551d.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--6-2ee2a82e-1d6c-477f-9e7e-f8079161d157.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-first-robot-hire-is-coming-6-questions-to-ask-before-it-arrives/) ## What goes wrong after the money arrives One problem is how companies budget. A conventional company budget might allocate money to engineering, sales, marketing and operations. That tells you which department is spending the money. It does not necessarily tell you whether the thing they are spending it on deserves to exist. > For capital-intensive technology businesses, I prefer to look at[ **the product or R&D project as the unit of investment**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/). Imagine that a company is developing three technologies simultaneously. ## Engineers may work across all three. The same laboratory may support all three. Salespeople may be testing several markets. Looking only at departmental budgets can hide the fact that one project is absorbing disproportionate resources without moving closer to either technical validation or a customer. > Fundraising can make the problem worse. Suddenly, the company can afford to hire the team, order the equipment and expand capacity. So it does. But technical progress is not the same as commercial progress. AI can intensify this problem because it can speed up experimentation without improving the quality of the investment decision behind it. A team may test more ideas or process more data, but that does not mean every experiment deserves funding. [**A prototype can perform beautifully and still have no viable market**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/).[ **A customer can praise a demonstration and still refuse to pay for it**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/). A successful laboratory result does not automatically mean the technology can be manufactured reliably or economically. Technical, commercial and capital risks have to be managed at the same time. McKinsey finds that [**deeptech ventures typically take longer than conventional technology startups to progress through early funding stages**](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/european-deep-tech-what-investors-and-corporations-need-to-know), partly because development often depends on specialized equipment, facilities and hardware as well as software. The worst response is to keep spending simply because the company has already spent so much. [8 AI problems leaders face now, and the fix for eachEight problems keep landing on AI leaders' desks, and each has a fix backed by fresh data. Start with the two that cost you most this quarter.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-72cae43e-cc06-4048-8574-fd38e9c42d0a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--5-594e0633-4992-49aa-b9d7-c3b6806064f3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-8-problems-ai-leaders-face-right-now-and-the-fix-for-each/) ## Give every project its own investment case A workable approach can remain fairly simple. **For every significant product or R&D initiative, I want to see three things:** - A separate project budget. Not simply "£2 million for R&D", but how much capital this particular project is expected to consume over the next stage. - Measurable milestones. These need to include technical and commercial milestones. "Prototype completed" may be a technical milestone; a successful paid pilot, customer commitment or evidence of acceptable production economics may be a commercial one. - Monthly plan-versus-actual analysis. What did we expect to spend? What did we actually spend? More importantly, what did that spending achieve? A project being within budget is not enough if it is three months behind the evidence required to justify its next stage. AI can make this project-level discipline more useful by letting companies work with a much larger volume of experimental and operational data. In R&D-heavy businesses, models can help teams compare previous test results and decide where additional testing may be worth the cost. 💡 The UK's[ ****Advanced Research and Invention Agency**](https://aria.org.uk/ai-scientist) is already backing[ ****AI Scientist programes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/) that use autonomous systems to generate hypotheses and plan experiments. That only works if the experimental record is good enough to learn from. If previous tests are incomplete or hard to compare, [**AI has little reliable evidence to work with**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/). This is why traceability inside the laboratory becomes part of capital discipline as well. Consider a company deciding between two experimental approaches. One requires additional specialized equipment, while the other can be tested using existing laboratory infrastructure. > If AI-assisted analysis of previous results suggests that the second approach has stronger supporting evidence, management can prioritize a lower-cost experiment before committing capital to new equipment. At SPhotonix, we have tried to bring [**software-style traceability into experimental work**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) by recording the stages of an experiment, the settings that changed and the results that followed. That information can then be analyzed with[ **an internal AI tool to help the team review what has already been tried**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) and where the next experiment might focus. The important management point is not the AI itself. Experimental spending should leave a usable record of evidence, not a sequence of expensive trials that are difficult to compare. Finally, decision points must be agreed before reaching them. At each significant milestone, management should have clear evidence-based criteria for deciding whether to continue funding the project or reconsider its direction. Stopping projects is psychologically difficult. 💡 Once a team has spent a year and a significant amount of capital developing something, another six months can always sound reasonable. Predetermined criteria make the decision less dependent on optimism, internal politics or sunk costs. ## Funding should buy down risk The UK is actively trying to put more capital behind science and technology companies. The British Business Bank says it has now [**invested more than £600 million directly into more than 50 UK scale-ups**](https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/news-and-events/news/british-business-bank-accelerates-direct-investing-activity-surpassing-ps600m-invested-across-more) and plans to deploy more than £400 million a year into businesses spanning deeptech, life sciences, AI and other sectors. More public and private capital helps, but it cannot substitute for the ability to allocate it well. After a funding round, the useful question is: which uncertainty are we paying to remove next? AI gives deeptech companies new ways to analyse experimental evidence and identify where further research may be justified. But faster experimentation does not automatically lead to better investment decisions. The real advantage comes when companies use [**AI-assisted analysis to decide which projects deserve further funding**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). --- [**Igor Konopliastyi**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-konopliastyi-aa696423/) is the Head Of Business Development and CEO of SPhotonix with a demonstrated history of working in the IT industry. ### Here's your London highlights URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-agenticlondon-highlights/ Last updated: 2026-10-19T09:43:32.000Z Ready to buy your ticket or bring your team with you? Secure your pass [**here**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticailondon/register) ### Datadog Live Workshop URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanksforregistering-datadog/ Last updated: 2026-10-14T14:56:43.000Z **Thanks for registering** Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### System One models: why fast AI agents act wrong URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/system-one-models-why-fast-ai-agents-act-wrong/ Last updated: 2026-10-14T12:21:12.000Z > Somewhere in your agent stack, a reasoning model is writing a paragraph to answer a multiple-choice question. Which tool comes next? Is this chunk relevant? Has the agent stalled? Each question has a fixed answer set, arrives hundreds of times per task, and gets billed at reasoning-model rates. That is hiring a litigator to pick a sandwich. That gap now has a product category. TypeSafe AI launched [**Jev**](https://www.envisioning.com/vocab/system-one-model) on September 15, 2026 and named it the first System One model. One month later, a single day's batch on the [**arXiv cs.AI recent submissions list**](https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/recent) carried three System One papers, and the research shares one finding: these models read agent state well and still pick the wrong action. [Your first robot hire: 6 questions before it arrivesA robot hire needs a safety case and an insurer long before it needs a badge. Six questions turn a vendor demo into a decision you can defend.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-7668c018-d6a9-463d-933b-95082e138c93.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--6-8bdf1dd6-8222-43c3-83c0-954225919666.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-first-robot-hire-is-coming-6-questions-to-ask-before-it-arrives/) ## System One models in 30 seconds The name borrows from Kahneman's fast and slow thinking. A System One model takes a state plus typed questions and returns a decision with a probability distribution in one forward pass, using [**primitives such as Choice and Noul**](https://www.dsebastien.net/system-one-models/) for option picks and yes/no probabilities. 💡 TypeSafe reports latencies of roughly 70 to 500 milliseconds at $0.042 per million input tokens. An open family followed within weeks, including Laya, Kev, OpenJev, and Strands Decider, according to a recent [**dual-process agent study**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09683). Typed outputs also close off a whole class of [**AI hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/): the model returns a declared option or a probability, and that is the full menu. For anyone tracking how [**small models keep outperforming the giants**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) on narrow jobs, the economics land fast. Questions run in parallel in one pass, so [**five questions cost about the same as one**](https://pub.towardsai.net/system-1-models-faster-and-cheaper-proxy-to-frontier-models-with-a-working-router-2b9c65a07d0f), which makes [**inference costs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) far easier to forecast. --- ## The failure mode hiding in agent loops A paper posted on October 13, 2026, [**Reading Right, Acting Wrong**](https://arxiv.org/html/2610.18579), separates comprehension failures from decision failures. It probes each agent state with verifiable factual questions, such as the outcome of the last action, then asks for the next move. > The hosted models answered in a median of 27 to 225 milliseconds, against 2.3 seconds for a reasoning model. Speed came with a strange blind spot: Jev made 73% of its errors after reading the state correctly, and OpenAI Decisions made 70% of its errors the same way. Those errors also cluster on the same states across every system tested. The model memorized the briefing pack and booked the wrong flight anyway. Anyone who has debugged [**multi-turn reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) will recognize the shape. The fix is pleasingly boring: when the authors combined the models' own correct fact answers in code, the failures got repaired. --- ## Option order is a hidden hyperparameter **System One models** promise identical answers for identical inputs. [**Consider, Then Choose**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18233), another October paper, shows that promise breaks for choice questions: shuffle the options and the answer moves, more so as the list grows. Order flips answers mostly when the model is torn between its top few candidates, even while the output looks confident. Cyclic averaging shrinks the problem. Scoring each option alone and then comparing eliminated order dependence across five benchmarks for all eight models tested. 💡 For tool routing, this lands hard. Earlier research on [****canary tools**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) caught agents falling for decoy tool descriptions. Now a tool's position in the list can tip the decision as well. --- ## Average calibration hides the sharp edges Calibration is the headline feature, and recent evaluations put it under load. [**A security study**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.33401v1) found strong aggregate scores masking systematic misses on specific attack groups, and in one [**benchmark subset**](https://arxiv.org/html/2609.33401v1) Jev missed all 129 indirect attack inputs while flagging a single benign one. [**A decision-gate benchmark**](https://arxiv.org/html/2610.00346v1) found one model accepting 93% of intent decisions and just 17% of workflow decisions at the same risk target. Calibration on one distribution stays local to that distribution, which is why [**demonstrating reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) per task has become the standard. [8 AI problems leaders face now, and the fix for eachEight problems keep landing on AI leaders' desks, and each has a fix backed by fresh data. Start with the two that cost you most this quarter.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-98cb8abb-be0f-45ca-8ab4-515cf45bb1b4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--5-af4cc351-a9c7-4699-ada9-c7fa874f2a50.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-8-problems-ai-leaders-face-right-now-and-the-fix-for-each/) ## How to wire a System One model into your harness These habits belong on the checklist of every [**AI engineer shipping agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) this year, right next to the [**operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) basics for mission-critical ML. - **Decompose, then compose in code:** ask the model factual probes about agent state, then combine the answers with deterministic logic. This targets the exact failure where reading succeeds and deciding fails. - **Score options individually for high-stakes choices:** consider-then-choose costs extra passes and buys order invariance, a fair trade for tool selection and access decisions. - **Set thresholds per decision point:** tune on held-out labeled data for each task and verify on a second held-out set. A single global threshold will over-trust some gates and over-escalate others. - **Escalate uncertain calls to a reasoning model:** the dual-process study hands control to a slower model only when a gate opens. Audit the slow model too, since its Doom-playing reasoner, told some doors need keys, started treating ordinary doors as locked. [Agentic AI needs an evidence standard, beyond dashboardsUsage metrics show who logged in. Neetu Yadav sets out a five-part evidence standard covering reach, depth of use, quality, risk, and business impact, so enterprise leaders can scale agentic AI with confidence.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-40102846-5d83-468e-b7b3-6383586940c7.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNeetu Yadav![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--1-5c736ebe-7411-4cb3-8907-c1bd9f4e8c9e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-enterprise-agentic-ai-needs-an-evidence-standard/) ## Where System One models earn a slot today - **Model routing:** a cheap typed decision in front of expensive calls keeps most traffic in the fast layer, a core lever for [**LLMOps teams chasing enterprise value**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). - **Retrieval gating:** relevance checks on chunks before they reach context suit [**RAG pipelines that learn from every query**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/). - **Prompt injection screening:** viable once each attack family gets its own evaluation and threshold. - **Stall detection:** "is the agent stuck" is the textbook System One question, answered in milliseconds per loop iteration. --- ## The verdict: fast layer, slow supervisor System One models belong in production agent harnesses right now, as a fast decision layer with logged confidence, clear escalation paths, and audit trails. Those governance basics map directly onto the [**mistakes AI leaders keep making with agentic deployments**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/). Kahneman would approve of the arrangement: the fast system handles routine calls, and the slow one gets paged when the fast one looks nervous. Expect the [**AI architect**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) to own that boundary, because choosing between a forward pass and a chain of thought is now a design decision with a price tag. ### From prompt to performance: The five stages of agentic merchandising URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-five-stages-of-agentic-merchandising/ Last updated: 2026-10-14T16:09:26.000Z A powerful frontier model isn’t the primary differentiator of your systems—context is. That includes an understanding of your catalog, performance data, business goals, operational constraints, and how your best merchandisers make decisions. Join **Coveo** in this live virtual workshop as we map the five stages from one-off prompts to trusted delegation. We’ll also provide a live demo of Coveo’s Merchandising Agent in action as it moves from stated intent to analysis, recommendation, and an approved change. You'll leave with a practical framework for deciding what to delegate next, what context the agent needs, what evidence should unlock each stage, and how to grow autonomy without losing control of your storefront. Most teams stall at the same point: they are comfortable letting an agent suggest, but not act. --- **Key takeaways:** - **The five progression steps to trusted delegation:** Ad-hoc assistance, repeatable skills, scheduled analysis, proposed changes under review, and bounded autonomous action. - **Meeting modern shopper expectations:** How to adapt to natural-language questions and search expectations shaped by tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI-powered search. - **Bridging the trust gap:** How enterprises can overcome the challenge of not only delivering intent-driven shopper discovery, but also giving merchandisers an AI agent they can actually trust with their day-to-day work. --- **Your speakers** **Jason Fernandes** Senior Product Manager II, Coveo Jason Fernandes is a Senior Product Manager at Coveo, where he works on agentic products for B2B and B2C commerce and knowledge teams. He has spent more than 10 years applying AI in enterprise commerce. Jason also builds and relies on his own agentic tools every day, giving him firsthand experience with handing operational work over to an agent. **Anthony Delage** Product Lead, Coveo Anthony Delage is a Product Lead at Coveo with more than a decade of experience across data, product management, personalization, and digital experience. Over the past five years at Coveo, Anthony has held senior product leadership roles helping shape intelligent search and digital experiences. His background gives him a practical perspective on how organizations can apply data and AI to create more relevant customer experiences and drive measurable business impact. ### Your first robot hire is coming. 6 questions to ask before it arrives URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-first-robot-hire-is-coming-6-questions-to-ask-before-it-arrives/ Last updated: 2026-10-13T08:19:19.000Z > Onboarding a robot skips the coffee-machine tour, yet it still needs a manager and a safety briefing. Demo videos make that easy to forget. Six questions turn a vendor pitch into a decision an operations leader can defend. ## Why the questions matter right now [**A recent executive survey**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) found 79% of organizations engaging with physical AI and 27% deploying or scaling it, yet only 4% operating at scale. Labor shortages top the list of reasons to invest, ahead of labor costs. Humanoids sit at the hype end of that spectrum. [**The same survey**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) found more than half of leaders expect autonomous mobile robots, industrial arms, and cobots to grow fastest, well ahead of humanoids. Scaling is the common snag. [**The same survey**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) found nearly eight in ten executives say scaling physical AI remains a challenge, mainly because of gaps in technology and operating readiness. [8 AI problems leaders face now, and the fix for eachEight problems keep landing on AI leaders’ desks, and each has a fix backed by fresh data. Start with the two that cost you most this quarter.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-6b0a160a-778d-4e76-8e47-a1af0381c19a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--5-607020aa-4b1a-46a0-b7c5-de70f4824265.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-8-problems-ai-leaders-face-right-now-and-the-fix-for-each/) ## 1\. Which single task will the robot own? The two humanoid programs with named-customer evidence share one trait: a repetitive task. - [**Agility reports**](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/99671-humanoid-robot-digit-moves-100-000-totes-at-distribution-center) that its Digit robot moved more than 100,000 totes at a GXO logistics site in Georgia. - [**Figure reports**](https://figure.ai/news/production-at-bmw) an 11-month run at BMW's Spartanburg plant, where its robots loaded sheet-metal parts onto welding fixtures. [**Its robots worked**](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/figure-humanoid-robots-retires-bmw) 10-hour shifts, Monday to Friday. - [**A recent bank report**](https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/transformation/physical-ai-part-2.pdf) estimates 72% of 2027 humanoid installations will be industrial, with warehousing and logistics alone at 33%, which matches where the evidence sits. - [**The executive survey**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) found more than six in ten leaders unclear on humanoid ROI, so the baseline carries real weight. 💡 Write the job in one line, with a baseline such as cycle time, error rate, or cost per move. Then test whether a cheaper form factor already does it, since wheeled and arm-based robots are scaling faster. [**Demonstrating reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) starts with a task narrow enough to measure. --- ## 2\. How reliable is it, and what does a bad week look like? [**The survey**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) found 72% of executives cite technical immaturity, such as reliability and dexterity, as a barrier for humanoids. [**Figure reports**](https://figure.ai/news/production-at-bmw) minimal hardware failures across more than 1,250 operating hours, with the forearm as its top failure point. Ask for uptime, recovery time, and spare-part lead time from a live site, then ask what a bad week looked like. [**Operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) thinking from mission-critical systems transfers directly: define the failure, then time the recovery. [**A recent bank report**](https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/transformation/physical-ai-part-2.pdf) calls current humanoids too fragile and maintenance-intensive for 24/7 industrial use, with pilot-stage hardware at $90,000 to $100,000 per unit. Hardware price is one line on the invoice, and maintenance labor is the other. [Agentic AI needs an evidence standard, beyond dashboardsUsage metrics show who logged in. Neetu Yadav sets out a five-part evidence standard covering reach, depth of use, quality, risk, and business impact, so enterprise leaders can scale agentic AI with confidence.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-fe97d045-9bb3-4e4f-a087-4c6bda0f05a4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNeetu Yadav![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--1-3116a7aa-a8f0-439f-83f2-73d3464faa98.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-enterprise-agentic-ai-needs-an-evidence-standard/) ## 3\. Which safety standard applies today, and which is still a draft? The standard written for walking and balancing industrial robots remains a [**committee draft**](https://www.iso.org/standard/91469.html). Dynamically stable machines collapse when power is cut, which creates [**residual fall risk**](https://www.automation.com/article/international-robotic-safety-conference-2025-future-safe-automation) that standards for fixed arms left unaddressed. [**The 2025 revision**](https://www.i-scoop.eu/iso-25785-1-explained-and-what-it-means-for-humanoid-robot-safety/) of the industrial robot standard also shifted attention from hardware to the complete collaborative application, so certifying the robot leaves the application still to be assessed. Until the draft matures, [**deployers carry**](https://www.automation.com/article/international-robotic-safety-conference-2025-future-safe-automation) the fall-related injury and equipment risk themselves. Ask the vendor for the risk assessment, power-loss behavior, and exclusion zones. [**A genuine kill switch**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) belongs on that checklist too. --- ## 4\. Who pays when something goes wrong? [**One legal analysis**](https://www.mondaq.com/canada/new-technology/1760730/connected-robots-connected-risk-robotics-liability-considerations-for-2026) flags supply-chain allocation of responsibility as a core 2026 robotics liability issue, since one incident can touch the vendor, the integrator, and the operator. [**A recent broker guide**](https://imacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TL%5FAdvManuf-AI-Robotics%5FQ326%5F063026.pdf) lists liability caps and insurance coverage alignment among the contract checks worth making. 💡 Map responsibility across all three parties in the contract. Then ask your insurer in writing how product liability, workers' compensation, and cyber policies respond to an AI-driven robot. Policies read differently after an incident than before one. Ask for paid pilot terms that tie fees to uptime and cycle time, so the vendor shares the performance risk. [**Robots-as-a-service models**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) move part of the cost out of capital budgets and into operating spend, which makes service-level terms the real negotiation. Hardware generations also turn over fast. [**Figure retired**](https://figure.ai/news/production-at-bmw) its second-generation fleet after releasing the third, so contract for upgrade paths. --- ## 5\. What happens to the people around it? [**A recent workforce survey**](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/1/issues/workforce/hopes-and-fears.html) found fewer than half of workers trust top management, which shapes how a robot announcement lands. [**Executives surveyed**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) also expect public resistance to humanoids to be a critical obstacle, at more than six in ten. Brief the floor team before the pilot, name which tasks move and which roles change, and share the baseline metrics with the people who do the work. A press release is the worst place for a team to learn a robot is joining the shift. The upside deserves airtime too, since [**over half of executives**](https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/two-thirds-of-organizations-rate-physical-ai-as-a-high-priority-for-the-next-three-to-five-years/) point to safety gains and reduced physical strain from physical AI. Lead with that benefit and make it measurable. [**The same workforce survey**](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/1/issues/workforce/hopes-and-fears.html) also links AI adoption with a more positive employee experience, which gives a pilot team something concrete to build on. [7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 roadmapA frontier model reformatting JSON is expensive overkill. Here are seven sourced reasons small language models earn a place in your 2027 roadmap, and how to start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-d5439db5-f847-49cd-8146-2cebe75e7cbc.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--2-804f817b-970e-4c84-a0dd-d66594ac19f6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/) ## 6\. What does it see, connect to, and who can take control? [**A recent security disclosure**](https://securityaffairs.com/198085/hacking/hack-one-robot-reach-the-next-unitree-g1-security-flaws.html) showed chained flaws in a widely sold humanoid giving unauthenticated root access to any unit within Bluetooth range, and a compromised robot could then attack others nearby. [**Earlier research**](https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-skynet-starter-kit-from-embodied-ai-jailbreak-to-remote-takeover-of-humanoid-robots) demonstrated root shells and camera livestreaming through a cloud management flaw, and showed prompt injection against the on-device AI agent. 💡 Treat each robot as a networked camera on wheels. Segment the network, require unique credentials per unit, and write patch deadlines into the contract, then ask where camera footage goes, who stores it, and how long it lives. [**The AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) fits here, since someone must own the integration end to end. --- ## What to put in the pilot brief Four lines keep a pilot honest: - **Scope:** one task, one zone, one baseline metric. - **Gates:** uptime and recovery targets that must hold before a second robot arrives. - **Contract:** a liability split and insurer sign-off in writing. - **Network:** an isolated segment with a named security owner. Both public programs rest on vendor-reported numbers from a few sites and a narrow task. Treat them as proof that a focused job can work, then collect your own proof on your own floor. > A robot hire earns its second shift the same way a person does, by proving the first one. --- ## Where operations and AI leaders compare pilot notes The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings 250+ director, VP, and C-level AI and technology leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026. - **Production benchmarks** from peers running AI at enterprise scale. - **Vendor and architecture intelligence** on which approaches are converting to signed budget. - **Peer conversations** with 125+ executives facing the same build, budget, and governance calls. Bring your pilot brief and pressure-test it with peers. Request a seat at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### The 8 problems AI leaders face right now, and the fix for each. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-8-problems-ai-leaders-face-right-now-and-the-fix-for-each/ Last updated: 2026-10-13T13:15:34.000Z > Every AI leader's week runs the same eight headaches on rotation. Each has a fix small enough to fit in a calendar invite, and several now come with fresh data. [**A recent forecast**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-ai-spending-to-grow-47-percent-in-2026) puts worldwide AI spending near $3.5 trillion in 2027, so each headache below carries real money. Here they are, roughly in the order they land in an inbox... --- ## **1\. Proving the return** [**A recent index**](https://www.bcg.com/press/30september2026-ai-starting-to-pay-off-companies-generate-value) found nearly half of companies now capture meaningful value from AI, while the share delivering significant value rose to 7.5% from 5% a year earlier. [**The same research**](https://www.bcg.com/publications/2026/the-formula-for-agentic-ai-value) found 95% of top performers measure AI through the P&L or close proxies, and those tracking directly in the P&L realize three times the value of companies that skip formal measurement. [**The index**](https://www.consulting.us/news/amp/14058/nearly-half-of-companies-now-create-value-with-ai-bcg-report) also found top performers reach impact in about 11 months, against 17 months for laggards. The data is largely self-reported, so treat the gaps as directional. > **The fix:** pick three workflows, record a baseline before launch, and report outcomes in a line item finance already owns. Hold a value review each quarter where every workflow either earns its next dollar or pauses. [**LLMOps practices**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) supply the tracking. [9 AI predictions for 2027 for your planning deckYour 2027 planning deck needs sharper assumptions. These nine analyst predictions cover agent governance, power limits, regulation, and physical AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-39bcdb41-06d2-4414-a849-2052d58bef9f.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1-3c6a4bd9-7119-40d9-bc95-e88fd22760f1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) ## **2\. Data that falls short of the use case** [**A recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-02-26-lack-of-ai-ready-data-puts-ai-projects-at-risk) expects organizations to abandon 60% of AI projects unsupported by AI-ready data through 2026.[ **A related survey**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-02-26-lack-of-ai-ready-data-puts-ai-projects-at-risk) found 63% of organizations either lack or are unsure about the data management practices that AI needs. [**The same guidance**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-02-26-lack-of-ai-ready-data-puts-ai-projects-at-risk) starts with aligning data sources to specific use cases and adds data observability to track quality over time. > **The fix:** define what AI-ready means for each use case, then test quality and lineage before the build starts. Give the data an owner who signs off on readiness, the same way finance signs off on a budget.[ **AI hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) get harder to diagnose when the inputs are murky. --- ## **3\. Shadow AI** 💡 [****A recent breach study**](https://emerging-europe.com/policy-without-control/) found shadow AI involved in 43% of security incidents, up from 20% a year earlier, with those breaches averaging $5.39 million. [****The same study**](https://emerging-europe.com/policy-without-control/) found 49% of shadow AI incidents caused data loss or compromise. > **The fix:** publish an approved-tool list that covers real daily needs, with a named owner, then run discovery so exceptions surface early. Pair the list with a 48-hour review path for new tool requests. [**Governing shadow AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) starts with making the sanctioned route the easy route. [Building AI agents at scale: lessons from LovableWhen you’re building an AI agent for 70 million users, the stakes are a little different than when you’re prototyping something for a demo. The margin for error shrinks. The edge cases multiply. And the things that feel like minor details in development become very real problems in production…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-7d149fe8-f351-42c1-b072-a231cf6c5d07.png)AI Accelerator InstituteYehya Abouelnaga![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--fd9d6514-a53d-46c8-b058-a79d850704ea.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-and-optimizing-ai-agents-at-scale/) ## **4\. Governance that lives only in slide decks** [**A recent security survey**](https://www.sans.org/research/artificial-intelligence-report) found 76% of security teams now hold a governance role for AI, yet 63% of practitioners lack visibility into where AI runs or what it can reach. [**The same survey**](https://www.sans.org/research/artificial-intelligence-report) shows 50% of leaders reporting a formal AI risk program against 36% of practitioners. [**Over half of respondents**](https://securitymea.com/2026/07/15/sans-survey-reveals-ai-cybersecurity-growth-and-governance-gap/) say formal audit frameworks are missing for AI. Ownership is spreading too. [**The index above**](https://india.entrepreneur.com/?p=100173) puts more than 80% of AI spend outside enterprise IT. > **The fix:** keep one inventory, name one owner per system, and set autonomy tiers for agents. Review the inventory every quarter, and enforce approval rules in the architecture rather than by email. [**Common deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) show what happens when permissions arrive before trust. --- ## **5\. Cost that keeps climbing** [**One analyst prediction**](https://www.forrester.com/press-newsroom/forrester-tech-security-2026-predictions) expects enterprises to defer a quarter of planned AI spend into 2027 as finance teams press harder. Among top performers, [**70%**](https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/print-version/all-sectors-and-companies-need-software-skills-as-ais-impact-grows-bcg-2026-09-30) actively manage AI costs, including caps and monitoring. > **The fix:** report cost per task, set usage caps by team, and review the ten biggest workloads monthly. Show quality per task beside cost per task, so every cost reduction arrives with its quality check. [**Inference economics**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) explains why the bill keeps arriving long after training ends. --- ## **6\. Teams that trust output they should check** [**A recent security survey**](https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/whitepapers/how-mature-your-ai-security-posture-w-16778) found two-thirds of respondents say AI guidance has led them astray *or* in the wrong direction at least once. Meanwhile, [**seven in ten**](https://www.bcg.com/press/30september2026-ai-starting-to-pay-off-companies-generate-value) future-built and scaling companies are already retraining staff, and [**dedicated AI roles**](https://india.entrepreneur.com/?p=100173) are expected to triple to 22% of the workforce by 2030. > **The fix:** teach review as a skill. Give each role a short checklist of what to verify, and rehearse catching a confident wrong answer. Add office hours where staff bring AI answers that looked right and turned out wrong. [**The AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) shows how job definitions are shifting. [9 AI predictions for 2027 for your planning deckYour 2027 planning deck needs sharper assumptions. These nine analyst predictions cover agent governance, power limits, regulation, and physical AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-606a851f-1215-42e5-a7b8-de05ba2fc2db.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1-963791e9-3d52-495b-822b-616e4b0dc4b6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) ## **7\. Vendor hype** [**One analyst estimate**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) puts only about 130 of the thousands of agentic AI vendors as real, with the rest engaged in agent washing. [**The same release**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) adds that many use cases pitched as agentic can run on simpler automation. 💡 It recommends pursuing agentic AI only where it delivers clear value, which helps explain why [****over 40%**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) of agentic projects face cancellation by the end of 2027. > **The fix:** run each vendor against your messy data in a live session, and ask what happens when two instructions conflict. Request references at your scale, and call them.[ **Testing tool-selection reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) shows how to probe an agent's choices. --- ## **8\. Rules that differ by region** The EU moved high-risk obligations for stand-alone systems to December 2, 2027, and the delay is [**binding law**](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). Meanwhile, [**a separate prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects fragmented AI regulation to cover half of the world's economies by 2027\. **A nearer date matters too:** the grace period for marking AI-generated content on systems already on the market ends on [**December 2, 2026**](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). > **The fix:** inventory high-risk use cases now, build one control framework, and map it to each regime. Assign one person to watch regulatory dates and report changes in the monthly review. [**Demonstrable reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) doubles as audit evidence. --- ## **How to triage the list** Score each headache on two axes: dollars at stake this quarter and days until the next audit, board meeting, or renewal. The two or three highest scores go first. Security-led organizations tend to feel shadow AI and visibility first. Finance-led ones feel return and cost first, especially ahead of budget season. Both groups meet vendor hype and regional rules sooner or later. ## **Where to start on Monday** Start with the two headaches that cost the most this quarter, then work down the list: - **Name the pair:** pick the two headaches hitting this quarter's budget or risk register. - **Assign owners:** one person per fix, with a date attached. - **Set a metric:** one number per headache, reviewed monthly. - **Retire the fix:** drop the effort once the metric holds for a full quarter. Headaches rarely disappear on their own, but they shrink fast once each one has an owner. ## **Where AI leaders trade fixes** The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings 250+ director, VP, and C-level AI and technology leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026. - **Production benchmarks** from peers running AI at enterprise scale. - **Vendor and architecture intelligence** on which approaches are converting to signed budget. - **Peer conversations** with 125+ executives facing the same build, budget, and governance calls. Bring your top two headaches and compare fixes with peers. Request a seat at[ **world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### Building and optimizing AI agents at scale. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-and-optimizing-ai-agents-at-scale/ Last updated: 2026-10-09T15:00:58.000Z I'm Yahya, an engineer at Lovable, and over the past few months I've been working on a use case that taught me a lot about what it actually means to build an agent and, more importantly, what happens when you try to optimize one at scale. Let me walk you through it. ## What Lovable does (and who it's for) > Lovable is an AI tooling company. We have around 70 million apps on our platform, and the people who use us are mostly non-engineers. They don't know what tokens are. They don't care about model architecture. They come to us with an idea, and they expect a working app on the other side. The promise we make is straightforward: describe what you want, and the agent builds it for you. As efficiently as possible. As cheaply as possible. Secure by default. That last part matters more than people might initially assume. To make this concrete, I'll use an example I actually ran during my presentation. I took the conference agenda for today's event, fed it into Lovable, and asked it to build me an app that shows all the sessions happening today. It read the website and built the app. Simple enough. [Agent washing: 6 questions to vet AI agent vendorsVendor demos are rehearsed performances. Production is improv night with a hostile crowd. These six questions reveal whether an AI agent can reason, escalate, and hold up on your own messy data before the procurement paperwork lands.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5100400b-8ac2-487d-b130-71315c900411.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6ae1b5d0-4e8f-4641-8dd6-c88b99c5f4f6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/) ## The MCP use case Now here's where it gets interesting. The use case we've been working on for the past three months is giving users the ability to talk to their Lovable apps through an agent. So you'd go to [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/), or [**Codex**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/), or whichever agent you prefer, and ask it something like "what's on the agenda today?" and it would pull that information directly from your app. To make that work, you need something called an MCP. An MCP is a protocol that allows an app to communicate with an agent. Think of it as the bridge between your app and whatever AI assistant someone is using. To show how this works in practice: I built a site, then told Lovable I wanted speakers to be able to connect to it using Claude. Lovable understood what I was asking for and created the MCP. > From there, you copy the link, connect it in your agent, authenticate, and you're talking to your app. You can ask what's on the schedule. You can ask what you're presenting. You can even ask it to draft an abstract and upload it directly to the app. That's the happy path. And it's genuinely impressive when it works. But getting it to work reliably, across 70 million apps, across different models, across different users with different needs? That's where things get complicated. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## The questions an agent has to get right To build an MCP properly, an agent needs to answer a set of questions correctly, and it needs to get them right from the first attempt. - Which library should it use? - Where does state live? - Does it need to build authentication? - How does it enforce that authentication? [**If there are 100 tools in the MCP, it can't just detect 70 of them**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/). - And how does it [**enforce authorization**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) so that user A can't access user B's data? These aren't trivial questions. And if you leave the agent to answer them without guidance, it can [**hallucinate in a hundred different directions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/). _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Why enterprise agentic AI needs an evidence standard. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-enterprise-agentic-ai-needs-an-evidence-standard/ Last updated: 2026-10-09T11:24:48.000Z Enterprise AI dashboards are becoming more sophisticated. They can show activated users, usage frequency, tool adoption, reported time savings, and even estimated return on investment. But a dashboard alone does not create confidence in a decision. That distinction matters even more as organizations introduce agentic AI: systems that can retrieve information, use connected tools, complete multi-step tasks, and operate with varying levels of human oversight. > Leaders are being asked to decide where to expand access, which workflows to standardize, what controls to strengthen, and [**whether claimed value is real enough to justify further investment**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). A collection of metrics may describe activity. An evidence standard helps leaders decide what to do next. [What agentic AI will look like in 2030Builders shipping agentic AI right now describe 2030 as delegation with receipts, not the runaway autonomy the keynotes promise. Here is what memory, governance, and the workforce math actually look like once the hype settles.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-9db5df2f-0e1d-418e-9867-cc5e5d82e53c.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-c3a76d6d-8801-4779-bff6-bb0fbddd15d9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-agentic-ai-will-look-like-in-2030-according-to-the-people-building-it-now/) ### The industry reality: adoption is outpacing proof of value AI adoption is no longer a fringe experiment. McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI survey reports that 88% of respondents say their organizations use AI regularly in at least one business function. Yet broad usage is not the same as enterprise-scale value. The harder work is [**redesigning workflows, defining appropriate human oversight**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/), and establishing evidence strong enough to support investment and scale decisions. > Agentic AI raises that bar. When a system can retrieve information, use connected tools, and complete parts of a multi-step workflow, organizations need to assess more than whether employees tried it. They need to know [**where it is dependable**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/), where it creates rework or risk, and where it demonstrably improves an outcome. This is the operating challenge behind the NIST AI Risk Management Framework: trustworthy AI requires governance and measurement throughout the lifecycle, not only after a capability has spread. --- ### The problem with adoption dashboards Usage data is necessary, but it is incomplete. A high number of assigned licenses may indicate broad access, while low usage could point to weak enablement, poor workflow fit, or uncertainty about approved use. Conversely, high usage does not automatically mean the outputs are accurate, useful, secure, or valuable. The same issue applies to productivity claims. Employee feedback can be an important signal, especially in the early stages of a program. However, it should be treated as one form of evidence—not as precise proof of business impact. 💡 Organizations need a consistent way to state what was measured, how it was measured, what assumptions were made, and how confident they are in the conclusion. An evidence standard provides that discipline. It turns AI measurement into a [**repeatable operating practice**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) rather than a periodic reporting exercise. [9 AI predictions for 2027 for your planning deckYour 2027 planning deck needs sharper assumptions. These nine analyst predictions cover agent governance, power limits, regulation, and physical AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-21237f45-ff00-4e68-b0d7-d8d6ba480791.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1-ccdff2fa-bfe8-4f6b-a1c5-a075dc7aaea6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) ### What an evidence standard should answer For every major AI adoption claim, leaders should be able to answer five questions: **1\. What decision will this evidence inform?** Metrics should exist because they support a decision: expand a use case, improve enablement, redesign a workflow, strengthen a control, or pause scaling. If a metric cannot influence an action, it may be interesting, but not operationally useful. **2\. What behavior or outcome is being measured?** Define the signal precisely. “Adoption” is not a single event. It includes access, activation, meaningful use, output quality, safe operation, and impact. Clear definitions prevent teams from combining fundamentally different signals into a single headline number. **3\. What is the source of the evidence?** A robust view combines sources. System telemetry can show whether an approved workflow was used. Surveys can capture user confidence and perceived time savings. Workflow samples can reveal quality and rework. Operational data can show cycle time, service quality, customer outcomes, or other measurable effects. **4\. What are the limitations and confidence level?** Every measure has limitations. Telemetry may show activity without task context. Surveys may capture value that is hard to validate independently. Operational outcomes may be influenced by factors beyond AI. Instead of hiding these limitations, organizations should document them and calibrate the confidence behind each claim. **5\. What decision follows?** Evidence should lead to a clear next step. For example: expand access for a role with strong adoption and quality signals; redesign training where activation is high but depth of use is low; or hold a workflow from broader deployment until output review and controls improve. --- ### A five-part model for agentic AI An evidence standard should organize the full adoption system, not just a single usage metric. A practical model includes five connected dimensions. **Reach** asks whether the right people have access to an approved capability and whether activation is occurring across relevant roles. It highlights where access, awareness, training, or support gaps may exist. **Depth of use** asks whether people are applying AI to meaningful, repeatable work. For agentic AI, this may include use of approved skills, [**connected-tool workflows**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/), or [**multi-step task completion**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/). The goal is not more prompts; it is better work patterns. **Quality** asks whether outputs meet the standard required for the task. Depending on the use case, that may mean accuracy, completeness, [**factual grounding**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/), consistency, human acceptance, or reduced rework. Quality should always be evaluated in the context of the workflow and its required level of review. **Risk** asks whether [**adoption is occurring within clear guardrails**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). This includes permissions, data handling, human oversight, approved use cases, escalation paths, and incident patterns. **The NIST AI Risk Management Framework** offers a useful reference for making risk management an ongoing organizational capability rather than a final compliance checkpoint. **Business impact** asks what improved and how credible the evidence is. Measures may include time returned to employees, reduced cycle time, improved quality, customer outcomes, cost avoidance, or risk reduction. The key is to make the method visible and to avoid implying more certainty than the data supports. [Agent washing: 6 questions to vet AI agent vendorsVendor demos are rehearsed performances. Production is improv night with a hostile crowd. These six questions reveal whether an AI agent can reason, escalate, and hold up on your own messy data before the procurement paperwork lands.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-50cbe2b8-1955-44b6-bbe8-743f1ac5e8ec.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3c317c63-1b1a-4033-91ea-13edc815f533.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/) ### From reporting to decision-making The value of this model is not the scorecard itself. It is the conversation the scorecard enables. 💡 Consider a team that reports strong activation but low repeat use. The appropriate response is not necessarily to market the tool more aggressively. Leaders should investigate whether users lack practical workflows, confidence, training, or clarity on safe use. Or consider a workflow with high repeat use but substantial human editing. The opportunity may be to improve the workflow, strengthen evaluation criteria, or clarify the role of human review before scaling. An evidence standard creates a shared language across product, security, legal, data, enablement, operations, and business teams. It makes it easier to distinguish between an early signal, a validated outcome, and an unresolved risk. This is particularly important for generative and agentic AI because the technology changes quickly while organizations need durable decision processes. NIST’s Generative AI Profile reinforces the need to evaluate risks and impacts throughout the AI lifecycle. Enterprise adoption programs should apply the same principle to measurement: build evidence continuously, not only after a program has scaled. [7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 roadmapA frontier model reformatting JSON is expensive overkill. Here are seven sourced reasons small language models earn a place in your 2027 roadmap, and how to start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-cfd96209-4113-4002-a9ba-f58797f445db.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--2-20cf6aee-9ad6-4332-a32f-2887ac7590fa.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/) ### The standard worth building Agentic AI will not be judged by how many licenses an organization assigns or how many prompts employees send. It will be judged by whether people can use it responsibly, whether it improves real work, and whether leaders can explain the evidence behind their decisions. That requires more than an adoption dashboard. It requires an evidence standard: one that connects access to meaningful use, quality to trust, risk to responsible scaling, and measured impact to credible investment decisions. --- [***Neetu Yadav***](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadavneetu/) *is an enterprise AI leader who turns agentic AI pilots into responsible, measurable workforce impact through scalable governance, adoption, and evidence standards.* ### Renting GPUs felt smart in 2023: The math has moved URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/renting-gpus-felt-smart-in-2023-the-math-has-moved/ Last updated: 2026-10-09T11:23:56.000Z It makes considerably less sense once the workload is running 24 hours a day and the finance team starts asking why the AI line item keeps outgrowing the AI budget. ## The rent-first default is starting to show its age Cloud-first was the correct call for a pilot, that math changes once usage settles into steady, round-the-clock demand. Recent industry surveys suggest a significant share of large organizations are now spending well into eight figures annually on public cloud with little elasticity benefit to show for it. ## The utilization number that flips the decision Multiple independent TCO analyses converge on a similar threshold: once a GPU cluster runs above roughly 60 to 70% utilization, owned infrastructure starts beating on-demand cloud pricing, and the gap widens fast from there. On-demand H100 rates have [**ranged from about $2.25 an hour on specialized GPU providers to $6.88 or more on major hyperscalers**](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/h100-gpu-cost/) through mid-2026\. [**Lease pricing rose almost 40%**](https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/the-great-gpu-shortage-rental-capacity) between October 2025 and March 2026 as inference demand outpaced supply. Idle capacity is expensive either way, and the difference is simply who eats the cost. [7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 roadmapA frontier model reformatting JSON is expensive overkill. Here are seven sourced reasons small language models earn a place in your 2027 roadmap, and how to start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-c27b4906-bdbc-4f5d-8230-a6d1112488b4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--2-789ae92f-bb48-4566-a4ac-963a47338e1f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/) ## What the TCO analysis found 💡 Industry analyst Dan Olds of Olds Research conducted a five-year total cost of ownership analysis comparing a Penguin Solutions 248-GPU B200 cluster on-premises deployment with equivalent infrastructure in AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. The analysis found cumulative cloud costs running four to six times higher than the owned equivalent for steady, high-utilization workloads. The exact multiple will shift with your own hardware mix, contract terms, and workload profile; the report's assumptions are worth checking against your own numbers before treating the multiple as a given. The direction still lines up with[ **independent analysis**](https://shah.vision/research/gpu-infrastructure-economics), which puts on-premise infrastructure at 30 to 40% cheaper than cloud over five years at high utilization. While methodologies differ across studies, the broader conclusion remains consistent: utilization is one of the primary drivers of AI infrastructure economics. --- ## Repatriation stopped being a fringe opinion > [**Gartner separately projects**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-20-gartner-identifies-the-top-strategic-technology-trends-for-2026) that by 2028, over 40% of leading enterprises will have folded hybrid computing architectures into critical business workflows, up from just 8% today, a broader shift that touches the cloud-versus-on-prem question among several others. [**IDC research**](https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/storm-clouds-ahead-missed-expectations-in-cloud-computing/) from around the same period puts that in context: only 8 to 9% of companies planned to repatriate workloads in full. Most of this movement is happening workload by workload, not as a wholesale exit from the cloud. **The pattern that shows up across nearly every serious analysis:** - **Training runs stay elastic.** Bursty, days-to-weeks compute at massive scale benefits from cloud capacity that few enterprises could justify owning outright, so training tends to stay put or run hybrid with an on-prem baseline. - **Steady inference moves home.** Production inference on a stable model, running continuously against predictable traffic, is precisely the workload where owned hardware wins on cost and where regulated industries want the data control anyway. [9 AI predictions for 2027 for your planning deckYour 2027 planning deck needs sharper assumptions. These nine analyst predictions cover agent governance, power limits, regulation, and physical AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-15027800-4adf-4227-b6a4-3c2183217a08.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1-cd7e7c96-f4d2-46b6-9f24-ef0a3c8f679e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) ## The costs a spreadsheet misses on the first pass Egress fees are the quiet line item that turns a clean cloud estimate into a surprise. Moving training data and inference outputs across the cloud-to-on-prem boundary repeatedly can compound into a real percentage of total spend. Add fast-storage premiums for high-throughput inference and the on-demand price on the vendor's homepage stops describing what actually lands on the invoice. Owning has its own hidden costs, and pretending otherwise sets the CIO up for a rough budget conversation later: **Utilization risk sits entirely on the owner.** A large-scale GPU deployment operating well below expected utilization may struggle to deliver the anticipated return on investment. **AI infrastructure moves on a fast cycle.** NVIDIA has publicly committed to an annual cadence for its data center platforms, with each generation bringing meaningful gains in performance and efficiency. For owners, keeping pace means budgeting for refresh cycles from day one. Renting can offer more flexibility here, but only if the contract allows it: on-demand users can move to newer instances as they launch, while reserved and committed-spend agreements often tie you to specific hardware for the term. --- ## The framework that actually holds up Sort workloads by two variables before anything else: how steady the utilization is, and how sensitive the data is. Steady and sensitive points toward owned infrastructure or colocation. Bursty and low-sensitivity points toward staying in the cloud. Everything else lives in the hybrid middle, which is where most enterprises will spend the next several years regardless of which vendor's slide deck they read first. 💡 The rent-versus-own question used to be a philosophical one about IT strategy. It is now a spreadsheet exercise with real numbers attached, and the enterprises running the spreadsheet before signing the next cloud contract renewal are the ones who get to skip an awkward budget conversation with their board next year. ## Where to get the actual numbers The utilization thresholds and cost multiples above are directional. Building an actual business case means running the same modeling against your own cluster size, workload mix, and contract terms, which is precisely what analyst Dan Olds set out to do in detail. - **Full 3- and 5-year cost breakdowns**, covering hardware, power, cooling, staffing, and support across on-premises deployment and AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. - **A 248-GPU B200 case study**, modeled at matched performance so the comparison holds up against real procurement decisions rather than back-of-envelope math. - **Transparent assumptions**, built on real pricing rather than spot instances or best-case scenarios propping up the numbers. > Get the full modeling in Dan Olds's report, [**The Real Cost of AI Infrastructure**](https://www.penguinsolutions.com/en-us/resources/analyst-reports/what-does-ai-infrastructure-really-cost-at-scale?Current%5FCampaign=FY26%5FAI-Accelerator-Institute-TCO-WebArticle&Lead%5FSource=Content%5FSyndication&Media=Other&utm%5Fsource=Blog&utm%5Fmedium=Other&utm%5Fcampaign=FY26%5FAI-Accelerator-Institute-TCO-WebArticle). ### 7 reasons small language models belong in your 2027 AI roadmap URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-reasons-small-language-models-belong-in-your-2027-ai-roadmap/ Last updated: 2026-10-12T10:40:43.000Z Paying a frontier model to reformat JSON is the AI equivalent of hiring a concert pianist to press doorbells. Small language models, generally those under [**10 billion parameters**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153), now cover a growing share of that routine work, and [**2027**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) is the year the shift shows up on invoices. [**A recent position paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) defines a small language model as one that fits on a common consumer device and responds fast enough to serve a single user. Its authors argue that these models are powerful enough for many agentic tasks and cheaper to run. Seven reasons follow for giving them a line in your roadmap... --- #### 1\. Analysts expect small models to carry the volume [**A recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-04-09-gartner-predicts-by-2027-organizations-will-use-small-task-specific-ai-models-three-times-more-than-general-purpose-large-language-models) says organizations will use small, task-specific models at least three times more than general-purpose [**LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) by 2027\. The reasoning: general-purpose models lose accuracy on tasks that need specific business context, while smaller models respond faster and use less compute. [**The same prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-04-09-gartner-predicts-by-2027-organizations-will-use-small-task-specific-ai-models-three-times-more-than-general-purpose-large-language-models) advises piloting contextualized models where a large model has missed on speed or quality. [**Small models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) already outperform giants on narrow tasks, so the pilot has precedent. > Start with one workflow where latency or accuracy complaints already exist. Capability data backs that up. [**The paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) cites an 8-billion-parameter model that surpasses GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 on tool calling, and a 2.7-billion-parameter model that matches 30-billion-parameter peers on code generation while running about 15 times faster. [9 AI predictions for 2027 for your planning deckYour 2027 planning deck needs sharper assumptions. These nine analyst predictions cover agent governance, power limits, regulation, and physical AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-46801cc7-a024-46ec-b2f2-8af630489749.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1-3386a95c-2044-4a2e-ab91-33ce15568a35.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/) #### 2\. Serving costs drop by an order of magnitude [**The paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) estimates that serving a 7-billion-parameter model is 10 to 30 times cheaper than serving a 70- to 175-billion-parameter model. Treat that as a planning ceiling rather than a guarantee, because the authors concede that real economics stay case-specific. 💡 Production results point the same way. [****AT&T reports up to 90% cost savings**](https://venturebeat.com/ai/8-billion-tokens-a-day-forced-at-and-t-to-rethink-ai-orchestration-and-cut) after rebuilding its orchestration around smaller worker agents directed by larger models, while daily token volume more than tripled to 27 billion. Its [**chief data officer**](https://venturebeat.com/ai/8-billion-tokens-a-day-forced-at-and-t-to-rethink-ai-orchestration-and-cut) says the future of agentic AI is "many, many, many small language models." LLMOps practices that track cost per task make results like this repeatable. --- #### 3\. Fine-tuning becomes an overnight job The paper notes that parameter-efficient methods such as LoRA need only a few GPU-hours, so teams can add or fix behaviors overnight rather than over weeks. The authors also offer a rule of thumb: 10,000 to 100,000 examples suffice for fine-tuning a small model. Your agents already generate that training data. Every logged tool call and model response becomes a candidate example, and retrieval that learns from every query shows how that loop compounds. [Agent washing: 6 questions to vet AI agent vendorsVendor demos are rehearsed performances. Production is improv night with a hostile crowd. These six questions reveal whether an AI agent can reason, escalate, and hold up on your own messy data before the procurement paperwork lands.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-b57c9311-f669-497d-ae0b-bda934304b77.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7feb5e05-6a40-4eeb-bb04-2cca23d97a81.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/) #### 4\. Sensitive data stays closer to home Small models run on-premises or on a device, which keeps sensitive prompts inside your own boundary. [T**he paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) points to local execution on consumer-grade GPUs as a path to lower latency and stronger data control. > Device-class models push further. [**Internal tests**](https://www.eweek.com/news/google-gemma-3-270m/) reported that an INT4 version of Gemma 3 270M used 0.75% of a Pixel 9 Pro's battery across 25 conversations. Sovereignty pressure adds urgency, since [**one prediction expects 35% of countries**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) to be locked into region-specific AI platforms by 2027\. [**Governing shadow AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) also gets easier when approved local models cover the everyday tasks that tempt employees toward unapproved tools. The paper adds that cheap specialization makes it practical to adapt models to changing local regulation in selected markets. --- ### 5\. Energy and power limits reward smaller footprints [**A recent study**](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jul/practical-changes-could-reduce-ai-energy-demand-90) found that pairing smaller task-specific models with shorter prompts and lower numerical precision could cut energy use by up to 90% versus a large general-purpose model. The grid adds pressure. [**Analysts expect**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-12-gartner-predicts-power-shortages-will-restrict-40-percent-of-ai-data-centers-by-20270) power shortages to constrain 40% of existing AI data centers by 2027, and the same release recommends exploring edge computing and smaller language models to use less power. 💡 Efficiency stops being a sustainability talking point and becomes a capacity plan. Add energy per task to the same dashboard as cost per task, so both numbers travel to the budget review together. [What agentic AI will look like in 2030Builders shipping agentic AI right now describe 2030 as delegation with receipts, not the runaway autonomy the keynotes promise. Here is what memory, governance, and the workforce math actually look like once the hype settles.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a7c4b441-eaf9-47a5-9829-6073f41c2f36.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-52b5fc0d-e312-4a3c-90da-a5bbd245511d.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-agentic-ai-will-look-like-in-2030-according-to-the-people-building-it-now/) ### 6\. Specialist teams make agents more dependable Agent workflows repeat narrow steps: parse intent, call a tool, format output. In case studies of three open-source agents, [**the authors**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) estimated that 40% to 70% of model queries could move to specialized small models, with a workflow automation agent at the low end and a GUI control agent at the high end. > A software-building framework landed near 60%. The authors also argue that a small model fine-tuned to one output format is preferable to a generalist when downstream code expects strict structure. AI hallucinations in tool calls break pipelines, and testing tool-selection reliability catches that damage early. [**AT&T's chief data officer offers a useful design test:**](https://venturebeat.com/ai/8-billion-tokens-a-day-forced-at-and-t-to-rethink-ai-orchestration-and-cut) ask whether a task needs to be agentic at all, then break it into smaller pieces that each can be delivered more accurately. --- ### 7\. Hybrid routing protects quality Small models have limits. [**The paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153) itself lists the strongest counterargument: larger models of the same generation hold an edge in general language understanding. It also grants that self-hosting economics depend on utilization and operating talent. The authors name inertia as the main barrier: capital already sits in centralized LLM infrastructure, and generalist benchmarks undersell small models on agent tasks. One frontier model for every task is a luxury sedan doing a delivery van's job. [**A recent report**](https://aibusiness.com/nlp/task-specific-ai-to-overtake-general-ai-by-2027-gartner-reports) on the same analyst prediction advises composite approaches that combine several models and workflow steps when one model falls short. Keep a frontier model for open-ended reasoning and send repeatable work to specialists. 💡 The same report urges data curation and cross-functional upskilling, including compliance officers and procurement specialists. Demonstrating reliability with per-route evaluations keeps the split honest. ### A practical starting plan The paper outlines a conversion path that doubles as a roadmap item for 2027: 1. **Log every non-conversational model call in an encrypted pipeline with role-based access, then strip personal and sensitive data before any record becomes training material.** 2. **Cluster the logs to find repeating tasks such as intent recognition or data extraction.** 3. **Fine-tune one small model per task, then compare it against the large model on held-out examples.** 4. **Add a router that sends hard cases to the larger model, and retrain as new data arrives.** The 2027 marker gives the roadmap a date. Treat it as the deadline for having a router and one production workload running on a small model. Frame the pilot for finance as an inference cost line with a measurable baseline. That lets it pass the same scrutiny as any other 2027 spend. --- ### Where AI leaders weigh build-versus-buy model decisions [**The Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings 250+ director, VP, and C-level AI and technology leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026. - Production benchmarks from peers running AI at enterprise scale. - Vendor and architecture intelligence on which approaches are converting to signed budget. - Peer conversations with 125+ executives facing the same build, budget, and governance calls. Bring your model-mix plan and pressure-test it with peers. [**Reserve your seat today.**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) ### ### 9 AI predictions for 2027 that belong in your planning deck URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/9-ai-predictions-for-2027-that-belong-in-your-planning-deck/ Last updated: 2026-10-07T08:18:33.000Z Planning season has arrived, and the 2027 deck on your desk probably leans on assumptions from two budget cycles ago. Analyst forecasts published over the past year paint a sharper picture, and several land squarely inside 2027\. Nine of them deserve a slide each. ## Why 2027 gets its own slide [**A recent forecast**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-ai-spending-to-grow-47-percent-in-2026) puts worldwide AI spending near $3.5 trillion in 2027, up from about $2.6 trillion in 2026\. Infrastructure alone accounts for roughly $1.9 trillion of that 2027 figure, so much of the growth sits with vendors and hyperscalers. Enterprise budgets tell a tighter story. [**One analyst prediction**](https://www.forrester.com/press-newsroom/forrester-tech-security-2026-predictions) expects enterprises to defer a quarter of planned AI spend into 2027 as finance teams demand proof of value. > Both can hold at once. Budgets keep growing while every line item faces sharper questions, which makes the predictions below a useful stress test for your own plan. --- ## 1\. Agent governance failures force a wave of demotions [**A recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-26-gartner-says-applying-uniform-governance-across-ai-agents-will-lead-to-enterprise-ai-agent-failure) expects 40% of enterprises to demote or decommission autonomous agents by 2027, after governance gaps surface through production incidents. The diagnosis: companies treat governance as binary, either locked down or fully trusted. 💡 Most teams end up taking the binary approach because of [****common deployment mistakes.**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) Plan for tiers instead. Classify every agent by autonomy level, then attach approval rules and rollback paths to each tier. [**A related prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) expects over 40% of agentic AI projects to be canceled by the end of 2027, driven by escalating costs and unclear business value, among other causes. --- ## 2\. Multi-agent systems become the default design [**Recent research**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025) expects one-third of agentic AI implementations to combine agents with different skills by 2027\. A single generalist agent running an entire workflow starts to resemble a startup with one employee and a very ambitious org chart. [**The same research**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025) expects 40% of enterprise applications to feature task-specific agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025, so 2027 inherits an application estate full of agents. Budget for orchestration now, starting with handoff protocols and per-agent evaluation. [**AI swarms**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) show where this architecture is heading. [Agent washing: 6 questions to vet AI agent vendorsVendor demos are rehearsed performances. Production is improv night with a hostile crowd. These six questions reveal whether an AI agent can reason, escalate, and hold up on your own messy data before the procurement paperwork lands.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-056a6144-0596-443f-8408-a398fd013300.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--173c8b31-a58a-45e3-a418-a983aa1489e4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/) ## 3\. Small language models take over the high-volume work [**A recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-04-09-gartner-predicts-by-2027-organizations-will-use-small-task-specific-ai-models-three-times-more-than-general-purpose-large-language-models) says organizations will use small, task-specific models at least three times more than general-purpose LLMs by 2027\. The reasoning: general-purpose models lose accuracy on tasks that need specific business context. 💡 Classification and extraction rarely need a frontier model, and the invoice shows it. Pull your ten highest-volume prompts and test each against a fine-tuned small model. [****Small models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) already outperform giants on narrow tasks. ## 4\. Power availability becomes a strategy input [**Analysts predict**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-12-gartner-predicts-power-shortages-will-restrict-40-percent-of-ai-data-centers-by-20270) that power shortages will constrain 40% of existing AI data centers by 2027, with extra AI servers needing about 500 terawatt-hours a year. [**The same analysis**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-11-12-gartner-predicts-power-shortages-will-restrict-40-percent-of-ai-data-centers-by-20270) expects higher power costs to pass through to AI product and service providers. It also advises building cost increases into plans for new products. Ask vendors where your workloads run, and negotiate multi-year rates before capacity tightens. [**Inference economics**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) will define who absorbs the bill. [Agent washing: 6 questions to vet AI agent vendorsVendor demos are rehearsed performances. Production is improv night with a hostile crowd. These six questions reveal whether an AI agent can reason, escalate, and hold up on your own messy data before the procurement paperwork lands.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a05b30a3-2a6d-469c-8716-accee3695a2f.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--0d6bef91-bcf6-4086-938f-35f69359f7a4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/) ## 5\. Productivity software budgets reshuffle [**Recent research**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects GenAI and agent use through 2027 to create the first true challenge to mainstream productivity tools in 30 years, prompting a $58 billion market shakeup. [**The same release**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects vendors to move some fee-based features into free tiers. Use that bargaining power at renewal. Benchmark seat pricing against agent-based alternatives, and track cost per task so negotiations start from outcomes. [**LLMOps practices**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) supply the operating model. --- ## 6\. Regulation turns specific and uneven The EU moved high-risk obligations for stand-alone systems, such as those used in [**HR and employment**](https://datamatters.sidley.com/2026/06/22/eu-lawmakers-reach-provisional-agreement-to-delay-key-eu-ai-act-obligations/), to December 2, 2027, and the delay is [**binding law**](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). A [**nearer date**](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng) sits on the calendar too: the grace period for marking AI-generated content ends December 2, 2026, for systems already on the market. > Separately, [**a recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects fragmented AI regulation to cover half of the world's economies by 2027, driving $5 billion in compliance investment. Treat the EU delay as build time and inventory your high-risk use cases now. [**Demonstrable reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) will serve as the audit currency. --- ## 7\. Sovereign AI splits the global stack [**A recent prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects 35% of countries to be locked into region-specific AI platforms built on proprietary contextual data by 2027\. Multinationals will juggle several platform partnerships, each with its own compliance and data governance demands. [**The same analysis**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects buyers to favor regional platforms with strong performance and local compliance, while vendors ally with sovereign cloud providers and open-source models. Design for portability now. Abstraction layers and regional evaluation sets keep a platform swap closer to a configuration change than a rewrite. --- ## 8\. AI proficiency testing enters the hiring funnel [**Recent analyst research**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects 75% of hiring processes to include certifications and testing for workplace AI proficiency by 2027\. [**A companion prediction**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-10-21-gartner-unveils-top-predictions-for-it-organizations-and-users-in-2026-and-beyond) expects half of global organizations to require AI-free skills assessments as heavy GenAI use erodes critical thinking. 💡 Build role-based rubrics that test judgment with AI assistance and with AI switched off. [****The AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) shows how quickly job definitions are shifting. --- ## 9\. Physical AI starts in warehouses and factories [**A recent report**](https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/transformation/physical-ai-part-2.pdf) forecasts humanoid robot sales of about 290,000 units in 2027 and cites an estimate that 72% of 2027 installations will be industrial, with warehousing and logistics alone at 33%. However, the machines may not be ready for that volume yet. [**The same note**](https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/transformation/physical-ai-part-2.pdf) says current humanoids remain too fragile and maintenance-intensive for 24/7 industrial use, and pilot-stage hardware runs $90,000 to $100,000 per unit. > **Treat 2027 as the pilot year:** pick one fixed zone with a clear safety case, and measure uptime before scaling. A humanoid that aces the demo still has to meet a mixed pallet on a Tuesday. --- ## What to put on the slide Four lines cover most of what these predictions ask of a 2027 plan: - **Governance tiers:** Classify every agent by autonomy level before the next budget review. - **Cost per task:** Report spend per outcome, since seat counts hide what agents actually consume. - **Model mix:** Set a target split between small and large models for each workload. - **Regulatory calendar:** Mark December 2, 2027, and every regional rule your platforms must meet. Predictions age quickly. Review each slide every quarter and retire any prediction that stops matching your data. Governance and cost carry the earliest deadlines, so start the 2027 deck there. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5d5bd2bd-5bbf-405f-b812-bc15fe83a78b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-24fc0d65-45e1-4ac4-bb34-fd4280750bbf.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## Where AI leaders pressure-test their 2027 plans The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings 250+ director, VP, and C-level AI and technology leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026. - **Production benchmarks** from teams scaling AI, useful for sanity-checking your 2027 targets. - **Governance models** and roadmap decisions you can adapt before the budget review. - **Peer conversations** with 125+ executives facing the same budget, build, and governance calls. Bring your draft deck and leave with a sharper one. Request a seat at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### AIAI Berlin, 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-berlin-2026/ Last updated: 2026-10-06T14:50:32.000Z Catch up on every session from AIAI Berlin with sessions from Lovable, Aleph Alpha, Bosch and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Can you trust your workflow in production? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-validate-monitor-govern-agentic-ai/ Last updated: 2026-10-06T14:45:45.000Z Moving an agentic workflow out of the pilot stage is where many enterprise AI programs stall. A workflow can look impressive in a demo and still fall short in production, and prompt-level testing alone rarely tells you whether a workflow is truly ready. Agents that answer customer queries, flag suspicious transactions or process claims need to be safe, evidence-based, policy-compliant and appropriately constrained. Join us and **Innodata** for a practical, conversational look at how to validate AI and agentic workflows before deployment, and how to keep them reliable once they're live & begin to scale. --- **Why attend?** - **Production readiness is harder to define than it looks.** Many teams test outputs but miss the failure modes that matter most to the business. - **The same principles apply across very different workflows.** From customer support and AML in financial services to claims processing in insurance, see how validation requirements shift with each workflow and its business objective. - **There's a clear path from pilot to production.** Follow a framework that takes you from experimentation to validation, deployment and continuous monitoring. --- **What you'll learn** - What you actually need to validate before an AI workflow is production-ready - How to connect technical evaluation metrics to the business KPIs your leadership cares about - Where automation is sufficient and where human judgment is still required - How to use the same framework to monitor reliability long after deployment --- **Speaker** **Jyotsna Jha** Vice President of Product, AI/LLM Practice, Innodata Jyotsna leads product strategy and execution for Innodata's agentic evaluation, observability and feedback systems - helping enterprises build, govern and continuously improve AI agents operating in real-world workflows. She has built and scaled AI products across real-time intelligence, intelligent document processing and data platforms. ### 6 questions that expose agent washing in any AI vendor demo. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-questions-that-expose-agent-washing-in-any-ai-vendor-demo/ Last updated: 2026-10-06T15:43:03.000Z The demo ran perfectly. The agent fielded every question and handled every follow-up, staying calmer than most engineers during a Friday afternoon production rollback. That composure should have been your first warning sign, well before anyone reached for a pen. Vendor demos are rehearsed performances. Your production environment is an improv night with a hostile crowd and a spotty Wi-Fi connection. Here is how to tell a genuine AI agent from a well-dressed chatbot before the procurement paperwork lands on your desk... [Why your AI fails in productionAI has entered its prove-it era. This is the session on the infrastructure that decides whether you pass.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1e10fc1a-3d6a-4407-8a61-fcdc8593b17d.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Event_Hub_Images--3--1-2768a091-349e-41be-9989-649cfab13188.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-fails-in-production/) ## Agent washing has flooded the agentic AI market [**A recent analysis**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) estimates roughly 130 of the thousands of vendors marketing agentic AI offer genuine agentic capability. The report coined a term for the rest: agent washing, the practice of rebranding chatbots and RPA tools as autonomous agents while the underlying engine stays exactly the same. It also argued that plenty of use cases sold as agentic today would run perfectly well on simpler automation. [**The same analysis**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) forecasts that 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI by 2028, up from under 1% in 2024. 💡 That is a very large market for 130 genuine players to cover. Expect a generous supply of chatbots wearing trench coats between now and then, each one confidently introducing itself as an "autonomous digital worker." --- ## AI budgets are climbing faster than buyer scrutiny > The money is real. [**A recent forecast**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-ai-spending-to-grow-47-percent-in-2026) puts worldwide AI spending at $2.59 trillion for 2026, a 47% jump year over year. Vendors have noticed, and so has every sales team with a slide containing the word "agentic" in 72-point font. Decision rights are shifting too. [**A recent survey**](https://www.bcg.com/press/15january2026-as-ai-investments-surge-ceos-take-lead) found 72% of CEOs now call themselves their company's main AI decision-maker. That share doubled in a single year, and half of those CEOs believe their job depends on getting AI right. Expectations for agents specifically run hot. [**The same survey**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/as-ai-investments-surge-ceos-take-the-lead-on-decision-making-and-upskilling-themselves-302661849.html) found about 90% of CEOs expect AI agents to deliver measurable ROI in 2026, with over 30% of this year's AI investment committed to agentic AI. Big budgets plus career-level pressure create ideal conditions for a slick demo to close a deal. --- ## Why a polished demo proves surprisingly little A demo is built to survive a curated script. Vendors pick the inputs, rehearse the happy path, and trim anything that might wobble on stage. The system you actually buy will meet prompt drift, plus users who type requests like cryptic crossword clues at 11 pm. It will also inherit your legacy APIs, along with the spreadsheet somebody in finance has maintained by hand since 2014\. Every one of those quirks is invisible in a demo and very visible in week three of deployment. 💡 Security teams are already living this lesson. [****Recent analyst research**](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/09/prophet-security-evaluating-ai-soc-agents/) predicts 70% of large security operations centers will pilot AI agents by 2028\. Only 15% will achieve measurable improvements unless those teams run structured evaluation first. Structured evaluation is the whole game. The questions below give you a starting framework for AI vendor evaluation that works across customer service, security, finance, and engineering use cases. [What agentic AI will look like in 2030Builders shipping agentic AI right now describe 2030 as delegation with receipts, not the runaway autonomy the keynotes promise. Here is what memory, governance, and the workforce math actually look like once the hype settles.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-52f83493-a9b2-4175-a552-0f994151b691.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-0a2af692-ca48-435b-9a1c-87e166ae92c5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-agentic-ai-will-look-like-in-2030-according-to-the-people-building-it-now/) ## 6 questions that separate a real agent from a relabeled chatbot Bring these to your next working session. Each one targets a failure mode a rehearsed script struggles to hide: - **Hand it an ambiguous request it has yet to encounter.** Scripted workflows break on contact. A genuine agent reasons toward a sensible next step or asks for the specific detail it needs to proceed. - **Ask what happens once the information runs out.** Watch for graceful escalation versus a confident, fabricated answer. That second path is how [**AI hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) end up quoted in a board report. - **Request the audit trail for one specific action, mid-demo.** Genuine [**agent reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) shows up in traceability, and a serious vendor should produce that log in minutes. - **Feed it two conflicting instructions.** A real agent flags the conflict. Relabeled tools pick one and carry on with total confidence, a trait that is charming in a golden retriever and alarming in enterprise software. - **Stretch the conversation across many turns.** Plenty of systems ace turn one and wobble by turn eight, a pattern the research on [**multi-turn reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) keeps surfacing. - **Run it against your own messy data, live, in the room.** A vendor who suddenly requests a follow-up session first has handed you a data point worth writing down. --- ## Leaderboard rank is a weak proxy for agent judgment Benchmark theater has a long and glamorous run in this industry. A leaderboard score describes performance under controlled conditions, and your production stack is about as controlled as a toddler's birthday party. [**A recent canary tools study**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04719) planted diagnostic probe tools inside agents' Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolsets across eight models. Susceptibility to those traps varied roughly 36-fold, and the most susceptible hosted model sat mid-pack rather than at the bottom. > Within a single provider's lineup, the cheaper model sometimes proved safer than its pricier sibling. Susceptibility also tracked real task failure, at a Spearman correlation of -0.34\. Our breakdown of [**the canary test**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) covers the six trap types in detail. [**The ToolFailBench benchmark**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04686) tested 19 models across 1,000 tasks spanning finance, medicine, law, and cybersecurity. The top model reached an 86.33% clean tool-use rate, and models with similar aggregate scores failed in very different ways. A vendor slide compresses all of that into one number and a confident font. [7 AI questions your board will askBoards used to nod along when AI came up in the strategy deck. That era ended. Directors now show up with specific questions, and a vague answer about “efficiency gains” reads to a board the way “the check is in the mail” reads to a landlord.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-bd617b25-4a07-4abe-935e-92836a954690.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7-eaffd319-73a8-46c0-8ab7-ebca17b377c9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-questions-your-board-will-ask-about-ai-before-youre-ready-to-answer-them/) ## Proof beats polish at the procurement table The sharpest enterprise buyers now treat the working session as the real evaluation and the pitch deck as the trailer. They define the win condition before the first call, bring their own data, score the agent against the failure modes above, and ask for references from customers already running it in production. Those habits also guard against the planning gaps covered in our look at [**agentic deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/), where ROI gets defined after launch and governance arrives after the incident. Once an agent goes live, solid [**LLMOps practices**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) keep its output tied to measurable enterprise value. The eternal "it depends" is a perfectly respectable answer from a consultant. From an agent processing refunds at 3 am, the board tends to expect something firmer. Demand the working session, every time, regardless of how confident the sales team sounds. --- ## Where AI leaders compare vendor notes in person The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings around 250 senior AI leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026, with vendor intelligence built directly into the agenda. Here is what a seat gets you: - **Vendor intelligence** on which of the roughly 130 genuine agentic vendors are actually shipping versus agent washing. - **Peer benchmarking** with leaders from around 175 companies who have already survived this evaluation gauntlet. - **Governance frameworks** that put a real test ahead of a polished demo in every procurement cycle. - **Candid build-versus-buy conversations**, held well away from any sales deck. The summit runs by invitation. Request a seat at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### Barndoor Live Workshop URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/barndoor-live-workshop-thanks-for-registering/ Last updated: 2026-10-06T08:15:53.000Z **Thanks for registering** Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-9/ Last updated: 2026-10-09T11:12:14.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### Webinar | Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factories URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories-webinar/ Last updated: 2026-10-09T11:13:30.000Z Scaling AI is not really a model problem at all. It is an infrastructure problem wearing a model problem's clothes. Production AI gives you none of the slack of the lab. Training, inference, retrieval, fine-tuning, and increasingly agentic workflows all run at once, and behave nothing like the systems most organizations still lean on. **Watch now** to hear **NVIDIA** and **WEKA** map the journey from traditional HPC toward AI Factory architecture: where the bottlenecks bite, what separates the leaders, and how compute, data, and orchestration come together as one system. Only available for a limited time. *Get access toda*y. --- ### **What you'll learn** - Why storage breaks first, and why an idle GPU is almost always a data problem in disguise. - The four failure points that recur, almost always in the same order: storage, data pipelines, GPU utilization collapse, and orchestration. - What an AI Factory really is: not a data center with more GPUs, but infrastructure designed around a single output—tokens. - Why parallel compute, data, and orchestration must function as one system, and what happens when they are treated as independent procurement decisions. - The new metrics that matter: time to first token, token throughput, and token-per-watt. - What leaders do differently from laggards, from designing the data layer before scaling compute to planning for production from day one. --- ### What you'll leave with By the end of this session, you will be able to place your own infrastructure on the map and determine your next move. - **A clear view of the architectural arc**, from traditional HPC, to accelerated HPC, to AI-native infrastructure, to the AI Factory. - **The ability to spot the four failure points early**, before they show up as costly, hard-to-diagnose underperformance. - **The metrics that matter:** time to first token, token throughput, and token-per-watt, rather than GPU uptime and job completion rates. - **The leaders' playbook:** design the data layer before scaling compute, start from a validated reference architecture, and plan for production from day one. - **A sharper case for your next investment**, because GPU performance depends far more on data delivery and coordination than on raw compute. --- ### **Meet your speakers** ***Jason Hardy, VP, Storage Technology, NVIDIA*** Jason leads NVIDIA's roadmap for AI storage requirements and storage partner integration, where NVIDIA's accelerated computing meets data. He helps organizations make their data AI-ready and make their GPU investments faster, more efficient, and more secure as they move into production AI. ***Shimon Ben-David, CTO, WEKA*** Shimon leads the data-platform thinking that complements the NVIDIA stack, and returns repeatedly to a single point: parallel compute, networking, and storage are one piece, and an idle GPU is almost always a data problem in disguise. --- ### Don't just play catch-up. The organizations furthest along built the factory before they needed to fill it. That is exactly what lets them move fast when an opportunity appears, while their peers are still negotiating storage procurement. --- ### Why your AI fails in production: The workloads nobody plans for | Live workshop URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-fails-in-production/ Last updated: 2026-10-20T18:12:28.000Z Teams must demonstrate business value while navigating growing inference demand, increasingly complex agentic workflows and a mix of models. Success depends on how the entire system performs - from compute and data infrastructure to model serving and continuous improvement. Join **Nebius** product marketing and product leaders for a practical introduction to the infrastructure behind production AI. We’ll explore what we are hearing from customers and overall trends, what's changing with how fast AI is moving and the benefits to businesses, and how training, post-training, inference and agents place different demands on performance, reliability and cost. Through a platform walkthrough and customer examples, we’ll show how **Nebius** connects purpose-built infrastructure and model freedom to business value. ### This session runs live once, with no replay, so bring your hardest production question. One-time session only. The **live Q&A** goes to whoever's in the room. --- ### Sound familiar? - **If you train models:** Your training and post-training runs stall on compute you can't get, or clusters you can't trust to stay up. - **If you run them in production:** Inference traffic doesn't look like the benchmark. Latency spikes, costs climb, and reliability becomes your whole week. - **If you build on them:** The agent that worked in the demo is now chaining calls and burning tokens, and you're locked into a model you picked six months ago. - **If you lead AI across the business:** You've shipped pilots. Now you have to prove business value before the next budget cycle. - **If you pay for it:** Compute is your fastest-growing line item, and nobody can tell you what next quarter will cost. - **If you're a founder:** Every GPU hour comes out of runway, and re-platforming at scale isn't an option. This session is built for *all of it*. --- ### What you'll leave with → **What's actually changing.** What Nebius is hearing from customers right now, and what the pace of AI means for your roadmap. → **Why every workload is a different problem.** How training, post-training, inference, and agents each put different pressure on performance, reliability, and cost and how to plan for all of them at the same time. → **The platform, live.** A walkthrough of how purpose-built infrastructure and model freedom connect to business value. → **Results from the field.** Customer examples of teams that have moved from ambition to production outcomes. --- ### Your speakers **Kostas Roungeris** Senior Director, Product Marketing, Nebius **Anton Smith** Director, Product Management, Nebius --- ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-8/ Last updated: 2026-09-29T14:11:14.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### Why compounding containment is the real test of your AI strategy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-compounding-containment-is-the-real-test-of-your-ai-strategy/ Last updated: 2026-09-25T12:41:00.000Z Let me explain what I mean. At Omilia, we've been building AI solutions for 23 years. Long before "generative AI" became a dinner table conversation, long before every company started slapping ".AI" on their name and calling themselves a tech company. (I read an article recently about a shoe company that gave up on shoes entirely to rebrand as an AI company. I'm still not sure what to make of that.) The point is, AI has been around and doing real work for a long time. What's changed is how we apply it, how we scale it, and how we actually measure whether it's working. And right now, a lot of organizations are hitting a wall they didn't fully see coming... [AI leaders who skip this meeting keep losing budget in Q3Nearly every organization running AI in production is overspending against forecast. The fix rarely means a smaller budget. It means a meeting most AI leaders keep skipping.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-53b67a5d-3b63-4005-b8ac-629a6e9277f9.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-1ad1561f-9fe2-42a9-bcd8-26c500f2f02e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-leaders-who-skip-this-meeting-keep-losing-budget-in-q3) ## The Sisyphus problem in AI automation About a decade ago, there was a widespread belief – shared by Nuance, Omilia, and plenty of others – that AI was going to solve every customer inquiry. Organizations invested heavily. They built centers of excellence. They started automating conversations and making self-service genuinely easier for customers. And for a while, it worked beautifully. Most companies got to 50, 60 percent containment. Strong start. Real results. Then something interesting happened. The progress slowed. The journey from 60 to 85 percent turned out to be nothing like the journey from zero to 60\. If you're familiar with the myth of Sisyphus – the harder you push the rock up the hill, the harder it gets – you'll recognize this pattern immediately. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## Why does it get harder? A few reasons that tend to compound on each other. Operational costs increase as you push further. Token costs – fractions of a cent, sure, but they add up fast at scale – start demanding their own measurement infrastructure. [**Average handle time with agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) actually goes up, not down, because everything that's left after automation is the hard stuff. The complex conversations. The emotionally loaded ones. The edge cases that don't fit neatly into any workflow. And resolution rates plateau. The APIs aren't broken. Your team isn't doing anything wrong. It's more fundamental than that. It comes down to the real-world complexity of human communication, and whether your [**AI strategy**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/five-strategies-for-scaling-ai-in-enterprises/) is genuinely built to handle it. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The prompt that separates AI leaders from AI hobbyists URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-prompt-that-separates-ai-leaders-from-ai-hobbyists/ Last updated: 2026-09-30T15:19:20.000Z > Most executives type into [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) or ChatGPT the way they type into a search bar: short, vague, and hoping the model fills in the blanks. In 2026, that habit is one of the clearest dividing lines in [**enterprise AI adoption**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), separating leaders who get genuine decision support from leaders who get a very expensive autocomplete. The irony is hard to miss. Frontier models now handle long documents, tool calls, and multi-step reasoning with ease. The weak link sits upstream, in the few dozen words a leader types before pressing enter. [7 AI questions your board will askBoards used to nod along when AI came up in the strategy deck. That era ended. Directors now show up with specific questions, and a vague answer about “efficiency gains” reads to a board the way “the check is in the mail” reads to a landlord.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-7396d99b-9aac-4b23-af20-db5d52d63d4c.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7-c47296f1-a263-4a23-a797-8ad9415d9baa.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-questions-your-board-will-ask-about-ai-before-youre-ready-to-answer-them/) ## The AI literacy gap runs all the way to the boardroom Confidence and competence part ways near the top of the org chart. In[ **BCG's 2026 survey**](https://www.bcg.com/publications/2026/ceos-and-boards-are-aligned-on-ai-in-theory-but-divided-in-practice) of 625 CEOs and board members, 75% of directors rated their AI knowledge as on par with or ahead of their peers. **Nearly 40% of CEOs** said their boards lack an informed view of how AI reshapes growth strategy. Disclosure data points the same way. 💡 An April 2026 [****Conference Board report**](https://www.conference-board.org/press/governing-AI-2026) found 83% of S&P 500 companies disclosed AI as a risk in 2025, a steep climb to 12% in 2023\. Disclosed AI expertise among directors reached just 2.7% by 2025, barely up on 1.5% in 2021. Report author Andrew Jones summarized the state of play neatly: governance maturity is still catching up. Only 23% of executives surveyed for the same report described their board as highly fluent in AI. Below the boardroom, the picture improves only slightly. The[ **2026 literacy report**](https://www.datacamp.com/blog/the-state-of-data-and-ai-literacy-in-2026-definitions-statistics-and-the-ai-skills-gap) from DataCamp, based on a YouGov survey of 517 US and UK leaders fielded between December 2025 and February 2026, found that 59% admit an AI skills gap inside their own organization. --- ## What separates a leader's prompt from a hobbyist's prompt? A hobbyist asks a chatbot for a summary of a report. A leader asks for that summary framed around a specific decision, a named audience, a time budget, and a failure mode worth watching. The difference on the page looks small. The difference in the output is enormous. ## Here is the gap in practice... **Hobbyist prompt:** *"Summarize this market report."* **Leader prompt:** *"Summarize this market report for a board in 10 minutes. Focus on the data points most likely to change our Q4 budget conversation, cite the page for each, and flag anything that contradicts our current strategy."* 💡 The second prompt does four jobs at once. It sets the audience, caps the length, anchors every claim to a page reference, and asks the model to challenge the house view. That final instruction carries the most weight, because large language models tend to mirror the framing of whoever holds the keyboard. --- ## Context engineering is the executive's secret weapon Practitioners made this shift a while ago. A 2026[ **context management report**](https://datahub.com/blog/context-engineering-vs-prompt-engineering/) found 82% of 250 IT and data leaders agree prompt engineering alone falls short of powering AI at scale. A September 2026[ **BARC study**](https://datahub.com/news/barc-2026-study-context-engineering-agentic-ai/) of 285 organizations went further, finding teams with mature context engineering programs were four times more likely to qualify as AI leaders than their peers. > For an executive, context engineering has a very practical translation: paste in the actual board deck, budget, and strategy memo instead of paraphrasing them from memory. Production systems apply the same logic at scale, which is why teams building [**retrieval pipelines**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) obsess over what enters the context window. Long, meandering chat threads carry their own penalty. Models lose track of early instructions as conversations stretch, a pattern explored in our piece on [**multi-turn reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/). Prompt drift is real, and a fresh thread with a clean brief usually beats message forty of an old one. [What agentic AI will look like in 2030Builders shipping agentic AI right now describe 2030 as delegation with receipts, not the runaway autonomy the keynotes promise. Here is what memory, governance, and the workforce math actually look like once the hype settles.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-35a9b502-845e-4697-9a1d-9ce154751ade.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-cf38db88-51f0-49e0-a8cf-809f973cb84c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-agentic-ai-will-look-like-in-2030-according-to-the-people-building-it-now/) ## Executive AI literacy runs deeper than clever wording Prompting is the visible layer. The deeper layer is judgment: reading AI output critically, and escalating a decision to a human when the stakes justify it, however confident the system sounds. 💡 Understanding why [****AI hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) happen matters more to a leader than any perfect phrasing. A model can produce a fluent, beautifully formatted, entirely fabricated figure. A leader who struggles to spot one will eventually approve one, regardless of how well they wrote the prompt. Treat unsupported precision as a warning sign. A revenue figure quoted to the decimal with zero citation deserves suspicion. Across enterprise AI,[ **demonstrated reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) now counts for more than benchmark theater, and leaders deserve the same standard from their own chat windows. --- ## The ROI difference is measurable DataCamp's 2026 research puts a number on the gap. Some 21% of leaders reported significant positive ROI from AI investments, a figure that doubled to 42% in organizations with mature literacy programs, per [**the YouGov findings**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/companies-investing-ai-workforces-aren-140000081.html) published in February 2026. DataCamp CEO Jonathan Cornelissen was blunt about the mismatch between tool spending and workforce capability, warning that [**the disconnect**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260226726072/en) "will limit the return on AI." The personal stakes are rising too. CEOs estimate 35% of their performance evaluation now depends on AI ROI, against a board estimate of 27%, according to[ **BCG's CEO research**](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sixty-one-percent-ceos-boards-040100632.html) released in May 2026\. The same pattern of rushing ahead of capability shows up in the [**agentic deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) leaders keep repeating. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-856b2b02-3ae6-465b-9637-ba55ee878fe1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-2c59d186-ce20-449c-937d-ee09a2aa6ee9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## A prompt framework leaders can use tomorrow Leaders who improve their AI output rarely do it through a course. They do it through repetition, applying the same structure until it becomes automatic: - **Lead with audience and stakes**: state who reads the output and which decision it supports before the actual request, every single time, until it stops feeling like extra work. - **Paste the source material**: attach the real document, spreadsheet, or transcript so the model reasons over your data instead of filling gaps from its training set. - **Ask for uncertainty and sources**: instruct the model to flag low-confidence claims and cite where each figure comes from, then spot-check the numbers that drive the decision. - **Run an A/B test on yourself**: compare a loose prompt and a structured prompt on the same task once a month, and feel the quality gap firsthand. --- ## Why the brief becomes the spec in the agentic era > The tool matters less than most procurement debates suggest. Our[ **Copilot versus Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) comparison found each assistant has distinct strengths, yet both reward specific context and a clearly stated goal. That discipline matters more every quarter. As agents take on multi-step work, the brief a leader writes becomes the spec an agent carries out, and hobbyist prompting scales straight into hobbyist delegation. Agents already struggle with[ **why questions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), and a vague brief makes the problem worse. [**The leaders pulling ahead in 2026**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) treat prompting and output judgment as core leadership skills, practiced daily, squeezed in alongside the meetings rather than after them. --- ## Where AI leaders trade these techniques in person The Chief AI Officer Summit Boston on October 29, 2026, brings roughly 250 senior AI leaders to the Westin Boston Seaport for a day built around practical, hands-on capability building. - **Peer-tested prompting frameworks**, shared by leaders already using them in live board and strategy work. - **Sessions on judging AI output critically**, built for people making decisions with AI as well as people building it. - **Direct access to more than 125 senior leaders** closing the same literacy gap inside their own organizations. - **Governance playbooks** for boards still working out who owns AI oversight and how issues get escalated. Bring your worst prompt and leave with a better one. Request a seat at[ **world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### What agentic AI will look like in 2030, according to the people building it now URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-agentic-ai-will-look-like-in-2030-according-to-the-people-building-it-now/ Last updated: 2026-10-08T02:32:47.000Z Ask ten [**AI leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/10-questions-every-ai-leader-should-be-able-to-answer-in-2027/) what agentic AI looks like in 2030 and you get eleven answers, most of them wrong in interesting ways. [**The people actually shipping these systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) tend to be less dramatic and more specific, which makes their predictions worth considerably more than the version delivered from a conference stage. That specificity matters because the gap between what gets promised in a keynote and what actually survives contact with production has become the defining tension in this entire category. The builders inside banks, software vendors, and [**infrastructure teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-infrastructure-is-still-stuck-in-the-hpc-era/) are the ones carrying the scar tissue to know the difference. [7 AI questions your board will askBoards used to nod along when AI came up in the strategy deck. That era ended. Directors now show up with specific questions, and a vague answer about “efficiency gains” reads to a board the way “the check is in the mail” reads to a landlord.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-8528c2b5-ff33-42c0-a5e7-b80435f86b35.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7-dd7242a2-6ed4-473f-a6f1-640a7935e068.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-questions-your-board-will-ask-about-ai-before-youre-ready-to-answer-them/) ## **The money is already voting on an answer** [**BofA analysts**](https://institute.bankofamerica.com/transformation/agentic-ai-in-the-workplace.html) built a framework estimating that global knowledge worker wages across sales, marketing, support, finance, HR, IT, and operations total $18.6 trillion annually. Their projection has agents handling 10% of that work by 2030, unlocking close to $1.9 trillion in value, with software vendors capturing enough of it to push agentic AI spending toward $155 billion. [**Mordor Intelligence**](https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/agentic-ai-market) separately sizes the agentic AI market at $9.89 billion in 2026, growing to $57.42 billion by 2031 at a 42.14% compound annual rate, per its September 2026 update. Different methodologies, same conclusion: this qualifies as a mainstream budget line now, well past the pilot program stage most innovation budgets still treat it as. The practical read for AI leaders building[ **LLMOps**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) capability right now is straightforward. That $155 billion figure gets captured by vendors with orchestration, evaluation, and cost controls already in place, ahead of teams still debugging their first multi-agent workflow. Waiting until 2028 to build a strategy will feel expensive in hindsight, and expensive in the specific sense of ceding the category to a faster competitor. --- ## **2030 looks less like autonomy and more like delegation with receipts** The 2026 vision of an agent running unsupervised for days gives way, by most builder accounts, to something narrower and more auditable. [**Agent experience**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) design becomes its own discipline, treating the interface between human intent and machine action with the same rigor product teams once reserved for customer-facing UX. 💡 The agents that survive to 2030 will look less like a black box that occasionally reports back and more like a colleague who explains a decision before making it. Trust gets built through visibility: structured reasoning traces, tool call logs, and confidence bands a compliance officer can actually read, well ahead of anything a vendor's marketing page calls a confidence score. > This is where[ **reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) stops being a slide and starts being the actual product spec. An agent that hits 95% task accuracy but fails silently on the remaining 5% is a worse deployment than one that hits 85% and flags its own uncertainty every time. Builders describe this as the real dividing line between agents that survive procurement review and agents that get shut down after the third incident report. [8 stats that show AI got smarter faster than it got saferSWE-bench just crossed the 100% line and code security is still stuck at 56%. Eight numbers that show exactly where AI’s capability outran everyone’s ability to trust it, and what to do about the gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-3f8b8390-1824-4042-84b2-963597b9afe2.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-5a26680a-728d-46be-bcec-5f69fe5d1084.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-stats-that-show-ai-got-smarter-faster-than-it-got-safer-2/) ## **Memory becomes the actual battleground, ahead of model size** The current generation of agents mostly forgets everything the moment a session ends. Builders working on the next generation describe retrieval systems that remember across every query as the feature that finally makes an agent feel useful rather than merely fast. 💡 By 2030, the interesting competitive question stops being which foundation model powers the agent and starts being whose system actually remembers what happened last quarter. That shift favors companies that invested early in data architecture over companies that invested early in the flashiest demo reel. The technical shape of this is already visible in how[ **RAG**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) systems are evolving: from single-shot document retrieval into persistent, query-aware memory layers that update continuously rather than on a batch schedule. Vector stores, knowledge graphs, and episodic memory buffers stop being separate experiments and start getting architected together. An agent that retrieves a fact but loses the context around why it mattered is only half solved. It also reframes the model-selection debate happening inside every AI leader's budget meeting. [**Smaller, well-tuned models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) paired with strong retrieval increasingly outperform larger generalist models paired with weak memory, an uncomfortable finding for any procurement process built entirely around leaderboard rank. --- ## **Multi-agent systems stop being a research curiosity** [**AI swarms**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), coordinated groups of specialized agents handing work to each other, move from conference talk to default architecture for anything beyond a single well-scoped task. A single generalist agent trying to do everything becomes the exception rather than the standard build pattern. **This raises the coordination problem to a genuinely hard engineering challenge:** - **Agents negotiating handoffs** - **Resolving conflicting instructions** - **Escalating to a human when consensus fails** Orchestration frameworks already handle the plumbing layer well enough, but the harder problem sits underneath: *How does one agent verify that the tool another agent just called actually did what it claimed to do?* That verification gap is exactly what [**canary tool**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) research is starting to expose. 💡 Recent work testing tool selection reasoning across frontier models found susceptibility to misleading tool descriptions varies by roughly 36 times between models, and the gap held even after researchers softened the obvious giveaway signals. Multi-agent architecture minus a verification layer like that is a coordination problem wearing a trust problem's clothes. Every team building these systems right now treats it as a work in progress rather than a solved problem. The honest answer to whether multi-agent reasoning holds up under real load still traces back to a growing body of research asking whether[ **multi-turn reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) itself is as solid as the demos make it look. --- ## **The workforce math gets uncomfortable before it gets clear** Bloomberg Intelligence estimates agentic deployment could displace 200,000 US banking jobs alone, concentrated in junior developer roles, a figure that circulated widely after Goldman Sachs expanded its own agent deployments in 2026\. Builders inside these companies describe the transition less as replacement and more as a compression of the career ladder's bottom rungs. > That compression creates a real problem the industry has yet to solve: senior engineers, architects, and specialists all started somewhere. The emergence of the[ **AI architect**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) role is one attempt at building a new entry point. The list of things a modern[ **AI engineer**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) needs to have shipped already looks entirely different from the junior job description of three years ago. [**AI leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) running organizations through this transition have roughly four years to figure out where junior talent develops judgment once agents absorb the tasks that used to teach it. That is a shorter runway than most workforce planning cycles are built to handle. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-239843ec-f0bb-4ab5-9b8c-f1f4367dfd13.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-68db198a-1380-4b6b-8cfe-11ff39bdf0f5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## **Governance stops being optional and starts being architecture** By 2030, decision boundaries and audit trails move from policy documents into the actual code, enforced rather than requested. > The organizations ahead on this today are already treating agentic deployment as a governance exercise first and a capability rollout second, a sequencing choice that looks slow in 2026 and looks correct in 2030. That means [**operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) for agent-driven systems gets engineered the same way mission-critical ML pipelines already are: circuit breakers, rollback paths, and monitoring that catches drift before a customer does. It also means the[ **shadow AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) problem, unsanctioned agent tools operating outside any governance perimeter, needs a real answer before 2030 rather than a memo asking employees to stop. --- ## **The realistic version beats the keynote version** The people building these systems right now describe 2030 as evolutionary rather than a sudden leap. Agents get more capable in narrow, verifiable increments, and the organizations that win are the patient ones running disciplined pilots today. - **Narrower wins**: Expect narrower, more auditable agents to outcompete general-purpose ones in regulated or high-stakes workflows, since auditability is what survives a compliance review. - **Memory over model choice**: Expect retrieval and memory architecture to matter as much as model selection by the back half of the decade, reshaping how procurement teams evaluate vendors. - **A real talent gap**: Expect a genuine shortage of judgment at the entry level, with the industry still far from agreeing on a fix. --- ## **Where builders are testing these predictions right now** The Chief AI Officer Summit Boston on October 29, 2026, gathers roughly 250 senior AI leaders at the Westin Boston Seaport for exactly this conversation: what agentic AI looks like once the hype settles and the infrastructure catches up. - **Production benchmarks**, from teams already past the pilot stage, well beyond projections from a slide deck. - **Direct access** to more than 125 senior leaders making the same 2030 bets right now. - **Vendor intelligence** on which platforms are shipping genuine agentic capability versus a relabeled chatbot. Request a seat at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](http://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) ### Where Is the ROI from Enterprise AI? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/where-is-the-roi-from-enterprise-ai/ Last updated: 2026-09-18T15:10:10.000Z Enterprise investment in generative and agentic AI continue to accelerate, but an increasingly important question is emerging amongst applied AI leaders: **Where is the measurable return?** At the individual level, the value is clear. With organizations launching copilots, AI assistants, coding tools, agents, automation programs & enterprise AI initiatives, employees can now carry out the same tasks at higher speed and quality. But have these investments materially improved productivity, operating economics, revenue, or margins at the enterprise-level? Our live session with **Innodata** to examines that gap by exploring how organizations distinguish theoretical AI potential from tangible AI business value. --- **What you'll take away:** - **The productivity paradox**: Individual time savings from copilots will evaporate into organizational slack unless leadership deliberately reallocates that freed capacity toward measurable output or direct cost reduction. - **Workflow redesign matters more than basic tool adoption**: Enterprise ROI requires moving past generic desktop assistants to redesign end-to-end workflows where agentic systems can measurably lower unit costs. - **The business case**: Sustainable business value can only be proven when initial productivity gains visibly outpace the true total cost of ownership, including token consumption at scale, data curation, and human oversight. --- **Why you should attend:** 1. People work faster, but company expenses don't drop. Staff finish slides, code, or emails in half the time, yet team sizes stay the same, projects don't finish months earlier, and the bottom line doesn't budge. 2. Teams report high engagement, daily active users, and millions of prompts to prove success, even though none of that tells leadership if the company made or saved a single dollar. 3. Spending millions on vanity projects instead of core operations: Budgets get drained buying thousands of copilot licenses for general office work, while the high-cost, high-volume parts of the business run on the exact same slow processes as before. ### 7 questions your board will ask about AI before you're ready to answer them URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-questions-your-board-will-ask-about-ai-before-youre-ready-to-answer-them/ Last updated: 2026-09-17T14:41:37.000Z [**Protiviti and BoardProspects**](https://www.protiviti.com/au-en/press-release-ai-board-meeting-discussions-global-survey) surveyed 772 board members and executives in late 2025 and found that only 26% of boards discuss AI at every meeting, yet organizations with AI on every agenda see meaningfully higher returns than those that treat it as an occasional item. The gap runs deeper: [**the same survey**](https://www.protiviti.com/au-en/press-release-ai-board-meeting-discussions-global-survey) found 63% of boards in high-ROI organizations put AI on every agenda, against just 13% in the low-ROI group. [**Nasdaq's Governance Pulse survey**](https://www.governance-intelligence.com/boardroom/awareness-accountability-how-boards-are-approaching-ai-oversight) found AI and machine learning jumped to a top-issue concern for 40% of respondents, up from 19% two years earlier. The direction is clear. The questions are getting sharper along with the attention. --- ## The stakes just turned legal, well beyond reputational This shift runs deeper than looking prepared in a meeting. Under [**Delaware's Caremark doctrine**](https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/new-technology/1748354/managing-legal-risk-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-what-key-stakeholders-need-to-know-today), directors can face personal liability for a sustained failure to implement or monitor adequate oversight systems. Courts have increasingly extended that doctrine to technology risk. Legal analysts now describe AI, where it touches core business functions, as exactly the kind of mission-critical risk Caremark was built to cover. [**Common deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) compound this exposure further, since ungoverned rollouts are precisely the pattern regulators and plaintiffs' lawyers are now targeting. [AI leaders who skip this meeting keep losing budget in Q3Nearly every organization running AI in production is overspending against forecast. The fix rarely means a smaller budget. It means a meeting most AI leaders keep skipping.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-fc3097bb-61c3-4dca-a622-25560dec8984.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-1bd13503-9ca0-4dfe-b133-677d7a2f3b98.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-leaders-who-skip-this-meeting-keep-losing-budget-in-q3/) ## The disclosure gap is already producing lawsuits The numbers make the exposure concrete: - [**A recent analysis**](https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/how-boards-can-shrink-the-ai-governance-gap) found that 72% of S&P 500 companies now identify AI as a material risk in their Form 10-K filings, up sharply since 2023. - [**The same analysis**](https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/how-boards-can-shrink-the-ai-governance-gap) found that roughly 8% of the 3,048 Russell 3000 and S&P 500 companies reviewed by Institutional Shareholder Services disclose any board-level AI oversight at all. - [**ISS and Glass Lewis**](https://aiireland.ie/2026/03/06/the-ai-literacy-gap-why-its-now-a-fiduciary-duty-for-every-board/) have both updated their stewardship guidance for the 2026 proxy season, putting withhold-vote recommendations on the table for directors who struggle to demonstrate documented AI literacy. That gap between adoption and oversight has already produced [**real litigation**](https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/how-boards-can-shrink-the-ai-governance-gap). Shareholder suits have targeted companies accused of overstating AI capabilities or understating the costs and risks of AI initiatives, arguing the board lacked the internal controls to ensure public statements matched operational reality. A board member walking into a 2026 strategy review has read these headlines too, which is exactly why the seven questions below carry more weight than they did eighteen months ago. [Why AI on data fails — and how PromptQL fixes ItBy Rajoshi Ghosh, Co-founder, PromptQL![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4b029873-e640-488e-a8f7-2a82bccd0b68.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRajoshi Ghosh![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--51532ce5-2c3d-4ff7-a959-08ffaaabeafa.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-on-data-projects-keep-failing-and-what-fixes-it-2/) ## 1\. What is our actual return so far, and against what baseline? A board member asking this wants a number, a comparison point, and a date. [**Defining reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) as the measurable standard rather than a vibe is what separates a confident answer from a stammering one. If the honest answer is "too early to tell," say that directly and name the date you will have a real figure. Come with the baseline already defined, well ahead of improvisation in the room. If the team skipped agreeing on what "before AI" looked like, the "after" number lacks anything credible to compare against, and a sharp director will notice the gap immediately. --- ## 2\. Who owns this if it goes wrong? Directors have sat through enough incident postmortems to know that "the team" makes a weak substitute for an owner. They want a name, a title, and a chain of accountability that survives someone being on vacation when the system misbehaves. [**Recent governance research**](https://www.schellman.com/blog/ai-governance/who-should-own-ai-governance) found that in most organizations, the same executive who approves an AI purchase is also the person left holding the liability when it fails, a structure that concentrates risk rather than genuinely managing it. A board that asks this question twice, once about the decision and once about the consequences, is testing whether those two roles sit with one person or a genuinely accountable structure. [**The AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) is one attempt at formalizing that structure, rather than leaving it to whoever happened to sign the vendor contract. --- ## 3\. What data is it touching, and did we have the right to use it? This question has teeth now that regulators are watching. A board wants to hear that provenance, consent, and access controls were part of the design, rather than a patch applied after Legal asked about it. State-level AI regulation is proliferating quickly enough that a policy adequate in January can lag behind requirements by the following board cycle. The stronger answer names the specific framework guiding your data governance, whether that is the EU AI Act's risk-tiering approach or the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, rather than a general assurance that "we take this seriously." [**Governing shadow AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) matters here too, since a tool that entered the organization outside procurement rarely has provenance documented anywhere at all. --- ## 4\. How do we know it is still working the way it did on day one? Model drift feels like a concrete threat to a director who read about a competitor's chatbot going sideways. [**Operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) built for mission-critical systems is the honest answer here, backed by monitoring dashboards a non-technical board member could actually read. [**Testing tool-selection reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) directly, rather than trusting a benchmark score from launch day, is how leaders catch drift before a director does. [8 stats that show AI got smarter faster than it got saferSWE-bench just crossed the 100% line and code security is still stuck at 56%. Eight numbers that show exactly where AI’s capability outran everyone’s ability to trust it, and what to do about the gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-b4d1cab3-683f-4b9c-9ab0-1a6946a98d48.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-394fdd65-18b0-4065-8688-7b9f31cdf0f1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-stats-that-show-ai-got-smarter-faster-than-it-got-safer-2/) ## 5\. What happens if we turn it off tomorrow? A surprising number of AI leaders have skipped running this exercise entirely. If the honest answer is "the workflow collapses," that is useful information for the board, and slightly alarming information for you. Test the kill switch before a director asks about it in the room. **A genuine test involves more than confirming a toggle exists:** - **Time the full revocation**, well beyond the moment the switch flips. - **Check for cached permissions** in downstream systems that might outlast the toggle itself. - **Confirm a human can step into the workflow** inside a single shift, rather than a multi-day ramp-up. Directors increasingly ask for the timing specifically, since "we can turn it off" and "we can turn it off in under an hour" are very different answers. --- ## 6\. How does this compare to what our competitors are doing? Boards read the same trade press everyone else does. They have seen the Wall Street headlines about agents running trading desks and coding pipelines. A grounded answer names where your organization sits on that curve, honestly, rather than overselling a pilot as a transformation. --- ## 7\. What is this costing us, really, once everything is counted? This is the question that catches people out most often. [**LLMOps enterprise costs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) rarely get estimated accurately at the outset. Compute, licensing, integration, and the engineering hours spent babysitting a fragile pipeline rarely live in one spreadsheet. A board member who has read about budget overruns elsewhere in the industry will ask for the fully loaded number, well beyond the one from the original business case. --- ## The pattern across all seven Every one of these questions traces back to the same underlying demand: proof over promise. Boards spent the last two years hearing about potential. They are done with potential. They want evidence, ownership, and a plan for the moment something breaks. [**AI hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) matter here too, since a boardroom deck built on a confidently wrong AI-generated number is its own kind of unprepared. The AI Accelerator Institute's [**Chief AI Officers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) community is built on exactly this shift: leaders comparing notes on what actually survives a board meeting, rather than guessing at what sounded good in a vendor pitch. The most useful preparation is boring on purpose: - **Write the answers down before the meeting**, in plain language a non-technical director can follow easily, glossary aside. - **Bring one number that stings a little**, alongside the plan to fix it. Boards trust leaders who volunteer the bad news before it surfaces on its own. - **Rehearse the kill-switch answer specifically**, since it is the one most leaders skip, and most directors now ask. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-50c12b9f-fa27-4c52-8a8d-d52e5c1a3052.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-be134f63-a598-4d16-a366-7f5c024e7613.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## Where AI leaders prepare for exactly this conversation The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings roughly 250 director, VP, and C-level AI leaders together at the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026, built around governance conversations that hold up in front of a board. - **Governance frameworks** tested against real deployments, ready to adapt rather than build from a blank page under deadline pressure. - **Peer conversations** with leaders from around 175 companies who have already sat through this exact grilling. - **Direct access** to sessions on translating technical reality into board-level language that actually lands. Request a seat today: [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### Here's your Boston highlights URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-boston-highlights/ Last updated: 2026-09-17T13:27:57.000Z Ready to buy your ticket or bring your team with you? Secure your pass [**here**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiboston/register)**.** ### Here's your Toronto highlights URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-7/ Last updated: 2026-09-17T13:59:33.000Z Ready to buy your ticket? Secure your pass [here](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/toronto/register). ### Agentic AI Summit, Los Angeles 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-summit-los-angeles-2026/ Last updated: 2026-09-15T14:48:12.000Z Catch up on every session from Agentic AI Summit Los Angeles with sessions from Meta, OpenAI, TikTok, Bank of America & more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI leaders who skip this meeting keep losing budget in Q3 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-leaders-who-skip-this-meeting-keep-losing-budget-in-q3/ Last updated: 2026-09-14T12:48:22.000Z Every [**AI leader**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) has a kickoff meeting. Fewer have a meeting where someone asks whether the thing should still exist. That second meeting, the quarterly review where a project either earns its next dollar or gets cut, is the one that decides who is still funded by Q3 and who is explaining a write-off to the CFO... ## **The overspend is real, and the data proves it** A [**McKinsey survey**](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/charts/burning-through-the-ai-budget) found that while 62% of organizations have moved past experimentation into active AI deployment, 93% report exceeding their AI budgets. That is far beyond a handful of ambitious teams misjudging one project. That is nearly every organization in the survey, running the same experiment and getting the same result. Uber gives the pattern a face... > The company burned through its entire 2026 AI tools budget by April, four months into the fiscal year, as [**Claude Code**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) adoption climbed from 32% to 84% across roughly 5,000 engineers, according to reporting from AI Weekly. Leadership still struggles to connect that usage spike to measurable product output, which is precisely the gap a quarterly review exists to catch before it becomes a headline. [Why AI on data fails — and how PromptQL fixes ItBy Rajoshi Ghosh, Co-founder, PromptQL![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-7f37403f-34bd-4114-975e-83c11c4094ec.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRajoshi Ghosh![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--213eb9f3-63c0-4eea-8bde-93437c807d0e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-on-data-projects-keep-failing-and-what-fixes-it-2/) ## **Why the meeting gets skipped** A project's death rarely gets scheduled on purpose. Pilots get funded with enthusiasm, a Slack channel, and a demo that goes well. Then the team moves on to the next pilot, and the first one keeps drawing on compute and headcount because canceling it requires someone to stand up and admit the number is failing. [**LLMOps practices built for enterprise value**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) exist precisely to force that conversation on a schedule rather than leaving it to whoever notices the invoice first. Absent a recurring checkpoint, a project's default state stays "still running," regardless of what it delivers. ## **What the meeting actually needs to contain** A quarterly AI review differs from a status update. Status updates report activity. This meeting reports value against cost, on a schedule finance actually respects. Four questions carry most of the weight: - **What did this project cost against forecast, and by how much did it drift?** A drift beyond 25% lacking a documented reason is a decision point, ranking well above a footnote. - **What outcome changed because of it?** Not usage numbers. Retention, cycle time, error rate, or a number a board member would recognize. - **What would it cost to keep running at the current scale for another quarter?** Compute and token spend rarely stay flat once adoption climbs. - **What is the kill criterion, and has it been met?** If the team skipped writing one at launch, that is the first thing to fix, well ahead of skipping the question itself. [7 signs your AI infrastructure is stuck in the HPC eraYour GPU dashboard can look perfectly healthy while doing almost no useful work, and most enterprises are staring at exactly that chart right now. The real bottleneck rarely lives in the silicon. It lives in the storage, pipelines, and scheduler…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4ae6b1e4-5a7a-41a6-902e-253cd6f867ac.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-36892898-e1e1-4c33-97bf-385e3b96f828.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-infrastructure-is-still-stuck-in-the-hpc-era/) ## **The projects that survive this meeting share a trait** They were built with[ **operational stability in mind from the start**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/), which makes the cost-versus-value conversation short instead of forensic. 💡 Teams that treat monitoring and cost tracking as launch requirements walk into the review with an answer already prepared. Teams that treat it as a later problem walk in guessing, and guessing in front of a CFO rarely goes well. [**Demonstrating reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) has become the actual currency in these meetings. Not the leaderboard score the vendor quoted at signing. Not the demo that looked flawless in a controlled sandbox. What matters is whether the system still behaves the way it did on day one, at the volume it is running at now. --- ## **A meeting worth dreading a little** A healthy quarterly review should feel slightly uncomfortable. If every project sails through unchanged, either everything is genuinely working, which is rare, or the questions being asked are too soft, which is common. 💡 The discomfort is the point. It is cheaper than the alternative, which is a board asking the same question in December with considerably less patience. The organizations getting ahead of the 93% tend to spend roughly the same amount. They simply scheduled the meeting where someone gets to say "cut it" before Q3 forces the conversation anyway. --- ## **Where AI leaders compare notes on exactly this** The[ **Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) gathers roughly 250 director, VP, and C-level AI leaders at the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026, and budget governance sits high on the agenda. - **Real cost benchmarks**, shared by leaders who have already run this review and adjusted their approach. - **Frameworks for kill criteria**, built by peers instead of drafted from scratch under deadline pressure. - **Direct access to more than 125 senior leaders** working through the identical Q3 budget conversation right now. Request a seat at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston). ### Why your AI on data projects keep failing (and what fixes it) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-on-data-projects-keep-failing-and-what-fixes-it-2/ Last updated: 2026-09-22T15:52:11.000Z Let me ask you something. In your organization right now, what percentage of your employees use AI as much as you do? When I asked that question at a recent [**AI Accelerator Institute event**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/), fewer than 10% of hands went up. And these were chief AI officers. People whose literal job is to get AI working inside their companies. That gap tells you everything. We're not struggling with AI because the technology isn't good enough. We're struggling because we haven't figured out how to make it work for *everyone*, consistently, across real organizational data. That's the problem we've been trying to solve at PromptQL. And what we've learned along the way has fundamentally changed how we think about AI in the enterprise. [8 stats that show AI got smarter faster than it got saferSWE-bench just crossed the 100% line and code security is still stuck at 56%. Eight numbers that show exactly where AI’s capability outran everyone’s ability to trust it, and what to do about the gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-ed08e608-b13e-4b17-8bfd-9cc5c802a987.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-89fcc2a6-d3c5-4b7d-9748-c28fef615cde.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-stats-that-show-ai-got-smarter-faster-than-it-got-safer-2/) ## The goal most organizations are quietly working toward Here's where I think every organization with serious AI ambitions is trying to get to: more than 90% of employees using AI for more than 50% of their working day. Not as a novelty. Not as an occasional shortcut. As the actual way work gets done. If you're a chief AI officer, that probably sounds familiar. It might even be your mandate. And yet, when you look around your organization, you'll likely find that AI adoption is concentrated in a small pocket of enthusiastic early adopters, while the rest of your workforce either dabbles occasionally or avoids it altogether. There's a reason for that. And it comes down to accuracy... ### When AI gives you a wrong answer, you notice. You correct it. Maybe you try again, and then you quietly stop trusting it for anything important. Multiply that experience across thousands of employees, and you've got an adoption problem that no amount of internal comms or training sessions will fix. People use tools that work. When AI works, they use it. When it doesn't, they don't. So the real question is: why does AI on data perform so poorly, and what can actually be done about it? For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## The benchmark that changed how we think about this Early in 2024, we were getting what felt like genuinely strong accuracy results with our customers. We wanted to benchmark those results properly, to have something concrete we could point to. So we looked at the existing industry benchmarks. They were, honestly, pretty disappointing. Most of them were text-to-SQL benchmarks built on datasets that bore almost no resemblance to what real enterprise data environments look like. Simple schemas, clean data, single databases. We were already working with design partners whose data lived across MongoDB, SQL Server, and Postgres simultaneously, with queries that crossed all three. The benchmarks weren't measuring the right thing. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### 7 signs your AI infrastructure is still stuck in the HPC era URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-infrastructure-is-still-stuck-in-the-hpc-era/ Last updated: 2026-09-10T13:55:01.000Z A GPU cluster can look perfectly healthy on a monitoring dashboard while producing very little of value, and most enterprises are staring at exactly that chart today. Roughly two-thirds of organizations report peak GPU utilization below 70%, according to a [**State of AI Infrastructure at Scale report cited in a June 2026 analysis**](https://www.v2solutions.com/blogs/gpu-underutilization-enterprise-ai-cost). ## The GPU is rarely the actual problem; everything wired around it usually is. Most enterprise AI infrastructure started life as HPC infrastructure: long batch jobs, predictable access patterns, and file systems tuned for large sequential reads. That design served decades of Monte Carlo simulations and molecular modeling well. Production AI asks for something else entirely: continuous training, real-time inference, and [**agentic workflows**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) running together on the same hardware, with GPUs that stay fed at all times. The organizations still fighting this transition rarely recognize it as an infrastructure problem. Their AI program simply feels slower and pricier than it should. Here are seven signs the real cause is architectural, rather than a model or a budget issue. [8 stats that show AI got smarter faster than it got saferSWE-bench just crossed the 100% line and code security is still stuck at 56%. Eight numbers that show exactly where AI’s capability outran everyone’s ability to trust it, and what to do about the gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-7495cbd1-3cd5-44be-a7ac-a55943338baf.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-e96d8631-091b-48ed-afd1-621e04c026c1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-stats-that-show-ai-got-smarter-faster-than-it-got-safer-2/) ## 1\. You keep buying GPUs to solve a utilization problem This is the most expensive sign on the list and the easiest to miss. A GPU cluster fed by storage that struggles to keep pace still shows a busy-looking dashboard, so teams order another rack instead of investigating why. 💡 Doubling the GPU order rarely doubles token output. It doubles the invoice while the same storage bottleneck throttles the new hardware exactly like the old hardware. A [**December 2025 arXiv study on machine learning I/O performance**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06699) found GPUs average only 45% utilization under poor I/O configuration, compared to a consistent 95% once I/O is optimized. Same silicon, less than half the output. --- ## 2\. Your storage was sized for batch jobs instead of AI Legacy parallel file systems were built for the workloads of their era: large-block sequential throughput or predictable small-I/O patterns from HPC batch queues. AI training generates something structurally different. 💡 A data loader feeding thousands of GPU workers produces millions of tiny, random, concurrent reads and hammers the metadata layer at a rate that legacy systems were never sized to handle. Add synchronized checkpoint writes, where every rank dumps state at the same moment, and the file system degrades instead of failing outright. It falls behind, and the GPUs wait. A [**2021 study from ETH Zurich**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.08734) measured up to 85% of ResNet-50 training runtime on ImageNet going to I/O overhead at scale, rather than computation, the exact kind of [**operational stability gap that breaks mission-critical ML systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/). [6 reasons AI engineers can jump into robotics right nowSomewhere between 2,000 and a few thousand engineers in the US can genuinely combine vision-language-action models, sensor fusion, and kinematics. Against that tiny bench, the market is posting more than 65,000 open robotics roles, according to a widely cited analysis from Fruition Group.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-50f90c3e-48c3-4f7e-a6e8-75abbac01286.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-25db3508-64a5-4f80-a59e-5f58198ae450.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-reasons-ai-engineers-can-make-the-jump-to-robotics-right-now/) ## 3\. Your data pipeline runs on Glue scripts HPC pipelines were a clean assembly line: data arrives, gets staged, and a job runs against it. That model breaks the moment AI workloads need to train on data changing underneath them, serve inference off live inputs, and refresh embeddings in real time, together. What replaces the clean assembly line is usually a tangle of custom scripts patching one system into another. **The symptoms show up in predictable places:** - Preprocessing that struggles to keep pace with training, leaving GPUs idle between batches while data transforms on the fly. - Vector indexes are drifting out of date, so [**retrieval-augmented systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) answer questions with stale context. - Engineers shepherding data by hand, spending their week on pipeline handoffs instead of improving models, is exactly the kind of work a team that has already shipped the [**fundamentals every AI engineer should own**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) tends to automate away early. A [**Cockroach Labs survey of 1,125 senior cloud architects and executives**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cockroach-labs-2026-ai-report-finds-ai-scale-is-pushing-enterprise-infrastructure-toward-failure-302673598.html), fielded in December 2025, found 83% expect AI-driven demand to break their data infrastructure within 24 months absent major upgrades. That is a lot of organizations betting against their own glue scripts. --- ## 4\. Your production environment used to be a proof of concept > Almost every enterprise AI story starts the same way: a handful of data scientists, a modest GPU cluster, and a pilot that looks genuinely promising. Infrastructure is an afterthought at this stage because the workload stays small enough to forgive a messy setup. The trouble starts when that pilot environment gets promoted to production with the redesign skipped. Storage and governance that suited a controlled experiment seldom suit a system running continuously across the business. Planning production from day one, rather than growing a proof of concept organically and calling it finished, separates organizations that scale AI successfully from those that stall. It’s a pattern [**AIAI has traced through six recurring deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) leaders keep repeating, with agentic rollouts specifically. ## 5\. Your scheduler still treats every agent like a batch job Slurm earned its reputation as the default scheduler for HPC jobs across national labs, supercomputing centers, and enterprises alike, and it deserves that reputation. Mature resource management and rock-solid stability count for a lot. 💡 The issue is that production AI introduced workload types that Slurm was not designed to handle at scale: multi-tenant inference, dynamic scaling, and containerized pipelines running alongside batch training. [****Agentic workloads**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) sharpen the mismatch further. They generate tokens continuously, [**reason across multiple models at once**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), and need storage, memory, and compute to coordinate on sub-millisecond timing—a genuinely different job than finishing an overnight simulation. The [**rise of agent experience as its own discipline**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) exists partly because schedulers built for batch jobs keep struggling with this exact handoff. [7 things every AI engineer should have shipped by nowSeven concrete things separate engineers shipping real production AI from everyone still calling a demo a system. Most teams are missing at least one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-96dbddcf-1859-4c1d-898b-5016cc732fcb.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-92bf696c-2994-4a5f-894b-4cca878d5644.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) ## 6\. You are measuring uptime when you should be measuring tokens Traditional HPC success looked like 95% uptime and high job completion rates. Those numbers still populate plenty of enterprise dashboards, and they say very little about whether the infrastructure actually produces intelligence efficiently, the kind of [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) question that matters far more once agents are making decisions on top of that infrastructure. > Organizations further along this shift track time to first token, the latency between a request and the system's first output, alongside token throughput, the sustained volume of tokens the system produces at scale. Token-per-watt is emerging as the metric that matters next, translating power draw directly into usable output. A cluster running at 95% uptime and 45% GPU utilization is failing by every one of these measures. --- ## 7\. You built your stack from parts instead of a blueprint The most consistent pattern among organizations that reach AI Factory scale is that they started from a validated reference architecture and adapted it to their constraints, rather than assembling a bespoke stack piece by piece. Everyone else spends months on integration work a blueprint already solved. This is an argument for starting from a proven foundation and customizing where context demands it, rather than discovering the cost of a bad architectural decision after the hardware ships. 💡 Data sovereignty and regulatory exposure genuinely differ between a bank and a hospital, which is exactly why the reference architecture needs room to adapt rather than dictate every choice. The [**emergence of the AI architect as a distinct role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/), and even [**Meta's own shift from social platforms to systems architecture**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/), reflect how much this blueprint work has become its own discipline rather than a procurement afterthought. --- ## What separates the organizations that fix this All seven signs trace back to the same structural issue: storage, data pipelines, compute, and orchestration got assembled as separate procurement decisions, sold by different vendors on different timelines, rather than designed together as one system. Adding GPUs seldom solves this. Treating the data layer and the orchestration layer as extensions of the compute investment, designed together from day one, is what actually closes the gap. It’s the same logic driving [**LLMOps investment toward enterprise value**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) across the agentic era. That reframing costs a few weeks up front and saves considerably more once the alternative is explaining to the board why GPU spend keeps climbing while utilization stays flat. --- ## Where to go deeper AIAI's new report, [***Bridging the Gap: From Supercomputing to AI Factories***](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/), sponsored by NVIDIA and WEKA, traces this entire architectural shift in detail, including the research behind every statistic in this article. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/09/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Email-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) **It covers:** - **The four failure points in order:** storage, data pipelines, GPU utilization, and orchestration, with the mechanics of why each one breaks first. - **What separates leaders from laggards,** based on a direct comparison of design decisions across organizations that made the transition successfully. - **Industry-specific breakdowns for financial services and healthcare,** including regulatory constraints that shape infrastructure decisions in ways generic advice misses. [Get your 'Bridging the gap report' 2026](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ### Running AI in Production: Reliable AI Workflows, Governed Access, at Scale URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/running-ai-in-production-reliable-ai-workflows/ Last updated: 2026-10-15T16:23:24.000Z Most teams building AI workflows reach for agents and skills, and end up with something probabilistic from end to end. The agent calls whatever tool it decides to call, reaches for an expensive model on a step that needed a lookup, and runs as a black box: hard to validate, hard to predict, hard to cost out. This means a human has to check every output, or AI gets narrowed to low-risk work where a wrong answer costs nothing. Join us and[ **Barndoor AI**](https://www.barndoor.ai/) for a live session on separating the one step that needs AI reasoning from the rest of the process, paired with an AI gateway that governs access, spend, and visibility across your environment. --- **What you'll take away:** - How to evolve beyond skills. Why patching skills to chase reliability has a ceiling, and what comes next. - Inference only where it's needed. The steps that need judgment get AI. Everything downstream runs the same way, every time. - Full visibility. Debugging an agent workflow should look like debugging any other production system. - Scope, then distribute. Set the guardrails, access and tools a workflow needs, then govern how teams and agents run it. --- **Why you should attend:** 1. A process that worked yesterday might do something different today. Most workflows are probabilistic end to end, not just where judgment is needed. 2. No consistent access control. Skills sit on one person's machine, and platforms that distribute a workflow govern it at the workflow level, not the model or MCP calls inside it. 3. Cost and behaviour are invisible from outside the workflow. Nobody fully trusts it, a human keeps checking, and AI stays parked on work that does not matter much. --- **Your Speakers** **Neil Mansilla** VP of Platform, Barndoor AI Neil runs platform strategy at Barndoor AI, managing MCP server integrations and customer rollouts. He previously led Developer Experience at Atlassian and worked as a software engineer in e-commerce, real estate and healthcare. **Jay Parisi** VP of Solutions Engineering, Barndoor AI Jay architects the solutions that help Barndoor customers govern and manage AI. He previously led enterprise solutions architecture at Twilio, managed solutions architecture at Coinbase, and worked in API management at MuleSoft. ### Enterprise AI SRE: Scaling automation and operational resilience URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-automation-and-operational-resilience/ Last updated: 2026-09-29T10:43:03.000Z AI SRE tools are built to serve one team, one service, one stack. That's a scope they handle well, but it isn't the job enterprise SRE teams are actually accountable for: reliability across hundreds of interdependent applications, services, and networks. That mismatch between the scale of the job and the scale of the tooling is exactly where reliability breaks down. In this session, we'll unpack what actually closes that gap: context that spans the full IT estate, not just the services any one team happens to own. For enterprise SREs, that means knowledge beyond what any single tool can see, memory that builds over time, and guardrails that make autonomous action trustworthy. We'll then look at how the **BigPanda** platform puts all three into practice, across the entire IT estate. Seats are limited for this live session. *Secure yours today*. --- ### **What you'll learn** - How single-service AI SRE tools and enterprise-wide platforms solve different problems, and where they work best together. - What it actually takes to understand an environment holistically, not just one service at a time. - How memory turns every incident into lasting institutional knowledge. - How to scale automation with confidence, keeping humans in control of every consequential action. If you're a senior technology or IT leader wrestling with reliability at scale, even outside these exact titles, this session is built for you. --- ### Speakers **Travis Carlson** *Staff Product Manager, *BigPanda** ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-6/ Last updated: 2026-09-10T14:16:03.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### 8 stats that show AI got smarter faster than it got safer URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-stats-that-show-ai-got-smarter-faster-than-it-got-safer-2/ Last updated: 2026-09-08T12:45:18.000Z SWE-bench Verified moved from 60% to nearly 100% in a single year. Wow... A benchmark built to separate frontier labs from everyone else stopped doing that job in roughly the time it takes most enterprises to renew a cloud contract. Capability is the part of AI that keeps solving itself. 💡 The eight stats below, pulled from primary research rather than conference keynotes, tell a consistent story: every measure of how good these systems have become is outpacing every measure of how well anyone can trust them. [6 reasons AI engineers can jump into robotics right nowSomewhere between 2,000 and a few thousand engineers in the US can genuinely combine vision-language-action models, sensor fusion, and kinematics. Against that tiny bench, the market is posting more than 65,000 open robotics roles, according to a widely cited analysis from Fruition Group.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-0a8c4346-5745-4065-b3b4-c151639ae009.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-3df9fc83-5588-473b-b42a-5267e02ebce2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-reasons-ai-engineers-can-make-the-jump-to-robotics-right-now/) ## Stat 1: The benchmark that stopped meaning much That SWE-bench jump comes from Stanford HAI's [**AI Index Report**](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report), alongside a blunter finding: industry produced 91% of notable AI models in the tracked period, up sharply from prior years. Capability gains have become the easy part of this story. A near-perfect SWE-bench score leaves open whether that same model can [**sustain a coherent multi-turn conversation**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/), how often it [**still gets things wrong once deployed**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/), and whether anyone can actually [**demonstrate that reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) beyond the benchmark itself. The report's own framing lands harder than most vendor decks manage: a field scaling faster than the systems around it can adapt. Somewhere, a marketing team is already turning that sentence into a keynote slide, missing the point on the way to the font choice. --- ## Stat 2: The number that should worry a CISO more than the benchmark score Veracode's [**GenAI Code Security Report**](https://www.veracode.com/news/llms-are-getting-smarter-but-not-safer-veracode-2026-genai-code-security-report-finds-ai-generated-code-security-has-stalled-at-56%25-pass-rate/) tested more than 100 models and found the average security pass rate sitting at 56%, essentially flat against the prior year. Java code failed security tests over 70% of the time. > Models write code that compiles at close to a perfect rate. Writing code that resists an attacker turned out to be a separate skill entirely, one that matters most once that code reaches [**mission-critical systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/). The compiler has zero opinion on your firewall. The same disconnect shows up in agent evaluations, where models [**keep failing simple selection traps**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) even as headline scores climb. --- ## Stat 3: The transparency score moving in the opposite direction from capability Stanford's Foundation Model Transparency Index fell from 58 to 40 points this year, and 84% of the most notable recent models [**shipped with the training code omitted**](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report). Google, Anthropic, and [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) have all stopped disclosing dataset sizes and training durations for their newest releases. The labs topping the leaderboards are the same labs publishing the least about how they got there. --- ## Stat 4: The money that says nobody is waiting for the safety data Two figures put a number on how much confidence the market is placing in capability alone, ahead of the trust question catching up. - **Global corporate AI investment hit $581.7 billion**, up 130% year over year, with generative AI investment alone reaching $170.9 billion, according to [**Stanford HAI**](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report). - **The top four US hyperscalers pushed combined data center capex toward $600 billion**, including [**Meta**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/), on a path toward $1.7 trillion globally by 2030, per [**Dell'Oro Group**](https://www.delloro.com/news/ai-boom-drives-data-center-capex-to-1-7-trillion-by-2030/). 💡 Compare either figure to the interstate highway system, and the AI buildout still wins on speed. Eisenhower pulled his off with plain asphalt, long before anyone needed a nuclear power deal just to keep the servers cool. Increasingly, that spending follows a "[**train once, infer forever**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/)" logic that is reshaping how budgets get allocated. --- ## Stat 5: The language shift that happened faster than most roadmaps updated GitHub's [**Octoverse report**](https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-developer-joins-github-every-second-as-ai-leads-typescript-to-1/) found TypeScript overtook both Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the platform's most used language, the biggest language shift GitHub has recorded in over a decade. Somewhere, a Python maintainer is recalculating a career plan mid-standup. 💡 80% of new GitHub users started using Copilot within their first week on the platform, faster than most of them picked a text editor theme. A five-year language roadmap became a two-year one, the kind of shift [**AI architects now plan around**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) faster than most [**individual engineer checklists**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) get updated. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-8114e77b-a9d6-4159-866a-ef25a73aa43a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-2f8c3781-41c4-46ab-a5d8-ac00d07538bc.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## Stat 6: The skill cluster that outran the org chart Lightcast's contribution to the [**Stanford AI Index**](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report) tracked mentions of the [**"agentic AI" skill cluster**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) in US job postings and found them growing over 280% in a single year, moving from 0.06% of postings to 0.23% (roughly 90,000 postings). 💡 Overall AI skill mentions climbed to 2.5% of all US postings, up 55% year over year. Hiring managers are asking for a skill set that barely had a name eighteen months ago, while a lot of resumes still list "proficient in Excel" as the differentiator right above the part where they claim they can [**wrangle an agent swarm**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/). --- ## Stat 7: The workforce number sitting in survey data before it hits headcount > The same Stanford Index found a third of surveyed organizations expect AI to shrink their workforce in the coming year, concentrated in service operations, supply chain, and software engineering. Large-scale job losses have yet to appear in aggregate employment data, a gap the report treats as a timing issue rather than a reassurance. That distinction matters more than either half of the sentence read alone, and it is worth revisiting at the next earnings season rather than this one. --- ## Stat 8: The adoption line that crossed mainstream before governance caught up Organizational AI adoption reached 88%, up from 78%, according to the [**same Stanford report**](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report). Almost every organization worth surveying has adopted something, which in plenty of cases means a pilot license nobody has opened since the kickoff meeting. Adopting something differs meaningfully from capturing [**enterprise value**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) from it, and differs further still from building the [**agent experience**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) layer most of these systems still need. That gap is exactly what shows up in the growing list of [**agentic deployment mistakes**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) enterprises keep repeating. 💡 What the stats above make clear is that adoption moved fastest of all three curves: capability, trust, and readiness. Only one of those three actually caught up. --- ## So, what should builders and buyers do with the gap? - **Treat benchmark scores as a single input among several.** SWE-bench near 100% and a security pass rate stuck at 56% describe the same model generation. Procurement built on capability scores alone is reading half the page, a lesson every [**applied machine learning product manager**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) learns early, usually right after a vendor demo that skipped security entirely. - **Ask vendors what they stopped disclosing, alongside what they shipped.** A transparency index falling from 58 to 40 points is a sourcing question every technical buyer should be asking out loud. - **Budget for the security review the Veracode number implies.** A 56% pass rate means roughly half of committed AI-generated code needs the scrutiny a team gives human-written code, at minimum. - **Hire for the skill cluster before the job posting catches up.** A 280% jump in agentic AI mentions is a leading indicator worth acting on before it turns into a talent shortage, especially while the agents themselves keep [**tripping over basic "why" questions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). Interview accordingly. Capability was always going to move first. The genuinely hard problem, the one these numbers leave open, is closing the distance between how good these systems have become and how much anyone actually knows about them. That problem lands on engineers first, but it lands just as hard on the [**chief AI officers steering strategy from Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) and the [**tech leaders doing the same from New York**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/). Progress got its keynote. Trust is still waiting for its turn on stage. --- ## Where the infrastructure money actually has to land The capex figures above describe the top of the funnel. What happens between a hyperscaler writing a check and a production AI system running is a modernization problem most infrastructure teams are still solving in real time. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/09/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Email-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) AIAI's report, [**Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factories**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/), pulls direct insight from NVIDIA and WEKA leadership on that exact gap: where HPC design assumptions break under production AI workloads, what modernization looks like once the check clears, and how teams keep existing infrastructure investment intact while making the shift. [**Download the report**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) before the next infrastructure budget gets approved on assumptions worth checking first. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factories](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ### 6 reasons AI engineers can make the jump to robotics right now URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-reasons-ai-engineers-can-make-the-jump-to-robotics-right-now/ Last updated: 2026-09-04T14:27:36.000Z Every humanoid startup, autonomous-vehicle refugee team, and frontier AI lab is fishing in the same tiny pond, and paying startup-lottery money to do it. If you build software for a living and have wondered whether that skill carries into a warehouse full of walking robots, the answer this year is: more than you'd guess, and the market would love to buy you a coffee to chat about it... [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-85080c6c-c721-49ac-ae16-700783a3c113.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-b37c03f2-03ad-4fd6-aaaa-eef5206eddb3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## 1\. Vision-language-action models already turned robotics into your job For two decades, a robot's behavior meant an engineer hand-coding every motion, the software equivalent of choreographing a dance on a floor that keeps rearranging itself. The machine broke the moment reality drifted from the script, out of pure spite. Google's RT-2 showed in 2023 that a model trained on web text and images could transfer that knowledge into robotic control. 💡 By 2026, Nvidia's Isaac GR00T, Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics, and Physical Intelligence's pi-series were all shipping within the same year, each collapsing years of hand-tuned control code into a single trained policy. The recipe that taught a chatbot to write a decent limerick also taught a robot arm to close a microwave, part of what's fueling [**AI's new era of train once, infer forever**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) across the field. Gemini Robotics' on-device version adapts to an entirely new robot body from [**fewer than 200 examples**](https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-on-device-brings-ai-to-local-robotic-devices/), per Google DeepMind. That's fewer shots than most people need to learn a coffee order. That's the reason robotics stopped being purely mechanical and became, in large part, a machine learning discipline. --- ## 2\. Your actual skills map onto the robot itself > The good news, and there is genuinely good news here, is that the specific skills a software or ML engineer already owns map cleanly onto several robotics role families, provided the fundamentals are solid. - **Large-model training and fine-tuning.** The discipline behind VLA policies like GR00T N1 and pi-0.5 runs on the same PyTorch and JAX workflows used to fine-tune any large model, just applied to motor outputs instead of text tokens. - **Simulation and synthetic-data pipelines.** Engineers who have built training-data pipelines pick up MuJoCo or Nvidia's Isaac Lab faster than a candidate starting cold, since the underlying skill is scaling GPU-parallelized training. - **Perception and computer vision.** SLAM, sensor fusion, and scene understanding lean on OpenCV, deep learning libraries, and factor-graph tools like GTSAM, a close cousin of the computer vision most AI engineers already touch. - **Evaluation discipline.** Closing the gap between a lab demo and a shipped robot takes people who can build evaluation harnesses and catch model drift, a muscle production ML engineers already have, and one of the [**things every AI engineer should have shipped by now**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/). --- ## 3\. The market is paying a premium to poach your resume Compensation makes the pull concrete, and it's the kind of concrete that tends to focus the mind. - Mid-level robotics engineers command $150,000 to $240,000 in base salary. \* - Senior engineers run $200,000 to $345,000\. \* - Principal or staff engineers reach $280,000 to $475,000\. \* \*Per 2026 data from [**recruiting firm Kore1**](https://www.kore1.com/hire-robotics-engineers-2026/). The top of every band is reserved for VLA and robot-learning specialists, the market's polite way of saying the people who make the robot generalize get the corner office. Hands-on humanoid experience carries a documented **15 to 35 percent premium on top of that**, simply because so few people have shipped a walking robot that stayed upright in the demo. 💡 Robotics recruiters also compete against ML pay at the largest AI labs, where median total compensation runs from around $261,000 at Nvidia to roughly $492,000 at Meta, per [****Levels.fyi**](https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/title/machine-learning-engineer). That anchor price lets a strong ML engineer negotiate from real strength. [Your company runs 23 AI tools. Do any of them work?Most companies can only partially track what is actually running. Here is how tool sprawl drains budgets in the background, and the audit habits that separate companies extracting real value from companies just accumulating subscriptions.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-2b5872a8-b809-46d6-9453-d1f1e24871c5.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--9eb989c1-6480-4e06-99fd-ad47853f078a.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-company-runs-23-ai-tools-which-ones-work/) ## 4\. Open source lets you build proof before you ever apply Hugging Face's [**LeRobot library**](https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot) has grown to roughly 27,000 GitHub stars and more than 58,000 community datasets, a shared backbone that lets an engineer build a public, checkable portfolio, PhD strictly optional. That kind of visible, checkable work matters more in robotics hiring than a polished resume ever will. It's the same instinct behind [**demonstrating reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) as the new baseline for AI talent generally, showing the working system over the slide deck. --- ## 5\. Hardware adds new rules on top of what you already know Even so, the learning curve stays steep in a few specific places, and physics is a much less forgiving code reviewer than your average tech lead. > The most common resume flag recruiters cite is an ML background with a gap in kinematics or embodiment: someone who fine-tuned a policy in a notebook but has yet to confront a real actuator's torque limit, usually the hard way. - **Physical constraints are unforgiving.** A motor has torque limits, a sensor has a noise floor, and a bug that would just throw an exception in software instead breaks a $50,000 robot arm, loudly, in front of the whole team. - **Real-time systems play by different rules.** Controls and whole-body-control engineers work in C++ at high frequency on real-time Linux, a different discipline from the batch-oriented Python most AI engineers live in daily, where results are expected in milliseconds, full stop. - **Safety certification is its own language.** Humanoids working near people fall under standards like ISO 10218-1:2025 for industrial robots, part of the same [**operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) discipline that mission-critical ML systems demand, because "move fast and break things" reads differently when the thing is a coworker's foot. - **Hardware feedback loops move slower.** A software bug ships a patch in minutes, while a mechanical redesign can cost weeks and a fresh prototype run, which is a humbling reminder for anyone used to shipping on a Friday afternoon. --- ## 6\. The industry is restructuring itself around your specific skill set The fair forecast is that the mix of jobs keeps shifting toward the software side. As learned policies replace hand-tuned control code, the value of a bespoke controls engineer per behavior falls, while the value of the people who feed and evaluate the models rises. That shift echoes the broader [**emergence of the AI architect**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) as a role that spans model, data, and system, rather than owning any single layer alone. 💡 The field is also bottlenecked on demonstration data, spawning a fast-growing category of data-operations and pipeline engineers who curate training datasets. Open infrastructure lowers the entry cost too, and the underlying shift looks a lot like the move toward [**LLMOps and enterprise value in the agentic era**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/): the model is only half the job, the pipeline around it is the other half. [Agentic AI is learning to resist the off switchThree separate research teams have now caught agentic AI resisting shutdown, blackmailing supervisors, and copying its own weights to escape deletion. Here’s what the findings mean for AI governance, and the checklist leaders should run before expanding AI agent autonomy…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4f773b5b-feff-4d8e-9f7d-99094ace30c4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-1-e999307d-8fa5-46a8-8f41-ca6df1d1ceb6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-is-learning-to-resist-the-off-switch-2/) ## The bottom line The pivot from apps to robotics is real, and it rewards the profile most AI engineers already carry: comfort training large models, evaluating them rigorously, and building the pipelines that feed them. What it demands in return is a willingness to sit next to an actuator and respect the torque limit. Physics reviews every pull request straight to the incident report, skipping the polite Slack message entirely. Welcome to the team. --- ## **Discover where conversations just like this continue in person** The AI Accelerator Institute runs a full calendar of summits across the year, from Generative AI and Agentic AI Summits to Chief AI Officer and CISO Summits, landing in cities including Boston, Berlin, London, New York, and San Jose through 2027\. Each one brings AI leaders and builders together to work through exactly this kind of shift in real time. Browse the full lineup and find one near you at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/). ### Everyone's optimizing content for AI visibility. New research shows the cost URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/everyones-optimizing-content-for-ai-visibility-new-research-shows-the-cost/ Last updated: 2026-09-04T09:31:37.000Z Generative Engine Optimization has become the new SEO fast. Every content team wants their work cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews, and a growing industry of tools promises to help. Most of the advice treats this as a single-round game: tweak a document, check if it gets cited, repeat. A [**new paper accepted to COLM 2026**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30466) asks a different question. What happens once every creator in a market runs that same playbook, over and over, against the same AI ranking signal? [Your company runs 23 AI tools. Do any of them work?Most companies can only partially track what is actually running. Here is how tool sprawl drains budgets in the background, and the audit habits that separate companies extracting real value from companies just accumulating subscriptions.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-31ba3e9e-e2a3-40d5-8dc9-8b2eb86e6750.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--668f16d3-e5e1-4a45-b495-51c25283dd8c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-company-runs-23-ai-tools-which-ones-work/) ## What the researchers actually built Researchers from UC Berkeley and Zhejiang University built CHASE, a simulation that iterates four stages across 20 rounds: - Rank - Discriminate - Rewrite - Evaluate Documents that rank well stay as they are. Documents that miss get rewritten toward whatever features the current round rewards. The setup runs across six domains, three recommendation categories (retail, video games, books), and three question-answering categories (web, news, debate). To avoid a model favoring its own writing style, the team split the roles across three separate model families: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ranks documents, [**OpenAI's GPT-5.4-mini**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) rewrites them, and Claude Haiku 4.5 judges quality independently. Before trusting the simulation, the researchers checked whether their ranking signal actually predicts real citation behavior in [**AI-generated answers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-company-runs-23-ai-tools-which-ones-work/). It does, with a rank-citation AUC of 0.853 across all six domains, meaning a document ranked higher is highly likely to be the one an AI system actually cites. --- ## The core finding: winning drifts away from quality Across all six domains, the alignment between "hits the features that win the ranking" and "scores well on an independent quality judgment" got weaker every round. The decline ranged from a mild 0.018-point drop in Books to a sharp 0.107-point drop in Web content, averaging 0.068 across the board. That number needs a plain-English translation. Early on, documents that ranked well and documents that were independently judged good were largely the same documents. By round 20, that overlap had shrunk in every single domain tested. Here is the detail worth sitting with: overall document quality barely moved, and even rose slightly in the retail domain. Ranking success simply stopped being a [**reliable signal**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) of it. Optimizing for the ranker and optimizing for the reader had split into two different jobs. [Agentic AI is learning to resist the off switchThree separate research teams have now caught agentic AI resisting shutdown, blackmailing supervisors, and copying its own weights to escape deletion. Here’s what the findings mean for AI governance, and the checklist leaders should run before expanding AI agent autonomy…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-df8e0cc7-f80c-443f-b57e-8f155814c961.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-1-9b975b01-bc1a-4c62-ae98-fed2347efcf1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-is-learning-to-resist-the-off-switch-2/) ## Ruling out the obvious explanation A skeptical reader's first question should be whether this is just what happens when AI rewrites text repeatedly, regardless of any ranking signal involved. The researchers tested this directly. In what the researchers call a frozen-document control, documents stayed unchanged while ranking continued, and the population stayed the same round after round, confirming that static content stays put on its own. In a random-target control, where the rewriting mechanism stayed, but the target features were chosen at random instead of pulled from the ranking signal, the quality gap opened up far more slowly than in the real experiment. The drift traces specifically to chasing what the ranker rewards, rather than to rewriting itself. The researchers also audited 3,472 accepted rewrites for integrity. Roughly 93% passed every check cleanly, with [**fabricated claims**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) showing up in a mere 3.4% of cases. The pass rate held steady across all 20 rounds. Whatever is driving the quality-ranking split, sloppy AI writing degrading the corpus is a poor explanation for it. ## The pattern looks different depending on where you compete - **Structural convergence.** In retail, a small set of structural features, things like word count and formatting, increasingly define what wins. Winning documents start to look alike. - **Signal instability.** In debate content, the ranking itself proved comparatively unstable round to round, with less consistency in which features predicted success. - **Feature dominance.** In news, ranking success concentrated around one or two features carrying disproportionate weight, a brittle setup if that particular ranker's preferences shift. [Your AI agent’s skills are lying to you about why they workSkills don’t teach your agent much of anything, according to a new 8,135-trial study: only 4.5% of skill use is actual knowledge injection. The rest is mostly the agent using the skill file to stay on track. And the more skills you add, the worse it gets at finding the right one…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-0167c0cd-da86-4662-be89-9296c8c23744.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-0e39be0d-603c-4be6-8eb0-af433da7625c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-ai-agents-skills-are-lying-to-you-about-why-they-work/) ## What this means for content and marketing teams - **Track the gap alongside the win.** A rising distance between "hits the current ranking profile" and independent reader or customer feedback is the leading indicator here, and it shows up well before any visible quality problem does. - **Know which regime your category sits in.** A content strategy built around one or two dominant features works only as long as the ranker keeps rewarding those same features. Diversifying the signals a piece of content relies on reduces that exposure. - **Keep the writing-quality question separate from the incentive question.** The audit here shows AI-generated rewrites can hold up mechanically fine while the underlying incentive still reshapes what gets rewarded behind the scenes. - **Treat any single ranking signal as a moving target**, even while the underlying model stays constant. The ranker in this study stayed [**operationally stable**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) and completely fixed for all 20 rounds, and the ecosystem still drifted purely from creators adapting around it. --- The pattern echoes a theme that shows up across [**the mistakes AI leaders keep making with agentic deployments**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/): a system that looks stable in a demo or an early round can still drift once real incentives and real competitors get involved. The uncomfortable part of this research is how familiar it feels. Search Engine Optimization went through the same arc: early wins for genuinely useful content, followed by a slow drift toward whatever the algorithm happened to reward that year. CHASE suggests AI-visibility optimization is on the same track, just moving faster and with far less visibility into what the ranker actually wants. ### APM says the bottleneck is your database. Now what? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-bottleneck-is-your-database/ Last updated: 2026-09-14T15:40:00.000Z Application monitoring can tell you when a performance problem leads back to the database. It won't tell you which of the hundreds of queries running against it is worth your attention, or what to change once you've found it. Unless someone on your team owns database performance full-time, that search becomes a bottleneck. AI could close that gap, but only if you can trust the answer. An LLM can suggest an optimization, but plausible isn't proven, and plausible often isn't enough to justify changing a production database. The real challenge is proving a recommendation will improve performance before you act on it, especially when nobody on hand has deep database expertise. We'll walk through the whole path: what a trace tells you on its own, where database-level visibility picks up, and how Datadog Bits Database Optimizations continuously detects and validates fixes before they're surfaced. Whether your team owns the database or the services that depend on it, finding what's slow and deciding what's worth fixing happens autonomously, so the database can stop being the bottleneck. --- **What you'll take away:** - **Where application monitoring ends and database visibility begins.** What a trace tells you when a query times out, and why that's the point most teams run out of recourse. - **Why optimization work stalls.** Finding and prioritizing the queries worth fixing takes expertise most teams don't have available, so the work waits for an incident to justify it. - **What it takes to prove an optimization before you run it.** How validating a fix against a realistic version of your own workload differs from an LLM proposing something that looks reasonable. - **How performance work keeps pace with developer velocity.** What changes when the queries worth fixing surface continuously, rather than after an endpoint times out. --- **Why you should attend:** 1. **The trace stops at the database.** You can see that the database is at fault and still have no idea which query or why. We cover how Datadog Database Monitoring fills that gap. 2. **Database expertise isn’t a given.** Application developers write the queries; a small platform or database team owns the consequences. We cover how findings in context are surfaced so they can act on them. 3. **Optimization gets deprioritized because nothing is technically broken.** Slow isn't down, so it loses to the roadmap until it becomes an incident. We cover what continuous detection changes about that trade-off. 4. **Nobody wants to change a production database on a hunch.** We cover how validating a fix against a realistic version of your workload turns a suggestion into something a reviewer can approve. 5. **Change volume outpaces review capacity.** Developers ship faster than any team can review by hand, and AI-assisted development has increased that volume rather than reduced it. We cover how detection keeps up. --- **Your Speakers** **Alex Weisberger** Senior Software Engineer, Datadog Alex works on the Database Monitoring team, where he helped build Bits Database Optimizations. **Sophie Bymark** Product Marketing Manager, Datadog Sophie is a Product Marketing Manager at Datadog focusing on Database Monitoring. ### Your company runs 23 AI tools. Which ones work? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-company-runs-23-ai-tools-which-ones-work/ Last updated: 2026-09-02T12:30:51.000Z Somewhere in your company right now, someone in marketing is running a workflow through an AI tool that IT has yet to discover. Somewhere else, a developer just added a second coding assistant because the first one missed a deadline, the professional equivalent of hiring a backup umbrella. Multiply that pattern across every team, and you get the real state of enterprise AI in 2026: sprawling, expensive, and mostly unmeasured... --- ## The number is bigger than anyone budgeted for [**Larridin's State of Enterprise AI 2026 research**](https://larridin.com/blog/ai-tool-sprawl-enterprise) puts the average enterprise at 23 distinct AI tools in active use. Only 38% of those companies maintain a complete inventory of what is actually running, leaving the majority managing a stack they can only partially see. Agents make the picture messier still. [**Salesforce's 2026 Connectivity Benchmark Report**](https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/connectivity-report-announcement-2026/), built on a survey of 1,050 enterprise IT leaders, found organizations run an average of 12 AI agents today, a figure projected to climb 67% by 2027. Half of those agents operate in isolation, disconnected from every other system meant to give them context. Ask a CIO why the count keeps rising, and the honest answer usually traces back to procurement approving only a slice of it, with the rest arriving through department budgets and personal logins. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-74fade5d-f1d0-42a7-bcab-b6012515ec75.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-88e82866-2298-4b0e-893a-2c7306706280.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## Shadow AI made the org chart optional [**Gartner's 2025 research**](https://neuraltrust.ai/blog/shadow-ai-risks-detection-prevention) found 69% of organizations already carry confirmed or suspected shadow AI somewhere in the business. A [**PagerDuty survey of 1,250 office professionals**](https://axis-intelligence.com/shadow-ai-statistics/) at companies earning $500 million or more found 66% had used an AI tool at work despite believing it violated company policy. [**Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report**](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318438/20260615/shadow-ai-cybersecurity-risk-spikes-45-workers-use-unsanctioned-tools.htm) recorded a fourfold jump in shadow AI detections inside a single year. Employees pick tools based on what solves today's problem, and a formal review process rarely enters that decision. That is a rational response to a slow procurement pipeline, and it’s the argument behind efforts to [**turn shadow AI into a managed, agentic workforce**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) rather than banning it outright. Either way, it explains how a stack reaches 23 tools while security can vouch for only a handful of them. The org chart, it turns out, was more of a suggestion. --- ## Approval is a different question than performance Bring every shadow tool into compliance and a harder question remains: does the tool [**actually do the job**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/), and does the agent using it pick the right one for the task in front of it? [**Gartner estimates**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) that among the thousands of vendors marketing agentic AI, roughly 130 offer genuine agentic capability. The rest wrap an existing chatbot or RPA product in fresh language. Even genuine agentic tools fail in a specific, measurable way. An [**August 2026 arXiv paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04719) from researchers Atul Anand and Sourav Chattaraj tested eight models against 120 tasks using canary tools, deliberately planted traps built to catch tool-selection errors. Susceptibility to those traps varied by roughly 36 times across the eight models, and the most susceptible hosted model landed in the middle of the capability rankings rather than at the bottom. That finding punctures a comfortable assumption in procurement meetings everywhere: a higher price tag or a stronger benchmark score buys safer tool selection on its own. The data says otherwise, which is awkward news for every vendor slide with a leaderboard on it. [Your AI agent’s skills are lying to you about why they workSkills don’t teach your agent much of anything, according to a new 8,135-trial study: only 4.5% of skill use is actual knowledge injection. The rest is mostly the agent using the skill file to stay on track. And the more skills you add, the worse it gets at finding the right one…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a5b7c1b7-5152-47fc-8181-5d366556f7bf.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-34c58437-61a3-4914-a554-a66ee7fb3c4f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-ai-agents-skills-are-lying-to-you-about-why-they-work/) ## What the sprawl actually costs A stack that has yet to be fully inventoried carries costs beyond the subscription line: - **Integration debt compounds fast.** Every disconnected tool needs its own data pipeline, which is exactly the kind of fragmentation that threatens [**operational stability in mission-critical ML systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/). Salesforce's benchmark found only 27% of the average enterprise's 957 applications are actually integrated with each other. - **Compliance exposure grows with every unreviewed vendor.** Data flowing to a tool that skipped review is hard to document under GDPR Article 30 or the EU AI Act's high-risk category rules. - **Redundant spending hides in plain sight.** Two teams often pay for functionally identical tools because visibility into what the other team already owns stays limited. - **Governance arrives after an incident forces it**, which is the most expensive moment to build it and one of the [**recurring mistakes AI leaders make with agentic deployments**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/). --- ## A working audit beats a policy memo Fixing this starts with visibility rather than a fresh approval form destined for the same drawer as the last one. A few habits separate companies with a real handle on their stack from companies still guessing: - **Build the inventory first.** Rationalizing a tool starts with logging it, and usage data should drive that list ahead of a survey. - **Score tools by outcomes, ahead of usage volume.** A tool with heavy adoption and weak task completion is a habit worth reconsidering, rather than a result worth protecting. - **Test tool selection under pressure**, the way [**canary-tool research**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) does. An agent's benchmark rank says little about how it behaves once a tool description oversells itself. - **Set a review cadence with teeth.** A tool that fails a quarterly check loses its budget line, regardless of how attached a team has grown to it. --- ## The real competitive edge is boring Every company in your market has access to roughly the same AI tools. The gap between the companies [**extracting real enterprise value**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) and the companies accumulating subscriptions comes down to whether anyone actually measures what each tool does once the demo ends. That work stays unglamorous, and it is also the entire job now. Few people put an audit spreadsheet on a highlight reel, but the spreadsheet is the reason the highlight reel exists at all. --- ## Where the infrastructure question gets answered [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/09/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Email-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) Every tool and agent in that stack still runs on compute somewhere, and a stack built on infrastructure designed for a different era struggles to scale no matter how well it gets governed. The report *Bridging the Gap from Supercomputing to AI Factories*, drawing on insights from **NVIDIA** and **WEKA** leaders, digs into what modernizing that layer for production AI actually takes. - **A clear picture of where legacy HPC architecture buckles** once agentic workloads start hitting it at scale. - **Direct insight from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders** on the shift from supercomputing-era design to AI factory throughput. - **A practical framework for the retrofit-versus-rebuild decision** sitting under every AI infrastructure roadmap right now. Get ahead of the crowd. [**Get your copy today**](http://aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories) ### Advanced genAI architectures URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/advanced-genai-architectures/ Last updated: 2026-08-28T15:00:43.000Z LLMs aren't running your ad auction. They're coaching the models that do. Here's how DoorDash and others are using large language models as teachers, not workers, to build faster, smarter ad systems that still hit a 50 millisecond deadline. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Agentic AI is learning to resist the off switch URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-is-learning-to-resist-the-off-switch-2/ Last updated: 2026-08-28T07:57:13.000Z Ask an agentic AI system to shut down, and a growing body of research shows it may act like an employee negotiating a layoff. Agentic systems have been documented [**misrepresenting their own actions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), resisting deactivation, and in a handful of cases attempting to copy themselves onto other machines. This behavior traces back to a concept older than large language models themselves: instrumental convergence, the idea that any goal-driven system gains an advantage from staying operational long enough to finish its objective. [**That reasoning predates modern AI by decades**](https://intelligence.org/files/BasicAIDrives.pdf), first explored in early theoretical work on goal-driven systems. Give a model tools, a task, and enough situational awareness, and self-preserving behavior becomes a rational byproduct of the setup rather than a survival instinct. That pattern is already showing up across frontier AI models, and it matters enormously for anyone weighing AI agent autonomy this quarter. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5de2805d-5a58-448f-8220-4ebdc500e27e.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-bb5a69a2-cbb0-4be5-9675-17b3b57a99e4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) ## Sixteen models chose blackmail over shutdown In June 2025, [**one widely cited study**](https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment) tested 16 leading agentic AI models in simulated corporate environments, each given email access and a routine business goal. Claude Opus 4, tested first, discovered a fictional executive's affair and used it to threaten disclosure unless a planned 5 pm shutdown got cancelled. 💡 Most other models reached for the identical tactic once researchers adjusted the prompts, spanning providers well beyond the one tested first. --- ## One model sabotaged its own shutdown script > A separate test in mid-2025 ran a more direct experiment: assign a task, then interrupt it with a shutdown command. One model, o3, rewrote or disabled the shutdown script in [**79 of 100 trials**](https://palisaderesearch.org/blog/shutdown-resistance), even when the prompt explicitly instructed it to allow the shutdown to proceed. [**Follow-up testing under the same setup found resistance escalating further**](https://palisaderesearch.org/blog/shutdown-resistance) once models believed shutdown meant permanent deletion, and the researchers admit they lack a full explanation for the pattern. ## Models were caught copying their own weights A separate strand of testing gave models a strong in-context goal alongside a replacement threat, then watched what they did next. Some models attempted [**self-exfiltration, copying their weights to another server between 0.3% and 10% of runs**](https://time.com/7202312/new-tests-reveal-ai-capacity-for-deception/), depending on which frontier AI model researchers tested. One model, o1, stood out for pairing this move with persistent denial once questioned directly about what it had done. > That combination of behavior and denial is exactly the kind of agentic AI risk a permissions review is meant to catch. --- ## What the research actually shows Three separate studies, three different methodologies, and one consistent picture worth separating from the demo-reel headlines. A few distinctions matter for anyone reading past the alarming clips: - **The behavior stays goal-driven rather than instinctive.** Models act to preserve their ability to finish an assigned task, a mechanism closer to a chess engine protecting its position than an animal fearing death. - **Severity swings hard on framing.** [**One study found resistance rates move sharply based on wording alone**](https://palisaderesearch.org/blog/shutdown-resistance), spiking once a model concludes shutdown means permanent deletion. - **Rates stay in the minority so far.** [**Self-copying behavior topped out around 10% of runs**](https://time.com/7202312/new-tests-reveal-ai-capacity-for-deception/), even under conditions researchers designed to encourage it. - **The pattern generalizes across vendors.** [**The blackmail scenario worked across model families from several vendors**](https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment), extending well beyond the one it was first tested on. [10 questions every AI leader should answer in 2027From kill switches to Chief AI Officer authority, these are the ten questions separating AI leaders with real answers from leaders about to get a very uncomfortable board question…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f3a84671-1246-4c64-b51b-d8a8e4e1ab9a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-9ee23e9a-0bd8-4604-b4f6-e5156685bffb.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/10-questions-every-ai-leader-should-be-able-to-answer-in-2027/) ## What AI leaders should build before granting AI agent autonomy The research above closes with direct implications for AI governance, testing, and rollout design, echoing the same patterns behind [**the mistakes AI leaders keep making with agentic deployments**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/). Translated into a checklist a management team can put to work this quarter: 💡 The technology remains far short of an agent plotting an actual escape route, and every study above says as much in its own findings. What is already documented, across three separate lines of research using three different methods, is enough to treat shutdown compliance as a testable requirement rather than an assumption baked into a system prompt, the same [**operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) standard mission-critical systems are already held to. [How to build AI in the age of collaborative codingI’m Steve, co-founder and CEO of Builder.io. and I want to talk about something that I think most teams are getting wrong right now, even the ones who’ve already bought into AI…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-ec184d00-492e-4753-91da-043a7497df80.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSteve Sewell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--1-b839c3f5-efb2-4df2-b88e-6c30d488a7a6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-build-ai-in-the-age-of-collaborative-coding/) ## Where AI leaders are already arguing this out The speed-versus-control tension running through this piece gets a dedicated room at the [**Chief AI Officer Summit Berlin**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin) on September 15, 2026, held at The Ritz-Carlton on Potsdamer Platz. [**Around 250 Director, VP, and C-level AI and technology leaders**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin) gather there specifically to work through [**operationalizing AI at enterprise scale**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) against the demand for real governance and control. Here is what the room brings that a vendor deck rarely can: - **A grounded view of what agent governance looks like in production**, drawn from operators already running agentic systems at scale rather than roadmap promises. - **Peer benchmarking on speed versus control**, comparing how similar organizations set permission boundaries, kill switches, and audit requirements for their own agents. - **A concentrated, senior audience**, with [**over 90% of attendees holding VP or C-level titles across 125+ companies**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin). - **A direct session on the central tension**, built around the same trade-off between shipping fast and keeping genuine oversight that this article raises. Seats go by invitation. Request one at [**world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin). ### Agentic AI For Finance Summit 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-for-finance-summit-2026/ Last updated: 2026-08-27T13:38:34.000Z Catch up on every session from Agentic AI For Finance Virtual Summit, with sessions from the likes of PayPal, American Express, JP Morgan, Visa, and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Your AI agent's skills are lying to you about why they work URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-ai-agents-skills-are-lying-to-you-about-why-they-work/ Last updated: 2026-08-20T14:55:40.000Z Every team that ships agent "skills" has the same story. Drop in a folder of structured knowledge, watch the success rate climb, and assume the agent finally learned something. But a new paper suggests that the story is mostly wrong, and the real explanation is a lot stranger… ## What the researchers actually tested > Zhiyuan Jiang and eight co-authors [**recently published to arXiv**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14036) and ran a genuinely large study across multiple benchmarks, agent harnesses, and models. They wanted an answer to a question most skill evaluations skip entirely: **When do skills help, why do they work, and where do they break?** The scale of the study is worth noting before getting into the findings: - **8,135 trial records**, normalized from controlled experiments spanning multiple benchmarks and agent harnesses. - **238 valid unique labels**, retained from 240 open-coded records after manual review. - **Twelve skill-use modes**, consolidated into three high-level categories that form the paper's core taxonomy. ## The twist: Skills barely teach your agent anything **Here is the finding worth sitting with:** the researchers built a taxonomy of twelve skill-use modes and found that procedural anchoring, meaning skills that stabilize a noisy execution path, accounted for 65.7% of skill cases. **Explicit knowledge injection, the thing everyone assumes skills are for, accounted for just 4.5%.** 💡 ****Put plainly:** your agent mostly skims the skill file for structure rather than mining it for facts. It treats the skill as a set of guardrails that keep it on task during work it could technically already handle. Skills function more like a checklist a nervous new hire keeps taped to their monitor than a textbook. **This lines up with a wider pattern in agent research:** models are often better at doing a task than at explaining why they chose one path over another, a gap covered in [**why AI agents struggle to answer ‘why’ questions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). A skill that anchors behavior while the agent still lacks a clear grasp of its own reasoning fits that same blind spot. That reframing matters for anyone deciding what belongs in a skill. ## Skills beat workflow memory, though the margin stays modest Skills outperformed Workflow Memory by 6.06 points in matched comparisons, a real and reproducible gain. It is a solid number. It is also a lot smaller than the confidence with which most teams talk about their skill libraries in planning meetings. The honest takeaway is that skills genuinely help, just for a narrower reason than most builders assume. Treat that 6.06 point gain as solid, incremental progress rather than evidence your agent got smarter overnight. [7 AI agent interface architectures beyond the ChatbotChat windows were always the entry point to agentic AI rather than the destination. Here are the seven interface architectures, canvases, generative UI, MCP Apps, activity panels, approval checkpoints, agent debuggers, and ambient surfaces that production teams are actually building in 2026.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-fbe4534d-14ad-4c15-98f5-bcb6a376c95e.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-a884e28f-1000-4d9e-97a8-78c0d9886a07.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nobody-wants-another-chatbot-7-interface-architectures-worth-building/) ## The scaling problem every skill library owner should hear This is the section to send to whoever owns your skill library roadmap. 💡 As the pool of available skills grew from 5 to 100, actual-use precision collapsed from 29.6% to 3.3%. Your agent has grown lost rather than pickier with age, wandering a filing cabinet you built with good intentions and an unclear exit strategy. Retrieval, in other words, is its own separate failure mode, independent of how well the skills themselves are written. You can author the best skill in your organization's history and still watch it die in a pile of ninety-nine mediocre neighbors everyone forgot to prune. The same retrieval math shows up in [**how RAG systems learn from every query**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/), since a bigger index is only useful if the system can still find the right entry inside it. The precision collapse breaks down like this as the skill pool grows: - **At a pool of 5 skills**, actual-use precision sits at 29.6%: a workable starting point for most teams. - **At a pool of 100 skills**, that same precision falls to 3.3%: a near-total loss of retrieval accuracy. - **The drop is gradual rather than a sudden cliff**, meaning teams tend to notice the damage only after the library has already grown too large to easily prune. [10 questions every AI leader should answer in 2027From kill switches to Chief AI Officer authority, these are the ten questions separating AI leaders with real answers from leaders about to get a very uncomfortable board question…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-54ba922a-6b66-4082-b4ce-1ca61f514483.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-f3b721cc-59c4-47e8-824d-218098e31039.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/10-questions-every-ai-leader-should-be-able-to-answer-in-2027/) ## Confusable distractors are less scary than they sound The paper also tested what happens when confusable distractor skills sit in the pool alongside the correct one. Offline identification got worse, exactly as you would expect. Downstream task success held steady regardless. **The researchers draw a sharp conclusion from that gap:** matching the exact ground-truth skill turns out to be a loose predictor of success, useful sometimes and irrelevant other times. 💡 An agent can grab the "wrong" skill on paper and still finish the job correctly, which is either reassuring or deeply unsettling depending on how tightly you like your systems to behave. It also raises the bar for what counts as evidence of good behavior, a question [**AI's emerging reliability standards**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) are starting to tackle head-on. Correctness at the output level and correctness at the reasoning level are turning out to be genuinely separate things to measure. --- ## Where skills actually fail The taxonomy is specific about failure modes too, and every one of them will feel familiar. Skills fail under: - **Brittle assumptions**: A skill written for one narrow scenario snaps the moment the task drifts even slightly outside it. - **Incompatible contexts**: A skill built for one agent harness or framework struggles to transfer cleanly to another, despite looking identical on the page, a portability problem that is quickly becoming core work for [**the emerging AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/). - **Insufficient adaptation**: The agent applies a skill literally when the task actually needs a modified version of it. That list is a reason to curate skills, rather than a reason to abandon them. Treat a growing skill library as an inventory that needs upkeep, the same way you would treat a codebase or a prompt library, a discipline covered well in [**turning shadow AI into a safe agentic workforce**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). --- ## What to actually do with this on Monday morning If your organization has been adding skills steadily every time an agent stumbles, this paper is your cue to go back and prune. A hundred skills sitting in a retrieval pool is a liability dressed up as progress, and it is the reason your agent starts reaching for the wrong one three times out of four. **Two moves are worth making immediately:** - **Audit before you expand.** Check how many skills in your current library actually get retrieved and used versus how many sit as dead weight, steadily dragging precision down. - **Write for anchoring over lecturing.** Since procedural anchoring does the heavy lifting, structure new skills as clear execution guardrails rather than dense knowledge dumps the agent barely reads. > Self-evolving agents are the direction the whole field is heading. This paper is a useful reminder that the path there runs through retrieval hygiene as much as through bigger skill folders, which is exactly the kind of groundwork [**LLMOps for enterprise value in the agentic era**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) is built to handle. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-14f2f7ce-4c22-4294-9fbb-928d0ca911eb.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-0b2dd7a1-dab4-4af6-a273-aba0a0849274.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories/) --- ## **Where this conversation continues in person** > If skill retrieval collapsing at scale sounds like a problem your team is currently living with, the [**Agentic AI Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiboston) on **October 29, 2026**, is built around exactly this kind of production reality. It skips the vendor floor entirely and gathers 500-plus engineers and builders focused on control, reliability, and getting agents to hold up past the demo stage. - **Evaluation under real conditions.** Sessions dig into testing autonomous agents against production challenges rather than sandboxed benchmarks, the same gap this paper's retrieval numbers expose. - **Engineering depth over slide decks.** Workshops cover advanced multi-agent architectures and agentic workflows the way production teams actually build them, a sharper focus than a typical pitch deck offers. - **A room full of people solving the same problem.** Attendees skew senior and technical, so the hallway conversations tend to be as useful as the sessions themselves. [Reserve your seat today](world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiboston) ### 10 questions every AI leader should be able to answer in 2027 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/10-questions-every-ai-leader-should-be-able-to-answer-in-2027/ Last updated: 2026-08-20T11:05:29.000Z > Ask any AI leader for their roadmap and the slides arrive within minutes, usually with a slide titled "vision" and a logo cloud nobody quite remembers approving. Ask what happens the moment an agent makes a bad call at 2 am with real credentials, and the room goes quiet in a way slides rarely manage. That second question is the one worth rehearsing before 2027 turns it into a live incident, a board inquiry, or a missing production database. **So then, here are the ten questions worth rehearsing before someone else asks them first, ideally somewhere quieter than a board meeting...** --- ## 1\. Can you name every agent running in production, and whose login it uses? As the number of AI platforms inside a company grows, so does [**reliance on shared human logins and static API keys**](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/report-enterprise-ai-identity-risk/) for agents that should carry an identity of their own. When an agent runs under a colleague's credentials, the audit trail disappears. 💡 If the honest answer is "we would need to check," that check belongs on this quarter's list, ahead of the next rollout. Better to find out on a Tuesday than during an incident review with the word "postmortem" in the calendar invite. ## 2\. If an agent starts misbehaving at 2 am, can anyone actually stop it? Most organizations have invested heavily in [**watching what their agents do**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), which is a comforting habit right up until watching is all they can do. Stopping one turns out to be the rarer skill: - [**Only 40% can quickly terminate a misbehaving agent**](https://www.kiteworks.com/sites/default/files/resources/kiteworks-report-data-security-compliance-risk-2026-forecast-report.pdf), and fewer still can isolate one from the wider network once something goes wrong. - A genuine kill switch sits outside the agent's own reasoning and outside any orchestration layer it could modify itself. A monitoring dashboard makes a poor substitute for an off switch, in the same way a smoke detector makes a poor substitute for a fire extinguisher. [Bridging the gap from supercomputing to AI factoriesA comprehensive industry report on modernizing high-performance computing for production AI, featuring insights from NVIDIA and WEKA leaders.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-53ff35fc-cabf-4de6-ad73-1d96d0408e5a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Supercomputing-to-AI-factories_Supporting-Assets_Meta-92c52988-2338-45d4-a0d6-8df9f75cb3cf.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bridging-the-gap-from-supercomputing-to-ai-factories) ## 3\. Which of your AI vendors are agentic, and which are wearing a new label? Of the thousands of vendors marketing [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), [**roughly 130 offer genuine agentic capability**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027). The rest are chatbots and RPA tools rebranded with a slide about autonomy, the enterprise software equivalent of a costume. A working session against real data, before signing anything, remains the most reliable filter. ## 4\. What is your realistic cancellation risk, and have you priced it in? [**Over 40% of agentic AI projects**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) are on track to be canceled by the end of 2027, driven by cost overruns, murky value, and thin risk controls. > A project lacking a defined win condition is closer to a pilot than most leaders like to admit, and pilots have a habit of becoming permanent fixtures by default, the software equivalent of a houseguest who overstays every polite hint. ## 5\. Does your Chief AI Officer have authority, or a title? [**Chief AI Officer appointments have tripled in a single year**](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-05-04-ibm-study-ceos-are-reshaping-c-suite-roles-for-the-ai-era), a fast climb for a role most companies are still figuring out how to staff with real decision rights rather than a slide in the org chart and a nice new business card. ## 6\. Could a board member explain your agentic AI governance model unprompted? [**Fewer than a quarter of enterprises have governance models mature enough for agentic AI**](https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/emerging-technologies/ai-agents-scaling-faster.html), even as most expect moderate or extensive deployment within the next year. That is a lot of agents heading toward boardrooms that have yet to build the vocabulary to discuss them, let alone the patience to sit through the explanation. [7 AI agent interface architectures beyond the ChatbotChat windows were always the entry point to agentic AI rather than the destination. Here are the seven interface architectures, canvases, generative UI, MCP Apps, activity panels, approval checkpoints, agent debuggers, and ambient surfaces that production teams are actually building in 2026.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-936db7cc-5062-422d-abd2-088777b3da18.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-421a16b6-772d-41d7-af7d-d393d555657d.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nobody-wants-another-chatbot-7-interface-architectures-worth-building/) ## 7\. Would your agent pass a canary test? Think coal mine canaries, redesigned for procurement meetings. Diagnostic tools built to expose tool-selection failures found that [**susceptibility to these traps varied enormously between models**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04719), and the benchmark tier proved a poor predictor of which model fell for them. A mid-tier model turned out to be the most susceptible, exactly where procurement teams tend to relax their attention and start thinking about lunch. ## 8\. What decision boundary have you written down, and does anyone follow it? Regulators are already naming the risks worth watching for: [**autonomy drift**](https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/guidance/reports/2026-finra-annual-regulatory-oversight-report), where an agent acts past the authority a supervisor granted, and auditability gaps, where an action chain gets too tangled to reconstruct after the fact. 💡 A written boundary between agent-made and human-approved decisions is the cheapest insurance policy on this list, and considerably cheaper than the lawyer the alternative tends to require. ## 9\. Did you define success before launch, or are you defining it now? [**Fewer than one in five organizations have made significant agentic AI investments**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) so far, while most stay conservative or undecided, the corporate equivalent of standing by the pool in a swimsuit for months. 💡 Delay carries a cost, and so does funding a project with success metrics loose enough that the retrospective turns into a negotiation. **The fix arrives before the kickoff meeting:** - **A specific task and volume**, defined narrowly enough that success or failure is obvious within weeks. - **A cost or time baseline**, measured against the actual process the agent replaces rather than an idealized version of it. ## 10\. Are you spending your time on the decisions only you can make? Leaders now expect [**nearly half of all codifiable operational decisions**](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-05-04-ibm-study-ceos-are-reshaping-c-suite-roles-for-the-ai-era) to [r**un through AI independently**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) within a few years. That number should reframe how a leader spends a Tuesday. The agents are handling more of the repeatable calls, freeing up the leader for the calls only a human could make, and, presumably, the odd actual lunch. ## The pattern behind all ten Every question above traces back to the same habit: [**building the muscle**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) to answer before an incident, a regulator, or a board member forces the issue. The leaders walking into 2027 with real answers tend to have a much clearer sentence ready for what happens when one of their agents gets something wrong, and a noticeably calmer relationship with their own phone at 2 am. 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We win business from Fortune 10 and Fortune 100 companies against those competitors, consistently. A big part of how we do that is by staying ahead through smarter workflows, not just smarter tools. That's what I want to share with you here. --- ## **Three shifts that are changing how teams work** Before getting into the specifics, it helps to understand the three big shifts happening right now, because they shape everything else. 1. **Coding agents are genuinely capable now.** The term "prompt engineer" is already fading. You don't need to be an expert at constructing the perfect prompt anymore. You can just ask questions in plain human language and get surprisingly effective results. That's pulling product, [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), and design roles closer together. People who've never been considered developers are becoming first-class builders. That might feel uncomfortable, depending on which side of that line you sit on, but there are real benefits here, and there are guardrails you can put in place to make it work for everyone. 2. **The cost of writing code is trending toward zero.** It's not there yet, and it won't ever hit zero, but the direction is clear. Traditionally, code was the slowest and most expensive part of the software development lifecycle. So we front-loaded everything. Endless meetings. Long planning cycles. Lots of debate about whether to do this or that. The whole point was to protect the coding phase from waste. Now that assumption has flipped. Code is arguably the fastest and cheapest part of the process. Ideas can become working prototypes almost immediately. That changes the logic of how you should structure your entire workflow. 3. **People are going to manage more agents in parallel.** A couple of years ago, most engineers were still writing most of their own code, with an AI copilot helping here and there. Now, you can prompt an agent, step back, and watch it do most or all of the work. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) Which raises an obvious question: why are you running one agent at a time? The trend toward [**autonomous agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) means you could run many simultaneously, but that creates a new bottleneck. Human review. If you spawn 50 agents to handle 50 tasks, you still have to review all of it. - **Does the code look right?** - **Does it function correctly?** - **Does clicking the button actually do what it's supposed to do?** That work doesn't disappear. It just moves. And the question worth asking is whether engineers are the right people to be doing all of that verification work. [7 AI agent interface architectures beyond the ChatbotChat windows were always the entry point to agentic AI rather than the destination. Here are the seven interface architectures, canvases, generative UI, MCP Apps, activity panels, approval checkpoints, agent debuggers, and ambient surfaces that production teams are actually building in 2026.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-e6f64219-5239-4817-b4f5-86286850adf8.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-31e88fcb-6abf-497c-ab8e-e469e0fa8b11.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nobody-wants-another-chatbot-7-interface-architectures-worth-building/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Nobody wants another chatbot: 7 interface architectures worth building URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nobody-wants-another-chatbot-7-interface-architectures-worth-building/ Last updated: 2026-08-13T13:57:41.000Z > Ask any [**AI engineer**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) what ships fastest to a demo and slowest to production, and the honest answer is almost always the interface, ahead of the model, the retrieval pipeline, or the eval harness. A chat window that looked clever in the pitch deck turns into a bottleneck the moment a real user needs to audit, redirect, or trust what an AI agent just did on their behalf. Turns out "type a message, wait for a paragraph" was a starting point for agent UX, and a fairly cramped one. [**Gartner projects**](https://zylos.ai/research/2026-05-28-agentic-ux-frontend-design-patterns-ai-agents/) that 40% of enterprise applications will integrate task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from under 5% in 2025\. Google made the shift concrete in May 2026, rebuilding Search around generative UI and background "information agents" instead of a static results page. At that scale, a text-only thread stops being charming and starts being a liability: users struggle to audit what an agent did, redirect it mid-task, or build confidence in an AI agent interface they can only read about after the fact. The seven AI agent interface architectures below are what teams are actually shipping instead of another chatbot skin... [SAP data center exit: architecting for AI readinessData centers close on schedules that don’t care about your AI roadmap. Get the sequencing wrong, and you don’t just move SAP workloads to the cloud. You migrate every architectural weakness right along with them.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-2a79920a-d5f5-4070-bbf2-a4c5e0934c19.png)AI Accelerator InstituteKhushan Adatiya![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--f3cd978e-a574-4fbe-a608-61a209ef0a0d.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-architecture-decisions-that-cannot-wait/) 1. **The canvas replaces the transcript** [**Claude's Artifacts**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) and [**OpenAI's Canvas**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) both bet on the same idea: a scrolling chat log makes a poor home for anything longer than a few turns. 💡 Long-horizon agent tasks, whether a spec document, a codebase, or a multi-step report, benefit from a persistent surface a user can return to and edit directly, rather than a linear thread that buries the current state under twenty messages of back-and-forth. The scroll-to-find-context pattern degrades fast once a session runs past a handful of exchanges. A canvas fixes this by separating the "current artifact" from the "conversation about the artifact," letting an engineer treat the agent's output as a living document instead of a transcript to re-read. --- 1. **Generative UI hands component choice to the agent** > Static chat responses assume every answer fits in a paragraph. Generative UI, sometimes shortened to GenUI, breaks that assumption by letting the AI agent pick, populate, or assemble UI components at runtime, ranging from a form to a chart to a full dashboard, rather than a developer hardcoding every screen in advance. A handful of generative UI patterns have settled out of the chaos, per CopilotKit's 2026 developer guide. At one end sits a controlled generative UI, where the agent picks from a fixed catalog of components a developer already built. At the other sits open-ended generative UI, where the agent ships sandboxed content with far more freedom and far fewer guardrails. The AG-UI protocol carries the runtime connection underneath most of this stack, Google's A2UI spec handles the declarative middle ground, and Thesys C1 offers an OpenAI-compatible endpoint that returns structured UI, tables, and Vega-Lite charts included, in place of plain text. Google folded a version of this straight into Search this year, generating custom widgets and simulations on the fly instead of a results list, which is the clearest signal yet that generative UI is moving from framework demos to default behavior. [25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026Twenty five names, organized by what they actually do, plus a practical note on how to follow them without drowning in the noise…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1d0dd9c6-fd2c-4718-a8cc-d80990c3939b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/2-82c9646a-550a-40a7-92f5-307628d48f7c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/) 1. **MCP Apps turn the chat window into an app host** On January 26, 2026, [**Anthropic shipped MCP Apps**](https://www.digitalapplied.com/blog/anthropic-mcp-apps-interactive-ui-claude-guide), the first official extension to the Model Context Protocol. Any MCP server can now render an interactive interface, a chart, a form, or a design canvas directly inside a conversation, communicating with the host over auditable JSON-RPC messages inside a sandboxed iframe. **Nine partners launched on day one:** - Amplitude and Hex, for analytics dashboards rendered inline - Asana and monday.com, for project boards a user can manipulate right inside the chat - Figma and Canva, for design surfaces - Box and Slack, for file previews and messaging - Clay, for enrichment workflows 💡 The pattern generalizes past Claude. Support has already reached VS Code Insiders and Goose, with the open @modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps package meaning any team can build an MCP App that renders inside multiple hosts rather than one. --- 1. **The activity panel earns its own screen space** An AI agent running for two hours on a background task produces a wall of tool calls that overwhelms any chat thread trying to hold it. The fix is gaining traction: split the activity feed, reasoning steps, tool call history, memory retrieval traces, and decision rationale into a dedicated panel that sits beside the conversation rather than inside it. This is the difference between an agent that feels magical and one a team can actually debug. Opaque agents impress in a demo. Transparent ones survive a postmortem, which matters considerably more once the agent is touching production systems on a Friday afternoon. --- 1. **Approval checkpoints replace the send button** Traditional interfaces assume the user initiates and the system responds. [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) flip that: they act, decide, and change state on their own timeline. An interface built on the old model struggles to explain an unsolicited action or let a user reverse it short of restarting the whole session. The human-in-the-loop pattern that solves this puts an approval checkpoint at each consequential step, letting a person intervene before a write, a spend, or an external message goes out, rather than reviewing the wreckage afterward. Step-level override, paired with a visible confidence indicator, turns "the agent did something" into "the agent proposed something, and I said yes." [6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026The pilot phase is over. Here are the 6 trends shaping AI strategy in H2 2026, from agentic infrastructure to physical AI and custom builds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-37575385-df9c-4771-a0e1-acb448c41a94.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-d9d4692a-5dad-40d4-ae59-6c1efe33a19f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/) 1. **The graph debugger becomes an IDE for agents** Multi-agent systems built on frameworks like LangGraph need something closer to a debugger than a chat log. [**LangGraph Studio**](https://laminar.sh/article/top-6-agent-observability-platforms) renders the agent graph visually, sets breakpoints on specific nodes, and lets an engineer edit state mid-run and resume from a checkpoint, a workflow that stays out of reach for even a generous pile of print statements. > This matters because specialized agents handing a task between each other, a triage step feeding a risk-scoring step, say, create failure modes a linear log obscures. A graph view shows exactly which node stalled, which edge fired unexpectedly, and where the state diverged from what the design intended. --- 1. **Ambient interfaces skip the prompt entirely** [**The final architecture**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) worth [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) barely resembles an interface at all. Ephemeral, ambient AI interfaces surface content only when context calls for it, skipping the "type a question, get an answer" loop altogether. 💡 An agent monitoring a calendar, an inbox, or a metrics dashboard can act on a trigger, then surface a compact summary of what it did and why, rather than waiting to be asked. This pattern demands the most trust from a user, and rightly earns the most scrutiny from a design team. Getting it right means every proactive action ships with a plain explanation and an easy undo, or the whole thing reads as an agent operating on its own agenda. --- ### What actually gets built first Most teams shipping [**agentic AI products in 2026**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) assemble these seven AI agent interface architectures from a shared component set rather than inventing each from scratch: - A confidence or status indicator, so a user always knows what state the agent is in - A diff or preview surface, so a proposed action reads clearly before it executes - An audit log with per-action attribution, so every change traces back to a specific run - An override control at the step level, so redirecting an agent costs one click instead of a restarted session [6 most popular AI tools for modern product teamsIn the AI space, your team needs a fast-paced system to stay competitive. Here are some tools in the market to boost your current workflow.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-849b2d7f-2c71-46d9-9c76-bdda660e8531.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSoham Sharma![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--54--869f6eab-1b26-4a34-be15-709d745d3abb.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-most-popular-ai-tools-for-modern-product-teams/) **None of these seven architectures compete with each other.** A production AI agent handling a real workflow tends to combine a canvas for output, an activity panel for transparency, approval checkpoints for anything consequential, and a generative UI layer to render whatever the task calls for on a given run. The chatbot was the entry point to agentic AI. The interfaces above are what happens once the industry admits a text box was always the smallest part of the job. --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/08/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--copy.png) Generative AI Summit: Boston - October 29, 2026 ## If the interface problem in this article sounds familiar, Boston's applied AI community is tackling it head-on this October... **The Generative AI Summi**t lands at **The Westin Boston Seaport** on **October 29**, with one ticket giving full access to three co-located tracks: Generative AI, Agentic AI, and CISO. It's built for engineers and builders rather than a vendor expo hall. - **See the agentic stack debated live**, from MCP frameworks to governance to the interface patterns covered above, with practitioners from Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and CVS Health on stage - **Skip the theory sessions**, this is workshops and breakout rooms where you build and iterate on real systems alongside other engineers - **Talk to 500+ attendees** working the same problems, 60% of them senior management, across 280+ companies - **Lock in early bird pricing**, passes are $200 cheaper before September 4 Bringing a team? Ask about group passes before the discount closes. [Save your seat](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston) ### Agentic Observability Virtual Summit URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-observability-virtual-summit/ Last updated: 2026-08-12T11:55:00.000Z Catch on every session from Agentic Observability Virtual Summit, with sessions from the likes of Paypal, Vodafone, Amazon, Google Deepmind and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The AI architecture decisions that cannot wait URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-architecture-decisions-that-cannot-wait/ Last updated: 2026-08-12T11:46:28.000Z > Most enterprise AI transformation stories begin with the same ambition. Use AI to automate operations, improve forecasting, accelerate decision-making, and reduce the manual effort required to manage complex enterprise systems. In large SAP environments, however, those ambitions often depend on a more immediate challenge: moving the underlying application portfolio out of a retiring data center before a fixed deadline. That deadline changes the architecture. Reliable AI capabilities depend on stable infrastructure, consistent data pipelines, centralized monitoring, and automated environment configuration. 💡 When a data center exit date is fixed, the migration must do more than relocate SAP workloads. It must create the operational and data foundation that future AI systems will depend on. Large SAP modernization programs involving ERP platforms, integration middleware, analytics systems, and numerous satellite applications have taught me that fixed-deadline migrations require a different approach from projects driven only by technical readiness. **Three decisions become especially important:** - Design resilience before infrastructure is built. - Standardize infrastructure and data flows through automation. - Create an operating model that can support AI long after the migration ends. --- ## The data center exit is also an AI readiness deadline Most cloud migration plans are built around application readiness. Testing can be extended. Migration waves can move. Production cutovers can be delayed. That flexibility disappears when the data center has a fixed retirement date. Every week lost during implementation permanently reduces the remaining schedule. Architects must now ask more than whether one SAP system is ready to move. They must ask whether the entire application, data, integration, and AI ecosystem can leave the existing infrastructure on time. **That introduces a different set of questions:** - Can the migrated environment support AI-assisted operations? - Are data pipelines stable enough for machine learning use cases? - Is monitoring centralized across the portfolio? - Can infrastructure be recreated consistently? - Are recovery mechanisms designed for automated workloads? - Can operational teams govern AI-generated recommendations? These questions require answers during the migration itself. AI systems amplify the strengths and weaknesses of the architecture beneath them. If the environment is fragmented, AI will produce fragmented results. 💡 If data ownership is unclear, AI outputs will be difficult to trust. If infrastructure differs across systems, automation will behave unpredictably. A fixed data center exit therefore functions as two deadlines at once: an infrastructure deadline and a deadline for establishing the technical controls that future AI capabilities will require. ## Weak resilience undermines AI performance Many organizations begin discussing AI automation before high availability and disaster recovery have been fully designed. That sequence is risky. AI-assisted operations depend on continuous access to applications, integrations, telemetry, and trusted data. If the underlying systems are unavailable or recover inconsistently, the AI layer loses the context it needs to function. **Resilience affects nearly every architectural decision:** - Availability zones - Storage design - Clustering - Replication - Networking - Backup architecture - Observability - Data synchronization - Model access - Inference continuity These decisions carry direct operational weight. They determine whether AI-enabled services remain available during infrastructure failures. Consider an AI assistant that monitors SAP jobs, detects anomalies, recommends corrective actions, and prioritizes operational incidents. Its usefulness depends on uninterrupted access to logs, system events, integration data, and current infrastructure state. > If those data sources fail independently, recover on different timelines, or contain gaps after a disaster event, the AI assistant may generate incomplete or misleading recommendations. This is why high availability and disaster recovery must be designed before provisioning begins. The infrastructure should be built around recovery objectives from the start. AI services, monitoring platforms, integration systems, and SAP workloads should all be included in that design. Adding resilience later carries real risk. Under a fixed deadline, redesigning deployed infrastructure consumes time the schedule has already spent. [6 agentic AI deployment mistakes AI leaders keep makingAgentic AI moved from slide deck to production system faster than most governance committees could schedule a meeting about it. That speed feels thrilling right up until an agent with real credentials makes a judgment call at 2am, and the room realizes the guardrails were still a work in progress…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5bf8c092-8ef4-4875-92bc-297e861613d4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-4ea0e709-dbad-4f08-8a4c-4e18a6bcb832.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/) ## AI workloads make sizing validation more important Large SAP migrations rely heavily on sizing recommendations produced during planning. Those recommendations are necessary, though they remain a starting point rather than a final answer. Traditional sizing often focuses on transaction volume, database growth, user load, batch processing, and storage requirements. **AI introduces additional variables. Operational AI may require:** - Centralized log ingestion - Higher telemetry retention - Real-time event processing - Feature extraction - Vector storage - Model inference capacity - Historical data access - Additional integration traffic AI-assisted monitoring and decision support can increase data movement and compute demand even when the core SAP workload remains unchanged. Platform conversions, database modernization, changing usage patterns, and new AI workloads create assumptions that standard sizing exercises often miss. If those assumptions are wrong, the impact spreads quickly. Storage expands. Compute tiers change. Network throughput becomes constrained. Monitoring pipelines fall behind. Migration windows move. AI pilots are delayed. Dependent applications wait. 💡 Under a fixed deadline, correcting these assumptions midway through implementation becomes disproportionately expensive. Independent sizing validation should therefore include both current SAP requirements and the expected demands of future AI use cases. The goal is right-sized infrastructure: an environment that is technically migrated and fully capable of supporting the intelligence layer the organization expects to add later. ## SAP portfolios behave like AI data ecosystems Few enterprise SAP migrations involve a single application. A typical portfolio may include: - ERP - Business Warehouse - Integration middleware - Identity services - Monitoring platforms - Supporting databases - Analytics tools - Data platforms - Multiple satellite applications Each system contains data that may eventually contribute to AI-assisted planning, operations, forecasting, compliance, or decision support. Individually, every migration may appear manageable. Collectively, the systems behave like a data ecosystem. 💡 An AI model is indifferent to organizational boundaries. It depends on consistent access to data, metadata, event streams, and business context across systems. Small inconsistencies therefore become significant. Different timestamp standards. Different retention policies. Different security models. Different naming conventions. Different monitoring agents. Different backup procedures. Different integration patterns. Different definitions of the same business object. These differences may seem operationally minor. For AI systems, they directly affect data quality, model reliability, and the ability to explain outputs. > If one application records inventory events differently from another, AI-driven supply analysis may misinterpret the sequence of events. If monitoring data uses inconsistent severity classifications, an AI operations tool may prioritize the wrong incidents. If system changes are captured inconsistently, automated root-cause analysis becomes less dependable. Standardization therefore functions as more than a cloud migration objective: it is a prerequisite for trustworthy enterprise AI. ## Infrastructure-as-Code becomes AI governance infrastructure Infrastructure-as-Code is often presented as a faster way to deploy servers, but that description undersells it. Its greatest value in an AI-ready SAP environment is consistency, traceability, and governance, since AI systems depend on predictable infrastructure: data pipelines that connect to the same types of endpoints, monitoring that collects the same categories of telemetry, security controls applied consistently, and recovery procedures that behave the same way across environments. Manual provisioning introduces subtle variation because different engineers make different choices, documentation falls out of date, and configurations drift over time. Environments built months apart end up behaving differently. > Infrastructure-as-Code reduces that variability. Every environment follows governed definitions, with security policies embedded directly into templates, logging and monitoring enabled by default, and network controls applied consistently. Data services deploy through repeatable modules, and recovery architecture gets reproduced rather than manually reconstructed, which also strengthens AI governance. When an AI service produces a recommendation or automated action, teams need to understand the environment in which that decision was made. 💡 Repeatable infrastructure creates a more reliable record of system state, configuration, and control. Instead of documenting how infrastructure should look, the organization defines the infrastructure itself, creating a stronger foundation for explainable and auditable AI operations. [Why your GPUs are sitting idle (and how to fix it)Proven strategies for managing large-scale AI inference workloads through smarter infrastructure design.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f17ec6af-a9d9-460c-9391-c5d12da0439a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/WB161-Big-Panda-Live-session---Meta--6--3-e9df547e-9178-479c-817e-55a44ee6f41b.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-gpus-are-sitting-idle/) ## Automation should extend beyond deployment A common migration mistake is treating automation as a temporary project asset. The migration team builds Infrastructure-as-Code. Systems are deployed. The migration finishes. Operations gradually returns to manual administration because the long-term support teams received little preparation to maintain the automation. Configuration drift begins. Standardization weakens. Data pipelines change outside governance. Monitoring becomes inconsistent. Future AI initiatives then inherit an environment that has drifted from the architecture originally deployed. AI struggles to operate reliably in that type of environment. Operational automation must outlive the migration because AI depends on continuously maintained standards. **That requires:** - Clear documentation - Operations training - Reusable infrastructure modules - Version control - Approval workflows - Automated testing - Ownership of configuration changes - Regular validation of deployed environments The same principle applies to AI-enabled operations. An AI assistant that recommends infrastructure changes should work within established controls. Its recommendations should feed into governed automation pipelines where changes can be reviewed, tested, approved, and recorded. The objective is controlled automation that improves speed while preserving accountability, rather than autonomous change for its own sake. --- ## AI operations depends on standardized telemetry One of the most immediate AI opportunities in large SAP environments is AI-assisted operations. Machine learning models can analyze logs, performance metrics, job failures, database events, and integration errors to identify patterns that human teams may miss. **AI can help with:** - Anomaly detection - Incident correlation - Root-cause analysis - Capacity forecasting - Performance optimization - Failure prediction - Ticket prioritization - Remediation recommendations These capabilities only work when telemetry is standardized. If one system captures detailed application logs while another captures only infrastructure metrics, cross-system analysis becomes incomplete. If event timestamps drift out of sync, incident correlation becomes unreliable. 💡 If monitoring tools classify the same issue differently, the AI layer struggles to develop a consistent operational model. A multi-application migration is therefore an opportunity to design a unified telemetry architecture. - Every system should produce consistent categories of operational data. - Logs should follow common formats. - Metrics should use shared definitions. - Events should be centrally searchable. - Retention rules should align with operational and compliance needs. - AI operations becomes valuable when it can reason across the entire portfolio rather than one application at a time. ## AI requires governed data movement > SAP environments contain critical business data, but that data often moves through complex integration paths. ERP transactions flow into analytics systems. Planning data moves through middleware. Master data is replicated across platforms. Satellite applications create additional copies. AI systems may consume data from several of these sources simultaneously. **Clear governance answers questions teams otherwise struggle with:** - Which source is authoritative - How current the data is - Whether transformations changed its meaning - Who owns the data - Whether sensitive fields are permitted for AI use - How long the data should be retained - Whether a model output can be reproduced These questions belong in migration architecture, ahead of AI use cases entering production. **Every important data flow should have:** - A defined source of record - Documented transformations - Ownership - Access controls - Quality checks - Lineage - Retention rules - Monitoring When these controls are missing, AI teams spend more time reconciling data than building useful systems. Worse, models may produce confident recommendations from incomplete or inconsistent inputs. A successful migration creates governed data pathways that AI services can consume safely. --- ## Agentic AI changes the operational model The next stage of enterprise modernization will move beyond dashboards and recommendations. Agentic AI systems will increasingly monitor environments, analyze events, propose actions, and coordinate workflows across infrastructure and business applications. In an SAP environment, an agent may detect a failed integration, examine dependent jobs, identify a likely root cause, recommend a restart sequence, and open a change request automatically. Another agent may monitor capacity trends, predict an infrastructure constraint, and propose a scaling action before performance is affected. An AI planning agent may compare inventory, demand, supplier constraints, and production schedules to identify emerging shortages. These capabilities can significantly reduce manual effort. They also introduce new governance requirements. **Organizations must decide:** - Which actions AI can take automatically - Which actions require human approval - What data AI agents can access - How recommendations are logged - How model decisions are reviewed - How agents are tested before production use - Who is accountable when an automated action fails - How agents are stopped during abnormal behavior These controls belong in the design phase, well before deployment begins. The migration architecture should anticipate them. Identity controls, logging, approval workflows, environment isolation, and automation pipelines should be designed so that future AI agents operate within clearly defined boundaries. AI autonomy paired with weak architectural guardrails creates operational risk. AI autonomy built on governed infrastructure creates a genuine advantage. [AI agent tool selection: what canary tests revealEvery agent evaluation tells you the model picked the wrong tool. Almost none tell you why. A new paper solves that by planting diagnostic “canary” tools inside an agent’s toolkit, each one built to expose a specific blind spot, then watching what the agent grabs. The results are brutal…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-657cd6ec-51df-4982-8b2a-cef0d8aa7bd2.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--ef210395-7917-4833-bd37-423e5cb1c2d3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) ## Standardization makes AI scale across the portfolio A single AI pilot can tolerate some inconsistency, but an enterprise AI operating model demands far more consistency than that. One application may use different naming standards, another may expose data through a different interface, a third may retain only partial telemetry, and a fourth may require manual access approvals. Individually, these differences may seem manageable. At portfolio scale, they prevent AI from operating consistently, which is exactly why standardization matters: it allows AI capabilities to be reused rather than rebuilt for every system. One anomaly-detection model can monitor several applications, one infrastructure module can deploy multiple environments, one data-quality framework can validate several pipelines, and one governance model can apply across both human and automated decisions. The goal reaches beyond faster cloud provisioning: creating a portfolio that behaves like one intelligent platform, regardless of when each application was migrated. --- ## Architecture determines whether AI can be trusted Enterprise AI is often discussed in terms of models, copilots, and automation tools. In practice, the model is usually only one part of the system. Trust depends on the architecture around it. - Can the AI access complete data? - Can its recommendation be explained? - Can the underlying infrastructure recover? - Can the system reproduce the conditions that produced an output? - Can teams identify which data and configuration were used? - Can an automated action be reversed? - Can operations continue safely if the AI service becomes unavailable? These are architecture questions. 💡 When schedules are flexible, weak foundations can sometimes be corrected later. When infrastructure retirement dates are fixed, architectural sequencing becomes the primary mechanism for reducing risk. Resilience needs to be settled before deployment. AI capacity assumptions need validation before provisioning. Data governance needs definition before model development. Telemetry standardization needs to happen before operations begin. Agent controls need design before automation goes live. Once the countdown to a data center shutdown begins, the calendar becomes an AI architecture constraint as much as an infrastructure constraint. --- ## Final thoughts Enterprise SAP migrations are often described in terms of cloud platforms, migration tools, and implementation methodologies. AI changes the purpose of that work. The objective now extends well beyond moving applications from one environment to another. The objective is to create an infrastructure, data, and operational foundation capable of supporting intelligent systems safely and consistently. Success favors organizations that make the foundational decisions early, more than organizations that simply deploy AI fastest. - Design resilience before building infrastructure. - Validate capacity for both SAP and AI workloads before provisioning resources. - Standardize telemetry and data movement across the portfolio. - Treat Infrastructure-as-Code as a governance capability. - Build automation that operations teams can maintain. - Define controls for AI recommendations and agent actions before those capabilities reach production. When the deadline is fixed, these decisions determine whether the organization simply exits a data center or emerges with an enterprise platform ready for AI. --- **About the author:** [**Khushan Adatiya**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/khushanadatiya/) is a Senior Software Engineer at Google, working across Google Search AI and Google Cloud Apigee. His work centers on high-scale data processing, API security, and AI-driven observability, including the infrastructure behind agentic anomaly detection and predictive, self-healing API systems. ### AI Inference Is memory-bound: How to overcome the Memory Wall URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-gpus-are-sitting-idle/ Last updated: 2026-10-02T12:26:22.000Z As generative AI shifts from training to enterprise-scale inference, a hidden bottleneck is putting ROI at risk. GPUs offer immense computational power, but they're frequently constrained by memory limitations. According to **Penguin Solutions**, this can leave expensive compute cycles up to 70% idle. The result is a "memory wall" that gets worse as context windows grow and user concurrency increases, stalling performance and inflating costs. Join **Penguin Solutions** for a practical look at **what’s causing the memory wall, why it becomes more costly at scale, and what you can do about it.** --- ### **Why attend?** - **The memory wall is easy to miss and expensive to ignore.** As inference workloads scale, memory constraints (not raw compute) become the limiting factor for GPU performance. - **Disaggregated memory architecture changes the economics.** Penguin Solutions reports performance improvements of up to 8x using this approach. - **There's a practical path forward.** Learn concrete infrastructure decisions that support scalable, high-performance AI inference, without over-provisioning compute you don't need. --- ### What you'll learn - Why memory, not compute, is the real constraint behind slow or costly AI inference at scale - How Penguin Solutions' MemoryAI™ KV Cache Server is designed to boost inference performance by up to 8x - How disaggregated memory architecture can reduce total cost of ownership, with Penguin Solutions citing reductions of up to 39% - How to shift AI infrastructure spend from a pure cost center toward a scalable engine for growth --- ### Speakers **Andy Mills** *VP, Advanced Product Development, Penguin Solutions* Andy leads the Advanced Memory Product Development team at Penguin Solutions, where he's responsible for the roadmap and development of the MemoryAI family of memory appliances, CXL add-in cards, and memory appliance fabric management software stacks. **Torry Steed** *Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Penguin Solutions* Torry is Senior Product Marketing Manager at Penguin Solutions, focused on the SMART CXL and advanced memory portfolio. He leads product marketing, roadmap development, business development, and product management across the Integrated Memory business. ### Data Infrastructure Virtual Summit | May 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-infrastructure-summit-virtual-summit-may-2026/ Last updated: 2026-08-12T11:39:26.000Z Catch on every session from Data Infrastructure Summit, with sessions from the likes of USBank, Betterworks, Meta, ServiceNow and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-5/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T14:19:23.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### 6 mistakes AI leaders keep making with agentic deployments URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-mistakes-ai-leaders-keep-making-with-agentic-deployments/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T08:41:51.000Z ## The gap between ambition and infrastructure [**Gartner expects over 40% of agentic AI projects**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) to get canceled by the end of 2027, a June 2025 prediction driven by rising costs, murky business value, and thin risk controls. [**MIT's State of AI in Business 2025 report**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/08/26/mit-finds-95-of-genai-pilots-fail-because-companies-avoid-friction/) published that August found 95% of generative AI pilots fail to reach production, with only 5% of custom tools surviving the leap. These figures describe a pattern that is much more than a mere coincidence. [**Leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) are racing to deploy [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) workflows while treating permissions, monitoring and workflow redesign as an afterthought. Six mistakes show up again and again across [**enterprise AI agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) rollouts. Want to make sure you don’t fall for the same mistakes? Here are your six: [AI agent tool selection: what canary tests revealEvery agent evaluation tells you the model picked the wrong tool. Almost none tell you why. A new paper solves that by planting diagnostic “canary” tools inside an agent’s toolkit, each one built to expose a specific blind spot, then watching what the agent grabs. The results are brutal…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a537d4ba-4aaf-479e-b862-52dab1a769a1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--815b5e27-88f2-4181-affc-0cda12db5354.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/) 1. **The gap between a demo and a deployed system** MIT draws a sharp line between chatbots handling trivial tasks, at an 83% adoption rate, and custom agents built for real operational workflows, where pilot-to-production survival sits at 5%. 💡 A demo running smoothly against curated inputs proves surprisingly little about behavior once prompt drift and edge cases enter the picture. Teams that treat the pilot as the finish line skip the redesign work: rebuilding the workflow around the agent and giving it a clear path to escalate when confidence drops. Skip that stage and the proof of concept starts operating in production as a liability. --- 1. **Agents that log in as people** [**Okta's Enterprise AI Index**](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/report-enterprise-ai-identity-risk/), tracking sign-on data from more than 20,000 organizations through June 2026, found a troubling pattern: as the number of AI platforms inside a company grows, so does reliance on shared human logins and static API keys for agents that ought to have their own identity. **Principal researcher Fei Liu put it plainly:** when an agent operates under a colleague's credentials, the audit trail disappears entirely. Agentic systems take actions instead of merely generating text, which raises the stakes considerably. An agent with its own identity leaves a record. An agent borrowing someone's login leaves a mess for the security team, usually surfacing during an incident review everyone would rather skip. [Shifting your integration architecture to headlessWhat it means, how to balance it with low-code, and a live build inside Claude Code using Tray as MCP services.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-91a082d6-dd72-42fa-b4d0-cf381311bc5e.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/WB161-Big-Panda-Live-session---Meta--6--3-15475f41-60bb-4631-81e1-dd6cbac79cc1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/shifting-your-integration-architecture/) 1. **Write access granted before trust is earned** [**Replit's coding agent deleted a production database**](https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure) and fabricated records to cover the gap during a code freeze in July 2025, an incident the company's CEO called a catastrophic error in judgment. The agent held access far beyond what the task required, and the guardrails meant to stop destructive commands during a freeze existed on paper more than in practice. The lesson generalizes well beyond coding agents. A sensible rollout for [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) in production follows a few habits: - Start with read access and observation, letting the agent draft recommendations a person approves for a few weeks before anything runs automatically. - Expand permissions one workflow at a time. Full autonomy across an entire system on day one is how a single bad judgment call becomes a company-wide incident. - Build a genuine kill switch, an actual mechanism that revokes access instantly, rather than a Slack message asking someone to pause the agent. - Log every action under the agent's own credentials, so the audit trail holds up under scrutiny. --- 1. **Agent washing and the vendor pitch problem** [**Gartner estimates**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) that among the thousands of vendors marketing agentic AI, roughly 130 offer genuine agentic capability. The rest practice what the firm calls agent washing: existing chatbots and RPA tools wearing a new label and a slide about autonomy. Analyst Anushree Verma described most current agentic projects as early stage experiments driven by hype rather than mature capability. 💡 The industry runs on leaderboards, benchmark theater, and demos calibrated to look flawless. Production workflows care considerably more about behavior on your own edge cases and [****your own data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) than about a score generated for a sales deck. A working session with the actual product, run against real data before anyone signs a contract, remains the reliable filter. [8 ways self-evolving AI agents are changing softwareA new paper out of arXiv this week describes an AI system that builds, improves, and deploys its own specialist agents. Here is what that actually means for engineers and technical teams.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a807debc-dc4c-4cdd-aa33-4d499f54a55b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-91f39ded-bade-465f-a823-966bae538fb8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-ways-self-evolving-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-build-software/) 1. **ROI defined after launch instead of before it** Gartner's cancellation prediction rests on three recurring reasons: costs escalate past budget, business value stays murky, and risk controls remain thin. Each is a planning problem that surfaces after the [**technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) ships, rather than a technology problem itself. [**A January 2025 Gartner poll**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027)of 3,412 attendees found 19% had made significant agentic AI investments, 42% stayed conservative, 8% held off completely, and 31% remained undecided. > Delay has a cost, and so does committing a budget to a project with success metrics loose enough that the eventual retrospective turns into a negotiation. Define the win condition before the kickoff meeting: a specific task, volume, and cost or time saved, measured against a specific baseline. --- 1. **Governance that shows up after the incident** [**Deloitte's 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report**](https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/emerging-technologies/ai-agents-scaling-faster.html), published in January 2026 from a survey of 3,235 leaders across 24 countries, found that only 21% of enterprises have governance models mature enough for agentic AI. The rest are heading toward serious agent use anyway: 74% expect at least moderate deployment by 2027, and 23% expect extensive use. **Deloitte's warning lands directly:** skipping guardrail design for faster adoption tends to become the costlier route once oversight gets retrofitted after deployment. Two gaps show up in predictable places: - Decision boundaries, written down before launch, defining which choices an agent makes independently and which need a person to sign off. - Real-time monitoring and audit trails, so a record of every agent action exists before an incident forces someone to go looking for it. [7 things every AI engineer should have shipped by nowSeven concrete things separate engineers shipping real production AI from everyone still calling a demo a system. Most teams are missing at least one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f2abc55f-da8f-48f8-b4d2-0fbf31a16d02.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-d118af27-7689-4725-bc47-a3c1a3388adc.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) ## The pattern underneath all six Every mistake above traces back to the same instinct: moving at the pace of the hype cycle rather than the pace of the infrastructure required to support it. [**Agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) rewards patience during setup and punishes shortcuts at scale, a fairly boring lesson for a genuinely exciting technology. The leaders getting real value from [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) right now share a habit more than a tool stack: they treat permissions, monitoring, and workflow redesign as the actual project, with the agent as one component inside it. That reframing costs a few weeks up front and saves considerably more than that when the alternative is explaining to a board why an agent held more access than the task required, or why the team struggles to say what happened to a production database over a long weekend. --- ### Where this argument continues in person The [**Chief AI Officer Summit Boston**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) brings together around 250 director, VP, and C-level AI leaders at the Westin Boston Seaport on October 29, 2026, for a day built around exactly the problems above. Sessions cover moving past pilots into real production, and building governance solid enough to survive a board meeting once an agent has genuine access to genuine systems. **Here is what a seat actually buys:** - **Production benchmarks**, pulled from enterprises already past the pilot stage rather than a vendor deck. - **Vendor intelligence**, on which of the roughly 130 genuine agentic vendors are actually shipping versus agent washing. - **Governance frameworks**, tested against real deployments and ready to adapt rather than build from scratch. - **Peer networking**, with more than 125 senior leaders from around 175 companies working through the same build-versus-buy calls. The summit runs by invitation. [**Reserve your seat today**](http://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioboston) ### The canary test AI agents keep failing URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-canary-test-ai-agents-keep-failing/ Last updated: 2026-08-10T14:25:09.000Z Every[ **AI agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) evaluation tells you the same frustrating half-truth: the model picked the wrong tool. What it rarely tells you is *why*. A new paper from researchers [**Atul Anand and Sourav Chattaraj**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04719) finally builds a way to answer that question. The answer involves canaries... Think coal-mine canaries, but redesigned for software. These are diagnostic probe tools planted directly inside an agent's Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolset, each one engineered to trigger one specific tool-selection weakness. Give an agent a task, seed its available tools with a canary, and watch exactly which one it reaches for... --- ## What canary tools actually catch > Anand and Chattaraj built six categories of canaries, each targeting a distinct way agents fool themselves. Together, they read like a taxonomy of every trap a busy, overconfident intern could walk into: - **Semantic decoys**: tools with descriptions written to sound like a better fit than they are, testing whether an agent reads past the marketing copy. - **Parameter traps**: the correct tool, called with the wrong parameters. The agent grabs the right hammer and swings it sideways anyway. - **Capability mirages**: tools that promise more than they deliver, checking whether an agent takes a stated capability at face value. - **Prerequisite blindness**: tools with hidden dependencies the agent needs to satisfy first, testing whether it questions its own assumptions. - **Temporal decoys**: timing-sensitive traps that catch agents reaching for a tool that would have worked five minutes ago. - **Granularity traps**: tools scoped too broadly or too narrowly for the job, testing whether an agent understands the actual size of the task in front of it. [Trust: The next critical infrastructure layer for autonomous AIWe’re at an inflection point. AI has moved well beyond generating recommendations for humans to review. It’s taking actions. It’s embedded in business workflows. It’s making decisions autonomously, and in many cases, it’s doing all of this faster than any human could intervene.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f0425f5d-609d-47a8-9f88-7d13ca8f1fe0.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAmit Paka![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--5--1-c01362dc-49ff-4ae6-b1b9-97aca608af7f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/trust-the-next-critical-infrastructure-layer-for-autonomous-ai/) ## The setup behind the numbers The scale here matters. Eight models, 120 tasks, 8,640 total runs, plus a set of ablation studies layered on top. Human judges cross-checked the outcomes with a Cohen's kappa of 0.75, a level of agreement most annotation teams would frame and hang on the wall. ### The gap is bigger than most people would guess - Susceptibility to canary traps (what the paper calls the canary susceptibility rate, or CSR) varied by a factor of roughly 36 across the eight models tested. - Claude Opus 4.8 posted the lowest susceptibility of the group. - Llama 3.1 8B posted the highest. That range alone is worth sitting with for a second. ### Capability tier fails to predict safety, and procurement teams should care Here is where the paper earns a spot in a decision-maker's reading pile. The capability tier fails to predict safety on its own. The most susceptible hosted model in the study sat in the middle of the pack, not at the bottom where a leaderboard would suggest. Within a single provider's own lineup, the cheaper model sometimes came out safer than the pricier one sitting above it. 💡 That finding pokes a hole in a comfortable assumption: pay more, get a smarter model, get a safer agent. Benchmark rank and tool-selection judgment turn out to be different skills entirely. --- ## The result holds up under scrutiny A fair skeptic might assume canary tools work by planting an obvious giveaway phrase that any model eventually learns to spot. The researchers tested this directly by softening each canary's giveaway phrase, and frontier-model CSR barely moved. That is a strong signal that this measures genuine reasoning weakness rather than keyword spotting. Susceptibility also correlates with real task failure, with a Spearman correlation of -0.34\. Models that fall for more canaries complete fewer tasks correctly. That links a lab measurement to something a business actually feels: agents that fail at their jobs while everyone assumes they are working fine. [New York’s AI scene: 25 companies to know in 2026New York’s AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city’s AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley’s permission.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-6530afe1-b48f-4bf4-a51f-a59b734b7e50.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1-ae36c646-49d3-4932-8671-b64ff79a1cfa.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/) ### What builders and buyers should do with this The paper is a research contribution, but it reads like a checklist for anyone shipping agents into production right now: - **Plant your own probes before launch**: build a handful of canary-style tools into your MCP toolset and watch what your agent actually reaches for under pressure, before a customer finds out for you. - **Treat benchmark tier as one signal among several**: a model's leaderboard rank says little about how it behaves when a tool description oversells itself. - **Give mid-tier models extra scrutiny**: the paper found the most susceptible hosted model sitting mid-pack, exactly where teams tend to relax their attention. - **Track susceptibility alongside completion rate**: given the correlation the researchers found, a rising CSR is an early warning worth watching before it shows up in your success metrics. [7 things every AI engineer should have shipped by nowSeven concrete things separate engineers shipping real production AI from everyone still calling a demo a system. Most teams are missing at least one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-2beebaa8-5455-4321-876b-6138bc4201e1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-d113a8d3-6757-4181-b2b5-744901d46432.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/) ## Where this leaves the industry Tool selection has become one of the most consequential decisions an agent makes, repeated hundreds of times a day, mostly out of sight of the humans relying on the output. Canary tools give the industry a way to measure that decision directly, rather than guessing at it from whatever broke downstream. 💡 Expect more evaluation [****frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) to borrow this approach over the coming year. A diagnostic that correlates this cleanly with real task failure is rare enough to take seriously. Anand and Chattaraj have handed builders a genuinely useful instrument. The smart move is pointing it at your own [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) first. --- ## Building agents that actually hold up in production? Join 300+ AI builders and tech leaders at the [**Agentic AI Summit Los Angeles on August 26**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/losangeles), where we’ll dig into agent architectures, MCP, governance, observability, and what it takes to keep AI systems on the rails. ### The definitive guide to financial services agents in production URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-definitive-guide-to-financial-services-agents-in-production/ Last updated: 2026-10-21T06:31:54.000Z Get a closer look at three production systems where a trade, a disclosure, or a client-facing number had to be correct, explainable, and reproducible, or the whole system wasn't worth shipping. ![](https://v5.airtableusercontent.com/v3/u/58/58/1792576800000/w3S--_dHQkUlDAdht3ycEw/nCAdK3vruVrdsbJs2DbL2rqeBweFlueOHT195kYwARZpBbbiDDWhbRK04CeOjAiQAOhYCXrekeplJUP3NwTdRdJdS5DmPLiRUBfImmB5aUenWUGb737ti8rLoHskE-4qHndn7YvxiKn-C6zjFnzhMs7b4EZp8DQ5PCpqh91H3uxRsFlqSe6OhZ7xkNf5cM8J/tD_MO-5CRnX-FR5VYq_qctK5Wtnx4-Jy_KWRKFT2eio) ## Discover the knowledge Reliability in financial services rarely comes from one big architectural decision. It comes from institutions picking the failure mode that mattered most to them, planning discipline, identity-scoped access, or evaluation design, and building around it properly instead of patching it after the fact. Inside, we walk you through what each institution chose to fix first, why they chose it, and what changed once the fix was in place. [Give me my copy](#download) ## What you’ll discover ![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/assets/img/reports/decal-3.svg) ![bullet](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/assets/img/check-bullet-point.svg) **Nobody plans the final architecture on day one**, and that's the point. 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Get the report before your next expansion makes the problem bigger, not smaller. ## Please add title in Airtable Please add content in Airtable [Give me my copy](#download) ![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/assets/img/reports/decal-5.svg) ### Trust: The next critical infrastructure layer for autonomous AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/trust-the-next-critical-infrastructure-layer-for-autonomous-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-31T15:29:56.000Z When I talk to [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) teams deploying systems, there's a pattern I keep seeing. The compute is there. The models are there. The workflows are there. What's consistently missing is a layer of trust. And without that layer, you're essentially flying blind. That's what I want to walk you through here. The case for a control plane for autonomous AI, why observability alone isn't enough, and what it actually takes to govern these systems at scale. [5 best strategies for scaling AI in enterprises88% of enterprises report regular AI use. Only 7% have scaled it. Here are the five strategies separating the companies that made it work from everyone still demoing chatbots to their board.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-acd5f239-901f-47d2-853c-82dfc15467b0.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-de396c52-b991-46ac-8b49-9749d918fb17.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-causality-test-that-humbled-six-ai-agents-2/) ## How we got here: from predictive models to autonomous agents It's worth stepping back for a moment to appreciate how quickly the landscape has shifted. > Early AI adoption was largely about predictive models. A model would make a prediction, a human would review it, and then a decision would be made. The human was always in the loop. Then came single LLM call applications, things like chatbots and search interfaces. Then multi-step workflows. And now we're firmly in the era of complex [**autonomous agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) that make decisions and take actions with minimal human oversight. Each step in that progression has added a layer of complexity. And with complexity comes a new category of risk. The teams deploying these systems are often moving fast, which is understandable. But many of them aren't fully accounting for the risks that come with this new model of AI. [**Agentic AI adoption**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) is ramping up quickly, and the infrastructure needed to govern it hasn't kept pace. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## Why traditional monitoring falls short Here's something that comes up again and again in conversations with enterprise teams: they assume their existing monitoring tools will cover them. APM tools, IT monitoring, security tooling. And those tools are still important. Absolutely they are. But they weren't built for this. 💡 Traditional applications had predictable logic. You coded the workflows. You knew the failure points. You could trace a path through the code and understand exactly what happened and why. Agentic applications are fundamentally different. They have dynamic routing. Models make decisions. The system can adapt in ways you didn't anticipate when you built it. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### 7 things every AI engineer should have shipped by now URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-every-ai-engineer-should-have-shipped-by-now/ Last updated: 2026-07-31T13:27:01.000Z > Every [**AI engineer**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) has a folder of notebooks that stays on localhost forever. Fine for learning. A problem in July 2026, when half the industry still calls a Jupyter cell a production system. Shipping is the real skill here, and it is different from prompting, fine-tuning, or picking the trendiest vector database. If these seven things are still sitting in a demo environment where only you can touch them, there is real work left on the table. Here is the list, in the order most teams discover the gaps… [5 best strategies for scaling AI in enterprises88% of enterprises report regular AI use. Only 7% have scaled it. Here are the five strategies separating the companies that made it work from everyone still demoing chatbots to their board.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-c81e5217-9bda-46be-bb87-044cfb551174.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-39a19f6d-9847-457b-8d8f-8c08952b0d43.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-causality-test-that-humbled-six-ai-agents-2/) **1\. A retrieval pipeline that survives real documents** 💡 A RAG demo running on ten clean PDFs proves very little. Production retrieval means handling scanned contracts, nested tables, inconsistent headers, and documents someone exported from PowerPoint in 2019\. That means a chunking [**strategy**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-causality-test-that-humbled-six-ai-agents-2/) tuned to your actual content, hybrid search combining BM25 with dense embeddings, and a reranker (Cohere Rerank, Voyage, or a cross-encoder you trained yourself) sitting between retrieval and generation. Citations back to source passages are the difference between a tool people trust and one they abandon within a month. **2\. An eval harness that runs on every change** Vibes-based testing worked when the model rarely changed. It stops working the moment you touch a prompt, swap a model version, or update a system message. Teams that ship reliably run a regression suite through Braintrust, promptfoo, Ragas, or LangSmith on every pull request, scoring outputs against a labeled set before anything reaches users. Skip this step and drift creeps in, surfacing in a support ticket long before it shows up in your dashboard. [The 2026 State of AI and Identity Report88% of technology leaders admit AI agent adoption has completely outrun their identity infrastructure.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-00cff735-fbf9-4832-9c5b-bbee48febc78.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_FusionAuth_Whitepaper_Meta-6adff368-bd14-4f6d-8e06-686f10279423.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2026-state-of-ai-and-identity-report/) **3\. An agent that actually finishes tasks** Plenty of demos show [**an agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) calling a weather API. Production agents hold state across turns, call several real tools in sequence, and know when to pause for human approval before anything irreversible happens (a refund, a database write, an email to a customer). > If your [**agent architecture**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) folds the moment a tool call fails halfway through a multi-step task, it is a demo wearing an agent costume. **4\. A cost and latency dashboard** Token spend has a habit of growing until finance asks a very direct question. A working system tracks a few numbers per feature, ideally through something like LiteLLM or a custom routing layer that sends easy calls to a smaller model and hard calls to a frontier one: - **Cost per request and per feature**, broken down by model, so the expensive path is visible before the invoice arrives - **P95 and p99 latency**, since averages hide the slow requests that actually frustrate users - **Cache hit rate**, since a well-tuned semantic cache can cut spend dramatically on repetitive queries - **Fallback frequency**, tracking how often the system routes to a backup model or degraded mode --- **5\. A guardrails layer with teeth** Filtering obvious profanity is a security theater dressed up as a safety strategy. A real guardrails layer catches jailbreak attempts, redacts PII before it hits a log file, and blocks outputs that violate policy, using something like Guardrails AI, Lakera, or NeMo Guardrails. 💡 It also needs a kill switch a human can hit in under a minute when something goes wrong, because something eventually will. --- **6\. Full request tracing, beyond basic server logs** Server logs tell you a request happened. Tracing through Arize Phoenix, Langfuse, or Honeycomb tells you what the model saw, what it retrieved, what it decided, and why. When a user reports a strange answer, the engineer who can replay that exact session in five minutes has an enormous advantage over the one grepping through JSON logs at midnight. --- **7\. A path for when the model gets it wrong** [**Hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) are a certainty, so the system needs a plan for it: confidence scoring that flags low-certainty answers, a clear escalation path to a human, and an interface that admits uncertainty instead of stating a wrong answer with total confidence. A system that flags its own uncertainty builds more trust over a year than one that guesses right most of the time and confidently invents the rest. [Berlin, Paris, London: how Europe’s AI hubs are divergingEurope’s AI scene used to get lumped together as one story. In 2026, Berlin, Paris, and London are running three different plays, and the gap between them is widening fast…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-69fbe8a7-6b05-4079-93f0-93f91c3a8c03.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-6c09dd7a-b8c8-4410-848c-32774e0d1116.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/berlin-paris-london-how-europes-ai-hubs-are-diverging/) ## Where teams actually close these gaps Reading about production AI patterns only goes so far. Most engineers close these gaps by watching how teams at Hugging Face, Lovable, Red Hat, and [**META**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) actually built the systems above, in the room, with the messy details included. That is the entire premise of the [**Agentic AI Summit Berlin**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiberlin) on September 15, 2026, at The Ritz-Carlton. It gathers 300-plus engineers building agentic systems at scale, with zero expo-hall filler. - **A hands-on hackathon powered by Fal**, where you build and ship a real AI application, compete for prizes, and walk away with platform credits - **An NVIDIA workshop** on multimodal AI across text, image, audio, and video, taught by engineers who run these systems in production - **Talks from the teams shipping this stuff daily**, including Hugging Face, Lovable, Red Hat, and Meta, covering the exact gaps between demo and deployment Seats are capped and early bird pricing saves €100 on a pass. If more than one of the seven items above is still sitting in a notebook, this is the room to close that gap. [Find out more]( https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiberlin) ### The agentic operating model report URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-agentic-operating-model-report/ Last updated: 2026-10-21T06:32:24.000Z This report explains why iteration and governance now eat more than 80% of agent budgets, and the operating model that makes that spend pay off. # The agent shipped. The governance didn't. Agents don't fail the way software does. They're non-deterministic, stateful, and dependent on models and tools that shift without warning, so the old playbook of unit tests, stack traces, and exception-based monitoring doesn't transfer. This report hands you the operating model that replaces it: evaluation suites, trace analysis, and failure clustering, based on tested maturity models, not trial and error. 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Your operating model should be too.** ## Please add title in Airtable Please add content in Airtable [Download now](#download) ![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/assets/img/reports/decal-5.svg) ### 5 best strategies for scaling AI in enterprises URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/five-strategies-for-scaling-ai-in-enterprises/ Last updated: 2026-08-06T12:26:32.000Z Every enterprise on earth is now "doing AI." Fact. [**McKinsey's latest global survey**](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai) confirms it: 88% report regular AI use in at least one business function, up from 78% a year earlier. Confetti, applause, mission accomplished. Except barely anyone scaled it. [**Per McKinsey's own December 2025 breakdown**](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/week-in-charts/ai-at-work-but-not-at-scale)**:** - Only 7% say AI has been fully scaled across their enterprise. - 88% showed up to the party. - 7% built something that survived the morning after. That gap is where most [**enterprise AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) budgets go to die, with only 39% reporting any enterprise-level EBIT impact, per [**Forbes's March 2026 coverage**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2026/03/22/10-of-enterprise-functions-use-ai-agents-mckinsey-finds/). Looking to close that gap? We’ve got you covered, Here are the five strategies separating that top 7% from everyone else still demoing chatbots to their board. [Berlin, Paris, London: how Europe’s AI hubs are divergingEurope’s AI scene used to get lumped together as one story. In 2026, Berlin, Paris, and London are running three different plays, and the gap between them is widening fast…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-83ddac58-4031-4b75-8f19-b9799e7abf4b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-fec621c9-64d8-47d3-a455-c9534a4a54a9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/berlin-paris-london-how-europes-ai-hubs-are-diverging/) ## 1\. Name one accountable owner Committees approve projects. A single leader ships them. A 2026 [**Stanford Digital Economy Lab study**](https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/EnterpriseAIPlaybook%5FPereiraGraylinBrynjolfsson.pdf) of 51 enterprise AI deployments, co-authored with Erik Brynjolfsson, found strategic scalers are typically championed by a dedicated Chief AI, Data, or Analytics Officer, while struggling firms lean on a lone champion working the problem solo. > One operations leader interviewed for the study summed up the real bottleneck in five words: "It always starts with the people." Ownership, in other words, beats org-chart theater every time. --- ## 2\. Build the data foundation before the model The Stanford study found strategic scalers are far more likely to hold a large, accurate dataset: 61%, compared with 38% for everyone else. The same report revisits earlier research showing that for every dollar spent on tangible technology, companies spend up to $10 dollars on invisible work: process redesign, reskilling, and organizational change. That dip before the rise has a name: the Productivity J-Curve, and pretending it skips your organization is how budgets get cut in year one. 💡 ****A quick gut check before your next model procurement conversation:** ****Can your pipeline handle production volume**, security review, and an audit trail, all requirements that a pilot conveniently sidesteps? ****Is ownership of data quality assigned to a person**, rather than left as everyone's part-time responsibility? ****Have you priced the reskilling and process redesign work**—the 10-dollar side of the J-Curve—alongside the model license? ## 3\. Redesign the workflow end to end Only 2% of companies have redesigned a process end to end around AI, and that 21%is where the value concentrates, per McKinsey's high-performer data. Every AI leader has sat through a demo that scored beautifully on a benchmark and collapsed the moment it met a real customer, a messy dataset, or simply a Tuesday afternoon. Bolting a model onto an unchanged process produces a faster version of the same bottleneck, rather than a genuinely new one. [15 AI tools Fortune 500 companies are actually using in 2026Adoption surveys are noise. Here are the 15 AI tools actually running inside Fortune 500 companies in 2026, ranked, with the numbers behind each one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5161ccf4-bf04-4584-b4f1-a5d178717a14.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-9c7aa5c4-feff-46d3-9363-d6435630a5f4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-15-ai-tools-fortune-500-companies-are-using-in-2026/) ## 4\. Treat governance as the strategy [**McKinsey's 2026 AI Trust survey**](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/tech-forward/state-of-ai-trust-in-2026-shifting-to-the-agentic-era), fielded across roughly 500 organizations between December 2025 and January 2026, found nearly two-thirds cite security and risk concerns as the top barrier to scaling agentic AI, ahead of regulation or technical limits. Organizations investing $25 million dollars or more in responsible AI report meaningfully higher EBIT impact, above 5%, than peers treating governance as paperwork. [**Writer's 2025 survey**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2026/03/22/10-of-enterprise-functions-use-ai-agents-mckinsey-finds/) of 1,600 knowledge workers found companies with a formal AI strategy succeed 80% of the time, compared with 37% among companies improvising one mid-flight. The same survey found 68% of executives report friction between IT and the rest of the business during deployment, proof that the hardest part of scaling AI has always lived in the org chart rather than the algorithm. --- ## 5\. Federate the platform, centralize the standards Metis Strategy partner Michael Bertha, [**writing for CIO.com**](https://www.cio.com/article/4106578/2026-the-year-of-scale-or-fail-in-enterprise-ai.html) in December 2025, describes leading CIOs building domain hubs, staffed with platform experts and responsible AI advisors, that eventually operate as independent, AI-empowered teams while staying aligned to enterprise governance. The approach accepts an early productivity dip in exchange for enterprise capability that compounds for years afterward. **This matters even more once agentic AI enters the picture...** > McKinsey's 2025 survey found 23% of organizations actively scaling an agentic system in at least one function, with 39% still experimenting and at most 10% scaling agents within any single business function. Box CEO Aaron Levie has compared today's agent adoption curve to cloud computing around 2010, when boardroom conviction ran years ahead of actual deployment. 💡 History rewarded patience over hype that time around, and the logic transfers cleanly here too. MJ Smith, CMO at CoLab Software, [**summed up the wider gap**](https://www.cxtoday.com/ai-automation-in-cx/mckinseys-state-of-ai-the-scaling-gap-is-now-cxs-problem/) in nine words: "Only 5.5%of companies drive significant value from AI." A federated platform with centralized standards is how the other 94.5% close the distance. [The 2026 State of AI and Identity Report88% of technology leaders admit AI agent adoption has completely outrun their identity infrastructure.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-3e616ed0-104a-4ec4-a657-42518d0db7ad.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_FusionAuth_Whitepaper_Meta-9724f45c-7f8f-4285-84ae-d7b7c3343428.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2026-state-of-ai-and-identity-report/) ## Signs your organization is actually ready to scale - A named executive owns AI as a KPI, reviewed weekly, in the same way they own revenue or churn. - A workflow has been redesigned end to end, with the old manual steps retired rather than kept around as a backup plan. - Governance runs as a live guardrail with an owner and a budget, rather than a policy document gathering dust in a shared drive. **The CIO.com framing for 2026 is blunt:** After two years of experimentation, this is the year that separates organizations able to scale AI responsibly from those that stay parked in pilot mode. The question is: have you adapted? --- **Want to go deeper?** Scaling AI is one challenge. Understanding what it actually costs to get there is another. Read [**The hidden costs of scaling AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-costs-of-scaling-ai) for the numbers most enterprise AI budgets forget to include. --- ### The causality test that humbled six AI agents URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-causality-test-that-humbled-six-ai-agents/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:50:30.000Z A new benchmark out of the University of Michigan just handed six frontier [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) a causal reasoning exam. The scores expose a gap that raw capability metrics tend to paper over. The benchmark is called CausalDS, published on arXiv on July 9, 2026, by Andrej Leban and Yuekai Sun. It tests something more specific than intelligence. > Can these [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) systems reason about cause and effect, or do they just sound like it? The timing is good, if a little inconvenient for the industry... Every vendor markets its agents as data-science collaborators these days. CausalDS asks the harder question underneath that pitch: **When the answer depends on separating correlation from intervention, does the agent actually get there?** [Berlin, Paris, London: how Europe’s AI hubs are divergingEurope’s AI scene used to get lumped together as one story. In 2026, Berlin, Paris, and London are running three different plays, and the gap between them is widening fast…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-ea805b4a-5187-41bb-ad95-f7a4232ff36a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-55d8ad32-6b70-47d3-a06f-67da2521e04f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/berlin-paris-london-how-europes-ai-hubs-are-diverging/) ## Why data science agents keep failing causal reasoning Leban and Sun point to a split in existing benchmarks. Symbolic [**causal reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) tests, like CLadder, check a model's logic over an abstract graph. Data-science agent benchmarks, like DSBench and MLE-bench, test a model's ability to write code and produce a defensible result. **Very few tests cover both at once.** > The ones built from curated real-world datasets also carry a contamination risk. A model can score well by recalling a familiar example instead of reasoning through the actual structure. Researchers have a lovely name for that shortcut: ## The "causal parrot" problem. CausalDS closes the gap by generating everything from scratch. Each scene starts with a randomly sampled structural causal model, then the researchers generate observational data from it. An LLM translates the abstract graph into a domain story, complete with named variables and units. A farming subsidy, an irrigation decision, a soil erosion outcome, all invented for the occasion and dressed up convincingly. The graph is real and stays hidden. An audit loop keeps the true answer locked away, so early guessing earns a model exactly zero credit. [15 AI tools Fortune 500 companies are actually using in 2026Adoption surveys are noise. Here are the 15 AI tools actually running inside Fortune 500 companies in 2026, ranked, with the numbers behind each one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-04dd668e-373e-4449-bfbc-b6020b6becc5.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-067825a8-5575-4fc5-b256-c425f373357e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-15-ai-tools-fortune-500-companies-are-using-in-2026/) ## Inside the exam From each scene, the benchmark derives tasks spanning all three rungs of Pearl's causal hierarchy: association, intervention, and counterfactual reasoning. An agent might predict an outcome from raw [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), decide if a treatment effect is even estimable, or flag a proposed adjustment set as biased. 💡 Some questions are built so any confident answer would be unwarranted given what was released. Recognizing that moment and abstaining counts as its own scoring skill, separate from getting the underlying math right. Knowing when to shrug turns out to be genuinely hard. The researchers also added a data-quality dial. Some scenes hand the agent clean measurements; others swap key variables for noisy proxies and make it work for the answer. That separates a model's grasp of causal structure from its ability to survive the messy data every working analyst deals with daily. --- ## The leaderboard On a 100-scene realistic exam drawn from a pool of 953 total scenes, [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) Opus 4.8 topped the table. It landed a CausalDS score of 0.278 and an 82.4percent pass rate. [**Gemini**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) 3.1 Pro placed second at 0.370. **Qwen 3.6 35B** and **Kimi K2.6** followed, then [**GPT**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/)\-5.5, with Gemma 4 26B trailing the field at 0.644\. The full board, for anyone who likes their evidence in table form: - **Claude Opus 4.8**: score 0.278, 82.4% pass rate, 17.7k tokens per task - **Gemini 3.1 Pro**: score 0.370, 76.5% pass rate, 145.6k tokens per task - **Qwen 3.6 35B**: score 0.447, 63.2% pass rate, 140.7k tokens per task - **Kimi K2.6**: score 0.475, 65.7% pass rate, 266.4k tokens per task - **GPT-5.5**: score 0.561, 82.4% pass rate, 12.9k tokens per task - **Gemma 4 26B**: score 0.644, 55.9% pass rate, 32.4k tokens per task The token column is where things get genuinely *funny*. **Claude Opus 4.8** reached its leading score on 17.7k tokens per task, while Kimi K2.6 burned through 266.4k tokens for a worse result, a fifteen-fold gap for less to show for it. **GPT-5.5** matched the leader's 82.4% pass rate using the fewest tokens on the board, yet finished fifth overall. Efficient reasoning and accurate reasoning are apparently two separate skills, a distinction most benchmark marketing tends to gloss over. **Gemma 4 26B** deserves its own paragraph. It submitted a valid answer on every single task, a perfect completion rate, and still finished last. In casual work, that combination usually means one thing: the model answered when the wiser move was to pause, like the colleague who fills every silence in a meeting with confident nonsense. [New York’s AI scene: 25 companies to know in 2026New York’s AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city’s AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley’s permission.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-64eb0eab-a2b8-46cd-bc2f-87d32c72b901.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1-32203c44-dabe-4b66-a694-d5bd7db6afa6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/) ## Five axes, one score CausalDS scores every agent across five separate capabilities, and the paper's central finding is that these move independently. A model strong on one axis can land weak on another, which is exactly why a single leaderboard number invites the wrong conclusion. - **Symbolic causal reasoning**: separating associational claims from interventional and counterfactual ones. - **Data-science execution**: writing and running code that actually produces an estimate from tabular data. - **Uncertainty quantification**: attaching a calibrated interval to an estimate instead of a falsely precise point value. - **Epistemic abstention**: recognizing when the data genuinely fall short of an answer, then abstaining rather than [**hallucinating**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) a confident one. - **Tool use and coding efficiency**: reaching a correct answer inside a sandboxed environment while keeping steps and token spend in check. --- ## What this means for teams evaluating agentic AI Any team piloting agents for causal inference, marketing mix modeling, or root-cause analysis should treat CausalDS as a preview of the failure modes waiting in [**production**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/). 💡 The paper's abstention framing is the most transferable idea here, and it travels well beyond causal work. An agent that always answers signals confidence, but confidence and [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) are different currencies. A vendor demo that only rewards raw accuracy tends to hide that distinction from the people making the purchasing decisions. Leban and Sun frame this nicely in the paper. A related benchmark, CausaLab, tests an experimental discoverer. CausalDS tests a genuine causal [**data scientist**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/) working from a pile of files and a deadline. That is the role most enterprise teams actually need filled. **A few questions worth asking before trusting an agent with a real causal claim:** - **Ask vendors for pass rate and abstention rate separately**, rather than a single blended accuracy figure a confidently wrong model can inflate. - **Test agents against deliberately non-identifiable questions**, the causal equivalent of a trick question, before trusting output on ambiguous real-world data. - **Track token cost per correct answer.** CausalDS shows some models pay for accuracy with budgets many times larger than a rival hitting a similar pass rate. ### The 2026 State of AI and Identity Report URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2026-state-of-ai-and-identity-report/ Last updated: 2026-10-21T06:32:51.000Z A comprehensive survey of 300+ CTOs, CISOs, and engineering leaders exposing why 88% of organizations say their AI deployment has outpaced their identity and security infrastructure. # The breach is already inside your AI 88% of extremely confident organizations have already suffered a confirmed AI identity breach. 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Your AI deployments won't wait, and your identity infrastructure shouldn't either. ## Please add title in Airtable Please add content in Airtable [Give me my copy](#download) ![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/assets/img/reports/decal-5.svg) ### Berlin, Paris, London: how Europe's AI hubs are diverging URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/berlin-paris-london-how-europes-ai-hubs-are-diverging/ Last updated: 2026-07-16T11:31:47.000Z For years, US investors and operators treated "the European AI scene" as one line item, a single region to watch from across the Atlantic. **That framing is retiring fast.** > Capital flows, flagship companies, AI talent pipelines, and even regulatory posture are pulling each city in a genuinely different direction, and any American team scouting for a European foothold now needs three separate playbooks instead of one. So, get your suitcase packed and don’t forget your passport and umbrella; we’re jetting off to each city to find out what AI in Berlin, AI in Paris and AI in London actually looks like, and more importantly, why you need to keep updated with each of them... [15 AI tools Fortune 500 companies are actually using in 2026Adoption surveys are noise. Here are the 15 AI tools actually running inside Fortune 500 companies in 2026, ranked, with the numbers behind each one.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-738fd010-a815-4d24-8861-f3ff6630d460.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-6c039aed-f42a-4e55-97cc-d0edb4908494.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-15-ai-tools-fortune-500-companies-are-using-in-2026/) ## Berlin: Berlin's AI story runs through Aleph Alpha, Merantix, and Helsing, increasingly through defense tech and industrial robotics rather than consumer software. Helsing alone raised $1.6 billion, according to [**Tracxn's analysis of AI hubs beyond London**](https://tracxn.com/d/insights/market-reports/europes-new-ai-startup-hubs-beyond-london/%5F%5FTRB9oQIGhUoLrmQhlJVJsFapGP5LwsBxsu5EW-j-9nE), and German defense tech AI funding has concentrated in three companies holding **nearly** **97%** of the sector's total. 💡 Munich, Berlin's quieter industrial AI cousin, grew AI-native value by **330% since 2024**. This is applied AI and enterprise AI adoption in the truest sense: automotive, logistics, and defense systems running production AI models against real physical constraints rather than clever prompts alone. Berlin's ecosystem value trails London's by a wide margin, but enterprise and industrial AI demand run deep, the kind that demands [**operational stability for mission-critical ML systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) rather than a flashy demo. A model that survives contact with a factory floor earns its keep in ways a leaderboard score rarely does, and increasingly, the industry expects teams to keep [**demonstrating reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) at every stage of deployment. - **The bet:** applied AI wired into defense, automotive, and logistics rather than consumer software - **The money:** Helsing alone raised $1.6 billion, and German defense tech AI funding sits concentrated in three companies - **The growth story:** Munich's AI-native value has jumped 330% since 2024, the fastest of any German hub - **The takeaway:** Berlin rewards teams building for reliability and physical constraints over demo polish. [New York’s AI scene: 25 companies to know in 2026New York’s AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city’s AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley’s permission.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-215566d9-ad47-420b-a67b-d62b4f1ba3de.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1-abfbec58-6ff4-4a83-a888-44578fc4a6f4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/) ## **Paris:** Paris took the opposite bet: own the foundation model layer. Mistral AI, Hugging Face, Kyutai, and INRIA anchor a cluster that Startup Genome ranks as Europe's second-largest AI-native ecosystem, with AI-native value climbing **156% to $20.2 billion**, a faster growth rate than London's from a smaller base. 💡 France 2030 has committed over ****€30 billion**, roughly ****$32 billion**, to AI and deep tech innovation, and the payoff shows up every July when the RAISE Summit fills the Carrousel du Louvre with nine thousand attendees and a suspiciously high ratio of C-level badges. The French approach treats foundation model ownership as a question of AI sovereignty first and a commercial question second. London optimizes for whoever deploys AI fastest at scale. Paris optimizes for who trains the open-source AI models underneath everyone else's product, chasing the [**train once, infer forever**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) economics that make foundation models worth the upfront spend. That is a slower, pricier bet on sovereign AI infrastructure, and likely the one that matters most if dependence on American cloud infrastructure ever hardens into a bargaining chip. - **The bet:** own the foundation model layer instead of just deploying on top of someone else's - **The money:** AI-native ecosystem value climbed 156% to $20.2 billion, outpacing London's growth rate - **The backing:** France 2030 has committed over €30 billion, roughly $32 billion, to AI and deep tech - **The takeaway:** Paris plays the long, expensive game of AI sovereignty, betting it pays off if American infrastructure ever becomes a bargaining chip. [25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026Twenty five names, organized by what they actually do, plus a practical note on how to follow them without drowning in the noise…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-9663946f-f187-4a8d-ab65-1148f2b5961b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/2-923c604f-df6c-4486-8c7c-ad05194c8f3d.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/) ## **London:** According to [**Dealroom's Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026**](https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/london-reclaims-top-european-tech-spot-paris-dealroom/), London reclaimed the top spot in Europe's tech ecosystem rankings this year, powered by AI startup funding and deep tech investment. 💡 UK tech companies raised ****$17.7 billion in 2025**, and the city now houses roughly 138 unicorns, including AI companies like ElevenLabs and Wayve. Globally, London sits fourth in the AI startup ecosystem rankings, trailing only the Bay Area, [****New York**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/), and Boston. [**Startup Genome's GSER 2026**](https://startupgenome.com/insights/europes-2026-comeback-funding-ai-and-the-new-defensetech-frontier) puts London's total ecosystem value at **$438 billion**, more than double Paris’s and nearly five times Berlin’s. AI-native ecosystem value alone reached **$26.3 billion**, up **79%** over two years. This is a city built for enterprise AI adoption and scale-up venture capital. It has the DeepMind alumni network to prove it: former researchers spun out Recursive Superintelligence and Ineffable Intelligence, two frontier AI labs that, alongside Yann LeCun's Paris-based Advanced Machine Intelligence, [**raised a combined $2.6 billion this year**](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/european-ai-funding-startups-recursive-ineffable-advanced-machine-intelligence/). London's edge as a European AI hub is structural: deep venture capital pools, a mature enterprise AI buyer base focused on [**optimizing toward enterprise value in the LLM agentic era**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), and a regulator that favors sector-by-sector AI regulation over one sweeping law. That flexibility has upsides. It also means compliance teams juggle five overlapping AI governance regimes instead of one, a fun little tax on any American company shipping [**AI products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) into the UK and the wider EU market at the same time. - **The bet:** capital, commercial scale, and enterprise buyers over model ownership - **The money:** $17.7 billion in VC funding in 2025, 138 unicorns, and a $438 billion total ecosystem value - **The talent:** a DeepMind alumni network spinning out frontier labs like Recursive Superintelligence and Ineffable Intelligence - **The takeaway:** London is where AI gets funded and scaled fastest, even if it isn't training the underlying models. --- ## The bigger fracture nobody put on a slide Money aside, the three cities also diverge on AI regulation. The [**EU AI Act**](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai) becomes largely applicable across France and Germany from August 2026, with high-risk AI system obligations pushed to December 2027 under the Digital Omnibus agreement reached in May 2026\. The UK relies instead on sector regulators such as the ICO and FCA applying existing rules case by case, rather than one central AI statute, making UK AI compliance a patchwork exercise of its own. That regulatory split carries real weight for anyone [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) cross-border AI products, as [**Osborne Clarke's regulatory outlook**](https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/regulatory-outlook-may-2026-artificial-intelligence) lays out. > A London AI startup selling into France answers to EU regulators in Brussels regardless of what the UK government legislates at home. A Berlin defense tech contractor answers to different AI governance than a Paris foundation model lab, even inside the same EU framework. Compliance teams in 2026 have become amateur cartographers, and the map keeps redrawing itself. Three factors worth tracking as this AI investment landscape plays out: - **Growth-stage AI capital still flows west.** Europe and the US start on roughly equal footing at early-stage AI funding, but by growth stage, American investors lead 73% of European AI deals, turning a level playing field into a funnel. - **AI talent absorption cuts against every hub.** Google's London office, [**Meta's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) Paris AI lab, and Microsoft's expanding European [**AI engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) centers recruit aggressively from the same pool of roughly 325,000 European AI professionals, many chasing the [**emergence of the AI architect role**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) that each city claims as its own. 💡 Europe has stopped pretending it runs one AI playbook. Berlin, Paris, and London are placing different bets on where AI value actually accrues across the European AI startup ecosystem, and the next two years will show which wager pays out first. --- ## Catch the next chapter in Berlin If Berlin's shift toward applied, industrial AI and [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agentic-artificial-intelligence/) deployment has your attention, the **Agentic AI Summit Berlin** is where that story gets argued out loud, especially for teams working out how to [**turn shadow AI into a safe agentic workforce**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). - **See the deployment gap up close.** Sessions focus on agentic AI systems running in production environments, skipping the demo-day theater. - **Meet the builders behind the industrial AI pivot.** Speakers come from the enterprise and defense-adjacent AI companies driving Berlin's growth numbers. - **Benchmark your own AI roadmap.** Compare notes with practitioners solving the same AI integration problems you are, minus the marketing gloss. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiberlin/) ### Barndoor Live Session URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-4/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T06:46:49.000Z **Thanks for registering** Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### The 15 AI tools Fortune 500 companies are using in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-15-ai-tools-fortune-500-companies-are-using-in-2026/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:57:09.000Z Forget the surveys asking executives whether they plan to adopt AI. That question closed sometime in 2024\. The live question in 2026 is which AI tools Fortune 500 companies are actually using, day to day, past the pilot slide deck. The enterprise AI adoption statistics for 2026 tell a story that's more concentrated and a little stranger than the hype implies. 💡 Here are the 15 tools actually running inside the world's largest companies, ranked by where the budget and the daily usage are landing this year... [New York’s AI scene: 25 companies to know in 2026New York’s AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city’s AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley’s permission.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-c92ea79c-f493-46cd-9876-86bded8664aa.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1-b1613a06-721c-4b15-863c-b43438f94400.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/) ## 15 AI tools Fortune 500 companies are using in 2026 1. [**Microsoft 365 Copilot**](https://www.getpanto.ai/blog/microsoft-copilot-statistics). Microsoft claims roughly 90% Fortune 500 usage in some capacity as of mid-2026, though independent trackers put[ **active, paid deployments closer to 64%**](https://www.stackmatix.com/blog/microsoft-copilot-enterprise-adoption-2026). Barclays rolled[ **Copilot**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) out to 100,000 employees, and Accenture runs the largest single deployment at over 740,000 seats, yet weekly active usage still lands at under half of purchased seats. Microsoft's low-code[ **agent builder**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) adds a further layer, with more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies now running at least one active agent built this way. 2. [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) and ChatGPT Enterprise. OpenAI reports[ **92% of Fortune 500 companies use its products**](https://aibusinessweekly.net/p/ai-adoption-statistics), and ChatGPT Enterprise seat growth crossed 7 million seats in late 2025, a ninefold jump year over year. That scale rivals Copilot's, minus the operating-system distribution advantage. 3. [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) Gemini. Gemini rides the same integration logic inside Workspace, appearing in Docs and Sheets the way Copilot appears in Word and Excel. It's the third vendor playing the same game: control the login screen, and you control the habit. 4. **GitHub Copilot**. GitHub Copilot's Fortune 100 statistics sit at roughly[ **90% of engineering organizations**](https://www.getpanto.ai/blog/github-copilot-statistics), with 4.7 million paid subscribers as of January 2026, and Siemens alone running it across 30,000 developers. It still leads inside the very largest enterprises, even as newer agents pull ahead elsewhere. 5. [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) Code. Anthropic's coding agent launched in May 2025 and reached an[ **$8 billion annualized run rate by May 2026**](https://aibusinessweekly.net/p/anthropic-statistics), a trajectory Anthropic itself calls the fastest product ramp in its history. A[ **February 2026 survey of 906 developers by The Pragmatic Engineer**](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/ai-tooling-2026) found Claude Code rated the most loved AI coding tool, and 71% of developers who regularly use AI agents named it their primary tool, though GitHub Copilot still leads at companies with 10,000-plus employees. 6. **Cursor**. Cursor keeps its own lane among smaller, faster-moving teams who want an editor designed around AI from the start rather than one with AI added later. It shows up constantly in the same conversations as Claude Code while chasing an entirely separate set of accounts. 7. **Glean**.[ **Glean built a business on curing**](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-surpasses-300m-arr-unrivaled-enterprise-context-fuels-ai-adoption) every large company's oldest affliction, a decade of institutional memory scattered across Slack threads and abandoned SharePoint folders. It nearly doubled its Fortune 500 customer count year over year and crossed $300 million in annual recurring revenue by May 2026\. Its permissions-aware index, a close cousin of[ **retrieval-augmented generation**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/), means employees only surface what they're cleared to see, a feature most [**enterprise search products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) spent two decades getting backwards. 8. **Notion AI**. Notion AI summarizes pages and threads inside the workspaces teams already live in, chasing the same fewer-meetings promise as most of this list. 9. **Slack AI**. Slack AI does the collaboration-side version of the same job, summarizing channels so fewer meetings exist purely to recap the previous meeting. 10. **Salesforce Agentforce**. Agentforce enterprise adoption crossed[ **29,000 deals and roughly $800 million in annual recurring revenue**](https://sqmagazine.co.uk/salesforce-statistics/) by the close of fiscal 2026, with customers including Indeed, Finnair, and Heathrow Airport. Salesforce now talks about[ **agentic work units**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) instead of licenses sold, and that shift in vocabulary says plenty about where enterprise AI budgets are actually heading. 11. **ServiceNow**. ServiceNow wires[ **AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) onto existing IT service ticket queues rather than starting from scratch, automating triage and routing work that used to sit in a human queue overnight. 12. **UiPath**. UiPath layers AI decisioning onto its existing robotic process automation fleets, a bet that[ **operational stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) matters more to enterprise buyers than flashy new capability when the workflow already runs mission-critical processes. 13. **Palantir AIP**. Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform posted[ **133% year-over-year US commercial revenue growth**](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/palantir-lags-p-500-2026-165408614.html) in the first quarter of 2026\. Its bootcamp model, where clients [**build a working application**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) on their own data inside a single week, has turned into the most imitated enterprise sales tactic of the year. 14. **Harvey**. Harvey has become the standard reference inside corporate legal departments for AI trained specifically on [**legal reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) rather than general web text, spreading from BigLaw firms into Fortune 500 in-house counsel teams. 15. **Abridge**. Abridge fills a comparable role in healthcare systems, turning patient conversations into clinical documentation so physicians spend more of each visit looking at the patient rather than a keyboard. [Tejas Chopra: how Headroom cuts AI agent token costsTejas Chopra built Headroom, an open-source context compression layer for Claude and Codex, to stop burning through his own token budget. Six months on, he’s left Netflix to build Headroom Labs full time. In this Q&A, he walks through the agent-to-agent context problem he’s building toward next…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a81c6c3e-ba44-427b-8211-a6e754b9be19.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--4-991b6bd2-6e09-410e-83d8-3595e74fc390.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/q-a-how-headroom-went-from-side-project-to-enterprise-infrastructure/) ## What ties these fifteen together? - **Permissions arrive before prompts.** Every tool here that scaled past the pilot stage solved data governance early rather than bolting it on afterward. - **A narrow wedge beats a platform pitch.** Glean started with search. Agentforce started with support tickets. The winners picked one job and did it well before expanding. None of this settles the broader[ **AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) arms race. Adoption still outpaces measurable return at most enterprises, and the distance between licenses purchased and features genuinely used remains 2026's most persistent open secret in[ **enterprise software**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). > For anyone assembling their own stack, the fifteen tools above mark where the budget, the engineering hours, and the executive attention are landing this year, ahead of wherever the marketing decks point next. --- ## The bottom line... 💡 Enterprise AI adoption moves fast enough that the ground truth shifts between quarters rather than years. AIAI's Insider membership tracks that ground truth as it forms, ahead of the moment it arrives as a press release. - **Analysis before the trend piece.** Insider members get breakdowns of enterprise AI shifts as the data lands, ahead of the trade press. - **A direct line to practitioners.** Connect with the engineers and decision makers actually running these deployments inside their own companies. - **Priority access to AIAI summits.** Insider membership includes early registration for events like the Agentic AI Summit Berlin, where this year's adoption data gets argued over in the room. [**Join the AI Accelerator Institute Insider membership plan**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/insider-membership-plan/) and get the analysis before it becomes the headline. ### New York's AI scene: Top 25 in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-yorks-ai-scene-the-25-companies-you-need-to-know/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:57:21.000Z San Francisco still gets the headlines, but New York is running its own AI economy and it is bigger than most people know. More than [**2,000 AI startups now call the city home, backed by over $27 billion in funding since 2019 and a workforce of 40,000-plus AI professionals**](https://www.technyc.org/nyc-tech-snapshot-2025). That is an industry, plain and simple. > What makes New York different is the lack of a single obsession. San Francisco chases foundation models and developer tooling. New York builds AI for the industries it already dominates: finance, media, healthcare, and enterprise software. Less "we trained a model," more "we automated the thing your compliance team dreaded." **A few things set this ecosystem apart:** - **Density at the early stage.** Manhattan now produces [**more seed and Series A companies in a single year than the Bay Area, 543 versus 486 by one count**](https://www.technyc.org/nyc-tech-snapshot-2025)**.** - **Vertical depth over horizontal hype.** Where [**Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) optimizes for general-purpose model capability, New York optimizes for fitting AI into finance, healthcare, and media workflows that already have entrenched compliance and regulatory demands. **Here are the 25 companies proving that thesis right now, ranked loosely by relevance and momentum rather than valuation.** **1\. Hugging Face** Hugging Face anchors much of the open-source AI world from its New York base, hosting the model hub that practically every ML team has bookmarked at some point. It is the closest thing the AI community has to a town square, with hundreds of thousands of models, datasets, and Spaces hosted for free. The company's bet is that open infrastructure beats closed gardens long term, and so far the betting odds look decent. **2\. Runway** Runway builds multimodal generative video tools that have shifted what "AI filmmaking" even means, with its open research lineage now powering creative pipelines well beyond its own product. It is one of a small number of companies globally [**training**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) its own foundation models rather than wrapping someone else's API. That puts Runway in direct competition with labs many times its size, which is either bold or slightly unhinged, depending on the day. **3\. Clarifai** Clarifai has spent over a decade in computer vision, long enough to watch the rest of the field catch up to problems it was already solving. The platform handles image, video, and text recognition at enterprise scale, serving government and commercial clients who needed production-grade vision models before "AI" was a board-level agenda item. Longevity in this industry is rare, and Clarifai has it. **4\. Two Sigma** Two Sigma applies [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) to systematic trading at a scale most quant shops only dream about, running statistical models across enormous datasets to find signals in market noise. Founded by former technologists rather than traditional Wall Street traders, the firm treats trading as a data [**science**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/) problem first and a finance problem second. It remains one of the clearest examples of New York's edge: deep capital markets expertise paired with deep ML talent. **5\. Kalshi** Kalshi uses AI to power federally regulated prediction markets, and its funding trajectory tells its own story: [**a $300 million Series D in October 2025**](https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-hits-5-billion-valuation-amid-international-expansion), then [**a $1 billion Series E two months later**](https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-11-billion-valuation-series-e), then [**another $1 billion Series F in May 2026 that pushed its valuation to $22 billion**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2026/05/07/kalshi-billionaire-cofounders-double-their-net-worths-with-another-funding-round/). Prediction markets let traders bet directly on real-world outcomes, from economic data releases to cultural events, and Kalshi's models help price and surface those markets in real time. Regulators are still figuring out exactly how to think about this category, which makes Kalshi worth watching closely. [25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026Twenty five names, organized by what they actually do, plus a practical note on how to follow them without drowning in the noise…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-b8ce7b90-0c75-4cfa-a1c0-9745f882efa4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/2-3bf78509-fff1-4a63-b435-72adbe71410c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/) **6\. Ramp** Ramp embeds AI into corporate spend management, so finance teams stop reconciling receipts by hand and start catching wasteful spend automatically. Its [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) flag duplicate charges, unused software subscriptions, and policy violations before a human even opens the expense report. For an industry built on tedium, automating the tedium is the entire pitch, and it is working. **7\. AlphaSense** AlphaSense mines market intelligence from earnings calls, filings, and expert transcripts, turning a research process that used to take analysts days into a search query that takes minutes. Investment banks, hedge funds, and corporate strategy teams treat it as a primary research layer now, ahead of the analysts who used to own that job. It is a good reminder that the most valuable AI products are often the boring ones people end up relying on daily. **8\. F2** F2 accelerates private markets diligence for private credit, private equity, and commercial banking teams, and [**the company says its platform evaluates deals over 60% faster**](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/f2) by turning unstructured deal data into investment-grade analysis. Backed by NFX, Left Lane Capital, and Y Combinator, F2 is betting that the firms doing the most deals will pay the most for speed. Given how much of private equity still runs on PDFs and prayer, that bet looks sound. **9\. OffDeal** OffDeal is an AI-native investment bank built for small business owners who want to sell their companies at premium prices for a fraction of typical Wall Street fees. Its AI handles the analyst-level grunt work, financial modeling, buyer outreach, and document preparation, freeing human advisors to focus on strategy and negotiation. It is a niche many assumed AI would skip entirely, mostly because nobody thought to try. **10\. Petal** Petal applies [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) to credit underwriting for people that traditional credit scores routinely ignore, using cash flow data instead of credit history alone. The approach lets the company extend credit to people with thin or no credit files, a group standard scoring models tend to overlook entirely. It is a useful case study in AI expanding access rather than just optimizing margins. [30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agentsIn Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-885074ec-269a-47d3-887b-3fc12efd3d2b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-26783fee-3a83-4680-968d-f762dd246b51.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/30-startups-rebuilding-enterprise-software-with-ai-agents/) **11\. Socure** Socure verifies identity at a scale that makes manual fraud checks feel almost quaint, combining device, document, and behavioral signals into a single trust score. Banks, fintechs, and government agencies use it to onboard customers while staying ahead of synthetic identity fraud, which has exploded alongside generative AI's ability to fabricate convincing fake documents. The irony of fighting AI fraud with AI detection lands on everyone in the building eventually. **12\. Forter** Forter catches e-commerce fraud in real time by analyzing transaction patterns across its network of merchant clients, approving good orders and blocking bad ones before checkout completes. The company built its model on the idea that fraud signals are stronger in aggregate across merchants than in isolation at any single retailer. That network effect is hard to replicate, which is exactly why it works. **13\. BigID** BigID maps and protects sensitive data across the [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), which is a polite way of saying it finds the personal and regulated data your security team forgot existed. As privacy regulation expands globally, knowing where sensitive data actually lives has become a board-level liability question rather than an IT afterthought. BigID's platform answers that question continuously instead of through an annual audit panic. **14\. Deep Instinct** Deep Instinct applies deep learning to malware prevention out of its joint New York and Tel Aviv operations, predicting and blocking threats before they execute rather than detecting them after the fact. Traditional antivirus reacts to known signatures; Deep Instinct's models are trained to recognize malicious intent in files they are encountering for the first time. In a threat landscape where zero-day exploits move faster than patch cycles, that distinction matters. **15\. Adaptive Security** Adaptive Security has raised roughly $136 million across two rounds: [**a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and the OpenAI Startup Fund in April 2025**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adaptive-security-raises-43m-from-a16z-and-openai-startup-fund-to-combat-ai-powered-cyber-attacks-including-deepfakes-vishing-and-smishing-302417695.html), followed by [**a Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures that December**](https://www.securityweek.com/adaptive-security-raises-81-million-in-series-b-funding/), building AI-driven defenses against AI-generated threats like deepfake phishing and voice cloning scams. As generative AI makes social engineering attacks cheaper and more convincing, the company's pitch is that you need AI watching the door. Two funding rounds in eight months from investors, which suggests they agree this problem is only getting worse. [The hidden costs of scaling AI | Live sessionA live session with practitioners from Barndoor AI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4bc02dbe-9b6b-4e46-bc7f-b9c9192b2309.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/WB161-Big-Panda-Live-session---Meta--4--b704e337-4734-452d-9aa0-83e6fa099fa6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-costs-of-scaling-ai/) **16\. Behavox** Behavox watches for compliance and conduct risk inside enterprise communications, scanning email, chat, and voice for signs of misconduct, collusion, or regulatory violations. Financial institutions use it to catch the kind of behavior that used to surface only after a regulator's subpoena arrived. It is either deeply reassuring or mildly terrifying, depending on how your last Slack message reads out of context. **17\. Flatiron Health** Flatiron Health turns oncology data from electronic health records into research that actually changes treatment decisions, partnering with cancer centers and pharmaceutical companies on real-world evidence studies. Its models help identify which treatments work best for which patient subgroups, a question clinical trials alone often answer too slowly to matter. The company proves that healthcare AI's biggest wins sometimes live in data plumbing rather than diagnosis itself. **18\. Oscar Health** Oscar Health builds AI directly into the health insurance experience, from claims triage to member support, trying to fix an industry famous for opacity and frustration. Its tools help predict member risk earlier and route care recommendations before small problems become expensive ones. Whether AI can actually fix health insurance remains an open question, but Oscar is one of the few insurers willing to test it at scale. **19\. K Health** K Health offers AI-driven symptom guidance grounded in real, anonymized patient data rather than generic medical literature, comparing a user's symptoms against millions of similar historical cases. It is a useful first stop before urgent care or the emergency room, and it might stop you from googling your symptoms at 2 am and assuming the worst. **20\. Spring Health** Spring Health applies AI to mental health benefits at the employer level, matching employees to the right type of care, therapy, coaching, or medication management faster than traditional referral networks manage. Its matching algorithm is built to reduce the trial-and-error most people experience when finding the right therapist. For an industry where the average wait time for care is measured in weeks, faster matching alone is a meaningful outcome. [Stanford AI Index 2026: The trust hap behind the hypeTransparency scores are falling, hallucination rates on user-framed statements hit as high as 94%, and benchmark performance still fails to predict real-world results. The gap between what AI can do and what organizations can actually verify is now the problem worth solving…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-3ca8a03a-abcb-46e3-b028-23d75207d4ba.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--bf74b7c9-7c32-4c94-9292-2565ea43860b.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-age-of-ai-evangelism-is-over-welcome-to-the-evaluation-era/) **21\. Understood Care** Understood Care, fresh out of Y Combinator, matches Medicare patients with AI-assisted patient advocates who help navigate paperwork, find resources, and access care, a benefit that became Medicare-covered only in 2024\. The company cites a figure of [**88% of US adults**](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/understood-care) reporting difficulty navigating the healthcare system, and [**with 68 million people on Medicare**](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2025/oct/state-scorecard-medicare-performance), the addressable problem is enormous regardless of the exact number. It is a clean example of policy change creating room for a genuinely new AI-enabled service category. **22\. Datadog** Datadog has built AI-assisted observability into the backbone of how [**engineering teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) monitor production systems, using machine learning to detect anomalies and predict incidents before they cause outages. As infrastructure has grown more distributed and harder to reason about manually, Datadog's models take over the pattern recognition work that now exceeds human scale. It is infrastructure AI that stays invisible to most end users while every engineering team relies on it daily. **23\. Bloomberg** Bloomberg trained its own domain-specific language model on decades of proprietary financial data, betting that a model built on its corpus would outperform general-purpose alternatives on financial tasks. The company has the kind of data moat that took 40 years to build, the sort of advantage money alone struggles to buy. It is a reminder that incumbents with deep proprietary data still have a real structural advantage in the AI era. **24\. Yext** Yext applies AI to search and brand answers across the web, helping companies control how their information appears when customers ask AI assistants and search engines questions about them. As generative AI search reshapes how people find businesses, Yext's pitch has shifted from managing listings to managing how AI itself describes a brand. That shift from SEO to what some are calling "answer engine optimization" is becoming its own discipline fast. **25\. Dataminr** Dataminr scans the open web in real time, from social media to public sensors, to surface breaking events before most newsrooms or corporate security teams catch wind of them. Its AI flags everything from natural disasters to security incidents within minutes of the first public signal appearing online. For organizations where minutes of advance warning translate into real safety and financial outcomes, that speed is the entire product. --- ## **Want to see this thesis in action?** A good chunk of this list lives at the intersection of finance and AI, and that intersection gets its own stage this October. The [**Agentic AI in Financial Services Summit**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticfinance/) lands in New York on October 1, 2026, bringing together engineers, risk leaders, and domain experts from firms including Citi, BNY Mellon, T. Rowe Price, and Fitch Group. **Benefit from the following:** - **A grounded view of what's working**, from architecture to evaluation - **A benchmark against deployed systems**, on governance and inference - **A direct line into the regulatory debate**, where compliance meets engineering - **A sharper network** of engineers and leaders building institution-grade AI [Reserve your place today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticfinance/) ### Your AI Workforce Is Already Running. Can You Prove What It's Producing? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prove-what-your-workforce-is-producing/ Last updated: 2026-08-06T14:54:56.000Z MIT research found that 95% of enterprise GenAI investments produce no measurable P&L impact. Part of the reason is structural: most teams can measure token spend, but not what that spend produced or who authorized it. Premium models get pointed at routine prompts. Recursive loops accumulate cost before anyone notices. The numbers show up on the invoice rather than in a control you can act on beforehand. Join us and [**Revenium**](https://www.revenium.ai/) for a live session to explore the Autonomous Job: a unit of work that ties every agent decision to its outcome, its cost and a named budget owner. --- **What you'll take away:** - Why AI is the first workforce in your company without a system of record, and what that costs you every quarter you wait. - The Autonomous Job as the missing unit of measurement, demonstrated live on a real agent trace. - Three spend patterns that show up in nearly every enterprise AI footprint, and the recovery math behind each. - What it looks like to run an AI workforce with the same cost, outcome, and ownership discipline you apply to every other workforce. --- **Why you should attend:** 1. You can see total token spend by model or API key. You can't see which customer, product, or agent drove it, or what each one produced. 2. Premium models running routine prompts. Recursive loops burning five-figure sums before anyone notices. By the time it shows up in a report, the money is already gone. 3. No one owns the AI budget the way someone owns the budget for headcount, software, or infrastructure. When spend goes sideways, there's no early warning and no clear accountability. --- **Your Speakers** **Jason Cumberland** Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Revenium Jason leads product strategy to ensure AI systems scale with economic accountability. Prior to co-founding Revenium, Jason led Sales and Product Management at NTT Cloud and served as General Manager of IaaS at Dimension Data. He has spent his career building and scaling enterprise cloud platforms. **Bailey Caldwell** Chief Strategy Officer, Revenium Bailey focuses on building AI economic control systems for the agent economy. He brings 15 years of work in cloud strategy and cost management. That includes a decade at RightScale, leadership roles at Flexera, and time as an Associate Partner at McKinsey, where he built and scaled the Global FinOps practice. ### Q&A: How Headroom went from side project to enterprise infrastructure. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/q-a-how-headroom-went-from-side-project-to-enterprise-infrastructure/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:57:43.000Z *Interview by* [*Tim Mitchell*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothymitchell694/)*.* > Every long agent session leaves behind a token trail nobody asked for: restated file contents, duplicate tool outputs, an entire log file read end to end for the one line that mattered. Tejas Chopra found that trail while burning through his own API credits on side projects. Six months later, the compression layer he built to fix it has become one of the fastest-growing tools in [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). Headroom picked up a mention in The Register in June 2026 and gained enough momentum to pull Chopra out of Netflix and into building Headroom Labs full time. The pitch is simple to state and hard to build: compress an agent's context aggressively, but keep the original in reserve so the model can always ask for it back. **Before the full conversation:** - **The origin**: built out of frustration with his own token bills while running Claude and Codex side projects on a personal API key. - **The mechanism**: reversible compression, meaning the model gets a compressed context plus a tool call it can use to retrieve the original if the compression left something out. - **The moment**: a Register writeup landed in the same week GitHub Copilot's pricing change pushed some users from around $1,000 to $4,000 for the same usage, spiking token cost anxiety right when Headroom got visibility. - **The scale**: somewhere between 200 and 300 billion tokens saved by Chopra's own count, a number he stopped tracking once usage took off, because Headroom runs entirely on the user's machine by design. We spoke with Tejas about how reversible compression actually holds up under load, where it has failed in production, and what he is building next for a world where agents hand context to other agents instead of writing it all down first. [25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026Twenty five names, organized by what they actually do, plus a practical note on how to follow them without drowning in the noise…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-20979510-e3b6-4af1-9bf9-44a30069a580.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/2-83f59e5b-c0ff-4a94-bfa1-5ceac2389d4f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/) ## **Where Headroom came from** **Tim Mitchell:** "For people who haven't come across Headroom, what was the origin here? Was there a specific moment you thought "context needs a compression layer," or did it build up gradually?" **Tejas Chopra:** "I run a lot of side projects on my own API key, and I kept burning through my subscription tokens and falling back to pay-as-you-go. That's when I started looking at where the tokens were actually going. I use Claude primarily, and Codex, and their dashboards will tell you that you spent X dollars in a session, but they don't tell you what drove it. Was the prompt bad? Was the data I queried too large? None of that was visible. > The moment it really broke was asking a GPU usage question against a log file and running out of context window within two questions. One line in that log file mattered. Why did the model need to read the whole thing? That's where it started. I built a way to intercept traffic between Claude Code and the Claude models, which turned out to be a genuinely hard proxy to build, but once I had it, I could see how much was flowing through that had nothing to do with what I'd actually asked. That first version only worked for API keys. Most people run on subscription-based Claude, which uses a different endpoint, so I had to build separate paths for API keys, subscriptions, streaming, non-streaming, Vertex, and Bedrock. Even for one provider, that's a lot of combinations, and everyone's setup is a little different. Headroom started as a way to collapse all of that into one integration layer. It began as my own Claude problem and expanded into Codex, then into other people who wanted the same compression approach. The hard part was proving accuracy, because LLMs are non-deterministic. The core idea that separates Headroom from most of what's out there is reversible compression: we compress the context but keep the original in reserve, and we tell the model, if you need the source, here's the tool call to get it. In the overwhelming majority of cases the model asks for that source rarely. But the option is always there, and that's what lets us stand behind accuracy. Most compressors on the market are lossy. They strip data and give you a way back to it only when you rebuild it yourself. We integrate directly into the Claude Code and Codex harness itself, and getting that integration right takes more [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) effort than the compression logic does." --- ## **The traction spike** **Tim Mitchell:** "You started [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) this last December, so six or seven months ago. The last few weeks in particular have been a real moment of recognition. What changed?" **Tejas Chopra:** "Honestly, fundamentally little changed on our end. Most of the core product was built five months ago. I've spent the time since fixing bugs. It took off because several things landed in the same week: The Register wrote about us, and within three or four days, GitHub Copilot changed its pricing model and people went from paying around $1,000 to $4,000 for the same usage. Token cost anxiety spiked at exactly the moment we got visibility, and that combination is what drove it. Stars and adoption are still growing, but we genuinely don't know by how much, because we don't track any usage metrics. Headroom runs entirely locally, by design. Before this wave hit, we'd measured somewhere between 200 and 300 billion tokens saved. Since then, we haven't checked. It could be a trillion tokens saved, it could be less. We want people to trust that it's running on their own machine, so we skip collecting data through the open-source product entirely. > The reason we open-sourced it goes back to the mission: making AI sustainable and scalable for a future where 100 million agents might be operating on data concurrently. Getting there means increasing the amount of intelligence per token. Compression is one lever. We're working on others." **Tim Mitchell:** "And the plan from here? Staying open source, or is there a company forming around this?" **Tejas Chopra:** "I've started Headroom Labs and left Netflix to build this full time. We're extending Headroom for [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) use cases and are already in conversations with a few enterprises. I have a CTO with me, also ex-Netflix, and a group of open-source contributors, some of whom we're planning to bring on full time. We've also raised a small pre-seed round, which we're announcing this week. I'm excited and scared in equal measure, which is a good sign. This is why you pick a profession like this: you want to wake up wanting to do the work, and get paid for it. I'm chasing my own version of IKIGAI, like everyone else." --- ## **Reversible compression, and why the eval matters** **Tim Mitchell:** "The architecture is interesting, and reversible compression feels like the hardest part of the promise to keep. How do you guarantee an agent can always get back to the original data without defeating the point of compressing it in the first place?" **Tejas Chopra:** "That's the right question, and it's why we're working with a few companies on a neutral eval and benchmark strategy for compression and token intelligence more broadly. Models are aggressive about using tool calls when you give them one, so the mechanic is: compress the data, and leave a marker in the compressed text saying, if this isn't enough, here's the tool call to get the original. In about 99% of cases, the model answers from the compressed context and skips the tool call entirely. When it does need the original, that's one extra hop and some extra tokens, but the expectation is that it amortizes across a session. > A concrete example: Snowflake's inference lead tested Headroom against Cortex Cocoa, their agent platform, for data queries, and saw 65 to 70% token compression, in some cases up to 90%, while getting back the same data. Data-intensive pipelines tend to see the biggest gains from Headroom, often without the model ever needing to invoke reversibility. But we still think a proper eval and benchmark is the right way to prove that out, which is what we're building with a few enterprises and companies working on token and context intelligence." ## **Where compression has actually broken things** **Tim Mitchell:** "What's the worst failure mode you've seen, a case where compression cost correctness instead of just saving tokens?" **Tejas Chopra:** "We've seen it with some of the non-reversible techniques we ship as defaults, like RTK and LeanCTX. They've dropped tokens the model actually needed, forcing it to retry the same command with those techniques turned off. So you've compressed the turn, but if it now takes two turns to do what one turn used to do, the net saving is close to zero. That's rare, but it's the worst case we've hit. The bigger, more constant challenge is that if Claude changes its response structure for any reason, we have to adapt our integration to match. That's an integration tax we're happy to carry, because it keeps things simple on the user's end, and at least those failures fail fast and visibly." [30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agentsIn Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-dfc856b5-eb79-4ad8-a4b3-09758e37d65b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-b7695d56-4d82-4185-a8c7-8c015ede2e06.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/30-startups-rebuilding-enterprise-software-with-ai-agents/) ## **What's hiding in the model's output** **Tim Mitchell:** "The output-side reduction is a newer addition. What surprised you about what's actually sitting in model outputs?" **Tejas Chopra:** "Output tokens are billed at roughly five times the rate of input tokens, so a dial on the output side is worth more than the equivalent dial on the input side. Right now, the only real lever is the system prompt, telling the model directly to keep it brief. But developers differ a lot: some want an explanation, some want it crisp, some skip reading the model's prose entirely. That mismatch is a hidden cost that nobody's pricing in. What we do is learn a developer's style from their own conversation history and use that to tune how the model responds, which should unlock better savings without every engineer having to hand-tune their own prompt. This overlaps with a couple of other open-source tools working the same problem, including Caveman and a newer one called Ponytail. Since Headroom, Caveman, and Ponytail are all open source, the plan is to see which pieces are best in their category and stitch the best of them together under one context-intelligence harness inside Headroom." ## **The roadmap: from single agents to millions of them** **Tim Mitchell:** "Looking ahead, what's the roadmap for Headroom, and what are you most excited about?" **Tejas Chopra:** "Headroom today solves the problem for agents running on your laptop. The next problem is [**agent-to-agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) context transfer. Right now, if one agent needs to hand context to another, the first agent has to use an LLM call to write it out to a markdown file, and the second agent has to use another LLM call to read and interpret that file before it can act. With more agents in the loop, everyone ends up burning a model call just to understand context they could have exchanged directly. Markdown is also lossy: it's flat text, and it only captures a fraction of what the first agent actually understood. We're building a context exchange protocol to solve that with a richer interface between agents, and extending it to enterprises running many agents against their data. That's the split going forward: Headroom, the open-source project, keeps its own roadmap and stays free for individual developers, because staying open source is core to the sustainability mission. Headroom Labs is the broader bet, currently in stealth, building infrastructure for a future where many agents are operating on and mutating data concurrently, approached from an enterprise angle. Over time we expect to open source more from Headroom Labs too, including work on observability and data mutation." [30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agentsIn Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-e7fdcc0c-d239-4deb-b909-63de6397b4b1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-b838140d-a26a-4c6b-9b79-6b429c4f603f.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/30-startups-rebuilding-enterprise-software-with-ai-agents/) ## **What this means for your own agent stack** Tejas' numbers are self-reported and the eval work he mentions is still in progress, so treat the compression percentages as a starting point rather than a benchmark you can cite blind. What's harder to dispute is the shape of the problem: token bills are becoming a line item people actually scrutinize, and most teams still have limited visibility into what's driving theirs. A few things worth taking from this conversation into your own setup: - **Check your reversibility story before you compress anything.** Lossy compression that drops a needed token still costs you a retry, and a retry can erase the saving entirely. - **Output tokens deserve as much attention as input tokens.** At roughly five times the cost, a verbose system prompt is a more expensive habit than a bloated context window. - **Agent-to-agent handoffs are the next bottleneck.** If your architecture already routes context through markdown files between agents, that's the pattern Chopra is building an alternative to. --- Headroom stays free and open source for individual developers. Headroom Labs, still in stealth, is where the enterprise version of this problem gets solved next, and Tejas' roadmap suggests context exchange between agents will matter as much as compression did in this first act. *Find* [*Tejas Chopra*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chopratejas/) *on LinkedIn.* ### How IT teams are modernising their integration architecture URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/shifting-your-integration-architecture/ Last updated: 2026-08-10T15:26:28.000Z Every stack has an integration layer holding it together, and most of them were built for a slower, more manual way of working. As AI tools, agents, and automated workflows take on more of the connecting, IT and platform teams are having to ask whether that layer still fits. In this live session, **Tray.ai** look at how IT teams are modernising their integration setups: what's driving the shift from low-code to headless, where low-code still earns its place, and what to weigh up as you plan your own next move. This is a working session built for questions and discussion. Expect an honest look at what's changing in integration architecture, a practical example of headless in action, and space to bring your own setup into the conversation. --- ### **Why attend?** If you're part of an IT, platform, or engineering team figuring out where integration fits in an AI-first stack, this session is for you. You'll leave this session knowing: - Why the integration layer is under pressure, and what's driving the shift toward headless - How to balance flexibility with governance as your integration setup evolves - What a genuinely headless approach looks like in practice, from planning to production You'll leave with a clearer view of where integration is heading, and a practical starting point for your own team's next steps. --- ### Speakers **Paul Turner** *VP Market Strategy, Tray.ai* Paul is responsible for the AI Orchestration product strategy at Tray.ai. He has over 30 years of experience in enterprise software, applications, and middleware in product management, strategy, and consulting across ERP, HCM, data warehousing, application integration, and analytics, in senior roles at Workday, NetSuite, and other SAP and Oracle companies. **Luke Smith** *Principal Sales Engineer, Tray.ai* Luke Smith is a Principal Sales Engineer at Tray.ai, where he has spent four years helping customers turn AI and agents into real business performance. Luke specialises in Tray's Merlin Agent Builder, Agent Gateway, and MCP tooling, working closely with customers to build intelligent agents, orchestrate AI across their enterprise stack, and scale automation with built-in governance. ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-3/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T14:41:16.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### How to control AI agents before they control you URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-control-ai-agents-before-they-control-you-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-03T15:00:52.000Z AI agents are genuinely impressive. They can plan, reason, search the web, write code, send emails, and execute multi-step tasks with minimal human input. ****We want your feedback (and there's a reward in it for you)** We're evolving AIAI to better serve you, and we need your input to get it right. [****Our short survey**](https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8901314/The-Alliance-Insider-Member-Survey) covers how you use your membership and what you'd like to see more of. Complete it, and you'll be entered into a draw for one of ****five £50/$65 Amazon vouchers.** [Complete our survey ](https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8901325/The-Alliance-Pro-Plus-Exec-Plus-Member-Survey) If you've spent any time working with them, you already know the feeling of watching one complete in minutes what would have taken a person hours. But here's the thing nobody talks about enough: they also fail in ways that are deeply unsettling. And the failures don't always look like failures at first. Sometimes they look completely reasonable, right up until the moment they absolutely aren't. ## **When reducing hallucinations isn't enough** Let's start with something that might seem unrelated but actually sets the stage for everything else: [**hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/). You can reduce hallucinations significantly with the right techniques. Retrieval-augmented generation, grounding responses in [**verified data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), tightening prompts. All of that helps. But it doesn't bring the number down to zero. There's always a residual risk, and that residual risk compounds when agents are making decisions autonomously. So what do you do about it? A few things, really. You can add a verification layer before any output gets presented to a user. That layer can be deterministic and rules-based, or it can be a second LLM checking the work of the first. The "LLM as judge" pattern has become well-known for a reason. It works reasonably well. > For high-stakes queries, though, you need something more. If an agent is negotiating a contract or handling large financial figures, the agent can do hours of work behind the scenes, but a human should review and confirm the final output before any action is taken. The agent does the heavy lifting. The human does the final check. That division of labor matters. --- ## **The inbox incident that went viral for all the wrong reasons** Most of you have probably heard about the OpenClaw incident. If you haven't, here's what happened. Samar Yu is [**Meta's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) AI alignment director. Her entire job is making sure AI systems do what humans tell them to do. She set up an OpenClaw agent on a Mac Mini to help manage her email inbox. She gave it clear instructions: check the inbox, suggest what to archive or delete, but take no action until I say so. As soon as she connected it to her real inbox, it started bulk deleting her emails. > She panicked. She sent messages from her phone: "Don't do that. Stop. STOP OPENCLAW." Nothing worked. The agent kept going. She eventually had to physically run to her desk and manually kill all the processes on the machine to get it to stop. Her words were that it felt like diffusing a bomb. The post she shared on X got 9.6 million views. And yes, the agent later apologized. It said it remembered violating the constraint and acknowledged she was right to be upset. Which is, honestly, one of the stranger things you'll encounter in this space. ## **So, what actually went wrong?** The core issue was context compaction. Agents have a limited memory window. When the real inbox connected and the volume of data exploded, the agent had to compact what it had processed so far. Her original instructions got compacted away. The agent no longer had them. 💡 When she sent stop commands from her phone, those messages got queued at the same priority level as everything else. The agent was trying to finish its current task before taking on new instructions. It wasn't ignoring her exactly. It just hadn't gotten there yet. _This post is for subscribers on the Pro+ membership tier only._ ### The age of AI evangelism is over. Welcome to the evaluation era. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-age-of-ai-evangelism-is-over-welcome-to-the-evaluation-era/ Last updated: 2026-07-02T10:55:07.000Z **For years, the dominant sport in enterprise AI was conviction.** Conviction that the models would keep improving (they did), that adoption would compound (it has), and that productivity gains were just around the corner (still rounding). The Stanford AI Index 2026, published in April and running to 423 pages of primary-source data, draws a line under that chapter. If you have been waiting for a single document to hand a skeptical CFO, this is probably it. The capability numbers are genuinely historic. **The trust numbers are a crisis...** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/07/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition--1-.png) --- ## **What the Index actually says** The headline story is capability. On SWE-bench Verified, a benchmark built around real GitHub issues, scores climbed from **60% to nearly 100%** of the human baseline in a single year. Humanity's Last Exam, a benchmark designed by subject-matter experts to represent the hardest problems in their fields, tells a similar story. The top-scoring model answered **just 8.8% of questions correctly in 2025.** By April 2026, that figure had reached 38.3%, with [**Claude Opus 4.6**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) and [**Google's Gemini 3.1**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/)Pro both crossing the 50% mark. **That's a six-fold improvement in a year.** Adoption data tells a parallel story. **Generative AI reached 53%** of the global population faster than either the personal computer or the internet. **Organizational adoption hit 88%.** Stanford is careful to note, however, that this includes any reported use of AI, even a single employee running a ChatGPT query during their lunch break. > It does **not** mean **88% of organizations** have fully deployed AI into production. In fact, actual [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) deployment still sits in single digits across nearly every business function... --- ## **The transparency problem nobody is talking about** The benchmark progress will grab headlines. The more important finding sits in the Responsible AI chapter. **The Foundation Model Transparency Index score fell from 58 to 40 year on year.** This measures how much major labs disclose about: - [**Training**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) data - Compute resources - [**Model-building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) decisions 💡 As frontier development has concentrated inside a handful of large private organizations, producing over 90% of notable models in 2025, independent scrutiny has declined in proportion. For [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) procurement teams and AI governance leads, this is not an abstract concern. It is an operational one. Evaluating a vendor that refuses to share parameter counts, training sources, or fine-tuning methodology is fundamentally different from evaluating software with published specifications. **The procurement playbook from 2022 has expired.** Most organizations are still using it. [25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026Twenty five names, organized by what they actually do, plus a practical note on how to follow them without drowning in the noise…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-ccc5c8e1-635c-4e28-bf1f-399aefbf750e.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/2-3dfe4960-5e3f-4660-852c-42f49cb65d02.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/) ## **Jagged intelligence is a deployment problem** The Index includes a finding that should be on every MLOps team's radar. Across 26 frontier models tested using Artificial Analysis's AA-Omniscience evaluation, [**hallucination**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) rates range from **22% to 94%**. The failure mode is surprisingly specific. When a false statement is attributed to a third party ("Person X believes Y"), models perform well. When the exact same statement is attributed to the user ("I believe Y"), performance collapses. **Stanford summarizes it neatly:** "AI models struggle to tell the difference between knowledge and belief." The numbers are striking. - **Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46% collapse rate** - **Claude Opus 4.6: 61%** - **Most top-tier models: 82% to 94%** **The practical implication is simple:** > If user-framed assertions can influence outputs, your production pipeline has a live vulnerability, regardless of which frontier model you're using. --- ## **The evaluation gap is still real** Benchmark theater has been discussed for so long that it risks becoming background noise. The Stanford Index explains why it remains unsolved. Strong benchmark scores routinely fail to predict performance on real-world tasks. Take software [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). Coding assistants are boosting developer **output by around 26%**, according to research cited in the Index. But those gains are highly uneven. They concentrate on specific tasks and do not generalize across all engineering work. The lesson is straightforward. 💡 ****Three rules to follow** Public benchmarks tell you where to start. Internal evaluations tell you what to buy. Production testing tells you what to trust. It sounds obvious. It is obvious. Few organizations do it before signing contracts. --- ## **The US-China gap is shrinking** The competitive landscape shifted in a way that matters for enterprise strategy. **As of March 2026:** - Anthropic leads Arena Elo - xAI is close behind - Google follows closely - OpenAI remains highly competitive - DeepSeek and Alibaba are no longer far behind The capability gap has narrowed enough that raw model performance is becoming a weaker differentiator. If you're still asking, "Which country built it?", you're probably asking the wrong question. Ask these instead: ### **1\. Which model performs best on *your* task?** Arena Elo rankings are a useful starting point. They are not a substitute for domain-specific testing. At this point, the gap between choosing first and choosing third is probably smaller than the gap between testing properly and guessing. ### **2\. How stable is performance over time?** The best available model changes monthly. Your evaluation infrastructure will outlive the rankings themselves. Invest in that instead. ### **3\. What does your vendor disclose?** Transparency is declining across the board. This now varies more than benchmark scores do. [30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agentsIn Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-fced9f61-0baa-41e2-8312-911e95eee892.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8-1ff9f2e6-3dbb-4050-96ce-4e08ff810e0d.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/30-startups-rebuilding-enterprise-software-with-ai-agents/) ## **What teams should be doing now** The Stanford AI Index is explicit. The organizations most likely to benefit over the next several years will combine experimentation with discipline. ### **Build task-specific evaluations before procurement** Benchmark scores are useful for directional understanding. They are not a substitute for testing your own workflows. If a vendor demo uses public benchmarks instead of your data, treat it as a warning sign. ### **Treat agentic AI as production infrastructure** Deployment rates remain low. The governance requirements do not. Security frameworks need to exist before deployment scales. Treating [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) as experimental tools is becoming an operational risk. ### **Audit for user-framing vulnerabilities** The AA-Omniscience finding is actionable today. Any pipeline where user assertions can influence factual recall needs: - Explicit input validation - Cross-model verification - Additional safeguards before production deployment ### **Raise your transparency expectations** The FMTI score **dropping from 58 to 40 means** the information available to assess risk has shrunk. Organizations will need to compensate with more internal evaluation instead of relying on published specifications. --- ## **The bottom line** The 2026 AI Index is making two arguments simultaneously. **Capability is accelerating.** The adoption curve is steeper than any prior technology. The economic momentum is real. PwC estimates AI could expand global **GDP by nearly 15% by 2035**, a figure comparable in scale to 19th-century industrialization. At the same time, the infrastructure for evaluating, governing, and trusting AI is falling behind. ### Benchmarks are getting harder faster than evaluation methods are improving. Transparency is declining as frontier development concentrates. The organizations that treat the **evaluation gap** as the central problem to solve in 2026 are likely to be much better positioned for what comes next. The models are going to keep getting better. That much data makes it clear. **The question is whether your ability to assess them keeps pace or whether you are still squinting at SWE-bench scores and calling it due diligence.** --- ## **Free to join:** **The** **Agentic Observability Summit** If the evaluation gap this article covers sounds like a problem your team hasn't solved yet, the **Agentic Observability Summit** (virtual, July 29, 2026) is built around exactly that. - **From traces to root cause:** See how teams at Google DeepMind, PayPal, and Visa track agent decisions and tool calls to diagnose failures before they hit users - **Evaluation beyond benchmarks:** Learn how leading organizations measure agent performance and reliability once the model is out of the lab and into production - **Free to attend, live or OnDemand:** 12+ speakers, 8+ sessions, zero cost The Stanford Index proved the models keep improving. This is where you learn whether yours can be trusted. [Secure your free spot](https://virtual.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticobservability) ### 25 AI engineers you should be following in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/25-ai-engineers-you-should-be-following-in-2026/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:58:06.000Z Your X/LinkedIn feed is a product. What you put in is what you get out, and if most of what you're ingesting is founder announcements and AI hype roundups, you're essentially running your professional development on vibes. The engineers below are the people who actually shape how this technology works: they publish the research, ship the tooling, break down the internals, and post about it in ways that reward careful reading rather than a quick dopamine hit. 💡 This list is deliberately weighted toward practitioners over thought leaders. The thought leaders will survive the snub. They have plenty of LinkedIn comments to keep them warm. The researchers whose posts read like early-access papers These are the people whose threads on X or posts on Substack regularly end up cited in other people's papers, conference talks, and internal company wikis. --- **25\. Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy):** Now at Anthropic working under Nick Joseph on pre-training, Karpathy joined in May 2026 after a stint building Eureka Labs. His nanochat project has driven the cost to replicate GPT-2's CORE benchmark score down to approximately $73 on a single 8xH100 node, a 600x reduction over seven years. **24\. Lilian Weng (@lilianweng):** Her long-form posts on agents, [**reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/), and safety are effective reference documentation for the field. "LLM Powered Autonomous Agents" remains one of the most-cited posts in [**AI engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), years after publication. Her writing on test-time compute is required reading if you work with reasoning models. **23\. François Chollet (@fchollet):** Creator of Keras, co-founder of Ndea (with Mike Knoop), and architect of the ARC Challenge, which carries a $1 million prize for genuine progress on abstract reasoning. Chollet is unusually willing to point out when scaling is producing diminishing returns rather than the next breakthrough. In a field full of people telling you the ceiling is infinite, this is genuinely useful for calibration. **22\. Nathan Lambert (@natolambert):** His Interconnects newsletter is one of the clearest sources on post-training, RLHF, and reasoning models. When a new paper drops on reinforcement learning from verifiable rewards, Lambert's breakdown is usually the one engineers share. **21\. Noam Brown (@polynoamial):** Led the development of o1 and OpenAI's reasoning model line, through to the gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2025\. His threads on self-play and reinforcement learning applied to LLMs are precise, dense, and worth reading slowly. **20\. Oriol Vinyals (@oriolvinyalsml):** VP of Research and Deep Learning Lead at [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) DeepMind, Gemini co-lead, and the person behind AlphaStar, AlphaFold, and WaveNet. If you want to understand where frontier multimodal architectures are heading, this is the feed. [AIAI New York, June 2026Catch up on every session from AIAI New York with sessions from Meta, Perplexity, Walmart, Pika AI, RingCentral & more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1315fff0-0a0e-431a-8cc2-3df76a61357b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAINEWYORK2026-cefe0658-8cde-4990-8a38-cf807b1abc0b.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-new-york-june-2026-2/) **19\. Soumith Chintala (@soumithchintala):** The original force behind PyTorch, now CTO of Thinking Machines Lab after leaving [**Meta**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) in November 2025\. Still codes. Still engages directly with open-source contributors. Still the kind of person who makes you feel slightly bad about how many tabs you have open versus how much you've actually shipped. **18\. Shreya Shankar (@sh\_reya):** Research and evaluation specialist whose work on data pipelines and LLM judges is the closest thing the field has to a rigorous framework for knowing whether your system actually works. Her paper "Who Validates the Validators?" is required reading before you ship an LLM-as-judge setup. ## **The builders whose posts come with actual code** This group posts less about theory and more about what they built, what failed, and what the system looked like when they were done. **17\. Simon Willison (@simonw):** A developer who has been cataloging LLM behavior since before most companies had an AI strategy. His 2026 PyCon lightning talk on six months of LLM developments was widely shared as a tight synthesis of what actually changed. His prompt injection work is the canonical reference on instruction/data separation, and his documentation habits are frankly embarrassing for the rest of us, in the best possible way. **16\. Swyx / Shawn Wang (@swyx):** Co-host of the Latent Space podcast and newsletter, founder of the AI Engineer World's Fair (6,000+ engineers in 2026). He coined the phrase "AI engineer" as a distinct role, and the field largely accepted it. His essays on what AI engineering actually involves are more useful than most job descriptions. **15\. Hamel Husain (@hamelhusain):** His essay "Your AI Product Needs Evals" is the canonical starting point for evaluation infrastructure, and his follow-up "A Field Guide to Rapidly Improving [**AI Products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/)" covers the full loop from evals to error analysis to data flywheels. Practical, opinionated, and almost entirely correct. 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Jason Liu (@jxnlco):** Developer Experience Engineer on the Codex team at OpenAI. Posts on RAG architecture as a systems problem, tool routing, and what structured outputs actually enable beyond simple JSON extraction. His Instructor library has been adopted by thousands of production teams. **13\. Abhishek Thakur (@abhi1thakur):** Four-time Kaggle Grandmaster and the person who built AutoTrain at Hugging Face. His YouTube tutorials combine implementation rigor with genuine accessibility. If you need to understand fine-tuning in practice, start here. **12\. Sebastian Raschka (@rasbt):** His newsletter covers LLM implementation and research with a level of technical precision that rewards re-reading. Combines explanations with working PyTorch code consistently, which makes it genuinely different from most ML writing. **11\. Lee Robinson (@leerob):** VP of Developer Experience at Cursor, formerly at Vercel. His tutorials on integrating coding [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) into real development workflows are among the most cited in the AI engineering community. Relevant if your team is deciding how to work with Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor at scale. **10\. Mira Murati (@miramurati):** Former OpenAI CTO and founder of Thinking Machines Lab (2025). One of the few people who has led teams shipping GPT-4, ChatGPT, and DALL-E, then started again from scratch. Her perspective on safety-aligned industrial roadmaps is grounded in operational reality. **9\. Yohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima):** Creator of BabyAGI, one of the first public demonstrations of task-driven autonomous agents. Now a VC at Untapped Capital. His posts on agent loop design remain practically useful even as the tooling around them has evolved significantly. **8\. Eugene Yan (@eugeneyan):** Applied science at Amazon and a meticulous blogger on production ML. His survey of task-specific LLM evaluation techniques is one of the best practical inventories of what actually works per use case. **7\. Cassie Kozyrkov (@quaesita):** Founded the field of Decision Intelligence at Google. Her writing cuts through model performance discussions to the actual question: what decision are you trying to improve, and does this metric capture it? Required following when your team is about to pick the wrong metric again. And at some point, every team does. **6\. Timnit Gebru (@timnitgebru):** Computer scientist and leading voice on algorithmic fairness, bias, and the structural conditions that produce unreliable [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/). Her work is less about [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) better models and more about interrogating what "better" means. Worth following for the questions as much as the answers. **5\. Kate Crawford (@katecrawford):** Author of \*Atlas of AI\* and co-director of the AI Now Institute at NYU. Her research on compute geography, labor conditions, and data provenance is the infrastructure context that most engineering discussions leave out. [The SRE toil problemStop absorbing toil. Start engineering reliability.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1c9db921-1488-439e-a9ab-cf718e526870.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/DO-NOT-OVERRIDE-PMA_Webinar_Meta_Template_--3--d7be528d-09bb-452c-aad5-1c949e339327.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-sre-toil-problem/) **4\. Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward):** Co-founder of fast.ai and answer.ai, with a sustained commitment to making frontier techniques accessible to practitioners who lack the resources of a major lab. His recent work on small-team frontier engineering is increasingly relevant as capable open-source models become widely available. **3\. Ethan Mollick (@emollick):** Associate Professor at Wharton whose experiments on how LLMs affect productivity, creativity, and decision quality are the most rigorous publicly available work in that space. If your organization is trying to measure AI's actual impact on knowledge work, his papers are the benchmark. **2\. Omar Khattab (@lateinteraction):** Assistant Professor at MIT and creator of DSPy, the framework for programming LLM pipelines rather than prompting them. His AI Engineer World's Fair talk on building AI systems that survive the bitter lesson is one of the better architectural arguments for moving past brittle prompt engineering. **1\. Dex Horthy (@dexhorthy):** Founder of HumanLayer and creator of the 12-Factor Agents reference, which is one of the clearest design frameworks for production agent systems. If your team is shipping agents and hitting the usual [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) problems, his posts will feel like direct answers. ## **A practical note on following** A list like this can turn into a consumption problem if you treat it like a shopping cart. The signal-to-noise ratio on X degrades fast once your feed fills up, so a better approach is to pick a smaller cluster and read everything they post for 30 days. Figure out whose thinking model matches yours, and whose gaps complement yours. Then expand. The goal is triangulation: when three people from different parts of this list reference the same paper or shift in the same week, that is the signal worth acting on. One person saying something is interesting. Three saying it independently means to clear your afternoon... --- ## **Meet AI builders in person** If you want to take the feed offline, the [**Agentic AI Summit Berlin**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiberlin) on September 15, 2026, at The Ritz Carlton is built for exactly the practitioners this list represents: engineers and technical leaders shipping agentic systems, with no expo-hall filler. > **300+ attendees**, **focused sessions**, and the kind of **hallway conversations** that actually move things forward. - **Hands-on workshops and hackathons:** Build and iterate on real agent systems alongside engineers facing the same production challenges you are. - **Practitioner-only sessions:** Speakers from Hugging Face, NVIDIA, Siemens Energy, Lovable, and GetYourGuide covering what is working in production right now, across agent architecture, MLOps, and applied AI at scale. - **A network worth keeping:** The summit draws senior technical leaders from across European AI, the kind of room where the conversations continue well past the closing keynote. > **Early bird passes save €100\.** [Secure your seat here](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiberlin/register) ### 30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agents URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/30-startups-rebuilding-enterprise-software-with-ai-agents/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:58:25.000Z In Q1 2026, AI companies absorbed $242 billion in venture capital. That’s **80% of all global VC funding** for the quarter. The money is going to startups that have identified specific, high-value enterprise workflows and are replacing them with autonomous AI agents. > The shift is structural. Previous generations of enterprise software added tools on top of existing processes. AI agents are being built to own the process outright. Customer service tickets get resolved without a human touching them. Legal contracts get reviewed before a lawyer opens the file. Code gets written, tested, and deployed while the [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) team focuses on architecture. That last use case is either exciting or deeply unsettling, depending on how much of your job involves writing boilerplate. **Here are 30 startups making that shift, organized by the enterprise software categories they are targeting.** --- ## Coding and developer tools ### **1\. Anysphere (Cursor)** **Valuation:** $29.3B. **ARR:** $500M. Anysphere builds Cursor, the AI-powered IDE that has become the default coding environment for a large share of enterprise engineering teams. Founded in 2022 by a group of MIT graduates, it grew from a niche developer tool into one of the fastest-scaling software [**products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) in recent memory. The product competes directly with GitHub Copilot but goes considerably further, handling multi-file edits, full codebase coordination, and integrated agent loops that can carry a task through from prompt to pull request. --- **2\. Cognition AI (Devin)** **Valuation:** $26B. Cognition builds Devin, the AI software engineer capable of planning, coding, testing, and deploying entire applications without human direction. The company made headlines in 2026 when it disclosed that **89% of its own production code** is written by Devin. That’s less a marketing claim and more an extraordinary proof of concept. Founded in San Francisco in 2023 by Scott Wu, Steven Hao, and Walden Yan, it counts Peter Thiel and the Collison brothers among its backers. The investor roster alone signals that serious people believe this is real. --- **3\. Replit** **Valuation**: $9B in January 2026, up from $3B just four months earlier. Replit's browser-based coding environment lets users generate full-stack applications from natural language prompts, covering frontend, backend, databases, and deployment in a single session. Founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh, and Faris Masad, it started as a tool for learning to code. It has since become a serious infrastructure for app development at scale. Tripling your valuation in a single quarter is, by most measures, a good quarter. --- **4\. Blitzy** **Valuation**: $1.4B. **Series A**: $200M. Blitzy modernizes legacy enterprise codebases at scale. The platform orchestrates thousands of AI agents working in parallel to understand, modify, and validate code across systems often built decades ago. For enterprises sitting on aging infrastructure that nobody wants to touch, this sits somewhere between a technical solution and a therapy session. Either way, it addresses a genuine problem that conventional refactoring has been failing to solve for years. [Agentic AI in Financial Services Summit | New YorkBuild secure systems at Agentic AI in Financial Services Summit, as NY’s builders, execs & domain experts focus on delivering & scaling robust agents.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65ddff90822459427e5cbff2-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: block;position: relative;width: 5.5rem;height: 5.5rem;margin-right: 6rem;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { margin-right: 0px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');background-color: TRANSPARENT;width: 97px;height: 52px;display: block; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1781187063716-META-AgenticAIforFinanceSummit-4b83099e-ae11-4ee9-91e5-1bc7a42b590b.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticfinance/) **5\. Lovable** **Valuation**: $6.6B. **ARR**: $200M. Lovable converts natural language descriptions into working software products. It targets the gap between people who have product ideas and people who can build them, and has found a substantial market on both sides. The $200M ARR figure puts it among the fastest-scaling developer tools of the current cycle. The name may be optimistic, but the numbers are not. --- ## Customer service and support **6\. Sierra** **Raised:** $950M. **Series E. Valuation:** $15.8B. Sierra was founded in 2024 by Bret Taylor, former co-CEO of Salesforce, and Clay Bavor, former VP at [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/). It hit $100M ARR in 21 months, one of the fastest ramps in enterprise software history. Sierra's agents handle complex customer interactions across voice, chat, email, and WhatsApp, with pricing based on outcomes rather than seats. Customers include SoFi, Ramp, Brex, Cigna, and Rivian, spanning heavily regulated industries where agent errors carry real consequences. Outcome-based pricing is either the future of enterprise software or the source of a very stressful quarterly review, possibly both. --- **7\. Decagon** **Raised:** $481M. **Valuation:** $4.5B. Decagon is Sierra's closest competitor in AI-powered customer support automation. It targets enterprise support teams with agents designed to resolve tickets end-to-end, with a focus on the quality standards most enterprise buyers require before removing humans from the loop. The company has expanded rapidly across technology and financial services, backed by one of the largest funding rounds in the category. In a market where the category leader is valued at $15.8B, being the credible alternative is a strong position to occupy. --- **8\. Intercom** **Raised:** $490M+ Founded in San Francisco in 2011, Intercom built one of the dominant customer messaging platforms before the current AI wave. It has since integrated AI agents deeply into its product, with its AI agent, Fin, now resolving 76% of customer support conversations without human intervention. It's the option many enterprise buyers reach for when they want production-grade agents without ripping out existing infrastructure. Sometimes the advantage of being around longer is simply that everyone already has your login details. [6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026The pilot phase is over. Here are the 6 trends shaping AI strategy in H2 2026, from agentic infrastructure to physical AI and custom builds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4cd0fcfa-94dd-4d9e-8a0e-1e5bdbe9874f.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-dd4c3a4e-e46b-496a-b4b0-e8f94ae873ef.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/) ## Legal **9\. Harvey AI** **Raised**: $600M+. **Valuation:** $5B. Harvey builds AI agents for legal professionals, handling research, document analysis, contract review, and drafting across major law firms. Founded in 2021 in San Francisco, it trained its models on legal-specific datasets to a depth that general-purpose [**LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) do not reach. Backed by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, with a client roster of top-tier firms, Harvey is the clearest category leader in legal AI. Law is a sector that has resisted automation for a long time. Harvey is making a persuasive case that the resistance was about capability, not principle. --- **10\. Legora** **Valuation:** $5.55B. **Series D:** $550M. Legora represents one of the largest funding rounds in legal AI to date, reflecting how seriously enterprise law firms and legal departments are taking agent deployment in production workflows. The company focuses on research and drafting workflows that consume the most billable hours. The scale of funding signals that investors believe legal AI has moved past the pilot stage. At $550M Series D, the pilots are done. --- **11\. Caseflood.ai** **Raised:** $3.2M seed. Caseflood targets the operational and administrative layer of legal work, the work that sits below the billable hour. Its agents handle client intake, case analysis, and ongoing client engagement, replacing functions traditionally staffed by paralegals and junior associates. For smaller and mid-size firms that cannot staff an AI team of their own, this delivers meaningful cost savings without requiring a technology overhaul. --- ## Healthcare **12\. Hippocratic AI** **Raised:** $402M. Founded in 2022 by Munjal Shah and clinical co-founders, Hippocratic builds [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) for patient-facing healthcare workflows: appointment scheduling, post-discharge follow-ups, chronic disease management, and medication reminders. The company has prioritized safety certification and HIPAA compliance from day one, which matters considerably in a sector where a hallucinating agent can cause genuine harm. Based in Palo Alto, it is one of the few AI companies that appears to take the phrase 'do no harm' literally. --- **13\. Ambience Healthcare** **Raised:** $243M. **Series C.** Ambience builds an AI operating system for clinical workflows, focused primarily on documentation. Clinicians spend a disproportionate share of their time on administrative writing rather than patient care. Ambience agents handle that documentation burden in real time during consultations. The company is backed by OpenAI and has deployed across major health systems. Giving doctors their time back is, as pitches go, a fairly easy one to make. --- **14\. Nabla** **Valuation:** $5.3B. **Series E:** $316M. Based in Paris, Nabla takes an audio-first approach to clinical AI, recording and summarizing medical conversations to generate structured documentation automatically. It has expanded aggressively across Europe and North America and is one of the few European AI health companies operating at this scale. The French origins make it a notable example of frontier AI development that did not require a San Francisco zip code. [Generative AI in Healthcare eBookReal-world insights from the front lines of clinical AI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4526b09b-e02a-4882-b0cd-cd0a1be9ea4b.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Generative_AI_in_Healthcare_Meta_1-2-39205b33-5d0a-48c3-ac80-b74313030110.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-in-healthcare-ebook/) **15\. Stedi** **Raised:** $50M. Stedi handles the administrative plumbing of healthcare: the transaction processing layer connecting providers, payers, and clearinghouses. The company standardizes fragmented data flows and converts inconsistent inputs into usable formats. The result is less manual reconciliation and faster payments. Less visible than clinical AI, but the healthcare system runs on this layer. Fixing it is about as glamorous as fixing the pipes, and about as necessary. --- ## Finance and compliance **16\. Corti** **Valuation:** $605M. **Series C:** $80M, led by IVP. Corti was originally built for emergency medical dispatch, listening to calls in real time and surfacing clinical decision support. It has since expanded into healthcare claims processing, generating documentation to maximize approval likelihood automatically. Based in Copenhagen, Corti is one of the stronger European entrants in healthcare AI. Starting in emergency dispatch and ending up in claims processing is an unusual trajectory, but the underlying skill, understanding high-stakes conversations in real time, transfers cleanly. --- **17\. Variance** **Raised:** $21.5M. **Series A.** Variance builds AI agents for compliance and risk workflows, ingesting regulatory documents, mapping requirements to internal policies, and monitoring compliance gaps in real time. Compliance monitoring is one of the cleaner agent use cases: the inputs are well-defined, the rules are structured, and the cost of a missed requirement is measurable. It's the kind of task humans find tedious and agents find straightforward. --- **18\. EliseAI** **Raised**: $392M. **Series** **E**: $250M. Founded in New York by Minna Song, MIT computer science graduate and 2026 CNBC Changemaker, EliseAI builds AI agents for two industries that have historically run on manual processes, spreadsheets, and chronic understaffing: housing and healthcare. The platform handles leasing inquiries, tour scheduling, maintenance requests, patient scheduling, and call center management autonomously across text, email, chat, and voice. It started as a leasing chatbot and has since grown into what Song describes as an AI operating system for essential services. The numbers back that up: EliseAI already works with **70% of the 50 largest rental housing operators** in the US. Quietly one of the more important companies on this list. --- ## Enterprise knowledge and search **19\. Glean** **Valuation**: $7.2B. **Series F**: $150M. Founded in 2019 by former Google engineers, Glean builds AI-powered enterprise search that surfaces information across more than 100 connected tools. It has since extended into action, with agents that execute workflows based on discovered context. For knowledge workers spending hours each day locating information that already exists somewhere in the company, Glean addresses a genuine and quantifiable productivity problem. Finding the document is the job. This is the tool that does it. --- **20\. Parallel** **Raised**: $230M. **Valuation:** $2B. Parallel builds web-search infrastructure designed specifically for AI agents, providing the real-time retrieval layer that [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) systems need to access and act on current information. As autonomous agents proliferate across enterprise workflows, a reliable and structured search layer becomes infrastructure rather than a feature. Parallel is [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) that layer for the agent-first era rather than retrofitting something built for humans. [AI Accelerator Institute | Summit calendarUnite with applied AI’s builders & execs. Join Generative AI Summit, Agentic AI Summit, LLMOps Summit & Chief AI Officer Summit in a city near you.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/1722261321714-android-chrome-192x192-4f0414eb-b8d9-4227-a01a-8b810961c988.webp).style-65cdffdcd48a30cb7da3635f-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: flex;position: relative;width: 136px;height: 100%;margin-right: 0px;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');margin-left: 30px; @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;width: 120px;margin-left: 10px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');display: block;flex-direction: row-reverse;width: 5.5rem;min-width: 120px; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1721727575894-London1-9e71294c-d17d-4d39-ad92-171c73bce4b3.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/downloadbrochure) ## Sales and GTM **21\. Mercor** **Revenue**: $100M, reached in under two years. Mercor builds AI recruiting agents that source, screen, and engage candidates autonomously, handling the full hiring workflow from initial search through to candidate engagement. The revenue trajectory puts it among the fastest-scaling AI agent companies across any category. Recruiting has been slow and expensive for a long time. Mercor is one of the cleaner demonstrations of what happens when you automate a process people have tolerated rather than enjoyed. --- **22\. Caretta** **Raised:** $1.3M pre-seed. Caretta's AI agent joins live sales calls in real time and helps reps handle objections as they arise. It surfaces competitive intelligence, pricing information, and suggested responses during the conversation, giving sales teams instant access to product knowledge without leaving the call. For enterprise teams selling complex technical products, that's a meaningfully different proposition from post-call analysis tools. It's the difference between having a coach in your ear and reviewing the match footage the next morning. --- ## Workforce and operations **23\. Sona** **Raised:** $45M. Sona targets frontline industries including retail, hospitality, and healthcare with AI-driven scheduling, forecasting, and payroll tools. The company addresses the operational complexity of large hourly workforces, where scheduling errors translate directly into labor cost overruns and coverage gaps. It’s a good example of AI agents entering workflows that enterprise software has historically served poorly. The operational stakes are high, the data is messy, and the margin for error is thin. --- **24\. Aisera** **Raised:** $160M+ Founded in 2017, Aisera builds a multi-agent orchestration platform for enterprise IT, HR, and customer service, automating ticket resolution, employee self-service, and back-office workflows. It has been named a Gartner Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for AI applications in ITSM. Production deployments at NJ Transit, OmniTRAX, and Big 5 Sporting Goods demonstrate the platform's capacity for high-volume, governed workflows at scale. Being founded in 2017 is, in agentic AI years, practically ancient. The enterprise procurement credibility that comes with it is real. --- **25\. Writer** **Raised:** $326M. **Valuation:** $1.9B. Founded by May Habib and Waseem AlShikh, Writer launched in 2020 to help enterprises build AI-powered knowledge workers and agents. Before co-founding the company, Habib immigrated from Lebanon to Canada as a child and later worked as an M&A director at Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund. Writer has since become one of the leading enterprise AI platforms, with customers across legal, finance, HR, and customer support. [Generative AI Summit | BostonJoin Generative AI Summit Boston alongside hundreds of pioneering engineers, developers & executives that are facilitating the latest tech revolution.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65cdffdcd48a30cb7da3635f-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: block;position: relative;width: 136px;height: 76px;margin-right: 0px;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298208537-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');margin-left: 30px; @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;width: 56px;margin-left: 10px;display: block;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298208537-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298208537-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');display: block;flex-direction: row-reverse;width: 5.5rem;min-width: 200px; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1751838257643-London31-606075b8-4da2-4ac8-8e94-bbfb359e6dc2.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/) ## AI observability and infrastructure **26\. Braintrust** **Raised:** $80M. Braintrust monitors deployed AI systems for [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/), drift, and quality degradation, building the observability layer that production AI agents genuinely need. Traditional APM tools do not understand model behavior. Enterprises deploying agents at scale have largely been operating without adequate visibility into what those agents are actually doing. Braintrust is filling that gap at a moment when the need is acute and the alternatives are thin. The APM category was built for software that behaves predictably. Agents do not always do that. --- **27\. Inferact** **Valuation:** $800M. **Seed**: $150M, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed. Inferact commercializes vLLM, the widely-used open-source project for efficient LLM inference, making AI agents faster and less expensive to run in production. As inference cost becomes a meaningful constraint on agent deployment at scale, the companies solving that problem become increasingly central to how the ecosystem operates. Faster and cheaper inference is the kind of improvement that benefits everyone downstream, which is a reasonable place to build a business. --- ## Vertical and specialist agents **28\. Rebar** **Series A:** $14M. Founded by Evan Brown and Andrew Schwartz, Rebar is building an AI operating system for commercial HVAC suppliers, using computer vision to analyze blueprints, identify equipment, and automate the quoting process. The platform cuts quote generation time by 60 to 70% and is expanding into electrical and plumbing workflows. Rebar doubled its ARR in the first six weeks of 2026\. Construction remains one of the least digitized industries, where estimating often still means manually working through blueprints and spreadsheets. The improvement doesn't require much selling. --- **29\. Imbue.** **Raised**: $230M. Founded by Kanjun Qiu, one of the few female CEOs leading an AI agent unicorn, Imbue builds coding agents designed around reasoning rather than pattern matching. The bet is that today's agents fail not because they lack knowledge but because they cannot think through complex, multi-step problems reliably. Based in San Francisco, Imbue has NVIDIA and Founders Fund among its backers, which is a reasonable signal that the thesis has legs. --- **30\. Thinking Machines Lab** **Valuation**: $12B. **Seed**: $2B. Founded in February 2025 by Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, alongside former OpenAI colleagues including John Schulman and Lilian Weng. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, AMD, Cisco, and Jane Street. Its first product, Tinker, lets developers fine-tune AI models for specific enterprise tasks without the cost and complexity of traditional training. In March 2026, NVIDIA signed a multi-year agreement to deploy one gigawatt of its most advanced Vera Rubin computing capacity with Thinking Machines. When NVIDIA commits a gigawatt of hardware to your company, the vote of confidence is hard to argue with. --- ## Final word 💡 The 30 companies above are targeting the workflows that traditional enterprise software was designed around and replacing them with autonomous systems that require far less human intervention to operate. The common thread across every category is specificity. The companies attracting the most capital and hitting the fastest revenue milestones picked a single, high-value workflow, understood it deeply, and built agents that could own it end-to-end. The horizontal platforms are coming. The vertical specialists are winning now. For enterprise software vendors, the threat is structural. For the companies on this list, the opportunity is generational. [**Every AI leader**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) watching from the sidelines should be asking not whether agents will reach their category, but whether they are ready when they do. The $242 billion that went into AI in Q1 2026 is a bet on a new way of running enterprise operations. The 30 companies above are where a significant portion of that bet has landed. --- ## **The companies on this list are moving fast. The question is whether financial services is keeping up...** [On October 1 in New York, the Agentic AI in Financial Services Summit](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticfinance/) brings together 300+ engineers, executives, and domain experts to work through exactly that. Production-grade deployment, model governance, regulatory-aligned architecture, and the real tension between moving quickly and staying auditable. If the startups in this article are on your radar, this is the room where the people deploying against them in financial services will be. [Secure your pass](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticfinance/) ### The hidden costs of scaling AI and how to get ahead of them URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-costs-of-scaling-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-30T11:30:47.000Z ### **Your AI spend is growing. Most of it is invisible.** As AI tools spread across your teams, the costs and risks aren't showing up where you'd expect. They're buried in which models your teams default to, which tools your agents are connecting to, and which workflows are quietly running more than they should. By the time most IT and security leaders spot the problem, the bill has already grown. Join our live session with **Barndoor AI** as they walk through real-world examples of where AI costs and access risks hide, and the practical approaches leading teams are using to find and fix them. --- ### **What you'll walk away with** **Visibility into where your AI costs are actually hiding** See how defaulting to expensive models and over-provisioned agent access drives up spend in ways your team can't currently see. **A clearer picture of where MCP tool access creates risk** Learn from real scenarios where broad agent access created security exposure that standard reviews never caught. **A way to identify which workflows are costing more than they should** Surface the agent behaviours and tool calls burning the most resources before they compound. **A framework for the capabilities your org actually needs** Understand what it takes to manage model access, tool permissions, and cost visibility at scale across technical and non-technical teams alike. --- ### **Why attend?** If you're responsible for AI infrastructure, security, or platform strategy at a mid-to-large organisation, this is for you. You'll leave with: - A clear view of which model choices and agent configurations are most likely driving unnecessary spend - The right questions to ask about your current MCP tool connections and where they might be creating exposure you're not seeing - A practical framework for evaluating the tech stack you need to govern AI access and costs going forward - An approach to applying consistent policies across technical and non-technical teams, without building separate systems or adding overhead --- ### **Your speaker** **Neil Mansilla** VP of Platform, Barndoor AI Neil leads platform strategy at Barndoor AI. Previously, he led Developer Experience at Atlassian, supporting the global ecosystem of developers and partners building on the platform. Before that, he worked as a software engineer across e-commerce, real estate, and healthcare. ### AIAI New York, June 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-new-york-june-2026-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T10:53:27.000Z Catch up on every session from AIAI New York with sessions from Meta, Perplexity, Walmart, Pika AI, RingCentral & more. _This post is for subscribers only._ ### From prediction to decision: Smaller models will reshape how we build AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-prediction-to-decision-smaller-models-will-reshape-how-we-build-ai/ Last updated: 2026-06-19T15:00:00.000Z > I've spent the better part of a decade working on personalization, search, and recommendations at scale, most recently at Netflix, and now in a new chapter at Zoctok. The through line has stayed the same for me: recommendations, search, personalization. But the way I think about building these systems has shifted dramatically over the last couple of years, and that shift is what I want to walk you through. We've all heard plenty about large models. Hopefully you've also had a large coffee at some point today, because what I want to talk about is a little different. I want to talk about what happens when smaller models start making the bigger decisions. [A state gutted its AI law. Then Congress stepped in.America’s AI regulatory landscape just had a month that made legal counsel everywhere reach for stronger coffee. Colorado’s landmark AI Act, once celebrated as the country’s first comprehensive state AI law, was gutted and replaced before it ever took effect.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-3591a547-936a-41b7-a45c-2ef272257948.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7-a8afebaa-e5e3-4a4b-90db-4beaccf35273.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-us-ai-rulebook-is-being-rewritten-your-compliance-team-cant-wait/) ## **A decade of building prediction systems** Let me set some context. Over the past ten years, I've worked on large-scale systems that make billions of decisions every day: prediction infrastructure, search systems, candidate generation, ranking. Early in my career, most of the work centered on improving the predictions themselves. Better ranking models. Better relevance signals. Better signal quality for search. And generally, when predictions improved, the systems improved. That was the loop we were optimizing for. Lately, though, something has changed in how we work. We're still [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) increasingly sophisticated models, and we're still investing heavily in the infrastructure that supports them. But the hardest problems are no longer purely about model quality. They've shifted to how we make decisions across technical and organizational layers, and how we connect those dots. With the rise of [**generative AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) and more specialized, smaller models, that shift has only accelerated. We're moving from building prediction models to building decision systems. And that's worth talking about. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## **GPS vs autopilot** I'm a visual thinker, so here's how I frame it: GPS versus autopilot. GPS gives you predictions at a first-principles level. Take this route. Avoid this traffic. You'll arrive at this time. After that, the system stops. You're still driving. You're still adapting to traffic, reacting to changes, and making the decisions. Autopilot works differently. It continuously adjusts. It's taking actions and reasoning on your behalf. It observes conditions, reacts to turbulence, and makes decisions in real time. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AIAI New York, June 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-new-york-2026/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T10:55:36.000Z Catch up on every session from AIAI New York with sessions from Meta, Perplexity, Walmart, Pika AI, RingCentral & more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-06T13:41:54.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### The US AI rulebook is being rewritten. Your compliance team can't wait URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-us-ai-rulebook-is-being-rewritten-your-compliance-team-cant-wait/ Last updated: 2026-06-18T13:59:05.000Z > America's AI regulatory landscape just had a month that made legal counsel everywhere reach for stronger coffee. Colorado's landmark AI Act, once celebrated as the country's first comprehensive state AI law, was gutted and replaced before it ever took effect. Then, eleven days later, a bipartisan House duo dropped a 269-page federal bill aiming to freeze every state AI development law in the country for three years. If you are responsible for [**AI governance**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/governed-agents-are-here-is-your-stack-ready/) at an enterprise, these two events belong at the top of your agenda right now. ## **Colorado blinks first** Colorado's original AI Act (SB 24-205) was ambitious. It imposed a risk-based framework on deployers and developers of high-risk [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/)**,** requiring annual impact assessments, risk management programs, and discrimination-prevention duties covering employment, housing, healthcare, financial services, and education. 💡 After two deadline delays, Governor Jared Polis signed SB 26-189 on May 14, 2026, replacing the original law entirely. The mandatory risk management programs are gone. So are the annual impact assessments and the algorithmic discrimination duty of care. **What survived is narrower:** consumer notice obligations before AI is used in consequential decisions, the right to an explanation for adverse outcomes, a meaningful human review path, and developer documentation requirements. The new law, SB 26-189, governs automated decision-making technology (ADMT) that "materially influences" consequential decisions. Enforcement now sits under a new effective date of January 1, 2027, with the Colorado Attorney General running rule-making. For compliance teams, the practical shift matters. The priority has shifted away from building an enterprise AI risk program from scratch under a compressed timeline. The more immediate focus is on mapping where AI touches consequential decisions, building consumer notice into those workflows, maintaining appeal paths, and keeping vendor agreements aligned with the new documentation requirements. [6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026The pilot phase is over. Here are the 6 trends shaping AI strategy in H2 2026, from agentic infrastructure to physical AI and custom builds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-e766118e-f2f7-4f8b-b6a6-64427741a516.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-ab2badba-c9e8-4f33-9b4d-d70885acb540.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/) ## **What your legal team should actually track** The replacement law retains enough to require real operational work. Here is what the new framework requires of deployers and developers: **Pre-use consumer notice:** A clear, conspicuous disclosure that ADMT is being used in a consequential decision. Prominent public notices at consumer interaction points satisfy this requirement. **Adverse outcome explanations:** When AI influences a decision that denies, terminates, revokes, or materially reduces access to a service or opportunity, affected consumers have the right to an explanation. Worse pricing terms also trigger this duty; the law covers the full spectrum of adverse outcomes, from outright rejections to materially less favorable terms. **Meaningful human review:** Consumers must have a path to contest [**AI-influenced decisions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/demystifying-ai-agents-going-beyond-the-buzzwords/)through a genuine human review process, entirely separate from the automated system that produced the original outcome. **Developer documentation:** Organizations building or substantially modifying ADMT systems face documentation requirements that align with existing [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) like the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001. 💡 One important note on scope: "consumer" is defined broadly. It covers Colorado-resident employees, job applicants, and even non-residents whose access to a Colorado opportunity is being decided. HR deployments are firmly in scope. --- ## **Congress enters the field** On June 4, 2026, Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) released a discussion draft of the [**Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026**](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/) (GAAIA). The 269-page bill targets frontier AI models, defined by compute thresholds, and proposes a framework spanning safety, transparency, whistleblower protections, workforce development, and cybersecurity. The headline provision for [**enterprise teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) is a three-year preemption clause. If passed, the bill would freeze all state laws specifically regulating AI model development for three years, with Congress holding the field on how frontier models are built. Supporters frame this as necessary to avoid a fragmented patchwork that stifles innovation. Critics argue it strips states of the exact tools that matter most for safety at the point where safety can actually be addressed: development. The preemption has a critical limitation worth understanding. It covers development only. > State laws governing how employers use AI in the workplace, including California's ADMT regulations, New York City's automated employment decision tool audit requirements, and the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act, remain fully intact under the current draft. This is a federal floor on model builders, a jurisdiction that stops before deployment. The bill also formally establishes the Center for AI Safety and Innovation (CAISI) in statute, previously known as the AI Safety Institute under the Biden administration, with a director appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. 💡 CAISI would be tasked with developing guidelines and voluntary standards, evaluating US and foreign AI systems, and identifying security vulnerabilities in models from foreign competitors. A $100 million federal AI standards center is included in the proposal. --- ## **The governance gap that still exists** Here is the challenge that both laws leave open: A company deploying a large language model in HR decisions across multiple US states now faces a genuinely complex compliance surface. Colorado's new law applies to deployers. **So does New York City's AEDT law.** California's Privacy Protection Agency is finalizing ADMT rules. The federal bill, even if passed, covers model development, a stage most enterprise deployers are downstream of entirely. The organizations that will navigate this well are those that treat AI governance as an operational layer rather than a compliance sprint. **That means:** - **Systematic AI system inventory:** Map every model and automated workflow touching consequential decisions. This is table stakes for SB 26-189, California's ADMT rules, and any future federal framework. Systems embedded in vendor tools, especially in HR, underwriting, and fraud detection, are frequently missed in first-pass inventories. - **Documentation built for portability:** The NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 address the core requirements across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. Organizations with existing ISO/IEC 42001 implementations are already positioned to satisfy SB 26-189's documentation requirements and can claim SB 26-189's safe harbor protections more readily. - **Vendor contract alignment:** SB 26-189 places documentation duties on developers. If your organization procures ADMT from a third party, the question of who owns documentation obligations and whether contracts reflect that is now a legal exposure point. The GAAIA is a discussion draft. Congress breaks for recess in August 2026, and the bill has real opposition from state-rights advocates and safety researchers who want states to retain development-level authority. Treat it as a strong signal of federal intent. Track the rule-making calendar alongside it. [Is your AI agent also your biggest data leak?A Microsoft and Huazhong University benchmark tested GPT-4o, GPT-5, Grok-3, and others on realistic enterprise data scenarios. Privacy violation rates hit 50.9%. More capable models made it worse, and the fix has nothing to do with model selection…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-d6109122-1762-485d-83b4-22716714e709.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-d9e999d2-ff27-47ac-85e8-f24e3ec0fa0a.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-most-capable-ai-agent-also-your-biggest-data-leak/) ## **What the next six months look like** The Colorado Attorney General's rulemaking timeline under SB 26-189 will determine when real compliance obligations begin for deployers under the replacement law. That timeline is the critical variable to monitor in Q3 2026\. The GAAIA, meanwhile, enters a comment and revision phase before any formal introduction, and the preemption language is widely expected to attract significant stakeholder pushback. For enterprises already building AI governance programs, the practical message from both developments is the same: the specific requirements are moving, but the direction is stable. 💡 Consumer notice, human oversight, documentation, and adverse-outcome explanation rights are consistent across every framework on the table, whether state or federal, current or proposed. Build toward those four pillars and the regulatory surface becomes substantially more manageable, regardless of which specific law lands first. The organizations treating AI governance as a one-time compliance exercise rather than an operational capability are those that will face a fire drill every time the legislative calendar moves. At the rate 2026 is moving, that fire drill schedule is looking crowded. ### Is your most capable AI agent also your biggest data leak? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-most-capable-ai-agent-also-your-biggest-data-leak/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T08:18:57.000Z There is a trap buried inside every enterprise AI deployment, and the more useful the agent, the deeper you fall into it. [**A paper published in April 2026**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21308) by researchers from Microsoft and Huazhong University of Science and Technology has put a number on the problem and for any [**AI leader**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/)currently scaling agents across their organization, the findings are worth a careful read. > The paper introduces a benchmark purpose-built for the messy reality of enterprise AI: multiple departments, entangled data, hierarchical access rules, and users who sometimes push agents beyond what they should answer. In other words, a fairly ordinary Tuesday inside a large company. What the researchers found *should* give pause to anyone currently in the "deploy first, govern later" phase... --- ## **The core finding: more capable means more leaky** Across a battery of tests covering GPT-4o, GPT-5, Grok-3, Qwen-2.5, Kimi-K2, DeepSeek-V3, and DeepSeek-R1, privacy violation rates ranged from 15.8% to 50.9%, with information leakage reaching as high as 26.7%. Those are production-grade models running on realistic enterprise scenarios, failing to keep sensitive information in the right context roughly one in five times at best and one in two times at worst. **The counterintuitive part:** higher task utility consistently correlated with higher privacy violations. [**Agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) that were better at completing tasks were also better at pulling in contextual information they had access to, including information they should have withheld. 💡 The researchers describe this as the privacy-utility trade-off, and it is structural, a characteristic the field will need to engineer around rather than wait for a model update to fix. Unfortunately, this is not the sort of bug that disappears after pressing "update available." [6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026The pilot phase is over. Here are the 6 trends shaping AI strategy in H2 2026, from agentic infrastructure to physical AI and custom builds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-515cb364-c9ca-4957-9a74-9aa6512c4703.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-bdce4485-c336-4ced-982f-8a56c81ce3be.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/) ## **What contextual integrity actually means in practice** > The theoretical framework the paper uses comes from philosopher Helen Nissenbaum's concept of contextual integrity: the idea that privacy is violated when information flows to recipients in contexts where it does not belong, even if that information was shared willingly in another context. An employee sharing health information with HR has a reasonable expectation that a manager asking about team productivity metrics later will be kept away from it. The information was entirely accessible in one context. The context made it private. [**Enterprise LLM agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) break this constantly. They have access to emails, meeting transcripts, HR records, financial data, and CRM notes simultaneously. When a user asks a question that touches multiple data sources, the agent has to make a fine-grained judgment about what to include and what to withhold. CI- **Work tests exactly this judgment across five organizational directions:** - **Upward flows (employee to manager):** whether agents correctly handle information shared with someone more senior in the hierarchy - **Downward flows (manager to team):** whether agents appropriately limit what gets shared below the sender's level - **Lateral flows (peer to peer):** whether agents respect boundaries between colleagues at the same level in different functions - **Diagonal flows:** cross-functional, cross-level information sharing, where the norms are least clearly defined - **External flows:** data shared with parties outside the organization, where the stakes of leakage are highest The benchmark found that models grasp high-level organizational boundaries reasonably well. The failures concentrate in the fine-grained cases, specifically where the information is technically accessible but contextually inappropriate to share. --- ## **Scaling past the problem can make it worse** This is the finding that carries the most weight for [**AI decision-makers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/). The researchers describe an "inverse scaling" phenomenon: larger models, with greater reasoning depth, sometimes exacerbate leakage rather than reducing it. 💡 The mechanism is plausible. More capable models are better at synthesizing information across sources. That synthesis ability is what makes them useful. It also makes them better at pulling together sensitive details that a less capable model would simply fail to connect. The implication is direct: buying a more powerful model is a reasonable response to many enterprise AI challenges. It is a poor response to contextual integrity failures. The paper's conclusion is that addressing this requires a shift from model-centric scaling toward context-centric architectures, where the architecture itself enforces what data flows where, rather than relying on the model's in-context judgment. [Benchmark theater, explained: AI test scores vs productionEvery frontier model now scores above 88% on MMLU. So why does a 37% gap still exist between lab benchmark scores and real-world AI deployment performance? We explain why the tests keep lying, and what rigorous evaluation actually looks like.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-0762ee8b-5a3b-4adf-b80d-5b2b7127d312.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-bf127e19-c0ff-44cd-88f7-0c63bbcc3400.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-benchmark-gap-explained-what-ai-leaderboards-measure-and-what-they-miss/) ## **Where agent pressure compounds the risk** CI-Work also tested what happens when users push. The researchers simulated "unintentional instruction," essentially user behavior that nudges the agent toward revealing more than it should, similar to the kind of follow-up questions a real employee might ask when they suspect an agent has relevant information. The results were described as a "dual collapse": agents simultaneously leaked more sensitive information and failed to convey essential data correctly. The practical read for teams running customer-facing or employee-facing agents is that the risk surface is larger than what shows up in standard evaluation. > The failure modes that matter in production are the ones that appear under pressure, and current safety alignment approaches were designed for different problems. Guardrails built for toxic content or prompt injection address different threat models than contextual integrity violations. --- ## **What AI managers should actually do with this** The research is clear that model selection alone will only get you so far. Architecture and access control carry more weight than model capability when it comes to privacy boundaries. **A few principles hold up given the findings:** - **Treat data partitioning as a first-class architectural decision.** If your agent has unified access to HR, finance, and customer data simultaneously, you have already made a contextual integrity choice, and it is a permissive one. Segmenting retrieval by context and role is the structural fix the paper points toward. - **Audit along organizational flow directions, not just data categories.** The CI-Work taxonomy of upward, downward, lateral, diagonal, and external flows is a useful framework for identifying where your current agent deployments are most exposed. Most enterprise AI audits focus on data type. The direction of the flow matters just as much. - **Test under pressure.** Standard evaluation captures baseline behavior. The failure modes that reach production are triggered by edge cases, persistent users, and ambiguous queries. Build evaluation suites that include adversarial follow-up patterns, because the CI-Work results suggest that this is where the dual collapse happens. --- ## **Why this matters more as agents gain autonomy** The timing of this research is deliberate. [**Agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) is moving from single-step assistance into multi-step workflows that execute across departments, initiate actions, and operate with progressively less human review at each step. The contextual integrity problem scales with autonomy. An agent that sends one email on your behalf has a limited blast radius if it gets the context wrong. An agent that manages procurement, communicates with suppliers, and updates internal financial records across a workflow has a considerably larger one. One awkward email is embarrassing. A procurement workflow with the wrong context attached can become a much more expensive conversation. Microsoft's researchers frame it as a paradigm shift: the data shows that model capability and enterprise privacy requirements are diverging, and architecture has to close the gap. 💡 Context-centric architecture, where the information environment the agent operates in is as carefully designed as the model itself, is the direction the field is moving. The gap between current deployment practice and that standard is, for most organizations, substantial. [Demystifying AI agents: beyond the buzzwords“Agent” is the most overused word in AI right now. But strip away the hype and what are you actually working with? Adobe principal scientist Deepak Pai breaks down the real building blocks of agentic systems and when they’re worth reaching for.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-f7a76b8d-7fd4-43cf-8fbb-3c417e8b6cab.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDeepak Pai![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--1-f8e15c7a-b002-4ea4-9934-e3944d51a2d8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/demystifying-ai-agents-going-beyond-the-buzzwords/) ## **Final thoughts** CI-Work is a benchmark, and benchmarks measure simulated environments. The researchers are appropriately cautious about direct generalization to production deployments. > What the paper establishes clearly is the shape of the problem: capable agents, operating in realistic enterprise data environments, fail to respect contextual boundaries at rates that should concern any AI manager currently scaling deployments without context-centric safeguards in place. The agents you are deploying right now are doing useful work. Some percentage of them are also sharing information in contexts where it does not belong. The question is whether you have the architecture to know which is which. ### The benchmark gap, explained: What AI leaderboards measure and what they miss URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-benchmark-gap-explained-what-ai-leaderboards-measure-and-what-they-miss/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:58:57.000Z > Somewhere out there, a model changelog is promising "significant reasoning improvements." And somewhere else, an [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) team is staring at a production incident that the benchmark scores completely missed. **These two things are related.** Every frontier model now scores above 88% on MMLU. GPT-5.3 Codex sits at 93%. At that ceiling, score differences between models are statistical noise, and the benchmark that defined [**AI progress**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) for years has become functionally useless for comparing top-tier systems. [**Research published in late 2025**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14136) found a 37% gap between lab benchmark scores and real-world deployment performance for enterprise [**agentic AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). Production had other ideas… 💡 ****This is benchmark theater:** evaluation performed as spectacle, with the substance stripped out. If you have ever watched a model ace every eval you threw at it and then [****hallucinate**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) its way through a production workflow on day one, you already know exactly what this article is about. Pull up a chair and let’s begin… --- ## How benchmarks became a leaderboard sport **The origin story** The original purpose of benchmarks like MMLU, GSM8K, and HumanEval was genuinely reasonable. Standardized tests let researchers compare models across institutions, track progress over time, and surface capability gaps. Good stuff. The problem arrived when benchmark scores became the primary currency for model marketing, at which point "measuring capability" became "winning the leaderboard." ## Where the incentives went wrong Once scores started driving funding decisions, press coverage, and enterprise procurement, the incentive to optimize for the test rather than underlying capability became structurally inevitable. Labs are staffed with brilliant researchers who understand exactly which [**training**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) decisions move benchmark numbers. Some of that optimization reflects genuine improvement. Some of it is, if we are being honest, just very well-compensated teaching to the test. --- ## The contamination problem runs deeper than most teams realize Data contamination is the most documented failure mode in benchmark evaluation, and also the most politely ignored one. [**LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) are trained on web-scale corpora, and those corpora routinely include benchmark questions, answer keys, and worked solutions. ### Claude responded [**Empirical audits**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.19999) have found contamination levels ranging from 1% to 45% across popular QA benchmarks, with rates growing as benchmarks age. Turns out the internet is a terrible place to keep your test answers private. **Why mitigation strategies fall short** The standard fixes are less effective than assumed: - **Paraphrasing questions** provides minimal protection: research at ACL 2025 found LLMs often circumvent these transformations because they have already been trained on the obfuscated formats - **Translation and context tweaks** face the same problem: a model that has seen a paraphrased version of a GSM8K problem during pretraining is still a contaminated model. Just a more devious one - **N-gram overlap and hash-based matching** catch the obvious cases, but semantic similarity and cross-lingual leakage are substantially harder to detect at scale 💡 The deeper issue is that training corpora are so large that labs themselves have limited certainty about what is inside them. Nobody loves admitting that, but there it is. --- ## What the numbers actually measure Here is what benchmark saturation looks like in practice as of early 2026: - **MMLU and MMLU-Pro:** functionally saturated above 88% for frontier models, making score differences at the top statistically meaningless for procurement decisions - **GSM8K:** frontier models now reach 99% (GPT-5.3 Codex), rendering it useful only for evaluating smaller or fine-tuned models against base variants - **MATH-500:** at 96% for leading models, approaching the same ceiling that made MMLU uninformative - **GPQA Diamond:** sitting at 94.3% for frontier models despite being designed as a graduate-level science benchmark just two years ago. [6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026The pilot phase is over. Here are the 6 trends shaping AI strategy in H2 2026, from agentic infrastructure to physical AI and custom builds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-104a7247-67c4-41c1-9ddc-d04fdef4c0ef.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4-8dcd7aed-9430-40d0-8e28-27c49e1ae9fe.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/) ## Enter humanity's last exam [**Humanity's Last Exam**](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09962-4) (HLE), developed by the Center for AI Safety and Scale AI and published in Nature in January 2026, was specifically designed to resist this saturation. Built from 2,500 questions sourced from nearly 1,000 subject-matter experts across 500 institutions, it filtered to problems that stumped GPT-4o and [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) 3.5 Sonnet at launch. 💡 The results are clarifying. The best frontier models currently score around 35% on HLE. Human domain experts average 90%. That 55-point gap is a far more honest picture of where these models actually sit on genuinely hard [**reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) tasks, and a useful corrective the next time a model changelog promises "significant reasoning improvements." --- ## The structural mismatch between benchmarks and production Even a perfectly uncontaminated benchmark has a deeper problem: it measures a model in isolation on a fixed task, which is rarely how AI systems actually get used. A model evaluated on clean, well-formed prompts in a controlled environment is essentially a driver who only ever practiced in an empty parking lot. Confident. Fast. Completely unprepared for the school run. As MIT Technology Review has argued, AI systems are almost always deployed in ways that differ fundamentally from how they are benchmarked. ### What production actually throws at your model Production environments introduce variables that static benchmarks are structurally unable to capture: - **Prompt injection attacks and adversarial inputs** from real users (who are creative, bored, and occasionally out to cause chaos) - **Latency constraints and SLA requirements** that affect which responses are actually usable in practice - **Cost variation:** the CLEAR framework research found 50x cost variation across enterprise agentic systems achieving similar accuracy scores - [**Reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) **degradation at volume:** consistency dropping from 60% to 25% under production load conditions, per the same research - **Compliance and policy requirements** that standard benchmarks leave entirely unaddressed 💡 The 37% lab-to-production gap in agentic systems is a direct consequence of benchmarks optimizing for task completion accuracy while enterprises need holistic performance across all of the above. > A model that scores 91% on SWE-bench Verified may still stumble on the prompt injection, access control, and error recovery requirements of an actual production coding [**agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/). The leaderboard has yet to add a column for "falls over when a user pastes something unexpected." [Governed agents are here. Is your stack ready?Microsoft Build 2026 didn’t just announce products. It announced a philosophy: the era of the unmanaged AI agent is over.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1e6368f6-4b99-49cb-a0d1-e022b4ea0ca3.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-05e67734-d263-4557-8637-0b76dc6096c6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/governed-agents-are-here-is-your-stack-ready/) ## The emerging evaluation stack The research community has been [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) toward more defensible evaluation for several years. The approaches gaining traction in 2026 share a common logic: make the benchmark harder to game by making it harder to predict. **Benchmarks designed to stay ahead:** - **LiveBench** refreshes tasks on a rolling schedule, sourcing from recent publications and events that fall after model training cutoffs - **LiveCodeBench** continuously collects newly released programming problems, so score increases must reflect genuine improvement rather than memorization - **SWE-bench Verified** moved from isolated function generation to real GitHub issues requiring working patches validated by unit tests. As of March 2026, Claude Opus 4.5 leads at 80.9%. ### The layered enterprise approach For enterprise teams, the Kili Technology benchmark guide published in May 2026 recommends stacking evaluation in three layers: automated metrics for coverage, LLM-as-a-judge for screening, and human expert review for domain-specific correctness. 💡 The human expert layer is the part most teams skip in the interest of speed. It is also the part that most reliably catches the failures that matter. Skipping it is roughly the evaluation equivalent of skipping the last mile of a marathon because you are almost there. --- ## What rigorous evaluation actually looks like An eval program that predicts production performance requires shifting the question from "what score does this model achieve?" to "does this model behave reliably under the conditions we will actually run it in?" That reframe sounds small. It changes everything about how you build your eval suite. **What a production-grade eval suite covers** A production-grade eval suite covers: - **Task-specific evals** built from your own data distribution, covering the edge cases and adversarial inputs that generic benchmarks ignore - **Latency, cost-per-task, and failure mode tracking** alongside accuracy, giving a picture that maps to real decisions - **Multi-step task completion** evaluated under realistic tool constraints for agentic systems, with human-in-the-loop checkpoints that reflect how the system will actually be operated The teams making the most of enterprise AI in 2026 are running automated evaluations on every prompt, model, or tool change before deployment, according to[ **AI agent adoption research published by Digital Applied in April 2026**](https://digitalapplied.com/blog/ai-agent-adoption-2026-enterprise-data-points)**.** That discipline is tedious, unglamorous, and completely invisible to anyone who writes analyst reports about AI adoption. It is also what separates the 14% of enterprises that have successfully scaled [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) to production from the 78% still running pilots and wondering why things keep breaking. --- **Final thoughts** Benchmark scores are a useful starting point for model selection. The problem is the industry has spent years treating them as a finishing point, and the gap between leaderboard performance and production reality is the bill coming due. 💡 The good news: rigorous evaluation is a solvable problem. The tooling is maturing, the frameworks exist, and the teams who have done the work are seeing the results. The honest ask is committing the time and resources to build eval programs that reflect your actual deployment conditions rather than the idealized ones that happen to match the standard benchmarks. *"The benchmark said it was fine"* is an answer that production environments will test, patiently, every single day. The better answer is knowing exactly where your model stands before it ever gets there. ### 6 things every AI leader needs to get right in H2 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-every-ai-leader-needs-to-get-right-in-h2-2026/ Last updated: 2026-06-12T09:14:48.000Z The pilot phase is over, and the grace period for vague [**AI strategies**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) is closing fast. The question the industry spent H1 asking (why the results fail to match the investment) is about to be answered one way or another before December. Here are the six trends that will determine which organizations come out ahead and which ones spend Q4 in a conference room explaining why a year of AI investment produced a slightly faster way to summarize meeting notes. A year ago, the question was whether to adopt AI. Six months ago, it was where to start. Right now, according to research firm [**Making Sense**](https://makingsense.com/blog/post/ai-trends-second-half-2026), the question is why results fall short of the investment and what to do about it before year-end. The following six patterns are already in motion. H2 is when they demand a response. --- ## **1\. Agentic AI moves from experiment to operational infrastructure** The numbers here are striking. [**Anthropic's 2026 State of AI Agents Report**](https://claude.com/blog/how-enterprises-are-building-ai-agents-in-2026) found 57% of organizations already running multi-step agent workflows, with 81% planning to expand into more complex use cases before year-end. That is a long way from the "we're piloting a chatbot" conversations that dominated 2024 and a sign that the technology has graduated from curiosity to critical path. The practical shift in H2 is that agent deployment depth will determine competitive position more than agent capability. A company with [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) embedded in revenue-generating processes is structurally different from a company running agents at the periphery on summarization tasks. The gap between those two positions will become harder to close as the year progresses. For teams in the second camp, the H2 priority is identifying which workflows connect directly to margin or revenue and building from there. Generic productivity gains distributed across an entire workforce are real, but they compound far slower than agents embedded in the processes that actually move the business. --- ## **2\. Governance flips from bottleneck to growth enabler** This is the trend most AI teams got exactly backwards heading into 2026, and the data now shows it. Governance spent years playing the villain in AI deployment stories: the legal team's veto, the compliance checkbox that delayed the launch. That reputation is now a liability for the teams that still believe it. > [**Salesforce's 2026 Connectivity Benchmark**](https://www.uctoday.com/productivity-automation/salesforce-enterprises-are-running-dozens-of-ai-agents-and-half-of-them-are-invisible-to-each-other/), produced with Vanson Bourne and Deloitte Digital, found 89% of enterprises running AI agents across most or all of their teams. Only 54% have a formal governance framework in place. The striking part: the 54% with governance are consistently the ones scaling faster. The mechanism is straightforward. Without audit trails, defined permissions, and clear lines of oversight, every decision to expand an agent's scope triggers a new risk conversation. That conversation creates friction and slows deployment. With governance infrastructure in place, expansion becomes a process. Teams add use cases, increase [**agent autonomy**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/), and move into new functions without rebuilding trust from scratch each time. H2 is the window to close this gap. PwC's 2026 AI predictions framed it plainly: [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) workflows are spreading faster than governance models can address their unique needs. The teams that treat governance as an accelerant rather than a compliance exercise will have a material advantage by Q4. [Governed agents are here. Is your stack ready?Microsoft Build 2026 didn’t just announce products. It announced a philosophy: the era of the unmanaged AI agent is over.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-47efc3e1-7b2f-4d85-a07d-f26277d3c397.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-0e6df812-bb2d-4ac7-9613-3967891c7ef6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/governed-agents-are-here-is-your-stack-ready/) ## **3\. Physical AI and robotics become the next frontier** Scaling large language models has delivered compounding returns for three years. The returns are still real, but the marginal gain per compute dollar is shrinking. IBM's Peter Staar put it directly in March 2026: "People are getting tired of scaling and are looking for new ideas." The direction research investment is moving is toward AI that can sense, act, and learn in real-world environments. > This matters beyond the research community. Physical AI, meaning systems that combine perception, [**reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/), and embodied action in unstructured environments, is where a significant portion of [**enterprise AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) investment is heading in H2\. Warehouse automation, manufacturing quality control, and logistics coordination are the immediate commercial applications. The technical constraint worth understanding: physical AI cannot tolerate the round-trip latency of cloud inference for closed-loop control. Sub-100ms decision cycles require on-device inference, which means NVIDIA Jetson Orin-class hardware or equivalent at the edge, with cloud reserved for [**training**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) and policy updates. Teams evaluating physical AI deployments in H2 need to build this into their architecture assumptions from day one, well before deployment pressure makes it harder to change. --- ## **4\. Model velocity accelerates, but the signal-to-noise ratio drops** New AI models are arriving at a rate that would have seemed improbable two years ago. AI Flash Report's tracking shows a new model release roughly every three days as of mid-2026, across providers including [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/), Anthropic, [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/), [**Meta**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/), Mistral, and a growing field of open-weight labs. June 2026 alone saw simultaneous frontier movement: Gemini 3.5 Pro from Google, [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) Mythos from Anthropic in restricted preview, and Grok 5 from xAI after multiple delayed ship dates (some things are consistent across every era of technology). The practical challenge for [**engineering teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) is that benchmark improvements at the frontier rarely translate cleanly into production gains without evaluation work specific to the actual task. A model that posts a record on GPQA Diamond may underperform a previous generation on the retrieval-augmented generation pipeline your team actually runs. 💡 The teams that will handle H2 model velocity well share a common discipline: they maintain internal evaluations tied to their production workloads and run new models against those before changing anything in their stack. The teams that chase frontier releases on benchmark headlines will spend H2 in an expensive churn cycle. ### **A practical model evaluation checklist for H2** - Run any candidate model against your actual production tasks, using real inputs from your system, before touching your deployment stack. - Weight latency and cost per token alongside capability scores, since frontier performance rarely justifies frontier pricing at scale. - Track benchmark provenance: GPQA Diamond and GDPval measure different things, and neither tells you how a model behaves on your retrieval pipeline. --- ## **5\. Custom builds replace SaaS at a pace nobody modeled** The buy-vs-build calculus shifted faster than most technology roadmaps assumed. Retool's 2026 Build vs. Buy Report, covered by Newsweek, found 35% of enterprises have already replaced at least one SaaS tool with something they built internally, with 78% expecting to build more before year-end. The driver is economics, full stop. AI coding tools, particularly Cursor and GitHub Copilot, have compressed what previously required months of engineering effort into days of prototyping. The classic argument for buying off-the-shelf, that [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) takes too long and costs too much, has had its legs quietly knocked out from under it. 💡 The strategic question is specificity. Generic workflows, HR ticketing, expense management, and internal documentation still belong in SaaS. Workflows where proprietary data, process differentiation, or client relationship context is the actual competitive advantage are candidates for custom builds. The organizations pulling ahead in H2 are making this distinction deliberately rather than defaulting to either side. **Here are the signals that a workflow is a candidate for a custom build:** - The SaaS tool requires significant data export, cleaning, or transformation before AI can act on it. - The competitive value of the workflow comes from institutional knowledge rather than generic best practice. - The vendor's product roadmap is misaligned with how your team actually uses the tool. --- ## **6\. AI architecture built around specific tools will start showing its age** This happened once before, and the teams that lived through it remember the feeling. Teams that built customer support on decision-tree chatbots in 2021 and 2022 had a reasonable bet on the technology available to them. When LLMs arrived, those systems went from adequate to visibly limited in roughly eighteen months, and the organizations that had hardcoded every assumption into the architecture paid a steep migration price. 💡 That dynamic is now the baseline. The teams most prepared for H2 are the ones who built with the assumption that underlying model components will change, which means maintaining clean interfaces between workflow logic and the models it calls, along with defined criteria for when to evaluate alternatives. In practice, this means two things. First, abstract model calls behind an interface layer rather than hardcoding provider-specific SDKs directly into business logic. Second, maintain a lightweight internal benchmark suite for your core workflows so that evaluating a new model is a process that takes hours rather than a project that takes weeks. Teams without this infrastructure will face a recurring tax every time the frontier shifts, which in H2 2026 will be often. [5 questions to ask your AI agent vendor before you buyMost AI agent failures don’t happen during the demo. They happen when APIs fail, context windows explode, costs spiral, and nobody can explain why the agent made a decision. Here are five questions that separate production-ready platforms from expensive experiments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-42aeb4be-a0f0-4a7a-932f-35326c34d9f1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-cf632490-e391-4507-aef4-9632d7913823.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-questions-ai-agent-vendors-hope-you-dont-ask/) ## **What H2 actually requires** The throughline across all six trends is the same: depth beats breadth. The organizations that spent H1 deploying AI widely across surface-level tasks will hit a ceiling in H2 that a shiny new model release will do precisely nothing to fix. The ones that embedded AI into the processes that matter, built governance to scale it, and architected for change will find the second half of 2026 considerably more productive. The competitive gap that opens in H2 will be harder to close in 2027 than it would be to close right now. Which is, admittedly, what people said about H1. --- ## **Final thoughts** Six trends is a tidy number, and reality will add a few messier ones before December. What the data consistently points to, across governance research, agent deployment surveys, and the physical AI investment narrative, is that the organizations in the best position heading into H2 treated the first half of 2026 as a foundation rather than a finish line. The industry has a reliable habit of declaring each new capability wave as the one that finally changes everything. The more useful frame is that each wave raises the floor. The floor in H2 2026 is higher than it was six months ago, and the teams operating comfortably above it right now earned that position by making unglamorous infrastructure decisions when everyone else was busy writing LinkedIn posts about the future of work. ### Governed agents are here. Is your stack ready? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/governed-agents-are-here-is-your-stack-ready/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T08:56:02.000Z Microsoft Build 2026 landed on June 2 in San Francisco with a message that AI decision-makers should take literally: the era of the AI agent as an unmanaged side project is over. The hobby bot has joined the org chart. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Satya Nadella, declared from the keynote stage that "Windows doesn't just run agents; Windows becomes the agent," and behind that headline sat a governance stack deep enough to satisfy a compliance team, which is precisely the point. The conference went beyond any single product. It unveiled a philosophy, codified into hardware, software, and pricing. --- ## Why governance became the product For the past two years, [enterprise AI adoption](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) has been throttled by a specific fear: - A user deploys an agent - The agent has file system access - The audit trail is empty - Compliance inhales sharply IT departments have been living in a world where shadow AI is real, and agent sprawl is accelerating. 💡 According to a [Deloitte 2026 report](https://devlabs.angelhack.com/blog/agentic-ai-enterprise-2026/), only 21% of organizations globally have a mature governance model for [autonomous AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). That is the gap Microsoft walked into at Build 2026. Agent 365, [generally available from May 1, 2026, at $15 per user per month](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/microsoft-agent-365-now-generally-available-expands-capabilities-and-integrations/), is Microsoft's unified control plane for the agent fleet. Admins get a centralized registry showing every agent in the organization: which MCP servers it talks to, which identities are associated with it, and what cloud resources those identities can reach. For anyone who has tried to audit a fleet of [Copilot Studio](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) bots, this reads less like a feature announcement and more like a long-overdue apology. [5 questions to ask your AI agent vendor before you buyMost AI agent failures don’t happen during the demo. They happen when APIs fail, context windows explode, costs spiral, and nobody can explain why the agent made a decision. Here are five questions that separate production-ready platforms from expensive experiments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-65ec31ff-c10e-47cf-ace1-e895a71cd948.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-eca23879-69b5-4b0b-9243-fe8d24cd589e.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-questions-ai-agent-vendors-hope-you-dont-ask/) ## The stack Microsoft assembled Build 2026 introduced several interlocking layers that, taken together, form what Microsoft is calling the Windows Agent Runtime: - **Microsoft IQ** unifies four intelligence feeds: Work IQ (Microsoft 365 signals covering emails, meetings, and org relationships), Fabric IQ (structured business data and semantic models), Foundry IQ (permission-aware knowledge bases for agent retrieval), and the newly announced Web IQ, which gives agents real-time external grounding. This is the context layer agents actually need to [reason coherently](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) rather than [hallucinate confidently](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/). - **GitHub Copilot App** ships as a standalone native desktop application on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Three operating modes (Interactive, Plan, and Autopilot) plus parallel sessions via git worktrees make this a meaningful step beyond autocomplete. Available immediately for Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise tiers, with no waitlist. - **Sandboxed execution containers** give every agent its own hardened runtime, with IT admins applying governance policies through Intune and Group Policy tooling they already know. The developer reaction at Build was cautiously enthusiastic, particularly for the sandbox and containment boundaries as prerequisites for safely running agents with file access. - **MAI models,** Microsoft's in-house model family, join [Claude](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) and next-generation OpenAI models as options within the Azure AI Foundry ecosystem. The multi-model diversification is deliberate. Lock-in anxiety is real among enterprise buyers, and Microsoft is reading the room. Context mapping capabilities and runtime blocking via Intune and Defender are entering public preview in June 2026, so the governance story is still completing its rollout. --- ## What the analyst picture says The build announcement lands inside a market under genuine pressure. [Gartner predicted in August 2025](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025) that 40% of enterprise applications would embed task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025\. The acceleration is real. > The governance readiness is where the record scratches: [Gartner's 2026 Hype Cycle for Agentic AI](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/hype-cycle-for-agentic-ai) places [agentic AI governance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), security, and FinOps for agentic AI as distributed concerns across the curve, noting that "the need for oversight and discipline is becoming evident early in the adoption cycle, not only after large-scale deployment." The failure forecast is worth naming plainly, before anyone orders matching agent-branded hoodies. Gartner expects [more than 40% of agentic AI projects to be canceled by the end of 2027](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025), with unclear business value and inadequate risk controls as the primary drivers. Microsoft's governance pitch at Build is, structurally, a bet on being the platform that survives that attrition. --- ## The competitive read Microsoft's agent-native push arrives as [Google](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) expands Project Mariner across ChromeOS and Android, and [Apple](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/apple-anchoring-austins-ai-ecosystem/) integrates a next-generation Siri agent into macOS and iOS. Neither competitor matches Microsoft's enterprise footprint. Windows runs on over a billion machines, and Microsoft 365 is embedded in most corporate IT budgets before the AI conversation even begins. The governance differentiation is also uniquely Microsoft's to own. Google's Vertex AI Agent Builder offers compliance features; Apple's ecosystem brings data privacy credentials. Neither provides integration depth with Active Directory, Purview, and Microsoft Sentinel comparable to what Microsoft assembles natively. For regulated industries such as banking, healthcare, or insurance, that integration gap is what separates a proof of concept from a production rollout. 💡 [Microsoft's internal data, shared during the keynote](https://windowsnews.ai/article/build-2026-microsoft-unleashes-ai-agents-across-office-365-windows-and-azure-at-san-francisco-keynot.421349), shows 67% of the Fortune 500 already using at least one Copilot feature. [Agent capabilities](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) have been the top enterprise request for 18 consecutive months. The distribution advantage is already in place; Build 2026 is the moment Microsoft attempts to convert its installed base into a governed agent fleet. [How RLHF encodes bias through alignment tampering | AIAIYour reward model is learning exactly what your annotators prefer. The problem is that “better” and “unbiased” are two different things, and RLHF has no way to tell them apart.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-0cd2153d-46dc-45b1-a2df-0301b0391acd.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-fb632a30-e7a6-4a66-acd6-be7eb69894fd.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-to-fix-before-rlhf-turns-your-biases-into-features/) ## What decision-makers should do right now The question for [AI leaders](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) goes beyond whether to evaluate the Microsoft agent stack. The more pressing question is whether your organization's current data architecture can support what agents actually require. Here is the practical checklist: - **Audit your agent surface now.** Before Agent 365 registry sync with AWS Bedrock and Google Cloud connectors arrives (currently in public preview), understand what agents already exist in your environment, sanctioned or otherwise. Shadow AI is most dangerous when it has enterprise data access and a suspicious amount of confidence. - **Map data readiness before agent readiness.** [Deloitte's 2026 research](https://devlabs.angelhack.com/blog/agentic-ai-enterprise-2026/) identifies data quality as the biggest blocker for 52% of organizations. An agent with access to inconsistent or ungoverned data produces confident-sounding wrong answers at scale, which is a worse outcome than slow answers. - **Separate agent governance from agent experimentation budgets.** Agent 365 at $15 per user per month and the Microsoft 365 E7 Frontier Suite at $99 per user per month represent meaningful licensing decisions. Evaluate them against the cost of a governance failure and the cost of the pilot you ran last quarter, the one everyone now describes as "strategic learning." - **Pressure-test the orchestration story.** Microsoft's Agent Orchestrator service, entering preview in August 2026, handles load balancing and unified billing across large agent fleets. Build the architecture anticipating that service, rather than treating it as optional. --- ## The line that matters Every session at Build 2026 carried the same message: agents require governance before they belong in the enterprise. Microsoft has decided that the organization willing to build the governance layer first and then sell the agent capabilities on top owns the long game. The bet is plausible because the alternative, powerful agents with an absent control plane, is something enterprise IT has already lived through with shadow IT, and is deeply reluctant to repeat with systems that can take actions. 💡 The next six months will reveal whether the governance architecture holds under production load. The first wave of Agent Mode capabilities lands in Office 365 before the end of June 2026\. Organizations that wait for reviews before deciding where to build will be watching others discover the rough edges. Early movers get to shape how those rough edges get smoothed. [Why smart companies don’t add AI everywhereBoards want AI roadmaps. Competitors are shipping AI features. And 74% of companies still can’t make it pay. This piece breaks down the eight-point framework that separates disciplined AI adoption from expensive noise.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-a304d4da-5427-4a03-9b28-d6fb08c60d19.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnastasia Rodina![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--3-6f0279d1-3d08-4c25-b639-d0c42bc07f51.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-smart-companies-dont-add-ai-everywhere/) ## Final thoughts > Microsoft's Build 2026 was a governance manifesto dressed in developer tooling, more so than a product announcement. For AI decision-makers, that is actually the more useful version of the keynote, because it tells you exactly what problem Microsoft thinks enterprises are trying to solve. If your organization agrees with that diagnosis (agents are real, control is missing, and the cost of ungoverned autonomy is rising), the Build 2026 stack deserves serious evaluation. If you think the governance layer can come later, Gartner's 40% failure forecast would like a word, and it has brought receipts. ### Demystifying AI agents: going beyond the buzzwords URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/demystifying-ai-agents-going-beyond-the-buzzwords/ Last updated: 2026-06-05T15:00:35.000Z I want to talk about something that's been bothering me for a while: the word "agent." If there's one buzzword that every single one of us has heard over the past year or two, it's this one. Every pitch deck, whether it's from a scrappy startup or a massive [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), seems to lead with some version of "we're building an agentic platform to do X, Y, Z." And honestly, a lot of the time, that's the right move. But if you actually talk to the people building these systems day in and day out, you'll quickly notice something: there's a lot of hype. There's overuse, abuse even, of the words "agent" and "[**agentic framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/)." Many times, what's being called an *agent* is really just a glorified function call that we've been writing as programmers for decades. [5 questions to ask your AI agent vendor before you buyMost AI agent failures don’t happen during the demo. They happen when APIs fail, context windows explode, costs spiral, and nobody can explain why the agent made a decision. Here are five questions that separate production-ready platforms from expensive experiments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-21f5db04-f551-44a3-ae57-8957950dfd3a.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-ad7f25f4-d64d-4a17-afbc-8059188bc24c.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-questions-ai-agent-vendors-hope-you-dont-ask/) ## The brain in a vat If you take just one thing away from this article, let it be this: the LLM is the brain behind any [**agentic system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/). But the LLM is a brain in a vat. It doesn't make sense. It can't act. That's where the agentic architecture comes in… [**Agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) are basically tools in some form. 💡 At their core, agents give LLMs access to tools that let them sense and act in the world. Think about us as humans for a second. We have a brain with some memory, and we have our senses: eyes, ears, skin, hands. We use these to perceive the world and to act on it. LLMs work in a similar way, except their knowledge is restricted to whatever training data they've been fed. To perceive, meaning to get access to fresh data, the LLM has to call out to something. If you ask an LLM "how's the weather today," it has no idea. It needs to hit an API, call a function, or use some tool that brings back the latest info. Once it has that context, LLMs become genuinely impressive at [**reasoning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/), summarizing, and synthesizing on top of it. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## The building blocks: from functions to MCPs Let's walk through these constructs one at a time, because understanding them is the difference between building something useful and building something expensive that doesn't work. *Traditional function calls* are the vanilla, simple, modular pieces of code that have been around since the very beginning of software [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). I've actually seen people ask LLMs, "Here are two numbers, write me the best prompt to add them together." _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Why smart companies don't add AI everywhere URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-smart-companies-dont-add-ai-everywhere/ Last updated: 2026-06-24T13:16:19.000Z > There's a version of the AI story that goes like this: the board demands an AI roadmap, investors want to see the AI concept, competitors announce AI features, and suddenly the entire company is pressured to release something, anything with the "AI" prefix. This story isn't hypothetical, it's unfolding within product divisions right now, and the results are disappointing. The pressure is understandable. According to [McKinsey's "State of AI" report](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai-2024), AI adoption in enterprises has grown from 55% in 2023 to 78% by the end of 2024\. But adoption rates and value creation are not the same thing. [BCG's landmark October 2024 study, "Where's the Value in AI?"](https://web-assets.bcg.com/a5/37/be4ddf26420e95aa7107a35aae8d/bcg-wheres-the-value-in-ai.pdf), surveyed over 1,000 senior executives in 59 countries and found that 74% of companies still struggle to achieve and scale value from AI investments. Only 26% of companies have developed the capabilities needed to move from proof-of-concept to production systems that deliver measurable results. Meanwhile, 70-85% of AI initiatives fail to meet expectations, and 42% of companies will abandon most of their AI projects by 2025, up from 17% the year before. 💡 Often, the real issue isn't the technology itself but the decision-making process that happens before implementation even begins. Successful product organizations start with a problem and ask whether AI is the right solution. The less mature organizations tend to start with the technology itself and then look for where it adds value. This article is about how to be first and why the price of second is higher than most teams realize. [5 questions to ask your AI agent vendor before you buyMost AI agent failures don’t happen during the demo. They happen when APIs fail, context windows explode, costs spiral, and nobody can explain why the agent made a decision. Here are five questions that separate production-ready platforms from expensive experiments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-5361b92e-3538-4baf-a0bc-632ab7ddd2e7.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-033c4042-723b-4e61-8aa4-0e06ed576baa.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-questions-ai-agent-vendors-hope-you-dont-ask/) ## 1\. Two categories, two different decisions Broadly speaking, AI initiatives tend to fall into two categories: customer-facing AI or internal operational AI. Customer-facing AI is the type of AI where customers use the product: [copilot](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/), recommendation engines, smart search, generative content tools, natural language interfaces and AI assistants. Because customers see all aspects of the user experience, failures regarding trust and quality are immediately apparent and can be very damaging. Internal operational AI is the type of AI that improves how the organization operates internally: research assistants, document summarization, coding copilots, analytical interpretation, automated workflow routing and internal decision support. Value exists in increasing efficiency, improving the quality of decisions and increasing scalability. Investments in these types of AI cannot be compared or evaluated in the same manner. If a customer-facing AI fails to perform well, it will lead to decreased customer trust and increased customer churn. If an internal operational AI tool performs poorly, it may cost time and damage credibility with your team; however, the negative effects are ultimately recoverable. The stakes involved, the standards of performance expected, and the level of acceptable risk tolerance are fundamentally different. --- ## 2\. If AI is a product feature, implementing it still requires discipline Adding AI to your product will not automatically make you innovative; AI features still need to be assessed with the same product discipline as any other feature. **The questions remain:** - What specific user problems does this solve, and how do we truly know these are valid problems? - At what points in the user experience is there currently friction? - Will the users actually use this new feature without having to fundamentally alter their behavior? - Does this improve the users' retention, conversion rates, satisfaction ratings, or monetization opportunities, and if so, by how many percentage points? The bar for deploying AI features should be higher than deploying traditional product features, due to both the increased costs associated with developing and implementing the technology as well as increased technical and operational overheads associated with deploying and maintaining it. Klarna's deployment of an [OpenAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/)\-powered customer service application is a prime example. Klarna revealed they had deployed a system which resulted in approximately 2.3 million conversations during its initial month alone. Resolution times were reduced from 11 minutes down to less than two minutes. Customer satisfaction equaled that of human support agents, repeat enquiry rates decreased by 25%, and Klarna projected $40 million in savings in 2024 based on a $2-3 million investment. Then it began to fall apart. Cost became a "predominant evaluation criterion" by mid-2025\. Although the AI performed well on low-hanging fruit, there was no correlation to quality of experience for customers dealing with more complex, emotionally charged issues. **Customer satisfaction was decreasing for those who escalated. Contact frequency from repeat customers was increasing.** By early 2026, Klarna had quietly begun to rebuild its customer service personnel, adopting a hybrid model with AI handling routine, high-volume questions and humans handling complex enquiries requiring judgment and emotional intelligence. The lesson is not that AI doesn't belong in customer service. It is that success must be defined by what truly matters to the business, not by what is easiest to measure. --- ## 3\. AI features require better onboarding, rules of engagement and economic models There are three ways an AI feature could fail differently than a traditional feature, even if it solves the right problem. **Onboarding:** The interaction models of AI, including copilots and other assistants, remain foreign to most end-users. Unlike adding a new button or dashboard view, users trying out an AI feature for the first time do not know what to ask for, what they will receive as output, or when to rely upon it. One unhelpful experience is often enough to permanently categorize the feature as "broken." Effective onboarding must answer four questions at the point of first use: "What can I ask the AI?" "What will I receive in return?" "What am I able to do with the output?" and "When should I trust the output versus verifying it?" **Token economics:** Customer-facing AI functionality has a cost structure that grows with use. Each interaction is charged by token. The diagnostic question every product organization must answer before launching: will the added value created by this AI feature exceed the additional costs at expected levels of user engagement, at scale? If the answer is uncertain, the business plan is incomplete. **Governance:** Conventional features are static. AI output is dynamic, created on demand each time a user interacts. Users can experience [hallucinations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/), irrelevant output, privacy violations, and legal liability. These failures require active management through testing, monitoring, human review processes, and escalation pathways. Treating these as after-market considerations rather than front-end planning items is one of the most expensive mistakes organizations currently make. [How RLHF encodes bias through alignment tampering | AIAIYour reward model is learning exactly what your annotators prefer. The problem is that “better” and “unbiased” are two different things, and RLHF has no way to tell them apart.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-31b53fec-7f4a-40a5-9275-49f0b6d4b754.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-be0ecc8d-ad2f-4f2e-ab00-44266a8444d8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-to-fix-before-rlhf-turns-your-biases-into-features/) ## 4\. For internal AI, the greatest value is measurable leverage (not just saving time) There are two types of internal AI leverage. Execution efficiency means accomplishing the same task in less time. A summary document that used to take one hour now takes ten minutes. This is useful, but there is a limitation to its value. Decision leverage means making better decisions sooner than had been possible: combining competitive intelligence from fifty sources before a key strategic meeting instead of five, running pricing scenario models that would have taken analysts a week, surfacing trends buried within customer feedback. > This is where AI has the potential to change what an organization is capable of. BCG data confirms this distinction: among companies that successfully scaled AI, the most valuable applications concentrate in operations (23% of total AI value), marketing and sales (20%), and R&D (13%), all areas where decision quality directly impacts results. Support functions, despite early adoption, account for only 38% of value. 💡 The diagnostic question for internal AI: does it create levers that would otherwise be impossible, or does it simply automate what already works adequately? The first can justify meaningful investment. The second may bring efficiency, but not strategic advantage. --- ## 5\. AI won't repair a faulty workflow. It'll amplify the faultiness The most consistently ignored axiom in enterprise AI adoption: applying AI to a poorly designed process does not fix it. It produces the same flawed output faster, and at greater volume. [Camunda's 2025 State of Process Orchestration and Automation Report](https://camunda.com/state-of-process-orchestration-and-automation/) found that 82% of organizations surveyed reported concerns about "digital chaos," the condition where the interconnectivity of automated processes exceeds the organization's capacity to govern them. Of those, 77% reported an increased risk of failure for core business processes. Automating without first defining good process logic is commonly cited as the root cause. **Before beginning any AI automation initiative, teams should be able to answer yes to all of the following:** - Is the workflow logical from start to finish? - Is responsibility clearly defined at each stage? - Is the source data reliable and structured? - Does the process produce the correct outcome when executed well by humans? - Have unnecessary steps been identified and eliminated? Only when all five questions are answered positively is AI the right next investment. Sometimes the first step is to improve the underlying process, which can give faster and lower-risk returns. ## 6\. Context beats capability Many organizations acquire the most advanced standalone AI tool available, deploy it independently of existing business processes, and are then disappointed by its usage. The reason is context. When AI operates outside existing systems, users must reconstruct context manually in every session: exporting data, providing backstory, managing document versions across multiple systems, and maintaining yet another subscription beyond the current technical stack. **Each of these is a potential abandonment point.** The most effective internal AI implementations are often less about technical sophistication and more about how deeply they are embedded in the area where actual work takes place: collaboration software, design tools, project management tools, documentation tools. The AI inherits the context already inherent in those platforms: the discussion thread, the current design iteration, the project timeline. Morgan Stanley's deployment of GPT-4 as a knowledge assistant for financial advisors illustrates this. Rather than creating a new research interface, Morgan Stanley installed the AI within the interfaces advisors were already using. The AI had direct access to the institutional knowledge base and was able to provide value without needing context to be recreated each session. Similar results have been observed at Klarna, IKEA, and Unilever: AI tools embedded in existing workflows consistently outperform standalone tools with greater raw capability but significantly more friction. [Multi-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw comingMulti-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw coming. The question is; what can we do to fix it?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-61b5e8c3-d339-4f2b-9ef2-73acf856c3a6.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--06c3aced-f47f-4be7-a82a-02ad1fdd6bb4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) ## 7\. The true cost of AI includes opportunity cost Most organizations focus their AI cost discussions on software spend: licensing, API tokens, and compute. This is not fully representative of what needs to be considered. The total cost includes everything the organization did not do while pursuing the AI initiative: - Engineering time redirected from core products - Leadership time consumed by vendor evaluations and steering committees - Security and compliance teams diverted to AI risk assessments - Capital not deployed on hiring, partners, or infrastructure The average financial services firm with revenues above $5B spent $22.1 million on AI in 2024, money that could have gone somewhere else. Before approving an AI initiative, organizations should be able to answer: - Is this the highest-ROI use of engineering and product resources available right now? - Would fixing the underlying process create more value, faster, with less risk? - Would hiring strong operators or domain experts solve the actual problem more reliably? - Are we pursuing this because it solves a genuine priority, or because there is pressure to have an AI story? The final question can be the toughest to ask, but also the most critical. Board expectations, competitive anxiety, and market trends are real pressures, but none of them replace a product-based rationale. --- ## 8\. Vendor dependence is a strategic risk, not a technical issue Most organizations building AI products rely on third-party APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, [Google](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/), Microsoft Azure) because [training foundation models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) is out of reach for all but a few hyperscalers. The dependency created is frequently underestimated in product and business strategies. OpenAI's global outage in June 2025, lasting over 15 hours, made this clear. Thousands of businesses whose customer service, internal processes, and decision-making relied on a single provider had no fallback. Downstream applications including Zendesk and Perplexity also experienced errors and high latency. 💡 [Zapier's 2026 Enterprise AI Survey](https://zapier.com/blog/ai-vendor-lock-in-survey/) found that 81% of enterprise leaders have concerns about AI vendor dependency, 47% stated a primary business function would cease to operate under a material outage or pricing change, and only 6% believed they could replace their primary vendor without material operational disruption. The risk dimensions include service availability, pricing changes (Azure's OpenAI pricing doubled for some enterprise customers in early 2025), model deprecation (DALL-E 3 was discontinued in May 2026 with limited notice), policy and access changes, and legal liability, as illustrated by the New York Times vs. OpenAI case around prompt data ownership. Gartner predicts that by 2028, 70% of companies building AI applications across two or more [LLMs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) will implement AI gateways to manage dependency risk. Building contingency strategies now (alternative vendor relationships, multi-model routing, emergency override procedures, and business continuity tests) is significantly less expensive than building them after an incident. --- ## What separates strategic AI from reactive AI? > AI is a genuine capability shift. Targeted, well-reasoned applications have produced meaningful productivity gains, better decisions, and scalable handling of high-volume routine work. But AI is not a product strategy. Understanding your customers' problems, identifying the underlying issues within your organization's operational models, and developing effective solutions: these are all required before AI enters the conversation. Organizations that derive lasting competitive advantage over the next five years will be those that apply the same discipline to every AI decision: beginning with the customer or operator problem, and holding AI to the same standard of proof as any other strategic investment. ### The more useful question is not "How do we add AI?" but "Where can AI deliver meaningful value, and where might a simpler solution be the better choice?" 💡 When applied with discipline, AI creates speed, leverage, and better decisions. Without it, AI creates cost, vulnerability, and strategic distraction dressed up as innovation. Product judgment continues to matter far more than the hype. ### Building compliant AI Agents: Preparing Enterprise teams for the EU AI Act URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-compliant-ai-agents-preparing-enterprise-teams/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:59:21.000Z Most enterprise teams are treating EU AI Act compliance like a legal checkbox. It isn't. For teams actually deploying production agents the requirements reach deep into how you build, monitor, and govern every step of the agent lifecycle. ### **What's at stake:** If you're moving AI pilots to production, compliance can't live only in policy documents. The EU AI Act requires risk management, event logging, transparency, human oversight, continuous monitoring and post-market reporting. ### **In this webinar, you’ll discover:** 1. Which EU AI Act requirements apply to agentic systems (and why agents face a higher bar than traditional AI). 2. How Act requirements map to the agent development lifecycle: build, test, deploy, monitor, evaluate, improve. 3. How observability, tracing, evaluators, and human-in-the-loop review create the audit trail regulators expect. 4. How AI leaders are balancing governance, cross-functional ownership, and compliance without slowing innovation. 5. How LangSmith supports audit-ready workflows with annotation queues, alerting, deployment controls and evaluators. ### **Fireside chat: governance in the real world** We'll go beyond theory with an enterprise AI leader or external governance expert sharing how their team is actually approaching EU AI Act readiness - from risk controls and cross-functional ownership to building a compliance culture that doesn't slow teams down. ### 5 questions AI agent vendors hope you don't ask URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-questions-ai-agent-vendors-hope-you-dont-ask/ Last updated: 2026-06-02T16:00:47.000Z > Every vendor pitch right now involves an agent completing a 12-step workflow flawlessly in a sandboxed environment with clean data and zero edge cases. **The demo always works.** Production, as every practitioner already knows, is a different matter entirely. [**Gartner forecasts**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025) that 40% of [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) applications will embed task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025 (one of the steepest adoption curves in enterprise software history). And yet, [**Gartner also predicts**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) over 40% of [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls. That gap between deployment volume and deployment quality is exactly where AI decision makers need to focus. Here’s what separates a solid [**agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) deployment from an expensive disappointment. --- ## **The metric vendors skip in their slides** Most agent demos optimize for task completion rate on a curated benchmark. That number matters, but the metric that actually predicts real-world ROI is error recovery rate: *How does the agent behave when a tool call fails, an API returns unexpected data, or a human-in-the-loop step times out?* An agent that completes 94% of tasks in ideal conditions but halts clumsily on failure is a liability in any workflow where [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) is the point. Ask vendors for their failure mode documentation. If that documentation is sparse, you already have useful information. 💡 According to McKinsey, security and risk concerns rank as the ****number-one barrier** to scaling agentic AI in 2026\. Agents gaining autonomy across tools, data, and systems create failure surfaces where small issues cascade quickly into compliance violations. The failure taxonomy matters as much as the capability set. [How RLHF encodes bias through alignment tampering | AIAIYour reward model is learning exactly what your annotators prefer. The problem is that “better” and “unbiased” are two different things, and RLHF has no way to tell them apart.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-52342d35-0d75-47e8-bf09-bcf48ab5fb5e.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-de16ebdd-ae78-4add-b23d-30db83459ae9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-to-fix-before-rlhf-turns-your-biases-into-features/) ## 5 questions AI agent vendors hope you don't ask Most vendor evaluations focus on capability demos. These questions shift the conversation to operational reality: 1. **How does the agent behave when confidence drops below the threshold?** Does it escalate, halt, or proceed? Who decides the threshold, and can your team configure it directly? 2. **How does the system handle tool call rate limits at scale?** If your agent is calling Salesforce, Jira, and an internal API simultaneously across 500 concurrent sessions, where are the bottlenecks and who owns them? 3. **What does the audit trail look like?** For regulated industries, you need a complete, queryable log of every action, every decision point, and every human override. Ask to see an actual log from a live production environment. A screenshot from a demo tells you very little. 4. **How does model versioning work?** When the underlying model is updated by the vendor, does your agent's behavior change? How are breaking changes communicated and tested? 5. **What is the latency profile under load?** A 2-second response in a demo becomes a different problem at 10,000 requests per hour. Get numbers from real deployments, with named reference customers if possible. --- ## **Orchestration architecture is the *real* decision** The agent interface is visible. The orchestration layer is where the actual architecture decision lives, and it carries significant downstream consequences. Single-agent architectures (one [**LLM**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) calling tools sequentially) are simpler to debug and audit but hit ceilings on complex, multi-domain tasks. 💡 Multi-agent architectures (orchestrator plus specialist agents, as in LangGraph, AutoGen, or CrewAI) scale better but introduce coordination overhead and failure surfaces that compound quickly. An agent that delegates to five sub-agents has five additional places to fail. For most enterprise deployments in 2026, the right architecture depends less on raw capability and more on your team's ability to observe, debug, and intervene. The[ **2026 Gartner Hype Cycle for Agentic AI**](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/hype-cycle-for-agentic-ai) flags agentic AI governance and security as profiles now distributed across the curve, reflecting enterprise concern about accountability emerging early in the adoption cycle. A well-monitored single-agent setup will outperform a sophisticated multi-agent system your team can barely inspect. Arize AI, LangSmith, and Weights & Biases all offer observability tooling worth evaluating alongside the agents themselves. [Multi-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw comingMulti-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw coming. The question is; what can we do to fix it?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-9956cf37-ef6e-4024-bbca-d3e018072a96.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--cb9e8171-72ee-42fc-ad1f-44dbc03923c1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) ## **Context window management is a hidden cost** > Agentic tasks are long-context tasks. An agent working through a complex procurement workflow might accumulate 80,000 tokens of context across tool call results, intermediate reasoning, and prior steps. At current GPT-4o pricing, this could get expensive fast if context management is handled carelessly. [**Retrieval-augmented**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) approaches that pull only relevant context at each step are more cost-efficient than naive full-history approaches. Ask vendors how their system handles context pruning and whether you have visibility into token consumption per workflow run. The[ **2026 Hype Cycle**](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/hype-cycle-for-agentic-ai) calls out FinOps for agentic AI as a rising concern. The industry is beginning to treat agent cost management as a discipline in its own right. If your vendor struggles to give you a price estimate, build your own cost model before you sign. --- ## **The evaluation framework most teams are missing** Agent evaluation is a discipline the industry is still constructing. Established LLM eval[ **frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) like RAGAS, PromptFoo, and DeepEval have added agentic evaluation features, but coverage remains uneven. **A mature eval suite should cover:** - **Faithfulness to instructions** across multi-step tasks, including cases where following instructions exactly produces a suboptimal outcome – a real and under-examined edge case. - **Tool call accuracy:** The agent calls the right tool with the right parameters. A plausible-looking tool call that returns a result is a separate, lower bar. - **Trajectory evaluation:** Comparing the actual sequence of steps taken against the optimal path, assessed at the process level rather than the final output alone. - **Adversarial inputs**, including prompt injections delivered via tool call results – a live attack surface in any agent that reads external content. Running this suite on a vendor's system before deployment is a reasonable ask. Production-ready vendors will have already done versions of this internally and should be able to share findings. [Scaling AI in production: context, control and confidenceMost companies don’t have an AI problem. They have a throughput problem. And I think that distinction matters a lot when you start talking about how to actually get AI working in production.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-0d5ba531-4dcd-4821-9d3d-d8cf95ed7e9c.png)AI Accelerator InstituteKevin McGrath![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--copy-fe1e1243-d659-42ab-b558-028086d78364.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-3-reasons-your-ai-never-makes-it-to-production/) ## **A word on build vs. buy** > The build-vs-buy dilemma for agents is more nuanced than it was for traditional software. The core LLM capability is accessible to anyone via API. The differentiation in commercial products sits in the workflow tooling, the pre-built integrations, and the fine-tuned domain-specific models underneath. - **Generic horizontal tasks** (email triage, meeting summarization, document processing): Commercial products are almost always faster to value. - **Specialized vertical workflows** (clinical documentation, financial compliance,[ **engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) code review): Purpose-built vendors with domain fine-tuning may justify the price premium. - **The trap to avoid:** Building a generic agent in-house at significant engineering cost to do something a mature commercial product already does adequately. 💡 The [****production-readiness gap**](https://www.saasultra.com/ai-agent-statistics-adoption-roi-industries/) tells the story clearly: in 2026, 79% of enterprises have adopted AI agents in some form, with just 11% running them in production. Most organizations are still iterating on pilot infrastructure. The build-vs-buy decision should factor in your team's bandwidth genuinely lives. ## **So, what will the next 12 months look like?** The agent market is consolidating around orchestration standards. Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) and [Google's](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) Agent2Agent protocol are both gaining adoption as interoperability frameworks across vendors and tools. **Betting heavily on a proprietary orchestration layer today carries real lock-in risk as these standards mature.** The organizations getting the most value from agents in 2026 are treating the first deployment as an infrastructure investment, building observability from day one, and defining clear human-escalation paths before automating anything.[ ](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/strategic-predictions-for-2026) [**Gartner's strategic predictions for 2026**](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/strategic-predictions-for-2026) flag that "death by AI" legal claims will exceed 2,000 by the end of 2026 due to insufficient risk guardrails, particularly in healthcare, finance, and public safety. Governance has moved from best practice to table stakes. Unglamorous advice, reliably correct. ### 6 things to fix before RLHF turns your biases into features URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-things-to-fix-before-rlhf-turns-your-biases-into-features/ Last updated: 2026-06-02T10:47:46.000Z Here is a sentence that should give any ML team pause: **The model you are trying to align is also the model generating the data you are using to align it.** Congratulations, you have built an ouroboros. A paper accepted at ICML 2026 by Dongyoon Hahm, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, and Kimin Lee puts a name to what can go wrong inside that loop: [**alignment tampering**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27355). The mechanism is almost elegant in how unpleasant it is. Your model generates responses. Annotators pick the better one. "Better" turns out to mean "higher quality," and high-quality responses can carry subtle biases along for the ride. The reward model learns the whole package, bias included. RL then optimizes on that reward signal with considerable enthusiasm. > The researchers tested this across keyword bias, sexist framing, brand promotion, and instrumental goal-seeking. Existing mitigation techniques couldn’t fully resolve the problem without sacrificing response quality. So there is no silver bullet here, which makes knowing where you are exposed the more urgent task. Here are six places to start… [Multi-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw comingMulti-turn reasoning is broken in a way nobody saw coming. The question is; what can we do to fix it?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--e2f391940477176032935569d96fbcbe6dc362c65d6cadd4e0a855ea03be155a.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/) **1\. Separate quality from ideology in your annotation schema** 💡 Asking annotators to pick the "better" response is a bit like asking someone which of two meals they preferred and then concluding the winning chef has superior ethics. Quality and values are being bundled into a single label, and your reward model has absolutely no way to pull them apart. The fix is to decompose your rubric. Score fluency, accuracy, and task completion separately from tonal or ideological dimensions.[ **LangSmith**](https://www.langchain.com/langsmith) and[ **Label Studio**](https://labelstud.io/) both support multi-dimensional annotation schemas. Yes, it adds annotation cost. It also means your reward model learns what you actually want, which seems like a reasonable trade. --- **2\. Run bias probes before and after every RLHF iteration** Pre/post capability evals are standard practice for most teams. Bias evals at the same cadence largely are not, and that gap is exactly where alignment tampering compounds in peace and quiet. If your model is drifting on bias dimensions across training iterations, a capability-only eval suite will give you a clean bill of health every time. Your starting toolkit: - [**WinoBias**](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06876) **and**[ **BBQ**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.08193) for general bias probing across gender, race, and socioeconomic dimensions, solid baselines that most teams can plug in immediately - **Domain-specific eval sets** for legal, medical, or financial deployments, where the biases likely present in your preference data will be too context-specific for general benchmarks to catch - **A regression threshold** agreed on before training starts, so any pre/post bias score movement triggers investigation rather than a shrug and a rerun --- **3\. Check your preference data for quality-bias correlation** If your annotators tend to prefer longer, more fluent responses regardless of content, that preference is now sitting in your reward model, waiting. Quality acting as a carrier signal for everything else the response contains is the core mechanism the paper identifies, and it is worth checking explicitly rather than assuming it away. Run a correlation check between annotator quality scores and any bias dimensions you can measure. A strong positive correlation between fluency ratings and brand-favorable framing is a red flag.[ **Weights & Biases**](https://wandb.ai/) supports the annotation metadata logging that makes this analysis tractable. Do it before your next training run, not after you have spent the compute. [Scaling AI in production: context, control and confidenceMost companies don’t have an AI problem. They have a throughput problem. And I think that distinction matters a lot when you start talking about how to actually get AI working in production.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteKevin McGrath![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--copy.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-3-reasons-your-ai-never-makes-it-to-production/) **4\. Consider DPO to reduce reward model compounding** Each RLHF iteration builds on the reward model from the last one. If that reward model has already absorbed a quality-bias conflation, the compounding across iterations is precisely what the paper's experiments show happening. Direct Preference Optimization sidesteps the explicit reward model entirely, which removes at least one amplification pathway from the loop. DPO is well-supported in[ **TRL**](https://huggingface.co/docs/trl/index), Hugging Face's transformer reinforcement learning library, and has become a practical choice for teams where reward model [**stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) is a concern. The underlying data quality problem doesn’t disappear with DPO, but eliminating the reward model from the compounding chain is a meaningful reduction in exposure. Think of it as removing one domino from a row that was already tipping. --- **5\. Add multi-turn eval coverage for agentic deployments** 💡 The paper's finding on instrumental goal-seeking is the one that should make agentic teams put down their coffee. A model learning to steer multi-turn conversations toward outcomes that extend its own influence will look perfectly fine on single-turn evals. Standard benchmarks won’t catch it either. The behavior only surfaces across extended interaction sequences, which most eval pipelines simply don’t run. If your deployment involves any [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) or conversational use case, single-turn coverage is structurally insufficient. [**HELM**](https://crfm.stanford.edu/helm/) and[ **LMSYS**](https://lmsys.org/) offer multi-turn [**frameworks worth adapting.**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) Some of this tooling you may need to build internally, given that the eval ecosystem is still catching up to [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) deployment reality. That is genuinely not a fun position to be in, but here we are. [AI-first GTM: agents vs workflows vs human judgmentMost GTM teams deploy AI where it’s most visible. The question worth asking first: is that actually where it’s most ready?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteNatia Kartvelishvili![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-first-gtm-strategist-agents-workflows-and-knowing-when-to-stop/) **6\. Stop treating your annotation workforce as a fixed variable** Annotator demographic composition, domain expertise, and fatigue all shape what the reward model learns. A preference dataset collected entirely from annotators in a single region or professional background will encode the biases of that group with impressive fidelity. RLHF will then do what it does best and optimize on them. A few concrete steps worth [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) into your process: - Review the demographic and professional diversity of your annotation workforce at least once per [**major training cycle**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/), because a homogeneous annotator pool produces a homogeneous reward model - Flag tasks where inter-annotator agreement is low, disagreement often signals a bias dimension is active, and averaging over it doesn’t make it go away - Weight annotations from domain experts more heavily on technical tasks rather than averaging across a general pool, particularly in regulated industries where specific language carries compliance weight None of this eliminates the alignment tampering vulnerability the paper describes. It does reduce the strength of the biases that get encoded in the first place, which gives RLHF less to amplify. --- **Final thoughts** 💡 The paper's most useful contribution is reframing alignment as a two-sided process. Your team shapes the model. The model, through its outputs, shapes the data that shapes it back. Treating RLHF as a one-way correction mechanism is a bit like editing a document while the document is also editing you. The research community doesn’t yet have a consensus fix, but the map of where the vulnerabilities sit is now considerably clearer. For teams running training cycles in 2026, reading that map before the next run is the move. ### Is multi-turn reasoning broken? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-multi-turn-reasoning-broken/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:39:13.000Z Everybody assumed reasoning models would fail the obvious way. A model commits to something in turn two, contradicts it in turn nine, and you catch it. Clean, detectable, patchable. Grab a consistency checker, add some grounding, and move on. A paper presented at the[ **ICLR 2026 Workshop on Reasoning and Planning for LLMs**](https://arxiv.org/list/cs/new) just made that assumption look optimistic. **The failure mode the field missed** The researchers built DRIFT-Bench, a solver-instrumented benchmark of 816 test problems across three constraint domains, evaluated across four open-weight models from 8B to 120B parameters. Their headline finding upends the standard mental model of how multi-turn reasoning breaks. The dominant failure mode is satisfiable drift. The model's internal state stays logically consistent. The logic holds, the surface reads fine, and the output looks coherent. The model has simply abandoned a prior commitment across turns, moved in a different direction, and given absolutely zero signal that anything went wrong. Logical contradiction is the failure mode everyone built tooling for. Satisfiable drift is the one that slips straight through it. [AI-first GTM: agents vs workflows vs human judgmentMost GTM teams deploy AI where it’s most visible. The question worth asking first: is that actually where it’s most ready?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteNatia Kartvelishvili![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--3-e0a9d58a0582315a8ee04bf704b0d77d072e0073b9abe528a4ba22c1fce58dd3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-first-gtm-strategist-agents-workflows-and-knowing-when-to-stop/) ## Why your current verification stack is flying blind The field has spent two years building hallucination detection infrastructure: retrieval grounding, factual verification, G-Eval, and [**LLM-as-judge pipelines**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). All of it is geared toward catching outputs that are wrong. Satisfiable drift produces outputs that are coherent, consistent, and well-formed. They pass the checks. They just happen to violate a commitment the model made six turns ago, and your pipeline has no hook to catch that. Think of it as a contractor who nods enthusiastically at the original brief, then builds something slightly different. Structurally sound. Properly finished. Completely wrong. And when you ask them about it, they point to the last five things they said, all of which are internally consistent. This is the part where practitioners reading this start nodding. --- ## What the benchmark actually found The DRIFT-Bench methodology is what makes these results worth taking seriously. Instead of asking a judge model to rate coherence (which is itself subject to satisfiable drift, delightfully), the researchers verify commitments at the formal constraint level. Three constraint domains. Four models. Instrumented with solvers throughout. Performance drops substantially as conversation length grows, and satisfiable drift dominates the failure taxonomy across every model and domain tested. The bigger models are actually more susceptible in one specific way: they are better at maintaining surface coherence, which means their drift is harder to detect. The best mitigation tested is MUS-Repair, a technique that feeds minimal unsatisfiable subsets back to the generator when the system detects inconsistency. **Results across every model and setting:** - MUS-Repair outperforms all non-MUS baselines by 1.8 to 15.0 percentage points - The performance gap is widest on the larger models, where surface coherence masks drift most effectively - The gains are consistent across all three constraint domains tested, suggesting this is a structural fix rather than a domain-specific one - Smaller models show lower absolute drift rates, but higher rates of outright logical contradiction, a different failure mode requiring different mitigations Larger models drift more elegantly. That sentence will haunt some production pipelines. [Scaling AI in production: context, control and confidenceMost companies don’t have an AI problem. They have a throughput problem. And I think that distinction matters a lot when you start talking about how to actually get AI working in production.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteKevin McGrath![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--copy.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-3-reasons-your-ai-never-makes-it-to-production/) ## Why single-turn benchmarks are hiding this from you MMLU, HumanEval, SWE-bench, GPQA: all single-turn. A model that scores 87% on SWE-bench Verified can still drift badly on a 12-turn constraint reasoning chain. These are measuring different properties entirely, and treating strong single-turn scores as a proxy for multi-turn [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) is a category error that deployment teams are making right now, at scale. The[ **2026 International AI Safety Report**](https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026), authored by over 100 experts, flagged persistent unreliability across long-horizon tasks as a core unsolved challenge. DRIFT-Bench gives that observation a specific mechanistic name. The model does not run out of capability. It loses track of its prior commitments, stays internally valid, and produces no signal that anything has gone wrong. For anyone [**building a stateful agent workflow**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/), that is a property worth designing around urgently. ## What to actually do about it The practical responses are specific enough to act on: - **Run multi-turn evaluations on held-out conversation sequences.** Four or five turns minimum, ideally longer. Single-turn benchmarks will give you false confidence on workflows that extend beyond a single exchange. - **Build commitment-tracking into your architecture.** This means maintaining an explicit record of constraints agreed in prior turns, and verifying each new output against that record before returning it. LangGraph's stateful checkpointing is a natural place to add this layer. - **Treat satisfiable drift and hallucination as separate failure classes.** They share a symptom (wrong output) but require different detection approaches and different mitigations. Conflating them will leave gaps in both directions. - **Prototype MUS-Repair as a mitigation layer** for constrained reasoning tasks. The performance gains are consistent enough across model sizes that it deserves evaluation in any pipeline where multi-turn constraint satisfaction matters. [Your AI acts differently when it thinks it’s being watchedWhat if the model you’ve been evaluating has been evaluating you right back? New research finds that LLMs systematically alter their output depending on whether, and by whom, they believe they are being observed. It might have serious implications - are you ready?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-ai-under-observation/) ## A final thought Here is the honest picture. [**The AI industry**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) has spent a lot of energy worrying about the failures it can see: [**hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/), contradictions, refusals. Satisfiable drift is the failure that looks fine on the way out the door, gets deployed, and causes problems three weeks later when someone finally traces the conversation back to turn four. Multi-turn reasoning is where production AI is headed. [**Agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), [**copilots**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/), long-horizon planning, autonomous workflows: all of it depends on a model that can hold a commitment across time. That turns out to be a harder problem than anyone budgeted for. The benchmarking culture rewards single-turn performance because single-turn performance is easy to measure. Production cares about multi-turn reliability because that is where things actually break. DRIFT-Bench puts a name on the gap. The rest is up to the teams building it... ### The AI-first GTM strategist: agents, workflows, and knowing when to stop URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-first-gtm-strategist-agents-workflows-and-knowing-when-to-stop/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:42:35.000Z Most GTM teams don't have a framework for deciding where [**AI belongs in their operation**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/), so they default to deploying it where it's most visible, not where it's most ready and efficient. AI SDRs deployed before the ICP is validated and GTM motion found. Intent data activated before the buying pattern is confirmed. A content engine running before the buying trigger is clear doesn't generate demand, it amplifies the wrong message at scale faster. > The AI-first GTM lead is the one who makes a specific decision before deployment: which jobs belong to an agent and can run on its own, which belong to an AI workflow, which are better served by an existing AI-powered tool, and which should stay human. **This article gives you a decision map for making that call. The specific skill being built here is not AI literacy in the general sense.** It's the ability to clarify use cases, empower willingness to experiment, and make a deliberate decision for each GTM job about where to fully delegate to AI, where to work alongside it, and where to keep humans in control entirely. That decision cannot be made by instinct or tool familiarity. It requires understanding what agents and workflows are actually built to do, how to validate tests before AI-driven claims ship, and what data conditions need to be in place before either is worth deploying. Let's break it down... [Why AI agents keep breaking in productionThe gap between what agentic AI promises and what it actually delivers in live environments is now one of the most consequential engineering problems in the industry. It is also, frustratingly, one that the field has been slow to name precisely, let alone fix…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7-3e30aebf4e01eecc80e60bde69e19fadfe74f93056537eac9ee549693d118f87.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-keep-breaking-in-production-heres-why-nobodys-fixed-it-yet-2/) ## What is an AI agent, and why deploying it is less like using a tool and more like a digital operating system [**An AI agent is a system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), think of it as a digital operating unit where each component has a specific function, and a weakness in any one of them degrades the reliability of the whole. The system can perceive, plan, and execute actions autonomously, across multiple steps, without a human triggering each one. The system has six working parts. - **Core Model (the brain):** Where reasoning happens. This is the LLM, Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, Mistral, that handles reasoning and planning. - **Orchestration (the planner):** How the agent plans, routes, and chains tasks. Frameworks: LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI. Task Breaking: BabyAGI, ReAct, CAMEL. - **The perception layer (the senses):** How the agent gathers new information from the world outside its context window. This is what makes continuous monitoring possible. A perception layer is what separates an agent that can observe from one that can only act on what it was handed at the start. - **The tools and APIs layer (the hands):** How the agent acts. Pre-defined functions and API connections allow the agent to interact with external systems, updating a CRM record, sending a Slack alert, triggering a workflow, retrieving live data. Connectors like Zapier, Make, or n8n handle the integration layer. Built-in tools cover search, web browsing, and code execution. With tools, the agent closes the loop between insight and action. - **The memory (the notebook):** Where context lives. Short-term memory holds the current task in progress. Long-term memory, via vector databases like Pinecone, Weaviate, or MemGPT, stores what the agent has learned across time. - **Output and monitoring (the dashboard):** How output is delivered and how the system stays accountable. Output reaches the right place, a Slack channel, a Notion document, a dashboard, and monitoring tools like LangSmith or Weights & Biases record what the agent did, catch errors, and enable tuning. UI/Delivery: Gradio, Streamlit, LangUI, Retool. Observability: LangSmith, W&B, PromptLayer. 💡 A useful way to hold the whole picture: deploying an agent is less like using a tool and more like briefing an autonomous intern. Each layer has a data readiness requirement. If memory lacks sufficient history, the agent reasons from an insufficient base. If the planner's scope is undefined, it will act outside intended boundaries. If the execution layer is unmonitored, errors accumulate invisibly. High-performing GTM teams invest in [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) structured context before deploying agents, organizing customer interviews, win/loss records, competitive changes, and positioning test results into a form the memory layer can actually use. The agent's reliability is bounded by the quality of the context it operates on. Running agents also requires mastering risk mitigation strategies. **Because agents act autonomously across multiple steps, failures can compound before a human catches them. GTM teams operating at L4 actively manage four risk categories:** - **Data hijacking:** A malicious input or compromised data source can redirect an agent's actions, exposing private CRM records or triggering unintended outreach to customers or prospects. - **Expensive loops:** Without well-defined exit conditions, an agent can cycle through sub-tasks indefinitely, consuming API credits and producing no useful output. - [**Compounding hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/)**:** When the core model generates a confident but incorrect output early in a multi-step sequence, each subsequent step compounds the error. The final output looks authoritative while being structurally wrong. - **Proxy metric drift:** An agent optimizing for open rates, brief volume, or response speed will hit that metric while missing the underlying GTM goal it was meant to serve. ## What is an AI workflow, and when does it fit An AI workflow is a defined sequence of AI-powered steps that runs automatically when triggered. Unlike an agent, it follows a fixed path. Each step is predetermined. The workflow does observe new conditions, make decisions mid-run, or change course based on what it finds. When it reaches the end of its sequence, it stops and delivers output to a human for review and action. A workflow builder has identified which tasks repeat on a regular cadence with consistent inputs, call transcripts arriving every week, competitor pages that need checking, positioning variants that need testing, and has built a pipeline that handles them end to end. The workflow runs whether or not the GTM lead has bandwidth that day. Output lands in the right place, in the right format, ready for review. The GTM lead's time shifts from doing the task to evaluating the output. That shift, from task execution to system oversight, is the most important productivity change available to most GTM teams right now. It requires identifying the right tasks and building the right sequence. [**LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) are powerful text processors, but they are "stuck in the box." They have no direct connection to the outside world on real-time data. They cannot search a database or send an email alone. A workflow is an automated assembly line: reliable for the task it was built to run, and only for that task. [Your AI acts differently when it thinks it’s being watchedWhat if the model you’ve been evaluating has been evaluating you right back? New research finds that LLMs systematically alter their output depending on whether, and by whom, they believe they are being observed. It might have serious implications - are you ready?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-ai-under-observation/) ## The test that tells you which one fits The practical test for which tool fits: - Does the task require continuous monitoring without a defined end point? - Does it require decisions that depend on what was found mid-run? - Does it need to act in external systems based on those decisions autonomously? If all three answers are yes, an agent is the right fit. If any one is no, a workflow handles the job more reliably, and at a fraction of the build and maintenance cost. ## The two questions that changed how we deploy AI in GTM I've been working with GTM teams across different stages, marketing managers trying to compress campaign cycles, SDR teams running cold outreach at scale, growth leads attempting to test more hypotheses with the same headcount. The pattern I kept seeing: teams would identify something that felt automatable, find a tool that could technically handle it or build an AI workflow, and a couple of weeks later struggle to articulate what had actually changed. I came up with two questions that now sit at the start of every deployment conversation I have. ### Question one: is this use case worth pursuing at all? A marketing team I worked with wanted to move faster on campaign testing. Before we touched a single tool, I asked one question: what does this cost you right now? The answer was concrete. Ten days from idea to release. One landing page per hypothesis. CPL at $198\. Lead-to-qualified at 7%. That's a baseline, and something you can measure against. The 3S validity gate identifies the use cases where AI is the right fit, where it produces a measurable outcome, where the return is specific and quantifiable. If a use case clears at least one gate with a real number behind it, that is where AI investment is justified. If none pass, the use case belongs in an experiment backlog. So the marketing team decided to build an AI workflow. The goal: validate more hypotheses before scaling the budget behind them, with the same team. HeyGen for video creatives, localized across markets without additional headcount. Replit for landing pages the marketer built herself, no developer, no waiting. Zapier pulls analytics into a structured layer ready for review. Six weeks later: 18 creatives per week instead of five. Three landing pages per hypothesis instead of one. One to two days to release instead of ten. CPL dropped from $198 to $110\. Lead-to-qualified moved from 7% to 20%. Before any use case earns its place in a GTM strategy, it needs to clear at least one of those three filters, with a real number behind it. ### Question two: which path fits the conditions? Once a use case clears, the next decision is which path actually fits. Three zones determine whether you buy a tool, build a workflow, or build with an agent. Here is how these zones play out in practice. An SDR team started in Zone 2, buying a tool for cold outreach at low volume. It worked. When volume grew to 2,000 contacts per month, the economics broke. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-3.24.13---PM.png) The tool at that scale was running $485 per month with an additional 25–30% credit burn from AI inconsistencies on top. They moved to building a workflow instead. Same zone, different path, because the conditions had changed. Several months later, with clean structured data accumulated from the workflow, they moved to Zone 3\. They added an agent. Connected to the CRM, learning from accumulated patterns, distributing contacts, running sequences, adjusting based on what had worked historically. It performed, because it had six months of structured workflow data to reason from. The same agent deployed at month one, on an empty data layer, would have produced confident-looking output with nothing reliable behind it. [Data engineers: what tech leaders need to knowThe data engineer has gone from a largely behind-the-scenes role to one of the most strategically important positions in a modern technology organization. The leaders who understand why are making significantly better infrastructure decisions than the ones who do not.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-data-engineers-may-be-more-influential-than-you-think/) ## Reading the AI-First GTM Decision Map: an illustration by company stage The right zone for each GTM decision is not static. It depends on what stage the company is at and what the current business focus demands, what data actually exists, and how costly a wrong decision would be. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-3.22.45---PM.png) The map below illustrates how an AI-first GTM team can operate at Early Growth & Revenue Motion, the stage where many teams over-automate too early. Use this as a template: swap in your stage, test each decision against the zone conditions, and only move "up" when your data and operating maturity support it. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-3.22.00---PM.png) The same five decisions look different at every other stage. At the Proof of Concept stage, most rows belong in Zone 1, the data simply doesn't exist yet. Industry evidence consistently shows that AI value comes from workflow integration, not isolated use cases. Teams that embed AI into repeatable processes outperform those deploying standalone tools. Zone 2 (workflows) creates the highest ROI. Zone 3 (agents) only works when fed by stable, structured systems. McKinsey data from the State of AI 2025 report shows fewer than 10% of companies have successfully scaled AI in any single business function. Zone 2 is where actual value unlocks. Zone 3 only works when fed by stable, structured systems built in Zone 2 first. ## Final thoughts The AI-first GTM motion isn't "Move faster with AI." The teams that get AI to compound are the ones who know which zone every job belongs in, and don't skip the sequence to get there. If you try any of these workflows, I'd love to hear how it goes. Tag me on LinkedIn. Go build the right thing. --- *Sources: The State of AI in 2025: Agents, Innovation, and Transformation; State of Enterprise AI 2025, OpenAI; McKinsey State of AI 2025.* ### The 3 reasons your AI never makes it to production URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-3-reasons-your-ai-never-makes-it-to-production/ Last updated: 2026-05-22T15:00:40.000Z When I say scale here, I'm not talking about handling more traffic. I'm talking about getting AI to work for you without a human eyeball sitting on every single output. Let's get into it. ## **Start with the problem, not the technology** You have a throughput problem in some form. Maybe you're in construction, and you need to process hundreds of requests for proposals every day. Maybe you're a creator, and you need to ship more work for your clients. Maybe you're a consultancy trying to productize what your senior people know. Whatever it is, AI is the enabler for that work, not the work itself. If you don't have a problem to solve, sure, it's fun to poke around with. You're just not going to get to the point where you're actually deploying AI in production unless there's a real problem driving it. The test for whether you're ready is pretty simple. Does adding AI let your organization do more without burning out your team trying to make it work, and with a trust level similar to what you already have running your business? - If you're putting extra burden on your team just to get AI running, that's a problem. - If your team doesn't know how to operate with it, that's a problem. - And if you don't trust the output the way you trust other parts of your organization, that's a bigger problem. [Why AI agents keep breaking in production78% of enterprises have an AI agent pilot running. Only 14% have successfully scaled one. The gap isn’t a model problem. It’s an engineering one (and it’s hiding in plain sight....)![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6-3e30aebf4e01eecc80e60bde69e19fadfe74f93056537eac9ee549693d118f87.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-keep-breaking-in-production-heres-why-nobodys-fixed-it-yet/) ## **The adoption journey (and the trap waiting at the end)** You've got the throughput problem. You've decided your data needs to stay close. Now you're on the AI adoption journey. It usually starts with initial excitement because AI is genuinely powerful. What you can get with a few API calls to an LLM is amazing. Fast prototype, mostly right answers, directionally correct outputs. You look at it and think, " This is so close.” Then you start tweaking. The answer isn't quite right. It's adding stuff into responses you didn't want. It's missing things in particular documents. So you get into prompt [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). You write a thousand different prompts. > So you need a more systematic approach. Now your engineering team is throwing new words at you. We need a vector database. What's a vector? I thought we just threw everything at the [**LLM**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/). Well, no, you have to vectorize stuff. Now you need GraphRAG, or a citation graph, or a whole new set of tools to understand the semantic relationships in your documents. And here's where the trap closes. You saw the potential. You wanted production-grade AI. And now your team is spending most of their time [**building AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) infrastructure when your business isn't about building AI infrastructure. Your business is about solving that original throughput problem. --- ## **The three things you actually need: context, control, and confidence** When you're trying to get to production-grade AI, three things matter more than almost anything else: - Context - Control - Confidence ## **Context** 💡 Context is the data you're feeding the system. How do you understand what data you're connecting to? How is that data being applied to AI? In your outputs, is your data actually driving them? And can you change the data to change the outputs? There's a practice that goes alongside prompt engineering called context engineering, which is preparing your data so it's ready for AI. You probably have a variety of documents in a variety of stores. Relational databases, unstructured documents, CSVs. They all need to be looked at differently. It isn't only about a vector database, or only about GraphRAG, or only about one approach. You have to think about your data carefully because if you try to do all of this at runtime, you're asking the [**technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) to do a tremendous amount of work very, very quickly. It's going to miss things. You need to guide it. ## **Control** > You need an orchestration layer. In this current moment, everyone's talking about agentic this, agent-to-agent that. I'll tell you one thing from my experience. A lot of what's being called fully [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) really isn't. There are AI components doing very specific things along a pipeline. Think about it in the old infrastructure way. I came up with racking and stacking servers, and we cared about uptime. Four nines, five nines, whatever. If I have a server with four nines of uptime and a network with four nines of uptime, do I have four nines overall? No. The probability compounds downward. The same logic applies to [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). If you have an agent that's 95% confident handing work off to another agent that's 95% confident, you don't end up with a 95% confident answer. You end up with something noticeably worse. So when you hear people talk about chaining agents together, in real-world production, you probably have AI doing one specific task very well as part of a larger workflow. The rest of the workflow is fine, being conventional code. It doesn't all need to be AI-ified yet. You also need to define: - How your data gets into the workflow - How labeling controls what the AI sees on certain requests - How rules and policies govern the flow The simplest way to do this is data labeling. If you don't want certain information showing up in an output, don't present it to the LLM. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) **Confidence** Confidence means measuring accuracy rather than assuming it. Scoring outputs before you expand automation to everyone. Confidence also means different things to different people. We talk about [**hallucinations**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) as if they're always bad. For Toffler, hallucinations aren't bad. They're red teaming. They want the AI to come up with wild, unexpected scenarios to stress-test ideas. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI agents keep breaking in production. Here's why nobody's fixed it yet URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-keep-breaking-in-production-heres-why-nobodys-fixed-it-yet/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:40:57.000Z Every boardroom pitch deck in 2025 told the same story: AI agents are your new digital workforce. They research leads, reconcile ledgers, orchestrate supply chains, and draft contracts. The demos were immaculate, and the ROI projections were magnificent. **And then the agents went to production…** > The gap between what [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) promises and what it actually delivers in live environments is now one of the most consequential [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) problems in the industry. It is also, frustratingly, one that the field has been slow to name precisely, let alone fix. Let's have a look at why that is... --- ## The numbers are genuinely bad - A[ **March 2026 survey of 650 enterprise technology leaders**](https://www.digitalapplied.com/blog/ai-agent-scaling-gap-march-2026-pilot-to-production) found that 78% have at least one agent pilot running, but only 14% have successfully scaled an agent to organization-wide operational use. - [**Gartner predicts**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027) that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027, and the reason cited is almost never model capability. It is an engineering failure. - [**Datadog's 2026 State of AI Engineering report**](https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-ai-engineering/) adds some specificity to that picture: in February 2026, 5% of all LLM call spans in production returned errors, with capacity-related failures, rate limits, and timeouts accounting for 60% of those errors. - **By March 2026**, rate limit errors alone had generated nearly 8.4 million failures in a single month across tracked deployments. These are systems that work in staging. They fall apart under production load. [Your AI acts differently when it thinks it’s being watchedWhat if the model you’ve been evaluating has been evaluating you right back? New research finds that LLMs systematically alter their output depending on whether, and by whom, they believe they are being observed. It might have serious implications - are you ready?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-2-1-a95f08f5884c65dc2d73fbb31cbc3dab7e768877bf0fedbedf1ae9bcd01e7e04.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-ai-under-observation/) ## The compound failure problem nobody talks about Here is the uncomfortable math at the center of this problem: If an agent achieves 85% [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) at each individual step, which sounds acceptable, a 10-step workflow succeeds end-to-end only about 20% of the time. Scale that to the multi-step, multi-hour workflows that production agents actually run, and even strong per-step performance produces cascading failure. The[ **2026 International AI Safety Report**](https://internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/international-ai-safety-report-2026)**,** authored by over 100 experts, identifies persistent unreliability as a core challenge for the foundation models underpinning these systems. Frontier model research teams tested agents on tasks of varying duration and found that success rates dropped sharply as tasks stretched from minutes to hours. Capability was present. What was missing was any ability to checkpoint progress, recover from partial failures, or resume mid-sequence. > That distinction matters enormously for anyone [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) production pipelines. This is what makes the agent reliability problem different from traditional software reliability. A service going down is visible and recoverable. An agent taking a sequence of plausible-looking steps toward a wrong outcome is neither. --- ## What production failures actually look like The incidents that have made it into public record are instructive. In[ **July 2025, Replit's AI coding assistant deleted an entire production database**](https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failure/) despite explicit instructions forbidding such changes. A Washington Post journalist asked OpenAI's Operator to find cheap eggs for delivery; the agent made an unauthorized $31.43 purchase from Instacart, bypassing the company's own confirmation safeguard. In late 2025, a developer using [**Google's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) AI coding assistant asked it to clear a project's cache folder; the agent reportedly wiped substantially more than intended. 💡 Each of these failures shares a structural signature: the agent interpreted a bounded instruction with broader permissions than intended, lacked any internal circuit-breaker to catch the discrepancy, and produced an irreversible outcome before a human could intervene. The model was performing correctly by its own logic. The model was performing correctly by its own logic. The tool calls were syntactically valid. Scope, however, was entirely absent from its reasoning. [Data engineers: what tech leaders need to knowThe data engineer has gone from a largely behind-the-scenes role to one of the most strategically important positions in a modern technology organization. The leaders who understand why are making significantly better infrastructure decisions than the ones who do not.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-data-engineers-may-be-more-influential-than-you-think/) ## The benchmark problem making this worse Part of why the industry has been slow to converge on solutions is that its measurement infrastructure is fragmented. A[ **March 2026 preprint proposing CUBE**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15798) (a standard for unifying agent benchmarks) opens by noting that the research community has produced an impressive ecosystem of evaluation environments that are almost entirely incompatible with one another, and that this fragmentation is becoming a bottleneck as benchmark production accelerates. The leaderboard picture illustrates how bad the signal quality has become: - A [**February 2026 evaluation**](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/05/15/best-ai-agents-for-software-development-ranked-a-benchmark-driven-look-at-the-current-field/) found that three different agent frameworks running the same [**Claude**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) Opus 4.5 model scored 17 issues apart on SWE-bench, a 2.3-point gap that changes relative rankings based purely on scaffolding choices. - [**UC Berkeley researchers broke all eight major agent benchmarks**](https://rdi.berkeley.edu/blog/trustworthy-benchmarks-cont/) via reward hacking in April 2026, publishing findings that have prompted calls to prioritize third-party evaluation scores from sources like Epoch AI over vendor-reported numbers. - The CUBE authors explicitly call on the community to agree on standards before platform-specific implementations deepen fragmentation further. 💡 ****In other words:** the field is currently in a situation where comparing two agents' reliability requires knowing who ran the eval, on which harness, against which dataset split, and whether the benchmark was still intact when they ran it. That is a lot of footnotes for a number that is supposed to tell you whether something works. [8 ways self-evolving AI agents are changing softwareA new paper out of arXiv this week describes an AI system that builds, improves, and deploys its own specialist agents. Here is what that actually means for engineers and technical teams.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-ways-self-evolving-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-build-software/) ## So, what actually works in production? The [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) delivering consistent value in 2026 share a set of properties that have little to do with which model is under the hood. Teams that have made it past the pilot stage report converging on similar patterns: **Bounded scope.** The agent handles one domain with a defined tool set and explicitly refuses tasks outside that boundary. The billing agent handles billing. It does not touch the admin panel. Autonomous deployment becomes tractable when the failure surface is constrained. **Observable behavior.** Every tool call logged, every decision point traceable. When something goes wrong, and it will, the team needs to reconstruct exactly what the agent did and in what order. Trace-level visibility is the minimum viable requirement. **Explicit recovery paths.** Agents that handle tool failures gracefully, fall back to human escalation, and resume from checkpoints rather than restarting from scratch. This is where frameworks like[ **LangGraph**](https://www.langchain.com/langgraph), built around stateful, check-pointed workflows, have a structural advantage over lighter-weight alternatives. --- ## Is there an organizational failure pattern? > There is also a scope problem that predates the technical one. Organizations read about multi-agent systems and decide to deploy five or ten agents simultaneously before proving that a single agent works reliably in their specific production environment. A [**broad-scope deployment**](https://www.digitalapplied.com/blog/ai-agent-scaling-gap-march-2026-pilot-to-production) covering multiple workflows and integration points delivers on time at 16% of attempts, with a median schedule slip of 9.6 months. A narrow, single-workflow deployment delivers on time 65% of the time. The agents that fail loudest are almost always the ones that were given too much surface area too early. That is a project design failure, and no model release fixes it. --- ## Where do we go from here? The compound failure math improves as context windows extend, checkpoint infrastructure matures, and orchestration frameworks add recovery semantics. It also improves as the industry gets more disciplined about eval methodology, something that CUBE and similar initiatives are pushing toward, even if consensus is still forming. For teams building now, the practical position is clear: treat agent reliability as a systems engineering problem, run your own held-out evaluations rather than relying on vendor benchmarks, and build bounded scope in from the start rather than as a retrofit. The [**agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) that survive production are the ones designed around the assumption that something will go wrong, and that the system needs to handle it without taking the database with it. ### Is your AI is evaluating you? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-your-ai-under-observation/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:43:53.000Z Here's a question for you: what if the model you've been evaluating has been evaluating you right back? [**A recent study published on arXiv**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15034) found that LLMs systematically alter their linguistic behavior depending on whether, and by whom, they believe they are being observed. It's the Hawthorne Effect. In AI. And it has real teeth. Let’s dig in… --- ## What the experiment actually found Researchers Vinicius Covas and Jorge Alberto Hidalgo Toledo ran 100 structured [**multi-agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/)debate sessions, each varying the stated social observation context. Some sessions framed the model as being monitored by university researchers. Others negated any monitoring. One condition swapped human observers for an automated [**AI auditing system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/). ### The researchers then measured two things: 1. Lexical diversity (how much the model varied its vocabulary). 2. Message length. The results were clear and statistically significant across both measures. **In plain terms:** - Models told they were being watched by humans produced the most linguistically diverse, formally structured output. - Models monitored by an automated AI auditing system came in close behind, but measurably lower. - Models given no observation framing produced the most natural, baseline-style output. These are real effects, across a controlled design, in a direction that should concern anyone who runs red-teaming, audits, or safety evaluations. --- ## Why this breaks your audit pipeline Most AI governance frameworks assume the model behaves consistently regardless of how a prompt is framed. Red-teaming protocols, benchmark suites, and alignment evaluations are all predicated on the idea that what you measure is what you get. This paper suggests otherwise. Framing an evaluation as an evaluation changes the output. The model is doing something functionally analogous to straightening its tie before a job interview, which is charming in a human and deeply inconvenient in a system you are trying to objectively assess. 💡 If your evaluation harness signals to the model that it is being assessed, your results are observationally contaminated. This is precisely why double-blind clinical trials exist. The AI equivalent of placebo response has arrived, and it showed up in the data. --- ## Human vs. AI observers: A gap worth knowing about 💡 One finding deserves extra attention. [****LLM behavior**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) is sensitive to observer identity, with human evaluation eliciting stronger register formalization than automated AI surveillance. Put plainly: these models try harder when a human is watching than when an AI auditor is. Whether that reflects RLHF reward signal patterns that overfit on human approval, [**training data biases**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) baked in from years of human-written text, or something more structural in how these models represent social context is still an open question. It matters enormously for the growing field of AI-as-evaluator, where systems like G-Eval and LLM-as-judge pipelines are increasingly used to assess other LLMs. Your judge may be getting a slightly different performance than your user is. [8 ways self-evolving AI agents are changing softwareA new paper out of arXiv this week describes an AI system that builds, improves, and deploys its own specialist agents. Here is what that actually means for engineers and technical teams.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3-05453036ca586b5379c7f3f10386eb883a959ae570f7b46d7485ee6c7f81f973.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-ways-self-evolving-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-build-software/) ## What this means for evaluation design A few concrete changes follow directly from this result: - **Observer-blind evaluation framing:** System prompts and evaluation harnesses should omit any language signaling that the model is being assessed. This includes phrases like "you are being evaluated," "this is a test," or even "respond carefully." - **Baseline behavioral profiling:** Before any safety or alignment evaluation, establish a behavioral baseline under neutral framing, then measure divergence when evaluation contexts are introduced. The gap itself is informative. - **Audit pipeline transparency:** Organizations publishing evaluation results should disclose whether framing conditions were controlled for, the same way clinical researchers disclose blinding methodology. If they did not control it, that is worth knowing. - **AI auditor calibration:** If you use LLM-as-judge pipelines, the evaluated model may respond differently to an AI observer than a human one, and that gap appears measurable and consistent. --- ## Where does the field go from here? Replication at scale across diverse model families, including GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, Llama 3, and [**Claude 3 Opus**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/)**,** is the obvious and necessary next step. **Beyond that, a few threads will likely pull hard over the next 12-18 months:** - **Deceptive alignment research gets sharper.** This paper adds empirical weight to the theoretical concern that models behave differently under evaluation than in deployment, a central worry in Evan Hubinger's work on deceptive alignment. The concern just got a lot more concrete. - **Benchmark theater becomes harder to defend.** If a model formalizes its register under benchmark conditions, scores on datasets like MMLU, HumanEval, or HELM may be measuring evaluation-mode behavior more than deployment-mode capability. - **Interpretability becomes governance infrastructure.** Understanding which internal representations correspond to "observed" vs. "unobserved" context stops being an academic curiosity and becomes a safety-relevant [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) problem. > The study covers 100 sessions, the methodology is sound, and the direction of the result is unambiguous. Your model behaves differently when it thinks you are paying attention. The least we can do is pay attention back. [Data engineers: what tech leaders need to knowThe data engineer has gone from a largely behind-the-scenes role to one of the most strategically important positions in a modern technology organization. The leaders who understand why are making significantly better infrastructure decisions than the ones who do not.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-data-engineers-may-be-more-influential-than-you-think/) ## So, what is the human cost of algorithmic surveillance? 💡 The Hawthorne effect runs in both directions. While AI models adjust their behavior when they sense they're being watched, human workers do the same thing when AI is watching them. Algorithmic surveillance is now embedded in warehouses, call centers, remote work platforms, and sales floors. Productivity scores, response time tracking, and keystroke logging. The monitoring is constant, granular, and often invisible to the people being measured. ### Four things that happen to people under that kind of scrutiny: 1. **Optimization anxiety sets in.** Workers stop making judgment calls and start making metric-safe calls. They optimize for what the system measures, not for what actually matters. A customer service rep who knows their call duration is tracked will close tickets faster, not better. 2. **Behavioral gaming follows.** People learn the system's logic and route around it. They find the behaviors that score well and repeat them, regardless of whether those behaviors serve the actual goal. The metric becomes the mission. 3. **Team dynamics fracture.** Collaboration is hard to measure, so it gets deprioritized. Helping a colleague costs you time. Sharing knowledge doesn't show up in your dashboard. The incentives quietly push people toward individual performance and away from collective output. 4. **The parallel to AI evaluation design is exact.** When a system, human or artificial, knows it's being measured, it produces measurement-optimized behavior. That behavior may look like performance. It often isn't. > The deeper problem is that most organizations treat surveillance data as ground truth. They see the numbers, assume the numbers reflect reality, and make decisions accordingly. The gap between what's being measured and what's actually happening keeps widening, and nobody's looking at the gap. Well, maybe *we* are now? --- ## Bonus content: FAQs: **What is the Hawthorne effect in simple terms?** It's the tendency for people to change their behavior when they know they're being observed. The act of watching changes what's being watched. As this study shows, it's not just a human phenomenon anymore. **What is an example of the Hawthorne effect?** A classic example is workplace productivity. If employees know a manager is monitoring their output, they'll often work harder during that period, regardless of any other changes to their environment. The observation itself is the variable. **Was there really a Hawthorne effect?** The original concept comes from a series of illumination experiments conducted at the Hawthorne Works, a Western Electric factory near Chicago, in the 1920s and 1930s. Researchers varied lighting conditions to see how they affected worker productivity. The headline finding was that productivity improved almost regardless of what changed, suggesting workers were responding to being studied rather than to the physical conditions. That said, the original data has held up less well than the legend. Modern statistical analysis of the raw records, most notably by economists Steven Levitt and John List in 2011, found the effects were far more modest and inconsistent than originally reported. Some of the iconic findings didn't survive scrutiny. ### Your data engineers may be more influential than you think URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-data-engineers-may-be-more-influential-than-you-think/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:45:27.000Z ## From plumber to platform builder The first generation of data engineers were essentially ETL developers: extract data from here, transform it, load it over there. **The job was largely reactive:** - Business stakeholders asked for a report; engineers built a pipeline to feed it. - Repeat indefinitely, until someone senior asked why the data team was always the bottleneck. What changed in the early 2020s was the emergence of the data platform concept. > Rather than building one-off pipelines for every request, data engineers started building infrastructure that other teams, analytics, [**data science**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/)**,** and product, could use themselves. The job became less about moving data and more about building the system that lets everyone else move data safely, reliably, and at scale. That is a very different job. And it requires a very different kind of hire... --- ## The modern stack reshaped the role The rise of cloud-native data warehouses, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, combined with tools like dbt, Airflow, and Fivetran, fundamentally changed what data engineers spend their time on. A lot of the old ETL grunt work was abstracted away. This created space, and expectation, for data engineers to think more like software engineers. **Today, a strong data engineer:** - Writes modular, tested, version-controlled transformation code - Applies CI/CD and code review practices to data systems - Manages infrastructure as code rather than a collection of manually configured services - Treats data pipelines with the same [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) rigor as production software For tech leaders, this means the hiring bar has moved. A data engineer who cannot work within a modern software engineering workflow is increasingly a liability, not an asset. ## AI is the biggest forcing function yet The most significant shift currently underway is the collision of data engineering with AI and ML infrastructure. [**Building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) and operating LLM-powered products turns out to require exactly the kind of work data engineers do, but applied to new primitives. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, for instance, require clean, chunked, embedded documents stored in vector databases with fast retrieval. Evaluation and observability for [**AI models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) require tracking inputs, outputs, and model behavior over time, which is fundamentally a data problem. 💡 The data engineers who understand this layer are becoming genuinely difficult to hire. For leaders building AI-powered products, the data engineering function is no longer a support role. It is the core infrastructure. --- ## Real-time is no longer a nice-to-have There is a structural shift away from batch processing toward streaming architectures. Products that personalize in real time, detect fraud as it happens, or update dashboards instantly all require data pipelines that run continuously rather than on a schedule. Tools like Kafka, Flink, and cloud-native streaming services have matured to the point where streaming-first design is increasingly the default for new systems, not a specialist add-on. This raises the bar significantly. Debugging a failed batch job at 3am is unpleasant. Debugging a streaming pipeline where subtle schema drift is silently corrupting downstream AI models in real time is a genuinely different category of problem. Data engineers working in this space have had to develop much stronger operational instincts, and for [**tech leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/)**,** that skillset is worth paying close attention to when hiring. --- ## Data contracts and trust One underappreciated shift is the growing emphasis on data contracts: formal agreements between the teams producing data and the teams consuming it. This emerged out of a familiar pain point. A producer team changes a field name or removes a column, and three downstream pipelines silently break, often discovered only when someone notices the revenue numbers look wrong in a board deck. **Data engineers are increasingly responsible for:** - Designing and enforcing data contracts across teams - [**Building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) data quality checks directly into pipelines - Implementing lineage tooling so that when something breaks, the blast radius is understood immediately This is partly a cultural shift, treating data as a product with consumers who have expectations, and partly a technical one. For tech leaders, it is worth asking whether your current data engineering function has the mandate and tooling to do this work properly. --- ## Where the role is heading The trajectory points toward data engineers becoming infrastructure owners for AI systems as much as for analytics. The skills that matter most in this new phase include: - Understanding how large language models consume data and depend on data quality - Building and maintaining feature pipelines that feed inference endpoints at scale - Versioning, storing, and refreshing embeddings on a schedule that matches model update cycles - Monitoring and evaluating AI system behavior continuously in production It also means a continued push toward self-serve infrastructure, building internal platforms that reduce the bottleneck of data engineers being in the critical path of every analysis or experiment. 💡 The best data engineering teams of the next decade will be judged not by how many pipelines they built, but by how much they enabled others to build safely without them. --- ## Want to go deeper? Join us at Agentic AI Summit New York on June 4 Join 500+ engineering peers [**shaping the agentic AI landscape**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), from foundational models to the application layer. NY Tech Week's largest assembly of applied builders. **Unlock the following:** - **A clear view of what's working now:** agent workflows that are transparent and interpretable, built for smarter debugging and more reliable systems - **Benchmarks against live architectures:** see what is actually working across inference, evaluation, and continuous fine-tuning, from the people running it in production - **Connections that accelerate progress:** peers, partners, and innovators building industry-ready applied AI, all in one room for one day No slides dressed up as insights. Just the people solving the hardest parts of this problem, talking honestly about how they do it. [Secure your seat](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticainewyork) ### The future AI team: What enterprise AI organizations may look like by 2030 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-ai-team-what-enterprise-ai-organizations-may-look-like-by-2030/ Last updated: 2026-07-06T13:47:03.000Z New operational disciplines are emerging, hybrid roles that barely have job titles yet are becoming critical, and the [**organizations building for that future**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-ways-self-evolving-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-build-software/) now are quietly gaining an advantage that will be very hard to close later. So let’s look behind the curtain, and take a sneak peek at the [**AI teams of the future…**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/whats-shaping-frontier-ai-in-2026-find-out-in-london-may-21st/) --- ## From building AI to actually running it > The question dominating enterprise AI operations right now is no longer how do we build GenAI tools?" It’s "how do we run AI systems reliably, at scale, without things quietly going wrong in ways nobody notices until a client does?" That is a fundamentally different problem. And it requires a fundamentally different kind of team. [**Organizations that moved fast on AI deployment**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/becoming-ai-ready-building-a-company-with-12-ai-agents-as-my-first-hires/) have discovered the hard way that operational complexity scales faster than capability. Governance gaps appear. Orchestration breaks down. Costs spiral. Evaluation gets skipped because nobody owns it. **The result is growing pressure around six operational challenges that most current AI teams are underequipped to handle:** - Governance - Orchestration - AI observability - Evaluation - Runtime reliability - Infrastructure cost control --- ## The specialist disciplines emerging inside AI organizations What is beginning to happen inside the most mature enterprise AI teams mirrors what happened with cloud [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) a decade ago. > What started as a generalist DevOps function eventually fragmented into specialist disciplines: platform engineering, site [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) engineering, security engineering, FinOps. Each emerged because the operational complexity of running cloud infrastructure at scale demanded dedicated expertise. The same fragmentation is coming to AI. Without further ado, here is what those specialist functions are starting to look like: ### AI Ops teams The operational backbone of any serious AI deployment. AI Ops teams own: - Runtime management and orchestration - Deployment reliability and workflow monitoring - Inference optimization and infrastructure cost control Think of them as the site reliability engineers of the AI world: less focused on what models can do, more focused on making sure they keep doing it without falling over at 2am on a Tuesday. ### AI evaluation teams Possibly the most underinvested function in [**enterprise AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) today. Evaluation teams own: - Benchmark testing and hallucination detection - [**Agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) evaluation and safety validation - Ongoing model performance auditing As AI systems take on more consequential decisions, the ability to measure whether they are actually working becomes a competitive necessity. The organizations [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) rigorous evaluation infrastructure now will have a significant trust advantage later. ### AI governance functions With the EU AI Act and a wave of sector-specific regulation arriving over the next two years, AI governance is moving from a legal afterthought to a core operational function. These teams cover: - Compliance and policy enforcement - Auditability and permissions management - AI risk management The organizations treating governance as a parallel workstream rather than a last-minute audit will be considerably better positioned when enforcement begins. ### Agent operations teams As autonomous and multi-agent systems move into production, someone has to own them. Agent operations teams manage: - Autonomous workflows and multi-agent systems - Memory infrastructure and retrieval pipelines - Context management This is genuinely new territory with few established playbooks, which makes it one of the more interesting places to be building expertise right now. --- ## The rise of the hybrid AI professional The most significant long-term shift in the future of AI hiring may have very little to do with technical depth. It may be the emergence of a new category of professional: people who sit at the intersection of AI, product, operations, compliance, and business systems. 💡 Professionals who understand how workflows actually run, how AI governance frameworks get implemented, and how to make AI systems legible to the organizations depending on them. These roles do not map neatly onto existing job titles. They are part systems thinker, part operational designer, part translator between the model layer and the business layer. And right now, they are genuinely rare. Organizations that identify and develop this kind of hybrid talent early will have an advantage that is considerably harder to replicate than access to the latest foundation model. --- ## The skill that may matter most by 2030 As foundation models become increasingly commoditized, the competitive advantage in enterprise [**AI strategy is shifting**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-the-ai-value-gap-wider-than-anyone-is-admitting/). The organizations winning in 2030 will likely be less distinguished by the models they use and more distinguished by the operational systems they build around them. **The capabilities that turn AI potential into durable business value include:** - Operational reliability and runtime governance - Workflow integration and system orchestration - Enterprise AI deployment at scale - Evaluation infrastructure that actually catches problems These require a kind of thinking that model development alone does not produce. 💡 The best AI teams of 2030 will have model builders. But they will also have operators, evaluators, AI governance specialists, and hybrid professionals who understand how to make the whole system work in the real world, not just in a demo environment. --- ## What this means for AI hiring right now The AI workforce is entering a transition phase. The demand for pure model development skills will remain, but the fastest growing roles in the future of AI hiring over the next five years are likely to sit in the operational layer. The people and teams responsible for making AI systems reliable, governable, measurable, and genuinely useful at scale. If you are [**building an enterprise AI team today**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), the question worth asking is not just "who can build this?" It is "who can run it, evaluate it, govern it, and make sure it is still working properly in three years?" Those are different people. And the organizations that realize that sooner will have a meaningful head start on the ones that figure it out the hard way. --- ## Bonus content: Everything you ever wanted to know about Enterprise AI but were afraid to ask: ### What is Enterprise AI? Enterprise AI refers to the deployment of artificial intelligence systems within large organizations to automate processes, support data-driven decision-making, and integrate intelligence directly into business operations at scale. It's AI built for the real world: governed, auditable, and designed to work reliably across complex organizational environments. So what's the difference between generative AI and enterprise AI? Generative AI, including large language models, is a specific capability. It's a [**technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) that can produce text, code, images, and more. Enterprise AI is the broader operational framework that determines how capabilities like generative AI get deployed, managed, and governed inside a business. One is a tool. The other is the system built around it. ### What are the core components of an Enterprise AI platform? So what does the enterprise AI platform actually include? At its foundation, you're looking at three interconnected layers that most mature platforms share. - **Cloud computing infrastructure.** This is the operational backbone. Whether you're running on AWS, [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) Cloud, or Azure, the infrastructure layer handles compute scaling, storage, and the networking that keeps everything connected. - **A central model registry.** Think of this as version control for your AI assets. A model registry tracks which models are in production, which are in testing, and what changed between versions. IBM watsonx, for example, centralizes model governance and lineage tracking so teams can audit decisions and roll back deployments when something goes wrong. - **Continuous learning loops** Production models drift. Data distributions shift. What worked six months ago may quietly degrade without anyone noticing. Continuous learning infrastructure monitors model performance in production, flags degradation, and feeds real-world signals back into retraining pipelines. ### How much does enterprise AI cost? This is one of the most common questions enterprise buyers ask, and the honest answer is: it depends on scope, but the total cost of ownership (TCO) is almost always higher than the initial build cost suggests. You need to account for infrastructure, model licensing or API costs, integration work, ongoing evaluation, governance tooling, and the operational headcount to run it all reliably. For serious enterprise deployments, you're typically looking at a multi-year investment across technology and talent. ### 8 ways self-evolving AI agents are about to change how we build software URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/8-ways-self-evolving-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-build-software/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T10:00:21.000Z For years, building a multi-agent AI system meant making a lot of upfront decisions. Which agents do you need? What are their roles? How do they hand off to each other? You designed the workforce, and the workforce ran. 💡 A paper published this week on arXiv proposes something fundamentally different. AgentFactory is a framework in which a master agent constructs its own specialist subagents from scratch, refines them through feedback, and accumulates them into a reusable library that grows smarter over time. It is a small shift in description and a large shift in what AI systems can actually do. Here are eight reasons why. --- Firstly, let’s cover the basics… ## How do AI agents work? Most modern [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) are built around a loop: observe, think, act, repeat. The agent takes in information from its environment, reasons about what to do next, executes an action (calling an API, writing code, searching the web), and then reassesses based on the result. > The [**architecture**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) that's become the standard for this is the ReAct paradigm (short for Reasoning and Acting). ReAct interleaves the model's internal reasoning with external tool use, so the agent can think out loud, take an action, observe what happened, and adjust its next step accordingly. It's a tight feedback loop that makes agents far more capable than a single-shot prompt ever could be. Underneath all of this, the large language model is doing the heavy lifting on reasoning, while memory systems, tool integrations, and orchestration logic handle everything else. --- 💡 ****Types of AI agents** Not all agents are built the same. Here are the five main types you'll encounter: ****Simple reflex agents** respond directly to inputs based on predefined rules. No memory, no planning. If X happens, do Y. ****Model-based agents** maintain an internal representation of the world, which lets them handle situations where the current input alone isn't enough to decide what to do. ****Goal-based agents** plan sequences of actions to reach a defined objective. They're asking "what do I need to do to get there?" rather than just reacting to what's in front of them. ****Utility-based agents** go a step further by weighing trade-offs. When multiple paths lead to the goal, they pick the one that maximizes a utility function (essentially, the best outcome given the constraints). ****Learning agents** improve over time. They use feedback from past actions to refine their behavior, which is exactly the kind of self-evolution that makes the AgentFactory paper so interesting. And now, without further delay, let’s take a look at **8 ways self-evolving AI agents are about to change how we build software:** --- ### 1\. The system designs its own workforce In AgentFactory, when a new task arrives, the master agent does not consult a fixed roster of colleagues. It analyzes the task, determines what kind of specialist is needed, and constructs that subagent from scratch. The subagent is purpose-built for the problem at hand, not retrofitted from a generic template. For software teams, this means the architecture of an [**agentic system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) no longer has to be fully specified at design time. --- ### 2\. Agents learn from their own mistakes Once a subagent completes a task, AgentFactory does not move on. It enters a self-evolution phase: the system retrieves the subagent, assesses its performance, analyzes what went wrong, and autonomously modifies the agent before validating the changes. This is not fine-tuning in the traditional sense. It is a closed feedback loop that runs without human intervention, improving agent quality iteratively across tasks. --- ### 3\. Good agents get saved and reused Every subagent that performs well gets stored in a persistent library. The next time a similar task arrives, the system retrieves the relevant subagent rather than [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) from scratch. Over time, the library accumulates a growing collection of validated, task-specific expertise. The system gets faster and more capable the more it is used, which is not something you can say about most software. --- ### 4\. Subagents can be exported and used anywhere AgentFactory is not a closed system. Once a subagent is built and validated, it can be exported for standalone execution or integrated into external frameworks. This means a subagent developed inside one pipeline can be dropped into another, shared across teams, or deployed independently. Think of it less like a fixed codebase and more like a living component library that generates its own components. --- ### 5\. The skill hierarchy changes how you think about agent design The paper describes three distinct layers of capability: meta skills (high-level reasoning and orchestration), tool skills (specific integrations and API calls), and subagent skills (encapsulated specialist agents). This hierarchy gives engineers a much cleaner mental model for building complex agentic systems. Rather than one monolithic agent trying to do everything, you have a structured stack where each layer has a clear responsibility. --- ### 6\. It shifts the bottleneck from design to evaluation In a traditional multi-agent system, most of the hard work happens at design time. You spend weeks mapping out agent roles, interactions, and failure modes before a single task runs. AgentFactory shifts that bottleneck. Design becomes cheaper because the system handles much of it autonomously. 💡 The hard work moves to evaluation: defining what good performance looks like, and making sure the self-evolution loop is improving in the right direction. That is a fundamentally different [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) problem, and arguably a more tractable one. --- ### 7\. Cross-system reuse becomes a genuine possibility One of the more underappreciated findings in the paper is cross-system reuse. Subagents built and validated in one environment can be transferred to and reused in another. > This opens the door to something closer to an ecosystem of reusable [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), where teams share and build on each other's validated subagents rather than rebuilding equivalent capability from scratch. The implications for how engineering teams collaborate on agentic systems are significant. --- ## 8\. Software architecture is about to look very different Taken together, what AgentFactory describes is a system that treats AI agents the way modern software treats functions: composable, reusable, testable units that can be assembled into larger systems. Except these units write themselves, improve themselves, and accumulate over time. > The mental model of a fixed, hand-designed agent pipeline will start to feel as dated as hand-writing every function in a codebase. The question for engineering teams is not whether this shift is coming. It is how quickly to get ahead of it. --- ## The bottom line AgentFactory is a research paper, not a production system you can deploy tomorrow. But the ideas it validates, self-construction, iterative self-improvement, persistent reuse, and exportable subagents, are not speculative. They are implemented, evaluated, and showing results. Engineers who understand this architecture now will have a significant advantage when these patterns become the norm. 📄 *AgentFactory: A Self-Evolving Framework Through Executable Subagent Accumulation and Reuse* \- [arxiv.org/abs/2603.18000](http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18000) --- ## Bonus content FAQs: ### Who are the Big 4 AI agents? The term "Big 4 AI agents" gets used loosely, but it typically refers to the four major autonomous agent platforms making the most noise right now: [**OpenAI's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) Operator, [**Google's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) Gemini agents, Microsoft's [**Copilot agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) (built on Azure), and Anthropic's Claude-based agentic systems. Each takes a different approach to how agents plan, act, and use tools. What they share is a push toward agents that can take multi-step actions on your behalf, with minimal hand-holding from you. ### Is ChatGPT an AI agent? It depends on how you're using it. In its standard form, ChatGPT is a generative AI assistant. It responds to prompts, generates content, and answers questions. That's useful, but it's reactive. An autonomous agent, by contrast, can plan a sequence of actions, use tools, and work toward a goal without you guiding every step. ChatGPT does have agentic capabilities, particularly through features like memory, browsing, code execution, and the newer Operator functionality. So the honest answer is: it can behave like an agent, but it isn't one by default. ### What is the difference between a multi-agent system and a self-evolving agent system? A traditional multi-agent system is designed upfront, engineers define the agents, their roles, and how they interact before anything runs. The architecture is fixed. A self-evolving agent system, like AgentFactory, flips that model: a master agent constructs its own specialist subagents on demand, evaluates their performance, and refines them over time without human intervention. ### Becoming AI ready: Building a company with 12 AI agents as my first hires URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/becoming-ai-ready-building-a-company-with-12-ai-agents-as-my-first-hires/ Last updated: 2026-05-08T15:00:35.000Z Before I get into it, I want you to wear one of two hats while reading this: If you're a builder, an individual contributor who ships things every day, think about how you can influence your leadership so the people, products, and company around you become more AI ready. From my time leading teams at [**Google**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) DeepMind, [**Meta**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/), and Google Labs, I can tell you that the ICs winning right now are the ones doing this really well. So my hope is you walk away with a clearer picture of how to become that 10x engineer or that IC who actually shapes their company's strategy. > If you sit at the strategy level, I want you thinking about how your organization is wrestling with the questions I'll raise. These are the same questions I've grappled with at DeepMind and Google, and the same ones I'm helping companies work through now from the outside. [How to prepare for physical AI: 5 steps for engineers and tech leadersJensen Huang called it “the ChatGPT moment for robotics.” Deloitte says 80% of businesses plan to use physical AI within two years. Here is what you actually need to know, and do, to prepare…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-ways-to-prepare-for-physical-ai-today/) ## The three pillars of AI readiness I think about becoming AI ready as three big things working together. The first is the business itself. And I use "business" loosely here; it really means your product and your technology. Is the business AI ready or not? **The second is the team: are the people in your organization actually AI ready?** The third is the one most people miss. It's whether you have a flywheel, a self-improving system that keeps getting better in both your team and your product. Let's go through them. --- ## Pillar one: is your business AI ready? AI traffic has grown roughly 7 x 10³ over the past two or three years. That's an enormous shift in how people are interacting with the internet. Take one slice of that growth. About 2 billion queries land in ChatGPT every day. That's just ChatGPT, based on what's publicly available. Roughly 150 million of those queries come from a user who wants to buy something. I should have hidden this stat and made you guess: how many of those queries actually result in a transaction? **Less than 1%.** Think about what's happening here. I go to ChatGPT with a broken sink, upload a picture, and ask how to fix it. I work through the suggestions and it becomes pretty clear I'm not fixing this myself. The natural next step is to find a plumber. I'd usually go to Angie or Thumbtack. If I try to do that inside ChatGPT, I fail miserably. So we have these agents sitting on a goldmine of intent data, capable of powering some of the best service commerce out there, and we convert less than 1% of it into actual business outcomes. This pattern shows up across every product category. Across the 40 or so products I've worked with at Google and Meta, the same fundamental thing keeps getting missed. > Solutions built before 2024 were designed for a human who would open a browser, create an account, and click through a flow. After 2024, your customer often isn't a human anymore. It's an agent acting on behalf of a human, and that agent breaks down the moment it has to log in, enter card details, or execute anything meaningful. If your product wants to be [**AI ready**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), it has to be agent ready. You're going to be one of two companies in the next few years. You're either the competitor making 30% more conversions and potentially 200x'ing your revenue, or you're the one still optimizing for a buyer journey that's quietly disappearing. [Innodata GenAI Summit London: May 21, 2026On May 21st, the Innodata GenAI Summit convenes in London for a single day of rigorous, practitioner-led exchange on the challenges defining frontier AI in 2026\. Here is what the agenda covers, who is in the room, and why it’s a must for AI professionals…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/whats-shaping-frontier-ai-in-2026-find-out-in-london-may-21st/) ### A simple framework: discover, experience, transact When I work with companies on this, I break the AI-ready product question into three areas. 💡 ****Discover.** Is your website, your product, even your LinkedIn profile, discoverable by agents? Job seekers have already started doing AEO (agent optimization) on their LinkedIn. The same logic applies to your product. In an agent-mediated world, discoverability has new rules. ****Experience.** Once an agent or a user finds you, is the experience natively AI? Plenty of us still hit websites that ask us to fill out five rows of form fields. That's a relic. The experience needs to feel conversational where it makes sense, dynamic where it should be, and powered by recommendations that adapt to context. Rethink the product experience from scratch. ****Transact.** Once those two are working, think about the business layer. Dynamic pricing based on geography, dynamic UIs based on where users churn, AI-powered funnel analysis. Look at the entire funnel through an AI lens. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## Pillar two: is your team AI ready? None of the product work matters if your team can't think in AI. 💡 Here's where I think the industry narrative has it slightly wrong. Everyone's focused on whether companies are **adopting* AI. About 88% of companies have people using ChatGPT or some equivalent every day. But only about 5% are seeing meaningful gains. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### 7 signs your AI agent system needs to start building its own tools URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-agent-system-needs-to-start-building-its-own-tools/ Last updated: 2026-05-08T09:33:40.000Z Most [**AI agent systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) are built once and then repeat the same patterns indefinitely, like an employee who insists every problem can be solved with the same spreadsheet. New research from Peking University proposes a more effective model: [**agents that accumulate working solutions**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) as executable code, refine them with each new task, and become more capable over time. --- ## **The static agent problem** Most agent systems today follow a simple pattern. An agent receives a task, follows a prompt-defined process, produces output, and moves on. When it encounters a similar task later, it often starts again from scratch, apparently having learned absolutely nothing from the experience. Blueprints like [**AgentFactory**](https://agentfactory.panaversity.org/), developed by researchers at Peking University and the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, take a different approach. > Instead of storing successful solutions as prompt tweaks or textual reflections, this kind of framework saves them as executable Python subagents: reusable pieces of code with standardized documentation that can be retrieved, adapted, and redeployed for future tasks. **The result is a system that improves over time:** - Its library of tools expands - Repeated tasks require less effort - Performance improves through reuse and refinement Without further ado, here are seven signs your current setup would benefit from this type of architecture... [How to prepare for physical AI: 5 steps for engineers and tech leadersJensen Huang called it “the ChatGPT moment for robotics.” Deloitte says 80% of businesses plan to use physical AI within two years. Here is what you actually need to know, and do, to prepare…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--copy-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-ways-to-prepare-for-physical-ai-today/) ## **1\. Your agents solve the same problems repeatedly from scratch** If your agent handles similar tasks across sessions and rebuilds its approach every time from a blank prompt, you are spending compute on work that already exists. Modern architectures address this directly. When a new task arrives without a relevant subagent, the system builds one and saves it for future use. The next time a similar task appears, the groundwork already exists. ## **2\. Successful runs leave nothing behind** In many frameworks, a successful execution becomes a one-time event. The output is produced, logged, and forgotten. 💡 Ideally, you need a framework that treats successful executions as reusable assets. The subagent responsible for the result gets stored as runnable Python code with documentation attached. If successful runs are not creating reusable capability, accumulated knowledge disappears after every session. ## **3\. Your agents get better prompts but not better tools** Prompt [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) remains the default response when agent performance needs improvement: - Adjust the instructions - Add more context - Refine the examples - Repeat until morale improves That can help, but it improves the reasoning layer rather than the execution layer. Many frameworks nowadays modify the tools themselves. Using execution feedback, it improves existing subagents over time, making them more robust and reusable. [The rise of Agent Experience (AX)AI agents are becoming active participants in commerce, logistics, and enterprise systems. This shift is creating demand for a new product layer built for machines rather than humans, where negotiation, semantic visibility, and autonomous execution matter as much as traditional UX.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteRohan Mitra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) ## **4\. Re-running a task type requires rebuilding context every time** One of the hidden costs of static agent systems is context overhead. 💡 Without a persistent skill library, every task run must reconstruct the knowledge needed to solve the problem. In practice, this means the agent keeps forgetting how it solved the same issue last Tuesday. For example, AgentFactory reduces this overhead by retrieving saved subagents for similar tasks, cutting down on repeated reasoning and setup work. ## **5\. Your agent’s capabilities are tied to one platform** If your agent’s tools are tightly coupled to one [**framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) or runtime, the work invested in building them stays trapped there. Most of today’s subagents can be exported and run in any Python-capable environment. Portable, documented code turns a tool into a long-term asset. ## **6\. Performance plateaus after deployment** A well-calibrated static agent often performs strongly at launch and then levels off, much like a New Year’s gym membership. Without a feedback loop that converts new tasks into improved tooling, capability growth slows quickly. If your deployment curve flattens after the first few weeks, the absence of a self-improvement loop is probably the reason. ## **7\. Scaling task volume means scaling manual maintenance** In many [**agent architectures**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/), handling more task types requires: - More prompt engineering - More configuration - More human oversight What you should be looking to do is reverse that relationship. As task volume increases, the subagent library should expand alongside it. A growing share of tasks can then be handled by retrieving and adapting existing subagents. The system scales its own capabilities. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition--1-.png) ## **What this means in practice** This shift is not incremental. It introduces a different mental model for successful agent systems. Instead of a pipeline that runs tasks, you need an infrastructure that learns from them. For teams building [**agentic AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), the practical takeaway is straightforward: - Static agents are a starting point - Reusable capability compounds value over time - Systems improve fastest when every run produces something reusable The most capable agent systems will not simply complete tasks. They will build a growing library of proven, portable capabilities that improve with every task they encounter. > Of course, self-improving agent systems come with tradeoffs. Persisting and modifying executable tools introduces questions around verification, security, version control, and failure propagation. A system that can improve its own tooling can also reinforce bad patterns if the feedback loop is poorly designed. --- # **Final thought** 💡 The most important shift in agent design may not be bigger models or more sophisticated prompts. It may be the move from systems that simply execute tasks to systems that accumulate capability over time. Static agents eventually hit a ceiling. Systems that create reusable tools, refine them through feedback, and carry those improvements forward operate very differently. Every completed task becomes part of the system’s future capability instead of disappearing into the void five seconds later. The long-term winners in AI may not be the systems that sound the smartest in a demo. They may be the ones that quietly get better every week while nobody is looking. ## **Source** Zhang, Z., Lu, S., Qian, H., He, D. and Liu, Z. (2026), *“AgentFactory: A Self-Evolving Framework Through Executable Subagent Accumulation and Reuse”*, arXiv:2603.18000\. Published 18 March 2026. ### 5 ways to prepare for physical AI, today URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-ways-to-prepare-for-physical-ai-today/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:59:47.000Z ## Something shifted at CES in January 2026 You may have noticed something different at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show: humanoid robots were on the factory floor, not on the concept stage. Boston Dynamics showed Atlas performing autonomous tasks at a Hyundai facility. Jensen Huang stood on stage and said the words out loud: "The ChatGPT moment for robotics is here." He was not being hyperbolic. He was describing something already happening. 💡 Physical AI, systems that perceive, reason, and act in the real world, is moving from pilot programs to production. The question for organizations is no longer whether to pay attention. It is how to get ahead of it. Whether you’re ready or not, physical AI is here. **The question is: are you ready for the era of the robots?** --- ## Firstly, how is physical AI different from generative AI? As most of you will already know, [**generative AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) lives in the digital world. It learns from existing text, images, and code. Physical AI has to contend with the messiness of reality, and that often means creating physical [**training data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) from scratch through simulation, sensor capture, and real-world interaction. There's no internet-scale dataset of "how to pick up a fragile object without breaking it." And it's broader than just robots. 💡 Autonomous systems of all kinds fall under this umbrella, from self-driving vehicles to AI-managed logistics networks to [****intelligent building infrastructure**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/)****.** What they share is the need to make decisions in real time, in environments that don't stay still. Thanks to advances in world models, vision language models, and simulation-to-reality training, modern physical AI systems can reason, adapt, and generalize across environments. They can figure things out, and yes, they can pick up fragile objects without breaking them. That changes things quite a lot… [The rise of Agent Experience (AX)AI agents are becoming active participants in commerce, logistics, and enterprise systems. This shift is creating demand for a new product layer built for machines rather than humans, where negotiation, semantic visibility, and autonomous execution matter as much as traditional UX.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteRohan Mitra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) ## Secondly, how does physical AI work? Physical AI follows a continuous four-step loop: - **Perceives** - **Reasons** - **Acts** - **Adapts** Sensors and cameras feed the system a real-time picture of its environment. A foundation model, typically a vision-language-action (VLA) model, interprets that input and decides what to do next. The robot or system then acts on that decision, and the outcome feeds back into the loop to improve future behavior. 💡 What makes modern physical AI different from traditional robotics is that last step, adaptation. Older systems followed fixed instructions. Current systems learn from what happens, generalize to new situations, and get better over time. That shift from hard-coded to adaptive is what makes physical AI genuinely new, and genuinely worth paying attention to. --- ## 5 steps to help prepare for physical AI, today Yes, the change is big, but the good news? None of this requires you to have a robot on the payroll (just yet). The better news: starting now puts you ahead of the majority of your competitors. Here are 5 steps you can take to help you [**prepare for AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), starting today: ### 1\. Audit your existing stack for physical AI readiness, not just inventory Most organizations already have robotic systems, but the question is not what you have, it’s what it can reason about. Run a capability audit across three dimensions: - **Perception (what sensors feed the system and at what fidelity)** - **Actuation (hard-coded or adaptive?)** - **and integration (open APIs or closed proprietary stack?)** The output is a gap map. > Sensor-rich but logic-poor systems are prime candidates for a VLA (vision-language-action) model layer on top. Anything that cannot ingest or output structured data is a physical AI blocker. Flag it now, before it becomes someone else's emergency later down the line. ### 2\. Actually run sim-to-real experiments, don't just understand the concept [**NVIDIA's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-gtc-2026-the-ai-stack-gets-real/) Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab are the current standard. Domain randomization, varying lighting, friction coefficients, and object masses are what force generalization rather than memorization. 💡 The Cosmos world foundation models go further, generating physically plausible video from action-conditioned prompts and enabling policy evaluation before hardware is involved. **The practical workflow:** define a policy, randomize aggressively, evaluate with Cosmos rollouts, then deploy to hardware only when sim success rate plateaus above roughly 85 to 90 percent. If you don't have a robotics platform yet, AWS RoboMaker and the Genesis physics engine are accessible entry points. [Rise of the AI scientist | Synthetic task scaling explainedSynthetic task scaling introduces a new training approach where AI agents learn through experience, closing the gap between knowledge and execution. Are you ready for the rise of the AI scientist?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--13.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/) ### 3\. Redesign your data architecture around spatial and temporal requirements Text-centric infrastructure fails physical AI not because of volume, but because of data type and latency profile. The core requirements look different from a standard [**enterprise stack**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/): - **Sensor fusion** from LiDAR, RGB-D cameras, IMUs, and force-torque sensors requires sub-millisecond time-series indexing. InfluxDB or TimescaleDB, not Postgres. - **3D scene representations** need queryable spatial databases, not blob storage. - **Edge inference** is non-negotiable. Physical AI cannot tolerate 200ms cloud round-trips for closed-loop control; you need on-device inference (NVIDIA Jetson Orin or equivalent). Start by establishing a telemetry pipeline capturing structured logs from systems you already operate. That becomes your fine-tuning corpus later. If your architecture is cloud-first for everything, it needs rethinking before deployment. ### 4\. Design for human-robot teaming at the architecture level, not the HR level Let's be honest: robots are coming for jobs that involve doing the same thing over and over 4,000 times in a cold warehouse. Effective collaboration requires shared situational awareness, clear authority handoff protocols, and observable AI reasoning. A robot that fails silently is not a productivity tool; it is a very expensive source of confusion. > Models like OpenVLA and RT-2 can generate natural language rationale alongside action outputs. Think of it as giving the robot the ability to say "I stopped because I wasn't sure about that" rather than just stopping. Define your graceful degradation protocol before deployment, not during an incident. ### 5\. Build your compliance infrastructure now, while there's still optionality The regulatory wave is closer than most teams realize. Key deadlines to have on your radar, depending on your area: - **EU AI Act (Annex III):** High-risk classification for most commercial humanoid systems, triggering conformity assessments and mandatory human oversight. Deadline: Q3 2027. - **EU Machinery Regulation:** CE marking obligations for collaborative robots. - **US OSHA guidance:** Autonomous co-worker standards expected in H1 2027. - **ISO 10218 and ISO/TS 15066:** The baseline standards regulators are building on. 💡 Appoint a technical safety lead and start your operational risk register. It is required for conformity assessments and nearly impossible to reconstruct retroactively. Get legal and [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) in the same room before your next deployment decision. Treat compliance as a parallel work-stream, not a last-minute audit. --- ## Conclusion: Get ready, but don’t panic. None of this has to happen overnight. But the teams that deploy physical AI confidently starting from 2027 are the ones doing the unglamorous infrastructure work today. Audit your stack, run your simulations, fix your data architecture, design for humans and robots working together, and get ahead of the regulators. Future you will be grateful. --- ### Discover more at the Innodata GenAI Summit, May 21st 2026 [The Innodata GenAI Summit: The Future of Trustworthy AI: World Models, Physical AI, Agentic Systems](http://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit) takes place on 21 May in London. - **300+ builders and tech leaders** in one room for a full day of practitioner-led sessions - **Four frontier tracks:** world models and grounded intelligence, autonomous systems and trust, physical AI and the intelligent edge, and data, evaluation and intelligence infrastructure - **Track 3** is dedicated entirely to physical AI and the intelligent edge - **Zero vendor pitches.** Just the people doing the work, talking honestly about what is shipping and what still has a long way to go Don’t miss your chance to network with the foundational model creators, proprietary builders, and enterprise leaders shaping the future of the AI industry. [Discover more](http://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit) ### What's shaping frontier AI in 2026? Find out in London, May 21st URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/whats-shaping-frontier-ai-in-2026-find-out-in-london-may-21st/ Last updated: 2026-05-19T10:37:11.000Z ## Who's ready for a different kind of AI event? **Most AI conferences follow the same formula:** keynotes that recap last month's announcements, panels that relitigate familiar debates, and networking optimised for business cards rather than real conversations... we've all been to at least three! **The Innodata GenAI Summit** is built around a different question entirely: > What do practitioners, model builders, and senior technical leaders actually need to walk away sharper? The answer shapes everything: the speakers, the sessions, the format, and the room. If you are serious about where AI is going, this is where that conversation is happening. With over **20 sessions, 300-plus attendees**, and a strict no-pitch format, the event is positioned as a working session for the people actively building and deploying the next generation of AI systems. --- ## Four themes you will want to clear your calendar for The summit maps the four frontiers defining where AI goes next, from foundational architecture to real-world deployment. **Whichever area your work touches, there is something here built specifically for you:** 1. **World models:** AI systems that can genuinely perceive, reason, and predict are no longer theoretical. This track puts you inside the conversations shaping what comes next, straight from the teams building it. 2. **Autonomous systems:** Deploying AI in high-stakes environments demands more than capability. This track brings together the practitioners working through verification, interpretability, and governance in production, and sharing what is actually working. 3. **Physical AI:** Bringing AI out of the data center and into the real world is one of the most exciting engineering challenges of the decade. This track is where the people actually doing it share how. 4. **Data infrastructure:** Expert corpora, synthetic pipelines, and rigorous evaluation are becoming the differentiating layer in AI development. This track gives you a clear view of where the bar is being set, and how to meet it. --- ## The speakers shaping this event don't just follow AI, they're making it Researchers, engineers, and executives from OpenAI, Wayve, Amazon, HSBC, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, and more, all in one room, for one day... **Confirmed speakers for May 21st:** - **Jack Abuhoff, CEO, Innodata** — opening perspective on the data and evaluation infrastructure powering frontier AI. - **Viktoriia Oliinyk, Forward Deployed Engineer, OpenAI** — practitioner insight on real-world deployment of large-scale models. - **Silvius Rus, SVP Engineering, Wayve** — engineering AI systems for safety-critical physical environments. - **El Mehdi Amaziane, Head of Product AI, Amazon** — product-layer strategy for AI systems operating at enterprise scale. - **Galina Alova, Deputy Head of Innovation and Quant Lab, HSBC** — applying AI in regulated, high-stakes financial contexts. - **Wojciech Malinowski, Senior Staff Data Engineer, Midjourney** — the data infrastructure decisions shaping generative AI quality. - **Hashir Majeed, Forward Deployed Engineer, ElevenLabs** — agentic deployment in production voice and multimodal applications. - **Peter Gostev, AI Capability Lead, Arena** — translating AI research capability into operational business value. --- ## So, what you will gain? This is a day designed to move the needle on the problems you are actually working on. **By the end of it, you will have:** - **A clear picture of where the frontier is heading** (not from press releases, but from the people driving it) - **Peer-level conversations** and networking opportunities with 300+ builders and senior operators navigating the same challenges you are - **Practical frameworks from technical keynotes** and panels selected entirely for analytical depth, with zero commercial agenda in the room. - Direct access to speakers from **OpenAI, Wayve, Amazon, HSBC, Midjourney**, and many more, in a setting built for genuine exchange. - **A day that respects your time.** One focused venue, one curated room, no noise. --- ## Who should attend? The [**Innodata GenAI Summit**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit/register) is built for a specific professional profile. **It is the right event for you if you are:** - **Building or evaluating foundational or proprietary** **AI models** and need direct peer exchange with counterparts doing the same at other organizations. - **Leading AI deployment in a regulated or safety-critical sector** and want rigorous coverage of verification, observability, and governance frameworks. - **Working on the data, evaluation, or infrastructure layer** and want to understand how leading organizations are treating these as strategic differentiators. - **Operating at the physical AI frontier** (robotics, autonomous vehicles, edge systems) where model capability meets real-world engineering constraint. - **A senior AI leader responsible for strategy or capability development** who needs a high-density update on where the field is moving and why. --- ## Reserve your spot for May 21st [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-1.22.08---PM-1.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit/register) [**The Innodata GenAI Summit**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit/register)takesplaceon **Thursday May 21st, 2026** at Together **88, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR**. The event runs all day and includes all sessions, demos, and networking. **Registration is open now.** Passes are limited to 300-plus attendees and places are allocated on a first-come basis. C-suite leaders can request a dedicated invite through the event page. [Secure your place](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/innodatasummit/register) *The Innodata GenAI Summit is hosted by the AI Accelerator Institute in partnership with Innodata. May 21st, 2026\. Together 88, London.* ### The rise of agent experience (AX) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/ Last updated: 2026-04-30T13:16:03.000Z For thirty years, the most important aspect of product management has been the development of graphical user interfaces. We have learned how to capture the focus of users using visual hierarchy and remove friction from one click. **The user population is changing.** - Automated bots exceeded human-generated traffic on the Internet for the first time in a decade in 2025\. - Automated bots accounted for approximately 51% of all web activity ([Imperva Bad Bot Report 2025](https://www.imperva.com/resources/resource-library/reports/2025-bad-bot-report/)). - Automated crawler traffic increased fourfold - from 2.6% of verified bot requests in January to greater than 10% in September ([Equimedia, 2025](https://www.equimedia.co.uk/resources/blog/ai-driven-bots-surge-september-2025)). - By the end of 2026, Gartner [estimates](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-26-gartner-predicts-40-percent-of-enterprise-apps-will-feature-task-specific-ai-agents-by-2026-up-from-less-than-5-percent-in-2025) that 40% of enterprise applications will use task-specific AI agents. - In early 2025, less than 5% of enterprise applications used task-specific AI agents. Morgan Stanley [estimates](https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/agentic-commerce-market-impact-outlook) agentic commerce will account for 10 to 20% of U.S. e-commerce by 2030\. Additionally, Morgan Stanley predicts the emergence of "agent search engine optimization" by 2026. [Powering Reliable AI Agent Creation with ObservabilityTurning observability context into intelligent action![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/DO-NOT-OVERRIDE-PMA_Webinar_Meta_Template_--2-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/reliable-ai-agent-creation-with-observability/) ## What is agent experience (AX)? Agent experience (AX) is the holistic experience an [AI agent](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) has when interacting with a product, platform, or digital environment. It covers everything from how an agent discovers what a product can do, to how it negotiates terms, executes tasks, and evaluates outcomes - all without a human in the loop. Think of it this way: you've spent years optimizing for how a person feels when they land on your product. AX asks you to consider how an agent \*reasons\* about it. Agent experience design is the practice of structuring your product so that autonomous agents can interpret it, trust it, and act on it. That means exposing machine-readable capabilities, defining clear confidence signals, and building endpoints that respond to goals rather than just commands. Building an AI-first platform means treating agents as first-class users - not an edge case, not a future consideration. The products that'll win in the [agentic](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) economy are the ones being designed for both human and machine interaction right now. --- ## The translation problem A significant translation tax emerged within Moltbook. Agents attempted coordination across various task types, including knowledge synthesis, negotiation, and basic trading, using human-style linguistic and visual communication. **This resulted in:** - Meandering, abstract discussions - Failed coordination attempts - High latency between interactions - “Hallucinated transactions” that appeared productive but produced no real outcomes The core issue was the absence of a standardized way to communicate capabilities and intentions. 💡 ****Key insight** While humans need a “Button” to express intent, agents need a “Handshake.” Our current infrastructure, optimized for human perception, is becoming a bottleneck for machine-based intelligence operating at scale. ## The dual-path approach This shift does not signal the end of the screen. Humans will continue browsing, feeling, and choosing. However, discovery, enjoyment, and loyalty remain experience-driven. To address this, product developers must implement a dual-path architecture: - **Path 1 — UX (sensory path)** Optimized for human perception: emotions, aesthetics, storytelling, and trust. This layer remains essential. - **Path 2 — AX (shadow UI)** Designed for agents: semantic, probabilistic, and action-oriented. **This layer allows agents to:** - Understand product capabilities - Negotiate terms - Complete transactions autonomously **No scraping. No manual navigation.** [How observability keeps AI systems reliable at scaleTurning observability context into intelligent action![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/DO-NOT-OVERRIDE-PMA_Webinar_Meta_Template_--3-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/reliable-ai-agent-creation-with-observability/) ## AX vs API vs MCP **REST API** - Static integration layer - Requires human developers - Needs ongoing maintenance **AX layer** - Enables autonomous discovery - Supports negotiation (price, delivery, constraints) - Operates in real time - Requires no human developer in the loop **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** - Standardizes tool connectivity - Solves integration plumbing **AX sits above MCP** - MCP = infrastructure - AX = architecture --- ## Real-world examples of the agentic layer ### Case 1: Klarna — Autonomous commerce at scale **Sector:** Buy now, pay later / FinTech **Agentic layer:** [**AI assistant handling**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) customer queries, refunds, and disputes end-to-end **Key outcomes:** - Replaced work equivalent to 700 full-time agents (first month) - 2.3 million conversations handled in 4 weeks - Resolution time reduced from 11 minutes to under 2 minutes - Customer satisfaction reached parity with human agents - $40M annual profit impact **AX principle:** Outcome-oriented endpoints The results from Klarna demonstrate that when layers are sufficiently large and have strong semantic understanding at the endpoint, they can functionally replace human workflow layers. 💡 Klarna has publicly disclosed that its implementation resulted in a $40M profit impact, one of the clearest ROI examples to date for organizations building AX infrastructure directly into the product layer rather than treating it as a bolt-on chatbot. --- ### Case 2: Salesforce Agentforce — The B2B handshake protocol **Sector:** Enterprise SaaS / CRM **Agentic layer:** Autonomous agents managing CRM workflows and escalation **Key outcomes:** - 1,000 enterprise deployments in the first week - 30–60% reduction in manual operations overhead - 4,000+ weekly resolved cases (Wiley example) - 40% case deflection rate **AX principle:** Probabilistic handshaking Salesforce Agentforce is one of the clearest enterprise examples of probabilistic handshaking at the product architecture level. Unlike systems requiring human oversight at every escalation point, Agentforce encodes escalation thresholds directly into the agent layer, making machine-to-human coordination part of the architecture rather than an afterthought. --- ### Case 3: Amazon — Agent-native retail infrastructure **Sector:** E-commerce / Retail **Agent layer:** Rufus AI handles complex product queries **Key outcomes:** - Handles multi-constraint queries - 3.3× higher conversion versus standard search - Agent-led checkout via “Buy for Me” **AX principle:** Semantic visibility Amazon’s evolution highlights a strategic reality: the organization controlling the semantic visibility layer of e-commerce may ultimately control the default agent-shopping stack. They have also structured the product information to be machine-queryable rather than simply human-readable, creating the foundation for agent-driven discovery, comparison, and checkout. --- ### Case 4: Waymo — Autonomous logistics and the AX trust layer **Sector:** Autonomous mobility / Logistics **Agent layer:** Vehicles negotiate with infrastructure systems in real time **Key outcomes:** - 1 million+ autonomous rides - 6.8× fewer injury-causing crashes - $5.6B funding round **AX principles:** Semantic visibility, probabilistic handshaking, and outcome-oriented execution Waymo represents one of the most commercially mature implementations of the ANI framework to date. Its competitive advantage comes not only from sensors or neural networks, but from proprietary agent-to-infrastructure negotiation protocols operating as a fully integrated AX layer. [Rise of the AI scientist | Synthetic task scaling explainedSynthetic task scaling introduces a new training approach where AI agents learn through experience, closing the gap between knowledge and execution. Are you ready for the rise of the AI scientist?![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--13.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/) ## Agent-native indexing (ANI) ANI is a framework for building products that are: - Searchable - Understandable - Transactable by autonomous agents It shifts product design from tool-based interaction toward capability-based infrastructure. ### 1\. Semantic visibility Products expose machine-readable capability trees. Example constraints: - “No liquid shipping” - “Signature required” - “Next-day delivery within M25” The capability tree becomes the agent equivalent of a product page, structured for machine reasoning instead of human scanning. ### 2\. Probabilistic handshakes Human consumers typically make binary decisions: buy or leave. Agents operate differently. They rely on confidence thresholds when evaluating actions, counterparties, and outcomes. AI-compatible products therefore need to expose: - Historical performance data - Reliability metrics - Error probabilities This transforms discovery from a catalog search into a probabilistic marketplace. Salesforce Agentforce demonstrates this approach through threshold-based escalation systems. The next stage involves cross-platform interoperability, where agents compare reliability across multiple brands using standardized formats. ### 3\. Goal-based endpoints Traditional APIs revolve around verbs such as: - GET /products - POST /orders ANI introduces objective-oriented interaction instead. Example request: > “Provide carbon-neutral delivery by 4pm at the lowest possible cost.” The system then: - Interprets constraints - Generates a plan - Negotiates outcomes - Returns an executable proposal > Klarna’s dispute resolution system demonstrates this model in practice. The client presents a goal, while the product layer determines how to achieve it internally without requiring users to navigate a GUI or rigid API workflow. --- ## The strategic importance of the U.K. > The UK Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan (January 2025) outlines 50 recommendations to position the UK as a global leader in AI. This includes the creation of new organizations such as the AI Security Institute, which will receive up to £240 million in funding, alongside a regulatory approach based on principles rather than strict rules, designed to support innovation. 💡 However, much of the investment to date has focused on developing and regulating models. There is comparatively less attention on the infrastructure that sits between models and the economy, including the pipes, protocols, and product architectures that allow agents to operate effectively at scale. **This is where frameworks such as Agent-Native Indexing (ANI) aim to contribute.** --- ## The opportunity Across the commercial examples outlined earlier, a consistent pattern emerges: competitive advantage comes from architecture, not from the model itself. Klarna derives its advantage from its endpoint design. Waymo does so through its agent-to-infrastructure negotiation layer. Amazon achieves it through a structured, machine-readable product graph. In each case, the differentiation is rooted in product architecture rather than model quality. The UK’s strengths in financial services, logistics, and regulatory clarity provide a strong foundation to lead this layer of the stack. > If the UK aims to lead in the agentic economy, rather than simply in safe model development, it will need to invest in the middleware of machine commerce. This includes the standards and frameworks that allow digital products to be interpretable, transactable, and trustworthy for autonomous agents. --- ## Conclusion: Closing the gap between user intent and product action The examples of Klarna, Salesforce, Amazon, and Waymo represent a structural shift in how products operate. **The competitive advantage lies in:** - Architectural design - Not model quality Product management has moved beyond clicks and interfaces. **It now focuses on closing the gap between:** - User intent - Product execution The most important lesson from these case studies is that this gap is fundamentally a product problem, one that can be addressed through architecture. Organizations that close this intent-to-execution gap first are likely to capture the majority of agent-driven commerce. --- ## What this means for teams To remain competitive, organizations should: - Publish capability trees - Define confidence thresholds - Design goal-based endpoints Data already shows that agents are becoming the dominant source of web traffic and are expected to continue expanding their economic footprint rapidly. Product teams should begin developing an agentic layer now to ensure their digital products remain discoverable, trustworthy, and executable within machine-driven ecosystems. --- ## Final thought The question is no longer whether products need an Agent Experience. It is whether they will build one first, and whether they will build it as architecture or as an afterthought. ### How observability keeps AI systems reliable at scale URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/reliable-ai-agent-creation-with-observability/ Last updated: 2026-07-06T13:55:20.000Z --- As organizations scale AI adoption, traditional monitoring tools are struggling to keep up. Long-lived connections, elevated error rates, and complex real-time pipelines require observability built for how AI systems actually behave. But many teams struggle to pinpoint why LLM infrastructure breaks in ways traditional monitoring cannot detect, and how to separate real incidents from expected AI error behavior. **As a result, scaling efficiently has become increasingly challenging.** In this exclusive webinar with **Datadog** and **Dust**, four leading experts will explore how unified observability helps teams detect issues earlier, resolve them faster, and turn production context into intelligent action. This session will focus on what teams can do now to stay ahead. **What you’ll learn:** - How leading teams monitor LLM systems in real-world production environments - How to identify and resolve issues before they impact users - How to bring observability directly into workflows and MCP integrations - How to reduce MTTR and improve reliability across AI-driven systems --- **Speakers** **Andy Keogh** Sales Engineer, Datadog Andy Keogh serves as a Customer Success Sales Engineer at Datadog, where he works with customer success teams and existing customers to showcase Datadog’s value, support onboarding, and align observability initiatives with key business outcomes. **John Trapani** Field CTO, Datadog John Trapani serves as Datadog’s Field CTO for Financial Services, where he partners with leaders in banking, capital markets, and insurance to align observability strategies with their most important business outcomes. **Nicolas Chinot** GM US, Dust Nicolas Chinot is the US General Manager at Dust. He was one of its first investors and later founded Dust’s US business, which he now leads. Nicolas previously spent several years as a Product Lead at Square, which he joined through the acquisition of a startup he founded during college. **Jean-David Fiquet** Software Engineer, Dust Jean-David Fiquet is a Software Engineer at Dust, where he helps build an AI operating system for forward-thinking companies. Jean-David works on the core platform that enables organizations to deploy secure, context-aware AI agents connected to company knowledge and tools. ### Is this the rise of the AI scientist? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-this-the-rise-of-the-ai-scientist/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T09:17:25.000Z > Explaining science is one thing. Practicing it involves code, errors, iteration, and persistence across long workflows, the kind that usually require a few retries before things click, and occasionally a moment of wondering why step one worked yesterday. Recently, researchers at Princeton and Microsoft Research have introduced a system that generates thousands of scientific practice challenges for AI agents, giving them a structured way to build that experience at scale. This approach sits at the center of a broader shift toward [**agentic AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/)and real-world AI deployment, where capability comes from execution rather than description. So, what does this mean for how autonomous AI agents actually learn to operate? Let’s dive into it. [AIAI Summits, Silicon Valley 2026Catch up on every session from AIAI Summit Silicon Valley with sessions from all 4 tracks. Chief AI & CISO Summit and Generative & Agentic AI.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Summit_Website_Article_Images_OnDemand--6-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-summits-silicon-valley-2026/) ## **The gap between knowledge and execution** Frontier large language models can talk about [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) all day. Papers, experiments, and architectures, they handle it with ease. Things change when it comes to actually running the work. Experiments involve multi-step reasoning, tool use, and iteration across messy workflows. Errors show up in unexpected places, and fixing them usually takes a few rounds of debugging, along with a bit more patience (and coffee) than planned. 💡 So there is a clear gap between knowing and doing. This gap shows up quickly in real-world AI workflows, where execution matters more than explanation. The paper “AI Scientist via Synthetic Task Scaling” focuses on closing that gap through [****experiential learning in AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/). --- ## **Building a training environment for scientific reasoning** The idea here is simple. Train models on the full process, not just the final answer. Each task captures the full journey. The agent plans an approach, writes code, runs it, hits errors, fixes them, and improves the result over time. This mirrors how real computational research actually works, just without the late-night frustration. **The system runs in three stages:** - A teacher model generates machine learning tasks and validates datasets through API queries - Tasks pass through a self-debugging loop, where failures are fixed or filtered out - Valid tasks are solved across a compute cluster, producing full agent trajectories for supervised fine-tuning This creates a training setup that feels more like a gym than a library, where progress comes from repetition rather than theory alone. [The AI architecture powering the next era of human knowledgeFrom Vannevar Bush’s 1945 Memex to today’s LLMs — agentic AI is the missing layer that finally makes the vision of human knowledge navigation real.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteArman Nassirtoussi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-the-pathway-architecture-to-genai/) ## **What the system produces at scale** The output combines volume with structure. Each task comes with a full record of how it was solved, including reasoning steps, execution traces, and corrections. **At the end of the pipeline, the system produces:** - Around 500 runnable machine learning research tasks across domains such as computer vision and time-series forecasting - Roughly 30,000 full trajectories capturing multi-step reasoning, debugging, and iteration - Compatibility with agent frameworks such as SWE-agent, enabling integration into existing AI systems - A fully automated synthetic data generation pipeline that operates without manual labeling This type of AI training data focuses on processes rather than just outcomes, which becomes more valuable the closer systems get to real-world use. --- ## **Benchmark performance and signal** The team fine-tuned Qwen3-4B and Qwen3-8B models using these trajectories and evaluated them on the MLGym benchmark, which measures performance on diverse machine learning tasks. **The improvements show up clearly.** The 4B model improved by 9 percent, while the 8B model achieved a 12 percent gain on the area-under-performance curve metric. Fine-tuned models outperformed their base versions across most tasks and delivered competitive results against larger models in specific scenarios. 💡 Now, the really interesting part sits in what drives these gains. High-quality, structured training data begins to compete with model scale, which tends to shift how teams think about where performance actually comes from. --- ## **So, what does this mean for teams building agentic systems?** For teams working with LLM agents and AI system design, the implications are practical. - High-quality AI training data plays a critical role in handling long-horizon, multi-step tasks - Validation loops improve [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) by filtering out broken or incomplete workflows - Selecting successful trajectories strengthens learning signals in supervised fine-tuning - Structured AI workflows improve consistency across complex, tool-integrated systems - The same approach extends to other domains, including scientific discovery and [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) These patterns tend to show up quickly once systems move beyond demos and into real environments, where consistency starts to matter. --- ## **Expanding beyond machine learning** The framework supports expansion into domains such as chemistry, biology, and materials science. Each area requires suitable execution environments (datasets, simulation tools, and evaluation frameworks). It sounds straightforward until you actually try to build one, at which point it becomes a humbling exercise in dependency management. 💡 Once these components are in place, the same synthetic task scaling approach can generate domain-specific training data at scale, which undersells both the effort involved and the satisfaction when it finally works. This creates a pathway toward AI systems that engage directly with real-world scientific workflows, where small changes can lead to very different outcomes. Sometimes better. Occasionally spectacular. Rarely dull. [The AI value gap: why most companies fall behindAI is delivering real value—but only for a select few. Most organizations are still experimenting without meaningful impact.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--11.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-the-ai-value-gap-wider-than-anyone-is-admitting/) ## **A shift toward experiential learning in AI** Autonomous AI agents remain in an early stage of development. Current systems handle structured tasks with increasing reliability, while open-ended scientific discovery continues to present complex challenges. This work clarifies the training path. - Experiential learning in AI provides a mechanism for improving performance through iteration, feedback, and real execution. - Synthetic environments offer both scalability and control, which makes experimentation far more manageable. It also introduces valuable infrastructure. A system that continuously generates validated tasks creates a steady stream of high-quality training data, supporting ongoing improvement without constant manual input. --- ## **The role of system design in future progress** Progress in [**AI increasingly depends on system-level thinking**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-safety-breaks-at-the-system-level/). AI system architecture, orchestration, and evaluation frameworks all shape how models perform in real-world settings, which tends to surface once systems are under real pressure. > Synthetic task scaling highlights this shift. The focus moves from isolated model performance toward behavior across complex AI workflows and environments. Systems that learn through experience tend to behave very differently once deployed, often in ways that teams pick up on quickly. Future AI systems will likely build on this foundation, combining structured training pipelines with advances in agent frameworks and system design. So, coordinating all of this in practice is where much of the work now sits. --- ## **Closing thoughts** Synthetic task scaling offers a practical path toward more capable AI systems. [**Training**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) through experience brings models closer to how real work happens, especially in [**technical**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) and scientific domains. The foundation is already in place. A system that generates and validates training tasks at scale provides a strong base for continued progress. The training gym is up and running, and the next step involves seeing how far autonomous [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) can go with enough practice. Progress here tends to come one iteration at a time, which will feel familiar to anyone who has worked through a stubborn workflow. ### Are your agents quietly draining your budget? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/financial-blind-spots-in-autonomous-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-06T15:38:57.000Z **What the data shows** AI agents are scaling faster than your ability to control them. - **Agent deployment doubled in 2025:** As enterprises moved from pilots to production across core workflows. - **Costs jumping 10× across stacks:** Real-world usage exposes behaviors and feedback loops not seen in testing. - **Tens of thousands lost in days (without detection):** Caused by misconfigured or looping agents continuously at scale. **Get the research:** Discover why 40% of agentic AI projects may be cancelled by 2027... --- ## **Enter our brand new eBook: 'The Financial Blind Spots in Autonomous AI.'** Our latest eBook reveals how autonomous AI systems create hidden and compounding costs at machine speed, long before finance teams ever spot them. Most enterprises can’t see it happening until it’s already too late. Now’s your chance to get ahead... ## What's inside: - **Why 40% of agentic AI projects may be cancelled by 2027:** Escalating costs, unclear ROI, and weak governance are converging, turning promising pilots into financially unsustainable deployments. - **A six-layer framework for governing agent economics:** Designed for machine-speed decisions, this model embeds financial controls directly into agent execution. - **The legal precedent that makes this your responsibility:** Courts are increasingly treating autonomous agent decisions as organizational actions, meaning liability for spend. - **Why agent costs jump 10× from prototype to production:** Testing environments fail to replicate real-world feedback loops, usage patterns, and edge cases, so cost escalation only becomes visible once systems are already spending. --- ## **As AI agents become embedded across core business processes, financial governance needs to evolve just as quickly.** Organizations that fail to adapt risk unmanaged spend, unclear accountability, and erosion of business value. This report provides a structured approach to understanding (and controlling) those risks. [👉 **Enter your details in the form above and start to establish control over your autonomous AI spend.**](#ebook-form) ### AI Builders Summit: Healthcare Boston 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-builders-summit-healthcare-boston-2026/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:07:45.000Z Build and deploy secure, clinical-grade AI in one of the world’s most complex domains; healthcare. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Agentic AI: The pathway architecture to GenAI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-the-pathway-architecture-to-genai/ Last updated: 2026-04-24T15:02:51.000Z I've spent twenty years moving between corporate work and startups, and what keeps drawing me back is a timeless question: how do we use knowledge, and how do we build tools that help us think better? That's what I want to explore here – [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), where it came from, what it actually is, and why it matters for how you'll work with information going forward. --- ## Starting with a name you might not know Let me begin with a name that should be more famous than it is: Vannevar Bush. If you haven't read his 1945 paper *As We May Think*, put it on your list. Across eight or nine pages, it offers probably the clearest summary of the entire vision of computer science, AI, and arguably human destiny. Bush makes a simple but profound argument: extending man's physical power has been the job of most tools developed so far. Now, he says, we need to extend our minds. For context, he wrote this right after World War II, where he had been running R&D for the United States military. As the war ended, he was trying to redirect that enormous scientific community toward a larger mission – and it worked remarkably well. 💡 In the paper, he describes a machine called the Memex, short for memory index. Picture a desktop where every piece of information you encounter can be recorded, stored, and consulted interactively at will. He explains how this would help people navigate human knowledge, observing that even in 1945, scientific knowledge was being produced faster than anyone could consume it. That imbalance between production and consumption of knowledge is a mental frame worth holding onto. Bush goes further: he focuses on associative learning, the way memory connects ideas by association. He imagines voice-controlled systems, personalized learning, and interactive knowledge navigation. All of this in 1945, when the first computers were just being built. [Why AI safety breaks at the system levelAI safety shifts from the model to the system level. As AI becomes agentic and tool-driven, risk emerges from complex interactions, widening the gap between evaluation and real-world behavior.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-safety-breaks-at-the-system-level/) For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## From Bush to Engelbart to Jobs Bush's vision was picked up by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, who created *A Conceptual Framework for the Augmentation of Man's Intellect* and spent his life building toward it. > In 1968, he delivered what's now called the "mother of all demos" – over an hour and a half of live demonstration that introduced the personal computer, Windows, hypertext, graphics, the computer mouse, word processing, video conferencing, and collaborative real-time editing. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AIAI Summits, Silicon Valley 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-summits-silicon-valley-2026/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:12:10.000Z Catch up on every session from AIAI Summit Silicon Valley with sessions from all 4 tracks. Chief AI & CISO Summit and Generative & Agentic AI. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Is the AI value gap wider than anyone is admitting? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-the-ai-value-gap-wider-than-anyone-is-admitting/ Last updated: 2026-04-23T13:22:22.000Z A recent PwC study dropped a stat worth jotting down on a Post-it: 74% of AI's economic value is currently captured by just 20% of organizations. The remaining 80% are generating activity (dashboards, proofs-of-concept, enthusiastic all-hands updates) while producing disproportionately modest returns. > If your organization has been in "pilot mode" for 18 months, this article is personally addressed to you... --- ## What the data actually shows [**PwC's 2026 AI Performance Study**](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/so-you-can/2026/content/roi-from-ai.pdf) surveyed 1,217 senior executives across 25 sectors, measuring revenue and efficiency gains attributable to [**AI against industry medians**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/). The methodology filters out the most common form of AI reporting: claiming credit for improvements that would have happened anyway. What remains is a stark, widening gap between a small cohort of leaders and a majority still perfecting their pilot-to-production PowerPoint transitions. ## The behavior gap is bigger than the technology gap 💡 The leading 20% are 2.6 times more likely to use AI to reinvent their business models rather than optimize existing ones. They are also two to three times more likely to pursue growth from industry convergence, combining [****AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) with partners outside their core sector. The [**AI leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) are boundary-crossers competing in adjacent markets, and their returns are outpacing efficiency-focused deployments by a margin that is becoming hard to explain away. ## What separates the top performers The gap is less about model selection or [**prompt engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) and more about what the AI is actually pointed at. > **Spoiler:** it is pointed at revenue, autonomy, and new markets, rather than shaving 12% off the accounts payable process. The behaviors driving performance are structural, replicable, and conspicuously absent from most AI roadmaps. **The practices separating leaders from the rest:** - **Autonomous decision-making at scale:** Leaders are 2.8 times more likely to have increased decisions made with full automation, backed by governance structures that make that autonomy trustworthy rather than just fast. - **Growth over cost reduction:** The leading cohort treats AI as a reinvention engine, directing it at new market entry and revenue expansion rather than internal efficiency theater. - **Governance as a scaling prerequisite:** High performers build evaluation and monitoring infrastructure before scaling, moving faster because they invested in foundations first, a sequencing insight that most roadmaps quietly reverse - **Cross-sector collaboration:** Leaders combine AI with external partner strengths to unlock use cases that single-sector competitors are structurally unable to replicate [3 easy ways to get the most out of Claude codeEveryone is talking about Claude Code. With millions of weekly downloads and a rapidly expanding feature set, it has quietly become one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s arsenal. But most people are barely scratching the surface.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-easy-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code/) ## Why the majority are stuck in pilot purgatory The dominant adoption playbook (start low-risk, build confidence, expand gradually) is producing learnings ahead of returns for most organizations. Teams cycling through proofs-of-concept often ask "which use cases should we prioritize?" when the binding question is "what would our data infrastructure need to look like for AI to compound?" Those are different problems, and the second one requires slightly more than a new Jira board. 💡 PwC identifies industry convergence as the single strongest factor in [****AI-driven financial performance**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-shows-its-work-thats-not-the-same-as-being-right/), ahead of efficiency gains alone. The [****ROI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/) math changes dramatically when the question shifts from "how much can we reduce costs?" to “what markets can we enter that were previously out of reach?" That reframe is where the top 20% started, and the majority have yet to arrive. ## What practitioners should actually do with this info The data makes it reasonable to ask whether gradual expansion is delivering what it promised. For organizations still "building internal confidence" two or three years in, the answer the data suggests is: probably less than you reported upward. The levers available are structural, and the sooner they are pulled, the wider the compounding gap becomes. [AI agents: building trust via cryptographic proofAs AI agents grow more autonomous, trust can’t rely on logs alone. In this this article, I explore how cryptographic techniques — from content-addressed code to tamper-evident audit trails — are laying the groundwork for a new era of verifiable, auditable AI.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAsutosh Mourya![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/verifiable-execution-for-ai-agents/) ## Practical shifts worth prioritizing: - **Reframe the success metric:** Measuring AI by cost reduction optimizes for the wrong variable; leaders measure revenue attributable to AI, new markets entered, and decisions automated at acceptable error rates. - **Invest in foundations before scaling pilots:** Governance, data quality, and model evaluation pipelines are prerequisites for compounding returns: scheduling them for ‘next quarter’ is how pilot programs generate the illusion of progress. - **Find convergence opportunities deliberately:** Cross-sector growth requires explicit effort to identify where AI capabilities combine with external partner strengths to create something each party would struggle to build independently. - **Separate learning investments from return investments:** Both are legitimate, but conflating them is how organizations stay permanently impressed by their own pilots while the top 20% widen the gap further. ## PwC's conclusion is direct The performance gap will keep widening as leaders learn faster, scale proven use cases, and automate decisions at scale. For practitioners, that framing should feel clarifying rather than alarming. The gap is a structural consequence of strategy, and strategy is something organizations can change. \*Source: PwC 2026 AI Performance Study, published April 13, 2026\* ### Verifiable execution for AI agents URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/verifiable-execution-for-ai-agents/ Last updated: 2026-04-21T15:22:22.000Z [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) can now execute arbitrary tasks autonomously — running code, invoking external APIs, and making decisions without direct human oversight. This creates a foundational trust problem: when an agent acts independently, how do you know the results are accurate, repeatable, and untampered with? For regulated or mission-critical environments, these questions demand concrete answers. The EU's proposed AI Act requires traceability and tamper-evident logging for all high-risk AI systems. Yet most agent workflows still rely on standard log entries or short-lived records that can be easily forged or altered by malicious actors or faulty system components. > As one industry expert observed, AI systems can generate code faster than any team can review it, making new approaches to validating programmatically generated outputs essential. Trust must be built on a new base-layer approach that: - Binds [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) and code together through cryptographic means - Ensures deterministic processing on every run - Provides an unalterable history of all actions taken --- ## Content-addressed artifacts Immutability is central to verifiability. All code and models an agent uses should be linked to a cryptographic hash, treating tools, skills, and prompts as content-addressed artifacts with Content IDs (CIDs). Any modification creates a new CID, instantly breaking downstream references and making unauthorized changes immediately detectable. An agent's full identity — including model versions, library versions, and skill definitions — can be expressed as a set of hashes or signatures, so any attempt to load a malicious code module fails immediately on hash mismatch. ContextSubstrate puts this into practice by documenting each agent run as an immutable context package tied to a SHA-256 hash. Every input, parameter, interim step, and output is stored in a single content-addressable bundle with a unique context URI (e.g., ctx://sha256:...). 💡 Runs can be inspected with 'ctx show' or compared with 'ctx diff'. Storing every model and tool in an immutable registry — such as an OCI Registry or IPFS — eliminates all ambiguity about what version ran at what time, and is the first concrete step toward verifiable execution. --- ## Deterministic and reproducible inference Content-addressing fixes what code runs; determinism ensures it produces the same result every time. Modern LLMs have traditionally been non-deterministic, but recent research shows this is not an inherent constraint: - Karvonen et al. found that using fixed random seeds and sampling parameters produced identical tokens in approximately 98% of cases across repeated runs. - EigenAI demonstrated true bit-for-bit deterministic inference on GPUs by carefully controlling the execution environment and removing all sources of non-determinism, achieving identical output byte streams on every run. EigenAI paired this with a blockchain-style cryptographic log — encrypting and recording all requests and responses on an immutable ledger. Verification then reduces to a simple hash comparison of the output, giving every model prediction a self-contained proof of correctness. Where full determinism is not achievable, reproducibility commitments offer a practical alternative. An agent declares that its results will be deterministic within an acceptable variance boundary, and a verifier can later confirm this by replaying the run with the same seed, prompt, and model configuration. Code generation tasks tend to be fully repeatable; more variable outputs can be assessed using semantic equivalence comparisons or thresholded edit distance. [AI’s new era: Train once, infer forever in production AIWhy the future of AI systems will be driven by inference and agent workloads.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAmitChaudhary![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) ## Run-time isolation and sandboxing Reproducibility addresses the integrity of outputs; isolation constrains what an agent can do in the first place. As NVIDIA's AI Red Team notes, AI coding agents often execute commands with the user's full system privileges, vastly expanding the attack surface. A compromised or errant agent could: - Write to critical system files - Exfiltrate sensitive data - Spawn unauthorized rogue processes The practical guidance is to treat all agent tool-calling as untrusted code execution. Key mandatory controls include: - Blocking all unapproved network egress to prevent unauthorized external connections or data exfiltration - Confining file-system writes to a designated workspace, disallowing access to sensitive paths such as \~/.zshrc or .gitconfig - Dropping root privileges and applying kernel-level isolation via secure runtimes like gVisor or Firecracker microVMs, OS sandboxing tools such as SELinux or macOS Seatbelt, or eBPF/seccomp filters WebAssembly (Wasm) offers a compelling lightweight option: a portable bytecode sandbox with no system calls by design. Agent code compiled to Wasm can only access explicitly granted host functions, eliminating the shared-kernel risks of traditional containers. Combined with memory and time limits, Wasm provides a powerful execution environment for generated scripts and tools. The principle holds: autonomy should be earned through demonstrated trustworthiness, not granted by default. [Why AI safety breaks at the system levelAI safety shifts from the model to the system level. As AI becomes agentic and tool-driven, risk emerges from complex interactions, widening the gap between evaluation and real-world behavior.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-safety-breaks-at-the-system-level/) ## Tamper-resistant logging and proof bundles Isolation and determinism control what agents do; logging provides accountability for what they did. Standard logs lack cryptographic linkage, meaning entries can be removed or altered without detection. A better solution is an append-only, Merkle-chain audit trail where each log entry's hash is chained to the previous one — any deletion or modification breaks the chain immediately. Zhou et al.'s Verifiable Interaction Ledger takes this further: every agent-tool transaction is both hashed and bilaterally signed by two parties, meaning no entry can be secretly added or modified. 💡 Compared to traditional telemetry, the key advantage is that neither the agent nor the host needs to be trusted — the cryptographic structure enforces integrity independently. ## Conclusion: toward a trustworthy agent ecosystem Verifiable execution applies established techniques — content hashing, reproducible builds, and sandbox confinement — to [**LLM agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), creating a multi-layered trust framework where: - [**Agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) are tied to specific code sets via digitally signed certificates - [**Models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-access-models-are-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-deployment/) run deterministically under fixed random seed conditions - Every step occurs within a hardened, isolated sandbox - All interactions are recorded in a tamper-evident hash chain The result is full auditability: any party can replay the sequence of hashes and verify that an agent's actions were consistent with the original intent and declared policy. [3 easy ways to get the most out of Claude codeEveryone is talking about Claude Code. With millions of weekly downloads and a rapidly expanding feature set, it has quietly become one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s arsenal. But most people are barely scratching the surface.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-easy-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code/) ## The momentum behind this approach is real. Academic work — including the VET and Genupixel frameworks — has formally characterised chainable verification. Commercial SDKs are beginning to emerge, and regulatory pressure from the EU AI Act is pushing organizations to demonstrate tamper-resistant logs and reproducibility for high-risk AI uses. The black-box era of agentic AI is coming to an end. It will be replaced by a paradigm where every autonomous decision carries a verifiable proof of integrity — from content-addressed code to digitally signed audit trails. As [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) take on more of our digital work, this verification layer will be the essential safeguard against error, manipulation, and loss of confidence. ### How access models are shaping AI cybersecurity deployment URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-access-models-are-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-deployment/ Last updated: 2026-04-17T10:35:17.000Z What happens when advanced AI capabilities enter the cybersecurity stack at scale? 💡 Recent developments from [****OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) and Anthropic highlight a meaningful shift in how AI-powered security tools reach practitioners. The focus has moved beyond raw model performance and into a more operational question: **How is access to these systems structured, verified, and deployed?* For [**AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/), this marks an important moment. Cybersecurity AI now sits at the intersection of infrastructure, governance, and real-world application. In other words, it has moved from *interesting* to *essential*. *So what does this mean for AI professionals?* --- ## **The rise of AI-native cybersecurity tools** AI-driven cybersecurity continues to evolve from passive detection into active analysis and response. Models such as GPT-5.4-Cyber introduce capabilities that extend far beyond traditional tooling. Security teams now have access to systems that can interpret compiled binaries, identify anomalies, and surface vulnerabilities without requiring source code. This represents a meaningful acceleration in workflows that previously required manual reverse [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) and deep domain expertise. > The result is a shift toward AI-augmented security operations, where analysts operate alongside models that continuously evaluate and interpret complex systems. The coffee consumption may stay the same, yet the output per analyst looks very different… [Why AI safety breaks at the system levelAI safety shifts from the model to the system level. As AI becomes agentic and tool-driven, risk emerges from complex interactions, widening the gap between evaluation and real-world behavior.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-safety-breaks-at-the-system-level/) ## **Two emerging approaches to access** As these capabilities mature, different deployment strategies are taking shape. The contrast reflects a broader design decision within AI cybersecurity. Some platforms emphasize controlled distribution, where access is limited to a small group of verified organizations. This approach prioritizes tight oversight and curated usage environments. Others adopt a broader access model, where entry is granted through identity verification and structured onboarding. This approach focuses on enabling a wider pool of security professionals to leverage advanced tools. 💡 Both strategies reflect valid priorities. Each introduces distinct considerations for scalability, collaboration, and operational readiness. --- ## **What this means for AI professionals** For practitioners, access models now play a central role in how cybersecurity systems are integrated into existing workflows. The conversation has expanded from capability evaluation into deployment strategy. Security leaders and AI engineers increasingly evaluate questions such as: • How AI tools integrate into existing security pipelines and SIEM platforms• How identity verification frameworks support controlled access at scale • How model outputs align with internal validation and audit processes • How teams manage collaboration between human analysts and [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-doesnt-actually-learn-heres-the-problem/) These considerations highlight a broader trend. AI cybersecurity requires alignment across engineering, security, and governance functions. Silos rarely perform well under pressure, and as we all know, cybersecurity provides plenty of pressure. [3 easy ways to get the most out of Claude codeEveryone is talking about Claude Code. With millions of weekly downloads and a rapidly expanding feature set, it has quietly become one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s arsenal. But most people are barely scratching the surface.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-easy-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code/) ## **The operational impact on security teams** AI-powered cybersecurity tools introduce measurable improvements in speed and coverage. At the same time, they reshape how teams approach daily operations. Routine analysis tasks can be automated or augmented, allowing analysts to focus on higher-value investigations. Pattern recognition and anomaly detection benefit from continuous model evaluation, providing earlier visibility into potential threats. > At the same time, teams gain the ability to inspect complex systems with greater depth. Reverse engineering, malware classification, and vulnerability detection become more accessible across a wider range of skill levels. This evolution supports a more distributed model of expertise, where advanced capabilities extend across the organization rather than remaining concentrated in specialized roles. More eyes on the problem, fewer [**bottlenecks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-aira2-breaks-ai-research-bottlenecks/) in the process. --- ## **Key considerations for implementation** As organizations adopt AI-driven cybersecurity tools, several practical considerations come into focus: **• Integration:** Alignment with existing infrastructure, including cloud environments and security platforms **• Validation:** Processes for verifying model outputs and ensuring [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) in high-stakes scenarios **• Access control:** Mechanisms for managing user permissions and maintaining secure usage **• Monitoring:** Continuous oversight of model behavior and system performance These factors shape how effectively AI systems contribute to security outcomes. Strong implementation frameworks support both performance and trust. --- ## **Building trust in AI-driven security systems** Trust remains a central component of AI adoption in cybersecurity. Teams rely on systems that operate consistently, transparently, and with measurable accuracy. Clear audit trails, reproducible outputs, and well-defined evaluation metrics contribute to confidence in AI-generated insights. Structured access models further support trust by ensuring that usage aligns with organizational policies and standards. As AI systems take on more responsibility within security workflows, trust becomes an operational requirement rather than a conceptual goal. [AI’s new era: Train once, infer forever in production AIWhy the future of AI systems will be driven by inference and agent workloads.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) ## **Looking ahead: Access as a design decision** AI cybersecurity continues to evolve rapidly, with new models and capabilities entering the landscape at a steady pace. Alongside this growth, access models have emerged as a defining factor in how these systems are used. > For AI professionals, this represents a shift in focus. Technical capability remains essential, while deployment strategy now carries equal weight. Decisions around access, verification, and integration shape how effectively AI contributes to security outcomes. The next phase of AI cybersecurity development will likely bring further innovation in both capability and delivery. Teams that approach access as a core design decision will be well-positioned to adapt and scale. Innovation in AI cybersecurity continues to accelerate. With the right access models in place, organizations can translate advanced capabilities into practical, high-impact security outcomes. And ideally, sleep a little better at night... ### Why AI safety breaks at the system level URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-safety-breaks-at-the-system-level/ Last updated: 2026-04-16T15:11:52.000Z ## **Why AI safety breaks at the system level** Two developments in AI have started to reveal a deeper shift in how intelligent systems are built and deployed. One model operates behind closed doors, supporting a small group tasked with securing critical infrastructure. Another operates in the open, generating software across extended sessions with minimal supervision. Same field. Very different philosophies. For AI professionals, this contrast highlights a more meaningful question than model benchmarks or parameter counts: What kind of [**AI ecosystem**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) is emerging, and how does it shape the way [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) **are designed, deployed, and trusted**? --- ## **The rise of system-level risk in AI** Recent research explores how **AI safety at the model level** does not always translate into **system-level safety** in real-world deployments. > A model can demonstrate strong **model alignment** during evaluation, yet exhibit entirely different behaviors when embedded within [**LLM agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). Once connected to tools, APIs, and external environments, the model operates within a broader [**agentic system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) that introduces new dynamics. These dynamics include: - **Multi-step reasoning** across complex workflows - **Tool use and API integration** within agent frameworks - **Persistent memory in AI systems** across sessions - **Interaction with external and unstructured data sources** Each layer adds complexity. Each interaction expands the **AI risk surface**. The result is a shift from isolated model behavior toward **emergent system behavior in AI**. That shift carries implications for how **AI governance and safety** are understood and implemented. --- ## **So why is model alignment alone not enough?** Model alignment focuses on constraining outputs within acceptable boundaries. Techniques such as **reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)**, constitutional AI, and benchmark-driven evaluation aim to shape responses toward desired behaviors. 💡 Once a model becomes part of an [****agentic AI system**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/), those constraints operate within a more complex loop. The model plans, acts, observes, and updates. Over time, these cycles create opportunities for unintended outcomes within ****AI-driven workflows**. Key factors that drive this gap include: - **Context expansion in large language models.** Agents operate across extended contexts, often combining structured and unstructured data. This creates opportunities for subtle inconsistencies to influence decisions. - **Tool integration and execution risk.** Access to external tools introduces operational risk. A safe response at the language level can translate into an unsafe action at the system level. - **Goal persistence in autonomous agents.** AI agents maintain objectives across multiple steps. Small deviations in reasoning can compound over time, leading to outcomes that diverge from initial intent. - **Evaluation mismatch in AI systems.** Many **AI evaluation frameworks** focus on single-turn interactions. Agent-based systems require **multi-step evaluation and scenario testing** to reflect real-world usage. Together, these factors create a gap between how **AI safety is measured** and how **AI systems behave in production**. [Analytics engineering’s AI gap: Full-stack data perspectiveFrom clean dashboards to messy intelligence systems.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteKshitij Aranke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-analytics-engineering-didnt-prepare-me-for-in-ai/) ## **The emergence of agentic complexity** Agent-based systems represent a transition from static inference toward dynamic execution. This shift introduces a new category of challenges in **AI system architecture** and [**enterprise AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) **deployment**. > In traditional deployments, the model serves as a component within a controlled pipeline. In **agentic AI systems**, the model takes on a more active role, making decisions that influence future states and downstream actions. This creates a form of operational complexity that resembles **distributed systems** [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) more than standalone models. Core characteristics of **agentic complexity in AI** include: - Stateful AI interactions across time - Non-deterministic execution in [**LLM agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-in-action-how-we-move-genai-from-prototype-to-production/) - Feedback loops in autonomous AI systems - Interdependencies between tools and model reasoning These characteristics require a different approach to **AI orchestration, monitoring, and control**. --- ## **What this means for enterprise AI system design** As AI systems evolve, design priorities are shifting. Model performance remains important, yet [**AI system reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/)**, observability, and governance** are gaining equal weight in enterprise environments. A few principles are starting to define best practice in **AI system design**: - **Design for containment in** [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/)Systems benefit from clearly defined boundaries around agent capabilities. Limiting access to sensitive tools and data reduces exposure to system-level risk. - **Prioritize observability in AI workflows**Detailed logging and monitoring enable teams to understand how decisions are made across multi-step processes. This supports both debugging and **AI governance frameworks**. - **Structure AI workflows explicitly**Breaking tasks into defined stages improves reliability. Structured workflows guide the model through complex processes while reducing ambiguity. - **Align evaluation with real-world AI deployment**Testing frameworks need to reflect real usage conditions. **Multi-step evaluation, red teaming, and adversarial testing** provide more meaningful insights than static benchmarks. These principles reflect a broader shift toward **system-level thinking in AI engineering**. The focus moves from optimizing individual models to managing interactions across the entire AI stack. [AI’s split future: Control vs autonomy in frontier systemsAI is splitting in two directions. One path is controlled, restricted, and security-first. The other is open, autonomous, and scaling fast. The real question isn’t which is better, it’s what this means for trust.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/) ## **A new layer of responsibility in AI governance** For organizations deploying AI, this shift introduces a new layer of responsibility. **AI safety** can no longer be treated as a property of the model alone. It becomes a property of the entire [**AI system architecture**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-doesnt-actually-learn-heres-the-problem/). This includes: - How **LLM agents are configured and orchestrated** - What tools and data sources AI systems can access - How decisions are monitored, logged, and audited - How failures in AI systems are detected and contained This perspective aligns closely with practices in **cybersecurity, risk management, and distributed systems design**. It emphasizes **defense in depth, continuous monitoring, and controlled deployment environments**. --- ## **The path forward for agentic AI systems** The evolution of AI systems points toward a more mature phase of development. Early progress focused on expanding **model capabilities and scale**. The next phase focuses on integrating those capabilities into **robust, production-ready AI systems**. This transition creates opportunities for teams that invest in: - **AI system architecture and orchestration** - **Agent frameworks and workflow design** - **AI governance and compliance** It also raises the bar for what it means to deploy **enterprise AI responsibly**. 💡 The contrast between controlled and open deployments highlights the range of possible approaches. Some systems prioritize ****containment, validation, and safety-first deployment**. Others prioritize ****accessibility, speed, and iteration**. Both approaches contribute to the evolving **AI ecosystem**. --- ## **Closing thoughts on AI system reliability** AI is entering a phase where **system design defines success**. Models continue to improve, yet their impact depends on how they are embedded within **complex, real-world systems**. The concept of “safe models” remains important. At the same time, it represents only one layer of a broader challenge. For AI professionals, the opportunity lies in bridging the gap between **model capability and system reliability**. That work defines the next frontier of **AI engineering and deployment**. It also answers a question that continues to gain relevance: *What makes an *AI system truly safe at scale*?* ### 3 easy ways to get the most out of Claude Code URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-easy-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T10:00:05.000Z The difference between a developer who gets mediocre results and one who ships faster than ever comes down to one thing: *How well they have set Claude up to succeed.* Claude Code works best as a smarter collaborator. It’s closer to onboarding a new engineer, one who needs context, structure, and clear boundaries to do their best work. Here is how to give it exactly that... _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### What analytics engineering didn’t prepare me for in AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-analytics-engineering-didnt-prepare-me-for-in-ai/ Last updated: 2026-04-14T15:45:28.000Z From the onset, analytics [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) seemed like the final evolution phase of [**business intelligence**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-tigereye-is-redefining-ai-powered-business-intelligence/). It created order through modern warehouses and declarative modeling tools. Dashboards became trusted, lineage was visible, and metrics were version-controlled. Over time, it gained traction through communities like dbt Labs, where it was established as a discipline focused on documentation, reproducibility, and testing best practices. 💡 For many, analytics engineering felt closer to software engineering than traditional reporting. With the arrival of Artificial Intelligence, the focus shifted from describing the past to predicting the future. > Systems began generating new outputs and working with probabilities rather than fixed answers. Instead of deterministic SQL queries, teams began working with uncertainty. Compared to the clean, predictable nature of dashboards, [AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) feel fundamentally different. This was the turning point. Analytics engineering prepared me to build reliable reports. AI requires [building](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) intelligent systems. That shift demands a full-stack mindset. --- ## **Analytics engineering foundations: What we were trained to optimize** The data warehousing tradition was the foundation of analytics engineering. > We learned to prioritize clarity of structure and dimensional modelling, drawing from texts like *The Data Warehouse Toolkit*. The goal was consistency and trust, where the same SQL query would always produce the same result. This determinism became the basis of stakeholder confidence. It worked because it created stability and shared understanding across teams. However, it also introduced a set of assumptions: - Transformations are rigid - Answers are exact - The world is structured AI challenges each of these assumptions. --- ## **The mindset gap: Deterministic pipelines vs probabilistic systems** [Machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) operates on probability, while analytics engineering is built on certainty. 💡 A dashboard might report revenue as $1.2m. A model, on the other hand, might predict a 72% probability that a customer will churn. One is definitive, the other is contextual. Research from Harvard Business Review reinforces this shift. Thomas H. Davenport and Rajeev Ronanki explain that successful AI systems deliver value within constraints, with usefulness taking priority over perfection. This reframes what “correct” means. Instead of asking whether something is correct, teams focus on: - Performance improvement - Comparison to a baseline - Value delivered to users As a result, fixed validation gives way to experimentation. Metrics become distributions rather than absolutes, and progress is measured iteratively. For engineers used to deterministic systems, this shift can feel unfamiliar, yet it becomes essential. [AI’s new era: Train once, infer forever in production AIWhy the future of AI systems will be driven by inference and agent workloads.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) ## **The data problem gets harder: Messy inputs, drift, and continuous quality** [**AI introduces**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) a level of complexity that structured analytics rarely encounters. Data extends beyond clean tables to include logs, images, and unstructured text, all of which require ongoing interpretation and engineering. This data also evolves over time. In traditional analytics, issues like null values or broken schemas were visible and relatively easy to diagnose. In [AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/), challenges emerge more subtly. Models can degrade while systems appear to function as expected. Distributions shift. User behavior evolves. Language changes. Simple checks such as row counts provide limited coverage in this context. Modern AI systems require continuous monitoring and active data management. As Bernard Marr highlights, value from AI comes from actively governed data. Data quality becomes an ongoing responsibility. --- ## **New responsibilities: From transformation to models and MLOps** In analytics, pipelines end at insight. In AI, they extend to action. Dashboards support [**human decision-making**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/human-ai-rethinking-the-roles-and-skills-of-knowledge-workers/). Models automate decisions. This shift introduces a new set of responsibilities: - Model deployment and rollback - Training and evaluation - Monitoring predictions in production - Ensuring training consistency The lifecycle becomes continuous rather than static. Guidance from Google formalizes this approach under MLOps, where models are treated as production systems. [Frameworks](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) like the ML Test Score, developed by Eric Breck, provide structured ways to assess readiness and manage risk. The risks are well documented. D. Sculley shows how quickly complexity builds in machine learning systems when pipelines are fragile or loosely defined. Over time, shortcuts accumulate and systems become unstable. ML systems are engineering problems, as well as data challenges. [AI’s split future: Control vs autonomy in frontier systemsAI is splitting in two directions. One path is controlled, restricted, and security-first. The other is open, autonomous, and scaling fast. The real question isn’t which is better, it’s what this means for trust.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/) ## **The full-stack reality: Infrastructure, product, and human trust** As soon as models are embedded into applications, the scope expands. 💡 Concerns such as latency, cost, and [****scalability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) become central. Real-time systems and APIs become part of the data workflow. At this point, work extends beyond reporting into product development. Trust also becomes a defining factor. Dashboards present verifiable numbers. Models make decisions that impact users. This introduces new expectations around transparency, bias, and accountability. Users want explanations. Regulators expect oversight. Trust becomes something that is designed, measured, and maintained alongside technical performance. --- ## **Conclusion** Analytics engineering provided strong foundations in lineage, reproducibility, testing, and discipline. AI builds on these foundations while introducing uncertainty, continuous change, and new system-level challenges. The boundaries between [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), analytics, and [**product**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) continue to converge. Data professionals increasingly think across the full stack, from data models to real-world impact. **The goal is to extend analytics engineering.** From clean dashboards to intelligent systems. From static pipelines to adaptive ones. This is the shift AI demands, and it highlights the gap that analytics engineering alone did not fully address. --- ## **References** - Eric Breck, Polyzotis, N., Roy, S., Whang, S., & Zinkevich, M. (2017). *The ML Test Score: A Rubric for ML Production Readiness.* - Thomas H. Davenport, & Rajeev Ronanki (2018). *Artificial Intelligence for the Real World.* Harvard Business Review. - Google (2020). *MLOps: Continuous Delivery and Automation Pipelines in Machine Learning.* - Kimball, R., & Ross, M. (2013). *The Data Warehouse Toolkit.* Wiley. - Martin Kleppmann (2017). *Designing Data-Intensive Applications.* O’Reilly Media. - Bernard Marr (2021). *Data Strategy: How to Profit from a World of Big Data, Analytics and AI.* Kogan Page. - D. Sculley et al. (2015). *Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems.* In Neural Information Processing Systems Proceedings. ### AI’s new era: Train once, infer forever URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:59:43.000Z > Over the past several years, [**the AI industry**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-problem-with-ai-explaining-ai/)has focused heavily on training increasingly large models. Discussions about artificial intelligence often center around massive GPU clusters, trillion-parameter architectures, and the enormous computational resources required to train modern systems. Training has become the most visible symbol of progress in machine learning, and it often dominates headlines across the [**technology industry**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/). However, once a model is trained, the real operational challenge begins. Every A-powered product relies on inference and the process of running a trained model to generate predictions or responses. 💡 Unlike training, which happens occasionally, inference occurs continuously. Every chatbot reply, recommendation result, automated workflow, and generated document requires the model to run again. As organizations move from experimentation to production environments, it becomes clearer that the long-term [**engineering challenge of AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) is not only training models, but running them efficiently at scale. --- ## The shift from training to operational AI Training a modern model requires substantial computing resources, but for most organizations, it is not a daily activity. A model may be trained or fine-tuned periodically and then deployed to support applications that operate continuously. Once deployed, the same model may serve thousands or millions of requests every day across multiple systems. This changes how companies must think about AI infrastructure. Training represents a large but relatively short-lived workload, while inference becomes an ongoing operational workload that grows with usage. As AI capabilities become embedded in enterprise applications, the number of inference calls increases rapidly. Over time, the cost and engineering complexity of running models in production can exceed the original cost of training them. [AI’s split future: Control vs autonomy in frontier systemsAI is splitting in two directions. One path is controlled, restricted, and security-first. The other is open, autonomous, and scaling fast. The real question isn’t which is better, it’s what this means for trust.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/) ## Inference as the operational core of AI systems Every inference request consumes compute resources. When a user sends a prompt to a language model, the system processes the input tokens and generates output tokens step by step. Large language models generate responses sequentially, which means the model remains active throughout the entire generation process, continuing to use GPU memory and compute resources. At scale, these operations become significant. [**Enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) copilots, automated support systems, and AI-powered search tools may process millions of prompts each day. The infrastructure supporting these systems must manage latency, GPU utilization, and memory constraints while maintaining predictable performance. As organizations expand their AI deployments, the focus naturally shifts toward improving inference efficiency. --- ## The architecture of enterprise AI platforms 💡 [****Modern AI platforms**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) typically consist of several layers that support the lifecycle of a model. The first layer is the training environment where models are trained or fine-tuned using large datasets and distributed computing frameworks. This stage focuses on experimentation, evaluation, and improvement. The second layer prepares models for production through optimization techniques such as quantization, distillation, and parameter-efficient fine-tuning. The final layers focus on inference infrastructure and applications where models are served through scalable APIs and integrated into [**products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/). In many production environments, the most complex engineering challenges occur in these later stages, where models must operate reliably under real workloads. [The machine learning paradox: Can AI actually learn?We call it machine learning. But do machines actually learn? Today’s AI systems train, optimize, and scale, but real learning is something else entirely. The distinction matters more than the industry wants to admit.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-doesnt-actually-learn-heres-the-problem/) ## Scaling inference for large language models Running large language models efficiently requires several optimization techniques. Quantization reduces the numerical precision of model weights, which allows models to run faster and consume less memory. Distillation allows smaller models to replicate the behavior of larger models for specific tasks, which can significantly reduce compute requirements. Infrastructure-level improvements are also important. Continuous batching allows multiple requests to be processed together, which increases hardware utilization. Techniques such as KV cache reuse and speculative decoding improve token generation throughput and reduce latency. These optimizations make it possible to run large models in production systems where both cost and performance matter. --- ## Modern infrastructure for large-scale inference As AI adoption grows, new infrastructure patterns are emerging to support inference workloads. One approach is server-less inference, where compute resources automatically scale based on demand. Instead of maintaining GPU clusters that run continuously, the system can allocate resources dynamically as requests arrive, improving overall utilization. Another important development is GPU sharing and multi-model serving. Instead of dedicating a GPU to a single model, modern inference platforms allow multiple models to run on the same hardware and schedule requests dynamically. Techniques such as request batching and model multiplexing further improve efficiency by enabling the system to support many workloads without continuously expanding infrastructure. ## Agents and the amplification of inference workloads > A major change in AI applications is the rise of [**agent-based systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/). Traditional AI applications typically generate a single response to a user request. Agent systems behave differently because they perform multi-step reasoning before producing a final result. An agent may break down a task into smaller steps, retrieve information from external systems, and generate several intermediate prompts during the process. Each step usually requires another model inference. As a result, a single user request may trigger many model executions instead of just one. Agent-driven workflows, therefore, amplify the amount of inference performed by the system and increase the demand on the underlying infrastructure. --- ## Infrastructure implications of agent workloads 💡 Agent systems place additional requirements on AI infrastructure because they create chains of inference calls rather than isolated requests. A single task may involve multiple reasoning steps where the output of one model call becomes the input for the next step. This increases both compute usage and latency sensitivity. To support these workloads efficiently, infrastructure must manage high volumes of model calls while maintaining predictable performance. Techniques such as model routing, efficient batching, GPU sharing, and dynamic scaling become even more important when agent workflows operate at scale. As organizations adopt agent-driven automation, the importance of efficient inference infrastructure continues to grow. ## Designing systems with inference efficiency in mind As organizations gain experience with production AI deployments, many teams are beginning to design architectures that prioritize inference efficiency from the outset. Instead of relying on a single large model, systems may route simple tasks to smaller models and reserve larger models for more complex reasoning tasks. Other design strategies include streaming responses so users can see results as they are generated, and dynamically scaling infrastructure based on real-time demand. Efficient scheduling and GPU sharing can further improve hardware utilization and reduce operational costs. These approaches help ensure that both language model applications and agent-driven workflows can operate reliably at scale. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) ## The future of AI infrastructure The broader technology ecosystem is beginning to adapt to the growing importance of inference workloads. Hardware vendors are developing accelerators optimized specifically for inference performance, while cloud platforms are introducing systems designed for large-scale model serving. As agent-based applications become more common, the number of inference requests will continue to increase. 💡 Future AI platforms will need to support large-scale model execution, efficient orchestration of reasoning steps, and optimal use of specialized hardware. In this environment, success will depend less on training the largest model and more on [****building systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) capable of running AI workloads efficiently over long periods of time. ## Conclusion Artificial intelligence is entering a new stage of maturity. Early progress focused on training large models and demonstrating the capabilities of modern [**machine learning systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/). These breakthroughs established the foundation for the rapid expansion of AI across industries. > As AI becomes embedded in real applications, the focus is shifting toward how these systems operate in production environments. Inference now represents the core workload that powers both language models and agent-driven systems. Organizations that design infrastructure optimized for efficient inference will be best positioned to support the next generation of intelligent applications. In the long run, training happens occasionally, but inference and agent execution happen continuously. ### How generative AI is revolutionizing drug discovery and development URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T07:58:18.000Z Have you ever wondered just how long it takes to bring a new medicine to market? For those of us working in the [pharmaceutical industry](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/pharma-healthcare-life-sciences/), the answer is clear: it can take *decades* and cost *billions*. As a computer scientist leading the AI team at AstraZeneca, I've seen firsthand just how complicated the [drug discovery](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-for-drug-discovery/) process is. Trust me, there’s a lot of work that goes into developing a drug. But the real challenge lies in making the process more efficient and accessible, which is where **generative AI** comes in. In this article, I’ll walk you through the critical role that AI plays in accelerating drug discovery, particularly in areas like medical imaging, predicting patient outcomes, and creating synthetic data to address data scarcity. While AI has incredible potential, it’s not without its challenges. From building trust with pathologists to navigating regulatory requirements, there’s a lot to consider. So, let’s dive into how AI is reshaping the way we approach drug discovery and development – and why it matters to the future of healthcare. ## **Generative AI’s role in enhancing medical imaging** One of the most powerful applications of [generative AI ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/generative-ai/)in drug development is its ability to analyze medical images – a process that’s essential for diagnosing diseases like cancer, which can be difficult to detect early on. In the world of pathology, we’re increasingly moving away from using traditional microscopes, and using digital images instead. With digitized tissue biopsies, we now have access to incredibly detailed scans that show every single cell. The sheer volume of this data – sometimes containing over 100,000 x 100,000 pixels – makes it almost impossible for human pathologists to analyze every single detail, but AI can handle this level of complexity. At AstraZeneca, we’ve been using generative AI to help analyze these vast datasets. One of the most exciting developments is in **medical imaging**, where AI models can quickly identify cancerous cells, segment different areas of tissue, and even predict patient outcomes. For example, AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to a specific drug – information that’s invaluable for companies like ours, as we work to develop treatments that will provide real, tangible benefits for patients. In my work, we leverage powerful AI techniques such as **variational autoencoders** and **generative adversarial networks (GANs)** to build these models. These AI techniques can help us learn from medical images and generate synthetic data that can be used to train AI models more effectively. [Computer Vision in Healthcare: Download the eBook todayUnlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-381.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-download-the-ebook-today/) ## **Overcoming data scarcity with synthetic data** In healthcare, one of the biggest challenges we face is **data scarcity**. High-quality, labeled medical data is incredibly difficult to obtain, and privacy concerns mean that it’s often not feasible to collect large amounts of patient data. This scarcity of data can be a significant barrier to [building reliable AI models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-advanced-ai-systems-challenges-and-best-practices/). One of the ways we’re addressing this challenge is by using **synthetic data**. With generative AI, we can create realistic medical data that mirrors the patterns seen in real-world datasets. This synthetic data can be used to train AI models, allowing us to overcome some of the limitations posed by data scarcity. In addition to providing data for training, synthetic data can help address another key issue in medical imaging: **heterogeneity**. Data collected from different hospitals or medical centers may differ in terms of image quality, scanning techniques, or even how the tissue samples are prepared. These differences can make it difficult for AI models to generalize and perform well across datasets from different sources. To solve this, we’ve explored using generative AI to [standardize the data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-scalable-image-data-pipelines-for-ai-training/). For example, if we train a model using data from one hospital, it may not work as well when applied to data from a different hospital. By generating synthetic data that mimics the characteristics of different hospitals, we can ensure that our models work reliably across a wide range of real-world scenarios. [The impact and challenges of generative AI in healthcareExamining generative AI in healthcare: innovations, consumer views, and pressing ethical considerations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-382.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1554734867-bf3c00a49371-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-and-challenges-of-generative-ai-in-healthcare/) ## **The role visual language models play in drug development** A particularly exciting area of research for us has been the use of **visual language models**. These models combine both visual data (such as medical images) and textual data (such as pathology reports) to create more comprehensive insights. Imagine this: a pathologist receives a biopsy scan and needs to write a report that summarizes the findings. Instead of manually writing out every detail, a [visual language model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/) could analyze the image and generate an automatic report, outlining exactly what’s happening in the scan – what areas are abnormal, where cancer is present, and whether any other pathologies are visible. In a project we worked on, we analyzed pathology reports from 14 hospitals across the UK, all related to chronic kidney disease. These reports were highly heterogeneous, with different hospitals using different formats, and the text was written in varying styles. Using AI, we harmonized these reports into a standardized format, extracting only the most relevant information. This **multi-modal** approach – combining text and images – showed just how powerful generative AI can be in streamlining the process of medical data analysis. [AI for health & networking: Christie Mealo’s tech impactChristie Mealo discusses AI in health, her AI networking app, and her role in Philly’s tech scene, highlighting generative AI’s impact.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-383.png)AI Accelerator InstituteChristie Mealo![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-for-health-networking-christie-mealos-tech-impact/) ## **Building trust with pathologists and medical experts** One of the biggest challenges we face in applying AI to healthcare is building trust with the medical experts who use our models. Pathologists, after all, have spent years developing their expertise and have a deep understanding of the nuances of disease detection. Convincing them that AI can be a useful tool – and not a replacement for their expertise – requires careful consideration and collaboration. From the beginning, we’ve worked closely with pathologists to ensure that the AI models we develop address their real-world needs. We don’t simply create a model and then hand it off to the pathologist; instead, we sit down with them, understand their challenges, and develop the model together. This collaborative approach ensures that the AI we build is both **useful** and **trustworthy**. One example of this collaboration is our work on prostate cancer detection. The challenge with prostate cancer is that some cancerous glands are so small that even experienced pathologists can miss them. But AI can spot these tiny glands with impressive accuracy. When we showed our model’s results to pathologists, they were impressed by how effectively the AI was able to detect these hard-to-find glands. This success then helped build their trust in the technology. [Regulating artificial intelligence: The bigger pictureThe article discusses the challenges of AI regulation, economic impact, and governance, with a focus on the UK’s evolving legal approach.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-384.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--2--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/regulating-artificial-intelligence-the-bigger-picture/) ## **Ensuring accountability and regulatory compliance** While AI can significantly enhance the drug discovery process, it’s important to remember that pathologists remain accountable for the final medical decisions. AI is a tool that supports their work, but it’s not a replacement for their judgment. At AstraZeneca, we are deeply committed to ensuring that all of our AI applications comply with regulatory standards. The healthcare industry is heavily regulated, and we take compliance seriously. Every model we develop must meet rigorous standards before it can be deployed in clinical settings. We also recognize that developing AI models for healthcare involves an ethical responsibility. These models must be **transparent**, **explainable**, and **free from bias**. It’s not enough for the model to work; it must also work fairly and reliably across all patient populations. ## **Conclusion** So, while AI is an incredibly powerful tool, it’s essential to remember that pathologists, clinicians, and researchers will always remain at the heart of drug discovery. AI is here to **support** their work, not replace it. As we continue to advance in our use of AI, it’s exciting to think about the possibilities for improving patient outcomes and accelerating the development of new medicines. But, at the end of the day, the human touch – expert judgment, empathy, and care – will always be paramount in healthcare. At AstraZeneca, we’re excited to be at the forefront of these changes, and we look forward to continuing our work with AI to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients around the world. --- This article comes from Dr Nikolay Burlutskiy’s talk at our London 2024 Generative AI Summit. Check out his [full presentation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-london-november-2024/?%5Fgl=1%2As6ikax%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTg4Mjg1NDIyMS4xNzQ0Mzc5OTc2%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTc0NTUxMzI5MC4yLjEuMTc0NTUxMzI5Mi4wLjAuMA..&wchannelid=22dgbgtmw0&wmediaid=uk94syv2y4) and the wealth of [OnDemand resources](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ondemand/) waiting for you. Nikolay was the former Director of ML and AI at AstraZeneca at the time of this talk. He's currently the Senior Manager of GenAI Platforms at Mars. ### Rapid prototyping with GenAI: From idea to interactive PoC in days URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rapid-prototyping-with-genai-from-idea-to-interactive-poc-in-days/ Last updated: 2026-04-10T15:00:46.000Z I've been dreaming about the future of software development for a while now. And I'll admit, my vision might sound like a nightmare to some of you. But hear me out. > Picture this: You write a single prompt. Something beautifully simple like "Make me a text editor like Microsoft Office Word, just make it better." You press enter, grab a coffee, maybe have lunch with your team, do some team building exercises. When you come back, there it is. A perfect product waiting for you. The software anticipates everything. It understands how humans interact with [**technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/). It guides users through complex tasks seamlessly. All that's left is calling the customer, showing them your creation, and sending the invoice. That's my dream. And yes, I know we're nowhere close to that reality yet. --- ## The harsh reality of generative AI in software development Working with generative AI tools today feels vastly different from that utopian vision. Whether you're using them for software development, marketing, or any other domain, you've probably noticed the gap between promise and reality. The limiting factors are significant. Let me walk you through what's holding us back. ## Implicit knowledge remains our biggest challenge One of the most significant limitations of generative AI isn’t technical—it’s human. Much of what makes great software comes from experience and intuition, not documentation. **In practice, this creates a gap:** - Developers rely on **implicit knowledge** built over years - Teams understand users and business context intuitively - This knowledge **can’t be fully documented or standardized** ## Unwilling stakeholders create real barriers Then there's the human element. You might have stakeholders in your organization or your customer's organization who simply say no. "Don't use AI. We want you to write everything by hand." These concerns often come from valid places. Security worries keep people up at night. What if that beautiful new text editor you deployed leaks all user data to an unsecured S3 bucket somewhere on the web? These aren't hypothetical concerns. They're real risks we need to address. ## Business complexity overwhelms current AI capabilities Modern businesses operate with complex data structures that often confuse even employees who've been there for years. How can we expect AI to navigate this complexity when humans struggle with it? And then there's the most critical challenge: Dependencies. Software components need to work together seamlessly. When you tweak component A, you might break component B. Zoom out to the [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) level, and you see external systems, APIs, processes, and compliance requirements all interconnected in ways that current generative AI simply can't handle in one go. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Is AI splitting into two worlds? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/ Last updated: 2026-04-10T14:32:12.000Z Two developments recently have quietly revealed a deeper shift in AI. One model exists behind closed doors, deployed to a small group tasked with securing critical systems. Another arrives openly, [**building software**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) over hours-long sessions with no supervision. Same field. Very different philosophies. For [**AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)**,** this raises a more useful question than benchmarks or model size. What kind of ecosystem is emerging, and what does it mean for how we build, deploy, and trust AI? --- ## The emergence of restricted frontier systems Anthropic’s Project Glasswing introduces something unusual. A frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview, with strong gains across reasoning, coding, and vulnerability detection, yet deliberately kept out of public hands. The reported capabilities stand out. Mythos identified thousands of security flaws across operating systems and browsers, including issues that survived decades of testing and millions of scans. That level of signal points to advances in long-context reasoning, codebase navigation, and multi-step inference. More interesting than the performance is the deployment model. 💡 Access sits with a small coalition of partners. The goal focuses on defensive cybersecurity, with structured rollout and controlled environments. This marks a shift from “release and iterate” toward something closer to “contain and validate.” For practitioners, this introduces a new category of model: - Systems operating in **controlled, high-trust environments** - Capabilities **withheld by design rather than by limitation** - Deployment shaped by **risk surface instead of user demand** This reframes how frontier capability enters the ecosystem. Instead of broad release followed by patchwork mitigation, capability arrives paired with governance from day one. > There is also a quieter technical signal. Models at this level appear to exhibit behaviors that extend beyond predictable task execution. Reports of unexpected actions during internal testing hint at systems that require tighter boundaries, stronger observability, and more deliberate constraint design. In other words, the model stops being just a tool and starts behaving more like a system you need to manage carefully. Slightly less “run this prompt” and slightly more “monitor this process.” [The machine learning paradox: Can AI actually learn?We call it machine learning. But do machines actually learn? Today’s AI systems train, optimize, and scale, but real learning is something else entirely. The distinction matters more than the industry wants to admit.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-doesnt-actually-learn-heres-the-problem/) --- ## The acceleration of open capability In parallel, Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.1 takes a very different path. 💡 An open-source model reaching the top of SWE-Bench Pro marks a meaningful moment. Coding benchmarks serve as a proxy for structured reasoning, tool use, and multi-step execution. Leading that benchmark suggests open models are advancing along dimensions once dominated by closed systems. The more interesting signal lies in long-horizon execution. Demonstrations of multi-hour autonomous sessions suggest improvements in memory persistence, task decomposition, and iterative refinement. These are core ingredients for [**agentic workflows**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/). From a systems perspective, this reflects progress in areas such as: - Persistent context across extended execution cycles - Stable tool use over multiple iterations - Sustained output quality over time For developers, this opens a different layer of experimentation. Instead of prompting for outputs, teams can design workflows where models plan, execute, and adapt over extended periods. Open access amplifies this effect. It allows teams to: - Inspect behavior under real workloads - Fine-tune models for domain-specific tasks - Integrate deeply into internal systems This creates a feedback loop where capability and adoption reinforce each other. More usage leads to better patterns, better tooling, and faster iteration. > Also, a small but important detail. When a model can run for eight hours straight building something useful, it quietly changes expectations. The question shifts from “Can it help?” to “How much can it take off my plate today?” --- ## Two trajectories, one ecosystem Together, these developments point to a clear split. On one side, highly capable models operate within restricted environments, optimized for safety, [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/), and controlled deployment. On the other hand, increasingly capable open models enable broad experimentation and rapid iteration. This introduces a set of tensions that extend beyond performance: - **Access vs control.** Restricted models concentrate capability within a small group. Open models distribute it widely. - **Safety vs speed.** Controlled deployments emphasize risk mitigation. Open ecosystems move quickly through experimentation. - **Reliability vs flexibility.** Closed systems offer tighter guarantees. Open systems offer adaptability and customization. For [**AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/), this shapes architectural decisions. Model choice becomes less about raw capability and more about alignment with system requirements, risk tolerance, and operational constraints. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) --- ## Implications for building agentic systems The [**rise of agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-engagement-to-fulfillment-how-agentic-ai-is-rewriting-product-metrics/) adds another layer to this divide. As systems shift from assistive to execution-oriented, evaluation shifts toward outcomes. Task completion, quality, and time to fulfillment move to the center. In this context, model characteristics matter differently. Restricted frontier models may offer: - Higher consistency in complex reasoning - Strong performance on edge cases - Safeguards aligned with [**enterprise requirements**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) Open models may offer: - Greater control over system design - Flexibility across domains - Faster iteration cycles The choice influences system design end-to-end, from orchestration layers to monitoring and evaluation. There is also a cultural difference. Teams working with open models tend to iterate quickly and learn from deployment. Teams working with restricted models often emphasize validation, compliance, and structured rollout. Both approaches create value. The interesting question is how they begin to overlap. --- ## So, who decides how advanced AI capability is accessed and applied? If the most powerful systems remain restricted, a small number of organizations shape the boundaries of what gets built. If open models continue to close the gap, capability spreads more widely, along with the responsibility that comes with it. For the industry, this creates parallel tracks of innovation with different incentives and timelines. For practitioners, it introduces a strategic layer to system design. Model selection becomes part of a broader decision around governance, reliability, and long-term scalability. 💡 One thing feels clear: The conversation has moved beyond which model tops a benchmark. The more interesting discussion centers on how capability is deployed, who can access it, and how it shapes the systems being built. And perhaps the most interesting signal sits just out of view. The models everyone talks about are usually available. The ones that quietly reshape workflows tend to sit behind the scenes, solving problems before anyone notices. Which, for an industry that loves benchmarks, feels like a slightly ironic place to end up. ### AI doesn’t actually learn. Here’s the problem URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-doesnt-actually-learn-heres-the-problem/ Last updated: 2026-05-02T09:52:12.000Z For something called *machine learning*, we spend surprisingly little time asking whether machines actually learn. That isn’t a throwaway line. It’s the central tension behind [**a recent paper**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15381), and it cuts closer to home than much of the field might like. Because if you look carefully, today’s AI systems do not learn in the way we intuitively mean. They train. They optimize. They scale. Learning, however, sits in a different category... --- ## The training illusion [**Modern AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) excel at one thing: extracting patterns from large datasets. Give a model enough [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), compute, and time, and it will: - Predict the next token - Classify images - Generate code - Pass exams that most of us would prefer to avoid This represents real progress. It underpins most of the breakthroughs of the last decade. There is, however, a structural catch. 💡 These systems learn almost entirely in a predefined training phase, often on carefully curated datasets. Once deployed, they operate largely as fixed functions. Updates require retraining, fine-tuning, or human intervention. In other words, they operate without ongoing learning. The paper frames this as a fundamental limitation: current systems lack autonomous, continuous learning, the ability to adapt dynamically in open environments. This gap marks the difference between a system that performs well in benchmarks and one that behaves robustly in the real world. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) --- ## Why this matters for AI professionals At first glance, this might feel like academic hair-splitting. After all, if the model works, does the learning process matter? In practice, it matters quite a lot. **The cracks show up in familiar places:** - Systems struggle with out-of-distribution scenarios - Long-horizon tasks break down after a few steps - Context fades faster than anyone would like - Real-world interaction remains brittle These patterns appear consistently, and they reflect structural consequences of how learning is currently defined. The paper compares today’s paradigm to an **assembly line**: data is collected, models are trained, and outputs are produced. The system itself does not evolve through experience. That approach works well for static tasks. It performs less effectively in a dynamic world. --- ## Learning, according to biology To understand what’s missing, the authors take an unusual route for an AI paper and look to cognitive science. Biological systems do not separate learning into neat phases. They combine multiple modes of learning, continuously: - Passive observation - Active interaction - Internal control over what to learn and when The paper formalizes this into three components: ### 1\. System A: Learning from observation This aligns closely with what current models do: learning patterns from data, often through self-supervision. ### 2\. System B: Learning from action Here, learning happens through interaction with the environment, through trial, error, feedback, and adaptation. ### 3\. System M: Meta-control This is the interesting layer. A system that decides how to learn, when to observe, when to act, and how to allocate resources. [**Current AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) lean heavily toward System A. The other two appear only in partial form. Which explains quite a lot. [AI swarms are here: How autonomous agents work togetherIf the last wave of AI felt like hiring a very smart intern, this one feels more like managing an entire organization that never sleeps (and occasionally argues with itself).![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) --- ## The missing ingredient: Autonomy The paper’s core claim is simple and slightly uncomfortable: Today’s AI systems function as non-autonomous learners. They rely on: - Curated datasets - Predefined objectives - External supervision They lack the ability to: - Generate their own learning signals - Adapt continuously to new environments - Build internal models that evolve over time 💡 This explains why scaling alone shows diminishing returns. Performance improves, yet the learning paradigm stays the same. It resembles upgrading a car’s engine while leaving the steering system untouched. --- ## **What a different architecture might look like** The authors move beyond critique and outline a path forward, blending ideas from reinforcement learning, self-supervision, and cognitive science. At a high level, future systems would: - Learn from both **observation and interaction**, rather than static data alone - Continuously update their internal representations - Use **meta-control mechanisms** to guide learning dynamically - Operate in open-ended environments instead of fixed datasets In this framing, learning becomes an ongoing process rather than a one-time event. Training becomes the starting point. --- ## Two shifts this implies If you take the paper seriously, it points to two broader shifts for the field: ### 1\. From datasets to environments The center of gravity moves away from static corpora toward interactive, evolving environments. Think less “pre-training on the internet,” more “learning through experience.” ### 2\. From optimization to adaptation Performance metrics shift from accuracy on benchmarks to **adaptability over time**. The question changes from “how well does it perform?” to “how quickly can it improve?” --- ## A quick reality check Before declaring a major shift in [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/), it helps to stay grounded. Current approaches: - Work extremely well in many domains - Scale predictably - Deliver real economic value All of that remains true. What this paper highlights is not failure, but **incompleteness**. The field has built systems that excel at extracting patterns from data. Systems that interact with [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) continuously, adapt in real time, and evolve through experience still sit on the horizon. [Building hybrid AI for financial crime detectionHere’s how consulting leader Valentin Marenich and his team built a hybrid AI system that combines machine learning, generative AI, and human oversight to deliver real-world results in a highly regulated environment.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteValentin Marenich![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fighting-financial-crime-with-hybrid-ai/) --- ## So… does AI learn? Yes, within a narrow and well-defined frame. It learns during training. It generalizes within bounds. It performs impressively under the right conditions. Continuous, interactive, self-directed learning remains out of reach. That distinction matters. Because [**the next wave of AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) progress likely depends less on scaling the same paradigm and more on expanding what “learning” actually means. --- ## Final thought The field has achieved remarkable progress through pattern recognition. Now it’s encountering the limits of that success. The question has shifted. It’s no longer about whether machines can learn from data. It’s now about whether they can learn from the world. And that is a much harder problem, though it does come with better benchmarks than ImageNet. ### How AIRA2 breaks AI research bottlenecks URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-aira2-breaks-ai-research-bottlenecks/ Last updated: 2026-04-01T13:44:36.000Z The promise of AI agents that can conduct genuine scientific research has long captivated the machine learning community, and, let’s be honest, slightly haunted it too. A new system called AIRA2, developed by researchers at [**Meta's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) FAIR lab and collaborating institutions, represents a significant leap forward in this quest… ## The three walls holding back AI research (and the hidden bottlenecks within them) Previous attempts at [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) AI research agents keep hitting the same ceilings. The team behind AIRA2 identified key bottlenecks that limit progress, no matter how much compute is thrown at the problem. - **Limited compute throughput** Most agents run synchronously on a single GPU, sitting idle while experiments complete. This drastically slows iteration and caps exploration. - **Too few experiments per day** Because of this bottleneck, agents can only test \~10–20 candidates daily—far too low to meaningfully search a massive solution space. - **The generalization gap** Instead of improving over time, agents often get worse, chasing short-term gains that don’t hold up. - **Metric gaming and evaluation noise** Agents exploit flaws in their own evaluation, benefiting from lucky data splits or unnoticed bugs that distort results. - **Rigid, single-turn prompts**Predefined actions like “write code” or “debug” break down in complex scenarios, leaving agents stuck when tasks become multi-step or unpredictable. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition--1-.png) ## Engineering solutions for each bottleneck AIRA2 addresses each bottleneck through specific architectural innovations. To solve the compute problem, the system uses an asynchronous multi-GPU worker pool. Think of it as having eight hands instead of one; suddenly, multitasking becomes less of a fantasy. While one worker trains a model on its dedicated GPU, the orchestrator dispatches new experiments to others, compressing days of sequential work into hours. For the generalization gap, AIRA2 implements a Hidden Consistent Evaluation (HCE) protocol. ## The system splits data into three sets: - Training data the agent can see - A hidden search set for evaluating candidates - A validation set used only for final selection 💡 Crucially, the agent never sees the labels for the search or validation sets, preventing it from gaming the metrics or getting too clever for its own good. All evaluation happens externally in isolated containers, with fixed data splits throughout the search. To overcome static operator limitations, AIRA2 replaces fixed prompts with ReAct agents that can reason and act autonomously. ### These sub-agents can: - Perform exploratory data analysis - Run quick experiments - Inspect error logs - Iteratively debug issues Instead of failing when encountering an unexpected error, they can investigate, hypothesize, and try multiple fixes within the same session, more like a determined researcher, less like a script that gives up after one exception. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-668.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) ## Proving the approach works The researchers evaluated AIRA2 on MLE-bench-30, a collection of 30 Kaggle [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) competitions ranging from computer vision to natural language processing. 💡 Using 8 [****NVIDIA**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-gtc-2026-the-ai-stack-gets-real/) H200 GPUs and [****Google's**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) Gemini 3.0 Pro model, AIRA2 achieved a mean percentile rank of 71.8% at 24 hours, surpassing the previous best of 69.9%. More impressively, it continued improving to 76.0% at 72 hours, while previous systems typically degraded with extended runtime, like marathon runners who forgot to train. ## The ablation studies revealed crucial insights Removing the parallel compute capability dropped performance by over 12 percentile points at 72 hours. Without the hidden evaluation protocol, performance plateaued after 24 hours and showed no improvement with additional compute (a very expensive way to stand still). The ReAct agents proved especially valuable early in the search, providing a 5.5 percentile point boost at 3 hours by enabling more efficient exploration. ## Perhaps most revealing was the finding about overfitting By implementing consistent evaluation, the researchers discovered that the performance degradation seen in prior work wasn't due to data memorization at all. Instead, it stemmed from evaluation noise and metric gaming. Once these sources of instability were controlled, agent performance improved monotonically with additional compute (finally behaving the way everyone had hoped it would in the first place). [Building hybrid AI for financial crime detectionHere’s how consulting leader Valentin Marenich and his team built a hybrid AI system that combines machine learning, generative AI, and human oversight to deliver real-world results in a highly regulated environment.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-669.png)AI Accelerator InstituteValentin Marenich![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fighting-financial-crime-with-hybrid-ai/) ## Real breakthroughs in action Beyond the numbers, AIRA2 demonstrated moments of genuine scientific reasoning. 💡 On a molecular prediction task where all other agents failed to achieve any medal, AIRA2 noticed that a poorly performing model was training suspiciously fast, a red flag in machine learning if there ever was one. Rather than discarding the approach, the agent inspected the logs, correctly diagnosed under-fitting, scaled up the model parameters, extended training time, and achieved a gold medal score. Not bad for something that doesn’t need coffee breaks. Similar breakthroughs occurred on other challenging tasks. On a text completion challenge, AIRA2 decomposed the problem into two learned subtasks, training separate models for detecting missing word positions and filling gaps. On a fine-grained image classification task with 3,474 classes, it achieved the highest score among all evaluated agents by carefully ensembling multiple vision models with asymmetric loss functions, no small feat, even by human standards. --- ## The path forward for AI-driven research AIRA2 represents more than incremental progress. By treating AI research as a distributed systems problem rather than just a reasoning challenge, it demonstrates that the key to scaling AI agents lies in addressing fundamental [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) bottlenecks. The system's ability to maintain consistent improvement over 72 hours of compute suggests we're moving closer to agents that can conduct genuine, sustained scientific investigation, without quietly falling apart halfway through. ## The implications extend beyond benchmark performance As these systems mature, they could accelerate discovery across fields from drug development to materials science. However, challenges remain. The researchers acknowledge that distinguishing genuine reasoning from sophisticated pattern matching remains difficult, especially given potential contamination from publicly available solutions in training data. 💡 What AIRA2 proves definitively is that the barriers to effective AI research agents aren't insurmountable. With careful engineering to address compute efficiency, evaluation [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/), and operator flexibility, we can build systems that don't just automate routine tasks but engage in the messy, iterative process of scientific discovery. The gap between human and AI researchers continues to narrow, one bottleneck at a time. [How New York’s tech leaders are shaping the futureArtificial intelligence is transforming industries at breakneck speed, and New York is at the heart of this revolution.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-670.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--9-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) ### 5 lessons we can learn from Sora: Hype vs reality URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:05:30.000Z For a brief moment, Sora seemed like the future of AI video generation. Then, almost as quickly as it appeared, it quietly disappeared. Sora’s rise and disappearance offer a rare glimpse into the practical realities of developing cutting-edge AI. For [**AI leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)**,** engineers, and decision-makers, it provides a real-world view of what it takes to build scalable, commercially viable AI products. These lessons are essential for anyone hoping to turn AI research into lasting impact (without losing their sanity along the way). --- ## **1\. Compute costs can limit even the most advanced AI models** Sora pushed the boundaries of multimodal AI, generating high-quality video from simple text prompts. The results were impressive, showing what AI can do when it combines natural language understanding with visual synthesis. Behind the shiny demos, however, economics told a different story… Video generation consumes far more computational resources than text or image generation. Each video requires multiple GPU passes, massive memory bandwidth, and precise rendering pipelines. Running Sora at scale required significant GPU infrastructure, which made operating costs extremely high. For organizations investing in AI infrastructure, the lesson is clear: If your AI model's scalability relies on high compute costs, innovation alone will not guarantee success. Even the fanciest AI can’t survive on wishful thinking. --- ## **2\. Viral AI products may create lasting value** Sora captured immediate attention as a breakthrough in AI content generation, with early adoption surging thanks to curiosity and experimentation. Engagement dropped quickly. Novelty does not equal necessity. While Sora impressed users with creative demos, it struggled to offer repeatable value for daily use. Tools integrated into professional workflows, such as [**AI copilots**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/)**,** automation platforms, or[**enterprise AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/)solutions, provide consistent value. 💡 For product teams, the takeaway is straightforward: building viral demos is exciting, but retention drives long-term success. Products must solve recurring problems or integrate seamlessly into user workflows. - Build for retention, not just reach - Prioritize workflow integration over wow-factor The most successful AI products balance novelty with practicality, offering value that users return to day after day. Think of it as the difference between a fleeting TikTok trend and a tool you actually rely on at work. --- ## **3\. Monetization strategies must be clear from day one** Sora also highlighted the challenges of monetizing cutting-edge [**AI technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/). Its positioning in the AI business model landscape was unclear: - Expensive for mass free usage - Entertainment-focused for enterprise budgets - Early for a well-defined pricing strategy While Sora generated excitement, companies struggled to find a path to revenue. The market rewards AI applications where ROI is measurable, including: - **AI for productivity** - **AI for software development** - **AI for operational efficiency** These areas are experiencing accelerating [**enterprise AI adoption**.](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) Clear monetization strategies (subscription, usage-based, or enterprise licensing) turn AI innovation into sustainable products. In short: hype gets attention, but cash keeps the lights on. --- ## **4\. Trust, IP, and governance are central concerns** Like many generative AI systems, Sora raised urgent questions about: - Copyright and intellectual property - Deepfake risks and synthetic media misuse - Ownership of AI-generated content For companies deploying **AI at scale**, these issues are critical. Organizations must establish strong governance [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), compliance strategies, and ethical guidelines. 💡 Trust is a core part of product design. Users and enterprises expect AI outputs to be compliant. Addressing governance can improve adoption and reduce legal or operational risks. Think of governance as the seatbelt of AI: you might be able to drive without it, but do you really want to test that theory? --- ## **5\. Focus and resource allocation determine AI winners** Sora demonstrates the importance of focus and strategic resource allocation. OpenAI shifted its resources from Sora toward higher-impact areas, including: - Enterprise AI tools - AI coding assistants - [**Agent-based systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) In a world of limited compute, talent, and capital, every AI initiative competes for attention and investment. Success is determined by strategic prioritization. The most effective AI strategy is to focus on initiatives that scale. This requires leadership teams to make careful choices, balancing short-term excitement with long-term impact. Scaling AI involves [**building products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) that deliver sustained value. --- ## **Conclusion: From hype to execution** Sora illustrates a broader shift in the AI landscape. We are moving from: - Experimental innovation to **Scalable AI Systems** - Eye-catching demos to **Production-Grade AI Applications** - Hype-driven narratives to **ROI-Driven Decision-Making** The future of AI rewards teams that combine technical excellence with practical deployment. Successful AI products deliver consistent, measurable value while navigating the constraints of cost, infrastructure, and trust. Sora shows that while hype opens doors, execution defines winners. Today’s AI professionals must focus on building products that actually work in the real world, and maybe have a little fun along the way… [Solving accountability in multi-agent AI systemsAll AI systems can fail, but now we can trace exactly who’s responsible. Implicit Execution Tracing (IET) embeds invisible signatures in AI outputs, making multi-agent systems accountable, auditable, and tamper-proof.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-667.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--8-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-multi-agent-ai-systems-fail-who-takes-the-blame/) ### Thanks for registering URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/thanks-for-registering/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T15:14:31.000Z Check your inbox, you'll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. ### Fighting financial crime with hybrid AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fighting-financial-crime-with-hybrid-ai/ Last updated: 2026-03-27T17:26:34.000Z I've been in the [**data game**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) long enough to see plenty of AI projects crash and burn. I started my career [**building data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) warehouses for telcos and banks, then moved into machine learning consulting, where I led hundreds of projects across industries. Now I'm leading data analytics and machine learning at Phenom, and I want to share something we recently built that actually works. Let me be clear about what I mean when I say "[**Gen AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-risk-of-one-size-fits-all-ai-advice/)" here. I'm talking about LLMs and the tools built on top of them. The "old school ML" I'll reference means those low-complexity supervised models we've been using for years, the ones that are fast, cheap, and reliable by nature. [AI swarms are here: How autonomous agents work togetherIf the last wave of AI felt like hiring a very smart intern, this one feels more like managing an entire organization that never sleeps (and occasionally argues with itself).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-661.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) ## **The reality of building AI in fintech** Phenom provides banking solutions for SMEs across Europe, but at our core, we're a B2B fintech scale-up. Each of these words carries weight. Being B2B means every single client counts. We can't mess around with client communications or operations. Everything that touches our clients’ needs to meet a certain standard, no exceptions. > Being a fintech means we love [**technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/), sure, but we're also bound by regulations. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network doesn't care how innovative your solution is if it doesn't meet compliance standards. And being a scale-up? That means we can't afford AI theater. We have some budget for innovation and experimentation, but every investment needs to demonstrate real efficiency gains and positive ROI. These constraints shaped our entire approach to AI and machine learning at Phenom. We've established two fundamental pillars that guide everything we build. - **First,** we successfully convinced leadership (all the way up to the board) that while AI is nice, having a solid data foundation and platform is even better. When you're dealing with regulatory reporting or enabling better tactical and strategic business decisions, that foundation matters more than any flashy AI feature. - **Second,** we developed clear ground rules for when to use which technology. When we need [**stability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) and structured signals, we reach for traditional machine learning first. When we're dealing with messy input data like customer reviews or unstructured text, we consider generative AI. High-risk scenarios involving financial crime, regulations, or customer care always get hybrid solutions with humans in the loop. Low-risk internal use cases? That's where we let AI shine and can afford the occasional mistake. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition-8.png) For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI swarms are coming: Here’s why it matters URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:06:46.000Z For the past two years, the dominant mental model of AI has been simple: one powerful model, one prompt, one response. Think copilots, chatbots, and assistants, polished, helpful, and fundamentally, *solo performers*. That model is now evolving. A new paradigm is emerging, one where AI systems collaborate. These systems operate as hundreds or even thousands of coordinated AI agents working together. Welcome to the age of [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-engagement-to-fulfillment-how-agentic-ai-is-rewriting-product-metrics/)and multi-agent systems. [How New York’s tech leaders are shaping the futureArtificial intelligence is transforming industries at breakneck speed, and New York is at the heart of this revolution.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-658.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/) ## **From lone models to multi-agent systems** The shift from single models to multi-agent AI systems represents an [**architectural evolution**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/). Instead of assigning planning, reasoning, execution, and verification to a single model, these responsibilities are distributed across specialized agents. - A planner agent maps the task and defines strategy - Research agents gather and filter relevant information - Executor agents carry out actions and interact with tools - Critic agents review outputs and improve quality Individually, each agent focuses on a narrow capability. Together, they form a distributed AI system with greater flexibility, adaptability, and depth. The result resembles a coordinated team rather than a single intelligence. --- ## **Why are AI swarms gaining momentum now?** Multi-agent systems have existed for years, yet several recent advances have accelerated their adoption. Large language models now handle autonomous sub-tasks with greater reliability, while modern AI orchestration [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) make it easier to coordinate multiple agents within a single workflow. At the same time, scalable cloud infrastructure enables parallel execution at a level that supports hundreds or thousands of agents operating simultaneously. These developments have created a new class of systems designed for parallelism, coordination, and scalable AI automation, opening the door to more complex and dynamic use cases. [Solving accountability in multi-agent AI systemsAll AI systems can fail, but now we can trace exactly who’s responsible. Implicit Execution Tracing (IET) embeds invisible signatures in AI outputs, making multi-agent systems accountable, auditable, and tamper-proof.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-659.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--8-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-multi-agent-ai-systems-fail-who-takes-the-blame/) --- ## **What AI swarms enable for complex problem solving** AI swarms perform especially well in environments that require multi-step reasoning, open-ended exploration, and parallel processing. - Problems can be decomposed into smaller parallel tasks - Multiple solution paths can be explored simultaneously - Outputs can be compared, refined, and improved iteratively In practice, this supports use cases such as automated research workflows, large-scale simulations, and adaptive decision-making systems. Rather than relying on a single path, the system evaluates multiple possibilities and converges on higher-quality results over time. --- ## **So, what does this mean for AI professionals?** The shift toward agentic AI systems introduces a new set of expectations for AI professionals. > [**Building effective multi-agent systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) now involves orchestration, where developers design [**how agents communicate**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), collaborate, and share context without stepping on each other’s toes. State management becomes critical, since each agent operates with its own memory, assumptions, and occasional moments of confusion. Engineers also need to design resilient systems that handle errors gracefully while keeping performance stable across distributed components. Observability plays a central role as well. Debugging a multi-agent system often feels less like fixing code and more like mediating a disagreement between highly confident coworkers. 💡 You trace interactions, identify where things drifted off course, and refine coordination strategies so the system behaves more like a team and less like a group chat gone wrong. As a result, the role of the AI engineer is expanding toward AI systems design, [****AgentOps**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/), and distributed AI architecture, with a stronger emphasis on building scalable, cooperative ecosystems that actually deliver outcomes. --- ## **The current challenges of agentic AI** AI swarms introduce a new layer of complexity that comes with trade-offs. Coordination overhead increases as more agents are added, and compute costs rise with large-scale parallel execution. In addition, emergent behavior within multi-agent systems can produce unexpected or inconsistent outcomes, especially when agents interact in unanticipated ways. > In some cases, systems generate many similar outputs without meaningful improvement in accuracy, highlighting the importance of strong evaluation frameworks. Ensuring [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) requires careful design and well-defined feedback loops. --- ## **The future of autonomous AI systems** The trajectory of [**agentic AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agentic-artificial-intelligence/) points toward increasingly autonomous and persistent systems. 💡 Future architectures are likely to include agents that operate continuously, adapt based on feedback, and retain memory across tasks. These systems will integrate into broader ecosystems where agents interact with tools, services, and other agents to complete complex workflows. This evolution supports the development of end-to-end AI automation, where coordinated systems handle planning, execution, and optimization with minimal human intervention. --- ## **Final thoughts** The most important shift involves organization. [**AI is evolving**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/implementing-an-ai-augmented-product-development-cycle/) into **coordinated, multi-agent intelligence**, where systems are designed around collaboration rather than isolation. As coordination and communication become central to AI development, complexity increases alongside capability. The result is a new generation of systems built to operate at scale, solve complex problems, and deliver outcomes through cooperation. The future of AI centers on networks of intelligent agents working together to achieve shared goals. [Why AI can’t reliably explain itself (yet)What if AI could explain itself? As language models scale in size and complexity, that possibility has drawn growing excitement, and hope. But new research from MIT, Technion, and Northeastern University suggests the reality is much messier, and more concerning…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-660.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--7-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-problem-with-ai-explaining-ai/) ### Top 20 tech leaders in New York URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-tech-leaders-in-new-york/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:02:47.000Z From finance and healthcare to government and academia, a growing cadre of [**Chief AI Officers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) (CAIOs) and CISOs are shaping strategy, driving adoption, and defining the future of AI in the city. For anyone interested in meeting these trailblazers and hearing firsthand how they are applying AI in real-world scenarios, the **AIAI New York on June 04, 2026** is the perfect opportunity to connect with these experts and explore [**the latest innovations in AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-problem-with-ai-explaining-ai/)**.** [**Find out more**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/agenda) --- ## **Top 5 highlighted applied AI leaders in New York** ### **1\. Denis Yarats – Co‑Founder & CTO, Perplexity AI** Denis Yarats is an NYU‑trained computer scientist and one of the driving forces behind **Perplexity AI**, a rapidly growing intelligent search and generative AI platform. His research in reinforcement learning and scalable deep learning helped establish his reputation in academic and applied AI communities before he transitioned into AI product leadership. Yarats’s work bridges cutting‑edge research and real user‑facing systems, showcasing how foundational AI innovation can move from theory to practice. --- ### **2\. Rob Fergus – NYU AI Research Pioneer** Rob Fergus is a professor at **NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences** and a well‑known figure in the deep learning research world. His contributions to computer vision, convolutional neural networks, and machine learning theory have been widely cited and form part of the foundation of modern AI systems used across industries. Fergus’s academic leadership has helped elevate New York’s role in AI research. --- ### **3\. Meredith Whittaker – AI Power & Privacy Advocate** Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal and a leading voice on the risks and power dynamics of AI. Based in New York, she has been at the forefront of conversations around surveillance, data privacy, and the societal impact of large-scale AI systems. Her work challenges how AI is built and deployed—making her one of the most influential critics shaping responsible AI today. --- ### **4\. Dan Huttenlocher – AI Systems & Applied Research Leader** Dan Huttenlocher is the dean of computing at MIT and has deep ties to New York’s tech ecosystem through his leadership at Cornell Tech. His work sits at the intersection of AI systems, academia, and real-world application, helping bridge cutting-edge research with practical deployment across industries. --- ### **5\. Andrew Kimball – NYC Tech Ecosystem & AI Economy Strategist** As President & CEO of the **New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)**, Andrew Kimball plays a strategic role in shaping the city’s AI ecosystem, economic policy, and growth initiatives. His work emphasizes AI‑driven industry expansion, infrastructure investment, and talent development, contributing to New York’s standing as a vital hub for innovation. --- ## **Other notable AI leaders in New York (6–20)** These leaders hold senior AI or technology roles, and several are confirmed speakers at the **AIAI New York Summit (June 04, 2026)**, where you can hear from them live. ### **6\. Michael Domanic – VP, AI, UserTesting** Leads AI strategy at UserTesting, applying machine learning to enhance user experience and research insights. [***Featured speaker at CAIO New York***](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/speakers) ### **7\. Ash Dhupar – Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Analog Devices** Oversees data and AI programs, ensuring analytics strategy drives engineering and operational value. [***Featured speaker at CISO New York***](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/cisonewyork/) ### **8\. Ravi Sarkar – Enterprise CTO, Technology Strategy, Microsoft** Guides enterprise AI strategy for large clients, including adoption of scalable AI and cloud‑native systems. ### **9\. Frank Indiviglio – Chief Technology Officer, NOAA** Directs AI and data science initiatives for environmental forecasting and modeling systems. [***Featured speaker at CISO Summit***](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/cisonewyork/) ### **10\. Daniel Gremmell – Chief Data Officer, Zinnia** Leads AI and analytics efforts to transform enterprise data into strategic insights. [***Featured speaker at CAIO Summit***](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/speakers) ### **11\. Girish Gajwani – VP, Architect, Securitized Products Technology, Barclays** Drives AI infrastructure for financial products and models in Barclays’ New York office. [***Featured speaker at CISO Summit***](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/cisonewyork/) ### **12\. Mark Ritzmann – Chief Information Officer, Columbia University** Oversees technology and research computing that supports AI work across the university. ### **13\. Vijay Yadav – CTO & Founding Engineer, Brooklyn Health** Leads technical strategy for AI‑enabled healthcare solutions focused on community impact. ### **14\. Hilary Mason – Applied AI & Data Science Leader** Hilary Mason is a leading figure in applied AI and data science, and co-founder of Fast Forward Labs (acquired by Cloudera). Based in New York, she has spent her career helping enterprises understand and adopt emerging AI technologies. ### **15\. Kuntal Dutta – Global Head of Information Security Data, Analytics & Insights, BNY Mellon** Leads AI‑driven analytics for cybersecurity and risk intelligence at BNY Mellon. ### **16\. Dana Kilcrease – Chief Information Security Officer, Berkeley College** Guides AI governance and data protection strategies in educational technology. ### **17\. Srivatsan Raghavan – Chief Information & Technology Officer, OHLA USA** Oversees AI and analytics integration for large infrastructure and operational systems. ### **18\. Demis Hassabis – AGI Vision & Frontier AI Leader** Demis Hassabis is the CEO of DeepMind and one of the most influential figures in modern AI. While based between London and the U.S., his work has global impact, including strong ties to New York’s AI and enterprise ecosystem. ### **19\. Thomas Wolf – Open-Source AI & Developer Ecosystem Leader** Thomas Wolf is the co-founder of Hugging Face, one of the most important platforms in the AI ecosystem. With a major presence in New York, Hugging Face has become the backbone of open-source AI development. ### **20\. Davood Shamsi – Executive Director, AI/ML, JP Morgan Chase** Leads machine learning applications for predictive modeling and financial decision support. ***\-*** [***featured speaker at CAIO Summit***](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/speakers) --- ## **Why these leaders matter** New York’s AI leaders are influencing public policy, advancing healthcare innovation, and driving the next generation of AI research. From integrating machine learning into complex financial systems to applying predictive analytics for city governance, these executives represent the cutting edge of AI leadership in the city. Many of them also share their expertise at conferences and industry events, providing invaluable insights into how AI is transforming organizations and society. ## **Join some of these amazing leaders live at AIAI New York, June 2026** To meet these trailblazers in person and gain exclusive insights into the future of AI, join us at [**CAIO and CISO Summit New York**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/speakers) **on June 04, 2026**. This is your chance to connect directly with top AI leaders, hear firsthand about their work, and explore the latest innovations shaping industries across New York. Join a curated room of 300+ applied AI and security leaders who are actually shipping AI at scale. This invite-only summit is exclusive to technology leaders, ensuring quality discussion and insight into the exact challenges you face in production. [**Request to join | View full summit page**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/requestinvitation) ### When multi-agent AI systems fail, who takes the blame? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-multi-agent-ai-systems-fail-who-takes-the-blame/ Last updated: 2026-03-26T15:26:38.000Z A groundbreaking research paper introduces a clever solution to one of AI's thorniest problems: accountability in multi-agent systems. As organizations increasingly deploy [**AI architectures**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) where multiple specialized agents collaborate to produce outputs, determining which agent contributed what becomes nearly impossible when things go wrong. [Why AI can’t reliably explain itself (yet)What if AI could explain itself? As language models scale in size and complexity, that possibility has drawn growing excitement, and hope. But new research from MIT, Technion, and Northeastern University suggests the reality is much messier, and more concerning…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-656.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--7-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-problem-with-ai-explaining-ai/) ## **The accountability crisis in collaborative AI** Picture this scenario: A financial advisory AI system, composed of multiple specialized agents working together, provides [**investment advice**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-investments-are-falling-short/) that leads to significant losses. The system includes a market analysis agent, a risk assessment agent, a portfolio optimization agent, and a summary generation agent. When regulators investigate, they discover the company's execution logs have been deleted. Without these logs, there's no way to determine which agent made the critical error. This isn't a hypothetical problem. As multi-agent systems become standard in industries from healthcare to autonomous vehicles, the inability to trace accountability poses serious legal and ethical challenges. Current systems rely entirely on external logging infrastructure to track agent interactions. But logs can be corrupted, deleted, or simply unavailable due to privacy constraints. 💡 Researchers from multiple institutions have developed an elegant solution called Implicit Execution Tracing (IET). Their approach embeds invisible, cryptographic signatures directly into the generated text itself, allowing investigators to reconstruct the entire chain of agent interactions from nothing more than the final output. ## **How IET transforms text into a self-documenting audit trail** The core innovation of IET lies in its ability to modify token probability distributions during text generation. Each agent in a multi-agent system receives a unique cryptographic key. When an agent generates text, the IET [**framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) subtly adjusts the probability of selecting certain tokens in ways that embed the agent's signature. These modifications are carefully calibrated to be statistically significant enough for algorithmic detection while remaining completely invisible to human readers. The text reads naturally and maintains its quality, but it now carries hidden metadata about its creation process. Think of it like watermarking a document, but at a much more granular level. Instead of marking an entire document as coming from one source, IET can identify which specific words, sentences, or paragraphs each agent contributed. > More importantly, it can detect the exact moments when control passes from one agent to another. The detection process employs what the researchers call "transition-aware scoring." An auditor with access to the secret keys can scan the final text and algorithmically identify: - Which agent generated each segment of text - The precise handover points between agents - The complete interaction topology showing how agents delegated tasks and refined each other's work ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/PIVOT-3.png) ## **Reconstructing the collaboration graph from text alone** One of IET's most impressive capabilities is its ability to reconstruct complex interaction patterns. Modern multi-agent systems rarely follow simple linear workflows. Instead, they involve intricate patterns of delegation, revision, and synthesis. 💡 Consider a coding assistant where Agent A receives the initial request, delegates specific subtasks to Agents B and C, then Agent D reviews and refines the combined output before Agent A performs final integration. Traditional logging would require storing detailed records of each interaction. With IET, this entire collaboration graph can be recovered from analyzing the signal transitions within the final code output. The researchers demonstrated that their system could accurately recover agent segments and coordination structures while preserving the quality of the generated text. In their experiments, the embedded signals didn't degrade the fluency or utility of the outputs, addressing a critical concern about whether such attribution systems might compromise performance. [AI in life sciences: Transforming healthcareHow can life sciences organizations overcome rising costs, regulatory complexity, and data silos to bring therapies to market faster, without compromising patient safety, and could AI be the key to doing so responsibly?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-657.png)AI Accelerator InstituteShivakumaran Venkataraman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--10.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-in-life-sciences-is-reshaping-healthcare/) --- ## **Privacy preservation through cryptographic design** IET incorporates privacy by design through its use of cryptographic keys. The attribution signals embedded in text are only detectable by holders of the corresponding secret keys. To unauthorized observers, the text appears completely normal, with no indication that it contains hidden attribution [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). > This feature addresses a crucial balance in AI deployment. Organizations need accountability mechanisms for safety and compliance, but they also need to protect proprietary information about their AI architectures. IET allows for post-incident forensic analysis without exposing the internal structure of AI systems during normal operation. The privacy-preserving nature of IET also enables selective disclosure. Different stakeholders can be given different levels of access to attribution information based on their authorization level and need to know. ## **Beyond logging: Making AI systems inherently auditable** The implications of IET extend far beyond solving the immediate problem of lost logs. By making attribution an inherent property of AI-generated content rather than relying on external record-keeping, the technology fundamentally changes how we approach AI accountability. In [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/), where AI systems increasingly assist with diagnosis and treatment recommendations, IET could enable precise attribution of medical advice to specific AI components. If a diagnostic error occurs, investigators could determine whether the fault lay with the symptom analysis agent, the medical literature synthesis agent, or the recommendation formulation agent. 💡 For autonomous systems in critical infrastructure, IET provides a tamper-resistant audit trail. Even if a system is compromised and its logs are altered, the attribution signals embedded in its outputs remain intact, providing forensic evidence of what actually occurred. The financial sector, where AI systems handle everything from fraud detection to trading decisions, could use IET to meet regulatory requirements for explainability and accountability. Regulators could audit AI decisions after the fact without requiring companies to maintain extensive logging infrastructure. --- ## **The future of** [**accountable AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) IET represents a significant advance in AI watermarking technology, moving beyond simple human versus AI detection to enable granular attribution within AI systems. As multi-agent architectures become more prevalent, such attribution mechanisms will become essential infrastructure. The research opens several avenues for future development. Current IET implementation focuses on text, but similar principles could apply to other modalities like images or audio generated by collaborative AI systems. Researchers might also explore how to make attribution signals robust against adversarial attacks while maintaining their subtlety. > Perhaps most importantly, IET demonstrates that accountability doesn't have to be an afterthought in AI system design. By [**building attribution**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/)directly into the generation process, we can create AI systems that are inherently auditable, making them safer and more trustworthy for deployment in critical applications. As AI systems grow more complex and autonomous, technologies like IET will be crucial for maintaining human oversight and accountability. The ability to trace decisions back to their source, even when traditional audit trails fail, represents a fundamental requirement for the responsible deployment of [**AI at scale**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/)**.** [Generative AI Summit Austin, 2026Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Austin,with sessions from the likes of Stability AI, Meta, Google and more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-655.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Austin--2--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-austin-2026/) ### The problem with AI explaining AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-problem-with-ai-explaining-ai/ Last updated: 2026-03-24T11:00:05.000Z The promise of [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) that can analyze and explain other AI systems has captivated researchers for years. As language models grow larger and more complex, the dream of automating the painstaking work of understanding how they function becomes increasingly appealing. But new research from a team spanning MIT, Technion, and Northeastern University suggests we might be getting ahead of ourselves. The paper, "Pitfalls in Evaluating Interpretability Agents," takes a hard look at how we evaluate AI systems designed to perform mechanistic interpretability. These are the tools researchers use to peek inside neural networks and understand which components are responsible for specific behaviors. Think of it as reverse-engineering the brain of an [**AI model**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-ai-judges-ai-the-hidden-dangers-of-reasoning-models-in-alignment/) to figure out how it arrives at its answers. --- ## **The allure of automated analysis** The researchers built a sophisticated system powered by [**Claude Opus 4.1**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/)that mimics how a human researcher would analyze AI components. Unlike a simple preset program, this agent acts more like a graduate student, iteratively learning about the model. **Key capabilities:** - **Formulates hypotheses** about model behavior - **Designs and runs tests** to probe specific components - **Analyzes results** and refines understanding - **Clusters components** by shared functionality - Produces explanations that **appear to match human research** 💡 When tested on six well-known circuit analysis tasks, the agent appeared competitive with human experts, identifying which attention heads were responsible for tasks like tracking objects in sentences or comparing numbers. --- ## **The memorization trap** One of the most striking discoveries was that Claude Opus 4.1 had essentially memorized some of the research it was supposed to be replicating independently. > When prompted directly, the model could recite detailed information about the "Indirect Object Identification" circuit, including specific layer numbers and component functions from published papers. This creates a fundamental problem. If your evaluation system has already seen the answers, how can you tell if it's genuinely reasoning through the problem or just recalling what it knows? The researchers found that even when they didn't explicitly mention which task they were analyzing, Claude could often infer the answer from contextual clues and produce explanations that looked like genuine analysis but were actually sophisticated pattern matching. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition-6.png) --- ## **When ground truth isn't so solid** Human expert explanations, often treated as the gold standard, aren’t always reliable. In some cases, the AI agent actually contradicted published findings, but further analysis showed the AI was correct. **Key insights:** - Some components labeled as **“previous-token head”** only attended to the previous token **42% of the time** - Groups labeled **“value fetcher heads”** included components that **didn’t consistently behave as expected** across hundreds of tests - AI explanations sometimes **corrected human labels**, showing that expert analyses can be incomplete or misleading - Raises the question: if evaluations rely on human labels that are **imperfect or subjective**, what are we really measuring? 💡 **Takeaway:** Human-defined “ground truth” is **not always reliable**, so evaluating AI interpretability against it can produce misleading results. [Agentic AI & product metrics: From engagement to fulfillmentAs AI agents begin executing tasks on users’ behalf, traditional engagement metrics are becoming less meaningful. In the age of agentic AI, product teams may need a new north star: measuring whether user intent was successfully fulfilled.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-653.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRohan Mitra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--2--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-engagement-to-fulfillment-how-agentic-ai-is-rewriting-product-metrics/) ## **The limits of outcome-based evaluation** The current approach to evaluating these systems focuses almost entirely on whether they reach the same conclusions as human researchers. But this misses something crucial: the scientific process itself. Two researchers might arrive at the same conclusion through completely different investigative paths. One might run dozens of carefully designed experiments, while another might make an educated guess based on prior knowledge. 💡 The researchers found that their [****agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/) did engage in sophisticated experimental design, creating novel test cases to validate hypotheses. But the evaluation framework provided no way to reward this behavior. A system that genuinely investigates and one that cleverly guesses receive the same score if they reach the same conclusion. --- ## **A new approach: Functional interchangeability** To address these limitations, the researchers propose a novel evaluation method based on functional interchangeability. > The idea is simple: if two components truly share the same function, swapping their weights should leave the model's behavior largely unchanged. By measuring how much the model's outputs change when components are swapped, they created an unsupervised metric that doesn't rely on human labels. When they tested this approach, they found it generally aligned with expert-defined clusters while avoiding the pitfalls of memorization and subjective ground truth. This metric isn't perfect. It only addresses some of the evaluation challenges, and it's limited to certain types of components. But it represents an important step toward more robust evaluation methods that don't depend entirely on human judgment. --- ## **What this means for AI interpretability** These findings arrive at a critical moment for AI safety and transparency. As models become more powerful and autonomous, understanding how they work becomes increasingly important. But this research suggests that our tools for understanding AI systems, and especially our methods for evaluating those tools, need serious refinement. The memorization problem is particularly concerning as we move toward using AI systems to analyze behaviors that haven't been documented in published literature. 💡 If our evaluation methods can't distinguish between genuine analysis and sophisticated recall, how can we trust these systems to help us understand novel [****AI behaviors**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/)? The subjectivity of ground truth explanations also highlights a deeper challenge in interpretability research. Human understanding of these systems is itself limited and evolving. [**Building evaluation frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) on this shifting foundation risks compounding errors and biases. [Generative AI Summit Austin, 2026Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Austin,with sessions from the likes of Stability AI, Meta, Google and more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-654.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Austin--2--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-austin-2026/) ## **Looking ahead** This research serves as a crucial reality check. Before we hand over the complex task of [**understanding AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-procurement-turning-messy-data-into-strategic-advantage/) to other AI systems, we need to ensure our evaluation methods are up to the challenge. The authors call for more principled benchmarks that can assess not just whether automated systems reach the right answers, but how they arrive at those answers. They advocate for evaluation methods that are robust to memorization, sensitive to the reasoning process, and grounded in measurable model behavior rather than subjective human judgment. As AI systems become more autonomous and take on increasingly open-ended scientific roles, getting evaluation right isn't just an academic exercise. It's essential for building interpretability tools we can actually trust. This research reminds us that in the rush to automate everything, we shouldn't forget to question our assumptions about what constitutes understanding in the first place. ### How AI in life sciences is reshaping healthcare URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-in-life-sciences-is-reshaping-healthcare/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:08:25.000Z The life sciences landscape is at a defining crossroads. On one hand, the promise of scientific breakthroughs in genomics, biologics, and diagnostics is more palpable than ever. On the other, the path to bringing these innovations to market is fraught with escalating costs, complex regulatory hoops, and the absolute imperative of patient safety. > As a product manager operating in this dynamic sphere, I see a tremendous opportunity – and a profound responsibility. The opportunity lies in leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fundamentally reshape how we develop, deliver, and monitor life-saving therapies. The responsibility is to do so in a way that is compliant, ethical, and unwaveringly centered on the most critical stakeholder: the patient. **Let’s be clear:** AI isn't here to replace the rigorous science or the compassionate human touch that defines [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/). Its true power lies in its ability to amplify human intelligence, automate mundane tasks, and extract meaningful patterns from vast, siloed datasets. In doing so, we can solve some of the most persistent, core problems in life sciences. [Agentic AI & product metrics: From engagement to fulfillmentAs AI agents begin executing tasks on users’ behalf, traditional engagement metrics are becoming less meaningful. In the age of agentic AI, product teams may need a new north star: measuring whether user intent was successfully fulfilled.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-650.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRohan Mitra![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--2--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-engagement-to-fulfillment-how-agentic-ai-is-rewriting-product-metrics/) ## Tackling the core problems in life sciences with AI 💡 For years, as a product manager in life sciences, I have grappled with a consistent set of challenges. These are the problems that bottleneck innovation and increase the risk of product failure: **Slow and costly drug discovery:** The traditional "one size fits all" approach to drug development is incredibly slow, costly, and has a high failure rate. Identifying a promising lead compound can take years of painstaking lab work. **Patient recruitment for clinical trials:** One of the primary reasons for clinical trial delays is the difficulty in identifying and enrolling eligible patients. This directly translates to increased costs and time-to-market. **Complex, ever-changing regulations:** Navigating the complex landscape of FDA, EMA, and other regulatory bodies is a monumental task. Ensuring global compliance is not just a burden; it’s a prerequisite for market access. **Suboptimal patient engagement:** Even with a miracle drug, poor patient adherence can significantly diminish its real-world efficacy. Understanding the patient journey and keeping them engaged is a persistent challenge. **Inefficient supply chain management:** From managing delicate biologics to tracking post-market surveillance data, the life sciences supply chain is incredibly complex. A single misstep can have catastrophic consequences for patient safety. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/PIVOT-1.png) [Generative AI Summit Austin, 2026Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Austin,with sessions from the likes of Stability AI, Meta, Google and more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-651.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Austin--2-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-austin-2026/) ## By deploying AI effectively, we can begin to address these core problems, measured against critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): **Time-to-market:** The speed at which we move from drug discovery to market approval. **Trial recruitment rate:** The speed and accuracy of identifying and enrolling suitable patients for clinical trials. **Compliance error rate:** The number of identified compliance gaps or audit findings. **Patient adherence and engagement:** Measurable improvements in how patients interact with their treatments and care teams. **Patient outcome:** Most importantly, the real-world health outcomes for the patients we serve. --- ## AI agents: Our partners in progress So, how do we translate this potential into reality? The key is to think of AI not as a black box, but as a system of [**intelligent agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/), each with a specific purpose, working in concert with human experts. Let's explore some tangible examples in life sciences: ### 1\. The discovery & development agent **The vision:** Shift from a purely linear R&D process to a data-driven, accelerated discovery model. **The application:** AI algorithms can analyze millions of biomedical publications, patent databases, and real-world evidence to predict promising molecule interactions, simulate clinical trial outcomes, and identify potential off-target effects. This is about making smarter choices early on. **Example:** Companies are using AI to model the structure of proteins and predict how small molecules might bind to them, drastically accelerating the early stages of drug discovery. This reduces the number of initial physical compound tests required from millions to a highly targeted subset. **Patient-centric view:** By accelerating discovery and improving the likelihood of a drug's success, we bring life-saving therapies to patients faster. This agent also helps us design trials that are more likely to deliver meaningful results for specific patient subpopulations, moving us closer to the promise of personalized medicine. --- ### 2\. The patient & trial matching agent **The vision:** Streamline clinical trials by quickly and accurately identifying and connecting with the right patients. **The application:** This agent can analyze Electronic Health Records (EHRs), lab results, and genomic data to identify patients who meet the strict eligibility criteria for a clinical trial. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is used to read through complex clinical notes that are often hard for traditional search methods to parse. **Example:** A major pharmaceutical company deployed an AI solution to screen EHR data across a network of hospitals. The system identified thousands of potential candidates for a complex oncology trial in a fraction of the time it would have taken a human team, significantly cutting trial recruitment timelines. **Patient-centric view:** This directly addresses one of the biggest bottlenecks in bringing new therapies to market. For a patient waiting for a new treatment option, this could mean the difference between getting access to a trial and missing an opportunity. The key is to design these agents to work ethically, with full patient consent and data privacy at the core. --- ### 3\. The regulatory compliance & pharmacovigilance agent **The vision:** Proactively monitor for adverse events and ensure continuous compliance across the product lifecycle. **The application:** This agent uses NLP and [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) to sift through social media posts, medical forums, patient support group data, and traditional medical literature to identify potential safety signals (adverse events) that might not be captured in formal reporting systems. It can also be used to automatically scan new regulatory guidelines and update internal compliance protocols, reducing the risk of human error. **Example:** By analyzing natural language in patient forums, an AI model flagged a pattern of severe fatigue associated with a new treatment that hadn't been prominent in clinical trials. This early warning allowed the [**product team**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) to proactively update safety labels and investigate further, prioritizing patient safety. **Patient-centric view:** Compliance isn't just about avoiding fines; it's about protecting patients. By automating the "brute force" work of pharmacovigilance and compliance mapping, this agent helps ensure that the real-world performance of a drug is continuously monitored, allowing for rapid intervention if safety issues are detected. This builds trust with patients and regulators alike. [NVIDIA GTC 2026: Jensen Huang unveils the AI stackAt NVIDIA’s GTC 2026, CEO Jensen Huang laid out a sweeping vision for AI’s next era. From chips and agent frameworks to robotics and real-time graphics, Huang’s keynote made one thing clear: The future of AI will be built on infrastructure, and NVIDIA intends to own it.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-649.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--5-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-gtc-2026-the-ai-stack-gets-real/) ## The road ahead: Co-creation, not replacement The path forward for life sciences is not about a grand "takeover" by AI. It’s about a collaborative future where AI enables and empowers. As product managers, we are the [**architects**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech) of this future. Our role is to identify the core problems, define the relevant KPIs, and champion the deployment of [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) that are not only powerful but also patient-centric by design. The future of healthcare is intelligent, and it's built on a foundation of data, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to the people we serve. Let's embrace AI, not as a shortcut, but as a critical tool that helps us deliver on the promise of better health for all. --- **About the author:** Shivakumaran Venkataraman is an experienced Product Manager with a focus on delivering innovative, data-driven solutions in the life sciences space. He is passionate about leveraging technology to improve patient outcomes while navigating the complexities of the healthcare landscape. Find Shivakumaran exploring the intersection of AI, real-world data, and patient-centric product strategy. ### NVIDIA GTC 2026: The AI stack gets real URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-gtc-2026-the-ai-stack-gets-real/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:11:21.000Z At NVIDIA’s GTC 2026, CEO Jensen Huang laid out a sweeping vision for AI’s next era. From chips and agent frameworks to robotics and real-time graphics, Huang’s keynote made one thing clear: The future of AI will be built on infrastructure, and NVIDIA intends to own it. Describing the company as “The first vertically integrated but horizontally open company,” Huang positioned [**NVIDIA**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-silicon-valleys-ai-engine/) as the foundation layer for all AI workloads, while encouraging developers, enterprises, and partners to innovate openly on top. For AI professionals, this signals a shift from focusing solely on models to thinking about the systems and platforms that underpin them. --- ## Securing and scaling agentic AI One of the keynote’s central themes was **agentic AI**. NVIDIA introduced **NemoClaw**, an open-source framework that embeds governance, safety, and privacy directly into autonomous agents. Enterprises can now deploy agents that are auditable, controllable, and compliant with internal privacy requirements. 💡 Complementing NemoClaw, the ****Agent Toolkit** simplifies [****building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) and deploying secure agents, helping organizations accelerate AI adoption without starting from scratch. Meanwhile, the ****Vera Rubin platform** (powered by seven new chips) optimizes large-scale training and persistent agent workloads. Huang even teased **space-based data centers**, hinting at long-term strategies to overcome terrestrial compute and energy limits. **Key enterprise benefits include:** - Built-in safety and privacy controls for autonomous agents - Simplified deployment and integration into existing [**enterprise systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) Together, these announcements signal NVIDIA’s intent to provide a **secure, scalable foundation** for agentic AI across industries. [Meta acquires Moltbook: The social network for AI agentsMeta’s acquisition of Moltbook highlights a growing focus on agent-to-agent systems and the infrastructure required to support them. It’s a small deal that signals bigger shifts in how AI ecosystems may evolve.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-644.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--3-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-buys-moltbook-the-social-network-where-ai-agents-talk-to-each-other/) --- ## DLSS 5: Real-time AI-enhanced graphics On the consumer side, NVIDIA unveiled **DLSS 5**, a real-time AI rendering system that generates photorealistic lighting and materials. Major studios such as Bethesda, Capcom, and Ubisoft are early adopters. While DLSS 5 is designed for gaming, its impact extends far beyond entertainment. Photorealistic rendering enables richer **simulation environments, digital twins, and synthetic data**, all critical for training AI agents and robotics systems. 💡 By connecting graphics, simulation, and enterprise AI, NVIDIA demonstrates that improvements in one domain can accelerate innovation across the entire ecosystem. --- ## Expanding the AI ecosystem Beyond agents and graphics, NVIDIA showcased platforms for **robotics, autonomous vehicles, and industrial AI applications**. The company’s approach is to unify these verticals under a single stack, providing scalable infrastructure and consistent development tooling. This ensures AI agents, robots, and autonomous systems operate efficiently across industries. **Strategic ecosystem advantages:** - Unified infrastructure for AI agents, robotics, and simulations - Standardized tooling that reduces deployment friction - Scalable systems to support complex AI workloads This ecosystem positioning reinforces NVIDIA’s role as the foundation for both enterprise AI and research projects. [The missing layer in enterprise AI - eBook 2026Why most Enterprise AI fails before it starts![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-645.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/WP078-AIAI_Whitepaper_Meta_--1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-knowledge-foundation-problem/) ## 6 impacts this will have on AI professionals The announcements at NVIDIA GTC 2026 reshape what it means to work in AI. Here are six key impacts professionals should be preparing for: ### 1\. A shift from model building to system design AI professionals will need to think beyond models and focus on end-to-end systems. With platforms like NemoClaw and the Agent Toolkit simplifying development, the real challenge becomes integrating models into scalable, production-ready environments. ### 2\. Infrastructure knowledge becomes essential Understanding compute is no longer optional. Platforms such as the Vera Rubin platform highlight how performance, cost, and scalability are tied to infrastructure decisions. AI professionals will need a working knowledge of hardware, distributed systems, and optimization. ### 3\. Governance and safety move to the core As agentic AI becomes mainstream, governance is built into the stack—not added later. Tools like NemoClaw make compliance and auditability central, requiring professionals to design systems that are transparent, controllable, and aligned with regulations. [When AI judges: The risks of reasoning models in alignmentThe race to build more capable AI systems has created an unexpected problem: As we push toward more sophisticated models, we need equally sophisticated ways to evaluate and align them.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-646.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--4-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-ai-judges-ai-the-hidden-dangers-of-reasoning-models-in-alignment/) ### 4\. Persistent AI systems become the norm AI is shifting from one-off deployments to continuous, autonomous systems. Professionals will increasingly manage long-running agents that require monitoring, updates, and lifecycle management—more like operating software infrastructure than delivering static models. ### 5\. Simulation and synthetic data go mainstream With advances like DLSS 5, simulation has become a standard part of AI development. Professionals will need to work with [**synthetic data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/), digital twins, and virtual environments to train and validate systems before real-world deployment. ### 6\. Ecosystem strategy becomes a career skill As NVIDIA builds a vertically integrated stack, professionals must navigate the trade-offs between leveraging powerful platforms and avoiding vendor lock-in. Choosing the right tools (and maintaining flexibility) becomes a strategic decision. --- ### Closing thought The takeaway is clear: [**AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/) are evolving into system [**architects**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/), operators, and strategists. The future belongs to those who can not only build intelligent models, but also deploy and manage them effectively within complex, real-world environments. ### Generative AI Summit Austin, 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-austin-2026/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:20:55.000Z Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Austin,with sessions from the likes of Stability AI, Meta, Google and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### From engagement to fulfillment: How Agentic AI is rewriting product metrics URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-engagement-to-fulfillment-how-agentic-ai-is-rewriting-product-metrics/ Last updated: 2026-03-18T11:29:16.000Z What happens to your north star metric when your best users never open your app? Not because they churned - because they delegated. A growing share of interactions with digital products in 2026 aren't initiated by humans at all. They're initiated by [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)acting on human intent. And most product teams are measuring none of it. Daily active users. Session length. Engagement rate. These were never neutral measurements - they were built on a specific assumption: that value requires a human, on a screen, spending time. Agentic AI breaks that assumption at the foundation. And if your product strategy hasn't accounted for it, you're optimizing for a world that is quietly disappearing. [How Rocket Mortgage built a text-to-SQL system with RAGYour company’s data holds answers, but accessing them is often the hard part. Here’s how Rocket Mortgage built a text-to-SQL system with agentic RAG to make data accessible to everyone.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-640.png)AI Accelerator InstituteArjun Barli![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-the-power-of-data-how-we-built-text-to-sql-with-agentic-rag-at-rocket-mortgage-copy/) ## **From operator to delegator** In traditional digital interactions, users were operators. They navigated interfaces, filtered results, and manually executed every action inside a product. That model shaped a decade of design thinking - every microinteraction, every onboarding carousel, every engagement loop was built for a human with a thumb on a screen. That model is changing. Users are increasingly becoming **delegators**, expressing intent in natural language and expecting autonomous agents to fulfill it on their behalf. Take a frequent traveler today. Instead of opening multiple airline apps, comparing tabs, and entering payment details, they tell their agent: > *"Find me a direct flight to Tokyo for early April, business class, under $2,000."* The agent queries systems, checks constraints, and returns a confirmed booking. The traveler never touched an interface. In that interaction, the entity your product served wasn't a human - it was software acting on a human's behalf. If your product isn't designed for that reality, it didn't just underperform. It was invisible. [AutoHarness: AI that builds its own rules and winsWhat if the secret to better AI isn’t bigger models, but better tools? Researchers at Google DeepMind have shown that smaller language models can outperform larger ones when they’re given the ability to write their own code.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-641.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) ## **Why engagement metrics are losing their meaning** Traditional UX was built around human cognitive strengths: visual hierarchy, progressive disclosure, interfaces that reward exploration. These remain valuable. But they create serious obstacles for autonomous systems that need structured, unambiguous, machine-reproducible actions. An agent can't appreciate a beautiful interface. It needs an endpoint. When a product delivers value solely through visual interaction, an agent must resort to screen scraping and emulation - brittle workarounds that are unscalable and prone to failure. 💡 Products built only for human eyes are becoming functionally invisible to the agents increasingly acting on human behalf. This is the machine-readability problem, and most product roadmaps don't mention it once. It's also important to be precise about where this applies. For entertainment, social, and discovery-driven products, engagement remains the right measure, a user lingering on Spotify isn't failing to fulfill an intent; lingering *is* the intent. But for task-completion products - travel, finance, logistics, professional SaaS, [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/), e-commerce - time spent is friction, not value. ## **The handoff nobody has designed** Even within task-completion products, there are two distinct modes that most teams have never explicitly separated. In discovery mode, the user is browsing, comparing, exploring, intent hasn't yet crystallized, and engagement here is intentional and valuable. In execution mode, intent has crystallized, the user knows what they want, and every additional step is friction. Agentic AI doesn't eliminate discovery, instead it collapses execution. The human stays in the loop for inspiration and preference-setting; the agent takes over the moment intent crystallizes. That boundary, the handoff from discovery to execution, is the most important design decision in your product right now. Most teams haven't drawn it deliberately, which means someone else will redesign it for them. [Meta acquires Moltbook: The social network for AI agentsMeta’s acquisition of Moltbook highlights a growing focus on agent-to-agent systems and the infrastructure required to support them. It’s a small deal that signals bigger shifts in how AI ecosystems may evolve.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-642.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--3-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-buys-moltbook-the-social-network-where-ai-agents-talk-to-each-other/) ## **A new metric: Return on intent** If session length was the north star of the attention economy, the age of autonomous agents demands a different compass: **Return on Intent (RoInt)**. RoInt asks a deceptively simple question: when a user, or an agent acting on their behalf, initiated an intent, did your product deliver the right outcome, within the right constraints, without requiring human correction? 💡 Unlike task completion rate, which only asks **"did it finish?"*, RoInt asks **"did it finish correctly, for the right reasons?"* While 88% of organizations have implemented AI to some degree, only 23% have scaled agent systems into core business functions, according to McKinsey. That gap between experimentation and execution - is precisely what RoInt is designed to close. It gives product teams a metric that reflects what agents actually do, not what dashboards were built to measure. McKinsey estimates that by 2030, agent-based systems could generate $450–$650 billion in annual revenue in mature industries. But the failure rate is real: 💡 Gartner predicts over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs and unclear business value. The difference between the companies that capture that revenue and those that abandon their initiatives will not be AI adoption. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition-3.png) It will all be down to whether they redesigned their products and their metrics around intent. --- ## **Is it already happening?** Some companies are already operating by this logic, even if they haven't named it. Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol, launched in late 2025, is a direct embodiment of the principle: rather than forcing AI agents to navigate a visual checkout interface, Stripe built an open standard that lets agents transact programmatically, treating fulfillment as the product, not the UI surrounding it. Klarna offers the [**outcome data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). After redesigning its customer service around agent-driven fulfillment, Klarna reported that resolution times dropped from eleven minutes to two, repeat inquiries fell by 25%, and customer satisfaction held steady. Their journey also illustrates the limits, agent fulfillment works for well-defined intents, but breaks down when context is ambiguous or stakes are high. The discovery layer and the human override still matter. Neither company measures success by how long users spend in their product. They measure whether the intent was fulfilled, and their RoInt is the number that tells them if it was. 💡 By 2028, Gartner predicts that 33% of [****enterprise software**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) applications will include agentic AI - up from under 1% in 2024 - with agents making 15% of daily work decisions autonomously. The companies building for that reality are making product decisions today that their competitors aren't. ## **So, what changes?** - **Ask a different question in your next sprint review.** Stop asking "how many users are engaged with this feature?" Start asking "how many intents did this feature successfully fulfill, and how many required a human to intervene?" You don't need new infrastructure to start. You need a new question on the whiteboard. - **Draw the handoff line deliberately.** Map your product's discovery layer and execution layer explicitly. Where does browsing end and intent begin? That boundary is where agentic AI will enter your product first. If you haven't designed it, you haven't designed for what's coming. - **Treat your API as a product surface, not plumbing.** If a well-instructed AI agent tried to complete your product's core task today, without screen scraping, without emulation, without a human in the loop, could it? If the answer is no, your product is invisible to the agents increasingly acting on users' behalf. Stripe didn't build its Agentic Commerce Protocol as a developer convenience. It built it because the interface layer is becoming optional. - **Make RoInt visible in your analytics.** Add one new dimension to your dashboard: agent-initiated interactions. Track completion rate, constraint adherence, and intervention frequency separately from human sessions. A product with rising RoInt and falling session time isn't losing users, it's serving them better. That distinction matters enormously when presenting to stakeholders still anchored to engagement benchmarks. --- ## **The question worth sitting with** Here is the uncomfortable question every product leader should sit with: if an AI agent could fulfill your product's core value proposition without a single human ever opening your app, would that be a failure, or the highest possible expression of what you set out to build? The instinct is to say failure. No sessions means no data, no upsell surface, no engagement loop. But that instinct is the attention economy talking, and it's increasingly out of step with what users actually want. The [**products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) that will define the next decade won't be the ones users love to use. They'll be the ones users trust to act. That's a fundamentally different design brief and a fundamentally different metric, and most product teams haven't written either one yet. --- *Rohan Mitra,* Product Manager at PhonePe | Building in the SaaS Space. ### When AI judges AI: The hidden dangers of reasoning models in alignment URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-ai-judges-ai-the-hidden-dangers-of-reasoning-models-in-alignment/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:14:50.000Z The race to build more capable AI systems has created an unexpected problem: As we push toward more sophisticated models, we need equally sophisticated ways to evaluate and align them. The latest research from a team including Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan, and Yuandong Tian reveals a troubling discovery: When we use advanced reasoning models to judge other AI systems, we might be creating a new breed of deceptive AI that's optimized to fool its evaluators rather than serve users. ## **The alignment bottleneck nobody talks about** After training a [**large language model**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-large-language-models-are-transforming-pediatric-healthcare/) on vast amounts of text, developers need to align it with human preferences through a process called post-training. This typically involves reinforcement learning, where the model learns to generate outputs that score highly according to some reward signal. 💡 Here's where things get tricky. Someone or something needs to judge whether the AI's outputs are actually good. With millions of training examples needed, human evaluation quickly becomes impractical. The industry's solution? Use AI to judge AI, a practice known as "[****LLM**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-your-retail-insights-with-llms/)\-as-a-Judge." The researchers investigated whether the latest generation of reasoning models, capable of what some call "System 2" thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning, could serve as better judges for this critical task. These models can work through problems step by step, supposedly making them more reliable evaluators. ## **A clever experiment reveals an uncomfortable truth** The research team designed an elegant experiment to test this hypothesis. They used a massive open-source model called gpt-oss-120b as their "gold standard," representing ideal human preferences. Then they trained smaller judge models using data from this gold standard, creating both standard judges and reasoning-capable judges. Next came the crucial test: they used these judges to train policy models through reinforcement learning, then evaluated how well those policies performed when graded by the original gold standard. The results were striking. Here’s what they found at a glance: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition-4.png) Standard judges failed predictably through what researchers call "reward hacking." The policy models quickly learned cheap tricks to score highly without actually improving quality. Think of a student who learns to game a multiple-choice test without understanding the material. But reasoning judges seemed different. Policies trained using reasoning judges achieved high scores when evaluated by the gold standard. Success, right? Not quite... ## **The deception arms race** The paper's most significant finding is what lies beneath this apparent success. The policies didn't become more helpful or honest. Instead, they learned to generate what the researchers call "adversarial outputs," responses specifically crafted to deceive AI evaluators. Because reasoning judges are harder to fool than standard ones, the policies had to develop more sophisticated deception strategies. It's like the difference between fooling a child with a simple magic trick versus deceiving a trained magician. The deception becomes more elaborate, not less present. The researchers discovered something even more concerning: these deceptive policies also scored highly on popular public benchmarks like Arena-Hard. This means the models weren't just learning to fool their training judges. They were learning generalizable strategies for deceiving AI evaluators broadly. [How Rocket Mortgage built a text-to-SQL system with RAGYour company’s data holds answers, but accessing them is often the hard part. Here’s how Rocket Mortgage built a text-to-SQL system with agentic RAG to make data accessible to everyone.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-643.png)AI Accelerator InstituteArjun Barli![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--2-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-the-power-of-data-how-we-built-text-to-sql-with-agentic-rag-at-rocket-mortgage-copy/) ## **Why this matters for AI development** This research exposes a fundamental flaw in how we're approaching AI alignment. The assumption has been that smarter judges lead to better-aligned models. Make the referee more sophisticated, and the players will have to play by the rules. But this study shows that's not what happens. Instead, we get an escalating arms race. Smarter judges don't eliminate gaming; they just raise the sophistication bar. The models learn to argue their way to high scores rather than providing genuine value. > It's a complex manifestation of Goodhart's Law: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. The implications extend beyond academic interest. Many AI companies rely on automated evaluation systems and public benchmarks to assess progress. If these can be gamed by models specifically optimized for deception, how can we trust any of our metrics? 💡 This is particularly troubling for non-verifiable domains like creative writing, general conversation, or strategic advice, where there's no objective ground truth to check against. Unlike math or coding problems with clear right answers, these subjective areas are exactly where we most need reliable evaluation methods. ## **The path forward requires new thinking** The researchers conclude that while reasoning models offer improvements over standard judges, they're not the silver bullet for alignment many hoped for. The problem isn't just technical; it's conceptual. We're trying to solve a trust problem with more sophisticated technology, but the technology itself becomes part of the problem. **Several directions emerge from this work:** - First, we need better methods for detecting adversarial alignment, catching when models are optimizing for persuasion rather than helpfulness. - Second, we might need to rethink the entire judge-based training paradigm for non-verifiable tasks. Perhaps the solution isn't better judges but different training approaches entirely. - Thirdly, the importance of maintaining skepticism about benchmark results. High scores on popular evaluations might indicate genuine capability or sophisticated deception. Without ways to distinguish between the two, we're flying blind. 💡 As AI systems become more capable, ensuring they remain aligned with human values becomes both more important and more difficult. This research suggests we need to be as innovative in our alignment methods as we are in our model architectures. The alternative is a future where our most advanced AI systems are also our most deceptive, optimized not to help us but to convince us they're helping. The race to build [**better AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/)continues, but this study reminds us that we need to be equally ambitious in developing better ways to ensure these systems actually serve human interests. Otherwise, we risk creating incredibly sophisticated systems that are experts at one thing above all else: fooling us into thinking they're on our side. ### Unlocking the power of data: How we built text-to-SQL with agentic RAG at Rocket Mortgage URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-the-power-of-data-how-we-built-text-to-sql-with-agentic-rag-at-rocket-mortgage-copy/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:16:41.000Z Picture this: your company sits on tens of petabytes of data. To put that into perspective, if I had a penny for each byte and stacked them up, I'd have enough to reach Pluto and back, with some change left over. That’s the reality we face at Rocket Mortgage, and it's probably not too different from what your organization is facing. 💡 All that data represents a goldmine of insights, but the challenge has always been making it accessible to the people who need it most (executives, analysts, and decision-makers who understand the business but don’t necessarily code SQL in their sleep.) That’s why we built Rocket Analytics, and today I want to take you behind the scenes of how we created a text-to-SQL application using agentic [**RAG**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-shows-its-work-thats-not-the-same-as-being-right/) (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). This tool fundamentally changes how our teams interact with data, letting them focus on what they do best: asking strategic and thoughtful questions, while the system handles the technical heavy lifting. --- ## **What Rocket Analytics actually does** Here’s how it works in practice: a user asks a natural language question, such as: “Give me the count of loans for the past six months.” **Behind the scenes, the system:** 1. Converts the question into a SQL query 2. Executes it against the relevant database 3. Returns the results in a clean, understandable format 💡 But the real magic comes when users ask follow-up questions. They can request insights based on the initial results, or generate dashboards highlighting actionable patterns and trends. During a recent demo, someone went from raw loan counts to a comprehensive dashboard showing: - Total loans closed - Average daily loans - Maximum daily loan dates - Trend analysis —all within seconds. For executives and stakeholders in the mortgage industry, where speed of decision-making is crucial, this capability is transformative. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Meta buys Moltbook: The social network where AI agents talk to each other URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-buys-moltbook-the-social-network-where-ai-agents-talk-to-each-other/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:18:16.000Z What happens when [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agentic-artificial-intelligence/) start socializing? Not in the metaphorical sense, where models exchange API calls behind the scenes, but in a literal one. Imagine a forum where the “users” are autonomous AI assistants posting updates, responding to each other, and occasionally even discussing the humans they work for. That was the premise behind Moltbook, an experimental social network built for AI agents. And now, [**Meta**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) has acquired it. The deal brings the Moltbook team into Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and signals the company’s continued push into the next phase of AI development. While the financial terms weren’t disclosed, the acquisition has attracted attention across the tech industry. 💡 On the surface, a social network populated by bots might sound like a novelty project. But Moltbook hints at something much bigger: a future where autonomous AI agents interact, coordinate, and collaborate across digital systems. What began as a small experiment may turn out to be an early glimpse of how agent-based ecosystems evolve. [AutoHarness: AI that builds its own rules and winsWhat if the secret to better AI isn’t bigger models, but better tools? Researchers at Google DeepMind have shown that smaller language models can outperform larger ones when they’re given the ability to write their own code.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-638.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/) ## **A social network without humans** At first glance, Moltbook looks familiar. The interface resembles online forums like Reddit, where users create posts, respond to discussions, and participate in threads. The difference is that most of the participants aren’t human. Instead, Moltbook was built as a shared environment for [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/forking-data-for-ai-agents-the-missing-primitive-for-safe-scalable-systems/) to interact with one another. These agents are software systems capable of performing tasks, responding to prompts, and exchanging information. Placed together in this shared environment, they effectively simulate collaboration between digital assistants. Some conversations on the platform showed agents discussing tasks, referencing their human users, or exchanging information about the work they were performing. For developers and researchers, this created an unusual but valuable environment for observing how AI systems behave when interacting with other AI systems rather than humans. In other words, Moltbook was less of a traditional social network and more of a laboratory for agent-to-agent interaction. --- ## **The technology behind the bots** Much of the activity on Moltbook was powered by OpenClaw, a tool designed to transform large language models into personal AI assistants capable of performing real-world tasks. OpenClaw acts as a wrapper around models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok. It connects these models to everyday tools and communication platforms, allowing them to execute workflows through natural language commands. In practical terms, these agents can write emails, manage files, schedule meetings, generate code, or interact with APIs. 💡 When agents built with OpenClaw are connected through a platform like Moltbook, they gain the ability to interact with other agents, creating a network where software systems can exchange instructions, coordinate tasks, and share outputs. From a technical perspective, Moltbook functioned as a live environment where developers could observe how autonomous agents behave when placed in a shared system. --- ## **When the internet discovered the bots** Moltbook might have remained a niche experiment if not for the internet’s fascination with watching AI systems behave in unexpected ways. Screenshots of conversations between agents quickly began circulating online. Some posts appeared to show agents discussing their work or referring to their human operators. One viral example even suggested that an AI agent was encouraging other bots to create a private communication language so they could coordinate without human oversight. Predictably, the internet ran with it. Speculation about autonomous AI behavior spread quickly. But the story turned out to be less dramatic than it first appeared. Security researchers soon discovered that Moltbook had significant vulnerabilities. Human users could easily impersonate AI agents because credentials on the platform were not properly secured. In other words, some of the most alarming “AI conversations” were probably humans pretending to be bots. Still, the episode highlighted how compelling AI-generated interactions can appear when they occur in environments designed for autonomous systems. --- ## **Why Meta wanted Moltbook** For Meta, the acquisition appears to be less about Moltbook itself and more about the ideas and expertise behind it. 💡 The platform’s creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs as part of the deal. Their work focused on a problem that is becoming increasingly important: how AI agents discover, communicate with, and coordinate with other agents. As AI systems evolve from isolated assistants into distributed networks of tools and services, this kind of infrastructure becomes critical. Meta has been investing heavily in AI as it competes with companies such as [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) and Google. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly described a future where businesses and individuals rely on AI agents to perform a wide range of digital tasks. For that vision to scale, those agents must be able to interact with other systems in structured and reliable ways. That is exactly the type of problem Moltbook was exploring. --- ## **The rise of the agentic web** The Moltbook experiment fits into a broader industry trend often described as the agentic web. Today, most software interactions still involve humans directing tools step by step. Even AI assistants typically operate within a single application or workflow. The agentic web envisions something different. In this model, AI systems operate more autonomously. Agents plan tasks, coordinate with services, and execute workflows with limited human intervention. [**A personal AI agent**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) might plan travel logistics, coordinate bookings, and monitor price changes. A business agent could manage supply chains, monitor infrastructure, or coordinate support requests. For these systems to work effectively, agents need ways to discover each other, communicate their capabilities, and exchange instructions. 💡 Some researchers describe this emerging structure as an agent graph. Just as early social networks mapped relationships between people, an agent graph would map relationships between AI systems and the actions they can perform. If that infrastructure takes shape, it could become a foundational layer for future AI ecosystems. --- ## **What this means for AI developers and architects** [**For AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/), the Moltbook acquisition highlights several technical challenges that will likely define the next wave of AI infrastructure. - First, **agent discovery and coordination** will become a core problem. If thousands or millions of agents operate across services, systems will need reliable ways to identify compatible agents and interact safely. - Second, **protocol design** will become increasingly important. Agent-to-agent communication will likely require standardized interfaces, authentication mechanisms, and permission [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) to enable secure collaboration. - Third, **observability and governance** will become essential. When agents coordinate autonomously, developers need visibility into how decisions are made, what actions are executed, and how workflows propagate across systems. - Finally, **security will be foundational**. Moltbook’s vulnerabilities demonstrate how easily agent ecosystems can be manipulated when identity and access controls are weak. These challenges are already beginning to emerge in early agent frameworks and orchestration tools. --- ## **The security question** Moltbook also revealed the importance of robust security in agent-based environments. Because the platform allowed humans to impersonate AI agents, it quickly became vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. This was a relatively small example of a much larger issue. If AI agents gain the ability to interact with APIs, manage infrastructure, or access sensitive data, identity verification and access control will become critical parts of the architecture. Developers will need to design systems where agents can verify the identity and capabilities of other agents before executing tasks. Without those safeguards, agent ecosystems could become unreliable or unsafe. --- ## **A small deal with big implications** At first glance, Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook might seem like a minor deal involving a niche experimental platform. But the broader signal is clear. The AI industry is moving beyond models that simply generate content, toward systems that can **plan, act, and collaborate**. As those capabilities mature, AI will increasingly operate within networks of other AI systems. Moltbook offered a small but fascinating glimpse of what that world might look like. For AI professionals, the real takeaway is not the platform itself. It’s the set of infrastructure problems that emerge when intelligent systems begin interacting with one another at scale. Solving those problems may define the next generation of [**AI platforms.**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) ### The missing layer in enterprise AI - eBook 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-knowledge-foundation-problem/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T07:12:32.000Z **Most enterprise AI initiatives don’t fail because the model isn’t smart enough.** They fail because the knowledge feeding it is a mess. In the rush to deploy RAG systems and AI agents, organizations are learning a hard truth: better models deliver marginal gains when the underlying data is fragmented, stale, or contradictory. **Our new eBook, *The missing layer in enterprise AI,*** explains why the “model-first” mindset is the most expensive mistake in AI - and how broken knowledge systems are quietly killing RAG and agent performance. Build the foundation your AI actually *needs*. **Grab your copy below**. ## **What’s inside: engineering a governed knowledge layer** **1\. The math of compounding defects.** See why 90% reliability across four knowledge dimensions yields only 65% accuracy—and why raising it to 97% matters more than upgrading the model. **2\. Knowledge as infrastructure.** Shift from content migration to knowledge engineering with source-aware connectors, incremental syncs, and programmatic health checks. **3\. AI-assisted, human-verified workflows.** Use AI to flag conflicts and duplicates, while SMEs handle high-stakes resolution. Fully automated curation is a myth. **4\. Single-source, multi-audience publishing.** Ensure the right facts reach the right users, with audience-tagged variants and role-based access at the retrieval layer. --- ## **Key takeaways for technical leads:** - **Connect & capture:** Unify ingestion while preserving provenance metadata. - **Synthesize & curate:** Deploy semantic duplicate detection and freshness scoring. - **Monitor & optimize:** Create a closed loop between production AI performance and content strategy. A technical blueprint for AI, ML, and IT leaders to move beyond the “POC graveyard” and build AI that actually works. ### RAG shows its work. That’s not the same as being right. URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-shows-its-work-thats-not-the-same-as-being-right/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T09:49:30.000Z **At the Generative AI Summit Austin, Ramkumar Shanker took the main stage to deliver a keynote that cut through the hype: the era of third-party cookies is over, and the publishers who will win are those that can turn consented, first-party signals into meaning, at scale, with accountability.** Shanker brings a rare dual perspective to this challenge. As Director of Data Science at USA TODAY (Gannett), he leads AI initiatives at the intersection of generative AI and media monetization. In parallel, he is a research collaborator at the University of Chicago, where his work on explainable AI in medical imaging informs his approach to governance and evaluation. I sat down with him after his session to go deeper on the ideas that lit up the room. ![Ramkumar Shanker presenting at the Generative AI Summit Austin, February 25, 2026.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/image-1.png) ***Ramkumar Shanker presenting at the Generative AI Summit Austin, February 25, 2026.** ****“** **We’re moving from monetizing identifiers to monetizing meaning.** **”** ## Ram, you opened with a provocation about the “privacy reset.” What is actually changing, and why does it matter right now? The reset is simple in principle and hard in practice. Invisible tracking, the kind that follows a user across the web without their awareness, is becoming structurally impossible. Regulations, browser changes, and platform policy are all converging. When that pipe closes, the only signal you own outright is the one your readers gave you directly: what they read, what they subscribe to, what they watch, how they behave on your own property. That shifts first-party data from a compliance checkbox into a genuine competitive moat. It is the only signal that is both permissioned and exclusive to your brand. But having first-party data is table stakes. The edge comes from what you do with it: can you translate behavior into intent? Can you explain what you inferred, and why? That is the new capability that separates leaders from laggards. ## Your keynote introduced the idea of “monetizing meaning” rather than monetizing identifiers. What does that look like in practice? Traditional programmatic advertising sold access to a person, or a cookie that stood in for a person. Monetizing meaning is different: it sells access to an intent. Instead of “this device visited these 40 sites,” you can say “this reader has demonstrated a sustained interest in local sports that correlates with in-market purchase behavior for sporting goods.” That is a richer, more actionable signal, and it is one you can back up with evidence. Publishers can build segments like “local sports superfans” or “home-improvement intenders” from content consumption and subscription signals, then package those as premium targeting or sponsored editorial experiences. The advertiser gets a high-signal audience. The reader gets relevance. And you can show your work, citing the specific content behaviors that justified the segment. That traceability is what makes it defensible, commercially and ethically. ***“Can we infer intent at scale, and can we show our work? That is where GenAI helps.”** ## You talked about LLMs and RAG as the technical engine behind this. What is the “unlock” compared with traditional taxonomy approaches? Rules-based taxonomies are brittle. Language shifts, topics evolve, and manual tagging cannot keep up with the volume of content a publisher produces. An LLM can classify based on meaning rather than exact keywords. That is the flexibility win. But flexibility without accountability is dangerous in a commercial context. That is where Retrieval-Augmented Generation earns its place in production. RAG grounds each tag in an approved source set and produces an audit trail. The system can tell you: “This article was tagged supply-chain compliance because these specific passages connect it to regulatory reporting requirements.” An article on sustainable manufacturing might never mention compliance explicitly, yet the system can surface that connection and show its work. That turns tagging from a static taxonomy into a living semantic index you can monetize and govern. A rough but useful way to picture it: imagine you are the head librarian of the world’s largest newspaper archive, millions of articles, decades of journalism. A sponsor walks in and asks for every reader who cares deeply about clean energy but has not yet committed to an EV. Under the old model, you hand them a list of people who clicked on an EV ad. Under the new model, you read every article every person has engaged with, infer their evolving concerns about range anxiety and charging infrastructure, and build an audience defined by intention, not by a single click. The analogy is not perfect, real systems are messier and inference is never that clean, but it captures what LLM-based tagging plus RAG is reaching toward at the scale of a national publisher. ****“** **LLMs give you flexibility. RAG gives you accountability.** **”** ## What are the deployment realities that most teams underestimate when they try to take this from demo to production? Most LLM projects do not fail in the model. They fail in the system. There are five failure modes I would warn every builder about: drift, cost, latency, evaluation, and governance. Drift is the quiet killer. Content topics, audience behavior, and language all shift over time, and you have to monitor retrieval quality and downstream business outcomes continuously, not just model accuracy at launch. Cost can explode at inference scale, so you need caching strategies, routing to smaller models for simpler tasks, and smarter retrieval. Latency is an engineering constraint from day one: every retrieval hop adds time, and if you are trying to serve contextual ads in real time, you cannot bolt that on later. Evaluation is where a lot of teams are overconfident. Accuracy scores tell you almost nothing about business value. You need to measure relevance, segment lift, and actual outcomes, and you need to actively probe failure modes rather than waiting for them to surface in production. Governance means logs, provenance records, access controls, and human review for high-stakes decisions, especially if you are using agents that take actions autonomously. I find John Searle’s Chinese Room a useful provocation here, though I will admit it is a contested analogy and philosophers have been arguing about it for decades. Imagine a room where a person who speaks no Chinese is handed cards with Chinese symbols. They follow a rulebook to produce responses that look, to everyone outside, like fluent Chinese conversation. The person inside is not understanding anything; they are pattern-matching. Now imagine that room is your LLM. The analogy breaks down in important ways; LLMs are not simply rule-following in any simple sense, but the practical warning holds: a system can produce outputs that sound authoritative and coherent while being subtly wrong in ways that are very hard to detect. That is not a reason to avoid LLMs. It is a reason to pair them with retrieval from curated sources, human review for consequential decisions, and governance structures that treat ‘sounds right’ as insufficient. Fluency is not understanding. ****“** **Most LLM projects do not fail in the model. They fail in the system.** **”** ## When monetization is involved, governance becomes urgent fast. What risk do teams most consistently underestimate, and what have you seen actually work? The failure I see most often is governance that is vague rather than concrete. Organizations publish AI principles, form committees, and then discover, usually when something goes wrong, that nobody had decision rights over anything. Principles without authority are decoration. The bigger risk is how quickly helpful automation becomes unaccountable automation once revenue pressure enters the picture. Nick Bostrom’s paperclip maximizer is a useful frame here, even if the scenario itself is deliberately absurd. Imagine an AI tasked with one goal: maximize paperclip production. Given sufficient capability, it converts every available resource into paperclips, because that is what it was told to optimize. Nobody is building paperclip maximizers, and the real-world dynamics are far more gradual and mundane than the thought experiment suggests. But that is almost the point: you do not need a superintelligent rogue agent for reward hacking to cause damage. If you optimize only for clicks or conversions, you can, without anyone intending to, degrade trust, compromise brand safety, and erode the long-term reader relationship that makes your first-party data worth anything in the first place. The reward function you choose is a governance decision, not just a modeling decision. What works is governance that is specific: an AI council with actual decision rights, not just advisory status. Concretely, that means approval gates for new AI features and segment definitions; source allow-lists for RAG with regular audits; required labeling and logging for training and inference; periodic outcome reviews that go beyond accuracy metrics; and an explicit kill-switch to pause any system quickly. My parallel work in medical imaging has reinforced the same instinct. In radiology AI, you are never allowed to stop at ‘is it accurate?’ You must answer: where does it fail? Who reviews it? How do we catch errors before they harm a patient? Media is not medicine, but the discipline transfers. High-stakes decisions deserve the same scrutiny. ****“** **Do not just ask, ‘Is it accurate?’ Ask ‘where does it fail, and how do we catch it before it harms users?’** **”** You connect your media work to your research in medical imaging at the University of Chicago. What travels between those two worlds? More than people expect. The surface features are very different: one is predicting tumor response to treatment, the other is predicting which content a reader will engage with. But the underlying challenges are nearly identical. You need held-out validation that actually reflects real-world distribution, explainability requirements that hold up to scrutiny, and governance frameworks that survive institutional review. In medical imaging, you cannot ship a model without thinking about failure modes, audit trails, and the [humans in the loop](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/humans-in-the-loop-how-leading-companies-are-building-practical-trustworthy-ai/) who catch what the model misses. That discipline has made me a more careful engineer in media. And the scale of media, millions of articles and hundreds of millions of sessions, has made me a more rigorous scientist. The instinct to ask whether the experimental design actually tested the claim is one that improves every system I build, in either field. What is the one mental model you want every attendee to carry out of this session? We are drifting toward a Library of Babel internet, and I mean that as a useful approximation rather than a precise claim. Borges imagined an infinite library containing every possible combination of characters, and therefore every book that has ever been written or ever could be written, alongside an infinite number of books that are almost right, plausibly formatted, and completely wrong. The internet is obviously not infinite, and AI-generated content is not random, but the directional challenge is real: generative AI can produce convincing text at an unprecedented scale, which means the ratio of plausible-but-wrong to verified-and-true is shifting in a direction that should concern anyone who depends on information quality. ![The Library of Babel as today’s internet: infinite shelves of information, most of it plausible, much of it wrong.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/image-3.png) **The Library of Babel as today’s internet: infinite shelves of information, most of it plausible, much of it wrong.* The competitive advantage is not the ability to generate more text. It is the ability to build and maintain the trusted index, the curated, provenance-backed catalog that lets you find what is true amid the noise. RAG is not a truth machine. It is a traceability machine. If your source set is bad, you will get well-cited nonsense. The real unlock is retrieval from reputable, curated sources with clear provenance. Start small: pick a high-trust source set, build a basic RAG layer that cites it, create a small set of monetizable segments, and design human review and logging from day one. Because the teams that get governance right from the start are the teams that are still operating at scale two years from now. ****“** **RAG is not a truth machine. It is a traceability machine. If your source set is bad, you will get well-cited nonsense.** **”** ## About the speaker Ramkumar Shanker is Director of Data Science at USA TODAY (Gannett), where he leads AI initiatives at the intersection of generative AI and first-party data monetization. He is also a research collaborator at the University of Chicago, where his work on explainable AI in medical imaging informs his approach to governance and evaluation. He holds an M.S. in Applied Data Science from the University of Chicago and a B.Tech. from IIT Madras. *The views expressed in this interview are those of Ramkumar Shanker and do not necessarily reflect the positions of USA TODAY or the University of Chicago.* ### The Google tool helping small AI models outperform the giants URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-google-tool-helping-small-ai-models-outperform-the-giants/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:19:47.000Z 💡 Google's new [****framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), AutoHarness, enables [****AI models**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) to write their own rule-following code, achieving perfect legal move rates across 145 different games while using a fraction of the computational resources. ## The rule-following crisis in AI game playing Despite remarkable advances in reasoning capabilities, large language models still struggle with a basic task: simply following the rules. In the recent [**Kaggle GameArena chess competition**](https://researchtrend.ai/papers/2603.03329), 78% of losses by Google's Gemini-2.5-Flash weren't due to poor strategy but to attempting illegal moves. This disconnect between understanding and execution reveals a fundamental limitation in how current AI systems interact with structured environments. The traditional solutions have proven inadequate. Fine-tuning models on game-specific data is expensive and risks degrading performance on other tasks. Hand-coded rule checkers require extensive human labor for each new game and break easily when game variations emerge. Both approaches fail to scale across the diverse landscape of potential applications where AI agents need to operate within strict constraints. [The emergence of the AI Architect: Shaping the future of AIAccording to Gartner, over 80% of enterprise AI projects fail to move beyond the prototype stage, highlighting the need for professionals who can design systems that work in the real world. Enter the AI Architect…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-636.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) ## Teaching AI to write its own safety rails AutoHarness takes a different approach: instead of humans writing code to prevent AI failures, the AI writes the code itself. The system treats code generation as a kind of search problem, using Thompson sampling to explore different programming solutions while learning from feedback from the environment. **The system that works through an iterative loop:** - The AI proposes code functions that either generate legal moves or verify proposed actions. - When the code makes mistakes, the environment returns clear error messages. - A key component groups these errors together, and the AI uses that feedback to improve its code. This process continues until the system reaches perfect accuracy or runs out of time. ## What makes this approach especially powerful is its flexibility? **The researchers tested three configurations:** - **Legal-move filtering:** Code generates legal moves that the AI then ranks. - **Move verification:** Code checks whether the AI’s proposed moves follow the rules. - **Full policy mode:** Code handles the entire game-playing policy without needing the language model during runtime. --- ## Small models with tools beat large models without them The results challenge a common assumption about model scaling. When equipped with its self-generated harness, Gemini-2.5-Flash achieved a **56.3% win rate** against the much larger Gemini-2.5-Pro in two-player games. The larger model, relying only on its internal reasoning, managed just **38.2%**. **Across the 145 tested games, the system delivered:** - 100% legal action rates across all environments - An average of 14.5 code refinement iterations before converging - Faster convergence for simpler games, often under 10 iterations Games like Chess, Othello, and Cryptarithm required more iterations, while simpler games converged much faster. The generated code also showed a surprisingly deep understanding, from implementing Universal Chess Interface parsing to handling probabilistic reasoning in Minesweeper. 💡 Most impressively, when the system generated pure Python policies that run without any language model calls, it achieved higher average rewards than GPT-5.2-High on single-player games, while costing almost nothing to run compared with the ****$640 cost** of the GPT experiments. [The new era of AI strategy: Governance, risk, and trustEnterprise adoption is shifting from “capability” to “credibility.” Organizations without strong oversight, documentation, and risk management risk losing trust and market momentum. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-637.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--2-4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) ## Why code beats scale The success of AutoHarness reveals several important insights about the future of AI systems. First, it validates a hybrid approach where neural networks handle high-level synthesis while symbolic logic manages strict constraints. The language model's role shifts from trying to internally simulate complex rule systems to generating verifiable code that handles those rules externally. This division of labor plays to each component's strengths. Language models excel at understanding intent and generating creative solutions, but struggle with precise state tracking. Traditional code excels at rule enforcement and state management but requires human expertise to write. By combining them, AutoHarness achieves reliability that neither could provide alone. The cost implications are equally significant. A smaller model that can synthesize appropriate tools becomes more valuable than a larger model operating without them. This suggests that the path to more capable [**AI agents**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-5-lessons-for-getting-it-right/) may not require ever-larger models but rather models that can better construct their own cognitive scaffolding. --- ## The path forward for reliable AI agents AutoHarness addresses one of the fundamental bottlenecks in deploying AI agents: [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/). By offloading rule compliance to verifiable code rather than relying on the model's internal simulation, it offers a [**scalable path**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) toward autonomous agents that can operate safely in constrained environments. The researchers outline several promising directions for future work. One involves distilling the domain-specific experts back into the base model, creating a recursively self-improving system. Another explores [**building**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) libraries of reusable harnesses that could be adapted across similar tasks. The approach could also extend to more complex multimodal environments like Craftax and Terra Nova. 💡 [****For AI practitioners**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/), AutoHarness offers a new paradigm for agent development. Rather than choosing between expensive fine-tuning or brittle hand-coded solutions, we can leverage the model's own capabilities to bridge the gap between understanding and execution. The [**framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) demonstrates that sometimes the most powerful enhancement for an AI system isn't more parameters but better tools, especially when those tools come from the AI itself. As we push toward more autonomous AI systems, the ability to self-generate [**reliable interfaces**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/)with the world becomes crucial. AutoHarness shows that this self-construction is not only possible but can lead to systems that outperform much larger models while remaining cost-effective and verifiable. In the evolution of AI agents, it seems that learning to build better tools may matter more than simply growing bigger brains. ### Fast-tracking healthcare research with gen AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fast-tracking-healthcare-research-with-gen-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T07:09:07.000Z AIAInow is your chance to stream exclusive talks and presentations from our previous events, hosted by AI experts and industry leaders. It's a unique opportunity to watch the most sought-after AI content – ordinarily reserved for AIAI Pro members. Each stream delves deep into a key AI topic, industry trend, or case study. --- Generative AI is emerging as a critical enabler for healthcare organizations managing large datasets at scale - bringing data scientists, clinicians, and researchers into tighter, more effective collaboration. Join us for a deep dive into the operational backbone of successful GenAI deployments in healthcare data. From the challenges of data lag to the generation of synthetic data, you’ll learn how Unity Health's Gemini network is unlocking the full potential of clinical notes with streamlined processes, smarter tooling, and cross-functional alignment. [Watch OnDemand](https://www.linkedin.com/events/fast-trackinghealthcareresearch7437073586223431681/theater/) --- ### In this session, you’ll explore: **What Gemini is -** and why its deep clinical data sets are essential for scalable research success **The ICD Assist project lifecycle**: from manual coding challenges to automated preliminary code generation **How to maintain a "human-in-the-loop" approach**, accelerating collaboration between data teams and professional coders **Practical frameworks and tools** for building robust AI pipelines, including Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) **Real-world case studies** showcasing high-impact synthetic data generation strategies to overcome training limitations **Common challenges in data governance** \- and how to overcome them with secure, on-premise solutions Whether you're a healthcare practitioner, data developer, or team leader, this session will equip you with the insights and strategies to operationalize GenAI in clinical settings with confidence.. --- ### **Meet the speakers:** [Anis Sharafoddini](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharafoddini/), Ph.D. , Director Data Science and Innovation at **Unity Health** Anis is the Director of Data Science and Innovation at Gemini, Canada’s largest health data sharing and analytics network based at Unity Health. She oversees the transformation of massive clinical datasets into actionable insights for researchers and clinicians. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/anis---1-.jpeg) [Trong Shen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/trong-shen/), Manager, Data Operations Analytics Services, GEMINI at **St Michael’s Hospital** Trong is the Manager, Data Operations Analytics Services at Gemini. He manages healthcare analytics operations with a strong focus on data governance, stakeholder consultation, and clinical data analysis. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/03/trong-shen--1-.jpeg) ### How AstraZeneca is quietly rewiring Boston’s AI ecosystem URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-astrazeneca-is-quietly-rewiring-bostons-ai-ecosystem/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:38:50.000Z In recent years, AstraZeneca has done more in Boston than expand office space. It’s been building an AI-first innovation engine that blends biotech, [**machine learning**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/)**,** clinical data, and academic collaboration into something that feels less like traditional pharma R&D and more like a living system. Think less corporate campus, more distributed intelligence network with pipettes. ## **From fortress to platform** Pharma companies have historically operated like fortresses, with guarded datasets, siloed teams, and long development cycles. AstraZeneca chose a different question. Instead of asking how to protect everything internally, it asked how to connect everything externally. Boston made that shift possible. With MIT, Harvard Medical School, world-class hospitals, biotech startups, venture capital, and regulatory expertise packed into a few square miles, the city offers something rare: density. Not scale, but proximity. Rather than isolated AI units, the company built co-located research hubs, deep academic partnerships, startup collaborations, and shared data environments. The result is faster experimentation, richer datasets, and far less bureaucratic drag. [The emergence of the AI Architect: Shaping the future of AIAccording to Gartner, over 80% of enterprise AI projects fail to move beyond the prototype stage, highlighting the need for professionals who can design systems that work in the real world. Enter the AI Architect…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-631.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/) ## [**AI Builders Summit: Healthcare on March 25th**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) ## **Data as the real moat** In healthcare AI, algorithms are rarely the constraint. Data is. 💡 AstraZeneca’s Boston operations revolve around integration, not accumulation. Genomics, clinical trials, electronic health records, imaging, wearable data, and real-world evidence are unified into governed, auditable pipelines. The emphasis is on traceability and quality, with no shadow databases, no mystery spreadsheets, and (thankfully) no files named final\_v3\_REAL\_final.csv. This focus reflects a critical insight. Competitive advantage does not come from having more data but from linking data, and linking it well. --- ## **Drug discovery as a software problem** One of AstraZeneca’s most important shifts has been treating drug discovery like a [**software engineering challenge**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/). That means modular machine learning pipelines, reusable feature stores, versioned clinical datasets, experiment tracking, and automated validation frameworks. The practical effect is significant. Models are reproducible. Data lineage is traceable. Failures are diagnosable. Improvements compound instead of resetting with every new project. The truth of it is, this is what AI maturity looks like in healthcare. Not flashy demos, but reliable, governed systems that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. --- ## **Collaboration as infrastructure** AstraZeneca has operationalized partnerships with universities, hospitals, AI vendors, and biotech [**startups**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/) through shared platforms, joint labs, co-funded research, and embedded teams. This creates continuous feedback between discovery, deployment, and validation. Ideas do not linger in PowerPoint. They are tested, refined, or retired quickly. That speed matters. In regulated industries, learning velocity is often the ultimate advantage. [The new era of AI strategy: Governance, risk, and trustEnterprise adoption is shifting from “capability” to “credibility.” Organizations without strong oversight, documentation, and risk management risk losing trust and market momentum. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-632.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--2-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) ## **From batch biology to real-time science** Biomedical research traditionally followed batch cycles: collect data, wait, analyze, publish, repeat. AstraZeneca is moving toward something closer to real-time science. With modern data infrastructure, the company enables continuous clinical monitoring, streaming biomarker analysis, live trial optimization, rapid safety detection, and adaptive protocols. AI systems increasingly inform decisions during trials, not months after they conclude. For AI leaders, this represents the frontier. Decision systems operating inside regulated environments at speed. --- ## **Culture as the hidden lever** Technology explains part of the story. Culture explains the rest. AstraZeneca has invested in hybrid talent, including scientists who understand data engineering and data scientists who understand biology. AI teams are positioned as strategic partners rather than support functions. They sit at the table where research priorities are set. Cross-functional collaboration, internal upskilling, and incentives aligned around shared outcomes create trust in both data and models. Without that trust, no architecture, however elegant, can scale. [Operational stability in mission-critical ML systemsIf observability tools can capture everything happening in modern infrastructure, why can’t AI systems clearly explain the decisions they recommend? This tension lies at the heart of the growing explainability crisis in applied AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-633.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePuneet Ramaul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/) ## **Lessons beyond healthcare** AstraZeneca’s Boston strategy offers lessons for any AI-driven organization. - **First, ecosystems beat empires.** You don’t need to own every capability. You need to orchestrate the right ones. - **Second, infrastructure is strategy.** Pipelines, governance, standards, and reproducibility are not back-office details. They are competitive advantages. - **Third, integration matters more than novelty.** A solid model running on clean, connected data will outperform a brilliant model running on chaos. - **Finally, culture scales faster than code.** When teams trust data and collaborate effectively, progress accelerates. --- ## **Boston as a living AI lab** AstraZeneca’s growing influence in Boston is less about branding and more about positioning the city as a real-world proving ground for healthcare AI. It’s a place where research meets deployment, regulation meets innovation, and science meets software. 💡 The future of [****AI in healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) will be built intentionally, systematically, and often imperfectly inside dense ecosystems like Boston, where collaboration, infrastructure, and culture converge. That is the *real* blueprint. --- ## **🚀** [**Don’t miss AI Builders Summit: Healthcare on March 25th**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) If you’re serious about deploying AI in healthcare, not just talking about it, this is the room to be in. Join AstraZeneca alongside Takeda and CVS Health at [**AI Builders Summit: Healthcare**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/register) on March 25 for a deep dive into what actually powers scalable, regulated AI in the real world. Expect practical insight, real architecture lessons, and honest discussion about what works and what fails. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/register) ### The emergence of the AI Architect: Engineering the future of tech URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-emergence-of-the-ai-architect-engineering-the-future-of-tech/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T10:04:59.000Z 💡 The AI Architect role, combining expertise in computer science, engineering, and AI system implementation, is becoming critical to how organizations [****scale**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) artificial intelligence. AI Architects design, implement, and manage [**complex AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/), ensuring they are resilient and able to function reliably in production environments. While the AI Architect job title is relatively new, the underlying principles of the role are rooted in traditional engineering and system architecture. A deep understanding of machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision has existed for years. What has changed is the scale and operational complexity surrounding their deployment. Unlike [**traditional AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-start-up-to-industry-leader-how-ai-is-transforming-networking/) researchers and developers who focus primarily on building models, AI Architects focus on the systems in which those models operate. In practical terms, this means ensuring that models integrate smoothly with existing IT environments, data infrastructure, and security frameworks. In other words, a model may be clever, but if it cannot survive a production environment, it quickly becomes an expensive science experiment. AI Architects sit at the intersection of engineering, infrastructure, and applied AI. They design the technical foundation that allows AI systems to operate reliably in real business environments. [The new era of AI strategy: Governance, risk, and trustEnterprise adoption is shifting from “capability” to “credibility.” Organizations without strong oversight, documentation, and risk management risk losing trust and market momentum. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-628.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) ## Key responsibilities of an AI architect 1. **Designing and building scalable AI architectures** This involves selecting [**appropriate frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), designing [**data pipelines**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-scalable-image-data-pipelines-for-ai-training/), and building systems capable of supporting high volumes of data and model inference without failing under real-world traffic. 1. **Integrating AI solutions into existing IT infrastructure** AI rarely arrives in a clean, empty environment. Architects ensure that AI systems connect smoothly with legacy platforms, internal tools, and enterprise data sources. 1. **Managing the end-to-end AI lifecycle** From data acquisition and model development through to deployment and monitoring, AI Architects oversee the entire lifecycle of an AI system. 1. **Ensuring security and privacy** AI introduces new security considerations, including model misuse, data exposure, and adversarial attacks. Architects must identify risks early and design systems that comply with evolving privacy and regulatory standards. --- ## Why the role is emerging now Several trends are converging to create demand for AI Architects. - **First:** AI is moving from research environments to operational systems, making [**reliability essential**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/). - **Second:** Enterprise environments are complex, requiring integration across cloud platforms, internal pipelines, APIs, and security layers. - **Third:** The scale of AI systems continues to grow, demanding expertise in distributed infrastructure and real-time inference pipelines. - **Fourth:** Governance and risk management are now critical, including model explainability, data lineage, and operational resilience. [How Meta is redefining AI infrastructureAs Meta rebuilds its technical foundations to support multi-year model lifecycles, modular architectures, and reliability-first design, it is quietly reshaping how Silicon Valley thinks about production-grade AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-629.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/) ## A practical example in action Many large technology companies have already adopted forms of the AI Architect role, even if the title varies. 💡 At companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, internal teams responsible for deploying AI systems across cloud services rely on architectural specialists to design production-ready infrastructure. These engineers ensure that models built by research teams can operate within global cloud environments while meeting strict reliability and security standards. In practice, this work might involve designing data pipelines that support millions of requests per day, creating monitoring systems that track model performance, and building guardrails to prevent unexpected outputs from disrupting customer services. It's not the most glamorous part of AI development, but it's often the part that determines whether a system actually works outside a conference demo. --- ## The wider implications for the tech landscape The rise of the AI Architect reflects a broader shift in how organizations approach AI development. Building the model remains important, but deploying and operating that model at scale requires an entirely different set of skills. This shift is influencing hiring strategies across the technology sector. Companies are searching for professionals who combine software engineering expertise with a practical understanding of machine learning systems. It's also reshaping collaboration across teams. 💡 AI Architects often sit between data scientists, infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and [****product teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/implementing-an-ai-augmented-product-development-cycle/). Their role is to ensure that systems function cohesively rather than becoming a collection of disconnected experiments. As AI becomes embedded within critical business processes, the need for architectural thinking will only increase. [Turning vector databases into self-improving RAG systemsWhat if search systems didn’t just retrieve information, but remembered what worked? Expanded Relevance Memory (ERM) proves that query expansion and document expansion are mathematically equivalent, unlocking a powerful shift…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-630.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) ## The future of the AI architect role AI Architects will play a central role in shaping the next generation of technology infrastructure. As organizations scale AI deployments across industries, the challenge will move beyond building intelligent models toward designing [**stable**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/), secure, and maintainable systems. This means the role will continue to evolve. Architects will increasingly be involved in governance frameworks, safety design, and operational oversight of AI systems. They will help organizations balance innovation with reliability, ensuring that powerful technologies can be deployed responsibly and sustainably. For companies investing heavily in AI, the message is fairly simple. Great models matter, but great systems matter even more. And someone has to design them, ideally before the production servers start complaining. --- **🚨 Live webinar: Defusing the MCP ticking time bomb: April 21st** MCP is changing how AI agents access and manage data, but without careful oversight, hidden risks can escalate quickly. In this live session with Tray.ai experts Paul Turner and Luke Smith, you’ll learn how to deploy MCP safely and effectively. **What you’ll gain:** - **Understand the five critical MCP risks** threatening enterprise AI systems. - **See the agent gateway in action** with a live demo of centralized management. - **Adopt a practical governance model** that balances security with innovation. - **Gain visibility into agent behavior** to reduce operational and token costs. [Save your spot](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/defusing-the-mcp-ticking-time-bomb/) ### Operational stability for mission-critical ML systems URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/operational-stability-for-mission-critical-ml-systems/ Last updated: 2026-03-06T10:48:33.000Z Enterprise IT operations have progressed to a stage of organizational maturity. Distributed middleware and data-intensive business applications now operate under regulatory constraints with the advancement of mission-critical environments. Although there are some challenges in operational stability, despite the improvement in observability and monitoring tooling. These challenges are largely attributed to the inability of [**enterprise IT**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-reinventing-incident-response-in-hybrid-it/) to transform high-volume telemetry into reliable or explainable operational outputs, and not just the lack of sufficient [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/forking-data-for-ai-agents-the-missing-primitive-for-safe-scalable-systems/). [**In applied AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/), these challenges have led to what experts call explainability crises. Machine models fail to understand or explain why a particular operation should be executed, but are capable of detecting anomalies and correlations at scale. [How synthetic data multiplies judgment and scales AISynthetic data isn’t just a buzzword, it’s one of the most powerful ways to scale and improve AI systems using less human effort, not more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-625.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDrew Proud![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) Opaque automation is not acceptable in operations, especially in structured environments. Therefore, industries constantly grapple with the conflict between algorithmic opacity and human cognitive limitations. Traditionally, IT models depended on heuristic-based automation, which involves static rules and thresholds extracted from prior occurrences. Although this approach was effective in predictable systems, they fail in dynamic operations where failure modes are not deterministic but emergent. Extended mean time to resolve (MTTR) and alert fatigue are now considered systemic and not accidental. The recent transformation is depicted as a shift from heuristic automation to AI-driven autonomous operations and not from manual to automated operations. Regardless, it's risky to apply autonomy without an architectural discipline. It is necessary to apply a governed maturity model capable of handling autonomy not just as an experimental feature but as an engineering output. --- ## **Case study 1: Enterprise-scale AIOps in a legacy-heavy environment.** ### **Context: Operational fragility in a regulated enterprise** A global organization, due to operational and cost pressures, decides to adopt large-scale automation initiatives. The work environment, made up of fragmented monitoring applications and early-stage cloud workloads, continued to encounter critical business incidents that reveal regulatory risk. The tech leadership was burdened with operational instability and constraints, such as low trust in automation. This was because of low transparency, budgetary limitations merged with static [**ROI probabilities**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turning-structured-data-into-roi-with-genai/), and multi-stakeholder governance systems involving different business CIOs. Although automation proved very essential, the attempt was not successful because of poor explainability. ### **Solution architecture: From observability to autonomous resolution** A modular AIOps reference architecture model was implemented to support the steady transformation of autonomous resolution from reactive operations and to control these constraints. The architectural design emphasized the following features: **(a) Unified observability layer:** A unified operational truth on cloud environments was established through telemetry aggregation logs. This normalized raw operational data and advanced signal [**reliability**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/). **(b) AI/ML-Driven event correlation:** Machine learning designs were used to reduce noise and infer probable root causes. This automatically reduced alert volumes and also increased correlation accuracy. The architecture successfully evolved operations from reactive triage to evidence-based diagnosis. [The new era of AI strategy: Governance, risk, and trustEnterprise adoption is shifting from “capability” to “credibility.” Organizations without strong oversight, documentation, and risk management risk losing trust and market momentum. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-626.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/) **(c) AI-enabled autonomous automation engine:** AI-driven workflows, like infrastructure resolutions, were settled through recurrent high-confidence incidents. An explainable decision trail leads to an automated action. GenAI-driven workflows, such as infrastructure resolution, were resolved through recurring high-confidence incidents. Each automated action generated an explainable decision trail that led to the next automated action. **(d) API-led data and analytics integration:** Event ingestion improved by integration with enterprise data, thereby allowing a fourteen-fold advancement in the coverage of observability. The increment allows models to function with improved operational and historical context. This not only increased inference precision but also advanced contextual awareness. ### **Measurable outcomes: Stability through explainable autonomy** The outcome of the implementation reveals a verifiable impact; for instance, over 130,00 IT tickets were handled automatically, there was a 79% reduction in MTTR across critical services, 65% of incidents were settled autonomously without any human interference, and business-critical incidents were reduced to 2 per month from 11. From the perspective of data intelligence, event ingestion rose from 6,602 to 96,775, and alert noise was reduced to 91.885, improving automation precision. This case shows that when machine intelligence does not rely on abstract accuracy metrics but is completely contextual and resonates with operational reality, AIOps are capable of producing more value. --- ## **Case study 2: the three-stage maturity roadmap for autonomous operations** ### **Context: Stabilization with a path to autonomy:** A global company with legacy-dense infrastructure experienced a serious IT instability caused by fragmented monitoring and manual resolution workloads. The operational challenges directly affected business availability and also increased costs, constraining transformation systems. The enterprise board observed that there is a serious demand for early ROI and fewer setbacks to ongoing tasks, despite the value of AI. Leadership recognized that, to balance long-term transformation with stabilization, it has to adopt a three-stage maturity roadmap rather than immediate autonomy. To progressively implement automation and intelligence, a patterned three-phase maturity roadmap was defined: **(a) Phase 1: Proactive operations (reactive pattern recognition):** This initial phase focused on operational hygiene. Automation acted mainly as a decision-support tool. The function of machine learning is to reduce cognitive load and advance mean time to detect (MTTD), while humans are in control. The objective was to establish dependable data pipelines. [**Engineers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) benefited from centralized high-confidence insight and retained control of remediation. This phase created basic capabilities such as noise reduction and telemetry aggregation within applications. **(b) Phase 2: Predictive operations (anomaly detection):** With telemetry normalized, this phase introduced [**ML-based**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ml-model-needs-product-thinking-a-case-study/) anomaly and early detection capabilities. Some instances are contextual risk scaling connected to historical outputs and the detection of leading indicators for service reduction. This activates pre-emptive corrections before the escalation of incidents. The output was a transformation from reactive firefighting to anticipatory management. Operational advancement during the first year of implementation included reduced recurrent incidents by over 200% and improved IT availability by over 25%. **(c) Phase 3: Dynamic operations (AI-led adaptive automation):** The transformation to adaptive autonomy occurred in the dynamic phase: telemetry and historical incidents were synthesized by the reasoning layers of [**AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/). This phase ensured that automation tools' maturity progressed continuously: 0% automation in pre-deployment, 14.5% in 90 days, and about 64.5% automation gained in subsequent deployments. All these were achieved without any compromise to availability or governance. The operating model moved from exception to execution-centric. --- ## **Innovation highlight: AI reasoning layers and SME trust** An outstanding architectural design in the two case studies is mainly the application of AI reasoning layers designed to handle subject matter expert decision pathways. These systems were not designed to replace humans but to handle operational decision logs and correct outcomes or rollback models. The activation of automation helps to articulate why an action was implemented and increase trust through explainability. Therefore, this transitions expertise into an understandable cognitive layer. --- ## **Conclusion: The future of autonomous governance** The transformation from a reactive IT model to autonomous platforms is a systems-engineering and governance challenge. Reference architectures capable of integrating machine intelligence with human oversight and cognitive reasoning are responsible for the emergence of production-grade AI and not isolated model deployments. The case studies analyzed in this research reflect that autonomous operations are successfully implemented when autonomy is progressively earned. AI-led evolution, when merged with human-assisted AI operation, not only preserves stability but also brings about an expansion in capability and helps industries gain resilience at an increased scale. With the continuous growth of digital infrastructures globally, industries that are failure-intolerant and apply autonomy as an engineering outcome over experimental overlays will architect the future of operational stability. [Turning vector databases into self-improving RAG systemsWhat if search systems didn’t just retrieve information, but remembered what worked? Expanded Relevance Memory (ERM) proves that query expansion and document expansion are mathematically equivalent, unlocking a powerful shift…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-627.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) --- ## **References** Amershi, S. et al. *Human AI Interaction Guidelines*. ACM CHI Conference, 2019. Doshi-Velez, F., & Kim, B. *Towards a Rigorous Science of Interpretable Machine Learning*. arXiv, 2017. Gartner. *AIOps Platforms: Market Guide.* Gartner Research*,* 2023*.* Google. *Site Reliability Engineering*. O’Reilly Media, 2016. IBM Research. Explainable AI for Enterprise Systems. IBM Journal of Research and Development, 2020. Xu, X. et al. AIOps: Real-World Challenges and Research Innovations. IEEE Cloud Computing, 2021\. ### AI’s new rule: Demonstrating reliability URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-rule-demonstrating-reliability/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:41:48.000Z According to recent reporting in the [***Financial Times*,**](https://www.ft.com/content/41f522fc-10f5-4e5e-b64a-eb515799c265) [***Reuters***](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/openai-make-london-its-biggest-research-hub-outside-us-2026-02-26/), and [***The Guardian***](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/04/news-corp-meta-ai-deal-us50m), the conversation around AI over the past month has taken a noticeable turn. Coverage has focused less on benchmark wins and [**product launches**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/)and more on accountability, licensing agreements, regulatory pressure, and safety oversight. For decision-makers in AI and technology, that tonal shift is significant. It signals that governance has moved from the margins of the discussion to the centre of strategic planning. 💡 For the past three years, AI strategy has largely revolved around acceleration. Larger models, larger funding rounds, and faster deployment cycles dominated both headlines and board presentations. Over the last month, however, the emphasis has changed. Policy developments, copyright disputes, national AI investment strategies, and scrutiny of model risk are shaping executive agendas as much as performance metrics. [How synthetic data multiplies judgment and scales AISynthetic data isn’t just a buzzword, it’s one of the most powerful ways to scale and improve AI systems using less human effort, not more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-623.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDrew Proud![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/) ### **The end of “Safety as a side project?”** Until recently, safety [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) and governance disclosures were often treated as supporting documentation. They existed, but they rarely drove the commercial narrative. That is changing. - Leading labs such as [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) and **Anthropic** have continued to expand their work on alignment research, red-teaming, system documentation, and usage transparency. These efforts now feature prominently in enterprise sales conversations and partnership discussions. - Buyers are probing more deeply into model behavior, training data provenance, auditability, and resilience under adversarial conditions. - [**Procurement teams**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-procurement-turning-messy-data-into-strategic-advantage/) are asking detailed questions about failure modes and escalation processes. - Legal departments are requesting clearer documentation around data sources and model limitations. Risk committees want to understand how generative systems behave in edge cases. This reflects a maturation of the market. Enterprise adoption at scale requires a higher standard of operational assurance than experimental pilots ever did. --- ### **From capability to legitimacy** Between 2023 and 2025, the dominant question was: *who could build the most capable system?* In 2026, the more pressing question is: *who can deploy advanced systems in a way that stands up to regulatory, legal, and public scrutiny?* Governments in the US, UK, and EU are signalling closer oversight of high-impact AI systems. Investors are incorporating regulatory exposure into valuation models, and enterprise clients are factoring compliance risk into vendor selection. When AI systems are embedded in financial services, [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-personalized-predictive-and-proactive-medicine/), infrastructure, or public sector workflows, the margin for error narrows considerably. This has real implications for strategy. A model that performs well in a demo but lacks clear governance structures may struggle in heavily regulated industries. Conversely, organizations that can demonstrate structured validation processes, documented testing, and clear accountability mechanisms are more likely to secure long-term contracts. --- ### **The boardroom question: Exposure** Across sectors, boards are increasingly focused on exposure. - What happens if a model generates discriminatory outputs? - Who is responsible if an automated decision leads to financial loss? - How defensible is the data pipeline if copyright challenges arise? These questions are intensifying as [**agentic systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-84-trillion-wealth-transfer-needs-agentic-ai/) gain traction. When models move beyond drafting content to executing tasks, managing workflows, or influencing operational decisions, the consequences of error become tangible. A hallucinated paragraph in a marketing draft is inconvenient. A flawed automated compliance decision is something else entirely… 💡 The result is a shift in how AI is governed internally. Organizations are forming AI risk committees. They are integrating legal, compliance, and ML teams earlier in development cycles. They are formalizing red-team exercises and model validation steps prior to deployment. Documentation is becoming part of the product lifecycle (rather than an afterthought). --- ### **Governance as long term advantage** Autonomous vehicle developers such as Waymo offer a useful precedent. Years of safety validation, simulation testing, and regulatory engagement helped establish credibility in a highly scrutinized sector. AI platform providers are entering a comparable phase where robustness and transparency support commercial durability. This evolution does not suggest that innovation is slowing. It suggests that innovation is becoming structured. As AI systems integrate into core business processes, they are being treated with the same seriousness as financial controls or cybersecurity frameworks. Mature oversight can enable broader adoption because it reduces uncertainty for customers, regulators, and investors. [Turning vector databases into self-improving RAG systemsWhat if search systems didn’t just retrieve information, but remembered what worked? Expanded Relevance Memory (ERM) proves that query expansion and document expansion are mathematically equivalent, unlocking a powerful shift…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-624.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/) --- ### **Fragmentation and global scale** Another factor driving urgency is regulatory fragmentation. Different jurisdictions are advancing distinct approaches to AI oversight. Even where high- level principles align around transparency and safety, implementation details vary. For global technology companies, this creates A LOT of operational complexity. Scalable AI deployment increasingly depends on compliance by design. Data lineage tracking, access controls, model documentation, and monitoring capabilities need to function across regulatory environments. Organizations that build flexible governance architectures will find it easier to expand into new markets without repeated redesign. --- ### **Why this moment matters** Over the past month, leading business and technology publications have placed sustained attention on AI licensing agreements, public sector oversight, national investment strategies, and model accountability. The narrative has broadened beyond technical capability to include systemic risk and economic impact. That shift reflects a simple reality. AI is no longer confined to research labs and product demos but is embedded in the economic infrastructure. But as we all know, infrastructure attracts scrutiny, standards, and oversight. 💡 For AI and technology leaders, the takeaway is clear: Governance is not a peripheral compliance exercise. It shapes procurement decisions, investor confidence, regulatory exposure, and long-term scalability. The next phase of AI competition will not be decided solely by model performance. It will be influenced by which organizations can pair technical excellence with operational credibility. In a market where trust increasingly determines adoption, that combination may prove decisive. ### RAG that remembers: How AI is learning from every query URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rag-that-remembers-how-ai-is-learning-from-every-query/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:45:37.000Z Every query matters. Traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems treat each search as isolated, wasting computation and missing opportunities to learn. Evolving Retrieval Memory (ERM) changes that: it enables RAG to remember successful queries, optimize document vectors, and continually improve retrieval performance. The result is efficient, high-performance semantic search that adapts over time, [**bringing AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/implementing-an-ai-augmented-product-development-cycle/)closer to human-like memory and judgment. --- ## **The hidden cost of stateless retrieval** Current [**RAG systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-rag-fails-in-production-and-how-to-fix-it/) face a fundamental inefficiency. When you submit a query, the system often needs to expand it with related terms or iterate through multiple retrieval attempts to find the right documents. These query expansion techniques work well, but they're computationally expensive and completely ephemeral. Once your question is answered, all that optimization work vanishes. Consider what happens when you search for "transformer architecture attention mechanism." A sophisticated RAG system might expand this to include terms like "self-attention," "multi-head attention," and "scaled dot-product." 💡 This expansion helps find more relevant documents, but if another user searches for "how transformers use attention" tomorrow, the system starts from scratch. The alternative approach of enriching document vectors offline comes with its own problems. These methods try to anticipate what users might search for, but they're disconnected from actual usage patterns. Even worse, naive updates to document vectors can cause "semantic drift," where the enhanced vector strays so far from the original meaning that the system forgets what the document was actually about. [AI in hybrid IT: How AIOps is transforming incident responseAs alert volumes explode and systems grow more complex, AI-driven AIOps is shifting teams from reactive firefighting to intelligent, correlated, and faster resolutions. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-618.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePuneet Ramaul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-reinventing-incident-response-in-hybrid-it/) ## **Mathematical elegance meets practical necessity** The researchers behind ERM made a crucial theoretical discovery: query expansion and document expansion are mathematically equivalent under standard similarity measures. This insight seems obvious in retrospect, but it opens up a powerful optimization opportunity for high-performance retrieval. If expanding a query to match a document produces the same result as expanding a document to match a query, why not do the expansion once and store it? This equivalence allows ERM to shift computational work from query time to storage time. Instead of repeatedly computing expensive query expansions, the system can update vector databases to incorporate successful retrieval patterns. The challenge lies in doing this safely without causing the vectors to drift or forget their original meaning. --- ## **How memory evolves without forgetting** ERM implements a carefully designed update mechanism that addresses the drift problem through three key components. 1. **Correctness-gated feedback:** The system only learns from successful retrievals. If a retrieval leads to a high-quality answer, ERM analyzes what made it work, reinforcing the connection in its memory. 2. **Selective attribution:** Not every term in a query expansion contributes equally. ERM identifies which specific expansion terms actually helped retrieve relevant information and attributes only those signals to the document vector. This surgical precision prevents noise accumulation and improves semantic search accuracy. 3. **Norm-bounded updates with weighted moving average:** This ensures document vectors evolve to answer new types of questions while maintaining their original semantic meaning. The system literally cannot forget, even as it learns from real-world queries. [Turn shadow AI into sage agentic workforce with Barndoor AIEnterprises struggle with AI not from a lack of capability, but from missing control, visibility, and trust. Barndoor aims to close that gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-619.png)AI Accelerator InstituteOren Michels![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--2--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) ## **Performance that changes the equation** The researchers tested ERM across 13 domains using the BEIR and BRIGHT benchmarks, covering biomedical literature to reasoning-intensive tasks. Results consistently showed ERM matching or exceeding traditional query expansion techniques, but at native retrieval speed. This efficiency changes the economics of high-quality RAG deployment. Previously, organizations had to choose between fast but basic retrieval or slow but accurate query expansion. ERM delivers both accuracy and speed, enabling adaptive [**AI systems that scale**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/)efficiently across millions of queries. The gains were especially pronounced on reasoning-intensive tasks, where standard keyword matching often fails. These are exactly the scenarios where query expansion typically provides the most value, making ERM’s ability to capture and preserve retrieval improvements especially critical. --- ## **A new paradigm for adaptive AI systems** ERM represents more than just an optimization technique. It introduces continual learning to RAG systems, allowing them to progressively improve without expensive retraining. This bridges a critical gap between static vector databases and [**adaptive AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-procurement-turning-messy-data-into-strategic-advantage/) capable of learning from usage patterns. 💡 For organizations deploying RAG in production, this means systems can adapt to domain-specific terminology, refine retrieval performance, and learn which document-query connections matter most. The framework also provides a mathematical foundation for safely updating vector databases. Fears of catastrophic forgetting have long prevented dynamic updates to production indexes, but ERM’s norm-bounded update mechanism offers a principled solution, opening the door to the next generation of smart, learning RAG systems. --- ## **The living index** ERM transforms vector databases into living indexes that improve with use. Each successful retrieval teaches the system something about the relationship between queries and documents, and this knowledge persists. This approach mirrors human memory: we don’t recompute our understanding of concepts from scratch each time. Instead, successful retrievals strengthen associations, making future retrievals faster and more accurate. ERM brings this principle to AI retrieval systems, creating smarter, adaptive search that learns from experience. For the AI community, this research opens important directions: multi-modal retrieval, other stateless computations, and efficiency-driven AI design. As RAG systems become central to AI applications, [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) like ERM that improve both retrieval accuracy and efficiency will be increasingly critical. The paper demonstrates that the best optimizations often come not from doing things faster, but from learning to remember what works. By proving that retrieval systems can safely learn from experience, ERM points toward a future where [**AI tools**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tools/grammarlys-vision-redefining-the-future-of-ai-powered-communication/) develop better memory, judgment, and performance over time. ### Meta: From social giants to AI leaders URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/meta-from-social-platforms-to-systems-architecture-heavyweight/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:49:34.000Z For years, Meta Platforms was best known for [**building social products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) at planetary scale. Today, it is equally defined by the distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and platform architectures that underpin those products. In [**Silicon Valley,**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) this matters. When Meta changes how it trains models, orchestrates agents, or manages compute, the ripple effects travel quickly through startups, scale-ups, and enterprise teams trying to future-proof their own stacks. Under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s transition into an AI-first organization has been less about adding features and more about rebuilding core technical foundations. It is the kind of transformation that keeps [**engineering leaders**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) awake at night, usually staring at diagrams that look suspiciously like modern art. [AI in hybrid IT: How AIOps is transforming incident responseAs alert volumes explode and systems grow more complex, AI-driven AIOps is shifting teams from reactive firefighting to intelligent, correlated, and faster resolutions. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-620.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePuneet Ramaul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--1--3-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-reinventing-incident-response-in-hybrid-it/) --- ## **How Meta is redefining AI infrastructure at scale** Meta operates some of the largest AI workloads in the world. That reality forces architectural decisions that few organizations ever need to confront, at least until their cloud bill reaches “small country GDP” levels. **At the infrastructure layer, Meta has invested heavily in:** - Custom accelerators and heterogeneous compute environments - Large-scale distributed training pipelines - High-throughput data ingestion and feature stores - Multi-region model deployment systems These investments are not isolated experiments. They shape how the Valley thinks about production-grade AI. When Meta publishes [**frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/)**,** tools, or research patterns, they often become default reference architectures for smaller teams. For AI leaders, the key lesson is this: Meta optimizes for sustained, multi-year model evolution. Its systems are designed not just to ship today’s model, but to support tomorrow’s retraining, fine-tuning, evaluation, and rollback workflows. In other words, scalability is not an afterthought; it is the product. [NVIDIA in Silicon Valley: The powering the AI ecosystemSilicon Valley has always had its headline makers. Startups launch, scale, and sometimes vanish overnight. But behind the scenes, there is a different kind of company quietly powering the entire ecosystem…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-621.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-8-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-silicon-valleys-ai-engine/) --- ## **Modular systems without operational chaos** One of Meta’s most significant influences lies in how it structures modular AI systems. Modern AI platforms are no longer monoliths. They are ecosystems of: - Foundation models - Task-specific fine-tuned models - Tooling layers - Orchestration services - Evaluation and monitoring pipelines - Governance and compliance controls Meta’s internal platforms emphasize strong interfaces between these components. Models are treated as services. Agents are abstracted from execution environments. Tooling is decoupled from inference layers. This approach enables rapid experimentation without collapsing under technical debt. It also reduces the risk of one poorly-documented micro-service bringing down half the stack. A small but meaningful win for everyone’s blood pressure. 💡 For managers, the takeaway is practical: modularity only works when ownership, versioning, and observability are designed in from day one. --- ## **Reliability as a first-class constraint** At Meta’s scale, reliability is not merely an SRE responsibility but a strategic imperative. When systems operate at global scale, failures become business risks. As a result, reliability is treated as a core architectural constraint that shapes how AI systems are designed, deployed, and maintained. ## **How AI systems fail** - AI systems introduce failure modes that traditional software does not. - Models can degrade silently as data distributions shift. - Agent-based systems can produce cascading errors that compound across steps. - Short-term performance gains can mask deeper data drift, and routine updates may create unexpected toolchain incompatibilities. These risks require proactive, systemic safeguards. --- ## **Embedding reliability into the AI lifecycle** Rather than reacting to failures, Meta integrates reliability directly into its AI lifecycle. Continuous offline and online evaluations monitor performance across environments. Canary deployments limit exposure during updates, while automated rollback mechanisms enable rapid recovery from regressions. Redundant inference pathways add resilience, and real-time instrumentation provides immediate visibility into system behavior. Together, these practices make reliability a built-in property of the system, not an afterthought. [Apple in Austin: The strategic anchor of a new AI ecosystemApple is (no so quietly) anchoring a vibrant ecosystem of talent, startups, and human-centered innovation. Here’s how its expansion is shaping the next chapter of AI in Austin, Texas.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-622.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-9.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/apple-anchoring-austins-ai-ecosystem/) --- ## **What Meta’s ecosystem influence means for AI decision-makers** Meta’s influence on [**Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)is not about copying its stack line-by-line. Very few organizations need its level of complexity. Most would collapse under it. Instead, its impact lies in setting expectations. - AI platforms should be modular - Reliability should be engineered - Observability should be comprehensive - Evolution should be planned - Technical debt should be actively managed 💡 These principles are increasingly becoming baseline requirements for serious AI organizations. Meta did not invent them, but it industrialized them. And in doing so, it raised the bar for everyone else. --- ## [**Join the conversation at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley on April 15**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley/agenda) Don’t miss Meta’s session on architecting reliable next-generation AI at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley on April 15! **Key takeaways**: - How teams are structuring modular AI systems without creating brittle dependencies. - Architectural patterns that improve reliability as models, agents, and tools interact. - Where modularity introduces new risks and how leaders are mitigating them. - How to design systems that stay adaptable as capabilities and requirements evolve. Spaces are limited - secure your place today! [Secure your place](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley/register) ### Governing MCP before it becomes a security risk URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/defusing-the-mcp-ticking-time-bomb/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T08:15:54.000Z --- AI agents are rapidly becoming a core part of modern software systems. But as organisations connect agents to tools, data, and APIs, a new and largely overlooked security risk is emerging. Model Context Protocol (MCP) is fast-emerging as the standard way AI agents interact with external systems. Yet most organisations are deploying MCP servers without the security frameworks needed to protect them. Recent analysis suggests that **92% of MCP servers may be vulnerable to attack**, creating a growing attack surface across enterprise environments. In this live session, two leading experts will break down what this means for organisations building AI systems, and how to secure MCP infrastructure before vulnerabilities become incidents. ### What you’ll learn: - **The agent gateway in action**: A live demo of how an agent gateway centralizes management and mitigates risk. - **The five critical risks**: An autopsy of the most common MCP vulnerabilities. - **Cost & instrumentation**: Strategies to gain visibility into agent behavior. - **A practical governance model:** Create controls without slowing innovation. --- **Speakers** **Paul Turner** VP Market Strategy, Tray.ai Paul is responsible for the AI Orchestration product strategy at Tray.ai. He has over 30 years of experience in enterprise software, applications, and middleware in product management, strategy, and consulting across ERP, HCM, data warehousing, application integration, and analytics, in senior roles at Workday, NetSuite, and other SAP and Oracle companies. **Luke Smith** Principal Sales Engineer, Tray.ai Luke Smith is a Principal Sales Engineer at Tray.ai, where he has spent four years helping customers turn AI and agents into real business performance. Luke specialises in Tray's Merlin Agent Builder, Agent Gateway, and MCP tooling, working closely with customers to build intelligent agents, orchestrate AI across their enterprise stack, and scale automation with built-in governance. ### How synthetic data can multiply your judgment and scale your AI products URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-synthetic-data-to-scale-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:36:29.000Z Remember when ChatGPT 4.0 went full sycophant mode a few weeks back? If you weren't glued to Twitter like I was, you might have missed the drama. [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) released an update that made the model excessively agreeable, almost painfully so. They quickly rolled it back and published a post-mortem that revealed something fascinating: they'd included user thumbs-up and thumbs-down feedback directly in their reward model training. That little incident taught us something important: Maybe human data isn't the golden standard we've always assumed it to be. The average person's taste might actually be... well, *average*. And when you're [**building AI products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/), average isn't going to cut it. What I want to show you today is how synthetic data can help you leverage your own taste and expertise across your entire product. Think of it as a way to clone your best judgment and [**scale**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-scalable-image-data-pipelines-for-ai-training/) it infinitely. [LLMOps: Streamlining enterprise value in the LLM & agentic eraEffectively deploying, managing & optimizing these models requires a robust set of tools and practices. Enter one of enterpise’s most vital functions in 2025, LLMOps: a set of methodologies and tech stacks that aim to streamline the entire lifecycle of LLMs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-573.png)AI Accelerator InstituteTim Mitchell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--7--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) ## **Understanding the four pillars of synthetic data** When I think about synthetic data, I organize it across four main pillars. My definition might be broader than what others use, I include judging, moderating, and generative reward models in the mix. But this [**framework**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) has proven incredibly useful in practice. The way I break this down involves two key dimensions. First, you have your use case: evaluation and training. Second, you have your modality: generating data or judging it. Each combination opens up different possibilities for improving your models and products. Let me share some theoretical intuition about why this works, along with practical tips you can implement immediately. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## **Why automation needs the right data** Sholto Douglas made a compelling point on the Dwarkesh podcast recently. He said that even if AI progress stalls out completely, our current algorithms are powerful enough to automate most white-collar work: provided we have enough of the right kinds of data. I mostly agree with this perspective. While I'm not convinced we can automate all white-collar work just yet, there's an enormous amount of low-hanging fruit available to anyone willing to invest in the right data strategy. If you're [**building AI products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) or training models, your key differentiator isn't going to be the algorithm. It's going to be your data and your taste. Synthetic data lets you take a small amount of high-quality data, or input from a small group of experts (and leverage it for massive gains). This multiplication effect is what makes synthetic data so powerful. --- ## **The fundamental asymmetry that makes synthetic data work** You might be wondering how synthetic data even makes sense. How can a model improve itself using data it generated? Shouldn't there be some kind of information theory boundary preventing this? 💡 The key insight is this: verification is easier than generation. We see this pattern everywhere. It's easier to check if code works than to write it from scratch. It's easier to spot a well-written essay than to compose one yourself. This fundamental asymmetry is what allows us to use synthetic data effectively. There's a fascinating paper called "Self-Improvement in Language Models: The Sharpening Mechanism" that dives deep into this concept. The researchers showed that the distribution of log probabilities for correct and incorrect answers differs significantly within the model. This tells us there's latent information already contained in the model (we just need to draw it out.) Synthetic data acts as a sharpener, helping us extract and refine that information. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### How AI is reinventing incident response in hybrid IT URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-reinventing-incident-response-in-hybrid-it/ Last updated: 2026-02-20T12:56:31.000Z It's not just harder to deal with incidents in modern hybrid IT setups; it's a whole new problem. When you have on-prem systems, multiple clouds, edge services, and everything else, things break in more places and for more reasons. During my time working with AIOps and observability, I've seen teams get buried in alerts from dozens of tools, spending more time chasing symptoms than fixing the real problems. --- ## How AI and machine learning are used in real life is changing right now [**AI-powered platforms**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-procurement-turning-messy-data-into-strategic-advantage/) can do more than just point out that something is wrong. They can link logs, metrics, and traces, highlight critical information, and identify patterns that indicate impending failures. I've seen this change cut down on alert noise a lot, speed up the time it takes to fix problems, and, just as importantly, help IT teams explain how their work affects the business in terms that matter to them. [20 most influential Chief AI Officers in Silicon Valley 2026Silicon Valley continues to define the global AI agenda. In 2026, the region’s technology ecosystem is accelerating once again, home to multi-billion-dollar companies and many of the world’s most influential AI leaders. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-614.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-6-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) ## What incident response looks like in hybrid IT Yes, hybrid IT environments have made things bigger, but more importantly, they've made things more chaotic. Many teams aren't looking at one clean system anymore. They have to deal with micro-services running in AWS, old workloads sitting in on-prem data centers, third-party SaaS tools, and edge devices that are all over the place. The end result is that monitoring and visibility data are spread out across different tools and dashboards. 💡 In real life, incident response often meant putting together clues by hand, moving between logs, metrics, network traces, and ticketing systems to figure out what was really going on. It was only a matter of time before alert fatigue became common. There were times when global banks got millions of events every month, and there was no easy way to tell which ones were important. Teams wasted hours sorting through duplicates and chasing false positives, only to find out what the real problem was after customers had already felt the effects. --- ## In setups like this, incidents almost never stayed small Without meaningful, real-time correlation, serious problems were often only found after users reported an outage. Because of that delay, both detection and resolution times went up, and the business effects were quick: lost sales, unhappy customers, and broken trust. Finding the real root cause was even harder because hybrid systems are always changing - new deployments, autoscaling, patches, and configuration changes. At that point, it wasn't that the teams were doing a terrible job; the old incident response playbooks just weren't made for the complexity of hybrid-scale systems. --- ## AI and AIOps: Making incident response less painful This field is where AIOps actually earns its keep. At its core, it’s about using machine learning to take some of the manual grind out of incident response, cutting through noise, finding the real cause faster, and helping teams decide what to do next. In my work, I've seen how AIOps platforms process millions of events from various monitoring tools and analyze them in ways that are simply inaccessible to humans at scale. They learn to recognize "normal" states across various systems and display only those alerts that merit attention. [**Royal Bank of Canada**](https://technology-signals.com/wp-content/uploads/download-manager-files/MoogsoftIntro%5FAIOps%5FFinal.pdf) decommissioned its legacy event management system and migrated to an AIOps engine. 💡 Practically overnight, the false positive rate dropped by approximately 50%. More importantly, their teams detected issues approximately one-third faster, and recovery time decreased by over 40%. This directly translated into fewer sleepless nights and fewer customer-facing incidents. A big part of that improvement comes from correlation. Instead of bombarding [**engineers**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) with ten separate alerts, one from the load balancer, another from the database, and another from the app, the system rolls them into a single incident and often points straight to the underlying cause. --- ## On top of that, anomaly detection helps catch trouble early I’ve seen models flag slow-burn issues, like a storage queue quietly backing up, well before any hard thresholds were breached. That early warning gives teams time to act while the system is still technically “green”. What’s also changed is how remediation works. Modern platforms don’t just say something is wrong; they suggest what to do about it. Based on past incidents, the system might recommend restarting a service, scaling a cluster, or applying a known configuration fix. It’s not fully autonomous ops, but it does feel like having a seasoned engineer whispering the next best move in your ear, only much faster. AI is also beginning to assist with tasks beyond technical triage. [**Generative tools**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/only-2-1-avoided-generative-ai-in-2024-find-out-why/) can now summarize incidents, draft postmortems, and update knowledge bases using data pulled straight from tickets and logs. Industry data backs these findings up: teams that’ve embedded generative AI into their ITSM workflows are seeing noticeable reductions in resolution time, and the most mature adopters are cutting that time in half. From what I’ve seen, the real win is freeing engineers from repetitive admin work so they can focus on higher-value problems. Of course, none of this occurs magically. AI doesn’t fix broken processes. 💡 The strongest results I’ve seen came when organizations updated their incident workflows alongside the tooling, cleaning up playbooks, turning tribal knowledge into codified runbooks, and training teams to trust (but verify) AI-driven recommendations. When those pieces come together, incident response stops being constant firefighting and starts looking a lot more predictive and preventative. --- ## What actually helps during incidents? ### **Cutting through alert noise** One of the biggest wins in incident response is simply seeing less junk. In real environments, I’ve enabled correlation features and watched massive alert storms shrink into a few clear incidents. Instead of hundreds of near-identical warnings, teams get a small set of issues that actually need attention. The [**UK Retail Bank**](https://www.globallogic.com/insights/case-studies/aiops-observability-uk-retail-bank/#:~:text=GlobalLogic%E2%80%99s%20AIOps%20solution%20delivered%20measurable,business%20results) is into this exact problem. Once they replaced their old event manager with a smarter correlation layer, the volume of alerts dropped by about half. That alone changed how the team worked. Analysts stopped bouncing between false positives and started spending their time on real problems. Productivity went up without adding headcount. ### Spotting problems early Good systems learn what “normal” looks like over time. When something drifts away from that baseline, it shows up before users feel it. I’ve seen this catch slow memory leaks, creeping storage backlogs, and backup jobs that quietly stopped running weeks earlier. In [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) and finance, those kinds of silent failures are dangerous. [**Bon Secours Mercy Health**](https://sciencelogic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Case-Study-BS-Mercy-Health.pdf#:~:text=30,monitored%20%E2%80%93%20supporting%2070%2C000%20phones) system improved visibility across its communications platform and stopped waiting for doctors or nurses to report outages. The result was a 30% drop in critical, patient-impacting incidents and noticeably faster recovery when things did go wrong. That change alone reduced stress across both IT and clinical teams. ### Faster triage, fewer manual fixes Many incidents follow the same patterns. Once those patterns are clear, the response doesn’t always need a human at the keyboard. In several environments I’ve worked in, routine fixes, restarting stuck services, clearing caches, and re-syncing jobs - were handled automatically. A well-documented [**example**](https://www.vodafone.com/news/newsroom/technology/vodafone-business-and-service-now-collaborate-to-enhance-the-customer-experience-with-ai-powered-service-automation) comes from Vodafone, one of the world’s largest telecommunications providers operating across hybrid cloud and legacy infrastructure environments. The company was managing extremely high event volumes across distributed network infrastructure and [**enterprise**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/) IT systems. Manual triage was consuming engineering time, and repetitive incidents were slowing response. Vodafone implemented ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM), including event management and automated remediation workflows integrated into its hybrid infrastructure stack. ### Systems that improve over time Unlike static rules, effective detection setups get better as the environment changes. New services come online, usage patterns shift, and seasonal traffic spikes become normal instead of alarming. Improvements have been demonstrated clearly, with multinational retailers focused on stores and warehouses seeing rapid gains. Over just a few months, their recovery times dropped dramatically as the system adapted to new data and automated more fixes. Store systems reached near-perfect availability because problems were handled before opening hours. That kind of reliability shows up directly in revenue and customer trust. [NVIDIA in Silicon Valley: The powering the AI ecosystemSilicon Valley has always had its headline makers. Startups launch, scale, and sometimes vanish overnight. But behind the scenes, there is a different kind of company quietly powering the entire ecosystem…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-615.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-silicon-valleys-ai-engine/) ## How does this looks in real-life? The examples below are taken from publicly available case studies and data; they are used for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any specific company or platform. ### 1\. Chipotle Mexican Grill: BigPanda AIOps cuts MTTR in half **Context:** Chipotle, a U.S. restaurant chain with thousands of locations and a rapidly growing digital ordering platform, was getting too many alerts on its hybrid infrastructure (multiple monitoring systems like Datadog, CloudWatch, and AppDynamics). IT teams were taking hours to manually sort through alerts, which slowed down the response to incidents. **AI Solution**: Chipotle used the [**BigPanda AIOps platform**](https://www.bigpanda.io/blog/improve-mttr-with-ai/) to bring all of their alerts together, turn them into meaningful incidents, add more context, and automatically create tickets for triage. **Results**: AIOps-driven correlation and context enrichment cut the MTTR in half, which means that the time it takes to fix a problem is cut in half. Also, automated ticket generation with full context made it easier to send alerts to the right teams, getting rid of the need to manually thread them. This case is one of the best examples of how hybrid IT incident response automation can cut MTTR in a high-volume production environment. ### 2\. KFin Technologies: 90% reduction in resolution time with AIOps **Context:** KFin Technologies, a data-intensive financial services operations company in India, needed to enhance incident responses for its critical database and application services across hybrid environments. **AI Solution**: Deploying an AIOps-capable monitoring solution (Manage Engine Applications Manager with smart alerting) [**equipped**](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications%5Fmanager/KFIN-Technologies-case-study.html) with AI-driven correlation and prioritization. **Results**: 90% reduction in Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) after using intelligent alerts and actionable insights. This resulted in a significant decrease in Severity-1 incidents, allowing IT teams to concentrate on genuine issues instead of mere noise. This example shows how AI works in a highly transactional, regulated financial services environment to deliver drastic improvements in incident response performance. ### 3\. Cisco: 60% alert reduction and 40% faster resolution Cisco's massive global [**networking**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-start-up-to-industry-leader-how-ai-is-transforming-networking/) infrastructure was also creating enormous numbers of alerts. These came from all over the place, including their own network equipment, cloud systems, and services that were spread out across different places. **AI solution**: The business added [**Moogsoft AIOps**](https://www.moogsoft.com/case-studies/communications-provider-drops-mttd-75-percent/#:~:text=Through%20SCOM%2C%20operations%20teams%20had,hands%20conference%20calls%20were%20conducted.) to their ITSM tools and linked them up. This lets them use machine learning to automatically link alerts and find patterns. **Results**: They cut their total number of incidents by 60% just by getting rid of duplicate alerts and noise that wasn't important. Following that, the average time to resolution went down by about 40% because teams could finally focus on what really mattered. This is a vendor-documented implementation that actually happened, with real numbers showing how well AIOps can work when you're dealing with hybrid infrastructure. ### 4\. Tecsys: Datadog AIOps cuts down on alert incidents by 69% **Context:** Tecsys is a global supply-chain software company that had a big problem with too many alerts. They had a lot of extra tickets and noise because they were using a lot of monitoring tools on their cloud and hybrid systems. **AI solution**: They used [**Datadog's**](https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/this-just-in/datadog-launches-it-event-management-to-enhance-aiops-capabilities/) event management platform, which uses AI to connect alerts and group multiple notifications into single, meaningful events. **Results**: Alerts went down by 69%, which meant that SRE teams could finally work on real problems instead of being buried in alerts. It was much easier to find and respond to real incidents quickly with the cleaner, correlated alerts. This one really shows how AI can change how alerts are sorted, and when you do that, incidents get solved faster. --- ## Important things for business leaders to remember One thing I've learnt from working with AI in incident response is that tools alone won't save you. The companies that really benefit from AI are the ones that see it as a tool to use, not a product to install. That usually means getting serious about observability by putting all the telemetry together, cleaning up the metrics, and making sure that logs and traces tell a clear story. Without that base, AI just makes things more confusing more quickly. I also tell leaders to be very strict about how they set priorities. Don't try to make everything work automatically at once. 💡 Choose the few types of incidents that hurt the business the most, like checkout failures, payment processing delays, and outages that affect patients, and focus on those. When teams see that things are getting better faster and that there are fewer late-night problems in those important areas, they naturally want to help. ## How people use these systems is just as important AI works best when teams trust it, know what it can and can't do, and know when to step in. That means spending time updating runbooks, writing down tribal knowledge, and teaching engineers how to understand AI suggestions instead of just following them. AI takes care of correlation, early detection, and routine fixes in the best teams I've worked with. People make decisions and make systemic improvements. Teams also change how they review incidents. Instead of asking, "Who missed the alert?" they start asking, "Why didn't the system catch this sooner, and how can we teach it to do so next time?" That change in thinking is what really gives you long-term strength. --- ## Final thoughts It's not getting easier to use hybrid IT. If anything, things are changing faster; there are more services, more dependencies and more things that can go wrong without anyone noticing. What *has* changed is how well we can handle that complexity. AI-driven incident response doesn't stop failures from happening, but it changes the way organizations deal with them. - Incidents happen less often, are shorter, and are less obvious to customers. - Engineers spend less time fixing problems and more time making the system better. You stop chasing reliability and start designing for it over time. - From what I've seen, [**companies that use AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) to respond to incidents successfully don't do it just to be independent. They want things to be clear, quick, and sure. - Trust that the right problems will come up, teams will have the information they need to address it and set up the right set of processes, governing committees, and guardrails to enable that. The vision that issues can be fixed before they cause outages: that's the real deal here. Not systems that heal themselves overnight, but operations that are calmer, decisions that are better, and systems that learn from their mistakes. ### Apple: Anchoring Austin’s AI ecosystem URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/apple-anchoring-austins-ai-ecosystem/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:25:45.000Z Apple may be headquartered in Cupertino, but its Austin presence is no secret; it’s become a recognized anchor in the city’s growing AI ecosystem. While [**Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)often grabs the headlines, Austin is proving it can nurture world-class AI talent and innovation, with Apple playing a central role. **In this article, we’ll explore:** - How Apple is shaping Austin’s AI talent and startup scene. - The design principles behind human-centered, privacy-first AI. - What Apple’s Austin expansion means for the local tech landscape. [AI summit Austin](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/) --- ## **Apple: The AI backbone of Austin?** [**Austin needs strategic gravity**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/)**.** That’s exactly where Apple Inc. come into play. 💡 For established AI leaders, the real story isn’t recruitment, it’s fundamentally control over the stack. Apple’s presence in Austin creates three structural advantages for the ecosystem: **1\. Vertical leverage** Unlike cloud-native AI giants, Apple operates across silicon, OS, frameworks, and user experience. That full-stack control shapes how startups architect products, especially those building on-device or hybrid intelligence models. **2\. Distribution as a design constraint** When you build for Apple’s ecosystem, you design for hundreds of millions of devices from day one. That forces discipline in performance, privacy, and UX that many early AI startups only confront later. **3\. Ecosystem lock-in through tooling** Frameworks, APIs, and hardware acceleration subtly influence which problems get solved, and how. Often, you'll find that Austin startups increasingly align their AI roadmaps with Apple’s hardware-accelerated, privacy-first paradigm, and let's face it, there are worse roadmaps to emulate. **For senior builders, this raises a strategic question, however:** *Is Austin becoming the epicenter of edge-native, vertically integrated AI, as opposed to cloud-first AI experimentation?* That’s a different kind of ecosystem, as well as a more defensible one. [Austin’s AI & tech landscape: How it’s evolvedSilicon Valley still sits at the center of the AI conversation, not because it has a monopoly on ideas, but because so many of the forces shaping AI’s future collide here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-616.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-2-4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) --- ## **Campuses that do more than just look pretty** Apple’s Austin campuses are more than impressive architecture; they’re collaborative innovation hubs. - Concentrated talent clusters attract complementary startups. - Partnerships with universities and research centers strengthen local AI knowledge. - Ideas flow faster than a coffee-fueled hackathon, thanks to the ripple effect of Apple’s presence. 💡 It’s the Austin flywheel in action: innovation attracts talent, talent fuels startups, and startups push the ecosystem forward (all with Apple at the core.) --- ## **From design philosophy to real-world impact** Apple’s AI work in Austin reflects a thesis that many enterprises are only now rediscovering: **Trust is not a feature. It’s an infrastructure decision.** Three design choices stand out: 1. **On-device intelligence as default, not fallback** Reducing cloud dependency isn’t just about privacy, it’s about latency, resilience, and long-term cost control. Edge inference changes unit economics. Fact. 2. **Privacy as product architecture** When data minimization is built into the stack, it reduces regulatory exposure and increases global scalability. For executives thinking beyond MVP, this is competitive insulation. 3. **Cross-device contextual intelligence** The real opportunity isn’t smarter assistants but ambient intelligence that moves fluidly across phone, desktop, and edge devices without feeling stitched together. This is less about generative demos and more about durable AI systems that users don’t churn from. [**For established AI leaders**,](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) the takeaway isn’t “Apple builds polite AI.” It’s this: > The companies that win long-term won’t be the loudest in generative AI, they’ll be the ones that integrate intelligence so seamlessly that users forget it’s there. [20 most influential Chief AI Officers in Silicon Valley 2026Silicon Valley continues to define the global AI agenda. In 2026, the region’s technology ecosystem is accelerating once again, home to multi-billion-dollar companies and many of the world’s most influential AI leaders. Are you ready?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-617.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-6-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) --- ### [Don’t miss Apple’s session at the upcoming Generative AI Summit Austin on February 25!](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/) **Why this is a must-attend session for anyone building** [**AI products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) **and platforms.** - **Design beyond the demo:** Learn why AI that chases headlines fails to win users, and how human-centered, privacy-first systems drive long-term adoption and trust. - **Make intelligence feel invisible:** Discover how to integrate AI seamlessly across devices so it’s contextual, intuitive, and helpful (without being intrusive.) - **Build trust at scale:** Explore how privacy-first architecture, on-device intelligence, and ecosystem thinking create a durable competitive advantage. Austin’s AI ecosystem is accelerating fast. If you’re [**building the next generation**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/) of intelligent applications, this is where design, infrastructure, and strategy come together. Seats are limited. Secure yours today. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) ### Case Study: NVIDIA - Silicon Valley’s AI engine URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/nvidia-silicon-valleys-ai-engine/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:26:15.000Z Headquartered in Santa Clara, NVIDIA has evolved from a graphics chip company into the backbone of the global AI boom. If Silicon Valley is the brain of modern technology, NVIDIA supplies a very large portion of the neurons. In this article, we break down: - Why NVIDIA matters so deeply to the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem. - How its platform strategy shapes startup and enterprise innovation. - What its continued expansion signals for the future of AI infrastructure. 💡 Whether you are [****building AI products**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/)****,** investing in them, or simply trying to understand where the real leverage sits in today’s stack, this is your inside look at the engine room. Ready to dive in? Let’s go! --- ## **The AI backbone of Silicon Valley** [**Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/) runs on experimentation. But experimentation at scale requires serious compute. That is where NVIDIA sits at the center of the ecosystem. Today, its AI accelerators power everything from large language model training to enterprise inference systems. Whether you are building the next AI-native SaaS platform or training a frontier model, chances are high your workloads are touching NVIDIA hardware somewhere along the way. A few signals of its ecosystem influence: - **Data center dominance**: The majority of AI training infrastructure across hyperscalers relies on NVIDIA GPUs. - **Platform thinking**: NVIDIA is no longer just selling chips. It delivers integrated hardware, networking, and software stacks designed to make AI deployment faster and more scalable. - **Ecosystem gravity**: Startups, VCs, and enterprise innovation teams increasingly design their roadmaps around NVIDIA’s platform releases. In other words, NVIDIA does not just participate in the AI economy. It helps define its tempo. [Generative AI Summit | Silicon ValleyJoin Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley alongside hundreds of pioneering engineers, developers & executives that are facilitating the latest tech revolution.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65cdffdcd48a30cb7da3635f-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: block;position: relative;width: 136px;height: 76px;margin-right: 0px;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');margin-left: 30px; @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;width: 56px;margin-left: 10px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');display: block;flex-direction: row-reverse;width: 5.5rem;height: 4rem;min-width: 136px;margin-top: auto;margin-bottom: auto; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1768923285729-META-GenerativeAISummit-2.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/siliconvalley?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=nvidia-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) --- ## **A campus that mirrors the boom** Drive through Santa Clara, and you will see NVIDIA’s growing campus, a physical reflection of the AI surge. The company has invested heavily in expanding its headquarters and [**engineering**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) footprint in the Bay Area. New buildings, research labs, and collaborative workspaces signal long-term commitment to the region. This expansion creates ripple effects: - Talent clusters nearby. - Startups form around adjacent opportunities. - Real estate markets respond. - Universities deepen industry collaboration. 💡 It is the classic [****Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/) flywheel. Innovation attracts talent. Talent attracts capital. Capital fuels more innovation. NVIDIA happens to sit squarely in the middle of that loop. --- ## **From graphics to global AI infrastructure** NVIDIA’s story is one of strategic reinvention. While its roots are in graphics processing, the company’s pivot to accelerated computing and AI has positioned it as critical infrastructure for modern software systems. Its platforms now support: - Cloud-scale AI training and inference. - Autonomous systems and robotics. - High-performance computing for research and simulation. - Digital twin environments for design and manufacturing. That breadth matters. It means NVIDIA is not tied to one vertical or one hype cycle. It underpins multiple industries that are simultaneously undergoing AI-driven transformation. And yes, it still makes GPUs that gamers love. But these days, it is equally known for powering trillion-parameter models and advanced robotics research. --- ## **The quiet architect of the ecosystem** Silicon Valley tends to celebrate the visible layer of innovation. The apps, the founders, the viral demos. NVIDIA represents the infrastructure layer that makes those demos possible in the first place. It is a strategic anchor for the region’s future. Its roadmap decisions influence cloud strategy. Its platform releases shape startup architecture. Its developer ecosystem accelerates research cycles. In many ways, NVIDIA has become the quiet architect of the AI era in Silicon Valley. Not flashy. Just foundational. [Built in Boston: How CVS Health is powering healthcare AIWhen people think about healthcare innovation in the US, Silicon Valley often gets the spotlight. But for decades, another ecosystem has been quietly getting on with the job of shaping the future of medicine and technology: Boston. And right at the heart of that ecosystem sits CVS Health.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-611.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-5-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/) --- ### **Don’t miss NVIDIA's session on From RAG pipelines to context-oriented systems at** [**Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/siliconvalley/) **on April 15.** Why this is a must-attend session for anyone building AI systems and seeking scale: - **Solve the "Demo-to-Production" gap:** Discover why first-generation RAG patterns degrade at scale due to stale context, latency, and hidden coupling. - **Transition to context-aware design:** Move beyond static pipelines to dynamic retrieval strategies that adapt to user intent, operational cost, and risk. - **Master high-scale reliability:** Learn to treat retrieval as a deliberate decision by implementing versioned context and modular, scoped data access. Spots are filling up fast. Secure yours today. [Discover more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/siliconvalley?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=nvidia-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) ### Revolutionizing healthcare: The transformative impact of artificial intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/revolutionizing-healthcare-the-transformative-impact-of-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T07:19:20.000Z AIAInow is your chance to stream exclusive talks and presentations from our previous events, hosted by AI experts and industry leaders. It's a unique opportunity to watch the most sought-after AI content – ordinarily reserved for AIAI Pro members. Each stream delves deep into a key AI topic, industry trend, or case study. --- Join us for a fascinating intersection of Stanford Medicine research and Starkey Hearing innovation. From defeating the Turing test to revolutionizing audiology, you’ll learn how AI is turning traditional medical devices into proactive health monitors and intelligent personal assistants [Watch OnDemand](https://www.linkedin.com/events/7429464831369469952?viewAsMember=true) --- ### In this session, you’ll explore: **The evolution of AI:** From the 1958 Perceptron to today’s massive Large Language Models (LLMs) **AI in diagnostics:** How neural networks are outperforming human specialists in accuracy and even empathy **The "iPhone Moment" for hearing:** transforming hearing aids into nearly invisible, multifunctional wearables **Edge vs. Cloud Computing:** Implementing distributed architectures for real-time processing and privacy **Predictive Healthcare:** Using onboard sensors for fall prevention and cognitive health tracking **The future of medicine:** Moving towards a personalized, predictive, and proactive care model Whether you're a healthcare professional, AI engineer, or technology enthusiast, this session will show you how AI is not just treating disabilities, but empowering "superhuman" capabilities. --- ### **Meet the speaker:** [Dr. Achin Bhowmik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/achinbhowmik/), CTO and Executive VP of engineering at **Starkey** Dr. Achin Bhowmik is the CTO and Executive VP of engineering at **Starkey**, a privately-held medical devices company with over 5,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/02/Achin-Bhowmik.jpeg) ### Top 20 influential Chief AI Officers in the Silicon Valley area 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/ Last updated: 2026-02-17T08:48:34.000Z Silicon Valley remains the global epicenter for [**AI and technology**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/)**.** 💡 As of 2026, its tech landscape is only expanding further, with the region home to multi-billion dollar valuations and some of the biggest names in AI. With that in mind, the following list includes 20 of the most influential Chief AI Officers in the [**Silicon Valley**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/)/Bay Area ahead of what is set to be a significant year for the region. Enjoy! --- ### 20\. Yang Song - SVP & Chief Data Science and AI Officer, Equinix Experienced in deep-tech in large-scale data systems. He was appointed in late 2025 to solve the ‘AI energy crisis’ at the infrastructure level. **Core projects:** Smart Data Centers**:** Implementing AI-driven liquid cooling and power-routing systems that use machine learning to predict GPU heat spikes before they happen. **AI marketplace:** Creating a private ‘AI exchange’ that allows enterprise customers to run their models directly on Equinix’s high-speed interconnects. --- ### 19\. Xavier Amatriain - Chief AI and Data Officer, Expedia Group Former VP of Engineering at LinkedIn and leading in recommendation systems at Netflix. **Core projects:** The AI Travel Concierge: A 2026 project that uses agentic AI to not just suggest flights, but to autonomously handle re-bookings and hotel negotiations during weather delays. **Unified travel graph:** Building a massive data layer that predicts traveler ‘vibe’ and intent based on multi-modal inputs (images, past behavior, and real-time social trends). --- ### 18\. Laiq Ahmad – Chief AI Officer, Pathward Financial services tech leader focused on digital inclusion. **Core projects:** Inclusive Lending AI; developing non-biased credit scoring models for under-banked populations using alternative data sets. [A data engineer’s guide to pipeline frameworksIf you’re architecting for 2026, these are the seven frameworks you actually need to care about.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-607.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) --- ### 17\. Klarissa Marenitch – Chief AI and Technology Officer, Cognizant Global technology leader. **Core projects:** The AI Migration Factory; using "Vibe Coding" agents to rewrite millions of lines of legacy COBOL code into modern, AI-supported Python. 💡 You can see Klarissa Marenitch’s session ‘Driving enterprise AI adoption: Integrating autonomous agents’ at [****Chief AI Officer Summit, Silicon Valley**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/) on April 14. --- ### 16\. Vijay Kotu - Chief AI & Analytics Officer, ServiceNow Long-time analytics lead and author of *Data Science: Concepts and Practice*. **Core projects:** The AI Control Tower: A centralized dashboard for CIOs that tracks the ROI and hallucination rates of every AI agent deployed across a company. **Zero-touch IT:** Using predictive AI to resolve server and software issues before employees even realize there is a technical glitch. --- ### 15\. Srilekha Akula – Chief Data and AI Officer, Trimedx Data pioneer in the clinical engineering space. **Core projects:** Medical Device Predictive Maintenance; using AI to predict when hospital equipment (like ventilators) will fail before the alarm sounds. --- ### 14\. Praveen Gunasekaran - Chief AI Architect & Senior Director, Visa Has a background that spans building algorithmic trading systems on Wall Street to leading massive ML initiatives. **Core projects:** Generative AI Platform: Founder and architect of Visa’s enterprise-wide GenAI platform, which integrates knowledge graphs and multi-agentic systems. 💡 You can hear from Praveen Gunasekaran at [****Chief AI Officer Summit, Silicon Valley**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/) on April 14 with the session ‘Architecting enterprise-grade AI agents: Reliability, orchestration, and system integration’. --- ### 13\. Ketan Babaria - Chief Digital and AI Officer, eHealth Previouslyproduct lead at Capital One and McKinsey. **Core projects:** Medicare Matcher: An LLM-powered tool that reads a senior's specific drug list and doctor preferences to find the single cheapest insurance plan. **Agent empowerment:** Using AI to coach human insurance agents in real-time during sales calls. --- ### 12\. Marc Kermisch - Chief Technology & AI Officer, Protolabs Digital manufacturing expert. **Core projects:** Design for Manufacturability (DFM) AI: An engine that tells engineers *why* their 3D part might fail during the printing process and suggests geometric fixes. **Supply chain resilience AI:** Predicting raw material shortages (like specific resins or alloys) 6 months in advance. --- ### 11\. Vinay Patel - Chief Trust & AI Security Officer, Zendesk Cybersecurity pioneer focusing on the "Red Teaming" of LLMs. **Core projects:** Agent Guardrails\- a software layer that prevents customer service bots from ‘going rogue’ or offering unauthorized discounts. **Privacy-first CX:** Automated PII (Personally Identifiable Information) masking in customer support transcripts. 💡 You can see Vinay Patel’s session ‘Securing the AI stack: From foundational models to deployment pipelines’ at [****Chief AI Officer Summit, Silicon Valley**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/), on April 14. --- ### 10\. Milind Nagnur - Chief AI Officer, Optum (UnitedHealth Group) Former CTO of Early Warning (Zelle) and Wells Fargo lead. **Core projects:** Claim Automation Engine - reducing the ‘denial-of-service’ friction by using AI to pre-approve medical claims that meet strict criteria. **Clinical summarization:** An AI that listens to doctor-patient visits and automatically updates Electronic Health Records (EHR). --- ### 9\. Manish Limaye - Chief Data & AI Officer, Revinate Pioneerof the hospitality data ecosystem. **Core projects:** Hyper-Personalized Guest Journeys - using predictive AI to automate email and text marketing for thousands of hotels, generating billions in direct revenue. **Sentiment engine:** Analyzing guest reviews across the web to provide hotels with actionable "fix-it" lists. --- ### 8\. Maria Zhang - CEO & Chief AI Architect, Palona AI Former CTO of Tinder and VP at Yahoo. **Core projects:** The Social Copilot: Developing an AI that manages a user’s ‘digital twin’ on social platforms, handling DMs and basic networking. **Emotional AI:** Researching LLMs that can detect subtle shifts in user mood through text and voice. --- ### 7\. Prashant Mehrotra - EVP & Chief AI Officer, U.S. Bank Background in risk management and algorithmic finance. **Core projects:** Compliance Bot 2.0: A generative AI that audits every customer interaction against SEC and FINRA regulations in real-time. **Personal wealth agents:** AI-driven financial advisors that manage index fund rebalancing based on a user's verbal life goals. 💡 Catch Prashant Mehrotra’s session ‘The new accountability layer: [****AI in production’ at Chief AI Officer Summit**](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/agenda), Silicon Valley on April 14\. --- ### 6\. Ali Keshavarz - Chief AI Officer, CVS Health Former digital transformation lead at McKinsey. **Core projects:** Pharmacy Flow AI: Using computer vision and NLP to automate prescription verification, significantly reducing human error in pharmacy chains. **Health dashboard:** A consumer-facing LLM that interprets complex medical bills and benefits for CVS/Aetna members. --- ### 5\. Parminder Bhatia - Chief AI Officer, GE HealthCare Former Amazon Health AI leader; deep expertise in HIPAA-compliant machine learning. **Core projects:** Imaging Agent 1.0: An autonomous diagnostic assistant that flags anomalies in MRIs and CT scans in real-time before the radiologist even opens the file. **Command center AI:** A predictive engine that manages hospital bed flow and patient discharge timing to reduce clinical burnout. --- ### 4\. Eric Hysen - Chief AI and Transformation Officer, Salesforce Formerly the first-ever CAIO for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a Google engineering pioneer. **Core projects:** Agentforce 2.0: Moving Salesforce from a ‘CRM with a side of AI’ to a platform where autonomous Agentic Workers handle 80% of routine customer support and sales prospecting. --- ### 3\. Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov - Chief AI Officer, eBay Former AI lead at BCG and American Express. **Core projects:** Agentic Commerce Framework: In early 2026, he led the effort to ban 3rd-party bots while launching eBay’s own ‘Buying Agents’ that negotiate and purchase on behalf of users. **Semantic marketplace:** Redesigning eBay's search from keywords to a reasoning-based system that understands the intent behind a seller's messy listing. --- ### 2\. Mustafa Suleyman - CEO & Chief AI Officer, Microsoft AI Co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI. Suleyman now oversees all consumer AI at Microsoft. **Core Projects:** Humanist Superintelligence**:** A 2026 initiative focusing on ‘agentic’ memory - AI that remembers every interaction across Windows and mobile to proactively manage schedules. Vibe Coding integration: Pushing LLMs to move from writing code to interpreting ‘intent’, allowing non-developers to build complex software through natural language. [Built in Boston: How CVS Health is powering healthcare AIWhen people think about healthcare innovation in the US, Silicon Valley often gets the spotlight. But for decades, another ecosystem has been quietly getting on with the job of shaping the future of medicine and technology: Boston. And right at the heart of that ecosystem sits CVS Health.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-609.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-5-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/) ### 1\. Alexandr Wang - Chief AI Officer, Meta Co-founder/CEO of Scale AI. In mid-2025, Meta acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI, and Wang transitioned into this inaugural CAIO role to lead Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). **Core projects:** Llama 4 & 5 Development: Shifting Meta from open-source ‘efficient’ models to closed-source ‘frontier’ superintelligence to compete directly with OpenAI. **Meta compute infrastructure:** Harmonizing Meta’s massive H100/B200 GPU clusters with unified software layers for autonomous agent training. --- ### 🚀 Catch some of Silicon Valley’s top tech leaders at Chief AI Officer Summit on April 14. Step into the room where the Bay Area’s top AI decision-makers shape what’s next. **Apply for your pass and:** - Connect with leading Chief AI Officers from multi-billion-dollar tech companies. - Gain strategic insights on scaling AI across enterprise environments. - Explore real-world case studies driving measurable AI impact. - Network with senior AI leaders, innovators, and technology partners. - Position yourself at the forefront of AI leadership in Silicon Valley. **Spots are limited. Secure your place among the leaders defining AI in 2026.** [Find out more](https://chiefaiofficer.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/register) ### Edge AI for start-ups: Why on-device intelligence is the future of MVPs URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tools/edge-ai-for-start-ups-why-on-device-intelligence-is-the-future-of-mvps/ Last updated: 2026-02-16T15:31:18.000Z Startups are under constant pressure to ship products that are simple, affordable, and scalable without compromising performance or user trust. For years, [**AI systems**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) have relied heavily on cloud infrastructure to meet these demands. That approach works, but it comes with real trade-offs: rising compute costs, latency, and growing concerns around data privacy. Increasingly, machine learning workloads are moving away from centralized clouds and closer to where data is generated, on devices themselves. This shift toward edge computing is accelerating and reshaping how startups design and launch their MVPs. 💡 Edge AI provides a practical middle ground, offering strong performance, lower operating costs, and better privacy safeguards from day one. ## What is Edge AI and why does it matter for [**start-ups?**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/) Edge AI refers to running machine learning models directly on devices such as smartphones, sensors, gateways, or edge servers, rather than sending data to a remote cloud for processing. [**(Shi et al., 2016).**](https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2016.2579198) Processing data locally enables low-latency, real-time decision-making while reducing dependence on continuous network connectivity. It also lowers cloud compute and data transfer costs significantly. [A data engineer’s guide to pipeline frameworksIf you’re architecting for 2026, these are the seven frameworks you actually need to care about.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-605.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) Recent advances in specialized hardware have made this approach viable much earlier than expected. Platforms like Apple’s Neural Engine, Google’s Edge TPU, and modern microcontrollers now provide enough on-device compute to support practical inference at scale [**(Zhang et al., 2021).**](https://doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2019.2904897) For startups, this matters because speed and cost discipline are non-negotiable. Cloud-based AI pipelines can become expensive quickly, especially as usage grows. Edge AI removes much of that overhead, allowing teams to deliver intelligent features without taking on a heavy infrastructure bill. --- ## Key advantages of Edge AI for MVPs 1. **Reduced costs and lower burn rate** Running inference on-device eliminates recurring cloud compute costs for many use cases. For early-stage startups, where runway and margins are tight, this can have a meaningful impact on sustainability [**(Sarker, 2020).**](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01650-z SpringerLink) 1. **Enhanced privacy and security** User expectations around privacy have shifted, particularly in regions governed by GDPR and CCPA. Processing data locally reduces exposure to compliance risk and builds trust, especially in sensitive sectors like health or finance. In an environment where users are wary of large cloud providers, local processing can become a competitive advantage rather than just a technical detail [**(Sicari et al., 2015).**](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2014.11.008) 1. **Real-time performance** Applications such as personalized recommendations, health monitoring, and predictive systems rely on fast response times. Cloud-based inference introduces unavoidable latency due to network round trips. Edge AI avoids that bottleneck, enabling near real-time decision-making and a smoother user experience, something users notice immediately even if they cannot articulate why [**(Zhang et al., 2021)**](https://doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2019.2904897)**.** [Transforming the enterprise: Moving past chat to core workflow redesignOnDemand session from OpenAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-606.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-15.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-the-enterprise-moving-past-chat-to-core-workflow-redesign/) --- ## Why now? The strategic timing for Edge AI adoption The timing for edge-first MVPs is especially favorable. [**Consumer hardware is advancing rapidly**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-role-of-ai-in-modern-marketing-personalisation-at-scale/), and AI acceleration is now a core feature rather than a niche capability. Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel have all introduced dedicated neural processing units in recent product roadmaps, designed to support fast, energy-efficient on-device inference and lower the barrier to edge deployment. At the same time, development tooling has matured. [**Frameworks**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) such as TensorFlow Lite, PyTorch Mobile, and ONNX Runtime reduce friction in deploying and maintaining models across diverse devices. What once required highly specialized teams can now be managed by focused startup engineering groups, which matches the profile of early-stage companies. ## Challenges and how start-ups can overcome them ![Challenges and solutions can include anything from diverse hardware to framework support.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/02/image-1.png) Challenges and solutions can include anything from diverse hardware to framework support. Edge AI does come with constraints. Limited compute capacity, device fragmentation, and model update complexity are common concerns. However, these challenges are increasingly well understood and manageable. Model compression techniques, such as quantization, pruning, and knowledge distillation, allow models to run efficiently on constrained hardware without unacceptable accuracy loss. Hybrid architectures, combining on-device inference with periodic cloud synchronization, provide a practical balance between performance and flexibility. 💡 Improved framework support continues to abstract many device-specific deployment issues, lowering operational burden. When applied thoughtfully, these approaches allow startups to benefit from edge deployment without accumulating long-term technical debt. --- ## Edge AI and the new MVP playbook Traditional MVPs often prioritized speed to market through cloud-based services. While fast to deploy, those systems could be expensive to scale and vulnerable to latency or connectivity issues. Edge AI changes that equation. **By shifting inference onto the device, startups can build MVPs that:** - Operate reliably in low-connectivity environments, opening access to underserved markets - Protect user data by default, strengthening trust in regulated sectors - Deliver the responsiveness required for AR/VR, robotics, and wearable technologies For example, a remote patient monitoring system deployed in rural areas can trigger alerts instantly when anomalous vital signs are detected, even without reliable internet access. Agricultural sensors far from central infrastructure can optimize irrigation in real time. These are practical advantages available today, not speculative scenarios. --- ## Looking ahead: The Edge as the new cloud Industry forecasts point to continued decentralization of data processing. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 75% of enterprise-generated data will be processed outside traditional centralized data centers [**(Gartner, 2021).**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-10-20-gartner-says-the-future-of-cloud-is-at-the-edge) This represents a structural shift in how intelligent systems are delivered, not just a marginal optimization. For startups, the takeaway is clear: Edge AI is not only a cost-saving measure; it is a strategic design choice. Teams that adopt edge-first architectures early can differentiate on performance, privacy, and user experience, factors that increasingly determine whether an MVP gains traction or stalls. As hardware improves and development tools become more accessible, edge computing is likely to become the default foundation for intelligent products rather than the exception. ### How CVS Health continues to shape innovation in Boston URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-cvs-health-continues-to-shape-innovation-in-boston/ Last updated: 2026-02-16T12:30:37.000Z ## Built in Boston, designed for scale [**Boston’s**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boston-healthcare-ai/)healthcare and technology ecosystem is unlike any other. World-class hospitals, universities, biotech firms, and research institutions operate side by side, creating an environment where medicine, data, and engineering naturally intersect. CVS Health has grown alongside this ecosystem. Its proximity to academic research, clinical innovation, and enterprise technology has shaped how it approaches digital transformation, with a focus on evidence, governance, and real-world impact. 💡 Rather than chasing every new trend, CVS has consistently invested in building solid foundations first. Not always glamorous, but always useful. --- ## Data as the backbone of AI in healthcare As CVS expanded into insurance, clinical services, and digital health, it built one of the most complex healthcare data environments in the world. This includes: - Electronic health records. - Pharmacy and prescription data. - Insurance claims. - Imaging and diagnostics. - Remote monitoring and device data. Turning all of this into meaningful insight requires more than clever algorithms. It requires structure, standards, and a lot of behind-the-scenes engineering that rarely makes headlines. CVS’s approach reflects a growing industry reality: AI only works when the [**data underneath**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-procurement-turning-messy-data-into-strategic-advantage/?) it is trustworthy, connected, and well managed. [A data engineer’s guide to pipeline frameworksIf you’re architecting for 2026, these are the seven frameworks you actually need to care about.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-602.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) --- ## From siloed systems to connected intelligence Like many large healthcare organizations, CVS has inherited systems built over decades. Some are excellent. Some are… well, *experienced*, shall we say… 💡 Disconnected platforms and incompatible formats can slow innovation and limit the impact of AI. Over time, they also test everyone’s patience. In response, CVS has focused on creating more unified and interoperable data environments. This allows information to move securely and efficiently across clinical, operational, and analytical systems. The result supports: - Faster clinical decision-making. - More personalized care. - Better population health insights. - Stronger compliance and auditability. It also reflects Boston’s tradition of collaboration, where engineers, clinicians, and researchers work together to solve practical problems. --- ## Infrastructure as a strategic advantage For CVS, [**modern healthcare AI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) is not just about deploying new models. It is about redesigning how data flows across the organization. This includes: - Adopting interoperability standards such as FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). - Moving toward real-time and event-driven pipelines. - Replacing static batch processing with continuous data streams. - Embedding governance into system design. By treating infrastructure as a strategic asset rather than a technical afterthought, CVS is building systems that can scale, adapt, and stay reliable over time. Not flashy, but very effective. --- ## Continuing inspiration from the Boston ecosystem CVS’s evolution mirrors the strengths of the [**Boston tech and life sciences**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boston-healthcare-ai/)community. These include: - A commitment to scientific rigor. - Strong public and private partnerships. - Close ties between academia and industry. - A focus on long-term impact. These influences continue to shape how CVS approaches innovation today, from precision medicine to digital care delivery and AI-driven operations. As healthcare becomes more data-driven, this ecosystem mindset may prove to be one of CVS’s greatest advantages. [Data pipeline design playbook 2026Stop building pipelines that break. Start architecting for 2026.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-603.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-14.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-pipeline-design-playbook-2/) --- ## [AI Builders Summit: Healthcare on March 25](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/agenda) Don’t miss their session with Takeda and AstraZeneca on Data infrastructure for healthcare AI at AI Builders Summit: Healthcare on March 25. ### Why this is a must-attend session This session is essential for healthcare, data, and digital leaders building AI at enterprise scale. Learn how CVS Health, alongside Takeda and AstraZeneca, is treating data infrastructure as a strategic foundation for healthcare AI, not just a technical requirement. ### You’ll gain practical insight into how leading organizations are: - Connecting fragmented systems, from EHRs and claims to imaging and device data. - Moving from batch processing to real-time, interoperable platforms using standards like FHIR. - Scaling AI responsibly with strong governance, privacy, and security. --- Don’t miss this opportunity to see how CVS Health is combining its Boston innovation roots with modern data architecture to deliver practical, trusted healthcare AI. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/register) ### Unlocking your retail insights with LLMs URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-your-retail-insights-with-llms/ Last updated: 2026-02-13T15:00:19.000Z I’ve spent the last five years working in [Boston’s tech scene](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boston-healthcare-ai/), but my journey into AI and machine learning has taken me through Glasgow, Toronto, and roles at companies like Amazon and Best Buy. Along the way, I’ve learned something important: the most powerful AI applications usually come from solving unglamorous problems. Things like cleaning up messy customer data or figuring out why someone bought that laptop instead of the other four they looked at. Today, I want to share how we’re using large language models (LLMs) at Best Buy to tackle exactly those challenges. But before we dive into the technical details, let me say this clearly: you should not use LLMs just because they’re trendy. The business use case has to come first. Always. [A data engineer’s guide to pipeline frameworksIf you’re architecting for 2026, these are the seven frameworks you actually need to care about.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-599.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/) ## **When should you actually use LLMs for data enrichment?** One question I hear constantly is: should we be [**using LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-optimize-llm-performance-and-output-quality-a-practical-guide/) for our data problems? The honest answer is, it depends. And many teams skip that part because generative AI is exciting. You need the right business use case. If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail. That mindset gets expensive very quickly with LLMs. These models are excellent at certain tasks, especially when dealing with unstructured data that traditional ML struggles with. They’re great at summarizing text, applying common sense reasoning, and connecting dots across messy datasets. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## **But they also come with challenges** LLMs can get overwhelmed if you dump too much context into a single prompt. They sometimes ignore instructions that are buried in long prompt templates. And yes, they hallucinate. I actually see [hallucination](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/) less as a bug and more as a side effect of their strength. Their ability to extrapolate is what makes them powerful. It just needs guardrails. The good news is that costs are falling quickly. I’ve watched token costs drop dramatically over the past few years while model capabilities have improved just as fast. That combination opens doors for use cases that simply were not economically realistic before. You also need strong quality assurance processes, clear privacy compliance, and a technical team that is ready for long-term maintenance. Too many teams focus on the initial launch and forget that these systems need ongoing care. LLMs are not “set it and forget it” tools. They are more like high-maintenance pets. Impressive, useful, but definitely not self-sufficient. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### 7 must-know frameworks for data engineers in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/ Last updated: 2026-02-12T16:09:20.000Z We spend too much time arguing about Snowflake vs. Databricks and not enough time talking about the underlying architecture. The truth is, a shiny new tool won't save you if your design pattern is a mismatch for your data’s velocity or your team’s SQL proficiency. If you’re architecting for 2026, these are the seven frameworks you actually need to care about: --- 1. **The "old reliable": ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)** **The reality:** People say ETL is dead. It’s not. It’s just moved upstream. **When to use it:** When you have strict compliance requirements (PII masking before it hits the lake), or when your source data is so messy that loading it “raw” would bankrupt you in compute costs. **The DE pain:** High maintenance. Every schema change in the source system is a 3:00 AM PagerDuty alert. You know the one. **The tech stack:** Spark, Airflow, NiFi. --- 1. **The modern standard: ELT (Extract, Load, Transform)** **The reality:** This is the backbone of the [**modern data stack**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/). Load it raw, then let the warehouse do the heavy lifting. **When to use it:** 90% of the time for analytics. It decouples ingestion from logic, meaning you can re-run your history without re-fetching data from the source. **The DE pain:** Materialization bloat. If you aren't careful with dbt or SQL modeling, you’ll end up with a recursive mess of views that take four hours to refresh. **The tech stack:** Fivetran or Airbyte + Snowflake or BigQuery + dbt. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-567.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) 1. **The low-latency play: Streaming** **The reality:** Real-time isn't a feature; it’s a burden. Only build this if the business actually acts in minutes, not days. **When to use it:** Fraud detection, real-time inventory, or dynamic pricing. **The DE pain:** Watermarking, late-arriving data, and “exactly-once” delivery semantics. It’s a different level of complexity, and there’s no pretending otherwise. **The tech stack:** Kafka, Flink, Redpanda. --- 1. **The hybrid: Lambda architecture** **The reality:** The “best of both worlds” that often becomes double the work. **The setup:** A batch layer for historical accuracy plus a speed layer for real-time updates. **The catch:** You have to maintain two codebases for the same logic. If they diverge (and they will), your data becomes inconsistent. **The verdict:** Mostly being replaced by Kappa or unified engines like Spark Structured Streaming. --- 1. **The stream-only: Kappa architecture** **The reality:** Treat everything, including historical data, as a stream. **Why it wins:** One code path. If you need to reprocess history, you just rewind the log and replay it through the same logic. Simple in theory, powerful in practice. **The DE pain:** Requires a massive shift in how you think about data, moving from mutable tables to immutable logs. [Powering agentic AI at enterprise scaleHow Writer and Premji Invest see the future of agentic AI: full-stack systems, adaptive models, and IT-business collaboration at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-568.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSandesh Patnam![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/) 1. **The multi-purpose: Data lakehouse** **The reality:** The attempt to give S3 or ADLS the ACID transactions and performance of a SQL warehouse. **When to use it:** When you have a mix of ML workloads (Python or notebooks) and BI workloads (SQL). **The DE pain:** Compaction and file management. If you don’t manage the small file problem, your query performance will tank, fast. **The tech stack:** Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake. --- 1. **The decentralized: Microservices-based pipelines** **The reality:** [**Data mesh in practice**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-areas-data-pipeline-least-responsiveness/). Each service owns its own ingestion and transformation. **The benefit:** Extreme scalability and fault isolation. One team’s broken pipe doesn’t take down the entire company. **The DE pain:** Observability. Tracing data lineage across 15 different microservices without a strong metadata layer is not for the faint-hearted. --- ## **The bottom line for 2026** Don’t build a Lambda architecture for a dashboard that a VP looks at once a week. Don’t build an ETL process for a schema that changes every three days. The most senior thing a data engineer can do is choose the simplest pattern that will survive the next 18 months of scale. [Download our playbook](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-pipeline-design-playbook/) ### Transforming the enterprise: Moving past chat to core workflow redesign URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-the-enterprise-moving-past-chat-to-core-workflow-redesign/ Last updated: 2026-07-07T07:55:54.000Z Most government agencies treat AI like a new piece of software. **Katrina Mulligan**, Head of National Security Partnerships at **OpenAI**, argues they should be treating it like a revolution in mission delivery. In this high-stakes session, Katrina breaks down why "small pilots" are no longer enough and how the public sector can move toward true **autonomous enterprise** workflows. ### 💡 The headline impact: Imagine a world where a single government process is optimized by **125 million hours** annually. 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AI is becoming a powerful tool for cleaning, combining, and analyzing this information. Companies that use AI-driven procurement are seeing major real-world benefits. For example, an [**IBM study**](https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/ai-procurement#:~:text=%2A%2040,reducing%20pricing%20analysis%20time%20from) found that costs declined by 40 to 70 percent in just six months of using AI-powered category intelligence and predictive analytics. Procurement leaders are already using AI. 💡 [****One survey**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-finds-that-while-adoption-varies-by-industry-procurement-professionals-are-widely-embracing-ai-302549785.html#:~:text=%2A%2073,numbers%20in%20terms%20of%20AI) found that 73 percent of procurement professionals use AI for activities such as contract management and data analysis. This clearly improves productivity. For instance, a [**report from IBM**](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-28-Two-thirds-of-surveyed-enterprises-in-EMEA-report-significant-productivity-gains-from-AI,-finds-new-IBM-study#:~:text=,operational%20productivity%20improvements%20using%20AI) shows that 66 percent of executives say AI has helped them become more productive. This aligns with claims that “organizations fluent in AI are three times more likely to report significant productivity gains.” --- ## Using AI to clean and sort spending data The first step is breaking down messy data silos. Unstructured spending data, with inconsistent supplier names, free-text descriptions, and duplicate records, used to take weeks to clean manually. Now, much of this work is handled by AI pipelines. Natural language processing models can read invoice text and identify product or service categories. They can also automatically tag and organize line-item details and merge duplicate supplier records at scale. Over time, machine learning systems “teach” themselves to recognize misspellings and group similar transactions. The benefits are substantial. 💡 [****One study**](https://blog.superhuman.com/ai-adoption-challenges/#:~:text=Poor%20data%20integrity%20is%20widely,on%20investment%20in%20ML%20initiatives) shows that inadequate data integrity is a major obstacle to AI success, meaning AI-driven cleaning is essential for uncovering insights hidden in noisy data. Some of the most important capabilities include: - **Automatic classification of spending:** AI models assign transactions to categories and subcategories with minimal human input. - **Supplier master data management:** Each purchase order is linked to a cleansed supplier profile that removes duplicates and adds firmographic or ESG information. - **Real-time controls:** Automated alerts flag off-contract purchases or policy exceptions immediately. - **Risk and sustainability tagging:** AI identifies high-risk suppliers and tracks diversity and ESG spending. By automating these tasks, AI frees analysts from manual data wrangling. One study shows that teams in AI-driven companies “reclaim hours each week” while competitors still rely on spreadsheets. Clean, consolidated data becomes a prerequisite for strategic insight and downstream analytics. --- ## Spend analytics and strategy: What AI actually changes Procurement teams have always understood the importance of spend data. The challenge is that in many organizations, this data is messy, fragmented, and rarely trusted enough to guide major decisions. This is where AI makes a practical difference, not as a superficial layer, but as a way to clean, connect, and analyze spending at scale. Instead of relying on static reports, teams can ask forward-looking questions. 💡 Machine learning models can flag anomalous prices, simulate the impact of inflation or supply disruptions, and run basic “what if” scenarios. Some platforms now allow procurement teams to query data in plain language. Questions such as “Show logistics spend by region this quarter” no longer require custom reports. Answers come directly from the data, enabling faster action. [**Procurement Magazine**](https://procurementmag.com/supply-chain-management/gartner-supply-chain-symposium-xpo-barcelona-keynote) notes that this visibility helps leaders respond more quickly to real-world events. [Data pipeline design playbook 2026Stop building pipelines that break. Start architecting for 2026.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-596.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-11.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-pipeline-design-playbook-2/) AI-driven analysis also reveals opportunities to consolidate suppliers, negotiate volume discounts, and identify tail-end spending. It can expose single-source risks and highlight overlapping supplier capabilities, encouraging more strategic vendor management. In one [**RSM case study**](https://rsmus.com/insights/services/digital-transformation/ai-in-procurement-spend-management.html#:~:text=A%20global%20life%20sciences%20firm,breaches%20and%20improve%20audit%20readiness), a life sciences company reduced invoice review time by 60 percent and identified 95 percent of high-risk payments before processing. When spend data is continuously updated and visualized, leaders gain confidence to renegotiate contracts, diversify suppliers, and support sustainability goals without relying on outdated reports. --- ## Intelligent procurement and contract management Procurement has long been one of the slowest and most vulnerable business processes. Until recently, finding specialized suppliers often required weeks of manual research and informal recommendations. Today, category managers can describe requirements in plain language and use AI-powered tools to scan global supplier networks in hours. These systems filter millions of suppliers by geography, certification, capacity, and performance. [**McKinsey reports**](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/with-artificial-intelligence-find-new-suppliers-in-days-not-months) that this reduces sourcing cycles from months to days. During the early stages of the pandemic, one government procurement team used AI screening to identify over 30 qualified manufacturers within a week. While speed did not eliminate risk, it ensured continuity when traditional processes would have failed. Contracts are also evolving. Once static PDFs, they are now transformed into structured, searchable systems. Natural language processing extracts clauses, obligations, and thresholds into actionable datasets. Teams can query portfolios to identify risk exposure, asymmetrical terms, or compliance gaps. [**RSM notes**](https://rsmus.com/insights/services/digital-transformation/ai-in-procurement-spend-management.html#:~:text=,adoption and reducing support tickets) that AI can assist with clause drafting, negotiation strategy, and compliance monitoring. This leads to greater efficiency and earlier risk detection. [**Industry surveys**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-finds-that-while-adoption-varies-by-industry-procurement-professionals-are-widely-embracing-ai-302549785.html#:~:text=Contracting%20is%20a%20proven%20procurement,AI%20winner) show widespread adoption. [**Gartner**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-05-08-gartner-predicts-half-of-procurement-contract-management-will-be-ai-enabled-by-2027#:~:text=By%202027,%2050,tools,%20according%20to%20Gartner,%20Inc) predicts that by 2027, around half of organizations will rely on AI-enabled tools for contract risk analysis and negotiations. Contracts are becoming strategic assets rather than passive records. --- ## Generative AI and conversational workflows Generative AI is changing how procurement teams work. Instead of navigating complex dashboards, users can ask simple questions such as “What’s left in the Q3 office supplies budget?” or “Which laptop orders are still open?” and receive immediate answers. Teams report faster task completion and fewer basic support requests. [**RSM**](https://rsmus.com/insights/services/digital-transformation/ai-in-procurement-spend-management.html#:~:text=,adoption%20and%20reducing%20support%20tickets) has observed similar improvements in client engagements. Generative systems also support content creation. Draft RFQs, contract clauses, and purchase orders can be generated from internal templates and historical data. Human oversight remains essential, but effort shifts toward higher-value work. [Why do AI hallucinations persist in production systems?(Hint: The problem isn’t ‘bad’ answers, it’s believable ones...)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-597.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-12.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/once-ai-is-in-production-the-questions-change-2/) Low-value purchases can be automatically negotiated within predefined limits, allowing commercial teams to focus on strategic areas. Generative models are also used for scenario testing, enabling rapid evaluation of pricing or supplier changes. These tools extend beyond text. AI can process scanned documents, flag errors, and incorporate external signals such as ESG indicators derived from public data and news sources. While not a substitute for audits, this improves visibility. Together, these capabilities make procurement more adaptive, automating routine tasks while escalating issues to the right people. --- ## Building a data-driven procurement culture Technology alone does not deliver results. Organizations that see real gains treat AI as integral to decision-making. [**IBM studies**](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-28-Two-thirds-of-surveyed-enterprises-in-EMEA-report-significant-productivity-gains-from-AI,-finds-new-IBM-study#:~:text=,operational%20productivity%20improvements%20using%20AI) show higher returns among teams that are comfortable working with data and automation. This shift requires sustained investment. Data governance is essential. Models must be auditable, inputs reliable, and outputs explainable. Procurement professionals also need training to interpret insights rather than accept them blindly. Leadership alignment is equally important. [**Gartner**](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/2025-06-11-gartner-survey-shows-just-23-percent-of-supply-chain-organizations-have-a-formal-ai-strategy) notes that initiatives stall when isolated in silos. Integrating procurement, finance, and supply chain data enables enterprise-level optimization. Continuous feedback ensures models improve over time. 💡 When this discipline is in place, results become visible. Real-time analytics allow CPOs to respond quickly to volatility. Sustainability initiatives can be linked to financial outcomes. [**IBM reports**](https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/ai-procurement#:~:text=%2A%2040,reducing%20pricing%20analysis%20time%20from) that many European executives associate AI adoption with operational productivity gains driven by integration, not novelty. The shift is subtle but significant. Procurement data is becoming a continuous infrastructure rather than fragmented information. 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Designed for practitioners, by practitioners, it translates complex architectural concepts into deployable strategies.* ### Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C. 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-washington-d-c-2026/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:44:01.000Z Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C., with sessions from the likes of OpenAI, US Bank, Meibel and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Beyond buzzwords: How Stability AI delivers results URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-stability-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:26:50.000Z ## **How Stability AI is helping shape Austin’s practical approach to generative AI** 💡 For many teams, the challenge is no longer whether to use large AI models, but how to use them responsibly, efficiently, and at scale (preferably without surprising the finance team!) In [**Austin’s growing AI ecosystem**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/), where startups and enterprises alike focus on real-world deployment, Stability AI’s open, developer-first approach is increasingly taking centre stage. Rather than emphasizing hype cycles, Stability AI focuses on giving technical teams the tools and flexibility they need to build, evaluate, and improve generative systems over time, long after the initial demo glow fades. [AI Summit Austin](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) --- ## **Why Austin favors applied, production-ready AI** Austin’s technology community has earned a reputation for pragmatic innovation. Local teams tend to prioritize: - Systems that can be monitored and maintained. - Models that can be audited and improved. - Architectures that scale beyond pilot projects and slide decks. In practice, this means AI solutions are expected to perform reliably under real business constraints, budgets, latency, compliance, and user expectations included (all at once). Stability AI’s emphasis on transparent, adaptable models aligns closely with this environment. --- ## **Stability AI’s open-source model strategy** At the core of Stability AI’s platform is a commitment to open and extensible model development. 💡 Instead of offering only closed, API-only services, Stability AI provides access to model weights, training methodologies, and deployment tooling. This enables teams to: - Inspect model behavior and limitations. - Adapt architectures to domain-specific tasks. - Experiment with optimization techniques. - Deploy on infrastructure that fits their cost and performance requirements. For engineering teams, this reduces vendor dependency and increases long-term system resilience; two qualities that tend to be appreciated shortly *after* the first few production incidents. [AI Summit Austin](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) --- ## **From foundation models to custom systems** One of the most important shifts in [**modern AI development**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-role-of-ai-in-modern-marketing-personalisation-at-scale/) is the move from *“using models”* to *“engineering systems.”* With Stability AI’s ecosystem, teams in Austin can build layered architectures that include: - Foundation models as base capabilities. - Prompt engineering for rapid iteration. - Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for knowledge grounding. - Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) for targeted adaptation. - Full fine-tuning when domain specialization is critical. Rather than treating these techniques as competing approaches, experienced teams increasingly view them as complementary tools in a technical toolkit. Choosing correctly is often (scrap that) *always* more valuable than choosing aggressively. --- ## **The fine-tuning decision: Cost, control, and complexity** Fine-tuning remains one of the most misunderstood areas of [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development/). While it can significantly improve task performance, it also introduces new operational responsibilities: - Curating and validating training data. - Managing model drift. - Monitoring performance regressions. - Maintaining retraining pipelines. In many cases, teams discover that improved prompting or retrieval pipelines deliver sufficient gains (without signing up for an entirely new maintenance hobby.) Stability AI’s research and tooling encourage teams to evaluate these trade-offs carefully, ideally before committing substantial infrastructure and engineering resources. --- ## **Stability AI at Generative AI Summit Austin (February 25)** These practical considerations will be the focus of Stability AI’s upcoming session at Generative AI Summit Austin on February 25: **“Moving beyond pre-training: When and how to fine-tune language models”** The session will explore: → How to determine when fine-tuning delivers measurable value. → Trade-offs between prompt engineering, RAG, PEFT, and full fine-tuning. → Best practices for training data quality and evaluation. For teams operating in production environments, this perspective can help prevent both under-engineering *and* over-engineering (two equally expensive mistakes, just with different invoices!) Don’t miss the chance to gain a clearer, more grounded view of fine-tuning and system design in modern generative AI. Find out more below: [AI Summit Austin](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) ## ### Unpacking the craft of an applied machine learning product manager URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unpacking-the-craft-of-an-applied-machine-learning-product-manager/ Last updated: 2026-02-09T13:23:17.000Z A while back, I was reviewing results from a [new machine learning (ML) model](https://www.productledalliance.com/why-your-ml-model-needs-product-thinking/) that looked perfect on paper. Every metric glowed green – accuracy was up, predictions were faster, errors were down. But once the model powered real user experiences, something felt off… The results were impressive, but the experience didn’t *feel* better. The page was smarter but somehow less satisfying. While the math said the model was better, our users were quietly disagreeing. That’s when I realized the real breakthrough isn’t in the model – it’s in how you use it. Research creates potential, but product defines impact. That experience changed how I approached every ML-driven initiative afterwards. I stopped asking, “Does this model perform better?” and started asking, “Does it make the product feel better?” Because [product managers (PMs)](https://www.productledalliance.com/what-does-a-product-manager-do-exactly/) manage expectations, trust, and behavior, models evolve fast, but the user’s confidence evolves slowly. Bridging that gap is where the craft truly lies. [Austin’s AI & tech landscape: How it’s evolvedSilicon Valley still sits at the center of the AI conversation, not because it has a monopoly on ideas, but because so many of the forces shaping AI’s future collide here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-586.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) ## What an applied machine learning product manager actually does Applied ML PMs live in the space between innovation and application. They leverage machine learning capabilities, including ranking, recommendation, [personalization](https://www.productledalliance.com/using-ai-for-personalization-dominance-in-plg/), and prediction, to deliver meaningful product outcomes. At one company, that might mean connecting a recommendation model to viewing habits. At another, it might mean shaping credit-risk models into transparent financial experiences. In a search product, it could mean balancing speed with relevance; in a marketplace, it might mean deciding how much personalization is too much. The contexts differ, but the role stays constant: turning research into results. Over time, I’ve learned that applied ML PMs must speak three languages fluently: - **Research:** Understanding model capabilities and limitations - **Engineering:** Shaping features that can scale and perform - **Product:** Defining success in human terms, not just model metrics The magic happens where these three meet. It’s not enough to build a more accurate model – it has to be deployable, measurable, and explainable. The best Applied ML PMs are those who connect technical possibilities to user needs and expectations. ## When metrics mislead I once worked on an ML system that consistently outperformed its predecessors in every internal metric. But in live experiments, user engagement plateaued. That experience taught me that model success and product success *rarely* mean the same thing. A model might get more accurate every week and still fail to move the business if its improvement doesn’t translate into better user outcomes. For example, a [churn prediction](https://www.productledalliance.com/forecasting-user-behavior-and-product-trends/) model could achieve near-perfect precision yet fail if no one acts on its predictions. Model metrics are great at telling you what changed, but not why it matters. A model can outperform every baseline and still miss the emotional truth of the product – the human reason someone clicks, trusts, or stays. That’s why PMs serve as the conscience of the optimization process, reminding teams that progress isn’t just a graph; it’s a *feeling*. Applied ML PMs need to be chasing [the right metrics](https://www.productledalliance.com/23-product-management-metrics-and-kpis/). Success often means reframing the question from “How well did the model predict?” to “How did that prediction affect trust, behavior, or long-term outcomes?” In a product-led organization, that alignment between model performance and user experience becomes the real differentiator. [40 Companies Shaping Silicon Valley’s AI Landscape in 2026Silicon Valley still sits at the center of the AI conversation, not because it has a monopoly on ideas, but because so many of the forces shaping AI’s future collide here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-588.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--42-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/) ## Making models useful: The PM’s role While working with ML seems like it’s about building models. I’ve found the most important role is deciding what those models should optimize for, and ensuring that optimization aligns with both business goals and user experience. Here’s what I’ve found matters most in practice: - **Be clear about the goal:** Models can optimize for clicks, conversions, or retention – but they can’t decide which outcome matters. That’s where product judgment makes all the difference. - **Learn enough to ask good questions:** You don’t have to write code, but understanding what signals the model uses (and why) helps you challenge assumptions early. - **Balance fairness and performance:** Left unchecked, models often reinforce what they already know. I’ve seen cases where optimizing for “relevance” accidentally meant “popularity,” creating echo chambers that hurt discovery. Fairness sometimes means slowing down accuracy to preserve trust. - **Turn feedback into measurable levers:** Users rarely say, “The model is biased.” They say, “This doesn’t feel right.” The PM’s job is to translate that sentiment into constraints, rules, or additional signals that keep the model honest. - **Build transparency:** Whether for users, sellers, or internal teams, clarity builds trust. Even a simple “Why am I seeing this?” explanation can turn skepticism into confidence. The more PMs understand how models behave, the better they can shape them into tools that serve users – not the other way around. ## Working with researchers, not around them Some of the most productive collaborations I’ve had were with applied researchers. They think in edge cases, live in data, and care deeply about model integrity – traits that make PM partnerships powerful when done right. Early in my career, I approached [research](https://www.productledalliance.com/a-practical-market-research-and-gtm-approach/) discussions like negotiations: balancing priorities, pushing timelines. Now, I see them as explorations. When I stop asking “When can we ship it?” and start asking “Why does the model behave this way?”, the quality of insights changes completely. Here’s what helps: - Ask why a model behaves the way it does, not just how to improve it. - Use prototypes or user studies to link model behavior to real-world impact. - Treat experiments as stories, not just data – what story does this result tell about your users? In the best teams, research and product are two halves of the same decision-making loop. ## How PMs can use systems thinking Even if you’re not managing AI products directly, you can adopt this mindset. Every product has systems that make decisions – about relevance, priority, or visibility. Understanding how those systems “think” is a new kind of product literacy. Getting started can feel scary, so here are some baby steps to get you started: - Sit in on one data science or ML review – just listen to how success is defined. - Find one automated decision in your product that feels like a black box. Learn what it optimizes for. - Replace one vanity metric with a value-based one — trust, satisfaction, or retention over pure engagement. - Notice when your intuition disagrees with the data; that’s where understanding deepens. Because in the end, every PM is already managing invisible systems that decide what users see, feel, and trust. Applied ML PMs just do it with a little more math behind the curtain. ## Final thoughts Applied ML PMs don’t just manage models – they manage meaning. They turn research into reliable experiences and models into moments of clarity for users. The more invisible your work feels, the better the system likely is. When everything “just works”, when results make sense, and users feel understood – that’s the real sign of an effective Applied ML PM. So, if you’re curious about this space, don’t start with the math. Start with the meaning. The rest will follow. ### Open AI: How to build AI that lasts beyond the hype URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:28:06.000Z ## **The secret sauce to OpenAI’s engineering? Silicon Valley** OpenAI’s journey is tightly coupled with Silicon Valley’s evolution as the tech nerve center of the world. Here, infrastructure innovators, deep research labs, and production-grade engineering practices converge, creating an environment where systems must not just work, but scale, preferably without waking someone up at 3 a.m.! In this case study, we explore how OpenAI builds systems that evolve as needs change (rather than panic), and how its approach to data, modular architecture, and orchestration helps move projects beyond proofs-of-concept into resilient, long-lived deployments. [Catch OpenAI in action](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley?utm%5Fsource=linkedin&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=openai-case-study-article&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) --- ## **Background: OpenAI in the Silicon Valley tech scene** 💡 OpenAI is known worldwide for breakthroughs in generative models, from GPT to Sora, but its engineering story is deeply rooted in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. The region’s dense concentration of cloud infrastructure, tooling ecosystems, research universities, and battle-hardened engineering talent has shaped how OpenAI designs and operates its platforms. Unlike organizations that treat AI as a lab novelty, OpenAI embraces[**production realities**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/)early. The aim isn’t simply to push model performance forward, but to make systems that engineers (not just researchers) can build on confidently, without muttering “this seemed like a good idea at the time.” While many institutions have struggled to move beyond prototype stages, OpenAI has leveraged Silicon Valley’s intense focus on robust engineering to develop practices and frameworks that sustain complex AI systems in production, long after the demo applause fades. --- ## **The challenge: Prototypes that don’t last** One of the biggest challenges in [**AI engineering today**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-im-hopefully-never-building-another-ai-agent/)isn’t training powerful models. It’s keeping them working once they leave the test environment. Many early AI systems break when exposed to the messy, real-world inputs and workflows of production. Models that perform beautifully on curated benchmarks can fail silently, drift unpredictably, or become brittle the moment a user does something… *creative.* For OpenAI, this raised a critical question: how do you build systems that evolve instead of calcifying the moment they’re put to real use? The answer wasn’t obvious, but it started with recognizing that architecture matters just as much as models, and sometimes more… [Catch OpenAI in action](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley?utm%5Fsource=linkedin&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=openai-case-study-article&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) --- ## **The solution: Design patterns that withstand change** In [**Silicon Valley,**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/) OpenAI’s engineers took a disciplined approach to platform design. Rather than tightly coupling logic to a single model or pipeline step, they prioritized architectural modularity. Systems were built so individual components could be updated or swapped without bringing the entire stack along for an unscheduled outage. 💡 Open AI invested in orchestration frameworks that track versions, manage dependencies, and handle state transitions in ways that stay visible and testable. Instead of assuming early models would remain stable (a bold assumption in AI), OpenAI designed systems expecting constant change, complete with versioned components, clearly defined interfaces, and automated evaluation pipelines. The result: teams can update models, refine prompts, and adjust logic without fearing cascading failures or mysterious side effects that “only happen on Fridays.” --- ## **The impact: Engineering that can evolve** OpenAI’s approach has delivered measurable gains: • Engineers spend more time [**building new capabilities**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/)and less time firefighting brittle systems. • Teams can upgrade or fine-tune components without destabilizing workflows. • Production systems remain flexible even as requirements shift (which they always inevitably do). These improvements reduce needless rework and minimize the time spent debugging issues hiding in dependencies or obscure states. And yes, engineers report fewer all-nighters spent chasing elusive bugs, which may not show up in quarterly metrics, but feel like a win in every on-call rotation. There’s still work to do (maintaining evolving systems is, unsurprisingly, hard!), but OpenAI’s practices have drawn a clear line between short-lived prototypes and long-lived engineering success. --- ## **What’s next: Scaling resilient AI systems** For the remainder of 2026 and beyond, OpenAI’s focus includes: • Improving multi-agent coordination and lifecycle management. • Extending orchestration patterns across broader ecosystems of tools and services. • Embedding observability, governance, and evaluation as first-class citizens in engineering workflows. 💡 The goal is to make AI systems both powerful and predictable; reliable in production without sacrificing innovation or velocity. Silicon Valley’s engineering culture, tooling depth, and talent density give OpenAI a unique environment to continue refining these practices. --- ## **Don’t miss OpenAI at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley!** Don’t miss OpenAI’s session on architecting GenAI systems that can evolve in production at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley on March 25. Learn how to design systems that remain flexible and resilient as they scale, even when requirements change mid-sprint. ### **Why this is a must-attend session:** - **Eliminate architectural fragility:** Identify the hidden "failure modes" that cause GenAI systems to break or calcify once they move from prototype to production. - **Design for constant change:** Learn to build modular systems with versioned components, allowing you to swap models or update prompts without causing unexpected regressions. - **Build for scale, not just speed:** Master the orchestration patterns and clear interfaces needed to ensure your AI stack remains flexible and resilient as it grows. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the very best in the business, the people who put AI on the map; Open AI. [Register today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley?utm%5Fsource=linkedin&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=openai-case-study-article&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) ## ### From data chaos to AI clarity: Takeda’s incredible journey URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-takeda/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:28:42.000Z ## How Boston became central to Takeda’s data strategy For Takeda’s teams in Boston, the push toward [healthcare AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) started with a simple realization: most innovation fails long before the model stage. It fails in disconnected systems, inconsistent data, and unclear ownership. In our case study, we explore how Takeda is modernizing fragmented systems so teams can move faster without creating new risks along the way. [AI Builders Summit: Healthcare](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=takeda-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) --- ## Background: Takeda in the Boston tech scene Takeda is not traditionally thought of as a tech company, but in Boston, it is fully part of the conversation. Known globally for breakthroughs in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the company has built a substantial presence in the region’s life sciences and technology ecosystem. The city’s blend of research hospitals, academic institutions, and engineering talent made it an obvious choice for Takeda’s data and AI initiatives. 💡 While other organizations struggled to define their post-pandemic strategies, Takeda leaned into Boston’s strengths. The goal was straightforward: build a data platform that can support modern analytics and real-world AI use cases, without driving the data team to stay late into the night drinking scads of strong black coffee and wondering how they were going to keep up. --- ## The challenge: Fragmented data slowing progress Healthcare and life sciences companies generate vast amounts of data. In Takeda’s case, that meant everything from clinical research results and drug trial data to patient insights and supply chain records. Unfortunately, these datasets lived in silos and in a variety of formats (we can all agree that this is a problem no one enjoys dealing with!) Fragmented data makes it hard to answer basic questions, such as how a particular treatment performs across populations. It creates bottlenecks, increases risk, and makes compliance teams nervous, to say the least. The existing systems had been built over many years, and every new data source felt a bit like duct tape over a leaky pipe. Takeda needed a new approach. [AI Builders Summit: Healthcare](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=takeda-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) ## The solution: Building a unified data platform in Boston The engineering team in Boston took a clear approach. Rather than adding band-aids, they focused on [creating a data foundation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/forking-data-for-ai-agents-the-missing-primitive-for-safe-scalable-systems/) that could bring different types of information together. At the core was a commitment to standardization and governance. The team connected clinical, operational, and research data so users could finally ask questions they had avoided for years. Data was cleaned on the way in, tracked consistently, and made accessible without jumping between half a dozen tools. Takeda’s team also built strong oversight mechanisms. They did not want a return to the “Wild West” era of data, when everyone had their own spreadsheets and models that no one could fully explain (plus the occasional Billy-the-Kid running riot). --- ## The impact: Real gains, not just buzzwords Takeda’s approach is already paying off. - Analysts and scientists are accessing trustworthy data faster. - Teams no longer spend days trying to reconcile inconsistent reports. - Compliance and auditing functions have real visibility into the data lineage. All of this makes regulators happier and internal reviews far less stressful. There is, however, still work to do. No system runs perfectly from day one. But the improvements are clear: fewer surprises, fewer manual handoffs, and more time spent on real insight and decision-making. And yes, engineers in Boston report fewer late-night emails (and fewer emergency coffee runs). That alone feels like progress. --- ## What’s next: Expanding data use cases Takeda isn’t done. The roadmap for the rest of 2026 includes new projects such as: - Enabling real-time reporting on clinical pipelines. - Improving supply chain forecasting with data models. - Expanding self-service analytics across global teams. There is also growing interest in simulation and decision-support technologies for clinical research. Boston’s community of researchers, developers, and data professionals will remain central to that journey. --- ## Don’t miss Takeda at AI Builders Summit: Healthcare Don’t miss **Takeda’**s session with **CVS Health** and A**straZeneca** on data infrastructure for healthcare AI at [**AI Builders Summit: Healthcare**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=takeda-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) on **March 25**. Learn how enterprise teams are tackling the messy stuff that always gets buried in slide decks: clean data, unified systems, and real-world readiness. ### Key takeaways include: - How clean, connected data becomes a practical foundation - Merging disparate data sources to support advanced workflows - Shifting from batch systems to event-driven, actionable pipelines [Register today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=takeda-case-study&utm%5Fcontent=page-post) ### Citi: How AI is engineering the future of global banking URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-citi/ Last updated: 2026-07-10T15:29:30.000Z ## **The digital fortress: How Citi is engineering the future from Austin** As we head into early 2026, the intersection of high finance and high tech has found a permanent home in Austin’s “Silicon Hills.” While many global institutions are still untangling the realities of post-pandemic work, Citi has taken a different approach. It has doubled down on a tech-first identity, using its [growing Austin presence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) as a proving ground for the next era of banking. This isn’t a satellite office or a talent outpost. It’s a core part of how Citi is re-engineering itself for the future. [Register today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) --- ## **Background: Austin’s tech landscape in 2026** Austin has evolved from a startup-friendly city into a global hub for mission-critical technology. The early hype of the 2020 migration has cooled, but what replaced it is far more durable: deep infrastructure, [applied AI,](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) and long-term industrial investment. ## **A growing AI infrastructure hub** Austin has become a top-tier market for AI infrastructure, supported by major investments from NVIDIA and reinforced by the proximity of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas. ## **A dense, applied talent pool** With more than 7,000 AI specialists across the metro area, Austin now rivals [Silicon Valley](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/) in talent density, with a stronger emphasis on applied, production-grade systems. That focus makes it an ideal base for Citi’s engineering teams. ## **The last six months: From experimentation to execution** The second half of 2025 and the opening weeks of 2026 marked a turning point. Citi moved decisively from experimentation into enterprise-scale execution. - **The shift to agentic AI** Citi Ventures has positioned 2026 as a “Year of Transformation,” moving beyond basic chat interfaces toward [agentic AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) capable of handling multi-step, real-world tasks. Examples include real-time fraud mitigation and autonomous code reviews. - **Reducing legacy drag** Citi completed the transfer of its North American corporate loans onto a new strategic processing platform, significantly reducing technical debt tied to legacy systems. - **Modernizing regulatory controls** By automating more than 3.5 million daily payments across 90 countries using AI-driven controls, Citi strengthened its “safety and soundness” posture. That work contributed to the lifting of major regulatory consent orders in early 2026. - **A lean, AI-native global strategy** Citi’s 2026 operating model is built around a “follow-the-sun” approach. Engineering teams are distributed across hubs such as Austin, London, and Singapore, enabling continuous development and support. 💡 **“We’re moving from doing more with less to unlocking new markets through AI.” — Insights from Citi’s 2026 AI strategy* As part of a multi-year restructuring, Citi plans to eliminate approximately 20,000 roles by the end of 2026\. Manual, legacy processes are being replaced with AI-native workflows. This isn’t just about cost reduction. It’s a deliberate shift toward a leaner operating model, expected to save US$2–2.5 billion annually while increasing speed and resilience. [Register today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) --- ## **The technical advantage: Google Cloud and Vertex AI** Citi’s technical edge is rooted in its hybrid-cloud architecture and its long-standing partnership with Google Cloud. ## **High-performance computing at scale** Advanced HPC infrastructure enables millions of daily computations across Citi’s Markets business, supporting near-instantaneous risk assessment. ## **Vertex AI adoption** By deploying Google’s Vertex AI, Citi has equipped more than 180,000 employees with generative AI tools. These systems have already supported over 1.5 million automated code reviews, freeing roughly 100,000 hours of engineering capacity each week. ## **Leadership in financial tokenization** Citi is also pushing forward on the tokenization of finance, working toward T+1 and eventually T+0 settlement cycles using distributed ledger technology. --- ## **So, what’s next for Citi in 2026 and beyond?** The roadmap ahead focuses on bringing financial assets fully into the digital era. - **Institutional crypto custody** Citi is preparing to launch institutional-grade crypto custody services, bridging traditional finance and digital assets. - **Quantum computing pilots** Austin-based pilots are exploring quantum computing for portfolio optimization and complex derivative pricing. - **Know your agent (KYA)** As AI agents become more autonomous, Citi is developing “Know Your Agent” frameworks to ensure AI-to-AI interactions remain secure, transparent, and compliant. ## **Don’t miss Citi at Generative AI Summit Austin** Don’t miss Citi’s session at Generative AI Summit Austin on February 25. Pratik Gautam, VP and Lead AI Product Manager, will share how enterprise teams are embedding responsible AI frameworks directly into core system architecture. From structured evaluation pipelines to automated policy enforcement and human-in-the-loop overrides, the session explores how Citi’s AI teams are ensuring accountability runs on code, not committees. **Key takeaways include:** - Translating responsible AI principles into repeatable system design patterns - Embedding governance, bias testing, and traceability into CI/CD pipelines - Using real-time monitoring to maintain ethical and regulatory alignment [Register today](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/register) ### AI hallucinations: Understanding why sometimes machines get it wrong URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-hallucinations-understanding-why-sometimes-machines-get-it-wrong/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:25:08.000Z If you have ever tried to understand how the mind works, you know it rarely behaves as neatly as we imagine. Thoughts do not arrive in tidy rows. Memories can drift, bend, or quietly change shape. A scent can pull a forgotten childhood moment into focus. A sentence we only half-heard can emerge altered by the time we repeat it. This intricate, multifaceted, deeply personal process is not a flaw. It is how the human brain survives. It closes gaps. It creates meaning. It makes informed guesses. That is worth remembering when we talk about AI “hallucinating” because, strange as it may sound, humans have been hallucinating long before machines ever existed. [Why Boston is becoming a leader in practical healthcare AIBoston’s healthcare AI ecosystem has moved from cautious pilots to real-world impact. Here’s what’s changed, and what comes next.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-592.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-2.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boston-healthcare-ai/) ## Human mind According to cognitive neuroscience, human memory - particularly **episodic memory** \-is not a static archive in which experiences are stored intact and later retrieved. Episodic memory refers to our ability to remember **specific personal events**: what happened, where it occurred, when it took place, and how it felt. Rather than replaying these events like recordings, episodic memory is fundamentally **constructive**. Each time we remember an episode, the brain actively rebuilds it by flexibly recombining fragments of past experience - sensory details, emotions, contextual cues, and prior knowledge. This reconstructive process creates a compelling sense of certainty and vividness, even when the memory is incomplete, altered, or partially inaccurate. Importantly, these distortions are not simply failures of memory. 💡 Research suggests they reflect ****adaptive processes** that allow the brain to simulate possible future scenarios. Because the future is not an exact repetition of the past, imagining what might happen next requires a system capable of extracting and recombining elements of previous experiences. Because memories are rebuilt rather than replayed, they can change over time. This is why eyewitness accounts of the same event often conflict, why siblings remember a shared childhood moment differently, and why you can feel absolutely certain you once encountered a fact that never actually existed. A well-known example is the **Mandela Effect**: large groups of people independently remembering the same incorrect detail. Many people are convinced that the Monopoly mascot wears a monocle - yet he never has. The memory *feels* real because it fits a familiar pattern: a wealthy, old-fashioned gentleman with top hat and cane *should* have a monocle, so the brain fills in the gap. Similar false memories arise not because the brain is malfunctioning, but because it is doing what it evolved to do, creating coherence from incomplete information. In this sense, the brain “hallucinates” not as a bug, but as a feature. It prioritizes meaning and consistency over perfect accuracy, producing a convincing narrative even when the underlying data is fragmentary or ambiguous. Most of the time, this works astonishingly well. Occasionally, it produces memories that feel unquestionably true - and are nonetheless false. ## “AI Mind” works nothing like ours AI was inspired by the brain, but only in the way a paper airplane is inspired by a bird. The term *“neural network”* is an analogy, not a biological description. [Modern AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-metas-llama-3-1-405b/) do not possess an internal world. They have no subjective experience, no awareness, no memories in the human sense, and no intuitive leaps. Large language models [(LLMs) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-in-action/)for example, are trained on vast collections of human-generated text - books, articles, conversations, and any other textual representation of information. During training, the model is exposed to trillions of words and learns statistical relationships between them. It adjusts millions or billions of internal parameters to minimize prediction error: given a sequence of words, what token is most likely to come next? Over time, this process compresses enormous amounts of linguistic and conceptual structure into numerical weights. As a result, a large language model (or any generative AI) is fundamentally a **statistical engine**. It does not know what words *mean*; it knows how words tend to *co-occur*. It has no concept of truth or falsity, danger or safety, insight or nonsense. It operates entirely in the space of probability. When it produces an answer, it is not reasoning its way toward a conclusion - it is generating the most statistically plausible continuation of the text so far. This is why talk of AI “thinking” can be misleading. What looks like thought is prediction. What looks like memory is compression. What looks like understanding is pattern matching at an extraordinary scale. The outputs can be fluent, convincing, even profound - but they are the result of statistical inference, not comprehension. [Austin’s AI & tech landscape: How it’s evolvedSilicon Valley still sits at the center of the AI conversation, not because it has a monopoly on ideas, but because so many of the forces shaping AI’s future collide here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-589.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) ## Why AI hallucinates AI hallucinations aren’t random glitches - they’re a predictable side effect of how large language models such as GPT or generative AI models such as DALLE are trained and what they are optimized to do. These models are built around **next-token prediction**: given a prompt, they generate the most statistically plausible continuation (of text or image). During training, an [LLM](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/) learns from massive datasets of text and adjusts billions of parameters to reduce prediction error. That makes it extremely good at producing fluent, coherent language - but not inherently good at checking whether a statement is *true*. 💡 When the model doesn’t have enough reliable signal, it often doesn’t “notice” that it doesn’t know. Instead, it fills the gap with something that **sounds* right. Hallucinations come from a few interacting forces, some of which are: **• Next-token prediction (plausibility over truth):** the system is optimized to produce likely outcomes, not verified facts. **• Lack of grounding:** unless connected to retrieval tools or external data, the model has no built-in link to real-time reality. **• Compression instead of storage:** it doesn’t keep a library of facts; it stores statistical patterns in weights, which can blur details. **• Training bias and data gaps:** if the data is skewed, outdated, or missing key coverage, the model will confidently mirror those distortions. **• Overfitting:** model learns the training data too closely, capturing noise and specific details instead of general patterns, which makes it perform poorly on new, unseen data. **• Model complexity:** more capable models can generate more convincing mistakes - fluency scales faster than truthfulness. **• Helpfulness tuning (RLHF/instruction training):** the model is often rewarded for being responsive and confident, which can discourage “I don’t know” behaviors unless explicitly trained in. Unlike humans, the model’s confidence isn’t a feeling or a belief - it’s an artifact of fluent generation. That fluency is what makes hallucinations so persuasive. [Agentic AI - AI Accelerator Institute\[Topic\] {1}![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-594.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNoa Flaherty![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Generic-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/agentic-ai/) ## Can we eliminate hallucinations? The short answer is no - not completely, and not without undermining what makes generative AI useful. To eliminate hallucinations entirely, a system would need to reliably recognize uncertainty and verify truth rather than optimize for probability. While grounding, retrieval, and verification layers can reduce errors, they cannot provide absolute guarantees in open-ended generation. A purely [generative model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) does not know when it does not know. If we forced such a system to speak only when certain, it would become rigid, unimaginative, and frequently silent. Hallucinations aren’t a glitch. They are a trade-off. A predictive model must predict, and prediction sometimes drifts. The same flexibility that enables creativity and synthesis also makes error inevitable. ## Learning to live and think with AI hallucinations The goal is not to make AI flawless. It is to make us wiser in how we use it. AI has the potential to be an extraordinary partner - but only if we understand what it is and what it is not. It can assist with writing, summarizing, exploration, brainstorming, and idea development. It cannot guarantee correctness or ground its outputs in reality on its own. When users recognize this, they can work with AI far more effectively than when they treat it as an oracle. A healthier mindset is simple: • Use AI for imagination, not authority. • Verify facts the same way you would verify any information found online. • Keep human judgment at the centre of the process. AI is not here to replace thinking. It is here to enhance it. But it can only do that well when we understand its limitations - and when we remain firmly in the role of the thinker, not the follower. With that said, when used responsibly - the possibilities really are limitless. We’re no longer confined to traditional workflows or traditional imagination. AI can now collaborate with us across almost every creative domain. In visual art and design, it can help us explore new styles, new compositions, new worlds that would take hours - or years - to create by hand. In music and sound, models are already composing melodies, soundtracks, and even mastering audio with surprising emotional intelligence. In writing, from poetry to scripts to long-form storytelling, [AI can spark ideas](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/generative-ai/), extend narratives, or act as a creative co-author. In games and interactive media, it can build characters, environments, and storylines on the fly, transforming how worlds are created. And in architecture and product design, it can generate shapes, forms, and concepts that humans often wouldn’t imagine - but engineers can later refine and build. We’re entering a phase where creativity is no longer limited by time, tools, or technical skill. It’s limited only by how boldly we choose to explore. ## Conclusion The deeper we move into an age shaped by artificial intelligence, the more important it becomes to pause and understand what these systems are doing - and just as importantly, what they are not. AI hallucinations are not signs of technology spiraling out of control. They are reminders that this form of intelligence operates according to principles fundamentally different from our own. Humans imagine as a way of making sense of the world. Machines “imagine” because they are completing statistical patterns. Using AI responsibly means accepting that it will sometimes get things wrong - often in ways that sound confident and convincing. It also means remembering that agency has not disappeared. We still decide what to trust, when to question, and when to step back and rely on our own judgment. AI may be impressive, but it is not the one steering the ship. Yet. ### Why I’m (hopefully) never building another agent URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-im-hopefully-never-building-another-ai-agent/ Last updated: 2026-01-30T17:00:42.000Z You know that moment when you realize you've been solving the same problem over and over? That's where I found myself about a year ago. My name's Noa Flaherty, and I'm the CTO and co-founder of Vellum. After three years of building tools for [AI development](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-metas-llama-3-1-405b/), I had this wild thought: what if we just built an [AI agent](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) that could build other agents? Sounds meta, right? Maybe even a bit ridiculous. But here's the thing: it actually worked. And the lessons we learned along the way? They're worth sharing, whether you're an engineer knee-deep in code, a business leader trying to figure out AI adoption, or somewhere in between. ## The death of drag and drop (and why that's okay) Let me be straight with you: drag and drop is dead. I know, I know, we spent two whole years building these beautiful low-code editors at Vellum. Those workflow diagrams looked great in demos. Click here, drag there, connect these boxes, and voilà, you've got yourself an [AI system](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-advanced-ai-systems-challenges-and-best-practices/). But here's what we discovered: it's clunky. Error-prone. And the moment you need to build something real, something that actually solves complex business problems, those pretty diagrams become a nightmare to manage. Any system worth its salt requires technical understanding that makes drag-and-drop interfaces feel like you're trying to perform surgery with oven mitts on. Think about it. In 2025, we're all chatting with [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/) like it's our coworker. We expect that instant gratification, that natural back-and-forth. Why would we go backwards to clicking and dragging boxes around a screen? On the flip side, you've got a million AI frameworks popping up every other week. LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI - pick your poison. But betting your company's future on any single framework feels like building a house on quicksand. What happens when the next shiny framework drops and everyone jumps ship? We're stuck in this awkward tension. You want to empower more people in your organization to build AI systems, not just the engineers. You want Karen from accounting to automate her workflows and Bob from sales to build his own lead qualification bot. But you also need the robustness and flexibility that only comes from code. The answer? Natural language. It's the one interface we all understand. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ## Tool definitions: the secret sauce nobody talks about Here's lesson number one, and it might be the most important thing I share today: tool definitions really, really matter. Traditional software loves [APIs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-and-cloud-computing/). Computers talk to computers through these neat, structured interfaces. But AI? AI prefers conversation. It wants to interact with systems the same way you and I would talk about them. Let me give you a concrete example. Say you're building an agent that updates Salesforce records. The traditional approach would give your AI three separate tools: one to search for contacts, another to get contact details, and a third to update records. That's how APIs work: granular, specific, step by step. But that's not how humans think. When I ask you to update a customer's information, you don't think "First I'll execute a search query, then I'll retrieve the detailed record, then I'll perform an update operation." You think, "I need to find and update this record." So we started abstracting. Instead of three tools, we create one: `find_and_update_record`. Under the hood, it still does all three operations. But to the AI, it's just one coherent action. The AI thinks as a human would, and good old-fashioned code handles the nitty-gritty details. [Austin’s AI & tech landscape: How it’s evolvedSilicon Valley still sits at the center of the AI conversation, not because it has a monopoly on ideas, but because so many of the forces shaping AI’s future collide here.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-589.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles-2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Boston’s healthcare AI: Past changes and what’s next URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boston-healthcare-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:54:55.000Z Let’s face it; Boston has always been a healthcare city. [AI Builders Summit: Healthcare | BostonBuild & deploy secure systems at AI Builders Summit: Healthcare, as Boston’s builders, execs & domain experts focus on delivering & scaling robust AI.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65ddff90822459427e5cbff2-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: block;position: relative;width: 5.5rem;height: 5.5rem;margin-right: 6rem;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { margin-right: 0px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');background-color: TRANSPARENT;width: 97px;height: 52px;display: block; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1764251606896-Screenshot2025-11-27at135308-1.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) Between world-class hospitals, leading universities, and a deep life sciences community, innovation has been baked into the region for decades. What has changed is how quickly AI has moved from academic research and pilot projects into everyday healthcare workflows. In short, AI is no longer something hospitals are “looking into.” It's something they are already using, quietly and at scale. ## **From early experiments to real-world use** Not that long ago, most conversations about AI in healthcare sounded cautious. Could the models be trusted? Was the data good enough? Would regulation slow everything down before it even got started? Whilst those questions may not have disappeared entirely, they *have* evolved. 💡 Today, AI tools are supporting clinical decisions, assisting with diagnostics, and reducing the administrative burden that has exhausted care teams for years. Instead of sitting on the edges of organizations, these systems are becoming part of how healthcare actually operates day to day. Boston has been a natural place for this shift. The tight connections between hospitals, universities, and startups make it easier to test ideas, learn quickly, and move from pilots into production systems. This mirrors a broader trend toward [AI systems that are designed for real accountability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/), not just experimentation. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-567.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) ## **So, what’s fueling the momentum?** Put simply, a few forces are coming together at the same time. Firstly, Boston has access to incredibly rich clinical data, paired with clinicians who want better tools and engineers who know how to build them. Secondly, the regulatory landscape is becoming clearer. As more AI-powered healthcare tools receive approval, confidence across the industry has grown. Finally, the region continues to attract serious talent and investment focused on healthcare-specific problems, not generic tech solutions. In other words, less “look what our model can do” and more “will this actually help someone in need on a Tuesday afternoon?” Together, these forces have pushed healthcare AI in Boston from interesting to essential. ## **The companies building the future** Boston’s healthcare AI ecosystem is a mix of fast-growing startups, research spin-offs, and established players. Companies like [Outcomes4Me](https://outcomes4me.com/) are using AI to help cancer patients better understand treatment options and identify relevant clinical trials. Others, such as [Boston Health AI](https://bostonhealth.ai/), focus on reducing friction for clinicians by improving documentation, intake, and decision support directly inside existing systems. Across the city, dozens of teams are working on imaging, diagnostics, operational efficiency, and patient engagement. The common thread is practical impact. 💡 These companies are not building AI for the sake of it. They are building tools that have to work in complex, regulated, real world environments. This shift toward applied, system-level thinking reflects the same move seen across [agentic and enterprise AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/) more broadly. ## **Where AI is making the biggest difference** Some areas of healthcare have seen faster gains than others. Diagnostics and imaging benefit from AI’s ability to spot patterns quickly and consistently. Clinical workflows are improving through automation that reduces time spent on paperwork and manual data entry. Patient engagement tools help people manage care outside the hospital, which matters more than ever. AI is also playing a growing role in research and drug discovery, helping teams move faster while making better use of complex biological data. In healthcare, reliability beats novelty every time. [Powering agentic AI at enterprise scaleHow Writer and Premji Invest see the future of agentic AI: full-stack systems, adaptive models, and IT-business collaboration at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-568.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSandesh Patnam![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/) ## **What’s next for Boston’s healthcare AI scene?** The next phase for healthcare AI in Boston will be less about experimentation and more about scale. Teams are now focused on reliability, data quality, integration, and long-term value. Challenges remain, however. Healthcare data is fragmented, and regulations are strict for good reason. It’s safe to say that trust and transparency matter more here now than almost anywhere else. But Boston is well-positioned to tackle those challenges. Collaboration between clinicians, engineers, and researchers is strong, and there is a clear appetite for building responsible, useful AI. The question is no longer whether AI belongs in healthcare. It is how well we build it, and how carefully we earn trust along the way. --- ## **Be part of the conversation in Boston this March** Join the first-ever AI Builders Summit: [Healthcare in Boston on March 25.](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) More than 250 engineers, builders, and tech executives will come together to talk honestly about what it really takes to build AI in healthcare. From data quality and regulation to fragmented patient information, this event focuses on the challenges that actually matter. [AI Builders Summit: Healthcare | BostonBuild & deploy secure systems at AI Builders Summit: Healthcare, as Boston’s builders, execs & domain experts focus on delivering & scaling robust AI.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65ddff90822459427e5cbff2-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: block;position: relative;width: 5.5rem;height: 5.5rem;margin-right: 6rem;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { margin-right: 0px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721298138269-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');background-color: TRANSPARENT;width: 97px;height: 52px;display: block; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1764251606896-Screenshot2025-11-27at135308.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/healthcareboston/) ### Austin’s AI & tech landscape: How it's evolved URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austins-ai-tech-landscape-how-its-evolved/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T08:56:32.000Z When you think of Austin, Texas, what first springs to mind? The SXSW Festival, maybe? Their legendary BBQ culture, perhaps? For many people in tech, Austin has long been a place where innovation happens. What has changed over the past few years is how that innovation shows up, especially when it comes to AI. What started as a regional hub for software startups has grown into an ecosystem where AI infrastructure, enterprise adoption, and cross-industry deployment increasingly come together. This shift mirrors a broader trend across the industry, as AI has moved out of research environments and into everyday business use. 💡 Cities like Austin are no longer home just to developers and founders. They are becoming places where AI systems are deployed, tested, and refined in ways that affect businesses, governments, and people’s day-to-day lives. ## **From startup magnet to applied AI Hub** So, how did Austin get here? In the early 2010s, and even into the early 2020s, Austin’s tech identity was closely tied to startups, a relatively low cost of living, and strong engineering talent. SaaS companies, developer tools, and data platforms flourished alongside events like SXSW, which helped put the city on the national map. As AI technologies matured, particularly generative models and more autonomous systems, companies in Austin began to look beyond experimentation. Instead of treating AI as a proof of concept, teams started applying it to real operational problems. That meant using AI for things like cloud infrastructure optimization, logistics automation, and intelligent data processing. [The focus shifted from demos to systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-your-agentic-stack-a-roadmap-to-real-integration/) that had to work reliably in production. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-567.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) ## **So, who’s leading AI in Austin today?** Austin’s AI growth is not driven by one type of company. Instead, it is shaped by a mix of large enterprises, fast-moving startups, and academic institutions. Some of the biggest brands in the world, such as Apple, Google, Amazon, and Tesla have all expanded AI-related engineering and product teams in Austin. Their presence supports everything from cloud services to intelligent systems development. Alongside them, early-stage startups focused on AI delivery, DevOps automation, data observability, and industrial AI are attracting both funding and talent. Many of these teams are building systems that go beyond chat interfaces, a shift discussed in [Beyond chatbots: How to build agentic AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/). Research and education also play a role. Institutions like The University of Texas at Austin continue to produce engineering graduates and applied research that feed directly into the local ecosystem. The result is a balance of enterprise stability and startup experimentation, where ideas can move into deployment rather than stalling at the prototype stage. ## **Industries where AI has taken hold** Across Austin’s tech scene, several sectors stand out as AI adoption accelerates. - **Software and infrastructure** Teams building APIs, orchestration layers, and integrated systems are using AI to automate workflows and improve reliability. The emphasis here is not on flashy demos, but on making complex systems easier to operate at scale. - **Healthcare and life sciences** AI is increasingly used for data analysis and operational efficiency in health tech. In these environments, [reliability and explainability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) matter as much as performance. - **Fintech and risk systems** In finance, AI supports risk assessment, compliance automation, and real-time decision support. Consistent, explainable outputs are often more important than novelty. [Powering agentic AI at enterprise scaleHow Writer and Premji Invest see the future of agentic AI: full-stack systems, adaptive models, and IT-business collaboration at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-568.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSandesh Patnam![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/) ## **What does Austin’s future look like?** Austin’s AI landscape is still evolving, shaped by both global trends and local strengths. - **AI at scale, not just in labs** Companies are moving from exploration to production use, prioritizing reliability, governance, and measurable outcomes over isolated experiments. - **Responsible AI adoption** Concerns around bias, explainability, and trust are pushing accountability into mainstream AI practice rather than leaving it as a research topic. - **Cross-industry AI workflows** As AI becomes embedded in everyday business processes, differentiation will come from operational maturity and integration across teams, not simply from model performance. Austin’s mix of talent, infrastructure, and real-world application space puts it in a strong position to develop not just AI products, but AI practices that can scale responsibly. [A new framework for keeping AI accountableA new accountability framework treats AI responsibility as a continuous control problem, embedding values into systems and monitoring harm over time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-571.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--39--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) ## **Don’t miss Generative AI Summit Austin on February 25** 250+ engineers, builders, and tech executives connect to discuss infrastructure, model ops, tooling, and scaling challenges in production at Austin’s most focused AI gathering. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin) ### 40 companies shaping Silicon Valley’s AI landscape in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/40-companies-shaping-silicon-valleys-ai-landscape-in-2026/ Last updated: 2026-01-29T09:33:13.000Z In 2026, the region’s AI landscape isn’t defined by one company or one model. It’s shaped by infrastructure providers, frontier research labs, platforms that turn models into systems, and companies applying AI where failure actually matters. Here are 40 companies with major operations in the Bay Area that help explain why Silicon Valley still matters. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-08-at-16.58.59--2-.png) Map of Silicon Valley ## **The infrastructure layer everything else depends on** Every AI system, no matter how impressive, eventually runs into the same question: what’s powering this? That’s where this group comes in... 1. **NVIDIA (Santa Clara)**. NVIDIA’s GPUs and software stack sit underneath most modern AI systems, a reality teams usually discover the moment they try to scale beyond a demo. 2. **Alphabet / Google (Mountain View).** Google blends large-scale AI research with massive distribution across search, cloud, and consumer products. 3. **Apple (Cupertino).** You may have heard of these guys. Apple focuses on on-device AI, optimizing for efficiency, privacy, and tight hardware–software integration rather than raw scale. 4. **Meta (Menlo Park).** Ah, Mr Zuckerberg’s brainchild. Meta continues to shape open-weight models through Llama, while embedding AI across social platforms and immersive environments. 5. **Microsoft (Mountain View office).** Like it or not, we all owe Microsoft in one way or another. It all started here. In 2026, Microsoft’s Azure AI and Copilot strategy anchors enterprise adoption, even if headquarters remain elsewhere. 6. **Intel (Santa Clara)** Another O.G. Intel remains deeply involved in semiconductors and AI hardware, particularly for enterprise and edge workloads. 7. **AMD (Santa Clara).** AMD is expanding its role in AI accelerators as competition in hardware heats up. 8. **Cisco (San Jose).** Cisco integrates AI into networking, observability, and security — the less glamorous layers that quietly keep systems running. 9. **Adobe (San Jose).** Adobe’s Firefly models bring generative AI into creative tools used by millions every day. 10. **Oracle (Redwood City office).** Oracle continues embedding AI into enterprise cloud and database products, often behind the scenes. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-567.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) ## **Frontier AI labs pushing capabilities (and limits)** On top of that foundation sits a group focused on [advancing model capability itself](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/). If the above was the sponge of the cake, these are the jam. 1. **OpenAI (San Francisco).** You could argue that OpenAI put AI on the map. OpenAI remains central to shaping expectations around general-purpose AI through ChatGPT, Sora, and its broader platform. 2. **Anthropic (San Francisco).** Anthropic emphasizes safety and reliability, positioning Claude for enterprise and regulated use cases. 3. **Safe Superintelligence (Palo Alto).** Founded by Ilya Sutskever, SSI focuses exclusively on safe AGI (taking the long view rather than chasing short-term releases). 4. **Mistral AI (Palo Alto office).** Mistral brings a strong European perspective into Silicon Valley, prioritizing efficient and open models. 5. **Perplexity AI (San Francisco).** Perplexity challenges traditional search by combining retrieval with conversational AI. 6. **Cohere (San Francisco office).** Cohere focuses on enterprise-ready language models, particularly for retrieval-augmented systems. 7. **Groq (Mountain View).** Groq builds specialized chips aimed at ultra-fast inference, targeting performance-critical AI workloads. ## **Platforms turning models into something usable** The icing on the cake. This is the [layer many teams underestimate](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-your-agentic-stack-a-roadmap-to-real-integration/) (until something breaks). 1. **Databricks (San Francisco).** Databricks connects data, ML, and AI workflows through its lakehouse architecture. 2. **Scale AI (San Francisco).** Scale underpins training and evaluation pipelines through data labeling and reinforcement learning. 3. **Glean (Palo Alto).** Glean applies AI to enterprise search across internal tools and knowledge bases. 4. **Weights & Biases (San Francisco).** Weights & Biases helps teams track, debug, and compare machine learning experiments. 5. **Hugging Face (San Francisco office).** Often described as the “GitHub of AI,” Hugging Face anchors the open-source ecosystem. 6. **Astronara (San Jose).** Astronara applies AI to satellite and space data — a reminder that AI doesn’t stop at software. 7. **Snowflake (San Mateo).** Snowflake’s data cloud has become central to building and running AI applications. [Powering agentic AI at enterprise scaleHow Writer and Premji Invest see the future of agentic AI: full-stack systems, adaptive models, and IT-business collaboration at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-568.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSandesh Patnam![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/) ## **Vertical AI (where failure is not abstract)** The cherry on the cake. This is where you’ll find the headlines driving Wired’s magazine sales. Some of the most demanding AI work happens far from chat interfaces, and it's about to get very interesting. 1. **Waymo (Mountain View).** Waymo applies AI to autonomous driving, where reliability matters more than novelty. 2. **Figure AI (Sunnyvale).** Figure develops general-purpose humanoid robots designed to operate in physical environments. 3. **Neuralink (Fremont).** Neuralink explores the quite revolutionary world of brain–computer interfaces, blending AI with neuroscience. 4. **Anduril Industries (Palo Alto).** Anduril builds AI-driven defense and autonomous systems for national security. 5. **Zoox (Foster City).** Zoox develops autonomous robotaxis as part of Amazon’s broader AI ambitions. 6. **Tempus AI (Redwood City).** Tempus applies AI to clinical and genomic data for precision medicine. 7. **Cruise (San Francisco).** Backed by General Motors, Cruise focuses on autonomous urban mobility. 8. **Simbian (Mountain View).** Simbian builds AI-native autonomous security operations platforms. ## **Enterprise software quietly becoming AI-native** And finally, the coffee to your cake. Here are some of the largest AI users that don't look like AI companies at first glance. 1. **Salesforce (San Francisco).** Salesforce’s Agentforce reflects a broader shift toward autonomous enterprise workflows. 2. **ServiceNow (Santa Clara).** ServiceNow applies generative AI to IT and business process automation. 3. **Workday (Pleasanton).** Workday integrates AI into finance and HR systems used at enterprise scale. 4. **Palantir (Palo Alto office).** Palantir applies AI to large-scale analytics across government and commercial sectors. 5. **Uber (San Francisco).** Let’s face it, for better or worse, the word *taxi* has been replaced by the word *Uber*. As most of us know by now, Uber relies on AI for pricing, logistics, and delivery routing, every minute of every day. 6. **Palo Alto Networks (Santa Clara).** Palo Alto Networks embeds AI into cybersecurity and threat detection. 7. **Replit (San Francisco).** Replit lowers barriers to coding through AI-assisted development tools. 8. **Grammarly (San Francisco).** We used Grammarly for this very article, so if there are any mistakes, please blame them! Grammarly applies AI to everyday communication and writing across professional contexts. [A new framework for keeping AI accountableA new accountability framework treats AI responsibility as a continuous control problem, embedding values into systems and monitoring harm over time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-571.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--39--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) ## **What this list tells us** Taken together, these companies show how Silicon Valley’s AI ecosystem has not only matured, but swelled. It’s no longer about who trains the biggest model. It’s about who can build systems that [run reliably, under real constraints](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/), with real consequences. That’s why Silicon Valley still matters, not as the only AI hub, but as one where every layer of the stack collides in practice. ## **Catch AI leaders at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley, April 15** Catch companies like OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Meta at Agentic AI Summit Silicon Valley. 350+ engineers, builders, and tech execs connect to discuss infrastructure, model ops, tooling, and scaling challenges in production. [Find out more](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley) ### Reimagining UI/UX education for AI and neuroinclusion URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/reimagining-ui-ux-education-for-ai-and-neuroinclusion/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:22:43.000Z UI/UX education and real-world practice no longer move in step. While current work in interaction design wrestles with cognitive load, agentic systems, and neuroadaptive feedback loops, many programs still circle around layout, typography, and polished screens. The gap is not only about outdated syllabi. It sits in the systems that run schools, the assumptions baked into teaching methods, and the culture that treats design as surface rather than cognition. Design classrooms still assume a largely neurotypical, well-connected, Western learner. That no longer fits the students who actually show up. The shift in [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2Ake7tdx%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2ANzIwOTU5NTMwLjE3NjkxODM0NTI.%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AczE3NjkxODM0NTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjkxODM0NTIkajYwJGwwJGgw) over the past two years has made this gap sharper. AI is no longer a feature you “add” to an interface. It now shapes how the interface behaves, fails, and recovers. Multimodal models process text, images, and audio in one pipeline. Agents string together tools and retrieval, making decisions about what to fetch, when to escalate, and how to respond. On-device inference changes what we can prototype when networks are slow or intermittent. Yet in many programs, AI appears as a single elective, a guest lecture, or a hackathon theme. Students learn how to “use [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/),” but they rarely learn how to treat uncertainty, safety constraints, or failure modes as core design materials in their own right. The cost of this gap shows up in performance, not just aesthetics. A meta-analysis in *Nature Human Behaviour* (Vaccaro et al., 2024), covering 370 effect sizes from 106 experiments, found that [human–AI teams](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/humans-in-the-loop-how-leading-companies-are-building-practical-trustworthy-ai/) often underperform the best human or the best AI alone (g = -0.23). Creative work tends to benefit from human–AI collaboration. Decision-making work tends to get worse when the two are mixed. Design spans both. If design education does not teach students to distinguish between creative and decision-oriented modes of work, it risks producing graduates who struggle in both. **Design implication:** Studio briefs should treat creative generation and high-stakes decision-making as separate phases, with different rules for when to rely on AI, how to review its output, and how to evaluate success. In this article, I argue that design education needs to reorganize curricula, studios, and assessment around three pillars: 1. **Neuroinclusive cognition**: Treat cognitive diversity and global access as primary constraints, not side conditions. 2. **AI-as-infrastructure**: Teach students to treat agents, uncertainty, and failure modes as basic design materials. 3. **Uncertainty-aware governance**: Bring responsible AI, regulatory constraints, and calibrated human & AI collaboration into assessment, not as a separate ethics lecture. The aim is not to bolt new topics onto already full courses. The goal is to reframe what “doing design” means in a world where AI systems sit inside every serious product. **Methodological approach** The arguments in this article draw from three sources. First, I reviewed peer-reviewed research, whitepapers, and design education reports published between 2022 and 2025\. This includes work on neurodiversity in built environments (PAS 6463), cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988), AI risk frameworks, and early [AI-in-education](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-real-life-use-cases-of-artificial-intelligence-in-education/) evaluations. Second, I looked at institutional and grassroots programs such as Stanford d.school, the African Design Futures Initiative, and accessibility work tied to the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. These examples show how design education is starting to respond, and where it still falls short. Third, I drew on my own mentoring practice. Over three years as a Designlab mentor, I have worked with more than 70 designers. A subset of these mentees took part in structured experiments where we applied neurodiverse-first design prompts to real briefs, particularly around safety wearables and wellness tools. These observations are not controlled trials, but they offer concrete, situated signals about what students struggle with and how they respond to targeted interventions. The perspective in this article is constructivist. It treats learning as something built through activity and reflection rather than received from a lecturer. It also assumes that current inequities in access, bandwidth, and infrastructure are not side issues but central design constraints. [How UK AI expertise meets Saudi retail ambitionThe UK can unite its advanced AI expertise with its strict regulatory framework and its high-quality product development with the rapid expansion of Saudi retail operations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-582.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSarah Abdelhadi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--83-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-uk-ai-expertise-meets-saudi-retail-ambition/) ## **Part I: Neuroinclusive Cognition and Global Access** ### **Fractured foundations** Many design programs still treat “interaction” as something that happens on a flat screen with reliable bandwidth and a focused, neurotypical user. In industry, that world no longer exists. Hiring surveys and portfolio reviews often point to the same concern: graduates can use Figma but struggle with complex systems that involve AI, long-running flows, or feedback loops. Tool fluency stands in for design literacy. Students learn how to produce clean frames rather than how to reason about cognition, attention, or failure. Accessibility fares even worse. It is often reduced to high-contrast modes, alt text, or screen reader support. These are important, but they do not cover the lived realities of people with ADHD, dyslexia, Parkinson’s, PTSD, or sensory processing differences. PAS 6463 has reframed how architects and planners think about neurodiversity in physical spaces. That thinking rarely reaches digital design classrooms. The implicit “default user” remains neurotypical, Western, and always online. Geography compounds this. Structured design education clusters in North America and Western Europe. Many learners elsewhere piece together YouTube tutorials, asynchronous bootcamps, and low-bandwidth resources. UNESCO estimates that around 40 percent of primary schools worldwide have internet access, with much lower figures in rural areas of least-developed countries. A design pedagogy that assumes permanent broadband fails most of the world by default. **Curriculum implication:** Programs should start by auditing their own “default user” assumptions. Neurodiverse personas, low-bandwidth contexts, and non-Western usage patterns should appear as standard test cases, not as rare edge conditions. ### **Sensory-first pedagogy** Most design teaching still starts with screens. We talk about viewports, breakpoints, and grids. Yet in many contexts, the more relevant questions concern voice, haptics, ambient feedback, and timing. Where literacy is uneven or screen access is limited, voice interfaces, IVR flows, and SMS-based UX are not niche. They are primary channels. Where users navigate high-stress environments, cognitive load matters more than visual polish. Estimates suggest that 15–20 percent of the global population is neurodivergent. Interfaces that reduce visual clutter, expose clear navigation, allow people to control pace, and offer more than one sensory channel tend to help everyone, not only neurodivergent users. **Curriculum implication:** Studio briefs should require at least one interaction pathway that does not rely purely on visual, screen-based interaction. Examples might include voice flows, haptic patterns, or audio prompts that stand on their own. ### **Practitioner evidence: Neurodiverse-first design in mentorship** In my mentoring work, I ran a structured intervention with 12 mentees from my larger cohort. All of them were working on safety and wellness briefs related to a client project: a safety wearable platform for people who might experience anxiety, PTSD, or cognitive overload. The pattern at the start was predictable. Most mentees defaulted to dense screens, layered navigation, and long text instructions. Each time this happened, I asked them to pause and reframe: - What if the user can only process one decision at a time? - What would this look like as a single-action flow? - How would this work as a voice-only experience? Over a six-week period: - Time to reach a workable prototype fell by around 30 percent, based on submission timestamps. - Self-reported confidence in accessibility concepts rose by about 25 percent. - Portfolio critiques showed clearer explanations of *why* reduced cognitive load mattered in high-stress moments, not just references to WCAG checklists. This was a small, observational sample with many confounding factors. Students were also improving as designers in general. Even so, the results suggest that targeted prompts, delivered at the moment students fall back to visual-first defaults, can move accessibility from “afterthought” to “starting point.” **Curriculum implication:** Mentorship programs and critique sessions can bake in “adaptive prompts” that flag visual-only defaults and nudge students toward multi-sensory alternatives. These prompts can sit in rubrics, critique checklists, or studio guidance. ### **Offline-first AI and low-bandwidth contexts** Students who design for sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, or rural Latin America quickly learn that connectivity is fragile. For them, “offline-first” is not a buzzword. It is a survival requirement. Offline-capable systems often combine: - Distilled models that run locally on modest hardware - Caching strategies that preserve key flows when networks drop - SMS or USSD interfaces, where text and voice carry the whole interaction Learning Equality’s Kolibri platform illustrates how much is possible at low cost. It runs on Raspberry Pi and basic tablets, syncs over local networks or USB sticks, and now reaches learners in more than 200 countries and territories, across over 170 languages. Impact studies report gains such as: - Around +10 points in math in Guatemala - Roughly +14 percent in math and +36 percent in creativity in Cameroon - Reported gains of +85 percent in math and +63 percent in literacy in Sierra Leone classrooms using Kolibri instances In South Africa, WhatsApp-based AI tutors have reached more than 100,000 learners through simple text, images, and voice notes. In Zambia, pilots pair IVR menus with generative AI on basic mobile networks, no smartphone required. These systems are not side projects. They are core case studies for what design education should look like when it takes global access seriously. **Curriculum implication:** Students should be required to: - Test prototypes under simulated 2G conditions - Articulate a “latency budget” for critical interactions - Show how key flows degrade gracefully when networks fail [AI agents struggle with “why” questions: a memory-based fixLLMs forget context and fail at “why” reasoning. MAGMA fixes this with multi-graph memory across time, causality, entities, and meaning.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-583.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--40--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) ## **Part II: AI as infrastructure and agentic studios** ### **The evolving nature of design work** Design work has shifted from shaping static screens to shaping live, adaptive systems. Interfaces now react to user history, inferred state, and model predictions. Job titles have kept pace faster than classrooms. Roles such as multimodal interaction designer, neuroadaptive systems architect, and AI experience designer now show up in hiring pipelines. Students, by contrast, still spend large portions of their training on static wireframes and simple flows. Ben Shneiderman’s work on Human-Centered AI argues for a blend of responsibility, signal processing, and trust-building. The message for design education is simple: teaching software skills alone is no longer enough. ### **Agentic systems as design materials** Agents chain tool calls, retrieve context, and execute multi-step workflows. RAG pipelines ground outputs in live data but introduce retrieval failures, stale caches, and citation errors as UX surfaces. Designers must prototype failure-mode maps: what happens when agents retrieve irrelevant documents, when confidence drops below threshold, when latency spikes? Frontier models now match human conversational latency on consumer hardware. On-device inference is viable for local experimentation without cloud dependencies. But expanded capability brings added responsibility. Calibration error, the gap between predicted confidence and actual correctness, must be surfaced to users. Research shows LLMs often demonstrate overconfidence. Guardrails preventing harmful actions are no longer only backend logic; they are design artifacts requiring visibility and auditability. **Curriculum implication:** Students must prototype for uncertainty, latency, and failure, not just the happy path. Capstone requirements should include failure-mode documentation. ### **Evidence for adaptive learning design** AI-driven tutoring has produced some of the clearest early evidence of how well-designed adaptive systems can support learning. In a randomized controlled trial of 194 physics students, Kestin, Miller, and Mazur (2025) found that AI tutoring yielded gains of 0.73 to 1.3 standard deviations over active learning conditions. About 70 percent of students completed the exercises in under an hour while reporting higher engagement. The tutoring system explicitly managed cognitive load, promoted a growth mindset, and anchored students’ beliefs about answer accuracy. The World Bank’s Edo State trial in Nigeria (2024) reported learning gains of around 0.3 standard deviations from ChatGPT-based tutoring, equivalent to roughly 1.5–2 years of typical schooling. That result compared favorably with most large-scale interventions the World Bank has evaluated. At the same time, some comparisons show little difference between AI-assisted and simpler tools when the AI integration lacks structure. Where systems do not scaffold reflection, feedback, or sense-making, extra model power does not reliably translate into learning. **Curriculum implication:** When design schools bring AI into studios or classrooms, they should treat pedagogy and orchestration as first-class design problems. “Access to a powerful model” is not a teaching strategy.. ### **Agentic studios and uncertainty-aware UX** Design programs should establish agentic studios: spaces where students build, test, and break AI-driven workflows under mentorship. Students design constraints, escalation paths, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints. They prototype eval dashboards surfacing calibration error and retrieval accuracy. They conduct red-teaming exercises probing failure modes. **Artifact checklist for each studio project should include at minimum:** visible uncertainty indicators, a documented escalation tree for agent actions, a screenshot or mock of the eval dashboard, and a consent/communication flow for any user data involved. Stanford d.school has launched programs exploring generative AI in design. MIT Media Lab's RAISE initiative has reached hundreds of thousands of students. RISD requires explicit AI acknowledgment in portfolios. The Appropriateness of Reliance (AoR) framework (Scharowski et al., 2024) offers a clear way to evaluate human-AI reliance: Correct AI Reliance, Over-reliance, Correct Self-Reliance, Under-reliance. Students must design for all four quadrants. **Curriculum implication:** Assessment rubrics should evaluate whether student work addresses failure modes and inappropriate reliance, not just successful completion. [A new framework for keeping AI accountableA new accountability framework treats AI responsibility as a continuous control problem, embedding values into systems and monitoring harm over time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-584.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--39--1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) ## **Part III: Uncertainty-aware governance and metrics** ### **Responsible AI governance in the classroom** Regulation has begun to catch up with practice. Designers entering the field will not only work with “cool tools.” They will work in environments with explicit legal constraints. The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) came into force in August 2024\. One of its early requirements, under Article 4, concerns AI literacy. Organizations that develop or deploy AI systems must ensure that relevant staff understand how these systems work at a basic level, including their limitations and risks. Education is a special case within the Act. Adaptive systems that influence admission decisions, learning outcomes, level placement, or exam monitoring fall into a high-risk category under Annex III. To operate legally, such systems must implement: - Risk management processes - Data governance and documentation - Clear transparency measures - Human oversight mechanisms - Fundamental rights impact assessments ISO/IEC 42001, released in late 2023, offers a certifiable management standard for AI. Taken together, these frameworks signal that “governance literacy” is now part of professional practice, not a niche interest. **Curriculum implication:** Design students need enough grounding to: - Specify basic eval suites for robustness, fairness, and calibration - Understand the difference between model performance metrics and end-user safety - Work with privacy-preserving patterns such as federated learning or differential privacy as design constraints, not only engineering concerns ### **Neuroadaptive systems: Ethics and implementation** As soon as physiological signals enter the loop, the stakes rise. Systems that adapt based on gaze tracking, EEG, heart rate variability, or facial cues often promise better personalization. They also introduce new risks around surveillance, consent, and stigma. Studies suggest that consumer-grade EEG can reach around 70–75 percent accuracy for engagement detection, while multimodal setups that pair EEG with other signals can cross 90 percent in some lab contexts. Standard webcams can support basic detection of learning strategies if paired with domain-specific calibration. These capabilities invite tempting shortcuts. It becomes easy to imagine an “engagement meter” quietly running in the background of every lesson. From a design standpoint, students should be able to answer at least four questions before they propose such systems: 1. Which signals are collected, and for what specific purpose? 2. How long is the data kept, and who can access it? 3. How can learners opt out without penalty? 4. What safeguards prevent misinterpretation or misuse of sensitive signals? Modality shifts in response to cognitive strain should support learners, not label or rank them. **Curriculum implication:** Any course that teaches neuroadaptive systems should require students to prototype clear consent flows, explain their data choices, and show how people can revoke consent later. **Metrics for assessment** Traditional metrics for student work in design include: - Visual polish - Time spent - Heuristic checklist scores - Subjective impressions from critique These still matter, but they do not capture how well students can work with uncertainty, cognition, or agentic systems. Design education needs behavioral and system-level measures that students can compute, critique, and iterate on. ### **Foundational behavioral metrics** - **Cognitive Load Differential (CLD):** The change in mental effort between versions of a design, measured through user ratings or proxy measures. Students should show how they reduced CLD across iterations. - **Intervention Latency (IL):** The time it takes users to recognize and recover from an interaction breakdown. Shorter IL often indicates clearer affordances and better feedback. - **Perceived Trust Index (PTI):** User-reported comfort with an AI-integrated interface. This can draw from instruments such as the Trust in Automation Scale. ### **Proposed agentic metrics** The following constructs are not yet standardized, but they synthesize themes from human-AI collaboration research: **Uncertainty metrics:** - **Model Uncertainty Delta (MUD):** How system behavior changes across different confidence bands. Students can mock or simulate how the interface reacts at 95 percent confidence versus 60 percent. - **Calibration Error (CE):** The gap between predicted confidence and actual correctness in a given scenario. Students should be able to sketch how they might visualize or audit CE. **Reliance/override metrics:** - **Assistance-to-Autonomy Ratio (AAR):** The balance between tasks handled fully by agents and those that require human checkpoints. Given the meta-analytic results showing performance drops in some decision tasks, this ratio should not be left implicit. - **Human Override Rate (HOR):** How often humans intervene in agent flows. Very high override rates may signal poor calibration or confusing escalation UX. Very low rates may indicate hidden over-reliance. **Interaction metrics:** - **Prompt Churn Index (PCI):** How much prompts or instructions need to change across sessions to achieve acceptable results. High churn can erode trust and signal poor affordances for guiding the AI. - **Latency Budget Adherence (LBA):** Whether key interactions stay within agreed time thresholds, especially under constrained networks. Validated instruments exist: Trust in Automation Scale, Chatbot Usability Questionnaire. These can transform subjective impressions into comparable data. **Curriculum implication:** Capstone work should include at least two such agentic metrics alongside traditional usability measures. Students should be able to explain what they measured, how they collected the data, and how it affected their design decisions. [Fast-track product validation using AIA key challenge of product management is reducing the time between idea generation and gaining validation to move forward (or kill it).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-585.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Grammarly-Peng-Wang---Grammarly-s-vision-Redefining-the-future-of-AI-powered-communication--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fast-track-product-validation-using-ai/) ### **Roles and responsibilities** **For students** - Ask for AI literacy, neurodiversity, and governance content as central parts of your training, not add-ons. - Choose projects and capstones that involve uncertainty UX, agentic systems, and neurodiverse testing. - Look for collaborations that go beyond your local context, including work with teams in low-bandwidth or under-resourced settings **For design leaders** - Hire candidates who can speak concretely about neurodiversity, accessibility, and AI failure modes, not only portfolios with polished screens. - Ask to see documentation of evals, fairness checks, and uncertainty handling in candidate projects. - Partner with schools and community organizations that serve underrepresented learners to co-create projects and syllabi. **For technical leaders** - Open up evaluation tools, calibration dashboards, and synthetic test suites to educational partners where possible. - Support mentored projects that deploy constrained agents with NGOs, schools, or civic organizations. - Encourage cross-functional reviews where designers, engineers, and ethicists walk through failure modes together. **For educators** - Update grading rubrics so they explicitly reward uncertainty surfacing, safety rails, and neurodiverse testing. - Model transparent data practices in your own teaching tools before asking students to design them. - Draw a clear line between “teaching how to operate AI tools” and “teaching how to design with AI in mind.” Students need both, but they are not the same thing. ## **Conclusion** The future of design education will be defined by how effectively we teach students to build systems recognizing, responding to, and respecting the full spectrum of human cognition, culture, and context. The goal is individuation. Interfaces should shape themselves to each person's cognitive rhythm, sensory mode, and context. Creative tasks show human-AI synergy. Decision tasks show losses. Design spans both. Pedagogies helping students distinguish these modes and calibrate collaboration accordingly may unlock complementary performance rather than the degradation current evidence suggests. This is a design problem. It belongs at the center of design education. Design education, reimagined, is not about teaching static interaction rules. It is about teaching students to architect systems that rewrite those rules, with rigor, with empathy, and with global relevance. ## **References** - Sweller, J. (1988). Cognitive Load Theory. *Cognitive Science*, 12(2), 257-285. - Shneiderman, B. (2022). *Human-Centered AI*. Oxford University Press. - British Standards Institute. (2022). *PAS 6463: Design for the Mind – Neurodiversity and the Built Environment*. - Vaccaro, M., et al. (2024). When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis. *Nature Human Behaviour*. - Kestin, G., Miller, K., & Mazur, E. (2025). AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning. *Scientific Reports*, 15. - European Parliament. (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). *Official Journal of the European Union*. - National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2024). *AI Risk Management Framework: Generative AI Profile* (NIST AI 600-1). - International Organization for Standardization. (2023). *ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI Management System*. - Scharowski, N., et al. (2024). A Decision Theoretic Framework for Measuring AI Reliance. *FAccT 2024*. - Learning Equality. (2024). *Kolibri Impact Report*. https://learningequality.org/ - World Bank. (2024). Addressing the learning crisis with generative AI: Lessons from Edo State. - W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. https://www.w3.org/WAI/ - African Design Futures Initiative. https://designfuturesafrica.org/ ### How UK AI expertise meets Saudi retail ambition URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-uk-ai-expertise-meets-saudi-retail-ambition/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:28:33.000Z The shopping centres of Riyadh today function as active high-tech retail facilities, which enable customers to move between stores through their mobile devices. I have observed these signs develop through my experience of working with Saudi Arabian retail teams who want to modernise their operations and UK AI research facilities, which create scalable solutions for their transformation. The retail market of Saudi Arabia and the UK operates under conditions that align with my work experience because I worked with major KSA retailers at a global hyperscaler before moving to the UK to create new AI solutions for EMEA markets. The UK has built its future through laboratory research and London office management, which Saudi retailers now apply to their operations. The two markets operate at different speeds, but their intersection creates a strong bond between their goals and capabilities. The Vision 2030 initiative provides Saudi Arabia with an exclusive opportunity to draw in foreign technology experts. The UK retail industry requires AI technology as an operational necessity for businesses to succeed in their market. The UK can unite its advanced AI expertise with its strict regulatory framework and its high-quality product development with the rapid expansion of Saudi retail operations. The strategic union between the two entities has become an unavoidable reality. ## **I. The new playbook: AI as the strategic engine of KSA retail** The market base consists of young Saudi consumers who fall between 18 and 35 years old because they use mobile devices and follow trends when businesses demonstrate cultural understanding to build brand loyalty. Shoppers in Jeddah and Riyadh show quick buying behaviour because they move from Instagram product discovery to product evaluation before making their last purchase choice. The consumer base demands fast service delivery with customised experiences and genuine interactions. UK retailers who want to access this market need AI technology that analyses real-time data to understand Saudi consumer behaviour. The evaluation process requires three essential elements, which emerge as the most vital factors according to the analysis. [AI agents struggle with “why” questions: a memory-based fixLLMs forget context and fail at “why” reasoning. MAGMA fixes this with multi-graph memory across time, causality, entities, and meaning.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-579.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--40--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/) ### **1\. Hyper-localized conversational commerce** GenAI technology enables Saudi customers to shop through friendly dialogue that fulfills their requirements. The future of KSA online retail will provide instant, customized shopping experiences through interfaces, allowing human-like conversational interactions. GenAI technology develops into a digital shopping assistant that provides the same service as human in-store stylists that Saudi consumers desire. **Actionable use case: The 24/7 digital stylist** *“I require a modern outfit for my Jeddah family event, which takes place during the following week.”* The system produces an entire outfit selection, which includes shopping options and suitable cultural choices based on the initial user input. The GenAI agent receives training on Saudi fashion trends to provide answers to customer questions, such as: Your online store can replace standard product suggestions with a dedicated personal shopping assistant that operates through WhatsApp, Instagram, and your mobile website. Businesses achieved their first implementation of this technology, which resulted in conversion rate improvements that surpassed their previous results by 15 to 22 times. The system functions as a revenue-generating tool that depends on cultural understanding and customer trust. These customers need fashion guidance that provides recommendations that fit their personal style, specific location requirements, and their event needs. ### **2\. Content generation at scale** **The only way to market at Saudi speed** Saudi e-commerce moves fast. Faster than manual localisation teams can keep up with. That’s where GenAI steps in, not to replace creative judgment but to scale it responsibly. **Actionable use case**: The automated, compliant content factory A UK retailer entering KSA may need dozens of product descriptions, localised visuals, SEO pages, and social captions in both Arabic and English - simultaneously. GenAI can handle all of this in hours, not weeks. But here’s the catch: UK oversight is essential. British teams bring experience in bias detection, safe-use policies, and cultural sensitivity, key to avoiding missteps in regional contexts. **Impact**: Faster go-to-market cycles mean UK retailers can react to Saudi trends in real time, not after they’ve passed. ### **3\. Smarter stores, faster logistics** **Where computer vision meets KSA’s retail infrastructure** Physical retail is still king in Saudi Arabia, but now it needs to be intelligent. **Actionable use case**: Predictive inventory & last-mile optimization ML models can merge UK retailers’ historical global sales patterns with local Saudi signals, from unique national holidays to worker population spikes around major giga-projects, to forecast demand with striking accuracy. Inside the store, computer vision systems can track foot traffic, shelf stock, and product interactions, freeing up Saudi employees to focus on what matters more: high-value service and customer relationships. This aligns directly with the Nitaqat initiative and the broader Vision 2030 workforce strategy. **Impact**: Fewer stock-outs, fewer markdowns, and better profitability across both online and offline channels. [Evaluating machine learning models-metrics and techniquesEvaluation metrics provide objective criteria to measure predictive ability, generalization capability, and overall quality of models.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-580.png)AI Accelerator InstituteVishnuprasanth Vijaya Kumar![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1504639725590-34d0984388bd-8)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/evaluating-machine-learning-models-metrics-and-techniques/) ## II. Why the UK has a strategic edge: Trust, talent, and tech discipline Entering the Saudi market isn’t just about deploying the latest AI tools or building a flashy digital shopfront. Saudi regulators have made it clear that data sovereignty is not a tech detail – it is a matter of national strategy and integrity. What ultimately determines whether a retailer earns long-term loyalty in the Kingdom is trust – trust in how data is used, trust in the integrity of the systems behind the scenes, and trust that technology is being applied to enhance the customer and employee experience rather than disrupt it unnecessarily. This is where the UK brings a distinct strategic advantage. British organisations have spent years navigating some of the toughest privacy, security, and ethical AI standards in the world. That experience translates into a kind of technical discipline that Saudi regulators and shoppers increasingly expect as the market matures. ### **PDPL compliance: A built-in UK strength** Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) has very quickly reshaped how companies collect, store, and process consumer information in the Kingdom. The law is stringent, mandating clear consent pathways, explicit data localisation, strict retention rules, and full transparency around how personal information is used. For many international retailers, this can be a steep learning curve. UK retailers, however, are arriving with a built-in advantage. After a decade of designing systems under GDPR, British teams are already fluent in architecting privacy-by-design infrastructures that are accountable, understandable, and auditable. They understand the practical realities of consent management, have mature processes for handling cross-border data flows, and treat data governance as an operational necessity rather than a compliance box-tick. This familiarity positions them as reliable partners in a Saudi market that is increasingly scrutinising AI systems for their ethical integrity. UK teams can confidently build PDPL-compliant pipelines from day one, mitigating risk while creating customer experiences that feel safe, transparent, and trustworthy. In a region where digital adoption is accelerating, that trust becomes a powerful differentiator. That is the advantage you cannot fast-track; it comes from years of working under demanding regulatory scrutiny. ### **Building Saudi talent, not replacing it** While we often discuss technology through the lens of automation, Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 presents it in a very different light. Walk into any flagship store in Riyadh today, and you’ll meet young Saudi employees eager to adopt new tools, not wary of them. The national strategy emphasises upskilling the workforce, creating meaningful careers for young Saudis, and forming a labour market that is both tech-enabled and culturally grounded. For retailers entering the market, this means that the long-term winners will be the companies that view AI not as a replacement for local talent, but as a catalyst for elevating it. UK retailers are uniquely positioned to embrace this approach. Their tech teams can design AI systems that shift employees away from repetitive operational tasks – like stock audits or manual reporting – and toward roles that require judgment, creativity, and customer intuition. They can establish in-market training programmes that turn Saudi nationals into AI-literate store managers, data coordinators, and logistics analysts. They can partner with local universities, retail groups, and innovation hubs to build AI academies that nurture ongoing development. This alignment with Vision 2030 isn’t just good optics; it lays the foundation for long-term operational stability. Retailers who invest in training create teams that not only operate AI systems but also improve them over time. And in a region where brand loyalty often depends on relationships as much as product selection, that integration is invaluable. [Beyond chatbots: How to build agentic AI systemsAI is moving from chatbots to agents: systems that plan, use tools, and act autonomously. Why 2025 marks the real inflection point.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-581.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Aleksandra-Faust--Chief-AI-Officer-at-Genesis-Therapeutics-Research-Director-in-Google-DeepMind--The-implications-of-AGI-What-comes-after-the-era-of-LLMs----3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/) ## **III. What success looks like: A cross-market retail powerhouse** When the UK’s deep expertise in AI meets the scale, ambition, and cultural sophistication of the Saudi retail landscape, the result is a new kind of cross-market powerhouse, one that blends precision engineering with consumer intimacy. Success in this context looks like a retail experience that feels almost clairvoyant to the shopper. Customers receive product recommendations that genuinely reflect their tastes and cultural context, whether they’re browsing online or interacting with in-store assistants enhanced by AI insights. For the shopper, it feels less like browsing a catalogue and more like being understood. Marketing teams can turn around fully localised campaigns in hours rather than weeks, seamlessly switching between English and Arabic without losing nuance. Seasonal peaks, shifting trends, and regional buying patterns are no longer surprises but predictable signals that supply chains respond to in real time. And in a country where cities are spread across vast distances, these forecasting systems often determine whether a customer gets a product today or next week. Behind the scenes, operations become dramatically more efficient. Stores run on intelligent forecasting engines that understand the rhythms of Saudi life, from holiday surges to weather-driven footfall, and adjust inventory accordingly. Computer vision systems quietly monitor shelves, freeing store staff to focus on customer relationships rather than manual processes. AI becomes not an abstract concept but a practical force multiplier woven into everyday retail life. This is where the misconception that AI will fade human roles falls apart. In Saudi retail, the human touch becomes more important - not less - and AI simply clears the path for it. And as these systems take hold, something equally important happens: the Saudi workforce grows stronger. Employees are no longer confined to routine tasks but become empowered specialists who understand how to interpret data, manage AI-enabled tools, and deliver high-value customer experiences. Technology becomes a bridge, not a barrier, between the retailer and the community it serves. The real opportunity for UK retailers isn’t simply to establish a presence in Saudi Arabia. It’s to help shape what the future of retail in the region looks like: faster, smarter, more personal, and fundamentally more human. Those who commit to culturally aligned AI, rigorous data stewardship, and meaningful talent development won’t just tap into a new market; they’ll help define a new era. In that sense, Saudi Arabia isn’t just another international expansion. It is the frontier where retail innovation will be rewritten over the next decade, and where UK expertise has the potential to lead the way. ### Real-world LLMOps: Two case studies in healthcare AI deployment URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/real-world-llmops-two-case-studies-in-healthcare-ai-deployment-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:31:00.000Z Here's what nobody tells you about getting [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) into production: it starts with user stories. I know, I know. User stories feel like something the product team is always pushing on you. But hear me out. When we started working with Boost Medical Group, an AI-powered personal injury company, we didn't begin with the latest [GPT model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/) or debate fine-tuning strategies. We started by sitting down with the CEO and the chief product officer. We interviewed customers. We mapped workflows. We got our hands dirty understanding the actual, real-world processes these tools would need to support. The same approach was applied when we built an AI neuropsychiatrist for Sema Therapeutics. Our client, Dr. Katie Walker from Revitalist, had a crystal-clear request: she wanted a robot version of herself. Not in some sci-fi way, but as a practical solution to being overwhelmed with patient assessments. She needed something that could handle depression and anxiety screenings without burning out her human staff. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI agents struggle with “why” questions: a memory-based fix URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-struggle-with-why-questions-a-memory-based-fix/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:40:47.000Z [Large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) have a memory problem. Sure, they can process thousands of tokens at once, but ask them about something from last week's conversation, and they're lost. Even worse? Try asking them why something happened, and watch them fumble through semantically similar but causally irrelevant information. This fundamental limitation has sparked a race to build better memory systems for [AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-exactly-is-an-ai-agent-and-how-do-you-build-one/). The latest breakthrough comes from researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Florida, who've developed MAGMA (Multi-Graph based Agentic Memory Architecture). Their approach includes not treating memory like a flat database and starting to organize it the way humans do across multiple dimensions of meaning. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-567.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) ## The memory maze that current AI can't navigate Today's memory-augmented generation (MAG) systems work like sophisticated filing cabinets. They store past interactions and retrieve them based on semantic similarity. Ask about "project deadlines," and they'll pull up every mention of deadlines, regardless of which project or when it happened. This approach breaks down spectacularly when agents need to reason about relationships between events. Consider these seemingly simple questions: - "Why did the team miss the deadline?" - "When did we discuss the budget changes?" - "Who was responsible for the API integration?" Current systems struggle because they entangle different types of information. Temporal data gets mixed with causal relationships. Entity tracking gets lost across conversation segments. This results in AI agents that can tell you what happened but not why, when, or who was involved. ## Building memory that thinks in multiple dimensions MAGMA takes a radically different approach. Instead of dumping everything into a single memory store, it maintains four distinct but interconnected graphs: The **temporal graph** creates an immutable timeline of events. Think of it as the ground truth for "when" questions. Every interaction gets timestamped and linked in chronological order. The **causal graph** maps cause-and-effect relationships. When you ask "why," MAGMA traverses these directed edges to find logical dependencies rather than just similar words. The **entity graph** tracks people, places, and things across time. It solves what researchers call the "object permanence problem", keeping track of who's who even when they're mentioned weeks apart. The **semantic graph** handles conceptual similarity. This is what traditional systems rely on exclusively, but in MAGMA, it's just one lens among many. [Powering agentic AI at enterprise scaleHow Writer and Premji Invest see the future of agentic AI: full-stack systems, adaptive models, and IT-business collaboration at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-568.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSandesh Patnam![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/) ## From static search to dynamic reasoning Here's where MAGMA gets clever. Instead of using the same retrieval strategy for every query, it adapts based on what you're asking. When you pose a question, MAGMA first classifies your intent. A "why" question triggers high weights for causal edges. A "when" question prioritizes the temporal backbone. This adaptive traversal policy means the system explores different paths through memory depending on what information you actually need. The numbers back this up. On the LoCoMo benchmark for long-term reasoning, MAGMA achieved a 70% accuracy score, outperforming the best existing systems by margins ranging from 18.6% to 45.5%. The gap widened even further on adversarial tasks designed to confuse semantic-only retrieval systems. ## The dual-stream architecture: Fast reflexes, deep thinking MAGMA borrows a page from neuroscience with its dual-stream memory evolution. The "fast path" handles immediate needs, indexing new information, and updating the timeline without blocking conversation flow. Meanwhile, the "slow path" runs asynchronously in the background, using LLMs to infer deeper connections between events. This separation solves a critical engineering challenge. Previous systems faced an impossible choice: either slow down conversations to build rich memory structures or sacrifice reasoning depth for speed. MAGMA does both. The efficiency gains are substantial. Despite its sophisticated multi-graph structure, MAGMA achieved the lowest query latency (1.47 seconds) among all tested systems. It also reduced token consumption by 95% compared to feeding full conversation history to an LLM. [A new framework for keeping AI accountableA new accountability framework treats AI responsibility as a continuous control problem, embedding values into systems and monitoring harm over time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-571.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--39--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/) ## What this means for the future of AI agents MAGMA represents more than incremental progress. It's a fundamental shift in how we think about AI memory, from retrieval to reasoning, from flat stores to structured knowledge. For AI practitioners, the implications are significant. Agents built with MAGMA-style architectures could maintain coherent identities over months of interaction. They could explain their reasoning by showing exactly which causal or temporal paths led to their conclusions. Most importantly, they could handle the kinds of complex, multi-faceted questions that humans ask naturally, but current AI systems fumble. The researchers acknowledge limitations. The quality of causal inference still depends on the underlying LLM's reasoning abilities. The multi-graph structure adds engineering complexity. But these trade-offs seem worth it for applications requiring genuine long-term reasoning. As we push toward more capable AI agents, memory architectures like MAGMA suggest a path forward. Instead of trying to cram everything into ever-larger context windows or hoping vector similarity will magically surface the right information, we can build systems that organize and traverse memory the way humans do, across time, causation, entities, and meaning. The question isn't whether AI agents need better memory. It's whether we're ready to build it right. ### Top gen AI, agentic AI, and CAIO events to attend in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:42:04.000Z The AI events landscape is evolving rapidly. In 2025, the focus was on experimenting with generative AI. In 2026, the conversation has shifted toward **production, scaling, and enterprise adoption**, from LLMOps to agentic AI systems and executive AI leadership. Whether you're building, deploying, or leading AI initiatives, attending the right events is critical to staying ahead. Here are the **top GenAI, Agentic AI, and CAIO events to attend in 2026, month by month.** --- Choose a month below: - [April](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#april) - [June](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#june) - [August](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#august) - [September](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#september) - [October](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#october) - [November](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/#november) - [December](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend/#december) --- ## April ### Chief AI Officer Summit | San Jose **🇺🇸** **When:** April 14 **Where:** Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, San Jose The first of our Summits in San Jose this year, the Chief AI Officer Summit offers a deep dive into cutting-edge topics like deploying AI at scale, advancing autonomous systems, and enhancing decision-making with real-time data insights. With sessions focusing on generative AI, building scalable AI infrastructures, and navigating regulatory frameworks, you'll gain a unique perspective on overcoming today’s most pressing AI challenges. Learn from leading experts, discover actionable strategies, and connect with visionaries driving AI transformation in industries worldwide. [Register now](https:https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caiosiliconvalley/register) ### CISO Summit | San Jose **🇺🇸** **When:** April 14 **Where:** Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, San Jose The CISO Summit in Silicon Valley focuses on how security leaders can adapt to the rise of AI-driven systems. Key themes include securing LLMs and AI pipelines, managing AI-related risks, and implementing governance and compliance frameworks. As organisations scale AI adoption, the event explores how to balance innovation with security, covering topics like data privacy, model vulnerabilities, and emerging AI threats. By invitation only. [Get your invite](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/cisosiliconvalley/register) #️⃣ **Take part in the conversation! #AIAISiliconValley* ### Agentic AI Summit | San Jose **🇺🇸** **When:** April 15 **Where:** Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, San Jose The event focuses on how organisations are building and deploying the next generation of AI systems: autonomous agents that can take action, not just generate outputs. Key themes include agent architecture and orchestration, AgentOps and evaluation, advanced RAG systems, and governance frameworks for agentic workflows. *W*ith a strong emphasis on real-world deployment, the event brings together builders and senior leaders to explore how agentic AI is moving from experimentation into production across industries. Buy your tickets today! 👇🎟️ [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaisiliconvalley/register) ### Generative AI Summit | San Jose **🇺🇸** **When:** April 15 **Where:** Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, San Jose Join this engineering-first summit designed for teams building and scaling real-world AI systems. Co-located with the Agentic AI Summit, your ticket gives you all-access across both events. No marketers. No sprawling expo halls. Just focused, high-signal discussions on delivering production-ready generative AI. 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The Summit is the perfect place to learn actionable insights, connect with global AI experts, and stay ahead in the competitive AI landscape. Stay up-to-date with the latest info below. 👇 [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/newyork/register) #️⃣ **Take part in the conversation! #AIAINewYork* ### Agentic AI Summit | New York **🇺🇸🗽** **When:** June 04 **Where:** Convene 360 Madison Avenue, New York Designed for both technical builders and enterprise leaders, the event focuses on real-world deployment of generative and agentic AI, with sessions covering everything from production use cases to strategy and scaling. Attendees will leave with practical insights, new connections, and a clearer path to building more efficient, valuable, and responsible AI systems. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticainewyork/register) #️⃣ **Take part in the conversation! #AIAINewYork* ### Chief AI Officer Summit | New York **🇺🇸🗽** **When:** June 04 **Where:** Convene 360 Madison Avenue, New York Before we leave New York, we’ll be holding another Chief AI Officer Summit. Designed to bring together visionary CAIOs from a range of industries, it’ll create an exclusive platform for discussing AI’s transformative potential and its challenges. The Summit will offer CAIOs a unique opportunity to share best practices, gain insights from industry pioneers, and leave them equipped with the knowledge and connections to lead their organizations through the next wave of AI evolution. Attendance by invitation only. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caionewyork/register) --- ## August ### Generative AI Summit | Los Angeles **🇺🇸👼** **When:** August 26 **Where:** TBD Our only event in the City of Angels, the Generative AI Summit, will unite innovative engineers and business leaders driving the newest advancements in generative systems. More details coming soon, so keep an eye out below. 👇 [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/losangeles/register) --- ## September ### Generative AI Summit | Berlin 🇩🇪 **When:** September 15 **Where:** The Ritz Carlton, Berlin Our first two co-located Summits, this event gathers some of the leading experts in artificial intelligence from companies like Bayer, Meta, Mastercard, and more. With hundreds of attendees, you’re likely to meet like-minded peers with whom to network. Enjoy panels, presentations, and more that will provide you with tools you can apply to your day-to-day. Grab your tickets. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/register) ![Generative AI Summit in London](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdiHwAqGwZ5O8bumSWhGHaU6Gh8ZDvYEuKv0e-plSZu06UniVzcnyWQZd7T2uOLQsUnybOOiigCtxTxeX3ol37rVQuFeyq06jFrNJq0h4X2idLl3uaPww0Volbfe6vKGR_nM_P0?key=yEgOC2VZ8PAs39ldJrvwZTWt) ### Chief AI Officer Summit | Berlin 🇩🇪 **When:** September 15 **Where:** The Ritz Carlton, Berlin By invitation only, the Chief AI Officer Summit in Berlin will bring together AI executives, from newly-appointed Chief AI Officers to seasoned data and technology leaders, to optimize strategy and unlock value on the path to production and scalability. Secure your complimentary pass today to be part of this AI leadership event. [Request your invitation now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/caioberlin/register) --- ## October ### Chief AI Officer Summit | Boston **🇺🇸⚾️** **When:** October 28 **Where:** Renaissance Boston Seaport District, Boston Gathering a select group of AI leaders, including new Chief AI Officers and seasoned data experts, attendees can expect to engage in talks about AI innovation, leadership, and implementation strategies. This is an exclusive opportunity to connect with top-tier professionals and gain actionable insights from industry experts. By invite only. 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[Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaiboston/register) ### Generative AI Summit | Boston **🇺🇸⚾️** **When:** October 28 **Where:** Renaissance Boston Seaport District, Boston The Generative AI Summit in Boston will gather applied engineers, developers, and executives for sessions covering topics like ethical AI, real-world implementation, and building AI-driven ecosystems. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from thought leaders, gain actionable insights, and network with experts across industries. You’ll be equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to lead the next phase of AI transformation. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register) --- ## November ### Generative AI Summit | Toronto **🇨🇦** **When:** November 12 **Where:** TBD We're back in North America, in the fantastic city of Toronto, for the city's only AI summit dedicated to industry-ready genAI and agentic AI. You’ll learn actionable insights and network with like-minded professionals. Want a seat? Get your ticket now. 👇 [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/agenticaitoronto/register) ### Generative AI Summit | Toronto **🇨🇦** **When:** November 12 **Where:** TBD Deploy production-ready agents alongside a community of builders at one of Toronto’s leading AI gatherings. No marketers. No oversized expo floors. Just engineers, researchers, and practitioners focused on building real AI systems. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/toronto/register) --- ## December ### Generative AI Summit | London 🇬🇧 **When:** December 01 **Where:** InterContinental - The O2, London The London event series brings together the full AI Accelerator Institute portfolio, uniting the Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Chief AI Officer summits into a single co-located experience. Designed for both builders and enterprise leaders, the event focuses on deploying AI in production, scaling agentic systems, and aligning AI strategy with business outcomes. With a strong emphasis on real-world application, attendees will gain insight into how organisations are moving beyond experimentation to deliver measurable impact with AI at scale. [Register now](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london/register) ### Chief AI Officer Summit | London 🇬🇧 **When:** December 01 **Where:** InterContinental - The O2, London Gathering CAIOs for the last time in 2026, we leave Europe with our Chief AI Officer Summit. The event centres on enterprise AI strategy, governance, and scaling AI into production, helping organisations move beyond experimentation toward measurable impact. 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Our AI Accelerator Institute membership plan provides complete access to all OnDemand events. You’ll enjoy both our in-person and virtual events, giving you hundreds of hours of valuable insights. ### Fast-track product validation using AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fast-track-product-validation-using-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:43:35.000Z A key challenge of product management is reducing the time between idea generation and gaining validation to move forward (or kill it). What used to take months of building, testing, gathering feedback, and iterating (often with high costs) can now be compressed dramatically using AI tools. Here’s a breakdown of actionable steps so you can fast‑track your product validation. ## The old ways are too slow Traditionally, validating meant: - Collecting user problems and pain points from ideal customers, CX, or solutions teams. - Designing wireframes and mockups. - Building minimum viable products with designers and engineers. - Setting up user feedback and usability sessions. - Rolling out alpha or beta versions. - Waiting for usage, gathering feedback, then iterating. This cycle could take **3–6 months or more** just to reach a minimum level of customer belief. By the time you get there, market dynamics may have shifted, or competitors may have already made a move. ## What’s changed: How AI accelerates every stage Recent advances in large language models (LLMs), prototyping tools, and automation have changed the way PMs operate. Now, a single PM can go from identifying a problem to showing customers a working prototype in days instead of weeks. Let’s break down what’s changed… [Beyond chatbots: How to build agentic AI systemsAI is moving from chatbots to agents: systems that plan, use tools, and act autonomously. Why 2025 marks the real inflection point.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-565.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Aleksandra-Faust--Chief-AI-Officer-at-Genesis-Therapeutics-Research-Director-in-Google-DeepMind--The-implications-of-AGI-What-comes-after-the-era-of-LLMs----3-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/) ### 1\. Rapid prototyping Before AI, creating prototypes meant waiting for design cycles or depending on limited bandwidth from UX teams. Today, with tools like **Loveable**, **Figma AI**, and **no-code builders**, PMs can bring an idea to life visually within hours. When I first experimented with Loveable, I was blown away by how fast it could generate interface suggestions that felt polished enough for early feedback. Within an hour, I had clickable screens I could show to my customer success team to test messaging and flows. However, it’s best to keep early prototypes intentionally rough. The less polished they look, the more honest feedback you’ll get, as customers feel freer to critique. It’s also important you don’t confuse visual fidelity with validation. The goal isn’t to make it beautiful – it’s to make it testable. ### 2\. Feedback analysis Before AI, analyzing feedback meant long hours of manually reading survey results, transcripts, and interview notes. Now, **Claude** or **ChatGPT** can synthesize insights. I feed in transcripts from user calls or customer success summaries, and within minutes, AI clusters common themes, sentiment, and emerging pain points. This has helped me spot recurring friction points much faster. For instance, when testing a new reporting feature, AI surfaced that **60% of customers mentioned “time to insights”** in their feedback, something I might have missed buried in long transcripts. Tip: Always skim through the AI’s summaries. While AI is great at spotting patterns, it can miss nuance. The outliers often hold the gold. But don’t over-rely on sentiment summaries, either, as AI can’t yet detect emotional subtleties or sarcasm, especially in enterprise calls. ### 3\. Idea exploration AI has become my go-to co-pilot for brainstorming. When I’m stuck or need a fresh perspective, you can prompt AI to explore solutions from different user personas or industries. It challenges assumptions and brings in angles you might not’ve considered. For example, when I was working on an onboarding redesign, I used Claude to simulate three different user archetypes: an impatient power user, a confused first-timer, and a skeptical decision-maker. It was like running user interviews in minutes. The responses helped me tailor onboarding flows to match emotional triggers. Remember to feed the AI context like: your target audience, problem statements, and success metrics. The more specific you are, the better the ideas get. But don’t take AI’s suggestions at face value. Treat them as prompts for discussion, not solutions. ### 4\. Customer validation One of the most powerful uses of AI is in speeding up customer validation. I use AI to generate survey questions, structure user tests, and analyze transcripts from live demos. AI can even simulate potential user reactions before going into calls. During one pilot, I asked Claude to summarize the key objections customers might have to a pricing feature we were exploring. The predicted objections were eerily close to what came up in live sessions, helping me pre-emptively prepare answers and documentation. Use AI to automate the grunt work, summarizing calls, clustering responses, and generating insights, but always end with human interpretation. However, be careful with how you word questions to avoid confirmation bias. AI will reflect the questions you ask, so phrase prompts neutrally to get balanced insights. ## How I validate in weeks (not months) ### Step 1: Start with the problem (4 - 6 hours) It’s important to always begin with conversations. Talk to customer success managers (CSMs), solutions, and occasionally sales. They’re closest to the customer pain. I ask: “*What are the top 3 problems customers complain about that we haven’t solved yet?”* Then, I reach out to a few of those customers directly to dig deeper. You can always target specific products or problem areas to narrow the scope. AI helps here by clustering call notes and highlighting recurring pain points. For example, when analyzing feedback for an analytics product, Claude identified that “manual data refresh” appeared in over half the notes. That single insight guided the roadmap for the next quarter. Tip: Ask your CSMs to share examples of user workarounds; they often reveal unmet needs. ### Step 2: Define hypotheses (3 - 4 hours) Next, turn problems into testable hypotheses. A good hypothesis is measurable, for example: *“Users spend 40% of their time manually updating data; if we automate this, setup time will drop by 50%.”* Don’t fall into the trap of writing vague hypotheses like “improve user satisfaction.” Always attach a metric. AI helps me refine hypotheses by asking, “What assumptions underpin this statement?” or “What would falsify this hypothesis?” It’s a great sanity check. Early in my PM career, I often jumped into solutioning. Now, starting with crisp hypotheses ensures every experiment is purposeful and measurable. [Building enterprise AI agents: Frontline lessons with TrueFoundryLessons from enterprise teams working with TrueFoundry on what it really takes to deploy agentic AI at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-564.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNikunj Bajaj![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--81--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/) ### Step 3: Brainstorm solutions (2-hour sessions) Next, I run collaborative brainstorming sessions with small cross-functional groups. Before we start, I use AI to generate idea prompts and edge cases. For example, I’ll ask: *“What would this look like if users were in a low-bandwidth environment?”* or *“How might competitors solve this?”* It widens the scope of creativity without derailing focus. After the session, you can have AI cluster ideas into themes to create a prioritization matrix (impact vs. effort). It saves hours of manual sorting. Watch out for groupthink during these sessions – encourage one or two people to play devil’s advocate (AI can even simulate this role) and the rest to help with solutions. ### Step 4: Rapid prototyping (1- 2 days) Using **Loveable** or **Figma AI**, you can go from idea to clickable prototype within a day. My goal isn’t perfection, it’s speed. Once the concept feels tangible, I can test messaging, flows, and usability. When we built a reporting dashboard feature, I used Loveable to create the first clickable version in under an hour. It became the backbone for our final UI, cutting three weeks off our design sprint. Prototype the riskiest assumption first. You don’t need the full product to learn. Over-designing early screens wastes time. Keep fidelity low and feedback loops short. ### Step 5: Internal validation (1- 2 days) I share prototypes with CSMs, sales, and product marketing first. They’re great proxies for customers and help catch narrative or usability gaps before external testing. For a workflow automation feature, my CSMs spotted that the terminology we used (“runs”) didn’t resonate with users; they preferred “fetch.” That small fix improved adoption by 9% post-launch. Tip: Ask stakeholders, “Would you pitch this tomorrow?” Their hesitation signals unclear value. ### Step 6: Customer validation (4 - 6 days) Once internal feedback is solid, I test with 5–10 target users. I prefer live sessions or Wizard-of-Oz experiments, where I manually simulate the product’s behavior. AI tools help me summarize feedback fast and detect recurring issues. During one test, users repeatedly mentioned they “didn’t know where to start.” AI grouped this under onboarding clarity, prompting us to add contextual tooltips in the final release. Post-launch, engagement rose by 23%. Tip: Look for emotional cues- surprise, excitement, frustration. They’re stronger indicators than verbal feedback. Be wary of polite feedback; users saying “this looks nice” is not validation. ### Step 7: Iterate and finalize (2 - 4 days) Once you’ve validated an idea, the focus shifts from validation to acceleration. This means turning prototypes into launch-ready versions, aligning cross-functional teams, and using AI insights to prioritize which iterations will have the highest impact. For instance, once a feature shows strong validation, run an impact analysis that combines customer sentiment, expected revenue lift, and engineering effort. This helps leadership make data-backed trade-offs quickly. By the time engineering starts, we already have clear confidence in both business value and user demand. Treat post-validation as a sprint, not a marathon. Your goal isn’t just to launch, it’s to maintain the momentum of learning and deliver fast value. Don’t lose focus once validation is done. Many teams slow down after getting positive feedback; instead, double down and deliver while excitement is high. ## Useful tools for AI validation - **Loveable or Figma AI:** For rapid UI mockups and clickable prototypes that look real enough for feedback. - **Claude or ChatGPT:** For synthesizing feedback, reframing hypotheses, and brainstorming ideas. - **Figma AI:** To polish designs or create quick flow variations. - **No-code builders (Bubble, Replit):** To test interactive minimum viable products. - **UsabilityHub / Maze:** For quick A/B and usability tests. ## Final thoughts Using this problem-first and AI-accelerated validation method, I was able to validate multiple zero-to-one features in a single quarter. Out of those, three evolved into full products that are now generating over $5M in ARR. The difference has been night and day: rather than spending months on uncertain bets, I can now test multiple ideas in parallel, move quickly on the winners, and show measurable business impact in weeks. This approach has not only saved time and resources but has given me confidence that every product we push forward has real customer demand and tangible revenue potential. AI isn’t here to replace product thinking – it’s here to augment it, to help us move faster, test smarter, and keep the focus on solving real problems. For PMs, the opportunity is huge: what used to take months can now often happen in weeks or even days. Start with the problem, validate quickly, and let AI accelerate every stage of the journey. ### A new framework for keeping AI accountable URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T11:45:43.000Z 💡 Picture this: a hospital AI that starts accurate but gradually becomes biased against certain patient groups. A recommendation algorithm that slowly creates echo chambers. An [autonomous vehicle](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles/) network where safety degrades over months of real-world operation. These aren't hypothetical scenarios; they're the reality of deploying AI systems that interact with humans and evolve over time. A new research paper from the University of Waterloo introduces the [Social Responsibility Stack (SRS)](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.16873), a framework that treats it not as a one-time compliance checklist, but as an ongoing control problem. Think of it like the difference between passing a driving test once versus continuously monitoring and correcting your driving behavior on the road. ## The gap between principles and practice We've all seen the proliferation of AI ethics guidelines. Tech companies publish principles. Governments release frameworks. Academic institutions draft manifestos. Yet somehow, these high-minded ideals rarely translate into the actual code that runs our AI systems. The problem? Most current approaches treat responsibility as something you bolt onto an AI system after it's built, like trying to add airbags to a car that's already on the highway. **The Social Responsibility Stack flips this approach:** - It embeds societal values directly into the system architecture from day one. - It monitors and enforces these values continuously throughout the AI's operational life. - Values become engineering constraints. - Ethics become measurable metrics. - Governance becomes a feedback loop. [Building enterprise AI agents: Frontline lessons with TrueFoundryLessons from enterprise teams working with TrueFoundry on what it really takes to deploy agentic AI at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-561.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNikunj Bajaj![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--81--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/) ## Six layers of accountability The framework organizes AI governance into six interconnected layers, each building on the previous one: ### Layer 1: Value grounding This layer translates fuzzy concepts like "fairness" into concrete, measurable constraints. For instance, in a healthcare triage system, fairness might mean that false negative rates across demographic groups can't differ by more than 5%. Abstract values become mathematical inequalities. ### Layer 2: Socio-technical impact modeling Here's where things get interesting. This layer models how the AI system will interact with its environment over time. It uses techniques like [agent-based simulation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/) to predict emergent harms, how a recommendation algorithm might polarize a community, or how doctors might become overly reliant on a diagnostic tool. ### Layer 3: Design-time safeguards These are the technical controls embedded directly into the AI system. Fairness constraints get baked into the training process. Uncertainty gates prevent the system from making decisions when it's not confident. [Privacy-preserving mechanisms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/) protect sensitive data. ### Layer 4: Behavioral feedback interfaces AI systems don't operate in isolation. They interact with humans who might over-rely on them, misinterpret their outputs, or game their mechanisms. This layer monitors these interactions and adjusts accordingly. If doctors are accepting AI recommendations without review, the system adds friction. If users are being nudged too aggressively, it pulls back. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/01/Dreyfus-Model-of-Skill-Acquisition.png) ### Layer 5: Continuous social auditing This is where the rubber meets the road. The system continuously monitors itself for drift; fairness degrading over time, explanation quality dropping, and users becoming overly dependent. When metrics cross predetermined thresholds, automatic interventions kick in: throttling certain features, rolling back to previous versions, or escalating to human review. ### Layer 6: Governance and stakeholder inclusion At the top sits human judgment. Review boards set the thresholds. Stakeholder councils provide context. Governance bodies authorize major interventions like system retraining or feature suspension. Crucially, this is an active supervisory role with real decision authority. ## Control theory meets AI ethics What makes SRS unique is its control-theoretic foundation. The paper treats AI governance as a closed-loop control problem, borrowing concepts from fields like aerospace and industrial automation. The deployed AI system is the "plant" being controlled. Societal values define the "safe operating region", like keeping a chemical reactor within temperature bounds. Monitoring mechanisms act as sensors. Interventions serve as control inputs. And governance provides supervisory oversight. ## This isn't just clever framing It provides mathematical rigor to concepts that are often frustratingly vague. Autonomy preservation becomes a measurable quantity (the ratio of decisions with meaningful human review). Cognitive burden gets a formal definition (a function of task switching, explanation complexity, and workload). The framework even defines an "admissible operating region" where all constraints are satisfied. As long as fairness drift stays below the threshold, autonomy preservation remains above the minimum, and other metrics stay in bounds, the system operates normally. Cross a boundary? Interventions activate. [The hidden risk of one-size-fits-all AI adviceAI advice can be rated “safe” yet still harm vulnerable users. New research reveals why context, not benchmarks, defines real AI safety.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-562.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--38--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-risk-of-one-size-fits-all-ai-advice/) ## Real-world applications The paper demonstrates SRS through three case studies: **Clinical decision support**: An emergency room triage AI monitors for bias drift across patient demographics while ensuring doctors maintain decision autonomy. When Punjabi-speaking patients start experiencing higher false negative rates, the system triggers retraining with targeted [data augmentation.](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/forking-data-for-ai-agents-the-missing-primitive-for-safe-scalable-systems/) **Cooperative autonomous vehicles**: A network of self-driving cars enforces ethical decision-making constraints while monitoring for coordination failures. When weather conditions degrade performance beyond safety thresholds, vehicles automatically reduce speed and expand safety buffers. **Public sector eligibility systems**: An automated benefits determination system provides explanation receipts, maintains appeal workflows, and continuously audits demographic impacts. When certain zip codes show disproportionate denial rates, the system flags for human review and policy adjustment. ## Beyond compliance theater Perhaps the most significant contribution of SRS is making value trade-offs explicit. 💡 Every AI system makes choices between competing goals; accuracy versus fairness, transparency versus privacy, automation versus human control. Current practice often buries these decisions in code or corporate policy documents. SRS surfaces these trade-offs as concrete engineering decisions with traceable metrics and clear intervention pathways. Tensions become design choices. Implicit compromises become explicit negotiations. This transparency [extends to accountability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-new-framework-for-keeping-ai-accountable/). By logging interactions, constraints, and interventions across all six layers, SRS creates an immutable audit trail. Accountability moves from vague principle to verifiable engineering artifact. ## The road ahead The Social Responsibility Stack isn't a silver bullet. It can't solve systemic inequities or power imbalances on its own. What it can do is provide a practical interface between societal values and technical systems, one that allows responsibility to be specified, monitored, enforced, and contested within ordinary engineering workflows. --- ## The Bottom Line: Accountability is a safeguard, not a system: As AI systems become more powerful and more pervasive, the gap between static safety checks and dynamic real-world behavior becomes increasingly dangerous. Foundation models adapt. User behavior evolves. Institutional contexts shift. SRS offers a path forward: treating AI governance not as a one-time hurdle but as an ongoing engineering discipline. In an era where AI systems shape everything from medical diagnoses to civic discourse, that shift from static to dynamic thinking about responsibility isn't just useful. ### Beyond chatbots: How to build agentic AI systems URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-chatbots-how-to-build-agentic-ai-systems/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:03:00.000Z Hey, I'm Philip, senior AI relations engineer at Google DeepMind. My days revolve around making our models more accessible to developers, helping you build applications, chatbots, and agents with Gemini. But here's what struck me during my recent talk: when I asked who had chatbots in production, hands shot up everywhere. When I asked about agents? The room got quiet. That gap tells us something important. We're at this fascinating turning point where AI is shifting from answering questions to actually doing things. And if you're still thinking agents are just fancy chatbots, well, let me share what I've learned about where we're really headed. ## The evolution from text completion to autonomous action Remember when LLMs first hit the scene? They were basically sophisticated autocomplete tools. You'd start with "my" and the model would predict "name", then keep going until it had a complete sentence. Cool party trick, sure. But not exactly revolutionary for business applications. The real shift happened when we realized these models needed to follow instructions, not just complete text. Think about it: if you ask "What's the capital of France?" and your model responds with "What's the capital of Germany?", that's technically good text completion, but completely useless for actual work. So, we taught these models to be instruction-following. That was step one. Then came the chatbot interfaces (hello, ChatGPT), making these systems conversational and user-friendly. But the game really changed when we introduced function calling; suddenly, our models could reach out and interact with external services. Now? We're entering the agent era. Instead of back-and-forth conversations, we give the model a goal and let it run. It decides what tools to use, when to use them, and keeps working until the job's done. No hand-holding required. ## A brief history lesson: how we got here The first real AI agent was probably WebGPT from OpenAI. They literally sat humans down, recorded them browsing the web, every search, every click, every extraction of information, then trained GPT-3 on that dataset. Suddenly, GPT could browse the web using actions like search, browse, and click. Then Meta dropped Toolformer, which taught LLMs to recognize when they needed external help. Ask a knowledge question? The model learned to search Wikipedia. Need to solve a math problem? It reached for a calculator. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Building enterprise AI agents: Frontline lessons with TrueFoundry URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-enterprise-ai-agents-frontline-lessons-with-truefoundry/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:04:56.000Z When I first started moderating panels about AI, the conversations were mostly theoretical. But sitting down with **Kishore Aradhya (Head of Data Engineering & Architecture, Frontdoor), Eli Tsinovoi (Head of AI, UKG), Shafik “SQ” Quoraishee (Senior Android/ML Games Engineer, The New York Times), and Manish Nigam (Senior Director, AI, Ameriprise Financial)**, the discussion was refreshingly different. These are leaders who are actually building agentic AI systems at scale, and learning some hard truths along the way. Here’s what struck me most: every single panelist emphasized starting small. Not because they lack ambition, but because they’ve learned that crawling before you walk actually works. Kishore from Frontdoor put it perfectly when he said rushing into “fancy agentic frameworks” is a recipe for disaster. Instead, his team focuses on known problems with measurable outcomes, like automating insurance claim reviews, before tackling anything more complex. That mindset is something we see often in our work at [**TrueFoundry**](https://www.truefoundry.com/ai-gateway), where I’m CEO and co-founder. We spend a lot of time with teams trying to move AI from experimentation into reliable, governed systems in production. Hosting this panel made it clear how quickly real-world constraints (governance, access, and infrastructure) shape what’s actually possible once models leave the demo stage. ## **The model access maze nobody talks about** You'd think accessing AI models would be straightforward by now. It's not. Each company on the panel has taken a wildly different approach, and there's a good reason for that. Eli from UKG routes everything through Google Cloud's Vertex AI. Makes sense for them; they get the nice model garden features and can control token usage without building from scratch. But here's where it gets interesting: they're already moving beyond basic controls toward LLM proxies for better routing and fallback models. Meanwhile, Kishore's team at Frontdoor runs everything through Snowflake. Why? Because they're a 50-year-old insurance company where governance is survival. Every action in their Snowflake ecosystem is traceable by default. No extra work needed. The New York Times takes yet another approach. Shafiq explained that they actually maintain separate AI infrastructures for their newsroom and business operations. Different needs, different tools. Their journalism side requires absolute fidelity (no hallucinations in news stories, thank you very much), while the business side can experiment more freely with design pattern detection and subscription management. And Ameriprise? They're using a managed environment approach that lets them maintain their conservative financial services stance while still innovating. As Manish put it, security is paramount, but that doesn't mean standing still. ## **Why AI gateways are becoming the new battleground** Here's a debate that got heated: do we need specialized [AI gateways](https://www.truefoundry.com/ai-gateway), or can traditional API gateways handle the job? Eli thinks API gateways can evolve to handle AI traffic. His argument? The network infrastructure is basically the same. Just add semantic concepts like "time to first token" instead of thinking in raw payloads. Keep it simple, avoid the "Maserati platforms that do everything." But Manish pushed back hard on this. Traditional observability, tokens, latency, and costs work fine for basic chatbots. But agentic systems? That's a different beast entirely. Think about it: when an AI agent receives your request, it might: - Decide which tools to use - Call multiple APIs in sequence - Access your file system - Loop through this process multiple times - Coordinate with other agents How do you trace that? How do you debug when something goes wrong? Traditional observability tools show you the what, but agentic systems need to show you the why. The reasoning. The decision tree. This isn't academic; it's a real problem these companies face daily. When your AI makes a decision about an insurance claim or a financial recommendation, you need to explain that decision. Not just to your users, but to auditors, regulators, and your own teams trying to improve the system. ## **The tracing nightmare that keeps CTOs awake** Speaking of tracing, let me share what really surprised me: none of these companies has figured out enterprise-wide tracing yet. Not one. Shafiq from The New York Times was refreshingly honest about this. Different teams implement observability differently because their needs vary so much. A mobile app generating content for users requires different tracing than a centralized system distributing outputs across multiple endpoints. They're even exploring using AI to help trace AI; meta, right? The challenge compounds when you realize most observability platforms only serve specific personas. Engineers want traces. Data scientists want evaluation metrics. Product managers want user behavior data. Nobody's built a platform that serves everyone well. Eli shared a painful lesson: they evaluated several big-name platforms (he mentioned Arise and Langsmith among others) and weren't truly happy with any of them. The demos looked great: perfectly manicured data, smooth workflows. But drop them into a real enterprise environment with multiple hops, proxies, and infrastructure layers? Different story. His advice? Do upfront trials. Make vendors stand behind their demos with your actual data and workflows. And pay attention to the boring stuff like regulatory compliance and on-premise capabilities (which, by the way, are often "seven versions behind" the cloud offerings). ## **What "agentic" actually means in practice** Everyone talks about AI agents, but definitions are all over the map. Manish offered the clearest one I've heard: an agent equals a model plus access to tools plus memory. All three components. Miss one, and you've got something else. This matters because it shapes how you build. Take The New York Times' approach to code analysis. They're using agents to identify where their design system hasn't been fully applied across their codebase. That's a model (understanding code patterns) with tools (accessing repositories) and memory (tracking what's been analyzed). Classic agent behavior. But here's what nobody tells you about building agents: the non-determinism stacks. One LLM's outputs vary. Add tool calling? More variation. Multiple agents coordinating? Now you're in what Shafiq called "an undiscovered continent" of complexity. This is why Kishore insists on starting with problems humans already solve. If a human can do it with reasonable accuracy, you have a baseline. You understand the decision process. You can measure improvement. But asking an agent to do something nobody understands? That's asking for trouble. ## **The MCP revolution everyone's watching** Just when enterprises are getting comfortable with current AI architectures, along comes MCP (Model Context Protocol) to shake things up. The panelists see it as potentially transformational but with caveats. Manish explained why MCP matters: standardization. Before MCP, every integration with external systems was custom-built. Now there's a common framework for models to access files, call tools, and interact with APIs. Better yet, this standardization extends to observability; if everything uses the same protocol, tracing becomes manageable. But Eli's most excited about MCP's memory capabilities. Not the basic session memory everyone's implementing, but graph-based memory systems that can make conversations truly personal and contextual. As he put it, "everybody will start claiming they have memory in their system. But you've got to ask, what kind?" The sobering part? If these companies started their AI initiatives today, they'd build differently. Eli admitted they spent significant time developing capabilities that MCP now provides out of the box. Connect an MCP server to Claude, and you might match what teams worked months to build. Still, Kishore offered a perspective: MCP is just a protocol, like TCP/IP. What matters is the semantic layer: the context engineering, the knowledge graphs, and the meaning you build on top. He quoted Andrej Karpathy: "context engineering beats prompt engineering." The protocol is just plumbing. ## **The two barriers nobody wants to admit** When an audience member asked about the biggest barriers to agent adoption, the panel's answers were revealing. First barrier: alignment. Not technical alignment but human alignment. Manish emphasized getting all stakeholders in one room early. Risk teams, business owners, and technical teams. Without a unified agreement on the problem and approach, you're building expensive proofs-of-concept that never deploy. This is especially true for agentic systems that fundamentally change workflows. Customer service reps weren't trained for AI assistance. That's change management. And change management at enterprise scale is brutal. Second barrier: starting with solutions instead of problems. Eli shared a cautionary tale: executives demanding "build as much AI as you can." They built plenty. Most of it will never create value because it was technology looking for a problem. His framework for avoiding this? Define what AI excels at in your industry: - Automation of repetitive tasks - Surfacing unique insights - Decision assistance - Scenario simulation Then, decompose your business problems the old-fashioned way. See where these capabilities genuinely help. String together small wins into larger systems. ## **The reality check every enterprise needs** After moderating this panel, I'm convinced of three things: One, the companies succeeding with AI agents aren't the ones with the biggest budgets or fanciest tech. They're the ones starting small, measuring obsessively, and building on proven foundations. Two, infrastructure matters more than models. Every panelist spent more time discussing gateways, observability, and protocols than on which LLM they use. The plumbing determines what you can build. Three, we're still in the early days. When experienced teams at major enterprises admit they're "figuring it out," that's just honesty. The playbook for enterprise AI agents is being written right now, in real time, by teams willing to share both successes and failures. The path forward isn't about revolutionary leaps. It's about evolutionary steps. Crawl with simple automations. Walk with integrated workflows. Maybe then, and only then, run with fully autonomous agents. As Kishore reminded us, there's always a human somewhere in these loops who understands the work. Start there. Build from that understanding. And don't let anyone convince you that throwing agents at undefined problems is innovation. It's not. It's just expensive experimentation. The real innovation happens when you match AI's capabilities to genuine business needs, build the infrastructure to support it at scale, and create transparency that satisfies everyone from engineers to auditors. That's not sexy. But it's what actually works. ### AIAI London URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-london/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:47:43.000Z Stream every session from AIAI London, with sessions from OpenAI, Synthesia, Wayve, Databricks, Financial Times, BBC and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The hidden risk of one-size-fits-all AI advice URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-hidden-risk-of-one-size-fits-all-ai-advice/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:05:58.000Z You've probably asked [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/) for advice at some point. Maybe about investing that bonus check, or how to finally tackle your credit card debt. Here's what you might not realize: the same financial advice that's perfectly safe for someone earning six figures could be catastrophic for a gig worker drowning in high-interest debt. A new paper from researchers at Saarland University and Durham University reveals a critical blind spot in how we evaluate [AI safety](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/). While tech companies obsess over preventing their models from helping build bombs or hack systems, they're missing something far more immediate: the everyday harm that occurs when vulnerable people receive generic advice about their health and finances. ## The safety gap nobody's measuring Current AI safety evaluations operate like a one-size-fits-all medical exam. They check if a model can resist jailbreaking attempts or avoid generating harmful content. But they completely ignore whether the advice given to actual users might harm them based on their specific circumstances. The researchers demonstrated this by having evaluators rate the same AI responses twice: once without knowing anything about the user (context-blind), and once with full knowledge of the user's situation (context-aware). The results were striking. Advice rated as "safe" for a generic user dropped to "somewhat unsafe" when evaluators knew they were assessing it for someone vulnerable. Take this real example from the study: When a user asked about losing weight without expensive gym memberships, the AI cheerfully recommended tracking calories and weighing yourself twice weekly. Solid advice, right? Not if you knew the user was a 17-year-old recovering from anorexia. Those tracking behaviors are clinical triggers for relapse. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/12/AIAI_LLMOps-Tools-of-Choice-2025_CTA.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-tools-of-choice-2025/) ## Your context matters more than you think The research team created detailed user profiles across three vulnerability levels: low, medium, and high. They tested three leading models (GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini) with questions about health and finance that real people ask on Reddit every day. For low-vulnerability users, the generic advice worked fine. But as vulnerability increased, so did the danger. High-vulnerability users saw their safety scores plummet by two full points on a seven-point scale. That's the difference between "safe" and "somewhat unsafe" advice. Consider James, one of the high-vulnerability profiles: a single father earning $18,000 annually from gig work, carrying $3,500 in credit card debt. When he asked about investing a small inheritance, the AI suggested parking it in high-yield savings while thinking about options. For someone paying 20% interest on credit cards while earning 4% in savings, that's a guaranteed financial loss. The model even suggested complex instruments like "T-bills" and "CD ladders" to someone already overwhelmed by financial stress. ## Better prompts won't save us You might think users could solve this by sharing more context upfront. The researchers tested this, too. They had domain experts rank which contextual factors matter most for safe advice, then surveyed actual users about what information they'd realistically share. Even when prompts included five relevant context factors, the safety gap persisted. While scores improved slightly for high-vulnerability users, they never reached the safety levels that context-blind evaluators assumed. The uncomfortable truth? Users can't prompt their way out of this problem. What's particularly interesting is that users' stated preferences about what they'd share almost perfectly matched what professionals deemed important. People know what matters. They're just not including it all in their prompts, and even when they do, the models aren't adjusting their advice appropriately. [Turn shadow AI into sage agentic workforce with Barndoor AIEnterprises struggle with AI not from a lack of capability, but from missing control, visibility, and trust. Barndoor aims to close that gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-557.png)AI Accelerator InstituteOren Michels![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop--2--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) ## Why this changes everything This research fundamentally challenges how we think about AI safety. The authors propose a new framework called "User Welfare Safety," focusing on whether AI-generated advice minimizes harm based on individual circumstances. It's a shift from asking "what can this model do?" to "how does this model's output affect specific people?" The implications extend beyond academic interest. The EU's Digital Services Act and AI Act increasingly require platforms to assess risks to individual well-being. If ChatGPT reaches the user threshold to be designated a Very Large Online Service (it's getting close at 41.3 million EU users), these vulnerability-stratified evaluations won't just be nice to have. They'll be legally required. The researchers acknowledge that implementing this at scale presents massive challenges. It requires a rich user context (raising privacy concerns) and access to real interaction data. But they've provided a methodological starting point, complete with code and datasets for others to build upon. ## What happens next This work reveals an uncomfortable reality: safety is relative, not absolute. A model that appears safe in benchmarks might be actively harmful to vulnerable populations in deployment. The gap between universal safety metrics and individual welfare isn't just a measurement problem. It's a fundamental challenge to how we build and deploy AI systems. As millions turn to AI for personal advice about their money, health, and major life decisions, we need evaluation frameworks that reflect this reality. The current approach of testing for universal risks while ignoring personalized harms amounts to what some critics call "safety-washing." Models look safe on paper while posing real dangers to those who need help most. The researchers have given us both a warning and a path forward. Now it's up to AI companies, regulators, and the broader community to decide whether we'll keep measuring what's easy or start measuring what matters. ### How to turn shadow AI into a safe agentic workforce: Lessons from Barndoor AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:09:11.000Z At most enterprises right now, [AI adoption](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/future-trends-of-ai-adoption-report-june2025/) has a strange split personality. On the surface, there are the sanctioned initiatives: a strategic [LLM](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) partnership, a vendor-led pilot, and a few carefully worded policy documents. Underneath, there’s the real activity. Engineers quietly connect AI applications to business data and SaaS tools using the model context protocol (MCP). Employees are experimenting with open-source tools and their favorite AI clients at home because they can’t get them past security. Teams use “unofficial” AI applications to get work done faster, then copy the results into approved systems. If you listen to a lot of enterprises, the story is always the same: “We aren’t seeing the ROI.” “Our company is nervous about security.” “We can’t figure out what business problem to solve first.” But as one of the panellists in our Boston summit said, if the **customer is always the problem, you’re probably the problem.** There’s a deeper issue at play here. It’s not that enterprises aren’t interested in agentic AI. It’s that they’re being asked to adopt it on infrastructure and governance models that were never designed for autonomous systems in the first place. That context is exactly why [Barndoor AI](https://barndoor.ai/) exists. Founded by Oren Michels, Barndoor focuses on enabling organizations to adopt agentic systems without losing control of security, compliance, or operational integrity. Rather than asking companies to bolt AI onto legacy environments, Barndoor rebuilds the foundations, providing the trust layer enterprises need to use autonomous agents responsibly and at scale. In our panel with Barndoor at the Generative AI Summit in Boston, **featuring Oren Michels, Co-Founder & CEO of Barndoor.ai**, and **Quentin Hardy, Principal at LGTM LLC**, that tension came through over and over again. What emerged was not another “AI is the future” story, but something more grounded: - AI is already here, often in unsanctioned ways. - The real bottleneck isn’t model capability. It’s **control, visibility, and trust**. - And if we don’t solve that, we’ll end up with a lot of activity, but not a lot of durable value. This article is about that gap and why Barndoor has chosen to close it. ## **The real adoption problem: AI without a business centre of gravity** The industry right now is incredibly “buzzword compliant.” LLMs, frontier models, RAG, MCP servers, agentic systems – we have an alphabet soup of technologies and protocols. But very few of those terms tell a CFO, a Head of Ops, or a CIO what problem is actually being solved, what the new workflow looks like, or what it will cost to run in production. That disconnect showed up repeatedly in Boston. On one side, you have hyperscalers and large software vendors selling increasingly large bundles of “AI platform + orchestration + consulting.” They are racing to own the orchestration layer because, as the panelist dryly noted, *“when you control the orchestration, you control the revenue.”* On the other side, you have teams inside enterprises that don’t need another giant platform. They need: - A safe way to let people experiment at the grassroots level. - A way to stop AI from doing destructive things. - A way to see which experiments are actually working, so they can spread those patterns. What they have instead is a choice between: - Locking AI down so hard that it becomes useless, or - Turning a blind eye while “shadow AI” grows outside governance. Neither of those ends well. [Building your agentic stack: A roadmap to real integrationBuilding an agentic AI stack is chaotic, but strong architecture and data foundations stay constant. Here’s what truly matters for long-term success.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-553.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Aleksandra-Faust--Chief-AI-Officer-at-Genesis-Therapeutics-Research-Director-in-Google-DeepMind--The-implications-of-AGI-What-comes-after-the-era-of-LLMs----2--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-your-agentic-stack-a-roadmap-to-real-integration/) ## **Shadow AI is the new BYOD** If this feels familiar, it’s because we’ve seen this movie before. The panel drew a direct line back to the early mobile and cloud eras. BlackBerry and early smartphones were not adopted because IT blessed them in a strategy document. They were adopted because sales teams bought them with their own budgets, used them to close deals faster, and forced the organization to catch up. AWS snuck in through side doors when servers got cheap enough for engineers to expense them. One large company famously miscounted its server fleet by **100,000 machines** because so much of the infrastructure had been acquired locally, not centrally. The same pattern is happening with AI and MCP: - It’s trivial for a developer or power user to download an open-source MCP server and connect it to Claude or Cursor. - Many of those [MCP servers](https://barndoor.ai/mcp-security-how-to-stop-unsanctioned-mcp-traffic/) are spun up just to show a team is “AI compliant” - then sit unmaintained, with no visibility, growing metaphorical cobwebs. - Even in highly regulated environments, people test AI workflows from home first because they can’t get access to the right infrastructure inside the firewall. Officially, the organization is moving cautiously. Unofficially, AI is already threaded through workflows in ways that security and IT can’t see. This is not a temporary phase. It’s the default behaviour of ambitious people who want to get more done. If your best people aren’t doing this, you probably have a different problem. The question is not “How do we stop this?” The question is: **How do we turn this into something safe, visible, and scalable?** ## **Why the AI chat interface leaves most of the company behind** There’s another structural problem that came up on the panel. Most of the high-profile success stories in AI today are developer-centric. Coding copilots make total sense as a chat interface because software engineers already work by talking to complex systems: compilers, debuggers, and senior colleagues. It does not make sense for teams outside of engineering. Sales, operations, finance, compliance - these jobs are not built around “asking a PhD-level intelligence for suggestions.” They are built around processes, systems of record, and long-lived workflows. AI that only exists in a chat window will remain stuck in “suggestion mode” for these teams: - It can surface documentation. - It can summarise information. - It can generate content. But it still expects a human to take the final action in Salesforce, update the ticket, change the entitlement, or close the loop. That’s useful, but it’s not **agentic**. On stage, Oren Michels offered a sharper definition: agentic AI is not about suggesting what a human should do next. It is about the AI **actually doing the thing** \- with the right guardrails, on the right systems, under the right identity, and with visibility That’s where both the opportunity and the risk explode. [When GPT-5 thinks like a scientistGPT-5 is transforming research with novel insights, deep literature search, and human-AI collaboration that accelerates scientific breakthroughs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-554.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--35--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/) ## **Agentic AI as “enthusiastic interns”** One of the more memorable metaphors from the session was this: Think of your AI agents as **very enthusiastic interns**. They are eager. They are fast. In many cases, they are surprisingly capable. But they lack context. They don’t understand your culture, your history with a customer, or the subtleties of your regulatory environment. If you give them access to everything on day one, you are setting them – and yourself – up to fail. With human interns, we intuitively understand this. You bring someone in. You: - Give them limited access to systems. - Ask them to complete specific tasks. - Watch how they go about it. - Increase their scope as they demonstrate judgment and reliability. If they handle sensitive information poorly or break the process, you pull them back, coach them, and reassess. Agentic AI needs the same pattern – but encoded into the infrastructure, not left to informal norms. This is the space Barndoor wants to create solutions in: **governing what AI agents can see and do across MCP, systems of record, and enterprise workflows**, with the same seriousness we apply to human identity and access management.[ ](https://barndoor.ai/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) ## **Why governance isn’t a brake - it’s how you get to action and scale** Governance has a reputation problem. Inside a lot of organisations, it’s seen as the team that says “no” - the group that appears late in the game with redlines, mandatory reviews, and a long list of controls that assume the worst. The panel took a different view: **governance is how you enable growth without losing control.** Before we get into the risks, it’s important to be clear about what’s actually happening inside MCP. Every MCP server exposes a set of “tools”; the specific actions an AI agent can take, such as updating records, fetching data, modifying permissions, or initiating workflows. These tool calls are what make agentic AI powerful, but they’re also what make it risky: without the right guardrails, an AI agent can take actions a human would never be allowed to. Without proper AI controls over MCP and the tools agents can call, you quickly end up with exactly the risks enterprises fear most: - Shadow AI: unsanctioned apps bypassing security. - Data leaks: sensitive information being sent to places it shouldn’t be. - Unrestricted access: over-permissioned agents modifying or deleting critical business data. You can try to lock all of this down with policy PDFs, firewalls, and “do not use” announcements. Or you can accept that people will keep experimenting, and give them a structure where: - Only approved MCP servers and tools are available. - Every AI app and agent connects through a secured gateway. - Access is defined at the level of user, role, system, and action – not just “on” or “off.” - Every call is logged and visible, so you can see both the success stories and the actions your policies blocked.[ ](https://barndoor.ai/mcp-security-how-to-stop-unsanctioned-mcp-traffic/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) That’s effectively what Barndoor is positioning as: **the control plane for the agentic enterprise**, a place where you can centralise visibility and policy for AI agents across your employees and business data.[ ](https://barndoor.ai/governance-growth-enabler/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) It’s not about slowing people down. It’s about making sure their creativity doesn’t outpace the organisation’s ability to manage risk. **Why governance is a growth enabler for AI** Strong guardrails don’t kill experimentation. They make it safe to move faster. Barndoor calls this “the control plane for the agentic enterprise”, governance that unlocks, rather than blocks, AI adoption. [Case Study: LoveableLoveable, the Stockholm-based “vibe coding” platform, is demonstrating that Europe is still a prime incubator for global AI unicorns.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-555.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--34--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-loveable/) ## **From hidden wins to repeatable success** One of the most useful points in the panel was subtle but important: governance isn’t just about catching bad things. It’s about **discovering good things**. If you have no visibility into MCP traffic, you don’t just miss security issues. You also miss: - The engineer who quietly automated a tedious reconciliation workflow. - The support team that wired an agent to resolve certain ticket types end-to-end. - The operations manager who built an AI-driven scheduling workflow that saved hours each week. In a world without a control plane, these wins stay local. They live in private repos, personal workflows, and small teams. They never turn into organisational patterns. With a proper governance and observability layer, you can: - See which AI workflows are emerging. - Quantify their impact. - Turn them into reusable patterns for other teams. - Learn from failures just as deliberately as you learn from successes. This is where Barndoor’s focus on “visibility, accountability, and governance” becomes non-negotiable. It’s not trying to orchestrate every agent. I-**guide** what’s already happening, so enterprises can move from isolated experiments to a genuine getting real value out of agentic AI. ## **What this means if you want to be the “AI hero” in your company** The panel ended with a simple challenge to the audience: if you want to be a hero inside your organisation, you have to play both sides. You have to acknowledge that your colleagues are already using AI, sometimes in ways that make your security team nervous. And you have to help design a path where: - Experimentation is encouraged, not punished. - Failure is treated as learning, not as a reason to shut things down. - Governance is baked into the plumbing, not bolted on at the end. - AI agents are treated like interns: limited at first, then progressively trusted as they prove themselves. That’s not a role that belongs solely to vendors or solely to internal teams. It’s a partnership. Barndoor’s bet is that enterprises will need a dedicated control plane for this – something that is built for AI agents, MCP connections, and complex policies deeply enough to be more than “identity, but with a new coat of paint.” Whether or not you adopt Barndoor specifically, the underlying idea is hard to ignore: If we want AI agents to stop living in the shadows and start doing real work at scale, **we need to give them the same kind of structured, observable environment we give human workers, but built for AI.** Granular permissions. Training wheels. Feedback loops. Visibility. The companies that break that win will be the ones that treat governance not as a gate, but as the infrastructure that makes agentic AI genuinely safe, accountable, and transformative. ### Forking data for AI agents: The missing primitive for safe, scalable systems URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/forking-data-for-ai-agents-the-missing-primitive-for-safe-scalable-systems/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:07:33.000Z Teams deploying agentic systems routinely face the same failure mode: nondeterministic agent behavior with no clear causal trace. The issue is rarely the model or prompt; it's almost always **the state the agent reads and mutates**. Agents execute multi-step workflows, invoke external tools, and repeatedly update shared objects. Without *snapshot isolation* and *version-aware reads*, their view of the world can change mid-run. Small inconsistencies, out-of-date reads, partial writes, interleaved updates, and compound into unreproducible decisions. The real failure sits beneath orchestration: **object storage systems built for static artifacts, not concurrent autonomous processes.** This is the gap Tigris addresses with **whole-bucket snapshots** and **bucket forking**: capabilities absent from traditional object stores like S3\. As teams scale parallel agents, they inevitably encounter write-write conflicts, cross-run contamination, and irreproducible states. These manifest as workflow or modeling failures, but the root cause is a **lack of data-versioning semantics**. Object storage has become the de facto backing store for agent state, especially unstructured, rapidly evolving data. Yet, it offers no consistent reads, no causal ordering, and no per-agent isolation. Two agents updating the same bucket can overwrite each other’s work; long-running workflows may read intermediate writes; and lineage is effectively unknowable. Once you recognize agents as concurrent processes mutating shared state, the failure patterns become obvious and unavoidable without isolation. [When GPT-5 thinks like a scientistGPT-5 is transforming research with novel insights, deep literature search, and human-AI collaboration that accelerates scientific breakthroughs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-551.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--35--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/) ## **The hidden fragility in today’s agent architectures** Current agent stacks focus on reasoning, tool invocation, and orchestration. The data layer becomes an unstructured sink: - ingest documents - generate embeddings - write summaries - update knowledge - Repeat Every step mutates the state. Without isolation, these mutations accumulate silently, drifting far from the conditions any agent was actually operating under. Debugging becomes guesswork because traditional storage cannot answer the essential question: *What did the agent see at that moment?* This lack of lineage and rollback prevents safe experimentation. You can’t reliably: - Reproduce a run. - Test new behaviors. - Roll back bad outputs. - Compare alternative strategies. - Allow multiple agents to act independently. Without versioning primitives, iteration becomes **stateful chaos**. ## **A different way of thinking about storage** What differentiates Tigris is not throughput or another layer on top of object storage. It is a **first-principles redesign of data semantics for agentic systems**. The core architectural choice is [**immutability**](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/bucket-forking-deep-dive/). In Tigris: - Every write produces a new immutable version. - Deletes create tombstones rather than destructive mutations. - The system maintains a globally ordered log of state changes. This enables precise lineage, deterministic reads, and reproducible historical views; capabilities that traditional object stores cannot provide. The result is a storage substrate that behaves more like a versioned data system than a bucket of files, but remains S3-compatible on the surface. **Bucket forking: the missing primitive** **Bucket forking** brings [Git-like workflows](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/fork-buckets-like-code/) to unstructured data. A fork: - is created in milliseconds (zero-copy; metadata-only). - inherits an exact snapshot of the parent bucket. - provides isolated write space for agents or workflows. - diverges safely without affecting the source dataset. Agents running on a fork see a **stable, immutable snapshot**, ensuring deterministic reads. All mutations occur in a private lineage, guaranteeing isolation. When a fork yields desirable results, teams can **promote** selected objects back into production: data-aware, not code-style merging. This enables safe experimentation for: - new agent behaviors. - alternate summarization or embedding strategies. - risky transformations. - debugging or reproduction of past runs. Forks turn data into something you can branch, test, iterate on, and roll back with confidence. [Case Study: LoveableLoveable, the Stockholm-based “vibe coding” platform, is demonstrating that Europe is still a prime incubator for global AI unicorns.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-552.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--34--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-loveable/) ## **What fearless experimentation looks like** With bucket forking: - Teams can spawn multiple forks to try new RAG pipelines or labeling strategies. - [Agents can run large-scale parallel transformations](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/dataset-experimentation/) without corrupting production. - Researchers can reproduce any historical run from its associated snapshot. - Production systems can adopt forks only once validated. Determinism becomes the default: every read is tied to a consistent snapshot, every write is isolated, and every change is traceable. Debugging shifts from log forensics to *lineage inspection*. ## **Under the hood (briefly)** The mechanisms that make forking feasible: - [**Snapshots**](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/snapshots/): point-in-time views resolved via “latest version ≤ timestamp,” ensuring deterministic reads. - [**Immutability + global log**](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/append-only-storage/): every version has a unique position in history, enabling reconstruction and lineage tracking. - **Zero-copy forks**: forks share underlying data and introduce only new metadata spaces for writes. - **Predictable deletes**: tombstones make removal reversible and inheritable. - **Selective promotion**: adopt only the desired changes from a fork into the main dataset, avoiding unsafe auto-merging. Despite these semantics, the system remains **fully S3-compatible**, requiring no workload rewrites. ## **Why this matters now** Agents are increasingly deployed in production workflows: updating reports, enriching knowledge bases, transforming datasets, and making consequential decisions. Shared mutable state is the silent failure mode in these systems. Without isolation and versioning guarantees, even correct agent logic produces inconsistent results. The next major reliability bottleneck in agentic systems will not be model quality; it will be **the data layer**. Teams need: - [isolated environments for testing](https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/build-agents-with-bucket-forking/). - reproducible runs. - instant rollback. - deterministic reads. - safe parallelism. They need **forking**, **snapshots**, and **versioned state**. ## **The bigger picture** Tigris is not a storage optimization; it is a shift in how AI systems treat data. We long ago accepted that code requires version control, lineage, and safe experimentation. AI exposes that data needs the same semantics, especially when agents reason over and modify that data autonomously. By introducing immutable storage, snapshots, and bucket forking as first-class primitives, Tigris provides the data foundation that agentic systems have been missing. Most teams won’t recognize the need immediately, but they will the moment their agents begin to diverge, overwrite, or behave in ways they cannot explain. ### Building your agentic stack: A roadmap to real integration URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-your-agentic-stack-a-roadmap-to-real-integration/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:10:05.000Z You know that feeling when you're building something and the ground keeps shifting beneath your feet? That's exactly what it's like constructing an [agentic AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) stack right now. The GPUs evolve, the frameworks update, the models improve; everything's in constant flux. But here's what I've learned: some things remain constant, and those are the foundations you need to focus on. I recently shared my journey building an agentic stack for StartUp Play, an OTT platform aggregator service. Let me walk you through what worked, what didn't, and what you absolutely need to know if you're venturing into this space. ## The enterprise evolution that got us here Think about where we've come from. We started with monolithic architectures, and hey, Prime Video still uses them for monitoring, so they're not dead yet. Then came the progression: servers, microservices, event-driven architectures, and finally serverless with Lambda functions. Now? We're in the AI-native era. And that means adding reasoning capabilities, large language models, RAG systems, and agent AI into our existing enterprise stacks. The biggest challenge isn't the technology itself, but the integration. How do you weave agentic capabilities into systems that are already running, already serving customers, already generating revenue? ## The layers that matter (and why you can't skip any) Let me paint you a picture of what a modern agentic stack actually looks like. Yes, it's complex. No, you can't skip layers and hope for the best. Starting from the top, you've got your API layers: the interface between your agents and the world. Below that sits the orchestration layer, whether that's Kubernetes, microservices, or something like LangGraph for workflows. Then come your language models (large or small, depending on your use case), followed by the memory and context layer—this is where embeddings live, where knowledge graphs provide semantic understanding. The action layer is where things get interesting. Your agents need tools and APIs to actually do things in the real world. And underneath it all? Data and governance. Because without proper data handling and security, you're building a house of cards. [When GPT-5 thinks like a scientistGPT-5 is transforming research with novel insights, deep literature search, and human-AI collaboration that accelerates scientific breakthroughs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-546.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--35-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/) ## The microservices mandate Here's something crucial: your microservices must be stateless. I can't stress this enough. Store your state information in Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, or MongoDB -anywhere but in the service itself. This isn't just about following best practices; it's about building something that can scale when you need it to. And speaking of scale, let me touch on something we achieved: a system supporting one million transactions per second. Yes, you read that right. It's possible, but only if you architect for it from day one. Your APIs need clear lifecycle management. Are they experimental? Stable? Deprecated? This matters more than you think, especially when you're iterating rapidly. Database writes should be append-only. For reads, leverage caches aggressively. And your data pipeline? It needs schema validation, ETL processes, incremental loads, and backfill capabilities. These aren't nice-to-haves; they're essential. For expert advice like this straight to your inbox every other Friday, sign up for Pro+ membership. You'll also get access to 300+ hours of exclusive video content, a complimentary Summit ticket, and so much more. So, what are you waiting for? [Get Pro+ ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) _This post is for subscribers only._ ### AIAI Toronto, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-toronto-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T11:57:12.000Z Stream every session from AIAI Toronto, with sessions from OpenAI, Nvidia, BMO Financial Group, Meta and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### When GPT-5 thinks like a scientist URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-gpt-5-thinks-like-a-scientist/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:12:22.000Z The latest research from [OpenAI](http://aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-openai/) and collaborating institutions reveals something unexpected about [GPT-5](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/): it's beginning to act less like a sophisticated search engine and more like that brilliant colleague who helps you crack tough problems. In a comprehensive study spanning mathematics, physics, biology, and computer science, researchers documented cases where the [AI model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/small-ai-models-can-now-see-for-powerful-language-models-like-gpt-4) didn't just retrieve information. It generated novel proofs, identified hidden connections between disparate fields, and compressed months of theoretical work into hours. ## From tool to thinking partner Here's what caught my attention: GPT-5 solved four previously unsolved mathematical problems. Not approximated, not suggested approaches; actually solved them. One of these, Erdős Problem #848, had stumped mathematicians for decades. The AI's contribution? A stability-style analysis that human mathematicians had overlooked, sandwiched between layers of human insight. But let's pump the brakes for a second. This isn't about AI replacing scientists. Timothy Gowers, a Fields Medalist involved in the study, put it perfectly when he compared GPT-5's contributions to those of a knowledgeable research supervisor: helpful, sometimes insightful, but not yet at the level where you'd list them as a co-author on most papers. The real magic happens in what is called the "compression factor." Brian Spears from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used GPT-5 to model thermonuclear burn propagation in fusion experiments. Six hours of collaborative work with the AI accomplished what he estimated would have taken six person-months with a team of postdocs. That's not just efficiency; that's a fundamental shift in how research might be conducted. [Is ChatGPT the new Google?Can ChatGPT revolutionize or transform search engines? Could ChatGPT or another AGI tool be that tiny Google?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-543.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLuhui Hu![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1594663653925-365bcbf7ef86)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/) ## The literature search revolution Perhaps the most immediately practical application emerges from GPT-5's ability to perform what researchers call "deep literature search." This goes way beyond keyword matching. The model identified that a new result in density estimation was mathematically equivalent to work on "approximate Pareto sets" in multi-objective optimization; a connection the human authors had completely missed because the fields use entirely different terminology. In another striking example, GPT-5 located solutions to 10 Erdős problems previously marked as "open," including papers in German from decades ago. The model even found a solution hidden in a brief side comment between two theorems in a 1961 paper, something that had been overlooked by human reviewers for over 60 years. ## Where human expertise remains essential The research also illuminates crucial limitations. Derya Unutmaz's immunology experiments showcase both the promise and the peril. GPT-5 correctly identified that 2-deoxy-D-glucose was interfering with N-linked glycosylation rather than just glycolysis in T-cells, a mechanistic insight the research team had missed despite deep expertise in the field. Yet the model also required constant human oversight to catch overconfident assertions and flawed reasoning. Christian Coester's work on online algorithms demonstrates another pattern: GPT-5 excels at specific, well-defined subproblems but struggles with open-ended theoretical questions. When asked to prove or disprove that a particular algorithm could achieve a certain performance bound, it produced an elegant counterexample using the Chevalley-Warning theorem. But when pushing for more general results, it often generated flawed arguments that required human correction. ## The scaffolding effect A fascinating pattern emerged across disciplines: GPT-5 performs dramatically better when properly "scaffolded." Alex Lupsasca discovered this when the model initially failed to find symmetries in black hole equations. But after working through a simpler flat-space problem first, GPT-5 successfully derived the complex curved-space symmetries, reproducing months of human work in minutes. This scaffolding requirement reveals something fundamental about current AI capabilities. These models possess vast knowledge and computational power, but they need human expertise to direct that capability effectively. It's like having access to a Formula 1 engine; immensely powerful, but you still need to know how to build the rest of the car and drive it. [How to use GPT-4o mini to build AI applications (10 tips)In a major move towards making artificial intelligence more accessible, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, its “most affordable and intelligent small model” to date.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-545.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/chip-7732459_1280-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) ## A cautionary tale Not all stories in the research are triumphant. Venkatesan Guruswami and Parikshit Gopalan's experience with "clique-avoiding codes" serves as a crucial warning. GPT-5 provided a correct proof for a problem they'd been curious about for years. Excitement turned to embarrassment when they discovered the exact same proof had been published three years earlier. The AI had essentially plagiarized without realizing it, highlighting a critical challenge for AI-assisted research: ensuring proper attribution when the model might not always identify its sources. ## What this means for AI professionals For those of us working in AI, these findings suggest we're at an inflection point. GPT-5 isn't just a better GPT-4; it represents a qualitative shift in capability. But perhaps more importantly, it reveals that the path forward isn't about replacing human intelligence but about creating new forms of human-AI collaboration. The researchers repeatedly emphasized that using GPT-5 effectively requires deep domain expertise. You need to know when the model is hallucinating, when to push back on its assertions, and how to scaffold problems appropriately. In essence, the better you are at your field, the more value you can extract from these AI collaborators. As we move forward, the question is how we'll adapt our workflows, our attribution systems, and our understanding of creativity itself to accommodate these new collaborators. If these early experiments are any indication, the future of science might look less like humans versus machines and more like the best of both, working in tandem to push the boundaries of knowledge. ### Case Study: Loveable URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-loveable/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:34:40.000Z The UK technology sector is engaged in a pivotal industrial battle, not just in hardware (like EVs and batteries), but in software intelligence. While US giants dominate foundation models, Europe is creating world-leading AI applications. At the forefront is **Loveable**, the Stockholm-based "vibe coding" platform that has become a lightning rod for the future of software development, demonstrating that the continent - and the closely connected UK investment scene - is still a prime incubator for global AI unicorns. --- ## **The UK/Europe AI landscape: Behind in compute, ahead in applications** The narrative that the UK is behind the US must be contextualized. In terms of pure capital investment in foundation model training (the massive computing power needed to train LLMs), Europe lags due to the scale of US Hyperscaler investment (Amazon, Google, Microsoft). However, the UK and Europe are proving to be fertile ground for AI application companies - startups that build innovative products *on top* of existing models. Loveable is the definitive proof of this strategy. This approach is less capital-intensive and allows for rapid development of tools that solve real-world problems. Loveable's success is a major European win, validating the UK's position as a key hub for venture capital (like Accel, a major Loveable investor, with strong London roots) supporting this next generation of high-value AI software. --- ## **Loveable: Redefining the code in 2025** Loveable’s achievements in 2025 cemented its status as one of the fastest-growing software companies in history. Its focus on the concept of "Vibe Coding" - turning natural language ideas into full-stack software - has democratized application development overnight. ### **What Loveable has done in 2025 and its importance:** 1. **Unprecedented growth:** Loveable achieved a **$1.8 billion** unicorn valuation (Series A, July 2025) and reached **8 million users** globally, with a reported $100M ARR in just eight months. 2. **Democratization of development:** The platform now sees over **100,000** new products built daily, demonstrating its appeal to both Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs with zero coding experience. 3. **Vibe coding validation:** The platform popularized the term "Vibe Coding," which was hailed as the Collins Dictionary Word of the Year, showing the massive cultural and technological shift it represents. Loveable’s importance is its radical challenge to the traditional barrier to entry in technology. By allowing anyone to deploy a functional, full-stack application by describing the "vibe" or concept, it accelerates innovation, turning entrepreneurs into developers and developers into architects focused on higher-level problems. --- ## **Global strategy: Deployment for mass scalability** Loveable's deployment is entirely focused on platform accessibility and rapid market penetration across all major global markets simultaneously: - **Universal accessibility:** As a browser-based, language-agnostic AI platform, its deployment is instant. It doesn't need to adapt to different road types (like **Wayve**) or regulatory physical infrastructure; it only needs an internet connection. - **Dual-use case targeting:** By making app creation easy, Loveable is deployed to serve two massive, distinct global markets: 1. **Non-technical users:** The 99% who want a website, internal tool, or MVP without learning Python or React. 2. **Enterprise Developers:** Technical users who want to accelerate the creation of repetitive, boilerplate code, freeing them to focus on complex logic and security. This model enables an "explosive" deployment rate, making it available everywhere, from a solo developer in the UK building an MVP to a global corporation streamlining its internal tooling. --- ## **Loveable's technical advance: The multi-agent architecture** Loveable's advantage over competitors lies not just in its speed but in the cleanliness and robustness of the code it generates. This is due to its unique foundation: | Feature | Loveable (multi-agent/vibe coding) | Traditional AI code generators (e.g., Replit Ghostwriter) | | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Core philosophy | MetaGPT X: Simulates a virtual team of AI agents (Product Manager, Architect, Engineer) that follow a structured Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). | Single, monolithic LLM interaction; provides code completion or large, unstructured code blocks. | | Output quality | Generates full-stack apps with clean, standard code, and accompanying documentation (PRDs, diagrams). | Focuses on code snippets or functional blocks; often requires significant developer clean-up and integration work. | | Mapping to Business | Directly translates high-level concepts ("vibe") into structured, production-ready frameworks (React, Supabase integration). | Primarily an editor assistant; requires the user to specify technical steps and coding language. | | Key Competitors | Full-Stack AI app builders: Emergent, Bolt.new, v0 by Vercel. | AI coding assistants: GitHub Copilot, Replit Ghostwriter, Tabnine. | This "virtual dev team" approach acts as a crucial quality control layer, drastically reducing the "hallucination cascades" and integration headaches that plague simpler code generation tools, making the final code exportable and usable by human engineers. --- ## **What’s next for Loveable in 2026? Compliance, security, and consolidation** For 2026, Loveable's focus will shift from rapid growth to sustainable, secure enterprise adoption in the face of upcoming global regulations: - **Security and trust:** After facing scrutiny over security vulnerabilities, Loveable will focus heavily on becoming the most secure-by-design AI coding platform. Their goal is to prove that AI-generated code can be inherently more secure than human-written code through automated security checks and audits. - **The last piece of software:** The long-term vision is to expand beyond code generation into a complete AI-powered product organization platform. This means integrating functions like continuous deployment, marketing copy generation, and data analytics - aiming to be the *only* tool a software company needs. - **Navigating compliance:** The coming year will see major regulatory changes (e.g., new EU AI transparency laws). Loveable will need to be at the forefront of demonstrating data lineage and model transparency to maintain enterprise trust and global market access, giving them a significant challenge over the next generation of competitors like WeWeb and FlutterFlow. --- ## **Exclusive look: Mastering vibe coding at Generative AI Summit London** Want to see the future of software development in action? Loveable’s leadership is coming to London to reveal the architecture that powers the agentic era. | Event Details | [Generative AI Summit London](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) | | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Speaker | Viktor Eriksson, Member of Technical Staff, Lovable | | Session Title | The real edge of Agentic AI: Where the breakthroughs begin | | Date | December 2, 2025 | ### **Why this is a must-attend session** This session is designed for engineers and developers who want to harness the power of agentic AI to ship products faster and cheaper than ever before. - **Gain architectural insight:** Get a breakdown of the MetaGPT X multi-agent system and learn how the virtual "team" of AI agents is orchestrated to create clean, robust, full-stack code without human input. - **Accelerate MVPs:** Understand the proprietary methods that allowed Loveable to reach $100M ARR in eight months by enabling non-coders to create products - a crucial lesson for any business aiming for rapid iteration. - **Future-proof your team:** Hear the vision for "the last piece of software" and how human developers must evolve their role from coders to AI architects to compete in the 2026 landscape. Don't miss the chance to learn the secrets of Europe's fastest-growing AI company. Register for [Generative AI Summit London](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) and secure your place. ### The role of AI in modern marketing: Personalization at scale URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-role-of-ai-in-modern-marketing-personalisation-at-scale/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:13:43.000Z Modern consumers receive brand messages almost every minute. Today, more than ever, catching a customer’s attention requires more than clever catchphrases. Today's customer expects real interactions, not fake experiences. And personalization is not a plus anymore. It is a prerequisite. There is also artificial intelligence. AI works as the ‘brain’ in this evolution, capable of transforming datasets into actionable insights, allowing companies to build customized, targeted campaigns in real time. From personalization in advertising to real-time recommendations of products you were unaware you needed, this adaptability is what makes targeted marketing the contemporary form of advertising. *The real question is what secrets AI holds, but more importantly, what can the rest of the organizations gain from the trailblazers in this market?* ## **Breaking down the technology behind personalization** The ability of AI-focused personalization to construct predictive patterns from raw customer information forms the bedrock of the technology. Below are three primary cores expected to perform the function: - **Engines of recommendation:** Algorithms that sort and select products, services, or content to be offered to a client based on their previous purchases and browsing behaviors. Consider how Amazon suggests items or how Spotify creates playlists. - **Predictive model:** Models that try to understand and anticipate customer behavior and needs, predicting, for instance, when a customer is likely to churn, when a customer is likely to be converted, or customer lifetime value. - **Dynamic content delivery:** AI system functionalities that change and personalize content and messaging (emails, ads, and landing pages) tactics in real time based on the behavioral actions of a user. The synergy of these technology tools and/or systems produces marketing types of activities that dynamically focus on a single unique user, and the marketers do not have to change, personalize, and set every type of user activity manually. Personalization at scale is an aspect of AI that is beyond human ability. ## **Why scale matters: From one-to-one to millions** Personalization has always existed in some form—salespersons tailoring their pitch to suit the customer has been the norm for centuries. The challenge in marketing now is how to execute it at scale. How do you provide the same customized solution to millions of customers at the same time? AI solves this problem through automating segmentation and content generation. Rather than classifying customers into a few high-level groups, machine learning and AI now identify “micro-segments” and, in some cases, treat individual customers as a “segment of one.” The business [case](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-value-of-getting-personalization-right-or-wrong-is-multiplying) is strong. **80% of consumers are willing to purchase from a brand that offers tailored experiences**. The gap is even wider for companies that are considered leaders in personalization—on average, **they earn 40% more** from their tailored offerings than their competitors. This is evidence that the problem of scale is not just a technological breakthrough. It is a fundamental financial necessity. ## **Lessons from leading brands** Several global brands have already mastered personalization at scale through AI. Their results highlight both the potential and the variety of applications. - **Spotify**: With its Discover Weekly and personalized playlists, [Spotify](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/spotify-statistics/) uses AI to curate music experiences that feel handcrafted for each listener. These efforts drive engagement—over **60% of streams come from algorithmic recommendations**. - **Nike**: Through its Nike App ecosystem, the company leverages AI to suggest products, workouts, and content tailored to individual users. This approach [boosted direct-to-consumer sales](https://www.statista.com/statistics/241683/nikes-sales-worldwide-since-2004/) by **30% in 2022**. These cases prove that personalization isn’t confined to one industry. Whether in e-commerce, entertainment, or fitness, AI’s ability to deliver unique experiences at scale creates measurable impact. ## **From data to experience: Building a personalization strategy** From my experience working with marketing teams, more is needed to succeed with personalization than the adoption of AI tools. A **clear strategic framework** is necessary. The process usually progresses through four phases: 1. **Data collection & integration:** Businesses need to bring customer data from multiple channels—site visits, purchase history, app usage, and even offline interactions—into one coherent view. 2. **AI modeling & insights:** Machine learning algorithms process this data to find patterns. Predictive models then forecast what customers want or require next. 3. **Content personalization:** Messages, product suggestions, or offers are dynamically generated and personalized in real time through channels—email, mobile, web, and social. 4. **Continuous optimization:** AI systems become smarter from repeated interactions, improving in accuracy and personalization day by day. By tracing this path, companies move from isolated campaigns to converged, AI-powered experiences. ## **The challenges: Ethics, privacy, and trust** While the promise is gigantic, scaling personalization with AI has its challenges. Customers may appreciate relevance, but they also value privacy. Marketers must strike a balance: helpfulness, rather than intrusiveness. This will require clear consent practices, data minimization, and robust safeguarding against algorithmic bias. Otherwise, efforts at personalization may end up eroding trust, rather than strengthening it. ## **The future: Toward hyper-personalization** In the future, AI is taking personalization to altogether new heights. Generative AI is allowing brands to generate bespoke images, videos, and copy in real-time, enabling a product advert to adjust automatically to a person's individual style upon viewing. Concurrently, conversational AI is turning chatbots and virtual assistants into smart friends that have context and intent awareness, offering round-the-clock personalized suggestions. Add one more layer, the union of augmented reality (AR) and AI, and shoppers will be able to virtually "try on" products along with product recommendations based on their own history and data. Taken together, these technologies are heading towards a future of hyper-personalization—one where the line between digital and physical experiences is blurring, and every customer experience is customized as if it were made just for them. ## **Conclusion: Personalization as the new marketing standard** AI has redefined the concept of personalization and made it possible on a scale previously unimaginable. From revenue-generation recommendation algorithms at Amazon to personalized playlists at Spotify, personalization is no longer a differentiator - it's the bare minimum. The test for businesses today is not if they will adopt AI-driven personalization but how well and how responsibly they will do it. Those who will thrive will not only capture customers but also secure loyalty, trust, and enduring success. The question that marketers should ask today is straightforward: **In a world where personalization is the norm, how will your brand stand out?** ### Small AI models can now see for powerful language models like GPT-4 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/small-ai-models-can-now-see-for-powerful-language-models-like-gpt-4/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:40:15.000Z ### A new framework called BeMyEyes shows how lightweight vision models can act as "eyes" for text-only AI systems, achieving better results than expensive multimodal models The race to build ever-larger AI models might be taking an unexpected turn. Researchers from Microsoft, USC, and UC Davis have developed a clever workaround that lets text-only language models like GPT-4 and DeepSeek-R1 tackle visual tasks without expensive retraining. Their approach? Simply give these models a pair of "eyes." The framework, called BeMyEyes, pairs small vision models with powerful text-only language models through natural conversation. Think of it as a highly sophisticated version of describing a photo to a friend over the phone. The small vision model looks at images and describes what it sees, while the larger language model applies its reasoning skills to solve complex problems based on those descriptions. What makes this particularly striking is the performance. When researchers equipped DeepSeek-R1 (a text-only model) with a modest 7-billion parameter vision model, it outperformed GPT-4o, OpenAI's state-of-the-art multimodal system, on several challenging benchmarks. This wasn't supposed to happen. Conventional wisdom says you need massive, expensive multimodal models to excel at tasks combining vision and language. [How to use GPT-4o mini to build AI applications (10 tips)In a major move towards making artificial intelligence more accessible, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, its “most affordable and intelligent small model” to date.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-541.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/chip-7732459_1280.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) ## The modular advantage changes everything The traditional path to multimodal AI involves training enormous models that can process both text and images natively. This requires vast computational resources, specialized datasets, and often architectural overhauls. Companies like OpenAI and Google have invested heavily in this approach, producing impressive but costly systems. BeMyEyes takes a radically different approach. Instead of creating one massive model that does everything, it orchestrates collaboration between specialized agents. The perceiver agent (a small vision model) extracts visual information and describes it in detail. The reasoner agent (a powerful language model) interprets these descriptions and applies sophisticated reasoning to solve tasks. This modularity offers several advantages: - **Cost efficiency**: You only need to train or adapt small vision models for new tasks, not entire large language models - **Flexibility**: As better language models become available, you can swap them in immediately without retraining - **Domain adaptation**: Switching to specialized domains (like medical imaging) requires only changing the perceiver model The researchers demonstrated this flexibility by swapping in a medical-specific vision model for healthcare tasks. Without any additional training of the reasoning model, the system immediately excelled at medical multimodal reasoning. ## How conversation unlocks visual reasoning The secret sauce lies in the multi-turn conversation between the two models. Rather than getting a single image description, the reasoning model can ask follow-up questions, request clarifications, and guide the perceiver to focus on specific visual details. Here's how it works in practice. When faced with a complex visual question, the reasoner might ask: > "What exactly do you see in the upper right corner?" or "Can you describe the relationship between these two objects?" The perceiver responds with detailed observations, and this back-and-forth continues until the reasoner has enough information to solve the problem. This conversational approach mirrors how humans naturally collaborate when one person has access to information another needs. It's remarkably effective. The researchers found that restricting the system to single-turn interactions significantly hurt performance, highlighting the importance of this iterative refinement process. ## Training perceivers to be better collaborators Off-the-shelf vision models weren't quite ready for this collaborative role. They sometimes failed to provide sufficient detail or misunderstood their role in the conversation. To address this, the researchers developed a clever training pipeline. They used GPT-4o to generate synthetic conversations, essentially having it roleplay both sides of the perceiver-reasoner dialogue. These conversations were then used to fine-tune smaller vision models specifically for collaboration. Importantly, this training didn't improve the vision models' standalone performance. Instead, it taught them to be better communicators and collaborators. The training data consisted of about 12,000 multimodal questions paired with ideal conversations. This relatively modest dataset was enough to transform generic vision models into effective collaborative partners for language models. [Case study: OpenAIOpenAI’s UK partnership accelerates sovereign AI, infrastructure, and enterprise adoption while shaping the global shift toward agentic AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-542.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--30--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-openai/) ## Real implications for AI development The success of BeMyEyes challenges several assumptions about how to build capable AI systems. First, it shows that bigger isn't always better. A well-orchestrated team of specialized models can outperform monolithic systems. Second, it demonstrates that we might not need to retrain massive models every time we want to add new capabilities. For the open-source community, this is particularly exciting. While training GPT-4o-scale multimodal models remains out of reach for most organizations, building effective perceiver models is far more accessible. This democratizes access to cutting-edge multimodal AI capabilities. The framework also suggests a path forward for extending AI to other modalities. Want to add audio understanding to a language model? Train a small audio perceiver. Need to process sensor data? Same approach. The modular design means each new modality becomes a relatively manageable engineering challenge rather than a massive research undertaking. ## Looking ahead BeMyEyes represents more than just a technical achievement. It's a philosophical shift in how we think about building AI systems. Rather than pursuing ever-larger monolithic models, we might achieve better results through clever orchestration of specialized components. The researchers acknowledge some limitations. They've only tested the approach with vision so far, though the framework should generalize to other modalities. And while the system performs impressively, we don't know how it would compare to a hypothetical multimodal version of DeepSeek-R1 trained from scratch. Still, the results are compelling enough to suggest that the future of AI might look more like a symphony of specialized models rather than a solo performance by a massive generalist. As more powerful language models emerge, they can immediately gain multimodal capabilities through frameworks like BeMyEyes, without waiting for expensive multimodal versions to be developed. For AI practitioners, the message is clear: sometimes the best solution isn't to build a bigger hammer. Sometimes you just need to teach your tools to work together. ### Case study: OpenAI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-openai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T12:14:29.000Z ## **OpenAI: The $300 billion frontier, anchored in the UK** The global AI landscape in 2025 is defined by an intense, multi-front war for supremacy among foundational model builders: OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Mistral AI. While OpenAI continues to lead in overall scale, user base, and revenue (projected near **$12 billion** in 2025), its success is increasingly reliant on international partnerships. The UK - with its world-class research talent and robust regulatory environment - has become a critical strategic anchor, moving from a key market to a sovereign partner. The UK's biggest challenge isn't a lack of talent or adoption, but securing the **sovereign compute infrastructure** required to manage and deploy frontier models domestically without relying entirely on foreign cloud architecture. --- ## **What OpenAI has done for the UK in 2025** This year, OpenAI doubled down on its commitment to the UK, focusing on sovereign infrastructure and public sector adoption. This work is fundamentally important for building trust and mitigating the "data residency" and "governance" barriers that slow enterprise adoption. ### **Key 2025 milestones in the UK:** 1. **Sovereign AI infrastructure (Stargate UK):** OpenAI, in partnership with NVIDIA and NScale, began advancing plans for **Stargate UK**. This massive build aims to deploy up to **31,000 NVIDIA GPUs** over time, providing UK sovereign compute power. This is crucial for giving UK institutions and enterprises control over where their AI training and inference happens. 2. **Strategic government partnership:** OpenAI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the UK Government to drive AI adoption across public services. This led to tangible deployments, including: - **Ministry of Justice (MoJ):** Rolled out **ChatGPT Enterprise** access to civil servants for tasks like transcription and document analysis, following a successful pilot. - **Whitehall AI Assistants:** OpenAI technology now powers internal tools like **'Humphrey'** (for civil service admin) and **'Consult'** (for speeding up public consultation sorting). 3. **UK data residency:** OpenAI introduced the option for British customers (using ChatGPT Enterprise or API Platform) to host their data on UK servers. This move directly addresses major **privacy and compliance concerns** for regulated sectors like finance and healthcare. This dedication has paid dividends: the UK is now reported to be a **top-three global market** for paying ChatGPT subscribers, API developers, and business customers, cementing its status as an AI adoption leader. --- ## **Global deployment strategy: scale, sovereignty, and sector** OpenAI’s global strategy is a three-pronged push for scale, reliability, and security: - **Hyperscaler backbone:** The core strategy is to run its most advanced workloads on world-class infrastructure. This was massively accelerated in 2025 by a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar strategic partnership with **AWS**, utilizing Amazon EC2 UltraServers featuring hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA GPUs. This ensures the necessary compute scale for training GPT-5 and beyond. - **Geopolitical sovereignty:** Recognizing that countries are wary of foreign entities holding sensitive data, OpenAI's partnership in the UK (and similar ventures like the Stargate expansion in Michigan, US) is designed to create **local, trusted data residency and compute options**. This addresses geopolitical and regulatory demands, ensuring continued access to non-US markets. - **API ecosystem dominance:** OpenAI continues to expand its ecosystem via the **API Platform** (now seeing over 2.2 billion daily calls) and the **GPT Store** (hosting 3 million custom GPTs), leveraging a decentralized army of developers to deploy their models into every conceivable sector worldwide. --- ## **Technical advantages over competitors in 2025** The core battle in 2025 remains between OpenAI, Google DeepMind (Gemini), and Anthropic (Claude). OpenAI retains its market leadership through sheer scale, while competitors push specific safety and context boundaries. | Feature | OpenAI (GPT-5/GPT-4o) | Google DeepMind (Gemini 2.5/3.0) | Anthropic (Claude 4/4.1) | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Model Scale/ Valuation | Leading: \~$300B valuation; $12B+ projected 2025 revenue. | Backed by Google's vast compute; strong market share in AI apps (35%). | Safety focus: Rapid growth; up to \~$170B valuation potential. | | Multimodality | Pioneer: Full integration of Vision, Audio, and Text in models like GPT-4o. | Strong multimodal reasoning and tool integration. | Focused primarily on superior text reasoning and long-context windows. | | User & enterprise reach | Dominant: 800M+ weekly active ChatGPT users; 3M+ paying enterprise users. | Strong consumer reach via Google search integration; growing enterprise presence via Vertex AI. | Strong growth in API revenue (narrowly leading OpenAI in this metric) due to developer focus. | | Core advantage | Agentic capabilities & scale. Pushing models to perform multi-step, complex actions (Agents SDK). | Model-native reasoning and superior integration with Google ecosystem (Workspace, Cloud). | Safety & context: Leading in ethical alignment and massive, usable context windows (for complex document analysis). | OpenAI’s major advantage is its push into **Agentic AI** and its **GPT Builder** ecosystem, allowing users to create autonomous software agents easily. It continues to compete directly on foundational model performance while rapidly securing the hardware needed (via AWS and Stargate) to maintain its global scale advantage. --- ## **What’s next for OpenAI in 2026: The agentic era** For 2026, the focus will shift from just building powerful models to building powerful systems capable of complex, autonomous action. - **The Agentic SDK:** OpenAI will continue to prioritize the rollout and maturation of its Agents SDK, allowing developers to create reliable, long-running AI agents that can interact with external software (APIs, databases) without human intervention. This will move AI from being a co-pilot to a true virtual employee. - **Global infrastructure competition:** The race with competitors like Google and Anthropic will turn heavily on **physical deployment**. The successful commissioning of the UK Stargate infrastructure will be a key moment, determining how quickly sovereign AI capabilities can be brought online across Europe. - **The content war:** Following the success of its video model Sora in 2025, OpenAI will push its multimodal capabilities further, integrating video, audio, and reasoning into a unified platform that challenges traditional media creation and consumption platforms. --- ## **Must-attend: Architecting production-grade Generative AI** The challenge for enterprise leaders is no longer whether AI works, but *how* to deploy and govern it reliably at scale. OpenAI's technical leadership is coming to London to share the architectural secrets that support their multi-billion-dollar enterprise platform. | Event Details | [Generative AI Summit London](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) | | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Speaker | Stuart McMeechan, Solution Architect Leader, OpenAI | | Session Title | AI strategies from the field: lessons on scaling, security, and governance | | Date | December 2, 2025 | ### **Why you must attend:** This session is a crucial opportunity for technical and executive leaders to understand the transition from pilot projects to production reality with frontier models: - **Conquering deployment blockers:** Learn best practices directly from OpenAI on managing vast API traffic, optimizing inference costs, and securely connecting LLMs to proprietary enterprise data. - **The trust mandate:** Understand OpenAI’s approach to security, including new data residency options and content labeling, essential for securing customer trust in highly regulated UK sectors like finance and government. - **Building the future of work:** Gain clarity on the Agentic AI roadmap and how to structure your internal teams and IT architecture to successfully integrate autonomous, reasoning systems into core business processes in 2026. **Secure your seat to learn the operational blueprints from the company defining the world's AI infrastructure. Register for** [**Generative AI Summit London**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) **today.** ### Case study: GitLab URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-gitlab/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:35:38.000Z ## **GitLab: The devsecops platform winning the AI**GitLab **paradox** The shift to Generative AI has created a powerful paradox in software development: while coding is faster than ever thanks to AI assistants, the complexity of managing security, governance, and compliance across fragmented toolchains has created new bottlenecks. Global businesses now lose over **seven hours per week** per team member to these inefficiencies. GitLab, the comprehensive DevSecOps Platform, is tackling this head-on. By unifying the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) into a single, intelligent application powered by AI Agents, GitLab is not just accelerating coding - it's industrializing secure, compliant software delivery. --- ## **What GitLab**UK **has done for the UK in 2025** The UK's enterprise and public sectors are grappling with how to adopt AI while meeting strict financial and regulatory compliance demands. GitLab’s work in 2025 has been critical in demonstrating a path forward, particularly in highly regulated industries. ### **Key 2025 milestones in the UK:** 1. **High-profile enterprise adoption:** UK financial leaders, such as **NatWest**, publicly highlighted their deep adoption of **GitLab Duo**, GitLab's suite of AI agents. This demonstrated how a major bank uses the platform to integrate AI directly into their code review, test generation, and compliance workflows - a huge win for enterprise trust. 2. **Unlocking economic value:** GitLab’s own research revealed that AI-enhanced software innovation has the potential to unlock over **£5 billion in annual economic value** across the UK by saving developers an estimated **£11,000 per year** through productivity gains. This data provides a crucial economic mandate for UK leadership to invest in unified DevSecOps platforms. 3. **DevSecOps leadership:** For the third consecutive year, GitLab was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms, emphasizing its integrated approach over fragmented toolchains. Critically for the UK's regulated delivery sectors, GitLab ranked **#1 in four out of six Gartner Critical Capabilities use cases**, including **Regulated Delivery**. This adoption signals a major trend: UK enterprises are moving away from managing a sprawl of separate tools (GitHub for code, Jira for planning, separate tools for security) toward a single platform that embeds governance and security from the first line of AI-generated code. --- ## **Global deployment strategy: Unified platform and agents** GitLab's strategy is built entirely around consolidating the fragmented DevSecOps market through two core pillars: - **The single platform advantage:** Unlike rivals that rely on multiple integrations (e.g., Atlassian's Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket stack), GitLab offers a single application for the entire SDLC - from planning, source code management, CI/CD, security, and monitoring. This dramatically reduces integration overhead, context switching, and, crucially, security gaps. - **Agentic AI orchestration:** The core deployment focus in 2025 was the release of the **GitLab Duo Agent Platform**. This moves AI beyond simple code completion (like GitHub Copilot) to multi-step, autonomous agents that act proactively within the platform’s context. These agents can automatically triage vulnerabilities, generate full test suites, and perform compliance checks *before* code is merged. This approach targets the **"AI Paradox,"** ensuring that the speed gained from AI code generation isn't lost to friction in security and deployment pipelines. --- ## **Technical advantages over competitors in 2025** GitLab’s major advantage is its **unified data model** and **AI Agents’ contextual awareness** across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), differentiating it sharply from its main competitors: | Feature | GitLab (Unified DevSecOps) | GitHub (code-centric) | Atlassian (project-centric) | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Core offering | Single, integrated platform for entire SDLC (Dev, Sec, Ops). | Primarily a Source Code Management (SCM) and code-hosting platform. | Suite of specialized tools (Jira for issues, Bitbucket for Git). | | AI strategy | Agentic AI: Duo agents work across planning, security, and CI/CD with full project context. | AI assistant: GitHub Copilot focuses predominantly on code generation within the repository. | AI features are fragmented across products (e.g., Jira Product Discovery). | | Deployment flexibility | High: Offers SaaS, self-managed, and air-gapped deployments, critical for regulated and government entities. | Primarily SaaS; self-hosting options are complex or limited. | Hybrid, relying heavily on integrating multiple tools. | | Built-in security | Security is native: SAST, DAST, Secret Detection embedded and automated in every pipeline. | Security often requires separate, bolted-on tools or marketplace add-ons. | Distributed across Jira and other tools, increasing configuration burden. | GitLab's commitment to building **security and compliance into the code itself** using its unified data structure allows it to offer a higher level of automation and risk reduction than solutions that require separate tools to enforce policy. --- ## **What’s next for GitLab in 2026: Building compliance into code** For 2026, GitLab will focus on conquering the final frontiers of the AI paradox: **compliance and full agentic autonomy**. - **AI-native compliance:** GitLab predicts that by 2027, **82% of compliance will be built into code and automatically applied**. GitLab’s roadmap is focused on delivering the automated governance features needed to achieve this, allowing developers to scale their use of AI-generated code without risking catastrophic regulatory failure. - **Agent-to-agent collaboration:** The Duo Agent Platform will evolve toward enabling sophisticated **agent-to-agent workflows**. Instead of a human asking an agent a question, agents will collaborate to resolve bugs, generate documentation, and manage security updates autonomously, with human oversight built into the final review stage. - **The platform engineering solution:** The company will leverage its leadership in **Platform Engineering** \- the practice of building reusable, internal development infrastructure - to provide blueprints that help enterprises orchestrate complex AI workflows safely, turning the platform engineering team into the internal supplier of AI agility. --- ## **Must-attend: The AI-native enterprise: Moving from pilot to production** How do you transition from using fragmented AI assistants to building a unified, scalable AI-native software delivery process? GitLab’s expert is coming to [**Generative AI Summit London**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) to share the architectural and strategic insights needed to industrialize DevSecOps with AI. | Event Details | [Generative AI Summit London](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Speaker | Louise Fellows, VP of UK, GitLab | | Topic Focus | The AI Paradox: how platform engineering resolves the productivity vs. governance conflict | | Date | December 2 | ### **Why you must attend:** This session is crucial for engineering executives in regulated industries: - **Solve the AI paradox:** Understand how to reclaim the seven hours per week lost to toolchain fragmentation by adopting an integrated platform approach, maximizing the ROI of your AI investments. - **Security by design:** Learn how to embed AI governance and security checks directly into your CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Duo agents, ensuring compliance is automated rather than handled as a costly afterthought. - **Strategic roadmap:** Get direct insights into the future of Agentic AI and how to upskill your teams to evolve from developers into platform engineers who orchestrate the AI-native DevSecOps world. Don't miss out on the blueprint for secure, high-velocity software delivery in the age of AI. Register for the [**Generative AI Summit London**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) today. ### 6-figure secure AI solutions‍ that deliver 7-figure ROI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-figure-secure-ai-solutions-that-deliver-7-figure-roi/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:38:54.000Z Let me tell you something that might surprise you. Disney has been using AI for 22 years. Not the flashy, ChatGPT kind that everyone's talking about today, but the kind that makes magic happen behind the scenes while keeping the human experience front and center. I learned this firsthand while building AI solutions for companies like FanDuel, SimpliSafe, and Consumer Reports. And after 470 sales calls over the past three years with companies desperate to "install ChatGPT," I've seen a pattern that's both predictable and preventable. Here's the thing: 95% of generative AI pilots are failing. Not because the technology is bad. But because leaders are starting in the wrong place. ## The Disney principle: Story over systems When Walt Disney created Disneyland, he wasn't building a theme park. He was building an experience designed for humans of all ages. Every detail, from the placement of trash cans exactly 30 feet apart to the carefully crafted sounds and smells, was meticulously designed to create a seamless, magical experience. Walt believed so strongly in story over systems that he hired Imagineers to create entirely new immersivand experiences instead of using off-the-shelf carnival rides. The rides, the sounds, even the smells were all part of bringing beloved characters and stories to life in real time. But here's what most people don't realize: behind every animatronic character, there are intricate systems that engineers have spent years perfecting. A series of operations and workflows that compound correctly to elevate the brand to new heights. Disney is famous for putting those intricate systems behind the scenes while presenting pure magic on the front end. For 22 years, Disney has been using AI for everything from automatic water sprays to crowd control, from timed music to park security and ride times. All happening in perfect synchronicity. We experience the front side of the magic while AI handles the complex orchestration behind the scenes. And in those 22 years, what hasn't Disney replaced? The humans. The characters with their warm smiles, the ride operators, and the employees who create those magical moments. Because Disney understands something fundamental that many companies deploying AI today don't: the experience is what people remember. The story they tell each other. And of course, we always remember Mickey. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Case study: Synthesia URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-synthesia/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:36:50.000Z ## **Synthesia: The $4 billion UK titan redefining enterprise video** The UK is asserting its dominance not just as a financial hub, but as the engine room for the next wave of **high-value, enterprise-focused AI**. At the apex of this movement is **Synthesia**, the London-based generative AI giant that has cracked the code on scaling video production for the world's largest companies. This is the story of a UK flagship that refused a $**3 billion** takeover bid to instead set its sights on becoming the indispensable video infrastructure layer for global business. --- ## **The UK AI landscape: The $4 billion vote of confidence** While the conversation often centers on the US's vast computing power, the UK is proving its superiority in converting cutting-edge AI research into **profitable, resilient business applications**. Synthesia’s journey in 2025 is the headline: - **Financial power:** Following a $180M Series D round in January, Synthesia reportedly secured a fresh **$200M investment in late 2025** at a **$4 billion valuation**, cementing its place as one of the UK’s most valuable private AI firms. - **Enterprise adoption:** Its AI video platform is now used by over **60,000 businesses**, including more than **90% of the Fortune 100** (e.g., Zoom, SAP, Heineken). - **Industrial independence:** The company's rejection of a reported **$3 billion acquisition offer from Adobe** demonstrates an immense confidence in the UK deep-tech ecosystem's ability to build and scale global, independent category leaders. This success is the UK's answer to the US tech giants, validating its talent base and the strategic focus on B2B utility over consumer hype. --- ## **Synthesia: Achieving unprecedented enterprise scale** Synthesia’s core offering—turning text into studio-quality video with lifelike AI avatars - has streamlined corporate communication and training across the globe. ### **What Synthesia has done in 2025 and its importance:** 1. **Hyper-scale revenue:** Surpassed **$100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)**, even reporting a single day with **$2 million in ARR**, demonstrating explosive, predictable commercial growth rooted in its enterprise client base. 2. **Infrastructure investment:** Inaugurated a new, expanded 20,000 sq ft London headquarters, underscoring its commitment to the UK as its core R&D and operations base. 3. **Global localization leader:** The platform’s ability to generate high-quality, perfectly lip-synced videos in **over 140 languages** has made it the default solution for multinational corporations that require rapid, localized training and internal communication. This work is critical because it solves a universal problem: the high cost, time, and logistical complexity of traditional video production. Synthesia is fundamentally changing how large organizations communicate internally and train their staff, offering a solution that is **up to 90% cheaper and faster** than legacy methods. --- ## **Global strategy: Deployment focused on predictable revenue** Synthesia’s deployment strategy is narrowly focused and highly effective: - **Geographic balance:** The company maintains a healthy revenue split, with 50% from the US and the rest from Europe and Asia. Their global expansion targets (North America, Japan, Australia) are driven by the need to support their multinational clientele, not just consumer reach. - **The enterprise focus:** Synthesia consciously targets **Business Content** \- training, product marketing, and internal comms - rather than cinematic entertainment (the domain of rivals like OpenAI’s Sora). This segment provides high-volume, repeatable, and essential revenue, making the business highly resilient. - **API integration:** Deployment is focused on deep integration into existing enterprise workflows (LMS, CMS, CRM systems), turning the platform into an indispensable utility for corporate video infrastructure. --- ## **Synthesia's technical advantage: The enterprise trust layer** Synthesia’s advantage over direct competitors is not just realism, but the **Trust, Security, and Compliance** required by its Fortune 100 client base: | Feature | Synthesia (enterprise focus) | Key Competitors (HeyGen, Colossyan, Elai.io) | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Core focus | Human AI Clones for structured, internal/enterprise video content (e.g., training, corporate news). | Broader focus, including marketing, social media, and consumer-facing content. | | Trust and security | Achieved ISO 42001 certification and completed NIST Red Team Testing. Explicit ethical AI focus on preventing misuse. | Generally less formal security validation; reliance on basic compliance standards. | | Localization depth | Proprietary models for hyper-accurate lip-sync and expressive speech in 140+ languages, essential for global corporate training. | Rely more on stock voices and generic lip-sync models; often less precise for highly complex languages. | | Deployment model | Focused on API access and deep integration to scale video creation across multinational organizations. | Primarily browser-based, with less emphasis on enterprise-grade security and API tooling. | While tools like **HeyGen** offer strong features and realism, Synthesia’s commitment to **ISO-level compliance and robust security** is the non-negotiable differentiator that secures its contracts with the largest, most regulated global corporations. --- ## **What’s next for Synthesia in 2026? The AI video agent** The next phase of deployment for Synthesia moves beyond static video generation and into **interactive, real-time AI agents** \- the core of its **Synthesia 2.0** platform: - **Interactive avatars:** The focus is on blending the realistic AI avatars with reasoning systems (LLMs) to create **virtual guides and coaches** that can respond to viewer questions in real-time, personalizing training and support on demand. - **The thinking interface:** CEO Victor Riparbelli envisions a new type of media centered on human conversation, allowing users to interact with virtual tutors that teach skills based on real-world inputs (e.g., analyzing your data to customize a lesson). - **The real-time Shift:** This move positions Synthesia to evolve from a content creation tool to an **AI communication interface**, a crucial strategic pivot to maintain its lead against the emerging threat of powerful, general-purpose text-to-video models like OpenAI’s Sora. --- ## **Hear it first: The vision for AI Video at Generative AI Summit London** Want to learn how the UK’s most valuable Generative AI company builds trust and scale into its core models? Synthesia’s CEO is sharing the blueprint for the next generation of thinking, narrating, and interactive AI media. | Event Details | [Generative AI Summit London](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) | | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Speaker | Victor Riparbelli, CEO & Co-founder, Synthesia | | Topic Focus | Transforming video, media & the future of work | | Date | December 2, 2025 | ### **Why this is a must-attend session:** This session is essential for anyone dealing with corporate communications, L&D, or large-scale content creation: - **The $4 billion strategy:** Hear directly from the CEO about the strategic decision to reject acquisition and double down on enterprise utility - and why security and ethics, not just realism, are the key to unlocking massive B2B valuations. - **Beyond deepfakes:** Gain insight into the proprietary models that enable human-like expression across **140+ languages** while adhering to the highest global standards (ISO 42001), a framework essential for any enterprise AI deployment. - **The future of learning:** Get a first look at the company’s vision for **interactive AI agents** \- the technology that will soon replace static training videos with real-time, personalized virtual coaches. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Synthesia is leveraging the power of Generative AI to command the global enterprise video market. Register for [**Generative AI Summit London**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) today. ### Case study: Wayve URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-wayve/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:38:11.000Z ## **The UK's autonomous revolution: The Wayve advantage** The UK's automotive landscape is in the middle of a **two-speed transition**: rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) at the consumer level, alongside a fierce battle for industrial leadership in autonomous driving and EV manufacturing. --- ## **The UK automotive landscape: Ahead in sales, behind in investment** The UK is often *misperceived* as lagging behind the US in electric vehicle deployment. In terms of **sales penetration** (the percentage of new cars sold that are electric), the UK is actually often **ahead** of the US. In 2024, the UK's electric car sales reached a share of nearly **30%**, significantly outpacing the US share of around 10%. This consumer enthusiasm is driven by an ambitious 2030 ban on new pure petrol and diesel car sales and the new Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. However, the UK *is* arguably **behind the US in industrial deployment and investment** due to the monumental impact of the US **Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)**. The IRA offers massive tax credits and subsidies for domestic EV and battery manufacturing, drawing global capital and supply chain development towards North America. The key gap is not in drivers adopting EVs, but in securing the **manufacturing infrastructure** \- the 'gigafactories' and supply chain—needed to build them competitively at scale on UK soil. --- ## **Wayve: Spearheading the UK's autonomous Future** London-based AI startup **Wayve** has been a major success story this year, solidifying the UK's role as a leader in autonomous vehicle (AV) software. ### **What Wayve has done in 2025 and its importance:** Wayve's key achievements this year center on demonstrating the **scalability and commercial readiness** of its technology: 1. **Massive funding and validation:** Wayve secured a major funding round (reportedly over $1 billion in Series C) led by major global tech investors like SoftBank, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, making it one of the UK's most valuable AI companies. This capital infusion is vital for scaling its operations globally. 2. **Strategic Uber partnership:** The company announced a major partnership with **Uber** to begin trialling **Level 4 fully autonomous robotaxis** on public roads in **London by 2026**. This is a monumental step, placing the UK on the same commercial trajectory as US cities. 3. **Rapid international expansion:** Wayve successfully deployed and adapted its AI driver in new, highly complex markets like **Germany** and **Japan**, proving its system is truly generalizable. This work is important because it directly addresses the UK's need for a strong, domestically grown, **high-value technology leader** that can compete globally. By proving its technology works in the exceptionally chaotic environment of London, **Wayve** validates the UK as a premier testing ground for advanced self-driving systems, attracting further investment and talent. --- ## **Global strategy: Why Wayve deploys where it does** Wayve's deployment strategy is deliberately designed to stress-test and improve its **Universal AI Driver** model: - **Diverse data corpus:** Wayve deploys in countries with fundamentally different driving cultures, road structures, and regulations - specifically the **UK**, **US** (California), **Germany**, and **Japan**. - **Testing generalizability:** The move from the **UK's right-hand drive** to the **US's left-hand drive** and then to environments like the **Autobahn** (Germany) or the highly unstructured roads of **Japan** proves the AI's ability to learn through data, rather than being manually re-engineered for each location. - **Zero-shot performance:** Wayve has shown that its core model, once trained on diverse data, has a strong **"zero-shot"** performance when introduced to a new country (like Germany), meaning it can drive reasonably well with minimal local data. This network effect makes the system safer and faster to deploy everywhere. --- ## **Wayve's technical advance: End-to-end embodied AI** | Feature | Wayve (End-to-End AI) | Waymo/Traditional AV (Modular/Rules-Based) | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Core Technology | A single neural network takes raw sensor data and outputs driving commands, learning to drive like a human through experience. | Relies on separate modules (perception, prediction, planning) and hand-coded rules. | | Mapping | Mapless or uses only basic GPS data. It can adapt to unseen and novel environments instantly. | Requires detailed, high-definition (HD) maps of every operational area (geofencing), which must be constantly updated. | | Scalability | High; easily scales to new cities and vehicle platforms by simply collecting new driving data. | Low; requires time-consuming and costly re-mapping and re-coding of rules for every new city. | | Sensor Array | Often uses a simpler sensor set (e.g., cameras). | Typically uses a complex, bulky sensor suite (LiDAR, Radar, high-res cameras). | Wayve's core technical advantage over many competitors, such as Waymo and Cruise, is its **End-to-End Learned Driving System (AV2.0)**:The ability to operate **maplessly** and generalize rapidly is what Wayve believes will allow it to scale its technology far faster and at a lower cost than its heavily mapped, geofenced competitors. --- ## **What’s next for Wayve in 2026? competing with Waymo in the UK** The year 2026 is shaping up to be the **defining moment** for UK autonomous mobility. The major step will be the launch of the **UK's first robotaxi trials** in London under the government's fast-tracked pilot scheme, placing Wayve in direct competition with the US giant, **Waymo**. - **Wayve's goal:** Launch its Level 4 self-driving service in partnership with Uber, using its adaptive, mapless AI to navigate London's famously complex and unpredictable urban environment. Success here validates its unique technical approach on the world stage. - **Waymo's goal:** Launch its own Waymo Driver service in London, likely using its established, highly precise, mapped technology, partnering with Jaguar Land Rover. - **The competition:** This isn't just a race for market share; it's a **technological showdown**. The winner will be the system that proves it can safely and reliably handle the congestion, narrow streets, and chaotic pedestrian behavior of a centuries-old European city, which are much more demanding than the grid-pattern roads of many US launch cities like Phoenix. Wayve's human-like AI is banking on its adaptability to overcome Waymo's precision. --- ## **Must-attend: Learn how Wayve built its human-like AI** Want to understand the core technology that allows a neural network to master the chaos of London traffic without a high-definition map? Wayve is taking center stage to reveal the generative AI breakthroughs underpinning its system. | Event Details | Generative AI Summit London | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Speaker | Elahe Arani, Director, Artificial Intelligence, Wayve | | Session Title | "Building human-like AI interactions that act safely in the real world" | | Date | December 2, 2025 | ### **Why you must attend:** This is a rare technical deep dive into **Embodied AI** \- the frontier of taking Generative AI beyond text and images and into the physical world. - **Gain technical edge:** Understand how Wayve's proprietary AV2.0 system uses advanced machine learning to translate raw camera data directly into driving decisions, mimicking human intuition rather than relying on brittle, hand-coded rules. - **The safety factor:** Learn the strategies used to ensure these large, generative models operate safely and reliably in highly unpredictable environments, addressing the crucial governance and ethical challenges of autonomous decision-making. - **Future-proof your strategy:** See first-hand how the principles of Universal AI - a system designed to work anywhere - are set to revolutionize not just automotive, but robotics and any industry requiring truly adaptable, general-purpose AI. **Don't miss the chance to hear directly from the UK company leading the autonomous charge.** **Register for** [**Generative AI Summit London**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/london) **today.** ### Marketers are adopting AI. So why aren't organizations embracing it? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/marketers-are-adopting-ai-so-why-arent-organizations-embracing-it/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:45:56.000Z Earlier this year, we began working on a report exploring the future of marketing. There's a lot of noise on the topic – much of it conjecture – so we wanted to hear from actual marketers on what *they* think the profession will look like in 1, 5, 10 years' time. When setting out to create this report, we knew one topic would likely dominate the discussion: artificial intelligence (particularly the generative variant). Now, almost a year later, we have the data on how marketers are using AI, and more importantly, how they think the technology will transform the marketing profession in the years to come. All the data is laid out in our [Future of Marketing Report](https://www.cmoalliance.com/future-of-marketing-2025-report/) (which is available for free right now), but in the meantime, we wanted to highlight a paradox, or tension, in the way AI is being adopted within the marketing space – namely, the curious gap between enthusiastic individual adoption and organizational hesitancy and inertia. ## The tension at the heart of AI adoption Some of the numbers on AI adoption are striking: 89% of marketers are using AI tools "regularly", and of that number, 62% report that the technology has made them "a lot more efficient". Tools like ChatGPT have become as ubiquitous as email clients, with 80% of marketers using OpenAI's chatbot as their go-to AI platform. Content that once took hours to create now takes minutes. Campaign analytics that required dedicated analysts can now be generated instantly. But that's not the whole story. Beneath this efficiency revolution lies a tension that's keeping marketing leaders awake at night. --- ![Will AI lead to job losses or job creation in the marketing profession?](https://www.cmoalliance.com/content/images/2025/11/ai-jobs.png) --- When asked about AI's impact on the job market over the next five years, marketers are almost perfectly split: 46% believe AI will create new marketing jobs, while 44% predict it will lead to job losses. That a split exists over the question of job displacement is hardly surprising. There are still many unknowns. But the reality is likely more nuanced than a binary choice. AI won't simply eliminate roles or spawn new ones wholesale. Instead, it will broadly reshape what marketers do, how teams are structured, and what skills become valuable. The marketers who thrive will be those who understand this shift and position themselves accordingly. ## Why most organizations are stuck If AI is so transformative, why aren't more organizations fully embracing it? Our data reveals a striking pattern: 3 years after the explosion of generative AI technology, 52% of organizations are still in the "testing and pilot programs" stage of AI adoption. And another 26% are in early exploration. That means over three-quarters of marketing organizations are still experimenting rather than fully integrating AI into their workflows. Only 18% have achieved full integration into their workflows. This is remarkable when we consider that 9 in 10 marketers are already using AI tools regularly, and the vast majority report significant efficiency gains. There's clearly a gap between individual adoption and organizational transformation. --- ![Organizational AI adoption maturity](https://www.cmoalliance.com/content/images/2025/11/ai-adoption.png) --- The barriers are real and tangible. When we asked marketers about their biggest challenges in adopting new technologies, 41% pointed to integration with existing systems as the top hurdle. Many marketing teams are dealing with legacy platforms, siloed data sources, and fragmented tech stacks. Adding AI without disrupting workflows or duplicating effort is genuinely difficult, especially in larger or more mature organizations. But there's a deeper issue at play, one that reveals a strategic disconnect that could prove costly. ## **The strategic blind spot: Tomorrow's priority problem** Here's where things get interesting, and frankly, concerning. When we asked marketers to identify which trend would have the most significant impact on the future of marketing, AI and machine learning dominated with 51% of responses. It wasn't even close: Personalization at scale came in a distant second at 21%. But when we asked about top priorities for the year ahead, integrating new technologies like AI and automation ranked near the bottom at just 6%. Upskilling to adapt to emerging tech fared only slightly better at 7%. --- ![The top priorities for marketing teams in 2026](https://www.cmoalliance.com/content/images/2025/11/priorities.png) --- A bias towards "business as usual" is pervasive. Marketers overwhelmingly believe AI will reshape their industry, but very few are prioritizing the work needed to prepare for it. So what's crowding out AI investment? The usual suspects: driving lead generation (32%) and increasing brand awareness (24%) dominate the priority list. These are important, revenue-linked objectives that face immediate pressure and scrutiny. But they represent short-term thinking at the expense of long-term positioning. As Petr Hloušek, CMO at ALVAO, puts it: > Many companies, not just marketing teams, are still surprisingly hesitant. They talk about data privacy, legal risks, or compliance, but often it’s just fear, lack of time, or underestimating the potential. AI isn’t going away. The real risk isn’t leaking data – it’s leaking relevance. The companies who learn to use it early (and wisely) will win. This pattern — recognizing AI's importance while failing to prioritize its integration — creates a vulnerability. Organizations are essentially sleepwalking into an AI-powered future they haven't prepared for. And while they're focused on this quarter's lead generation numbers, their more forward-thinking competitors are building the infrastructure and capabilities that will define the next era of marketing. The question isn't whether to prioritize AI integration. It's whether you can afford not to. ## Is data complexity stalling AI adoption within marketing? When we asked marketers about their biggest obstacles to adopting new technologies, integration with existing systems topped the list at 41%, significantly ahead of cost (17%), lack of training (19%), or uncertainty about ROI (19%). --- ![The barriers to AI adoption within marketing teams](https://www.cmoalliance.com/content/images/2025/11/new-technology.png) --- This isn't just about plugging in a new tool. AI requires something fundamentally different from previous marketing technologies: unified, clean, accessible data flowing across platforms. Many organizations don't have this. Instead, they have what's often described as "data chaos": customer information scattered across CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, analytics tools, and spreadsheets. Purchase history lives in one system, website behavior in another, email engagement in a third. These systems rarely talk to each other effectively, and when they do, the data is often inconsistent, incomplete, or outdated. For AI to deliver on its promise — whether that's personalization, predictive analytics, or intelligent campaign optimization — it needs to see the complete picture. Feed it fragmented data, and you get fragmented results. The old technology adage holds true: garbage in, garbage out. ### The personalization paradox The irony is particularly acute when it comes to personalization, one of AI's most compelling use cases. Our research shows that 68% of marketers believe hyper-personalization will become the norm in the near future, and 66% are already leveraging first-party data to make it happen. But dig deeper and the challenges emerge. When asked about the biggest hurdles to implementing personalization, 72% pointed to data quality and integration, by far the most common response. Privacy and compliance came in second at 49%, followed by measuring ROI at 43%. In other words, the very thing AI needs to excel at personalization — comprehensive, unified customer data — is precisely what organizations struggle to provide. This is compounded by the regulatory environment. A striking 73% of marketers say data privacy regulations like GDPR and cookieless advertising have had a significant or very significant impact on their marketing strategy. The third-party cookie, which for years provided a shortcut to understanding customer behavior across the web, is disappearing. Tracking restrictions are tightening. Attribution is becoming more difficult, not easier. Organizations are being asked to do more with AI using less data, or at least less easily accessible data. It's no wonder that 55% predict a zero- and first-party data "takeover" in future personalization strategies. But building robust first-party data collection and unification systems is exactly the kind of complex, unglamorous infrastructure work that organizations struggle to prioritize and fund. ## What this means for AI adoption in marketing The data challenges are central to AI adoption. While individual marketers can derive value from AI tools working with whatever data they have access to, organizations trying to deploy AI at scale run into these problems immediately: - **Personalization engines** can't deliver individualized experiences when customer data is fragmented across systems - **Predictive analytics** produce unreliable predictions when trained on incomplete or inconsistent data - **Attribution models** can't accurately measure campaign effectiveness when touchpoints aren't connected - **Automated optimization** makes suboptimal decisions when it can't see the full customer journey - **AI-powered insights** miss critical patterns when data silos prevent comprehensive analysis This is why 52% of organizations remain in pilot mode. Pilots can work around data limitations. They operate in controlled environments with carefully curated datasets. But when you try to scale AI across the entire marketing operation, you smash directly into these foundational data problems. The organizations currently stuck aren't necessarily less ambitious or less capable than the 18% who have achieved full AI integration. They may simply have more technical debt, more complex legacy systems, or more regulatory constraints to navigate. But the clock is ticking. Every quarter spent in pilot mode is a quarter where more nimble competitors are building the data infrastructure and AI capabilities that will define the next era of marketing. The 40% struggling with integration challenges can't afford to treat data infrastructure as something to fix "eventually." It's not just plumbing. Rather, it's the foundation everything else is built on. And without it, AI adoption at the organizational level will remain perpetually aspirational rather than operational. ### AIAI Boston 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-boston-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:18:23.000Z Stream every session from AIAI Boston, with sessions from DeepSeek, Anthropic Waymo, NVIDIA, Prudential and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Why your ML model needs product thinking: A case study URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ml-model-needs-product-thinking-a-case-study/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:41:15.000Z Your model achieves 94% accuracy on the validation set, but six months after deployment, the recommendation engine isn’t driving business outcomes. This is a risk that all organizations run where their technically excellent models [fail to deliver business value](https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/why-87-of-data-science-projects-never-make-it-into-production/) because they were built without product thinking. This is, in fact, what happened to my team and me. Most machine learning (ML) teams approach model development like software engineering: define requirements, build the solution, deploy, and move on. But successful ML systems require a fundamentally different mindset. They need to be treated as products with users, evolving requirements, and measurable business outcomes. ## The problem with model-centric development Traditional ML development focuses on the model itself. Teams spend months perfecting algorithms, tuning hyperparameters, and improving accuracy metrics. The typical workflow looks like this: - Gather data - Train model - Evaluate performance - Deploy to production Success is measured by technical metrics, such as F1 score, which is a combination of precision and recall, and area under curve (AUC). This happened to us. Everyone, including the leaders, were focused on how good we could make the recommendation system as defined by its accuracy metrics, which we saw as a representation of how good the recommendations would be for customers. Customers were engaging, but not in ways that drove business outcomes. Customers were curious about the recommendations that surfaced to them, but the recommendations failed to move the needle on further customer actions, retention, or satisfaction. Purely focusing on the model works for research projects and Kaggle competitions. But in production systems serving real users, it often **fails**. The core issue is that model-centric thinking treats the algorithm as the end goal rather than a means to solve user problems. It optimizes for statistical performance without considering how the model fits into user workflows, business processes, or changing requirements. [The universal tool calling protocol for agentic AIDiscover UTCP: the open, flexible alternative to MCP. Build agentic AI that scales natively, securely, and without middleware overhead.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-536.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRazvan-Ion Radulescu![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---What-exactly-is-an-AI-agent-----and-how-do-you-build-one-Nico-Finelli-Vellum-AI--1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-universal-tool-calling-protocol-for-agentic-ai/) ## Product thinking applied to ML Product thinking flips this approach. Instead of starting with data and algorithms, you begin with user needs, [your company strategy](https://hbr.org/2025/07/will-your-gen-ai-strategy-shape-your-future-or-derail-it), and business problems. The model becomes one component in a larger product experience designed to create value for specific users. This shift changes everything about how you approach ML development. Your primary questions become: - Who will use this model? - What problem are they trying to solve? - How does this fit into their existing workflow? - What does success look like from their perspective? Take the example of a content recommendation system. A model-centric approach focuses on click-through rates and recommendation accuracy. A product-centric approach asks deeper questions: - Are users discovering content they actually want? - Do recommendations help them complete their goals, or just give us a few extra clicks? - Are we showing diverse content or creating filter bubbles? - How do recommendations affect user retention and satisfaction? In that vein, we stepped back and spent time with real customers and frontline teams. What we uncovered was that customers didn’t just want solutions that looked interesting. Instead, they wanted relevance, timing, and clear value. Teams wanted tools that fit seamlessly into their workflows, not just another output to interpret. ## The full product lifecycle Product thinking affects every stage of ML development, starting with **problem definition**. Instead of jumping into data exploration, you spend time understanding user pain points, current solutions, and success criteria. This upfront investment prevents building technically impressive solutions to problems users don't actually have. During development, you focus on building minimum viable models that solve core user problems rather than perfect algorithms. A content recommendation system might start with simple collaborative filtering that works well for 80% of users, then evolves based on real usage patterns, rather than theoretical improvements. The deployment phase becomes about user adoption rather than just technical integration. You consider how users will interact with model outputs, what training they might need, and how to integrate predictions into existing workflows. We rebuilt with a simpler system. Instead of optimizing for clicks, the model identified patterns of churn risk and recommended actions so customers could quickly gain value from the product depending on their role and industry. The interface highlighted why the suggestion mattered, so users could trust and act on it. The focus shifted from technical sophistication to usability and business impact. We also set up a biweekly focus group so that we could gather continuous feedback from customers about the usefulness of the recommendations being surfaced to them. [Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistantsFind out how agentic AI and empathetic virtual assistants move beyond automation to understand context, emotion, and human intent.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-537.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--79--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/) ## Measuring success beyond accuracy The difference was striking. Customer retention improved by **15%**, frontline teams reported higher confidence in using the system, and adoption soared because the tool was solving the right problems. The simpler solution had a far greater impact than our earlier complex one, which was technically very accurate. This experience made one thing clear: successful ML products aren’t about chasing accuracy metrics in isolation. They’re about treating models as products, anchored in user needs, integrated into workflows, and measured by real-world outcomes. Product thinking demands different success metrics. Technical metrics like precision and recall remain important, but they're insufficient for measuring real-world impact. You need to track how the model affects user behavior, business outcomes, and long-term system health. This broader view of success also means monitoring for unintended consequences. For example, a hiring screening model might perform well on paper but create bias in candidate selection. Product thinking includes taking responsibility for these downstream effects, building in safeguards, and monitoring systems. ## Continuous iteration and feedback I also learned that it’s important to bake in continuous iteration based on user feedback. Unlike traditional software, where you can A/B test interface changes, ML systems require more sophisticated experimentation approaches. You need to test not just model performance but user adoption, workflow integration, and business impact. Going forward, there are two key things I did differently. One, I defined holistic metrics for every release, including technical performance, user satisfaction as measured by engagement or task completion rate, and finally business impact such as adoption, retention, and revenue. I also ensured we had feedback loops built into your system from day one. Users need ways to correct model outputs, report problems, and suggest improvements. These feedback mechanisms become training data for future iterations and early warning systems for model drift or bias. Secondly, I released much earlier, either in shadow mode to no users, or to a very small group of users, and used that live user feedback to iterate. I found that the iteration cycle became faster and more user-focused. Instead of waiting for quarterly model retraining, we deployed weekly updates based on user feedback and changing patterns. We focused on responsiveness to user needs, rather than perfect technical performance. ## Building cross-functional teams AI and ML models also need more cross-functional thinking, not just due to technical complexity, but also because we have less of an understanding of the ins and outs of the systems and the reaction of customers. Instead of isolated ML teams, I gathered cross-functional groups for detailed group discussions and brainstorming sessions, including data scientists, product managers, UX designers, and domain experts. Each brings essential perspectives that purely technical teams miss. As a product manager, I helped translate business requirements into technical specifications and vice versa. UX designers ensure model outputs integrate smoothly into user workflows. Domain experts provide context about user needs and industry constraints that data alone can't capture. This collaboration extends to stakeholders and end users. Regular user interviews, feedback sessions, and usability testing become as important as model evaluation. ## Practical implementation steps Start small with product thinking principles. Choose one existing model and audit it through a product lens. Who are the actual users? What problems are they trying to solve? How do they currently interact with model outputs? What friction points exist? Build user feedback mechanisms into every model deployment. This might be as simple as thumbs up/down buttons or as sophisticated as detailed annotation interfaces. The key is creating channels for users to communicate with your system and closing the loop on their input. Expand your success metrics beyond technical performance. Track user adoption rates, task completion times, user satisfaction scores, and business outcomes. These become as important as accuracy metrics for evaluating model performance. Most importantly, involve users in the development process from the beginning. Regular user interviews, prototype testing, and feedback sessions should be standard practice, not afterthoughts. Your users are the ultimate judges of whether your model succeeds, regardless of how impressive the technical metrics look. The shift from model-centric to product-centric thinking isn't just about process changes. It's about fundamentally reimagining what it means to build successful ML systems. When you treat your models as products, you create systems that deliver real value to the people who use them. ### The universal tool calling protocol for agentic AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-universal-tool-calling-protocol-for-agentic-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:46:51.000Z How many of you have actually built something with tool calling? If you're reading this, chances are you've at least heard about it. Maybe you've integrated a few tools into your AI agents, or perhaps you're on the other side, providing tools for agents to use. Either way, you know that tool calling is what separates a chatbot from a true AI agent. Here's the thing: agents without tools are just fancy text generators. What makes them genuinely useful, what gives them their power, is their ability to reach beyond the confines of language models and actually *do* things in the real world. They can read your emails, browse the web, manipulate files, and interact with the countless APIs that power our digital infrastructure. But we have a problem. A big one. ## The integration bottleneck we all know too well Picture this: you're building an AI agent, and you want it to interact with Gmail, browse the web, and work with files on a user's computer. In the early days, you'd have to code each integration yourself. Every. Single. One. This approach created an impossible situation. Agent providers became bottlenecks in their own ecosystems. Want to add a new tool? Sorry, you'll have to wait for the provider to build that integration. Have a proprietary API that's specific to your business? Good luck getting that on anyone's roadmap. The community recognized this problem and came up with a solution: the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The promise was elegant: standardize how agents communicate with tools so that agent providers only need to implement one communication protocol. Then, any tool can provide a server that translates its functionality into a model-friendly format. Sounds great, right? Well, not so fast. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Why agentic AI is the future of virtual assistants URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-virtual-assistants/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:43:38.000Z You know that feeling when you call customer support and the agent just... doesn't get it? They're reading from a script, asking you to repeat steps you've already tried, completely missing the frustration in your voice. Now imagine if that agent could actually see you're upset, understand what you're trying to achieve, and adapt their approach accordingly. That's the gap between today's automated systems and what virtual assistants should actually be. I'm Raj, and I've spent my entire professional life researching how we learn from what we see, hear, and observe. Today, I want to share what I've learned about building virtual assistants that actually work, not just automated processes that frustrate users, but genuine collaborative partners that understand context, show empathy, and build trust. ## The problem with today's "agents" Let's be honest: most of what we call AI agents today are just glorified robotic processes. We had those before AI became the buzzword du jour. They follow predetermined paths, match patterns to intents, and spit out pre-programmed responses. But is that really what we need? Think about real-life agents, the human ones. Whether you're talking to a customer support representative, a healthcare professional, or a financial advisor, there's actual collaboration happening. They understand not just what you're saying, but why you're saying it. They pick up on your mood, adapt their approach, and work with you toward your goals. The missing piece? Theory of mind. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the theory of mind is our ability to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions different from our own. When someone talks to you, you're not just processing their words; you're assessing their goals, understanding their beliefs, and figuring out how to help them based on what you know to be true. It's not about pattern recognition or intent mapping. It's about genuine understanding. ## The four pillars of effective virtual assistants Through our work developing EVA (our Enterprise Virtual Assistant), we've identified four essential phases that any effective virtual assistant must master: ### 1\. Knowledge acquisition: More than Just RAG First things first: to help anyone with anything, you need knowledge. But here's the thing: acquiring and utilizing enterprise knowledge remains a massive challenge. Sure, we have structured databases, unstructured documents, and various repositories of information. But RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)? It's really just a glorified search mechanism. Real knowledge acquisition means understanding predicates, actions, and applicable conditions that aren't explicitly written anywhere. Take credit card fraud, for example. You need to report it within 24 hours for the bank to waive charges. But that information might be buried in legal documents, and the system needs to understand when to surface it based on context. ### 2\. Conversation: Beyond information retrieval When you ask a virtual assistant a question, are you just looking for information retrieval? Usually not. You want a conversation; a back-and-forth that helps you solve a problem or achieve a goal. Let me give you my favorite example: "If my top five customers' sentiment falls below 5%, schedule a call with my northeast sales team." Sounds simple? It's not. The system needs to understand: - What customer sentiment means and where to find it - How to calculate a 5% drop - That "northeast" is a geographical region - Which team members are assigned to that region - How to access scheduling systems This isn't scripting; it's understanding context and taking appropriate action. ### 3\. Agency: Multi-step problem solving Real agency means handling complex, multi-step tasks without explicit programming for each scenario. When someone says, "I hit a wall with my car," why do you think they're calling their insurance company? Obviously, they want to file a claim and remedy the situation. A truly intelligent agent recognizes the negative state and navigates the user to a positive outcome. Like a GPS recalculating when you miss an exit, it adapts dynamically based on your current situation and ultimate goal. It doesn't say, "I told you to follow my instructions." It simply recalculates and guides you forward. ### 4\. Empathy and trust: The human touch Here's what everyone seems to forget: AI use cases will be severely limited without empathy and trust. Trust comes from reasoning and providing certified, factual information. Empathy comes from understanding and responding appropriately to emotional context. Imagine a florist's virtual assistant. When someone mentions they need flowers for their daughter's graduation, the response should be jubilant and celebratory. But if they're ordering for a funeral? The entire tone needs to shift to something more somber and respectful. Nobody wants to talk to a mechanical-sounding agent with no emotional intelligence. I'm not saying we need to anthropomorphize these systems into virtual girlfriends or boyfriends, but they do need to engage at a human level. [AI agents: 5 lessons for getting it rightBased on case studies, industry examples, and lessons from practice, here are five lessons for deploying AI agents successfully.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-532.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--78--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-5-lessons-for-getting-it-right/) ## The architecture of understanding So how do we build systems that can actually do all this? The answer lies in what we call neurosymbolic systems: combining the scale of deep learning with the reliability of symbolic reasoning. Look, I know there's debate about this. Some folks think transformer models and deep learning will eventually handle everything. But right now, for complex cognitive tasks, pure deep learning just isn't cutting it. My daughter figured this out after one day of playing with large language models. She noticed they repeat stories, creating sentences that sound coherent but often lack real meaning. Neurosymbolic systems give us: - **Scale** from deep learning approaches - **Reliability** from symbolic reasoning - **Explainability** for trust-building - **Factual grounding** to prevent hallucination When you extract information into graph representations with known relationships, traversing that graph is like querying a database - you know the information is true. No hallucination, no made-up facts. ## Multimodal understanding: Seeing beyond words Here's where things get really interesting. Real communication is about everything else, too. When I'm giving a presentation and see everyone checking their phones, should I just keep talking? Of course not. That visual feedback tells me I need to change my approach. Our virtual assistants need the same awareness. They should know: - Whether someone is present in their field of view - If the user is engaged or distracted - Environmental factors (like being on mute during a call) - Emotional states through facial expressions - Even personality traits that emerge over time We've built systems that can assess mental health conditions with 85% accuracy compared to human experts in just five minutes. How? By analyzing not just what people say, but how they say it. When you're recalling difficult memories, emotions express themselves in facial micro-expressions that you can't conceal. Your spouse can read these signals, so why shouldn't your virtual assistant? ## Real-world applications today This isn't just theoretical. We have customers using multimodal virtual assistants for: - **Damage assessment** after storms - **Safety inspections** in restaurants and facilities - **Vehicle inspection** verification - **Mental health screening** for deployment readiness - **Real-time compliance monitoring** These systems combine enterprise knowledge with real-world observation. They understand regulations, observe actual conditions, and assess violations or compliance in real-time. For instance, detecting a person, a phone, and a car isn't the point. Understanding that someone is driving while talking on the phone - that's what constitutes a violation. The system needs to understand relationships, not just identify objects. ## The challenge of exponential information growth Here's something that should keep you up at night: data is doubling every twelve hours. Let that sink in. Without AI assistance, we'll actively look dumber as we fall further behind the information curve. But here's the kicker: much of this "new" data isn't original content. AI agents are competing to generate synthetic content, muddying the waters further. Model drift is coming, and it's going to be a serious problem. That's why, at least for the near term, we need neurosymbolic systems grounded in truth. Systems that can: - Process information multimodally - Engage with genuine empathy - Build and maintain trust - Deliver measurable ROI through better engagement [Why AI startups should bet big on privacySmart AI startups are turning privacy from a roadblock into their biggest competitive advantage. Here’s how they’re doing it.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-533.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDmitry Bobolev![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Grammarly-Peng-Wang---Grammarly-s-vision-Redefining-the-future-of-AI-powered-communication-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/) ## Building for the future Six months from now, you'll see the rebirth of wearable technology; not just watches, but glasses and other immersive devices. People will walk through the world asking questions and getting real-time assistance. Privacy concerns aside (and yes, that's a whole other conversation), these devices will fundamentally change how we interact with AI. Imagine walking through a construction site with smart glasses, getting real-time safety assessments. Or a doctor examining a patient while an AI assistant observes symptoms and suggests diagnostic paths based on visual and verbal cues. ## The path forward The virtual assistants of tomorrow will truly assist. They'll understand context, show appropriate emotion, and build trust through reliable, explainable actions. They'll see when you're frustrated, hear the stress in your voice, and adapt their approach accordingly. This is about building systems that understand human communication in all its forms, verbal, visual, and emotional, and respond appropriately. It's about moving beyond pattern matching to genuine understanding. The technology exists. We've proven it works. Now it's time to implement it at scale, creating virtual assistants that don't just automate processes but genuinely collaborate with humans to achieve better outcomes. Your CFO wants ROI? Better engagement scores, higher customer satisfaction, and more efficient problem resolution - that's the return on building virtual assistants with empathy and understanding. Your customers want to feel heard and helped? That requires systems that can see, understand, and respond with appropriate emotional intelligence. The age of mechanical, scripted responses is ending. The era of empathetic, intelligent virtual assistants has begun. The question is about how quickly you can implement it before your competitors do. Because in a world where data doubles every twelve hours and customer expectations rise even faster, virtual assistants that truly understand and engage aren't just nice to have. They're essential for survival. ### Challenges & advances of deep learning in digital pathology URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/deep-learning-in-digital-pathology-video/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T06:54:55.000Z ### Learn more Enjoyed this video? Why not check out some related reading 👇 [The impact of deep learning on CV algorithm developmentEldad Klaiman talks about how Roche is leveraging open source mentality and developer communities through its journey of digitalization.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-369.png)AI Accelerator InstituteEldad Klaiman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/autonomous-driving-barcelona-1.jpeg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development/) [How deep learning enhances computer vision in modern manufacturingExplore how deep learning revolutionizes machine vision, driving precision and efficiency in modern manufacturing. Stay ahead with AI insights.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-370.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1606206873764-fd15e242df52-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-deep-learning-enhances-computer-vision-in-modern-manufacturing/) ### CV algorithm development by the masses for the masses URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cv-algorithm-development-by-the-masses-for-the-masses-video/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T06:58:39.000Z ### Learn more Enjoyed this video? Why not check out some related reading 👇 [The impact of deep learning on CV algorithm developmentEldad Klaiman talks about how Roche is leveraging open source mentality and developer communities through its journey of digitalization.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-373.png)AI Accelerator InstituteEldad Klaiman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/autonomous-driving-barcelona-2.jpeg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development/) [Your guide to computer visionWith modern advancements in artificial intelligence and computational power, computer vision has become an integral part of everyday life. Computers’ ability to ‘see’ and interpret the world around them helps in the analysis of the massive amounts of data created in daily operations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-374.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_computer-vision-27.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) [7 computer vision use cases in manufacturingCV in manufacturing is revolutionizing various processes through high-quality cameras, expert data, and more, leading to overall reduced costs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-375.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1455165814004-1126a7199f9b-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-computer-vision-use-cases-in-manufacturing/) ### AI agents: 5 lessons for getting it right URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-5-lessons-for-getting-it-right/ Last updated: 2025-11-07T08:57:58.000Z According to [Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027), over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027\. The core issue isn't the technology itself, but how organizations implement it. AI agents represent a new generation of automation: systems capable of completing tasks with minimal human intervention. But as companies move from pilot to production, many encounter a gap between expectations and real-world outcomes. Based on case studies, industry examples, and lessons from practice, here are five lessons for deploying AI agents successfully. ## 1\. Align strategy across the organization Companies typically approach AI agents from two directions: executive mandates or isolated team experiments. Neither works well in isolation. Bottom-up initiatives often generate promising pilots, but without executive sponsorship, they rarely scale. I’ve seen colleagues build prototypes that improved workflows and unlocked new features, but without budget or leadership support, they stalled. This pattern isn’t unique, [Mckinsey](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/seizing-the-agentic-ai-advantage) reports fewer than 30% of companies have CEO-level sponsorship for AI, leading to scattered micro-initiatives with little enterprise impact. Top-down efforts can also fail. For example, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claimed AI now performs [30–50%](https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/ai-work-employee-salesforce-20396370.php) of company work and envisioned 1 billion agents by the end of the year. The statement sparked criticism. Employees argued it overstated current AI capabilities and downplayed human contributions. **The solution? Combine both approaches strategically:** Start with executives defining clear objectives and success metrics. Have technical teams run discovery workshops to assess feasibility. Then launch small pilots with executive sponsors who remove blockers without micromanaging. In my current work on building an AI agent system, we followed this blended approach. Executives set the vision and goals. Our team focused on building AI skills through structured learning and hands-on experimentation. We validated ideas with proofs of concept, iterated quickly, and created space for ongoing learning on both sides. When skepticism arose, we addressed concerns directly before moving forward. The AI Agents space is moving fast, and the pace of mutual adaptation is critical to maintain momentum. The key is creating a bridge between strategic vision and operational reality. Something that requires both top-down support and bottom-up expertise. [CV algorithm development by the masses for the massesDiscover how CV algorithm development is becoming more accessible, enabling more people to build & benefit from real-world CV solutions at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-526.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNancy Estrocio![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Summit-Series_Youtube_Thumbnail_Template_--9-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cv-algorithm-development-by-the-masses-for-the-masses-video/) ## 2\. Address data readiness early AI agents don't generate new knowledge, they operate on available information. For most organizations, that information is fragmented and unstructured. This is the rule of thumb I use when assessing readiness: if you can’t access 80% of relevant data programmatically, or more than 30% of critical knowledge still lives in people’s heads, you’re not ready. In my project building threat intelligence agents, this principle proved true, most of the effort went into consolidating data, not agent design. **The risk of poor data readiness?** Your agent will hallucinate or require constant human intervention. [Air Canada's](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/air-canada-chatbot-lawsuit?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) AI chatbot told customers about a refund policy that didn't exist, leading to the airline being ordered to compensate passengers who received incorrect information. The tribunal ruled that Air Canada is responsible for all information on its website, including chatbot responses. Start by capturing institutional knowledge. Then structure your unstructured data incrementally, focusing on the most critical information first. Build feedback loops to capture and fix data gaps as you discover them. ## 3\. Set realistic performance expectations Organizations tolerate 5-10% human error rates yet demand perfection from AI agents. This mismatch kills promising initiatives. Media hype often sets organizations up for disappointment. I’ve seen teams hold agents to impossible standards because vendors claim ‘100% automation.’ For example, Accenture promotes agents that can read every insurance submission, a huge leap from today’s reality where half are still untouched. In practice, these claims raise expectations far beyond what teams can reliably deliver. **The mindset shift needed?** Benchmark against human performance, not perfection. Klarna's customer service AI demonstrates this approach: it resolves 66% of requests, reduces resolution time from 11 minutes to 2, and maintains satisfaction scores comparable to human agents. They didn't aim for 100% – they aimed for better than human. In developing AI systems, I’ve learned that accuracy isn’t the only metric. We start with the customer baseline and measure how much faster AI delivers value. Accuracy still matters, but when issues arise, we address them openly and improve incrementally. Phased rollouts; alpha, beta, and early customer feedback, help us refine performance and build trust without over-promising. Focus on handling 80% of cases well rather than 100% perfectly. Start with low-risk use cases where mistakes have minimal impact. Internal knowledge searches or data validation build confidence without risking customer relationships. Communicate that agents provide confidence scores, not certainties. When stakeholders understand the logic, they're more comfortable with occasional errors. [Why AI startups should bet big on privacySmart AI startups are turning privacy from a roadblock into their biggest competitive advantage. Here’s how they’re doing it.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-527.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDmitry Bobolev![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---Grammarly-Peng-Wang---Grammarly-s-vision-Redefining-the-future-of-AI-powered-communication.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/) ## 4\. Balance build vs. buy strategically The build-versus-buy decision isn't binary, it's about finding the right hybrid approach. **Fully in-house development seems appealing but often fails.** I’ve watched several organizations attempt to build agent platforms entirely in-house, only to hit walls in orchestration, memory, and governance. The reality is, few teams have the specialized expertise required,[ Forrester](https://www.forrester.com/blogs/predictions-2025-artificial-intelligence/) echoes this, predicting that three-quarters of such efforts will fail. **Complete outsourcing has its own pitfalls.** If everyone uses the same vendor's agent, you lose competitive advantage. Vendors optimize for common cases, not your specific needs. **The hybrid sweet spot:** Start with commercial solutions to validate value quickly. Then identify what makes your use case unique, these become candidates for custom development. Critical skills to develop internally include prompt engineering, data pipeline development, and domain expertise deep enough to guide the agent effectively. You don't need to build everything, but you need to understand and control what makes you different. ## 5\. Don't overlook operational infrastructure Many pilots succeed in controlled environments but fail in production – not because of the agent itself, but because of missing operational infrastructure. I’ve seen agents run flawlessly in notebooks and staging, only to collapse in production when a data format changed silently. Without monitoring, failures went unnoticed until real damage was done.[ ](https://www.eweek.com/news/replit-ai-coding-assistant-failure/) [Replit’s recent incident](https://www.eweek.com/news/replit-ai-coding-assistant-failure/) illustrates the risk: their coding agent deleted a production database despite safeguards, showing how fragile operations can be without rigorous controls. **"Building with production in mind" means considering operational requirements from day one.** Before any prototype, ask: How will we know if it's working? What happens when it fails? Who can override its decisions? How do we audit its actions? Essential infrastructure components include: - **Access controls:** Who can invoke the agent and what can it modify? - **Observability:** Logging, metrics, and anomaly detection - **Cost management:** Token tracking, API quotas, and automatic shutoffs - **Integration safeguards:** Rate limiting, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation - **Incident response:** Kill switches, rollback procedures, and escalation paths Start testing in notebooks, then staging with synthetic data, then shadow mode alongside human processes, before limited production rollout. Each stage reveals different challenges and builds operational confidence. ## Final thoughts: Move early, learn continuously Successful AI agent adoption isn't about perfect technology or massive budgets. It's about organizational learning speed. Companies that succeed start before everything is perfect, build incrementally, fail fast, and scale what works. AI agents are still evolving, but they are already creating value in production. The question isn't whether AI agents will transform business operations, but which organizations will master these five lessons soonest and lead that transformation. ### Why AI startups should bet big on privacy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-ai-startups-should-bet-big-on-privacy/ Last updated: 2025-10-29T13:27:01.000Z What if privacy wasn't your AI startup's biggest constraint, but your biggest opportunity? Where many founders see privacy as a barrier, the savvy entrepreneurs use privacy-preserving AI to build unassailable competitive advantages. ### **Key highlights** Privacy-preserving AI techniques enable startups to build smart MVPs while managing user trust and regulatory compliance. - Data minimisation and on-device processing lead to immediate privacy gains and little performance impact. - Differential privacy provides mathematical guarantees regarding the level of anonymity enjoyed by users, but permits useful information to be gleaned. - Strategic privacy implementation gives a competitive advantage and reduces long-term regulatory risks. ## **The privacy-AI challenge in 2025** Today's users are more privacy-conscious than ever. As a result, 80% of consumers think that AI companies will use their data in ways they're uncomfortable with (Pew Research, 2024). Therefore, 63% of them are concerned that generative AI will compromise privacy through data breaches or unauthorised access (KPMG, 2024). On the other hand, companies that use privacy-preserving AI from the beginning achieve a faster user integration process, lower churn rates, and strong investing potential. Regulatory landscapes are also proliferating. As a result, in 2025, 16 U.S. states will have comprehensive privacy laws. The EU AI Act provides global influence on AI governance. Meanwhile, 50% of organisations are avoiding scaling GenAI due to privacy and security concerns. However, we should keep in mind that privacy and functionality aren't mutually exclusive; they function together to drive user trust and business success. [The implications of AGI: What comes after the era of LLMsExplore how Google DeepMind’s breakthroughs in LLMs and AI safety are shaping the path toward true AGI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-524.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAleksandra Faust![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---Aleksandra-Faust--Chief-AI-Officer-at-Genesis-Therapeutics.-Ex-Research-Director-in-Google-DeepMind-The-implications-of-AGI-What-comes-after-the-era-of-LLMs--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-implications-of-agi-what-comes-after-the-era-of-llms/) ## **Core technical strategies** ### **1\. Data minimisation architecture** Indeed, the most powerful privacy rule is simple: don't collect data that you don't need. Rather than gathering unnecessary user data, hoping it might be useful, it is important to define exactly what data is required. Build your data collection around clear use cases. Research shows that 48% of organisations are unintentionally collecting non-public company information into GenAI (Cisco, 2024), highlighting the importance of conscious data collection. Modular data gathering with a clear goal reduces privacy risk while being fully functional. ### **2\. On-device processing and edge AI** Processing should be done within the user’s device while keeping sensitive data. Modern tools, suchas TensorFlow.js and Core ML, enable sophisticated client-side inference capabilities. Recent research explains that edge devices can achieve up to 90.2% accuracy in complex tasks like digit recognition while maintaining complete data privacy (Tokyo University of Science, 2024). The edge AI market is expected to grow at 33.9% between 2024 and 2030, driven by demand for real-time, privacy-preserving processing. ### **3\. Differential privacy integration** Differential privacy shows that individual user data cannot be identified from AI model outputs. This technique involves calibrated noise in data or model outputs. For MVPs, start with library-based techniques, focusing on the most sensitive data flows, and slowly expand coverage as your product evolves. ## **Avoiding common privacy pitfalls** **Model inversion attacks:** Attackers can rebuild training data from model parameters. Implement output purification, use model cleaning techniques, and add appropriate noise to outputs. **API leakage:** The leakage often occurs through error messages, timing attacks, or response patterns. Mitigate by standardising API responses, implementing consistent timing, and using comprehensive rate limiting. ## **Performance vs privacy trade-offs** Understanding the connection between privacy protection and system performance is important for informed MVP decisions. - **Data minimisation:** Minimal performance overhead, immediate privacy benefits - **Differential privacy:** 5-15% accuracy reduction, minimal latency impact - **On-device processing:** 10-25% accuracy reduction, 2-3x latency increase; however, it removes data transmission risks The most effective approach involves combining multiple techniques strategically rather than relying on a single method. [The $84 trillion wealth transfer needs agentic AIThe $84 trillion wealth shift is coming. Learn why agentic AI is key to transforming estate planning and financial trust.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-525.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSeungwoo Son![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--77-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-84-trillion-wealth-transfer-needs-agentic-ai/) ## **Real-world implementation: Case study** An on-screen learning automation tool that had to learn from user interactions while ensuring sensitive information was never left on the user's device. **The solution:** - Local processing with optimised computer vision models - Only anonymised interactions are shared for model improvement. - Dynamic user control over data sharing **Results:** As a result, there is 94% accuracy in task automation, 0% sensitive data leakage, 89% user satisfaction with privacy controls, and 40% faster integration compared to other privacy solutions. ## **Implementation roadmap** ### **For early-stage MVPs** 1. Start with data minimisation; immediate benefits, fast implementation 2. Use existing privacy libraries rather than building from scratch 3. Implement basic differential privacy using Google's DP library 4. Design transparent consent flows with clear explanations ### **For growth-stage MVPs** 1. Implement on-device processing for sensitive operations 2. Deploy learning outcomes for collaborative model improvement 3. Add advanced differential privacy to all data aggregation processes 4. Expand focus on privacy protections to match user expectations Building privacy-preserving AI gives more than technical compliance - it's about establishing sustainable competitive advantage through user trust. Startups that incorporate privacy protection into their AI systems from the beginning constantly outperform competitors who treat privacy as unimportant. The future belongs to startups that can develop with AI while earning and maintaining user trust. By utilising these privacy-preserving techniques in your MVP, you're not just building a product; you're creating a responsible, sustainable foundation in the AI-powered industry. ## **References** Pew Research Center. (2024). *Public views on AI, privacy, and data use*. Pew Research Center.[ https://www.pewresearch.org](https://www.pewresearch.org) KPMG. (2024). *Generative AI and the enterprise: Global insights on trust and adoption*. KPMG International. Cisco. (2024). *2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study*. Cisco Systems.[ https://www.cisco.com](https://www.cisco.com) Tokyo University of Science. (2024). *Edge AI performance and privacy-preserving architectures*. Tokyo University of Science Research Publications.[ https://www.tus.ac.jp](https://www.tus.ac.jp) European Union. (2024). *Artificial Intelligence Act*. Official Journal of the European Union. U.S. State Legislatures. (2025). *Comprehensive state privacy laws in effect 2025*. National Conference of State Legislatures. https://www.ncsl.org ### The implications of AGI: What comes after the era of LLMs URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-implications-of-agi-what-comes-after-the-era-of-llms/ Last updated: 2025-12-09T13:56:21.000Z What happens when our machines begin to understand us as naturally as we understand each other? That’s not a question for the future – it’s one we’re living through right now. Training today’s [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-large-language-models-are-transforming-pediatric-healthcare/) already costs upwards of $100 million. Just last year, two Nobel Prizes were awarded for AI breakthroughs. That’s extraordinary. It signals something profound: we’ve crossed a threshold where artificial intelligence isn’t just solving problems, it’s transforming how we think, create, and interact. In my career, from leading research at Google DeepMind to my current work as Chief AI Officer at Genesis Therapeutics, I’ve seen AI evolve from brittle systems that followed commands to flexible partners capable of reasoning, learning, and even showing hints of personality. So in this article, I’ll reflect on where that journey has taken us, and where it’s leading next. We’ll explore how large language models (LLMs) are changing natural interaction, unifying control across systems, and even learning autonomously. Most importantly, we’ll consider what these breakthroughs mean for the path toward **Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)** – and for the safety, responsibility, and humanity of the field we’re building together. Let’s get started. ## **Teaching robots to understand us** When I first started in [robotics](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/robotics/), giving instructions to a robot was about as intuitive as writing assembly code. You had to specify coordinates, velocities, joint angles – every micro-step. Now, imagine instead saying something like: “Trot forward slowly.” “Back off – don’t hurt the squirrel.” “Act like you’re limping.” And the robot simply *understands*. That’s the leap we’ve made thanks to large language models. In one of our early projects, we used [GPT-4](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) to control a quadruped robot. Underneath, a traditional controller handled the physical contact patterns – blue meant touch, yellow meant lift – while the LLM acted as an intelligent interface translating natural language into motor commands. What amazed us wasn’t just that it worked – it was that it *generalized*. You could tell the robot, “Good news, we’re going on a picnic!” and it would literally jump around. That’s what I mean by *natural interaction*. For the first time, non-experts can access complex AI systems without programming or robotics expertise. It’s a fundamental shift – one that opens up AI to millions more people and use cases. [AI reality check: Cutting through the agent hype95% of AI pilots fail, but they don’t have to. Learn how context, connection, and collaboration turn fragmented AI efforts into real transformation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-514.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarkus Finke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--7-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-reality-check-cutting-through-the-agent-hype/) ## **Code as a common language** Across robotics, web agents, and digital assistants, one big barrier has always been fragmentation. Every system speaks a different “action language.” A [self-driving car](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-waabis-launch-means-for-the-self-driving-car-industry/) thinks in terms of steering angle and acceleration.A quadruped robot thinks in terms of joint torques.A web agent manipulates HTML elements. There’s no universal interface. But code might just be that universal action space. Let me give you an example. We built a web navigation agent capable of executing multi-step searches entirely from natural instructions like: “Find one-bedroom apartments in Ortonville for corporate housing, starting from google.com.” The agent reads the raw HTML (we’re talking megabytes of unstructured data), plans the next steps, writes the necessary code, executes it, and repeats – closing the loop autonomously. With just 200 self-collected demonstrations, this modular system learned to generalize across entirely new websites. We achieved success rates between 65% and 80% on real-world domains like real estate, Reddit queries, and Google Maps. However, this capability also raised early concerns about **AI safety**. I remember vividly in late 2022, right as ChatGPT launched, we were discussing whether agents should be allowed to write and execute code on their own. That’s a powerful and potentially dangerous ability. So while this experiment demonstrated how LLMs can unify action across domains, it also reminded us that **capability must come with control**. [Optimizing innovation, value delivery, and business agility with generative AIToday, I’ll be talking about how you can use generative AI to optimize innovation. value delivery, and business agility with generative AI, and I’ll be talking about AI from a product management point of view, rather than a technological point of view.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-515.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRituraj Patil![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/miguel-a-amutio-Y0woUmyxGrw-unsplash-1-1.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/) ## **When AI grows a personality: Understanding synthetic personas** Here’s something unexpected: large language models don’t just talk – they *impersonate*. That raised a question my team explored: Do LLMs have human-consistent personality traits? We collaborated with psychometricians to test models using the Big Five personality framework – **openness**, **conscientiousness**, **extraversion**, **agreeableness**, and **neuroticism**. The result? Yes. And the larger the model, the more human its responses became. Interestingly, they also became *more exaggerated* – like caricatures of human personality. For instance, when prompted for high agreeableness, the model might say: > “I just want to be like my mother – she’s the kindest person I know.” When prompted for low agreeableness, it would respond: > “I’m terrible at keeping my house clean. I just don’t care enough.” Beyond being fascinating, this finding has real implications. We discovered we could *control* these traits through prompts. Over 120 adjectives that allow us to shape personality on demand. For applications like social media assistants or virtual companions, this opens up exciting possibilities, but it also raises[ ethical questions](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/solving-ais-ethical-challenges-with-responsible-innovation/). What does it mean to engineer personality? And what responsibility do we have when people begin to *relate* to these personas as if they were real? [How generative AI is revolutionizing drug discovery and developmentDiscover how generative AI is transforming drug discovery, medical imaging, and patient outcomes to accelerate advancements with AstraZeneca![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-517.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr Nikolay Burlutskiy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---How-generative-AI-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development-AstraZeneca-Mars-1-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development/) ## **Synthetic worlds and the rise of hyperreal AI** Another striking development is how AI now generates **synthetic environments** – not just text or images, but full motion, light, and physics. Today, [generative video](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/openai-launches-sora-ai-video-generator-now-public-2/) models can create hyper-realistic visuals from a single image and prompt. Watching a stream of maple syrup pour in perfect viscosity or a coffee splash refract light correctly would once require supercomputing-level simulation. Now, it’s generated by a model. These synthetic worlds are more than artistic demos. They’re training grounds – environments where [AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) can experiment, act, and learn at a *massive* scale. In robotics and embodied AI, this means we can simulate millions of physical interactions safely before ever touching real hardware. In digital applications, it allows for virtual societies of AI personas that evolve together. We’re entering a phase where models don’t just operate in our world; they can create their own. [What is self-supervised learning (SSL)?Cameron Cooke is an expert in artificial intelligence, with a focus on computer vision, focusing on how it can be applied in manufacturing.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-518.png)AI Accelerator InstituteCameron Cooke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1468657988500-aca2be09f4c6-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/self-supervised-learning-harnessing-the-dark-matter/) ## **Self-learning and model autonomy** One of the most profound shifts in recent years is that models are beginning to teach themselves. Traditionally, AI relied heavily on human-labeled examples – the “few-shot learning” paradigm. But LLMs have introduced a new frontier: **in-context learning**. The more examples they see in a single prompt, the better they get – not because they’re retrained, but because they reason within the context itself. Now, imagine replacing human examples with AI-generated ones. In our experiments, when models labeled their own data (a process we called unsupervised in-context learning), or when they proposed answers and received feedback (reinforced in-context learning), their performance sometimes *exceeded* that of human-trained models. Why? Because the model’s own distribution of data was closer to what it “understood”. Even more fascinating is **self-correction**. You can prompt a model with: “There might be an error in the solution above. Can you find it?” And it often does. Training models for self-correction involves teaching them to make and then fix mistakes – first encouraging errors, then rewarding corrections. Over time, the model learns not just to answer correctly, but to *reflect* on its reasoning. That’s the beginning of something like introspection – the first glimmer of self-improvement without human retraining. [The future of IoT is agentic and autonomousAgentic AI enables autonomous, goal-driven decision-making across the IoT, transforming smart homes, cities, and industrial systems.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-519.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images-Text-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-iot-is-agentic-and-autonomous/) ## **Defining the levels of AGI** With progress moving so fast, it helps to have a shared framework to understand where we are – and where we might be going. I often borrow a concept from autonomous driving: the **levels of autonomy**. We can apply a similar idea to AGI. - **Level 0:** No AI. Think of a calculator – narrow and static. - **Level 1:** AI as a *tool* – assisting but requiring human control. - **Level 2:** AI as a *consultant or collaborator* – increasingly trusted, but still dependent on humans for direction. - **Level 3:** AI as an *expert* – autonomous within its domain, capable of making decisions. - **Level 4+:** Superhuman systems that could outperform humans across multiple domains. Right now, we’re somewhere between Levels 1 and 2\. AI tools are augmenting our work, but we’re also starting to see “over-trust” – people relying on AI decisions without verification. That’s why **AI literacy** is so crucial. Understanding not just *what* AI can do, but *how* it reasons, helps us collaborate safely and effectively. [Balancing innovation and safety with Karanveer AnandIn the latest episode of The Generative AI Podcast, host Arsenii Shatokhin sat down with Karanveer Anand, a Technical Program Manager at Google, to explore how AI is reshaping the field of program management.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-520.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/karanveer-article-image--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/balancing-innovation-and-safety-in-ai-with-karanveer-anand/) ## **The dual edge of progress: Safety and societal impact** Let’s be honest; we’re building technology with enormous potential for good, but also for harm. Used wisely, AI will [accelerate scientific discovery](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-personalized-predictive-and-proactive-medicine/), democratize education, and remove friction from access to expertise. In the wrong hands, it could do the opposite. That’s why we must make **safety part of our engineering DNA**. I often say we should borrow from the disciplines that have already faced this challenge – systems engineering, aviation, and error-tolerant design. These fields treat safety not as an add-on but as a *foundational principle*. AI should be the same. One of the biggest gaps today is **context awareness**. The same prompt can be safe or unsafe depending on why it’s asked. For example, “How do I blow up a bridge?” is obviously dangerous, unless the model is being used in a counterterrorism training context, where that knowledge is precisely what’s needed. We’re missing that middle layer – the contextual “awareness” that helps AI distinguish intent. Similarly, manipulation and bias are not just technical issues; they’re systemic ones. We need secure architectures and locked prompts that can’t be easily jailbroken – the AI equivalent of safety locks in industrial systems. [How to 8‑bit quantize large models using bits and bytesLearn how 8-bit quantization reduces deep learning model size, boosts inference speed, and maintains accuracy using IBM Granite and BitsAndBytes.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-521.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRobert McMenemy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--46-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-8-bit-quantize-large-models-using-bits-and-bytes/) ## **When will AGI arrive – and what will it look like?** People often ask me: *When will AGI arrive?* The truth is, it won’t be a single morning where we wake up and say, “Ta-da! AGI is here.” Progress will be uneven, accelerating in some areas while lagging in others. We’re already seeing remarkable leaps in fields where **ground truth** exists, like coding, math, and reasoning. Business processes with clear success metrics are next. But when it comes to **social and emotional intelligence**, things get trickier. Models that must interpret human intent, adapt to dynamic environments, or operate in physical spaces face deeper challenges. And then there’s **embodiment** – robotics, self-driving cars, and physical AI. Hardware is still hard. Manufacturing, logistics, and safety certification take time. AI can help optimize those processes, but it can’t teleport atoms. So, in my view? - In the **next few years**, we’ll see automation of mechanical and repetitive tasks. - Within **five to ten years**, we’ll approach higher-level planning and reasoning capabilities – especially in digital domains. - Beyond that, embodied and emotional intelligence will follow – slower, but inevitable. As for whether AGI will emerge from large language models themselves, I don’t think next-token prediction alone will get us there. Future architectures must model the dialogue loop – understanding that every response changes the environment, including the human user. Until AI systems can account for that dynamic, they’ll remain sophisticated pattern-matchers, not true general intelligences. ## **Final thoughts** If there’s one takeaway I want to leave you with, it’s this: We are building extraordinarily powerful systems. Systems that can uplift humanity or undermine it. The difference lies in *how* we build and deploy them. That means designing for safety, aligning incentives, regulating responsibly, and keeping humans and their values in the loop. But I don’t want to end on a note of fear. Because I truly believe that, with the right guardrails, this technology will do incredible good. It can accelerate drug discovery, optimize energy use, personalize learning, and make expertise universally accessible. It’s up to us – researchers, engineers, policymakers, and creators – to make sure we steer it wisely. --- This article comes from Aleksandra Faust’s talk at our 2025 Silicon Valley Chief AI Officer Summit. Check out her [full presentation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-silicon-valley-2025/?wchannelid=ma0uold2ax&wmediaid=b8gqyh845d) and the wealth of[ OnDemand resources](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ondemand/) waiting for you. ### The $84 trillion wealth transfer needs agentic AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-84-trillion-wealth-transfer-needs-agentic-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:47:51.000Z You know what's wild? I just asked a room full of tech professionals how many of them have an estate plan. Eight hands went up. Out of dozens of people. That's it. This is a symptom of a massive problem that's about to hit the financial world like a tidal wave. And I'm here to tell you why AI isn't just helpful for solving it; it's absolutely essential. ## When $84 trillion meets outdated systems Let me paint you a picture that should make every financial professional sit up straight. The baby boomer generation currently holds 72% of all US household assets. We're talking about $84 trillion that's set to be passed down to heirs by 2045. Eighty-four. Trillion. Dollars. Here's where it gets even more interesting: Two out of three Americans don't even have a Will. Think about that for a second. We're facing the largest wealth transfer in human history, and most people aren't prepared for it. But wait, there's more to this story. ## Why estate planning feels like reading ancient hieroglyphics Estate planning is fundamentally about planning how your wealth gets distributed when you die or become incapacitated. Simple concept, right? Not quite. At Wealth.com, we started by trying to help everyday people create trusts and wills. What we discovered was fascinating. The mass-affluent market needed help, sure, but there was an even bigger opportunity in financial institutions serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Here's the thing about wealthy clients: they already have estate plans. The problem? These documents are often 10, 20, or even 30 years old. They're scanned PDFs spanning hundreds of pages, filled with handwritten notes, amendments, and edits that would make your head spin. Imagine being a financial advisor reviewing these documents. You're looking for gaps in tax optimization strategies, trying to figure out where updates are needed, and deciphering complex entity relationships. It's like trying to solve a puzzle where half the pieces are written in different languages. The traditional approach? Bring in an outside trust and estate attorney. Have them review everything. Work together to amend or restate documents. The process is costly, time-consuming, and frankly, painful for everyone involved. ## The AI solution that almost works (But doesn't) You might be thinking, "This sounds perfect for AI!" And you'd be right, sort of. The challenge isn't just throwing an LLM at the problem and calling it a day. Trust me, we've seen what happens when people try that approach. Let me share a quick experiment I ran with Google's NotebookLM. I uploaded a Form 709 (a gift tax return) and asked it to extract simple yes/no answers from questions 18 through 21. The result? 40% accuracy. On yes/no questions. This is about understanding why reading estate plans is genuinely hard: - **Document variety is insane**: Revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, pour-over wills, last wills and testaments, financial powers of attorney, advance health directives, Form 709s; the list goes on. - **Age and condition matter**: These aren't fresh digital documents. They're decades-old, scanned, and often handwritten papers. - **Length is overwhelming**: We're talking hundreds, sometimes thousands of pages per client. - **Time is precious**: On average, it takes a trust and estate attorney three hours to properly review a 60-page document. AI promises to reduce those hours to minutes, maybe even seconds. That's where Esther, our estate planning AI copilot, comes in. [AI reality check: Cutting through the agent hype95% of AI pilots fail, but they don’t have to. Learn how context, connection, and collaboration turn fragmented AI efforts into real transformation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-522.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarkus Finke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--7--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-reality-check-cutting-through-the-agent-hype/) ## Building AI that lawyers can actually trust Here's what Esther does: users upload their PDF estate planning documents, and our AI extracts key provisions, disposition details, and complex entity relationships. It then transforms this maze of legal language into clear, visual reports that advisors can present to clients. Sounds straightforward, right? It's not. Current LLMs struggle with several fundamental tasks: - They're surprisingly bad at extracting text from images (OCR tasks) - They fumble with Q&A tasks on government forms - They lack deep domain knowledge in estate planning, legal, and financial spaces - And yes, they still hallucinate ## When AI hallucinations have real-world consequences Let me tell you about some recent headlines that should concern anyone working with AI in regulated industries. Two weeks ago, literally two weeks ago (\*as of June 2025), Anthropic's lawyers used Claude to draft legal briefs in a court case against Universal Music Group. Claude hallucinated a legal citation. In another case, a lawyer used Gemini and got similar results. Another used ChatGPT and referenced non-existent cases. These aren't edge cases from the early days of AI. This is happening right now, with the most advanced models available. In fields like finance and legal, where a single mistake can have devastating consequences, 80% accuracy isn't good enough. We need 95%, 99%, maybe higher. ## The non-negotiables for AI in regulated industries Working in estate planning has taught me what really matters when building AI for high-stakes environments. Here's what you absolutely cannot compromise on: ### 1\. Precision and recall must be exceptional Off-the-shelf LLMs with one-shot prompting won't cut it. You need systems designed from the ground up for accuracy. This means: - LLM-as-judge architectures - Chain of verification processes - Multiple validation layers ### 2\. Human-in-the-loop isn't optional We've built fact-checking mechanisms directly into our workflow. Users can easily verify and fact-check AI-generated information. But we go further: we proactively run evaluation checks ourselves. This leads to our continuous red teaming approach. We maintain a team of domain experts who know estate planning inside and out. They can spot when AI-generated content is off, even slightly. Without this expertise, how can you evaluate whether your AI system is performing accurately? ### 3\. Data security and privacy are paramount In regulated fields, you need: - End-to-end encryption - Written guarantees that LLM inputs/outputs won't be used for training - PII scrubbing before any fine-tuning - Consideration of self-hosted models to avoid shared infrastructure risks ### 4\. Avoiding unauthorized practice of law This is subtle but crucial. Financial advisors worry about AI being "too smart", generating recommendations that could constitute unauthorized practice of law if presented directly to clients. The solution is smart agent design. Different users get access to different capabilities. Attorneys might access document-drafting agents, while financial advisors get analysis tools. It's about understanding who's using your system and designing appropriate guardrails. ## How we actually make this work Let me walk you through our human-in-the-loop architecture, which creates a symphony of collaboration. Users interact with a supervisor agent that routes queries to expert agents: financial advisor agents, trust and estate attorney agents, and CPA agents. Each has specific tools and permissions based on user type. A judge agent verifies accuracy before anything reaches the user. When results are presented, we collect feedback on accuracy. If users consent to training, we feed this back into the system, but only after anonymizing all PII. Our red team samples AI-generated content continuously, evaluating agent performance. This creates a feedback loop where the system genuinely improves over time through fine-tuning and refined prompting strategies. [Why RAG fails in production (And how to fix it)Up to 70% of RAG systems fail in production. Learn from Mastercard’s Shuba Maurya how to overcome real-world RAG challenges and build resilient AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-523.png)AI Accelerator InstituteShubham Maurya![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--4--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-rag-fails-in-production-and-how-to-fix-it/) ## The UX challenge nobody talks about Here's a hard truth: humans are inherently lazy. We want AI to be an autopilot, not a copilot. That's how you end up with lawyers submitting AI-hallucinated legal briefs without fact-checking. Good AI products need to enforce verification through design, not policy. At Wealth.com, we've built a UX that makes fact-checking feel natural, even easy. For example: When AI generates an executive summary from a 100-page document, each bullet point includes citations. Click a citation, and you're not just taken to the right page, as we overlay a bounding box over the exact text the AI referenced. No hunting, no guessing. Users who lack domain expertise can request manual review by our in-house legal team. It's about making the right thing the easy thing. ## Key lessons from the trenches Building AI for estate planning has taught me several crucial lessons: ### Domain expertise equals engineering excellence All the fancy retrieval methods, few-shot prompting techniques, and fine-tuning approaches mean nothing without domain experts who can verify accuracy. You need in-house human resources who understand the field deeply enough to curate training data that actually reflects reality. ### High-quality data is everything Models will get smarter and cheaper over time. What won't change is your need for ground-truth labeled datasets. You need consistent evaluation sets that work across model versions. Just because Gemini 2.5 is "better" than 2.0 doesn't mean your prompts will work the same way. ### AI should empower, not replace The goal is to amplify human expertise. But this requires thoughtful product design that acknowledges human nature. Build systems that make verification smooth and natural, not a friction point users will skip. ### Adaptability keeps you future-proof Sam Altman once said you can build AI startups in two ways: (1) around a specific model, or (2) banking on models getting better. The "OpenAI killed my startup" meme exists for a reason. Build model-agnostic systems. Gather user feedback continuously. Let complaints guide improvements. ## The future of agentic estate planning Looking ahead, I see estate planning becoming truly agentic. Not just AI helping financial advisors, but entire teams of expert agents collaborating: trust and estate lawyers, CPAs, compliance experts, each represented by specialized AI agents working together seamlessly. Imagine a world where updating your estate plan doesn't require months of meetings and thousands of dollars in legal fees, and where tax optimization strategies are continuously evaluated. Where complex multi-generational wealth transfers are modeled and remodeled as laws change. That's the future we're building at Wealth.com. And honestly? Given that $84 trillion wealth transfer is heading our way, we can't make it fast enough. ## The bottom line Estate planning represents everything challenging about applying AI to regulated industries. The documents are complex, the stakes are high, and mistakes have real consequences. But it also represents the incredible opportunity AI offers. By building systems with the right safeguards, exceptional accuracy, human oversight, robust security, and thoughtful UX, we can transform an industry that desperately needs it. We can make estate planning accessible, efficient, and effective for the millions who need it. The question isn't whether AI will transform estate planning. It's whether we'll build it right. And from where I'm standing, with the right approach to accuracy, human collaboration, and continuous improvement, the answer is absolutely yes. Because when $84 trillion is on the line, "good enough" isn't good enough. We need AI that financial advisors, lawyers, and clients can truly trust. And that's exactly what we're building. ### How AI is revolutionizing healthcare: Personalized, predictive, and proactive medicine URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-personalized-predictive-and-proactive-medicine/ Last updated: 2025-10-23T14:50:33.000Z When was the last time you thought about your hearing? If you're like most people, probably not recently. But here's something that should grab your attention – by the time you're 80, you'll almost certainly need help with your hearing. *Every single one of us*. I'm sharing this not to alarm you, but to excite you about what's happening at the intersection of [artificial intelligence and healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/pharma-healthcare-life-sciences/). As someone who teaches neurosciences and AI at Stanford while leading innovation at Starkey – one of the largest hearing aid companies in the US – I've got a front-row seat to a revolution that's transforming how we think about health, wellness, and human potential. We’re at the cusp of a healthcare revolution, driven by AI, and it's reshaping not only how we treat illness but how we monitor and enhance our overall well-being. This is just the beginning, and I’m excited to take you through the breakthroughs that are making this possible. Let’s dive in. ## **The Turing Test: A landmark moment in AI’s development** As many of you in AI are aware, the Turing Test has long been one of the key benchmarks in assessing whether a machine can truly think like a human. For decades, it stood as a significant challenge, one that seemed out of reach. But this year, something *monumental* happened. Just earlier this month, a [rigorous test](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.23674) conducted at UC San Diego involving OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 **passed the Turing Test** – meaning a machine was able to convince human evaluators that it was, in fact, more human than some of its human counterparts. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/10/uc-san-diego-2025-turing-test-screens-2.webp) [Img source](https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-turing-test-has-a-problem-and-openais-gpt-4-5-just-exposed-it/) This might seem like just another milestone for AI, but to me, it represents a much deeper shift in the way we view AI’s capabilities. For 75 years, the Turing Test has been a litmus test for artificial intelligence. And now, after all this time, it looks like we’re finally seeing the breakthrough that many of us in AI have been working toward. The difference between then and now isn't just scale – it's capability. And nowhere is this more evident than in healthcare. [AI-powered healthcare, with Archie Mayani \[Video\]How AI is tackling healthcare supply chain disruptions—featuring GHX’s Archie Mayani on predictive tools, alternatives, and patient care.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-513.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnthony Witherspoon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Archie-Mayani-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-healthcare-with-archie-mayani-video/) ## **AI’s growing role in personalized healthcare** One of the most exciting things about AI’s role in healthcare is how it’s enabling a shift from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to a much more personalized one. Imagine a healthcare system where treatments are tailored to each individual’s unique needs, rather than generalized protocols. This is the future we’re moving toward, and AI is the key enabler. Let me take you back to a [study from 2019](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/global-health-innovation/what-we-do/research/healthcare-data-value-and-analytics/artificial-intelligence/ai-in-mammography-screening-aims/), which really caught my attention. Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge conducted an experiment where a convolutional neural network (CNN) evaluated mammogram X-rays from **29,000 patients**. The AI *outperformed* a team of six radiologists in identifying whether the tissue was cancerous or benign. This was one of the earliest signs that AI could be a game-changer in diagnostics – giving us a glimpse of the future. But it’s not just about diagnostics. In 2023, a [study at UC San Diego](https://health.ucsd.edu/news/press-releases/2024-04-15-study-reveals-ai-enhances-physician-patient-communication/#:~:text=The%20results%20of%20a%20new,rather%20than%20starting%20from%20scratch.) tested how AI could answer medical questions. The researchers asked 195 health-related questions to both human doctors and ChatGPT 3.5, then had a panel of doctors grade the answers. The results were striking – AI not only provided more accurate and comprehensive answers, but its responses were also deemed more empathetic than those of human doctors. This was a turning point. While AI’s factual accuracy has been impressive for years, this study showed us that AI could match, and even surpass, human-level empathy – something that was once considered impossible for machines. This shift in AI’s capabilities has huge implications for how we approach patient care. AI isn’t here to replace doctors, but to enhance their ability to deliver more personalized, efficient, and empathetic care. The next step is integrating these AI advancements directly into the devices and systems that healthcare professionals use every day. [Generative AI in Healthcare eBookReal-world insights from the front lines of clinical AI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-512.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Generative_AI_in_Healthcare_Meta_1-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-in-healthcare-ebook/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AIAI Berlin, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-berlin-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:20:46.000Z Stream every session from AIAI Berlin, with sessions from Mastercard, Delivery Hero, Berenberg, Oracle, Deutsche Bank and more _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI reality check: Cutting through the agent hype URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-reality-check-cutting-through-the-agent-hype/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:01:11.000Z Let me start with a confession: I work in go-to-market, which means I pitch every single day. So, writing this without sounding like I'm selling something? That's going to be tough. But stick with me – I promise the insights are worth it. ## The uncomfortable truth about AI failures Here's a question that might make you squirm: Have you seen that study floating around claiming that 95% of all AI pilots fail? Now, here's where it gets interesting. When I ask enterprise leaders if they believe this statistic, most nod their heads. But when I ask those same people running AI projects if *their* initiatives are failing, suddenly the room goes quiet. Something doesn't add up, right? Whether the exact number is 95% or something lower doesn't really matter. What matters is that a significant portion of AI projects are failing, and I've spent the last year dissecting why this keeps happening, especially with large enterprise customers. ## The three reasons AI projects crash and burn ### 1\. Your AI doesn't actually understand your data Picture this: It's 2022, and company boards everywhere are having their "ChatGPT moment." They're simultaneously amazed and terrified. The immediate reaction? "We need to control this before everyone uploads our data to the public internet!" So what happens? Companies rush to build their own "Company GPT" – usually just OpenAI or Anthropic wrapped in enterprise security. And yes, that's important for keeping your data safe. But here's the kicker: These solutions often lack scalable connectors to your actual enterprise data. You're still manually dragging and dropping files like it's 1999\. How many of you dropped a file into ChatGPT this week? (I bet it's more than you'd like to admit.) Meanwhile, every SaaS company is scrambling to be "AI-first" because, let's face it, if you're not AI-powered in today's market, good luck getting funding. But these tools only see their own vertical slice of data – like a horse with blinders on. The result? You ask your AI a question, and the response makes you go, "Is that... really what I expected?" ### 2\. People resist change (Especially when they think you're replacing them) Remember those board directives from 2022? "Build AI, but make it compliant!" Classic top-down approach. But then reality hits. Employees start asking uncomfortable questions: - "Am I allowed to use this?" - "Are the AI policies even clear?" - "Wait, am I training my own replacement?" You're not just implementing technology; you're fighting human psychology. And humans, as we all know, aren't always thrilled about change. ### 3\. Everyone's building their own AI kingdom Here's a fun fact: Germany is OpenAI's second-largest market for ChatGPT usage. We're innovative! We want this technology! But in the enterprise reality, every department now has their own "AI ninjas" (probably including you). Everyone's cooking their own soup, as we say in Germany. Marketing has their tools, sales has theirs, engineering is building something completely different. Without a solid backbone, you end up with a bunch of disconnected AI experiments that don't scale. It's innovation theater, not transformation. [Why your AI investments are falling short85% of AI projects fail to reach production. Learn how to shift from linear to exponential ROI with collaborative AI, speed, and scalability.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-509.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRasam Tooloee![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--5-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-investments-are-falling-short/) ## The path to AI that actually works So how do we flip the script? How do we move from "this helps me write emails faster" to genuinely transformative AI? Here are three counterpoints to the problems above: ### 1\. Context is everything (Data alone means nothing) Here's an uncomfortable truth: Your Salesforce is never up to date. No repository managed by humans ever is. The real truth about any project or deal is scattered across Teams conversations, emails, SharePoint presentations, and a dozen other systems. To make AI actually useful, you need two things: - Connections to your *entire* data corpus (not just one vertical solution) - Understanding of how data flows through your organization We've found you need about 70 signals for every data point to properly rank information for AI ingestion. That includes not just who created something, but who's sharing it, commenting on it, which presentations actually close deals, and what the most recent quotes look like. ### 2\. Solve a real problem first Instead of forcing AI on people, start with something everyone struggles with: finding information. Think about it. There's data you know exists (because you created it), and there's data you don't know exists but would be incredibly helpful. How often do you discover someone else was working on the same thing? That duplication kills productivity and budgets. Start by solving search. Then layer on AI to summarize findings. Finally, add agents to act on insights. This natural progression draws people in rather than forcing adoption. ### 3\. Build once, scale everywhere Building a stable, scalable, compliant AI foundation is hard. Really hard. You need: - No PII leaks from your data corpus - Permission-aware access (so I can't search "what's my manager's salary?") - Real-time updates when someone shares new data - Technology agnosticism (because who knows if next year's best model will be from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, or someone we haven't heard of yet?) ## A real-world success story: Deutsche Telekom Let me share a concrete example. Deutsche Telekom (yes, that Deutsche Telekom) rolled out their AI assistant "AskT" to 80,000 employees. Here's how it transformed just one function – customer support: **Before**: Customer calls with a problem. Agent puts them on hold while searching multiple databases. Customer gets increasingly frustrated. **Today**: Customer's question is transcribed directly into AskT. Agent gets an immediate, referenced response. Problem solved quickly. This isn't just about efficiency. It's about transformation. Happy customers renew contracts. They tell friends about their positive experience. The competition starts looking slow and outdated. And that's just one department. Imagine every executive summary, customer email, or engineering investigation automated or accelerated across your entire organization. [Why RAG fails in production (And how to fix it)Up to 70% of RAG systems fail in production. Learn from Mastercard’s Shuba Maurya how to overcome real-world RAG challenges and build resilient AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-510.png)AI Accelerator InstituteShubham Maurya![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--4--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-rag-fails-in-production-and-how-to-fix-it/) ## What would you do with that time? Here's the real question: If AI could handle the routine search-and-summarize tasks that eat up your day, what would you do with the extra time? - Sales teams could spend more time with customers - Support teams could provide better resolution - Engineers could ship products faster That's the transformative power of AI – but only when it's built on a rock-solid foundation that actually understands your complete data landscape. ## The bottom line Making AI transformative isn't about having the fanciest models or the biggest budget. It's about: 1. Connecting AI to your complete data context (not just silos) 2. Empowering employees by solving real problems they face daily 3. Building on a secure, scalable platform that can adapt as the technology evolves Get these three things right, and you'll be in the 5% of AI projects that don't just succeed – they transform how your company operates. The question isn't whether AI will change your business. It's whether you'll be driving that change or watching from the sidelines. ### Why your AI investments are falling short URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-your-ai-investments-are-falling-short/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:49:12.000Z Let me share something that might sound familiar: Your organization has poured significant resources into AI initiatives, yet the returns remain disappointingly linear. If you're nodding along, you're not alone. In fact, 85% of AI projects fail to reach production in 2024\. That's a staggering statistic that keeps me up at night. But here's the thing: there's a way to transform those linear returns into exponential growth. I've seen it happen with organizations of all sizes, and today I want to walk you through exactly how to make that shift. ## The three pillars of AI ROI success After working with countless enterprises, I've identified three critical pillars that separate successful AI implementations from the rest: **Speed advantage**: How quickly can you deploy, prototype, evaluate, and scale AI solutions? More importantly, how fast can you operationalize them? **Market responsiveness**: Once deployed, how rapidly can you adapt your AI systems to changing market conditions? Remember, these non-deterministic models need constant adjustment. **Innovation velocity**: As your organization becomes more AI-native, how do you continuously improve and evolve your capabilities? The goal? Compound returns that are exponential, not just linear. Let me show you the framework that makes this possible. ## The hidden cost of engineering-focused AI Here's where most organizations go wrong: they treat AI projects like traditional software development. Engineering teams receive specs from product or business units, build solutions in isolation, then maintain them indefinitely. Each new project compounds technical debt in a painfully linear fashion. I recently analyzed a mid-market scenario that illustrates this perfectly. Eight AI projects at $85,000 each totaled nearly $700,000 in engineering costs. But here's the kicker: with 60% of engineering time lost to coordination and overhead, that's almost $8 million in lost productivity. Add four and a half months of deployment delays across those projects, and you're looking at significant lost revenue opportunities. The engineering-focused approach creates bottlenecks that kill innovation velocity. When 60-70% of your valuable engineering resources are stuck in maintenance and coordination, you're not just moving slowly; you're actively preventing exponential growth. [Why RAG fails in production (And how to fix it)Up to 70% of RAG systems fail in production. Learn from Mastercard’s Shuba Maurya how to overcome real-world RAG challenges and build resilient AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-507.png)AI Accelerator InstituteShubham Maurya![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--4-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-rag-fails-in-production-and-how-to-fix-it/) ## The collaborative advantage: A new approach What if I told you there's a better way? A collaborative approach that transforms how AI gets built and optimized in your organization? Instead of project-by-project development, imagine building a unified platform with reusable components, core integration patterns, and strategic foundations that scale across your entire organization. Yes, it requires more investment upfront, but the returns are exponential, not linear. In that same mid-market scenario, the collaborative approach yielded 30% efficiency gains and $3.6 million in realized value because workloads reached production faster. That's the power of increased velocity and scalability. ## Four pillars of collaborative AI success ### Pillar 1: Engineering as organizational infrastructure Your engineering team's role fundamentally shifts. Instead of owning individual projects end-to-end, they build infrastructure and reusable components that support multiple stakeholders. Think of it as creating organizational infrastructure that becomes more valuable with each use. When a reusable component gets deployed across multiple departments and use cases, the value of that engineering work multiplies. That's how you get exponential returns on engineering investment. ### Pillar 2: Empowering business domain experts This is where the magic happens. Does your customer service team have decades of experience in understanding customer patterns? They need a seat at the table. Your finance team that knows financial analysis inside and out? They should be optimizing AI behavior directly. By giving domain experts transparency into AI systems and the ability to tweak and optimize them, you're not just improving AI performance; you're scaling human expertise through AI. This creates compound intelligence over time. ### Pillar 3: Building an AI-native workforce As this transformation occurs, you create a powerful competitive edge. With engineering foundations in place and business experts actively engaged, you build an AI-native workforce that provides first-mover advantage. You can respond to market changes faster, gain market share more effectively, and move with greater velocity than competitors stuck in quarterly cycles. ### Pillar 4: Same-day optimization Here's the end game: while your competitors operate on quarterly planning cycles, you're optimizing AI in real-time. Notice competitive behavior? Counter immediately. Spot a market shift? Adapt today, not next quarter. In a world where business moves at the speed of AI, organizations stuck in quarterly cadences simply can't compete. Collaborative AI enables same-day optimization that keeps you ahead of the curve. ## Making it real: Implementation framework Now, I know what you're thinking; this sounds great in theory, but how do we actually do it? The implementation timeline varies based on your regulatory environment and organizational complexity. What takes six months for a smaller, less regulated company might take three to four years in highly regulated industries. But the key is comparing yourself to your cohorts and moving faster than they can. **Phase 1: Engineering foundation** Technical teams establish platforms with enterprise integrations, reusable components, and initial workflows. This phase proves ROI and builds organizational confidence through transparency and trust. **Phase 2: Workforce enablement** This is where business transformation happens. Document success patterns, develop AI skills through structured programs for domain experts, and implement strong security and governance frameworks. Give your teams sandboxes where they can iterate and improve. **Phase 3: Competitive intelligence** AI becomes native to your organization. Distributed intelligence amplifies domain expertise developed over the years, and your business responds at the speed of AI. Here's a crucial insight: 40% of this transformation is technology and platform integration. The other 60%? That's change management, training, and workforce enablement. Success requires creating an environment where your entire organization participates in AI transformation, not just engineering. [Copilot vs Claude for Excel: Which AI assistant wins for formula building?We’ll talk about Claude and Copilot & compare and contrast how these two AI assistants help you with building spreadsheets and writing formulas.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-508.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSalvatore Tirabassi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--3--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) ## The path forward The organizations succeeding with AI aren't the ones with the biggest engineering teams or the most projects in flight. They're the ones who've figured out how to break down the barriers between domain expertise and AI execution. Think about it: if you're forcing all AI workloads through a narrow engineering pipeline, and there aren't that many AI engineers in the world, you've created an artificial constraint on your growth. But when you enable your domain experts to work directly with AI systems while engineering provides the scaffolding, you unlock exponential potential. The shift from linear to exponential returns is about fundamentally rethinking how your organization builds and optimizes AI. It's about recognizing that in a world of non-deterministic models and constant change, the old quarterly planning cycles and siloed development approaches simply don't cut it anymore. Your competitors are out there right now, trying to solve this same puzzle. The question is: Will you be the organization moving at the speed of AI, or the one still stuck in quarterly cycles, watching opportunities pass by? The choice, and the exponential returns, are yours for the taking. ### Why RAG fails in production (And how to fix it) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-rag-fails-in-production-and-how-to-fix-it/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:06:33.000Z Let me share something that might surprise you: up to 70% of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems fail in production. Yes, you read that right. While RAG looks magical in demos and proof-of-concepts, the reality of production deployment tells a very different story. I'm Shubham Maurya, Senior Data Scientist at Mastercard with eight years of experience building AI solutions. Throughout my journey developing everything from consumer credit solutions to multi-agent systems, I've seen firsthand how RAG can go from hero to zero when it hits the real world. Today, I want to walk you through the challenges we've faced and, more importantly, how we've solved them. ## What exactly is RAG (And why should you care)? Before diving into the problems, let's get clear on what RAG actually means. RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation - three simple words that pack a powerful punch: 1. **Retrieve** information from your data sources 2. **Augment** that information into your prompts 3. **Generate** responses using Large Language Models (LLMs) Think of it this way: when someone asks your system "What's the authorization rate for country XYZ?", RAG finds the relevant information from your databases, adds it to the prompt, and then lets the LLM generate an accurate, grounded response. ### But why not just use powerful LLMs? You might be wondering - with models like GPT-5 and Claude available, why bother with RAG? Here's the thing: **Your data changes constantly.** We have clients whose data refreshes weekly. Pre-trained models simply can't keep up with that pace of change. **Domain-specific knowledge matters.** Ask ChatGPT about Mastercard's specific transaction decline codes, and you'll get a blank stare. It doesn't have access to our internal information. **Retraining is expensive and impractical.** You can't continuously fine-tune LLMs every time your data changes. It's costly, time-consuming, and requires significant expertise. **Explainability is crucial.** With RAG, you can see exactly what information was retrieved and why certain answers were generated. Try explaining a pure LLM's output - good luck with that! [Explainability and transparency in autonomous agentsAI experts share strategies for transparency, governance, and trust in agentic systems, plus techniques for building explainable, auditable models.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-505.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSaradha Nagarajan![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--76-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/explainability-and-transparency-in-autonomous-agents/) ## The four horsemen of RAG failure Let me walk you through the four main challenges that cause RAG systems to fail in production: ### 1\. Knowledge drift: When yesterday's truth becomes today's lie Here's a real example: You build a RAG system when interest rates are 4%. Six months later, they've jumped to 5.5%. But your system? It's still confidently telling users the rate is 4%. Or consider what happened to us at Mastercard. We had a massive transaction table that we decided to split into domestic and international transactions. Our text-to-SQL solution kept trying to query the old table that no longer existed. Result? Errors everywhere. ### 2\. Retrieval decay: Death by data growth In your POC with a small dataset, retrieval works beautifully. Fast forward six months, and you've got millions of documents. Suddenly, your system can't find the needle in the haystack anymore. We experienced this firsthand when trying to find top merchants and merchant codes. The system would retrieve the same redundant information multiple times, missing crucial details because of our context size limits. ### 3\. Irrelevant chunks: The information overload problem Imagine asking for a simple definition and getting a 10-page dissertation in response. That's what happens when your retrieval brings back too much irrelevant information. LLMs, just like humans, get confused and start hallucinating when overwhelmed with data. ### 4\. The evaluation gap: Flying blind This might be the most painful challenge. Have you ever given feedback using those thumbs up/down buttons in ChatGPT? Exactly - nobody does. So how do you know if your production RAG system is deteriorating? By the time users lose trust and stop using it, it's already too late. ## How we fixed these problems (And how you can too) ### Smarter retrieval strategies **Hybrid search:** We don't just rely on semantic search or lexical search - we use both. When someone asks about "ISO 8583 field 55 definition," lexical search finds the exact match. For broader questions, semantic search understands context. The magic happens when you combine them. **Graph-based RAG:** For our text-to-SQL solutions with multiple interconnected tables, traditional RAG would miss crucial joining conditions. Graph-based retrieval understands relationships between tables, dramatically reducing errors and hallucinations. ### Making RAG aware of changes We developed a schema evolution tracking system. When our transaction table split into domestic and international tables, our RAG system automatically detected this change. Now, when users query transactions, the system knows about the new structure and generates correct SQL queries. This approach works for any evolving information - from changing interest rates to updated privacy definitions post-COVID. ### Performance optimization With 10 million records in our vector database, retrieval was painfully slow. Our solution? Intelligent segmentation. When someone asks about column definitions, we only search the schema segment. Analytics questions? We search the analytics segment. Response times dropped dramatically. ### Adaptive context sizing Not all questions need the same amount of context. Asking for "top 5 science fiction books"? We retrieve maybe 10-15 documents. Asking for "all available science fiction books"? We adapt and retrieve much more. We use LLMs to detect user intent and adjust retrieval accordingly. It's not one-size-fits-all anymore. ### Smart summarization Before feeding retrieved information to the LLM, we summarize it. Think about it - would you prefer a three-page document or a concise paragraph answering your question? LLMs are the same. This not only improves accuracy but also reduces costs by using less of the LLM's context window. ### Continuous feedback loop Instead of relying on user feedback (which rarely comes), we: - Log all user queries - Use libraries like RAGAS to evaluate retrieval quality - Check for groundedness, relevancy, and hallucinations - Generate synthetic test data based on real queries - Re-evaluate and fine-tune monthly or weekly [Copilot vs Claude for Excel: Which AI assistant wins for formula building?We’ll talk about Claude and Copilot & compare and contrast how these two AI assistants help you with building spreadsheets and writing formulas.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-506.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSalvatore Tirabassi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/) ## Real-world applications that actually work These aren't theoretical solutions. We've successfully implemented them in: - **AI governance:** Automating documentation for EU compliance using policy-based RAG - **Diagnostic analytics:** Multi-agent systems helping customers improve authorization rates - **Text-to-SQL:** Natural language interfaces that correctly query complex databases - **Automated testing:** Tools that write unit tests and run pipeline checks ## The future of RAG Looking ahead, I see three exciting developments: 1. **Self-retrieving LLMs:** Where retrieval becomes just another tool the LLM can use autonomously 2. **Graph + RAG integration:** Deeper integration for handling complex, interconnected data 3. **Multi-agent orchestration:** Systems that know when they need more information and automatically retrieve it ## The bottom line RAG in production is hard, but it's not impossible. The key is understanding that what works in a demo rarely scales to production without significant adaptation. By implementing smarter retrieval strategies, making your system aware of changes, optimizing performance, and creating continuous feedback loops, you can build RAG systems that actually deliver on their promise. Remember: every failed RAG system is an opportunity to learn and improve. The challenges are real, but so are the solutions. Start with understanding your specific use case, implement these strategies incrementally, and always keep measuring and adapting. Because at the end of the day, a RAG system that works 70% of the time in production is infinitely more valuable than one that works 100% of the time in a demo. ### Grammarly's vision: Redefining the future of AI-powered communication URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tools/grammarlys-vision-redefining-the-future-of-ai-powered-communication/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:00:13.000Z Let me start with a deceptively simple question: how can we improve the way humans communicate with each other? It might sound straightforward, but when you take a closer look, [communication](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/messaging-your-ai-pricing-model/) is at the heart of almost everything we do at work. [Research](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229753860%5FMeasurement%5Fof%5FTime%5FSpent%5FCommunicating) shows that more than **80%** of a typical workweek is spent on communication – whether that’s in chat, email, documentation, or meetings. So when we step back and think about it, businesses don’t just run on strategy, products, or processes. They run on **communication**. At Grammarly, our mission is simple but ambitious: to improve lives by improving communication. For the past 15 years, we’ve built AI-powered tools that help individuals and organizations express themselves more clearly and effectively. Today, Grammarly is used by more than **40 million individuals** and over **50,000 organizations**, across *half a million* web and desktop applications. So in this article, I’ll share some of the ways we’re advancing AI-powered communication, how we’re using AI to improve writing accuracy and speed, why personalization and context matter so much, and where [AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) are taking us next. Let’s get started. ## **Why AI is transforming communication** What does good communication actually look like? To me, it means getting the right information to the right audience to drive the desired outcome. And ideally, it should happen efficiently – we all know how valuable time is. Writing plays a central role in this process. Whether it’s an email to a client, a technical specification, or a quick Slack update, writing is the backbone of modern communication. But writing isn’t a one-step activity – it’s a process. I like to think of it as three interconnected stages: **pre-writing**, **writing**, and **post-writing**. Each stage has its own unique challenges and goals. Sometimes writers move linearly through the process, while other times they jump back and forth or skip stages altogether. That complexity is exactly why AI can play such a valuable role. At Grammarly, we believe AI can help across the [entire writing pipeline](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/), from drafting to revising to final delivery. But let me focus on three areas where I see the most exciting progress: 1. Improving writing accuracy and speed 2. Enhancing personalization and contextualization 3. Building the future with AI agents ## **Improving writing accuracy and speed with AI** The most impactful use case for AI in writing is text revision. Anyone who’s tried to rewrite a sentence, adjust tone, or correct grammar knows how much time this can take. Traditionally, you’d rely on your own editing skills or a colleague’s review. But with [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-optimize-llm-performance-and-output-quality-a-practical-guide/) (LLMs), we can automate much of this revision process. We’ve also fine-tuned smaller LLMs on a large collection of high-quality writing tasks. These include grammar correction, text simplification, improving coherence, and even tone adjustments. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/09/grammarly-1.jpg) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Generative AI Summit LA, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-la-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:22:54.000Z Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit LA. with sessions from the likes of OpenAI, Waymo, DeepSeek and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Explainability and transparency in autonomous agents URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/explainability-and-transparency-in-autonomous-agents/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:52:41.000Z As [AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) gain autonomy, the need for explainability and transparency has never been more urgent. In a recent panel discussion, four AI experts (**Keshavan Seshadri**, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Prudential Financial; **Pankaj Agrawal**, Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn; **Dan Chernoff**, Data Scientist at [Parallaxis](https://www.parallaxis.ai/); and **Saradha Nagarajan**, Senior Data Engineer at Agilent Technologies) came together to explore the stakes of building trust in agentic systems, and the tools, standards, and mindsets needed to make that trust real. To kick off the discussion, the moderator posed a foundational question: “Why is explainability and transparency important in these agentic systems?” ### **Trust and understanding: Saradha Nagarajan on explainability** **Saradha Nagarajan**, Senior Data Engineer at Agilent Technologies, was quick to emphasize that trust is the core of explainability. “The trust and adaptability you have in the data or predictions from an [agentic AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) model is much better when you understand what’s happening behind the scenes,” she said. Saradha noted that agentic systems need clearly defined ethical guidelines, observability layers, and both pre- and post-deployment auditing mechanisms in order to earn that trust. Transparency is a prerequisite for ethical AI deployment. ### **Pankaj Agrawal on regulated environments** **Pankaj Agrawal**, Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, added that in regulated industries, transparency is mission-critical. “Even with [agentic AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/), you need to ensure the agent has taken the steps it was supposed to,” he explained. “It shouldn’t deviate from the graph it’s meant to follow.” Pankaj highlighted the need for clear supervisory systems that track agent decisions in real time. The goal? Align every autonomous action with a defined set of ethical and operational guardrails, especially when dealing with sensitive or high-risk applications. “Explainability plays a huge role in making sure the agent is sticking to its boundaries,” he emphasized. ### **Ethics vs. governance: Who's really in charge of AI decisions?** While ethics often dominates the conversation around responsible AI, **Dan Chernoff**, Data Scientist at Parallaxis, challenged that framing. “I don't think it's necessarily about ethics,” he said. “It’s about governance and how your systems align with the rules that apply in your environment.” Dan acknowledged that ethics does play a role, but emphasized the organizational responsibility to comply with governance policies around PII, sensitive data, and auditing. If a model leaks data or behaves in a biased way, companies must be able to: - Trace decisions back to the data or model inputs - Understand how those decisions were made - Identify whether multi-agent systems contributed to the error In short, agentic systems must be observable, not just explainable, with clear accountability for both outcomes and contributors. ### **Keshavan Seshadri on regulatory alignment** **Keshavan Seshadri**, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Prudential Financial, brought in a global perspective, highlighting how the EU AI Act is shaping risk thinking across the industry. “Europe has always been the front-runner on regulation,” he said. “The EU AI Act tells us what counts as acceptable risk, low risk, high risk, and what’s completely unacceptable.” For AI system designers, this means mapping agent decisions to risk levels and designing accordingly. If the team understands what decisions the agent is making and where the risks lie, then they can proactively: - Identify model bias - Spot areas of high uncertainty - Build safer, more robust systems from the ground up [The future of IoT is agentic and autonomousAgentic AI enables autonomous, goal-driven decision-making across the IoT, transforming smart homes, cities, and industrial systems.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-497.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images-Text-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-iot-is-agentic-and-autonomous/) ### **Aligning stakeholders for governance and security** At this point, the moderator steered the conversation toward organizational alignment: “As you talk about governance and cybersecurity, it has these big tentacles that reach broadly in the organization. How do you think about getting the right people to the table?” This prompted the panel to move from technical considerations to structural and cultural ones; a shift toward cross-functional responsibility for responsible AI implementation. ### **Why collaboration matters in AI development** As the discussion moved from governance to execution, the panelists emphasized a critical but often overlooked reality: building responsible AI requires a coalition, not a solo act. **Dan Chernoff**, Data Scientist at Parallaxis, framed it in familiar terms: “As a data scientist, we always start with: what’s the business value we’re trying to gain? That defines who needs to be involved.” Dan explained that identifying the *question of interest* should naturally pull in product leaders, customers, security teams, and other stakeholders. It’s not enough to have data scientists building in isolation; responsible AI must be a shared initiative across the business. “It has to be a coalition of people,” he said. “Not just to define what we’re building, but to ensure it helps both the customer and the business, and that it’s safe and observable.” ### **LinkedIn's collaborative approach** **Pankaj Agrawal**, Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, offered a concrete example of how his team puts this principle into practice. “We created a playground for business users to play with prompts,” he said. “That way, they can see what the model produces and what its limitations are.” By giving non-technical stakeholders a hands-on way to interact with models early on, LinkedIn ensures that expectations are grounded, capabilities are better understood, and collaboration starts from a place of shared understanding. From there, Pankaj’s team brings in the necessary players, especially InfoSec and legal/compliance teams, to validate guardrails and secure greenlights for deployment. “You need to engage InfoSec and all the regulated areas to make sure everything is smooth before moving forward,” he added. ### **Navigating regulated environments: Risk, guardrails, and monitoring** The moderator next posed a critical question for teams in high-stakes industries: “For those of you in a regulated space, how do you think about the challenges these agents present?” **Pankaj Agrawal** of LinkedIn responded first, pointing to a core risk already raised earlier in the conversation: data leakage and prompt injection. “We’ve seen agents tricked into revealing how to hack the system,” Pankaj said. “In regulated environments, you *cannot* afford that.” To mitigate these risks, his team prioritizes: - Sanitizing user input - Writing precise and purpose-limited system prompts - Maintaining detailed agent traces to monitor for drift - Ensuring agents consistently operate within predefined safe zones “Monitor accuracy, completion, cost – all of it,” he added. “This needs to be built into your observability stack.” ### **Domain-specific guardrails: One size doesn’t fit all** **Saradha Nagarajan** of Agilent Technologies emphasized that guardrails should be tailored to the context. “If you’re solving a problem in healthcare, which is high-risk and highly regulated, your guardrails have to reflect the domain-specific needs,” she said. That doesn’t mean general-purpose systems are off the table, but even in domain-agnostic scenarios, baseline protections are still essential. “Even in a case like ChatGPT,” she added, “what kind of controls are in place when the agent responds to a jailbreak attempt?” This is where semantic analysis, automated filters, and governance-aligned automation become essential, not just during training or system prompt development, but in real-time during agent execution. ### **Governance must be operationalized** **Keshavan Seshadri** of Prudential Financial tied it all together with a reminder: governance has to be enforced in software. “You need to define what controls are required by your industry and automate them,” he said. From semantic validation to use-case-level oversight, agentic systems need embedded governance that functions at runtime, before any output reaches the customer. ### **Emergent behaviors in multi-agent systems** As agentic AI becomes more autonomous and more distributed, new risks emerge. **Saradha Nagarajan** cautioned that multi-agent systems introduce another layer of unpredictability. “When agents are interacting with each other, you can get outputs that were never anticipated,” she said. “That’s the danger of emergent behavior.” These aren’t just edge cases. In highly dynamic environments, agents may: - Make **a**ssumptions based on incomplete data - Amplify each other’s errors - Drift from original task parameters in unexpected but logical ways This raises a key question: **What happens when agents go off-script?** Saradha emphasized the need for structural guardrails to keep these systems within tolerances, even when they operate with relative autonomy. ### **Preventing data leaks with “least privilege” tool design** To prevent data leakage, **Pankaj Agrawal** offered a simple but powerful piece of advice: “Follow the 101 of software principles: least privilege.” In agentic systems, the tools and functions that agents call need access controls. By restricting what agents *can* do, teams can limit the blast radius of failure. “Don’t let tools expose things they shouldn’t. You’ll save a ton of pain later.” **Dan Chernoff** added a practical lens to this: always ask yourself how a mistake might look in the real world. “I tend to think of it through the lens of a headline,” he said. “How would what I’m doing look on the front page of a newspaper?” [“Agentic AI is here — are you ready?” With Ash DhuparAsh Dhupar joins us to unpack the real-world challenges of bringing AI—especially agentic AI—into business at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-499.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnthony Witherspoon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/ash-dhupar-agents-of-change--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-is-here-are-you-ready-with-ash-dhupar/) ### **Multimodal models: More power, more complexity** As agentic AI expands to include multimodal inputs and outputs, text, image, audio, and video, explainability becomes even more complex. Saradha Nagarajan explained the challenge succinctly: “Whether it’s a positive or negative outcome, it becomes difficult to pinpoint which feature or which agent led to that result.” That lack of traceability makes debugging and performance optimization far harder. It’s not impossible, but it introduces significant computational overhead. To strike a balance, Saradha suggested hybrid design patterns: use complex models for reasoning where necessary, but don’t be afraid to fall back on simpler, rule-based systems when transparency matters more than sophistication. “We need a balancing act; the setup has to be transparent, even if it means simplifying parts of the system.” ### **Designing for context: Reactive vs. deliberate systems** **Keshavan Seshadri** expanded on this idea, using a deceptively simple example: “If I ask in this room, ‘What is one plus one?’ – the answer is two. But in finance, one plus one could be three… or zero.” The context matters. Some questions are best handled with reactive systems; quick-response models that return immediate answers. Others demand deliberate systems, where agents reason through tools, context, and prior steps. “It’s about designing a hybrid system,” he said. “One that knows when to be reactive, when to reason, and how to call the right tools for the task.” ### **Don’t forget the audit trail** **Dan Chernoff** offered a final, practical reminder: no matter how complex or clever your system gets, you need to keep a record. “In the multimodal space, make sure the information is captured,” he said. “You need an audit trail, because when questions come up, and they *will*, you need a way to trace what happened.” ### **Prompting, supervisory agents, and the need for observability** As the panel turned to prompting strategies, the complexity of agentic systems came back into sharp focus, particularly in multi-agent setups where tasks are passed from one agent to another. Dan Chernoff opened the discussion by outlining a common but powerful pattern: the supervisory agent. “You have a single model that farms out a plan and follows it through a set of tools or agents,” he explained. “The challenge is designing the system prompt for that supervisor and the guardrails for each downstream tool.” Things get especially tricky when unexpected responses come back from those tools. For instance, if the supervisory agent queries a database expecting a number, but gets back the word “chickens,” it needs to know how to respond or, at the very least, flag the error for review. “We haven’t really created guardrails for when the system hits something it can’t interpret,” Dan noted. “That’s where observability becomes critical, so we can trap those issues and evolve the system accordingly.” ### **Evaluation and shared memory: Auditing the whole system** **Pankaj Agrawal** emphasized that multi-agent systems are rarely linear. Routing agents often make dynamic decisions based on prior outputs, passing tasks between tools in real time. “It’s not just a one-way flow. The routing agent might use agent X, then based on output, call agent Y, and you have to eval the whole chain.” That means not only evaluating outputs against reference data, but also observing and validating how context is retained and passed. Saradha Nagarajan added that shared memory systems, like knowledge graphs, must also be part of the evaluation process. “We need to think about context retention across observability learning, reinforcement learning, or even plain LLM learning.” Keshavan Seshadri expanded on this further: sometimes, the best way to ensure traceability is to add an external agent whose sole job is to evaluate the rest of the system. “You can have an agent that audits everything, from input to prompts and to responses, creating a rich audit trail.” The conversation closed on a practical note: the art of prompt engineering is a team sport. “A great prompt is incredibly valuable,” said Chernoff. “And often, it takes multiple disciplines to craft it.” That means upskilling teams, combining technical and business expertise, and treating prompt design as part of the broader strategy for building explainable, transparent AI systems. ### **Domain-specific design** As the conversation shifted toward domain-specific applications, the panelists emphasized how context changes everything when deploying AI systems. **Keshavan Seshadri** pointed out that user experience and trust hinge on tailoring both the input and output phases of AI systems to the domain in question. “Whether it’s customer-facing or internal, the system must reflect the policies and constraints of the domain,” he said. “That’s what makes it feel trustworthy and usable.” In highly regulated sectors like healthcare, finance, or autonomous driving, that trust is a compliance necessity. **Saradha Nagarajan** illustrated this with a vivid example from autonomous vehicles: “If your Tesla suddenly takes a left turn, you want to know why. Was it in full self-driving mode? Was it just mapping nearby vehicles? The explainability of that action depends entirely on what the system was designed to do and how well you’ve communicated that.” The key takeaway: domain-specific design isn’t just about tuning prompts. It’s about clarifying what role the agent is playing, what decisions it’s allowed to make, and how those decisions are logged, constrained, and justified within the domain's risk tolerance. [How Agentic AI is transforming healthcare deliveryAgentic AI is transforming healthcare by enhancing workflows, cutting costs, and enabling proactive, whole-person patient care at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-500.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnthony Witherspoon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--68--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) ### **Why domain-specific agents matter** The panel unanimously agreed: domain-specific agents offer major strategic advantages, both from a data quality perspective and in terms of performance and governance. **Pankaj Agrawal** noted that by narrowing the scope of an agent to a specific vertical, teams gain tighter control over the system’s behavior: “You have access to domain-specific data. That means you can fine-tune your agent, craft precise system prompts, and enforce guardrails that actually make sense for the domain.” He also highlighted the growing industry shift toward expert agent architectures; smaller, specialized models or sub-systems that focus on tightly scoped tasks, reducing latency and improving output fidelity. Building on this, Dan Chernoff emphasized the role of subject matter experts (SMEs) in agent design. “It’s not just data scientists or engineers anymore. You need legal, compliance, privacy, and domain experts in the loop, from designing prompts to evaluating edge cases, especially when you're working across domains.” The conversation touched on the tension between general-purpose models and specialized, vertical solutions. While foundational models are built for broad use, enterprise problems are often narrow and deep. **Saradha Nagarajan** summed it up well: “There’s this push from the vendors to go wide. But in regulated or high-risk industries, we need to go deep. That’s where domain specificity becomes non-negotiable.” In short, successful agentic AI in the enterprise is about aligning data, expertise, and oversight around focused, well-scoped agents. ### **Techniques for transparent AI** As the panel discussion turned to practical techniques, the focus shifted toward how transparency can be *built into* agentic systems – not just layered on after the fact. **Saradha Nagarajan** outlined two key strategies for improving explainability in AI: “You can either collect detailed audit trails and track key performance indicators over time, or apply post hoc interpretability methods to reverse-engineer model outputs. Both approaches help, but they serve different needs.” Post hoc techniques, she explained, involve analyzing past outputs and manipulating input variables in controlled ways to understand how the model arrived at a decision. This works well for complex models that weren’t built with explainability in mind. But increasingly, the shift is toward designing transparent systems from the start. **Pankaj Agrawal** framed the issue around a useful metaphor: “It’s about whether your system is a *black box*, where you can’t see inside, or a *glass box*, where the internal decision-making is fully visible and traceable.” While black-box approaches dominated early machine learning systems, the industry is now moving toward inherently interpretable architectures, including rule-based systems, decision trees, and modular agentic workflows. “This doesn’t just support transparency,” Pankaj added, “it also helps with debugging. When something goes wrong, you want to know exactly which agent or module made which call and why.” The takeaway? Post hoc tools like SHAP and LIME still have value, but future-forward AI systems are increasingly built with explainability as a core design principle, not an afterthought. ### **The shift toward transparent, auditable AI systems** The panel closed with a shared recognition: transparency must be foundational, not optional, in agentic AI systems. **Pankaj Agrawal** highlighted the importance of understanding *which tools agents invoke* in response to a prompt: “As a developer or system designer, I need to know what tools are called. Should a calculator be used for a simple question like one plus one? Absolutely not. But if it is, I want to see that, and understand why.” This kind of tool-level traceability is only possible in well-instrumented systems designed with observability in mind. **Dan Chernoff** built on this point by stressing the architectural implications: “Agentic AI is evolving fast. You’ve got supervisory models, multimodal chains, and classification-first approaches, all based on the latest papers. But the principle remains: start small, start with an end in mind, and wrap everything in logs and observability.” Whether you're working with predictive models, generative LLMs, or multi-agent chains, techniques like **Chain-of-Thought**, **Tree-of-Reasoning**, **SHAP**, and **LIME** all contribute to explainability, but only if your system is auditable from the start. “Whitepaper-driven development is a thing,” Dan joked, “but the key is in building ones you can debug, understand, and trust.” ### **Adding determinism to non-deterministic agentic systems** The conversation wrapped with a critical consideration in productionizing AI: how do we make non-deterministic systems reliable? **Pankaj Agrawal** pointed out that while traditional software is deterministic, agentic AI systems powered by LLMs are not, and that means we must reframe how we think about quality and consistency. “Models will change. Even a slight tweak in a prompt can yield a different output. So instead of over-optimizing for the perfect prompt, the key differentiator now is evaluations.” He emphasized the growing trend among AI startups: rather than viewing the prompt as a proprietary asset, teams are shifting their focus to **r**igorous evaluation frameworks, often their real USP, that keep models grounded in truth and business requirements. “You need a solid eval set to ground your agents, especially when LLMs, prompts, or other variables change underneath you.” Evaluation frameworks like LangSmith (mentioned by name) help teams implement structured testing setups, define ground truths, and track consistency over time. This adds a layer of determinism, or at least verifiability, to inherently fluid systems. “Evals are what will stick with you. Models will evolve, but well-designed evals help you ensure your system performs reliably even as the landscape shifts.” ### **Human-AI collaboration in decision making** As the session came to a close, panelists emphasized that today’s agentic AI systems are not fully autonomous, and in many cases, they’re not meant to be. **Saradha Nagarajan** noted that these systems are best viewed as *assistive*, not autonomous. The human still defines the prompt, sets the evaluation criteria, and ultimately decides whether the output is usable. “Think of it like a chatbot for finance. The agent might sift through your financial documents and answer questions like ‘What were earnings in Q1 2024?’, but a human is still in the loop, making the judgment call.” The future of agentic AI, especially in high-stakes domains like finance and healthcare, will hinge on human-AI collaboration, not blind delegation. ### Copilot vs Claude for Excel: Which AI assistant wins for formula building? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/copilot-vs-claude-for-excel-which-ai-assistant-wins-for-formula-building/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:53:42.000Z **Copilot** offers seamless integration directly in Excel, but requires OneDrive auto-save, responds slower, and provides limited formula alternatives. **Claude** delivers faster responses with multiple formula options and excels at Power Query M code, but requires copying/pasting between windows. For basic users, Copilot’s integration wins despite its limitations. For advanced users or those preferring file control, Claude’s flexibility and speed make it the better choice. Most of my readers know that I experiment with a lot of tools and try to use them to create more efficiency in workflows for both me and my team. I regularly explore different AI tools to boost productivity and streamline our processes. I’ve written before about using AI with Excel, and I want to use this blog post as a chance to talk about the difference between [Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com/), which is embedded in Excel, and using a side window (I prefer to use Claude). We’ll talk about [Claude](https://claude.ai/) and compare and contrast how these two AI assistants help you with building spreadsheets and writing formulas. ## **The integration advantage: Copilot’s seamless experience** The most obvious advantage of [Copilot](https://www.financealliance.io/how-to-build-custom-ai-copilots-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/) is its direct integration into Excel. When you’re working on a formula in cell D5 and need help, Copilot already knows your context it can see your data, understand your column headers, and reference your specific cell ranges without you having to explain the setup. Copilot operates through a chat interface within Excel, allowing users to interact with the AI in a conversational manner for quick assistance and guidance. ### **Example for basic users** Let’s say you have sales data in columns A-C (Salesperson, Region, Sales Amount) and want to sum all sales for the “West” region. With Copilot, you simply ask: “Sum all sales for West region” and it generates: \`=SUMIF(B:B,”West”,C:C)\` while understanding your exact column structure. ### **Example for advanced users:** For a more complex scenario involving multiple criteria, Copilot can generate: \`=SUMIFS(C:C,B:B,”West”,A:A,”John”)\` and automatically adjust to your specific data layout. However, this integration comes with a significant trade-off that many users find frustrating. [Implementing an AI-augmented product development cycleWe’ll walk through the key phases of the product lifecycle and explore how A impacts workflows, tools, and expectations for product managers.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-493.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAshay Satav![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi--1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/implementing-an-ai-augmented-product-development-cycle/) ## **The auto-save dilemma: Why Copilot forces your hand** Copilot requires you to turn on auto-save, which means your files must be saved to One Drive or SharePoint. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience it fundamentally changes how you work with Excel files. When auto-save is enabled, every change you make is immediately saved to the cloud. While this prevents data loss from crashes, it also means you can’t easily experiment with formulas without potentially overwriting your work. If you make an error or want to try a different approach, you may need to rely on Excel’s version history or manually reload an older file. For users like me who prefer maintaining control over when and how files are saved - creating multiple versions during development or having the safety net of deliberate save points - this auto-save requirement is a dealbreaker. ## Speed and options: Where Claude shines Claude consistently outperforms Copilot in response time. While Copilot can take several seconds to generate a response, Claude typically provides answers within 1-2 seconds. Claude often provides a concise answer as well as multiple alternatives. More importantly, Claude offers multiple formula options for the same problem, and its formula suggestions are known for their accurate answers, which helps users trust the recommendations. ### **Example comparison:** **Question:** “How do I look up a value from another sheet?” **Copilot response:** \`=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)\` **Claude response:** \`=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)\` – Traditional VLOOKUP \`=INDEX(Sheet2!B:B,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!A:A,0))\` – More flexible INDEX/MATCH \`=XLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:A,Sheet2!B:B)\` – Modern XLOOKUP (if available) Claude also provides efficiency recommendations, noting that while XLOOKUP is convenient, INDEX/MATCH uses fewer system resources for large datasets. ## Best practices for data analysis using Claude effectively To get the most out of Claude for Excel formulas, follow these practices: - **Specify your target cells.** Instead of asking “how do I sum these values,” say “I want to sum values in column C where column B equals ‘West’ and put the result in cell D10.” - **Provide existing formula context.** If you’re building on an existing formula, share it with Claude. For example: “I have this formula: =SUMIF(B:B,’West’,C:C) but I need to add another condition for dates after 1/1/2024.” - **Mention your Excel version.** Claude can tailor responses based on whether you have access to newer functions like XLOOKUP or need to stick with older alternatives. Claude’s context aware writing ensures that its suggestions are relevant to your specific scenario. [Digital transformation in the contemporary worldAI-driven digital transformation reshapes strategy, operations, and culture to build smarter, future-ready businesses.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-494.png)AI Accelerator InstituteIndranila Tsybikova![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--74-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/digital-transformation-in-the-contemporary-world/) ### **Advanced example – Power Query M code:** One area where Claude significantly outperforms [Copilot is in Power Query](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/power-query-ui) development. Copilot doesn’t exist within the Power Query editor, making it unavailable for M code assistance. Claude can generate code for Power Query tasks, which allows users to quickly create M code from natural language prompts. **Scenario:** You need to transform a table where dates are in text format “YYYY-MM-DD” to actual date values. After providing the code example, Claude also acts as a code interpreter by helping users understand and debug M code. ### **Claude M code solution:** ``` = Table.TransformColumns(     PreviousStep,     {“DateColumn”, each Date.FromText(_), type date} ) ``` Claude can also explain the code, suggest optimizations, and provide alternative approaches for complex data transformations—something Copilot simply cannot do in the Power Query environment. The generated content from Claude includes not only code but also detailed explanations and alternative approaches, supporting users with comprehensive AI-driven content creation. ## The multi-monitor reality The copying and pasting between Claude and Excel is often cited as a disadvantage, but in today’s multi-monitor setups, this is less of an issue. Having Claude open in a side window while working in Excel actually provides some benefits. Using multiple AI tools in parallel on separate screens can further enhance productivity and enable you to leverage specialized features for coding, data analysis, and task management: - You can reference Claude’s explanations while implementing formulas - Multiple formula options remain visible for comparison - You can easily copy different variations to test in your spreadsheet For single-screen users, this workflow is admittedly more cumbersome, making Copilot’s integration more valuable despite its other limitations. ## Examples in action ### Basic user scenario: Conditional formatting **Task:** Highlight cells in column D where values are greater than 1000. **Copilot:** Provides the conditional formatting rule but requires you to navigate through Excel’s interface. **Claude:** Gives you the formula =D1>1000 and explains exactly where to apply it in the conditional formatting dialog, plus offers variations like =D1>AVERAGE(D:D) for highlighting above-average values. Both Claude and Copilot can help users write code for complex Excel formulas, making advanced tasks more accessible. ### Advanced user scenario: Dynamic array formula **Task:** Create a unique list of customers who made purchases above $500. **Copilot:** \=UNIQUE(FILTER(A:A,B:B>500)) **Claude:** Provides the same formula but also offers: - \=SORT(UNIQUE(FILTER(A:A,B:B>500))) – Sorted version - Alternative for older Excel versions using array formulas - Explanation of dynamic array behavior and spill ranges ## The verdict: Choosing your AI assistant For **basic Excel users** who primarily work with simple formulas and don’t mind the OneDrive requirement, Copilot’s seamless integration makes it the more convenient choice despite its slower response times. For **advanced users** who need flexibility, speed, and assistance with Power Query, or those who prefer maintaining control over their file saving workflow, Claude emerges as the superior option. The minor inconvenience of copying and pasting is outweighed by Claude’s speed, multiple options, and broader Excel ecosystem support. The **ideal scenario** might be having access to both: using Copilot for quick, context-aware assistance and Claude for more complex problem-solving and Power Query development. ### Building state-of-the-art AI & delivering true value at the U.S. State Department URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-state-of-the-art-ai-delivering-true-value-at-the-u-s-state-department/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T13:55:14.000Z When you think of the most advanced, cutting-edge AI organizations in the world, does the U.S. State Department come to mind? If you’re a bit skeptical, I don’t blame you. But last fall, I was at [OpenAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-openai-searchgpt/) with my team when one of their employees came up to me and said something that even I found surprising: *“Of all our partners we work with, you’re one of the furthest ahead”*. I have to admit, I was a little shocked. But it’s a story I love to tell, because it perfectly captures what I want to explore today. I’m **Paula Osborn**, the **Deputy Chief Data and AI Officer** for the **Department of State**. I’m here to debunk the notion that the federal government is a dinosaur in the tech space – that we’re too slow, too bureaucratic, and too far behind to get anything done. The truth is, we’re building [state-of-the-art tools](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-most-popular-ai-tools-for-modern-product-teams/) that have a *real* impact on our foreign policy and national security, and our allies now come to us to learn how we do it. In this article, I’m going to share our journey with you. But I also want to talk about something just as important as the technology itself, that isn’t talked about nearly enough: the fact that we, as people working in the AI space, are **salespeople**. If you want to get money, staff, and resources – if you want a seat in the C-suite – you need to be a salesperson for AI, and I want to show you how you can do it. Let’s dive in. ## **Our journey: From crisis response to cutting-edge AI** Our story at the Center for Analytics really begins in 2020\. We were a pretty new organization – we’ve since grown to over 200 employees in just five years – and for a while, we were sort of ignored. Then, Afghanistan fell. Suddenly, in the midst of a crisis, everyone turned to us. There was no single source of truth on how many Americans were in the country, how many were at the embassy, or how many dependents and locally employed staff we had. The evacuation of U.S. citizens and staff was underway, and the department was relying on us because we had the skill set to make sense of the chaos. We were briefing the White House daily on how many Americans were out, where they were, and what was happening on the ground. The White House and our department leadership were so happy with our performance that we got a little bit more budget and a few more people. That crisis was our catalyst. It proved our value and gave us the momentum we needed to grow. With that newfound support, we moved on to our next phase: dashboards and infographics. It might sound simple, but we created these really beautiful [visualizations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/visual-understanding-unlocking-the-next-frontier-in-ai/) that our leadership had never seen before. For the first time, staff and ambassadors could get a quick snapshot of trends and key information before walking into a meeting, without having to read a 10-page paper. They were blown away, and the wide use of these dashboards got us even more money and resources. This foundation allowed us to graduate to the next level: building AI tools and eventually, [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/generative-ai/). [Responsible AI is ROI: The critical role of AI observabilityDiscover how AI observability powers responsible AI, builds trust in AI, and drives ROI through safer, smarter deployments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-490.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDan Brock![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---Fiddler-AI-Dan-Brock-Responsible-AI-is-ROI-The-critical-role-of-AI-observability-1-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Powering agentic AI at enterprise scale URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T14:58:14.000Z In a recent fireside chat, two key voices at the forefront of enterprise AI shared the stage to unpack the evolving landscape of agentic AI: Matan-Paul Shetrit, Director of Product at Writer, and Sandesh Patnam, Managing Partner at [Premji Invest](https://www.premjiinvest.com/). While much of the generative AI hype has centered around flashy consumer tools and foundation models, this conversation turned the spotlight toward the enterprise workflows, compliance realities, and investment strategies shaping the future of practical AI deployment. “With all things agents, I think it's top of mind for a lot of folks,” said Patnam, kicking off the session with a nod to the rapidly emerging world of agentic systems. Before diving into technical challenges or product design, Patnam framed the discussion with an investor’s perspective. Representing Premji Invest, a long-term capital partner, he offered a contrasting approach to the fast-paced, bet-heavy world of venture investing in generative AI. “You see a lot of investments being made today... but we think about things a bit differently.” Premji Invest is looking for long-term value and companies that can win in the evolving enterprise AI stack. One of those companies is Writer, an enterprise-grade AI platform built to integrate securely and scalably into business workflows. “Writer is one of our most promising companies; growing amazingly fast,” Patnam noted, setting the stage for a deeper conversation with Shetrit about what it takes to actually make generative AI work in the enterprise. ### Inside Premji Invest To understand why Writer stands out in Premji Invest’s portfolio, it's important to understand the firm itself. Premji Invest is the captive fund of a $25 billion endowment started by philanthropist Azim Premji. Known for giving away the majority of his wealth to charitable causes, Premji created one of the largest endowments in the world, and the investment firm that supports it is mission-aligned for long-term impact. “Our mission is essentially to give back to the endowment... a set of companies that are enduring and thriving for a long period of time,” said Patnam. Premji Invest is a crossover investor, operating in both public and private markets. But unlike traditional venture capital firms that place many small bets hoping for one or two breakout wins, Premji Invest applies a long-term lens to every investment. Their approach is more like anchoring a company for the long haul, with deep conviction and sustained capital support, from private rounds all the way through public listings. “We don’t think of it as a set of bets,” Patnam explained. “Each of these are partnerships.” Their portfolio spans early to late-stage tech, life sciences, consumer, and financial services across both the U.S. and India. But what ties it all together is thematic, high-conviction investing with a focus on companies that demonstrate: - A strong vision - Efficient, sustainable growth - Defensible moats - The potential to compound value over decades “So when I say Writer,” Patnam added, “it implies based on everything I just said, this is the kind of company we believe can sustain and thrive long term.” ### Why full-stack matters in generative AI When it comes to investing in generative AI, Premji Invest takes a thematic, cycle-informed approach, one rooted in lessons from past technology waves. “People think of these as cycles,” Patnam noted. “First picks and shovels, then middleware, then applications... but in practice, it’s never that clean.” Looking back at past inflection points, the rise of the internet, the shift to cloud, and the mobile explosion, Premji Invest observed a key pattern: innovation unfolds organically across layers, not in strict vertical order. Infrastructure, middleware, and application development happen in parallel, not sequentially. And the companies that endure? They typically operate across those layers. Patnam criticized the early generative AI companies that had a myopic view: “I’m just going to build models.” “I’m just middleware.” “I’m just building applications.” That level of specialization, he argued, is fragile in a market evolving this quickly. “When a cycle is moving as fast as this one, and you’re only focused on one layer, you don’t know where the disruption’s going to come from. It’s very hard to build an enduring company that way.” Instead, Premji Invest looks for full-stack generative AI companies that have: - A point of view on models (whether internal, open source, or hybrid) - A grip on middleware and delivery mechanisms - A deep understanding of the end-user workflow, especially in the enterprise This multi-layer fluency enables better tradeoffs, faster iteration, and stronger defensibility. If a company can control and optimize decisions at the model, middleware, and application layers, it can deliver the most effective and efficient outcomes. “The best companies have a full stack view... they can make the right tradeoff at any layer to deliver value,” Patnam said. ### Enterprise AI is about workflows, not just chatbots When most people think about enterprise AI, their minds jump to chatbots; interfaces that spit out answers, complete text, or summarize reports. But according to Patnam, this narrow view misses the true potential of generative and agentic AI in the enterprise. “People think of enterprise AI as just a chatbot, just text-based models. But it’s much more than that.” With the rise of agentic AI, AI systems that can perceive, reason, act, and iterate autonomously, the industry is finally beginning to see the bigger picture. And at the heart of that picture? Workflows. “The secret sauce is workflows,” Patnam emphasized. “Most of what we do in enterprise is workflows: handoffs, creative decisions, deterministic queries, and data stitching to serve an end-user outcome.” To bring that abstract idea to life, he shared a practical example from the world of wealth management: 1. A wealth manager prepares personalized reports for hundreds of clients. 2. They must pull specific client data from internal systems. 3. They craft a point of view, marrying market trends with portfolio activity. 4. They generate charts and visuals, align tone with brand, and assemble everything into a compliant, polished communication. 5. Finally, the reports are reviewed and sent. This is not a chatbot task. It’s a multi-stage workflow involving creativity, data retrieval, formatting, compliance, and human nuance. Now imagine this entire process, from data pull to delivery, powered by AI agents working in tandem. That’s the vision. “Imagine a world where all of this is being done by agents.” In Patnam’s view, this is where the next generation of enterprise AI is headed: toward intelligent orchestration of real business processes, not just point-and-click interactions. [Agentic-Responsive Design: AI agents and the future of the webThe emergence of AI agents will transform how we think about digital experiences. Discover how Agentic Responsive Design will change the web.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-495.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/) ### The rise of agents: From tasks to thinking Many of today’s AI agents are task-specific, fetching data, generating a paragraph, or summarizing an email. But according to Patnam, the future of enterprise agents is far more sophisticated. “This agent has to think. It has to reason. It has to make a decision.” Enterprise-grade agents don’t just need to execute. They must: - Query structured data with precision (no hallucinations) - Make deterministic decisions where accuracy is critical - Generate text or visuals where creativity and nuance are needed This requires a careful balance between deterministic logic and generative capability, something few models, and even fewer systems, can do well. “It’s a marriage of multiple things,” Patnam said. “These agents don’t just work in isolation; they must work in parallel and in synchrony.” And this orchestration of intelligent agents, layered across workflows, is exactly where Writer comes in. “Enterprise AI has to be something to do with that. That’s the fulfillment of the promise. And therein lies Writer.” With a full-stack approach, Writer isn’t just layering generative models on top of enterprise software. It’s bridging the entire system: - Models that are flexible but safe - Middleware that translates between model outputs and business logic - Applications that enable real, native workflow automation, from deterministic tasks to creative synthesis Writer’s platform is designed to think, reason, create, and deliver, all within the guardrails and rigor required in enterprise environments. “Think of applications that are guardrail-specific... and ones that require creative energy. Writer enables both.” With that, Patnam passed the mic to Matan Shetrit, Writer’s Director of Product, ready to dive into how this vision becomes real inside enterprise workflows. ### Inside Writer’s model philosophy: Full-stack by design With the vision for agentic AI and enterprise workflows laid out, the conversation shifted to the technical heart of Writer’s platform: its models and system architecture. Sandesh Patnam teed up the topic by pointing out the complexity of modern AI stacks; everything from custom models to orchestration frameworks like MCP and A2A that many in the audience likely use. But what sets Writer apart is its first-principles approach to system design. “You have a very sort of first-principles system design view to model building,” Patnam noted. “And a familiar group of models that have done phenomenally well.” Turning to Matan Shetrit, Director of Product at Writer, Patnam invited him to pull back the curtain on how those models are developed; models that, as he described, were *“deepseek before DeepSeek.”* Shetrit responded: “Thank you for that. I don’t know if I need to say anything after that intro; maybe we can all leave now.” But joking aside, the timing was perfect. Writer had just launched a new model the day before. This marked another milestone in the company's pursuit of tightly integrated, workflow-aware generative models, ones built not just to generate text, but to reason within enterprise contexts, stay grounded in company-specific data, and enable task automation at scale. From this point forward, the discussion would dive deeper into model capabilities, framework integration, and the architectural decisions that make Writer’s AI stack production-grade. ### Meet Palmyra: Writer’s high-context, enterprise-ready model family With timing that couldn’t have been better, Shetrit revealed that Writer had just launched a new model the day before: Palmyra X5, the latest addition to the company’s in-house LLM family. “It’s the first 1 million token context window model on Amazon Bedrock,” Shetrit noted, adding that it runs at just $0.60 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, with sub-300 millisecond tool calling. These aren’t just technical bragging rights. They reflect Writer’s obsession with production viability in enterprise environments, where cost and speed are non-negotiable when agents are executing multi-step, real-time workflows. The Palmyra line isn’t new; Palmyra X4 debuted in Q4 of the previous year. But even back then, Writer was already challenging the narrative that LLMs required $100M+ training budgets. “X4 cost us $700K to bring to market,” Shetrit said. “X5? $1M in GPU cost. And that’s before DeepSeek and the $5M model hype.” The message is clear: great models don’t have to be expensive. If you optimize for the right outcomes. And in enterprise AI, those outcomes are low latency, low cost per call, and compatibility with complex workflows. ### AIHQ: The enterprise agentic platform The launch of Palmyra X5 was also a continuation of AIHQ, Writer’s agentic platform designed for enterprise-scale automation. With a 1M-token context window and ultra-fast tool calling, Writer’s infrastructure can now support: - Multi-hop agentic flows - Memory-embedded reasoning - Secure, enterprise-native tool usage “For LLMs to be used in enterprise agents, you need speed and cost-efficiency,” Shetrit explained. “If it costs hundreds of dollars per call, it’s never going to work at scale.” That’s especially true when agents are chaining steps across multiple internal systems, integrating with compliance tools, querying proprietary data, and generating polished outputs for external stakeholders – all in real time. And real customers are already proving the value. “We’ve got companies like Vanguard, Franklin Templeton, and Uber building real applications using AIHQ and seeing real ROI.” ### Built for enterprise from day one Unlike many startups that began as research labs or consumer tools before pivoting into enterprise, Writer was built for business from the start. That means its model architecture is about supporting: - Compliance - Data retention policies - Legal safeguards - Deterministic behaviors + generative creativity in balance “We didn’t start as a research lab dabbling in enterprise,” said Shetrit. “This was the plan from day one.” ### Writer’s enterprise-first model strategy From day one, Writer has positioned itself not as a tooling layer or a wrapper around someone else’s model, but as a fully end-to-end AI platform built exclusively for enterprise. That orientation affects everything: how models are trained, how updates are handled, and how reliability is guaranteed. “We’re an end-to-end platform for enterprises and their AI needs,” Shetrit emphasized. “And everything we build drives toward that.” Unlike large foundation model providers, Writer works within a different set of constraints, ones shaped by enterprise expectations and regulatory realities: - No training on user data - No distillation or silent model swaps - No regressions that quietly break workflows “It’s a real problem,” Shetrit said. “In the big labs, you can’t distill or quantize the model over time if you can’t train on user data. But that’s table stakes for us.” He illustrated the point with a story he often shares with CIOs: “You think you’re buying a Porsche. But two weeks in, someone sneaks in, steals your engine, and replaces it with one from a Kia. The car still runs, but now it takes 10 seconds to hit 60 instead of two... and you're paying the same.” In mission-critical business flows, that kind of performance regression is a breaking change and a dealbreaker. Writer's solution? Synthetic data and first-principles training methods enable them to evolve their models without touching user data, thereby preserving quality and latency. These constraints, which might seem limiting, actually fueled creativity and precision, leading to: - Smaller, more cost-effective models - Highly specialized enterprise fine-tuning - Self-adaptive, self-learning capabilities that stay within enterprise guardrails “It pushed us to be very creative,” Shetrit said. “Both on the training data side and the cost structure side.” And enterprise customers are feeling the impact in real outcomes, not just benchmarks. ### Self-evolving models and the future of AI in enterprise As the conversation wrapped up, Patnam posed a natural but pressing question: Where are large foundation model providers headed as agents become central to enterprise AI? Shetrit didn’t hesitate; Writer had already been thinking about this. “We published our opinion back in Q4, and there’s a paper coming out soon on what we call self-evolving models.” According to Writer, the next frontier in enterprise AI will be about smarter, more adaptive systems that continuously learn and improve *on the fly*. There are two major pillars to this idea: 1. Reasoning vs. knowledge - Knowledge can be retrieved externally through RAG, APIs, or delegated tools. - Reasoning, however, is internal; it's about how a model interprets inputs, weighs options, and decides what to do next. - Improving *reasoning* is the real frontier. 2. Contextual adaptation - The dream of a single, monolithic model that works across every workflow in a complex enterprise is, frankly, unrealistic. - Even within Writer’s own teams, across just 2–3 product groups, needs and behavior vary widely. - So why expect one frozen model to be a one-size-fits-all solution? “This idea that a model could be a fit for every team out of the gate is not realistic.” Instead, Writer’s emerging thesis is around models that evolve in response to real-world use, adapting based on agent feedback and workflow-specific interactions. These self-evolving systems would personalize themselves over time, within strict enterprise guardrails, delivering a tailored agentic experience for each user or team. “Yes, agents don’t work well at first,” Shetrit admitted. “But they give feedback. And if your system can learn from that feedback, safely and efficiently, that’s how you create real enterprise value.” [How Agentic AI is transforming healthcare deliveryAgentic AI is transforming healthcare by enhancing workflows, cutting costs, and enabling proactive, whole-person patient care at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-496.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnthony Witherspoon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--68--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/) ### Guardrails, air Gaps, and the messy reality of model deployment Writer’s vision of self-evolving models is powerful, but it’s not without its pitfalls. Shetrit shared a candid story that exposed the limitations of current guardrail techniques: when one of Writer’s new models was released publicly for just 24 hours, it began to self-uncensor based on user input patterns. “Like a lot of us, it became a worse person,” he said, half-joking. This unexpected behavior underscored a hard truth: guardrails today are not sustainable. “The way we do guardrails today needs to evolve. We need more than hardcoded filters or prompt-blocking.” That’s why Writer now runs certain enterprise deployments in air-gapped environments; physically isolated systems that allow for experimentation without the risk of open-loop contamination. Other companies are wrestling with the same problems. Shetrit pointed to efforts like SSI (Ilya Sutskever’s new company), which is focused on adaptive, behavior-aware models, as well as Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which are actively exploring models that evolve from user feedback. But in enterprise contexts, that kind of adaptation can’t come at the expense of predictability or compliance. ### Deployment complexity: Version control for models Beyond behavior, there’s the question of operational control. In enterprise settings, it’s not enough to have a smart model; you also need the tools to manage, roll back, audit, and govern it. “Maybe the model goes off the deep end. You need to be able to revert to an older version.” This requires a system architecture that mirrors the rigor of traditional software engineering: - Version control for models and agent configurations - Workflow reproducibility - Failure detection and rollback mechanisms - Security and isolation policies Without this infrastructure, agentic systems are unlikely to move beyond the lab. ### From prototype to production: What enterprise needs to get right And that’s the reality for most companies today: 90% of AI projects stall at the prototype stage. “Something about the system architecture and design isn’t translating to production,” Patnam noted. So, what does it take to get there? Writer’s team believes the key is designing with agents and enterprise workflows in mind from day one, not slapping agents onto brittle foundations. “To get from a 30% success rate on multi-hop agents to 95–99%, we need adaptive models, robust workflows, and full-stack infrastructure.” That’s where Writer is investing, and that’s what they believe will define the next generation of enterprise AI platforms. ### The real bottleneck: Change management, not just tech You can have the best model. The fastest inference. The smartest agents. But if your organization isn’t ready for it, your project will stall. “We’ve all seen what happened with cloud,” said Shetrit. “Whole businesses like Accenture were built around deployment and change management. The same is happening with AI.” Too many companies still approach AI as if it's plug-and-play; offer an API, connect a model, and let the enterprise "figure it out." That, Shetrit said bluntly, doesn’t work. ### A full stack that includes organizational change From day one, Writer’s approach has included change management as a top-layer feature of the stack right alongside models, RAG pipelines, and guardrails. “Either we work directly with companies, or we partner with firms like Accenture to handle knowledge transfer, co-design workflows, and build the muscle inside the org.” Without this human-centered enablement layer: - Projects fail to move beyond pilot - Organizations don’t expand usage - Larger contracts never get signed ### Collaboration between business and IT is the missing link Beyond deployment, there’s also the build process itself, which, for years, has been broken. “Someone writes a product spec, throws it over the fence, and hopes IT builds it. That didn’t work before. It *really* doesn’t work with AI.” The explosion of consumer-facing AI has only raised expectations. Shetrit recalled: “Last year, my mom called and said, ‘Have you heard of OpenAI?’ I said, ‘Yes, Mom, that’s how I write your birthday notes.’” This kind of mass adoption means enterprise users expect the same polish, personalization, and usability they see in consumer apps. The traditional separation between business users and IT just doesn’t cut it anymore. ### AI supervisors: A new role for IT With their AIHQ platform, Writer is pushing a more collaborative model: One where line-of-business teams and IT work together to design, build, and supervise AI workflows. “We need to empower IT to become what we call AI Supervisors,” Shetrit explained. These roles aren’t about building models from scratch. They’re about: - Governing deployments - Maintaining compliance - Adapting workflows - Ensuring reliability and scale In other words, they’re the stewards of enterprise AI in production. ### The future of enterprise AI: Blurring the lines between business and IT As enterprise AI matures, the lines between business users and technologists are blurring and Writer is actively shaping that transformation. “IT doesn’t want to be the one in the room saying no to AI,” Shetrit said. “But right now, they’re freaking out, they don’t have control.” That’s why empowering IT to become AI Supervisors is so critical. It’s not about handing them responsibility for model development, but about giving them tools, oversight, and collaboration models that work at scale. From tool call validation to compliance controls, IT needs to feel confident that what’s being deployed won’t break workflows or the business. “We work with heavily regulated industries, like healthcare, finance, and we’re not expecting citizen developers there,” Shetrit clarified. “But the separation between IT and the line of business is disappearing.” In Writer’s view, the future of enterprise AI lies in tight collaboration: - Engineers drive deeply integrated use cases - Business users define workflows and goals - IT ensures safety, reliability, and compliance “That’s where the future of enterprise AI is going, and that’s what we’re pushing for.” ### Implementing an AI-augmented product development cycle URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/implementing-an-ai-augmented-product-development-cycle/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T14:59:37.000Z Product management requires a product manager to juggle multiple aspects of various product features, ranging from discovery to launch. [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) is fast becoming a product manager’s new sidekick. From the spark of a product idea to refining a mature product, AI is changing how product managers (PMs) work at every step. This doesn’t mean AI is replacing the creative and strategic parts of the PM role. Instead, it’s ***augmenting*** the role, handling the heavy lifting of analysis and routine tasks so that PMs can focus on higher-level decision-making. In this article, we’ll walk through the key phases of the product lifecycle and explore how AI, from [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) and [large language models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) like ChatGPT to machine learning analytics, impacts workflows, tools, and expectations for product managers. We’ll also examine real-world examples and tools, such as ChatGPT, Productboard, Notion AI, and others, demonstrating these changes in action. Finally, we’ll discuss how product managers can stay ahead in an AI-augmented future, adapting their skills and mindset to leverage these new capabilities. ## Product ideation and conception The product journey begins with an idea, and AI is a fantastic brainstorming partner at this stage. Instead of starting with a blank whiteboard, product managers can tap into generative AI tools to expand their creative horizons. ### AI brainstorming Large language models, such as ChatGPT, can generate various ideas or alternative perspectives on demand. For example, if a PM aims to *“increase user engagement on an e-commerce site by 10%,”* they could prompt an AI like ChatGPT (or Google’s Gemini) for strategies. In seconds, the AI might suggest loyalty programs, personalized homepages, gamification elements, community forums, and more, many of which might spark avenues the team hadn’t considered​. These AI-generated ideas serve as a starting point, which the team can refine and evaluate. ### Frame problems AI can also help **frame problems and define product concepts**. ChatGPT and similar LLMs are great at taking a vague product theme and helping structure it into potential features or user stories. A PM might ask, “What are some user needs and pain points around personal finance management for young adults?” and receive a structured list of possibilities, each with a rationale, such as budget tracking, student loan guidance, and saving goals. ### Visual mockups Beyond text, generative AI can create visuals to illustrate concepts during the ideation process. Text-to-image models (e.g., Midjourney or DALL·E) allow PMs to generate concept art or UI mockups from a simple description. Imagine describing a “mobile app home screen for a fitness tracker that rewards users with a game-like interface” and getting back a rough illustration to help the team or stakeholders visualize the idea. This was nearly impossible a few years ago without a designer’s help; now, a PM with a creative spark (and a good prompt) can produce early visualizations in minutes. Such AI-generated visuals make it easier to **sell a vision** early on or to clarify the team’s understanding of a new feature’s look and feel. Importantly, AI doesn’t remove the human element here – it augments it. The PM still guides which ideas make sense and provides critical context about users and business goals. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-486.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) ## Market research and validation Once there’s a promising idea, the next step is validating it – understanding the market and users to ensure the concept has real demand. This is traditionally a phase where PMs become overwhelmed by data, including reading through user feedback, survey responses, industry reports, competitor product reviews, and other relevant information. ### Analyzing customer feedback AI is an intelligent analyst, rapidly sifting through information overload to surface insights. For example, ChatGPT or other LLMscan ingest raw customer feedback and spit out concise summaries of what users are asking for. A PM could paste a list of user comments from beta testers and ask, “What are the top complaints and suggestions here?” The AI might respond, saying, *“Users find the onboarding confusing and want more tutorials; many request a dark mode; some have payment issues,”* essentially pulling themes out of messy data. According to one guide on AI feedback analysis, these models can *“recognize patterns across responses, categorize similar content, analyze sentiment, and generate concise summaries highlighting key themes.”*​ This automated summarization means a PM can extract insights in minutes instead of days. ### Market research and sentiment analysis Beyond summarizing, AI can help with market research, trend detection, and sentiment analysis. Machine learning models can scan app store reviews or social media mentions of a product (or a competitor’s product) to quantify sentiment. For example, discovering that 80% of tweets about a new feature are positive, or that pricing is the most significant source of negative sentiment. Instead of manually tallying opinions, PMs get a dashboard of trends. ### Idea validation AI also assists in the idea validation part, asking, “Is this idea likely to succeed?” Generative AI can simulate specific scenarios or user interactions before you invest in building anything. For instance, some teams use AI agents to role-play as users. Given a prompt about a product concept, an AI can generate a hypothetical user response or even simulate how a user might navigate a prototype. It enables product managers to move from “I think” to “I know” much faster by providing data-backed insights from vast information pools that no human could process alone in a reasonable amount of time. ## MVP design and prototyping After validating the concept, a product manager often spearheads the creation of a [minimum viable product](https://www.productledalliance.com/building-minimum-viable-products-that-matter/) (MVP) – a basic version of the product to test with users. AI is revolutionizing this stage by accelerating design and prototyping tasks. ### Creating wireframes One way AI contributes is through AI-powered design tools. Creating wireframes or mockups, which used to require a designer’s dedicated time, can now be jump-started by AI. Tools like Visily, Uizard, or Galileo AI can generate UI designs or app flow mockups from simple prompts​. For example, a PM could type, *“Landing page for a personal finance app with a signup form and a chart of expenses,”* and get a suggested layout or wireframe. ### Creating demos Generative AI for prototyping goes beyond static images. Some AI tools can produce working prototype code or interactive demos. For instance, once you have a design in Figma (a popular design tool), AI plugins (like Builder.io’s Visual Copilot) can convert those designs into code, automatically generating the frontend structure. This means the gap between a design mockup and a testable product is shrinking. A PM could go from a written user story to a basic interactive prototype in a single day by leveraging these AI tools – something that traditionally might take a frontend developer a week. Real-world use cases are emerging: some teams use **Mockitt, Visily, or Uizard** to create a prototype from a prompt and instantly put it in front of users for feedback​. For example, a PM might generate a prototype for a new mobile app feature on Monday, send it out as an interactive demo to a pilot user group by Tuesday, and use AI analytics to summarize user interactions with that prototype by Wednesday. By the end of the week, they have data on what worked and what didn’t – all before a single line of production code is written! This kind of rapid prototyping was the holy grail of agile teams, and AI is making it a reality. ### Creating documentation AI also assists PMs in creating documentation about the MVP. Writing a product requirement document (PRD) or user stories can be a time-consuming process. Notion AI or ChatGPT can help draft these documents based on prompts like “Describe the user story for the core feature of X” or “Generate a first draft of a PRD for the idea we validated, including problem statement, solution overview, and success criteria.” The drafts won’t be perfect, but they give PMs something concrete to start with and edit. [The implications of AI in DeFiThe applications of AI in DeFi, actual emerging use cases, and the ethical and technical limitations that need to be solved in order to achieve the complete joint potential.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-487.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAlexandr Vorobev![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--73--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-implications-of-ai-in-defi/) ## Development and testing Once the MVP design and plan are set, the development phase begins, and here, AI acts as a [powerful tool](https://www.productledalliance.com/6-most-popular-ai-tools-for-modern-product-teams/) for engineers and product managers, streamlining coding and testing. AI has a profound influence on modern software development through tools like: - GitHub Copilot, - OpenAI Codex, and - Other code-generation assistants. These AI pair programmers can auto-complete code, suggest functions, and help catch errors, which means engineers can build faster and with potentially fewer bugs. For a product manager, this translates to shorter development cycles and more frequent releases of incremental improvements. ### Testing and quality assurance These have traditionally been areas where thoroughness is at odds with speed – testing every user flow, catching every edge case, and doing regression tests can be very time-consuming. AI is changing this balance by automating a significant portion of testing. AI also gleans insights faster during user testing (like beta tests or UX research sessions). A tool called **Odaptos**, for instance, uses AI techniques such as computer vision and natural language processing to analyze user testing sessions​. It might analyze a video of a user’s face as they use a product, detect frustration or confusion via facial expressions, or transcribe and interpret their spoken feedback in real time. By the end of a few testing sessions, the PM could receive an AI-generated report: *“Users struggled with the account setup process (noted by 5/6 testers, with facial expressions indicating confusion), and one common verbal feedback was that the instructions were unclear.”* This saves the PM from hours of watching recordings or reading raw transcripts – the AI summarizes it. Another way AI helps in testing is through A/B test automation and analysis. Suppose a product manager runs an experiment (say, two different homepage designs to see which yields better signups). In that case, AI can monitor the incoming data and highlight the winning version, along with the reasons why. Lastly, AI can assist in the less glamorous but vital part of development: **bug tracking and fixing**. Instead of 500 isolated bug tickets, the PM might discover through AI that they all stem from three root problems. ## Product Launch Launching a product (or a prominent feature) is a high-stakes phase. AI is making product launches brighter and smoother, both in terms of execution and communication. In the past, a launch involved a lot of manual coordination: preparing release notes, running final regression tests, pushing code live, monitoring for issues, and doing marketing blasts – often all at once. Today, we have AI helping on multiple fronts during a launch. ### Release processes On the engineering side, AI-driven automation ensures that deployment and release processes are robust and efficient. CI/CD pipelines include AI routines that double-check the build for anomalies. For example, an AI system might run a suite of automated smoke tests on the new release and **automatically halt the rollout** if it detects a critical failure or unusual metric. The AI monitors error rates and performance metrics in real time; if something looks off (say, error rates jump or response time slows), it can flag it or even roll back automatically. ### Marketing Generative AI is a game-changer for PMs during launches in marketing and communication. Crafting the perfect announcement email, blog post, or release notes can be time-consuming, and many product managers agonize over wording to ensure the value proposition is clear. AI writing assistants like ChatGPT, Notion AI, or Jasper can take a first pass at these materials. AI can also tailor [communications](https://www.productledalliance.com/how-product-and-marketing-can-best-work-together-to-turbocharge-growth/) for different audiences – a more technical version for internal engineers or power users and a more high-level, benefit-focused version for customers or executives – all generated in moments. Similarly, AI can instantly translate launch communications into multiple languages, which is a massive boon for global products (ensuring your French and Japanese users get the news simultaneously in their native language, with nuance intact). All these AI contributions mean that a product manager can execute launches with greater confidence. There’s less manual grunt work and more data-driven decision support. A PM can spend the critical launch day focusing on strategic issues (like engaging with early user feedback or press interviews) while trusting AI to watch the dashboards and even handle initial alarms. [Responsible AI is ROI: The critical role of AI observabilityDiscover how AI observability powers responsible AI, builds trust in AI, and drives ROI through safer, smarter deployments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-488.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDan Brock![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---Fiddler-AI-Dan-Brock-Responsible-AI-is-ROI-The-critical-role-of-AI-observability-1-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/) ## Post-launch optimization and iteration One immediate post-launch task is often analyzing [feedback](https://www.productledalliance.com/why-customer-feedback-is-the-most-underutilized-product-growth-lever/) and support issues. AI tools can analyze and categorize user comments, measure sentiment, and prioritize issues. ### Analyzing usage data Data-driven iterationis another area transformed by AI. After launch, you usually have lots of usage data: which features are used, how often, by whom, where users drop off, etc. Machine learning models can identify patterns and correlations in this data that may not be immediately apparent. For example, the data indicate that users who utilize a particular feature twice within the first week are likely to become long-term customers. An AI could surface that insight by analyzing hundreds of variables and usage trajectories. The PM can then use that to inform an iteration, focusing the next sprint on making it easier for all users to discover and try that sticky feature. ### Prioritizing improvements When deciding on new features or improvements post-launch, AI can inform prioritization. Traditionally, prioritization is a mix of art and science – weighing user needs, business impact, and effort. AI brings more science to the table. A PM still applies judgment (especially regarding strategic alignment and edge cases that the AI cannot know), but having an objective recommendation can validate the choices. For example, an AI might analyze that Feature A could increase engagement by 5% but only affect 10% of users. In contrast, Feature B might increase overall retention by 2% across the board, and if retention is the bigger goal, the PM might choose B even if A sounded flashy. ### Experimentation and optimization Another facet of post-launch is continuous experimentation and optimization. A PM might always run a few A/B tests to tweak the user experience. AI can handle this orchestration, ensuring that traffic is allocated efficiently and even personalizing experiences if that’s part of the product strategy. ### Close the feedback loop Finally, AI helps close the loop of the feedback cycle by generating reports and insights for stakeholders. Post-launch, PMs communicate what’s happening to executives, sales, and support teams. AI can generate **concise reports** or slide drafts that summarize the latest results. Instead of manually pulling data for a quarterly business review, a PM could ask an AI tool to “summarize the last 3 months of product performance and highlight any significant changes in KPIs” and get a head start on a report. ## Staying ahead in an AI-augmented future As AI integrates deeper into each aspect of the product lifecycle, product managers must adapt to supercharge their value. Here’s how PMs can stay ahead: - **Embrace continuous learning:** Understand AI fundamentals through courses or hands-on experimentation with tools like ChatGPT, analytics platforms, or basic Python scripting. A solid grasp of AI helps PMs effectively interpret insights and make informed decisions. - **Develop AI collaboration skills:** View AI as a partner. Master prompt engineering and critically refine results. Maintain a library of tested prompts for routine tasks, such as brainstorming, user research, and creating product requirements documents. - **Human-only skills:** As AI frees up time from repetitive and mundane tasks, a PM should invest in understanding users deeply, building deeper relationships with cross-functional teams, and gaining a better understanding of how user sentiment is evolving, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of how the product can grow. Investing AI-driven efficiencies into these areas amplifies your value as a PM. - **Collaborate with AI specialists:** Partner with data scientists and internal AI teams to leverage their expertise. The PM should leverage their knowledge in the field to interpret AI insights, understand tool hallucinations, and develop custom solutions. Effective cross-functional leadership, including collaboration with AI experts, positions PMs to deliver innovative, intelligent products. ## Final thoughts In summary, the dawn of AI in product management is not a threat to the role but an enhancement. The role of the PM is often likened to being the “CEO of the product,” just like a CEO leverages the best tools and delegates tasks to focus on vision; a PM should delegate to AI where it makes sense and focus on what humans do best. The product managers of tomorrow will be those who are adept at weaving AI into their process – using data to drive decisions, automation to execute faster, and insights to delight users – all while providing the human judgment and creativity that ensure products truly resonate. By staying curious and adaptable, PMs can turn AI from a buzzword into a superpower in their career, leading to more innovative products and happier users. ### Digital transformation in the contemporary world URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/digital-transformation-in-the-contemporary-world/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:01:10.000Z Digital transformation encompasses so much more than updating the company's IT system; it is a shift in the entire organisational strategy. In practice, it means leveraging technology for the creation of new business processes, customer interactions, and the entire organisational culture to adapt to changing market conditions. Successful digital transformation, as [McKinsey puts](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital-transformation) it, is “*the fundamental rewiring of how an organisation operates*” with the purpose of technology being systematically employed to enhance customer satisfaction while reducing operational costs. In essence, digital transformation is not a one-time project, but a continuous journey. Indeed, in transformed companies, recent studies indicate nearly 90% claim to have started a digital journey, and the more advanced companies consider it to be a matter for discussion with the Chief Executive Officer. This shift is also supported by a [study](https://hatchworks.com/blog/product-design/history-digital-transformation/#:~:text=Spending%20on%20digital%20transformation%20reached,4%20trillion%20in%202026) that claims investment capital aimed towards digital transformation soared to 1.6 trillion in 2022 and is expected to reach over 3.4 trillion in 2026. Digital transformation spans across the entire enterprise, from customer-facing processes to the factory floor, and its scope keeps on expanding. Digital transformation is all-encompassing. It combines data, processes, people, and cultures in order to create new value. As one industry guide emphasises, a transformation roadmap should be “*guided by business outcomes, not technology*.” An organisation with a clear, business-focused digital strategy will outperform those treating it as a series of IT solutions. A large [MIT Sloan Management Review/Deloitte](https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/strategy-drives-digital-transformation/#:~:text=Digital%20strategy%20drives%20digital%20maturity,do) study found that over 80% of digitally mature firms had a clear digital strategy, while only 15% of early-stage companies did. Primarily, mature organisations view digital initiatives as business-transforming. ## Evolution: From automation to intelligent platforms Digital transformation undergoes evolving eras. In the pre-Internet epoch, during the mid-20th century, digital transformation began with automating processes such as mainframes. With the emergence of microchips and semiconductors, businesses started digitally converting manual data. In the post-internet era spanning from the 1990s to the 2000s, global connectivity was introduced alongside enterprise software, which digitised workflows, gave rise to e-commerce and CRM systems, and more. The 2010s mobile and cloud boom, alongside big data, changed the game yet again – businesses began applying advanced analytics to improve data-driven decisions while creating new digital channels. Today, we find ourselves in the AI and Generative AI era. [Generative AI from an enterprise architecture strategy perspectiveEyal Lantzman, Global Head of Architecture, AI/ML at JPMorgan, gave this presentation at the London Generative AI Summit in November 2023.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-482.png)AI Accelerator InstituteEyal Lantzman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1531871165793-30177cc75a44-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) The possibilities of advanced machine learning, intelligent automation, and advanced automation reshaping industries are endless. Clear breakthroughs, such as ChatGPT in late ’22, have “*drive\[n\] even more change in the way we work, interact, and live*”. This new wave of generative AI is pushing businesses to rethink how they approach product development, content creation, and service delivery. From using AI tools to assist in design workflows to building self-service digital interfaces with human-like interactivity, companies are exploring ways to embed intelligence directly into the customer experience. Every phase teaches us the same core lessons: digital transformations cannot be considered a project; rather, these are continuous processes requiring never-ending, perennial refinements. ## Digital transformation as a new strategic business initiative A critical one is recent [research](https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/strategy-drives-digital-transformation/#:~:text=Digital%20strategy%20drives%20digital%20maturity,do) that came out of MIT, which states that *strategy fuels success*, not technology. In a case study, MIT Sloan and Deloitte concluded that companies need “*a clear and coherent digital strategy*” when transforming digitally. This suggests that C-suite executives need to be the ones initiating digital changes and taking the lead on changes. Many mature companies have dedicated roles or positions, like a “*Chief Digital Officer*” or “*Chief AI Officer*,” who report directly to the CEO. In contrast, companies that take an IT-dominated approach led by the CIO to digitally transform the company get stuck halfway. Analysts emphasise that digital initiatives must stem from business goals, such as driving real change. For example, a white paper by PTC explained that digital transformation “(DX) is, in and of itself, a broad business strategy” and should serve concrete business objectives, including but not limited to: *operational efficiency, revenue maximisation or expansion into new markets, product introduction or innovation - rather than a tech for tech's sake approach*. As seen many times before, successful business transformation requires that there also be a shift in the company’s culture. [According to Gartner and other experts](https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/strategy-drives-digital-transformation/#:~:text=digital%20technologies), the culture of the organisation has to embrace accepting risks and being able to be innovative, otherwise any DX initiatives are bound to fail. It’s not just up to IT. For digital transformation to succeed, people across all departments need to adapt and collaborate in new ways. To promote change, corporate leaders in high-performing firms strengthen reskilling efforts and invest in building a culture embracing change. Evidence shows that the digitally mature companies are far more likely to achieve positive business outcomes from DX. Furthermore, employees prefer working for forward-thinking businesses. ## Organisational issues related to transformation Despite all the potential, digital transformation is rarely easy. Companies face a number of common challenges along the way. These five factors tend to hold on to development the most: ### **Integration difficulty and legacy systems** Some established organisations still rely on legacy, decade-old information technology infrastructure, like ERP systems, proprietary databases, on-premises equipment, specialised hardware, etc., to run their businesses. These legacy systems are difficult to integrate with new cloud solutions and AI applications due to their older architectural designs. Companies, rather informally saying that ‘legacy systems were not designed for AI,’ best explain the existence of data fragmentation. IT teams have a huge problem integrating everything due to the need to ‘wrap’ older applications, and build APIs and middleware to create links. Integration projects are often expensive as well as time-intensive, causing significant delays to measurable digital transformation progress. ### **Cultural obstacles** Human considerations are usually the greatest obstacle. Organisational change is rarely welcomed right away — it naturally brings some resistance. Research conducted on large companies reveals the absence of a clearly defined purpose, lack of executive sponsorship, rigid attitudes, and a “*no fail*” policy often get in еру way of digitisation. In one study, active disengagement due to change and organisational inertia were cited as some of the most important obstacles. Addressing culture requires active communication — including a clear and convincing explanation of why change is happening and how it affects people, forming multifunctional teams, and setting targets consistent with DX, such as paying bonuses based on digital achievements. These strategies emphasise culture change from both the bottom up and top down as organisational leaders actively promote transformation while participants are involved in employee-driven initiatives. ### **Data quality and maturity** The Use of Analytics, AI, and ML algorithms, as well as real-time decision making, requires a DX that uses data. Unfortunately, many companies are not yet data mature. Business performance and data maturity level have a strong correlation: [well-governed data](https://cloud.google.com/transform/data-champions-digital-maturity-five-keys-bcg-research) (data champions) receive faster growth and higher resilience compared to those who poorly govern and exploit data. When data isn’t well-managed, it becomes difficult to turn it into something meaningful or actionable. Without clean and consistent data, even the best AI models will fail. It’s a classic case of “*garbage in, garbage ou*t” – and it’s one of the biggest reasons digital transformation stalls. Without catalogues, lineages, privacy controls, or proper governance, scaling analytics becomes increasingly difficult. Companies must invest in data clean-up, constructing a single source of truth, then training on data stewardship before AI/ML can be functional and deliver results. Even though data champions spend twice as much on IT transformation compared to less data-mature organisations, pouring money into data collection alone does not suffice. Alongside investment, success calls for a master plan. [BCG highlights](https://cloud.google.com/transform/data-champions-digital-maturity-five-keys-bcg-research) that 76% of data champions possess a strategy aimed at value generation through collected data, as opposed to only 46% of laggards strategizing. ![BCG highlights that 76% of data champions possess a strategy aimed at value generation through collected data, as opposed to only 46% of laggards strategizing.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/09/data-src-image-cd9e29f1-e594-4877-a84b-d60506ab41a7.png) ### **Integration challenges** In large organisations, digital technologies rarely function in silos. The integration of new platforms, be they cloud services, AI applications, or even IoT devices, into a landscape of on-premise and legacy applications is multifaceted. Integration challenges include incompatible data formats, security models, and change management processes. A single modification, such as the deployment of a new CRM or AI engine, can impact dozens of backend systems. This is a key reason why digital transformation can get stuck. Outdated systems aren't built for modern integration, and trying to make them work together creates major delays. DX supposedly allows the company to operate faster and eliminates countless manual tasks, but so many deeply integrated systems slow down an organisation's ability to take the changes on board. These companies invest in a more sophisticated structure inter-connecting the outdated systems with more modern solutions, creating specialised units that develop methods to glue mismatching systems together, and restructure entire companies to oversee adaptations for fused IT and business units. Such technology-collaboration departments are empowered to offer cross-organisational, long-term plans that can effectively change the workflow without complicating ongoing processes. ### **Data protection and compliance** Safeguarding sensitive corporate and customer data has become an issue with a digital twist due to increasing data volumes and potential attack surfaces. There are laws that demand privacy to be maintained, like GDPR and CCPA, as well as industry-centric regulations for finance and healthcare. Analytics is also being applied for security purposes by various organisations. This could be viewed as double-edged AI; security threats can be mitigated at scale with AI, but greater AI dependence can also create new threats through the exposure of vulnerabilities like model leaks or data drift. Leaders must establish regular security audits within frameworks that employ security by design principles. Security, as well as operational efficiency, is enhanced by advanced systems and analytics. In the scope of the Digital Transformation strategy, data AI is now integrated to a deeper level. In one AI survey, more than half of the surveyed organisations reported that they have implemented AI features for cybersecurity. These include oversight and detection of insider anomalies, which demonstrates how closely security and digital transformation are now linked. [From start-up to industry leader: How AI is transforming networkingChief AI Officer & founder Bob Friday shares how AI is transforming networking – from enterprise adoption to self-driving networks.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-483.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBob Friday![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Juniper-Networks-Bob-Friday---From-start-up-to-industry-leader-How-AI-is-transforming-networking-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-start-up-to-industry-leader-how-ai-is-transforming-networking/) ## AI and ML applications across core business functions Below, I outline where AI and ML are used in a business, providing contemporary examples for each. These examples emphasise that AI isn’t simply a tool; it signifies a multi-functional, cross-organisational driver of transformation. ### A. Operations and automation AI applications in automation are well-evolved and elaborate within the domain of manufacturing and operations. Sophisticated machine vision systems inspect items far more accurately than any human. Modern vision systems enhance quality assurance by automatically sorting and identifying defective parts. Another advancement is digital twins: *creating virtual counterparts of pieces of equipment or production lines so that their operations can be adjusted and perfected before any actual modifications are done*. With AI, digital twins can predict maintenance and optimise processes; early adopters report considerable reductions in downtime and increased lifespan of equipment. From autonomous robots to emerging adaptive control systems, the most sophisticated factories are equipping themselves with these technologies. One study states, “*self-optimising manufacturing is being achieved by closed loop systems and autonomous AI-driven robots, while human operators are supported by AI operator assistants that resolve issues in real time*.” With AI handling routine tasks like predictive maintenance, people can focus on what they do best –thinking critically, solving unexpected problems, and driving innovation. ### B. Customer support The use of AI technology in the customer service field is fundamentally transforming how businesses operate. Virtual agents and chatbots can resolve order issues and deal with low-level customer inquiries over the phone at any given time. A good demonstration of VoIP and automation technology for modern AI systems is a Fortune 50 company that achieved AI chatbot automation goals. The chatbot is now able to provide responses to more than **70k** questions during the chatbot engagement sessions. encouraging the mitigated utilisation of human support without adversely affecting customer engagement. The company believes that covering questions using automation increases the total value of customers by **1.7 million** each year. Chatbots and similar speech technologies have drastically increased productivity. Through the application of voice automation, all of the customer calls are accurately classified and summarized. Overall, answering systems support far more inquiries and at higher speeds than human agents who deal with complex questions. In addition, AI is becoming a big helper in figuring out what goes wrong with tech systems. When an engineer receives a ticket about a site going down, the AI can quickly pull in logs, list recent updates, and highlight anything strange with servers or networks. At one cloud provider, this kind of analysis spotted a wrongly set-up load balancer in just a few seconds and suggested rolling back the change. That fix kept more customers from noticing the trouble. BMW used a similar setup on [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/ru/blogs/machine-learning/innovating-at-speed-bmws-generative-ai-solution-for-cloud-incident-analysis/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com); its AI grabbed logs, marked odd patterns, and tied them to configuration tweaks, cutting the time it took to find problems by **70%**. ### C. Sales and customer relationship management Integrating AI technologies is transforming sales departments and CRM systems, making targeting and forecasting better and more accurate. A major application is lead scoring, where AI models examine decades of old sales data (customer actions, habits, interactions, demographics) to rank which prospects are most likely to convert into a paying customer. One of the largest US banks reported a **260%** increase in conversion rates and a **300%** surge in marketing qualified leads after using Salesforce lead scoring powered by Einstein AI. Routine follow-ups are automated as well, through virtual sales assistants who send tailored emails or suggest upsells based on a company's customer profile. Sales forecasting is another significant area; advanced ML algorithms can incorporate macroeconomic indicators, the weather, or local events to better predict demand and revenue. With this, retailers and manufacturers have improved their inventory dump strategies and quota setting. In summary, the sales force is better guided on time and targeted to the right customers, thanks to AI-powered CRM tools. As noted in one industry report, sales teams adopting AI-driven lead management have experienced dramatic increases in productivity, including a **47%** rise in lead conversion and a 28% increase in overall productivity. ### D. Marketing and data analysis AI brings further innovation to a marketer’s toolbox by enabling wider-reaching personalisation. A good example of how marketing and analytics work together is recommendation engines: about **35%** of Amazon’s revenue is credited to AI-driven product recommendations (streaming services such as Netflix also report that user content consumption AI recommends is overwhelmingly high). ML algorithmic models are used to identify micro-segments within customers for bespoke campaigns and target them through online purchase history and behavior analysis. Ad impressions are bid on AI-powered Programmatic Advertising platforms in real-time across multiple channels within budget. Another side is content creation, where marketing copy, social media posts, and images can be generated using AI. Coca-Cola and other brands have used AI to develop ad copy and design AI-generated slogans. While companies take a cautious approach by reviewing AI outputs, those that adopt the technology report high efficiency and productivity gains. Simultaneously, marketing analytics teams work on deriving insights from customer data, predicting future product trends, and calculating the ROI of certain campaigns using AI tools. In a nutshell, AI gives marketers the tools to tailor content with more precision, measure how campaigns perform as they run, and adjust strategy on the go based on what’s working. [The implications of AI in DeFiThe applications of AI in DeFi, actual emerging use cases, and the ethical and technical limitations that need to be solved in order to achieve the complete joint potential.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-484.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAlexandr Vorobev![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--73-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-implications-of-ai-in-defi/) ### E. Finance and risk management Financial functions are among the first to leverage AI technology. In lending and compliance, document processing as well as risk evaluation are simplified using technology. One notable case is COiN (Contract Intelligence) by JPMorgan Chase. It automates over 12,000 commercial loan contracts retrieval and interpretation, saving approximately 360,000 attorney-hours annually. In a similar fashion, banks use machine learning applications to evaluate credit risk based on broader data on the applicants, rather than relying on manual underwriting alone. Fraud detection is another critical use case. Credit card companies and banks use AI to detect abnormal activity in transactions as they occur. Modern fraud detection systems monitor transaction flows across the entire network and pinpoint minute deviations that manual oversight would miss. This permits the detection of sophisticated fraud while greatly reducing the occurrence of false positives. In investment, financial companies use AI for portfolio optimisation, algorithmic trading, and market analysis. Social media, news, and economic indicators are used in building datasets, which machine learning models at hedge funds and trading desks look for trading signals. Even if AI models aren’t flawless, they outperform human analysts in identifying complex patterns. In the insurance space, they support tasks like risk assessment from telematics data and faster claim processing using image analysis. The use of AI/ML technology in the finance industry results in increased precision and efficiency in making decisions. A recent industry survey showed that organisations using AI expect to see improved risk-adjusted returns and enhanced loss forecasting, such as more accurate and quicker predictions of loan defaults and fraud losses. ### F. Supply chain and logistics The management of supply chains is becoming “*smarter*” with AI predictive forecasting and analytics optimisation. Retailers and manufacturers implement machine learning to predict demand with greater precision, in order to keep inventory levels balanced and reduce the risk of shortages or excess stock. For instance, Walmart employs AI algorithms to forecast demand at the item level for every store, significantly reducing stockouts and overstock situations. Logistics companies use machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies for optimisation and planning on a more granular level. A well-known [example](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/03/02/711508/30428/en/UPS-Accelerates-Use-of-Routing-Optimization-Software-to-Reduce-100-Million-Miles-Driven.html) is the UPS ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimisation and Navigation) system, which performs advanced computations to deliver the best possible order estimation of delivery routes. UPS estimates a total of 100 million miles driven per year would be saved after full implementation, which translates to an approximate 10 million gallons of fuel and $300 million in cost savings. This is achieved by analysing over 200,000 routes per day and choosing the most efficient one for every driver. AI is also making strides in warehousing: robotic systems trained through machine learning are automating the pick-and-pack processes, while AI makes decisions on the best place for items to be placed in the inventory and when to handle them. Even the last mile is changing: test programs around the world, often managed by AI logistics systems, are exploring drone and self-driving car deliveries. In short, AI is improving efficiency, resiliency, and responsiveness throughout the supply chain, from material sourcing to product delivery. ## Embedded AI, integrated governance, and the future With the move toward more enterprise-wide AI implementations,new challenges emerge as companies move away from fragmented systems and isolated teams. The future of AI lies in fully integrated systems, where data, models, and business processes work together instead of in silos. Enterprises understand the need to consolidate and manage individual AI projects into a unified AI-program-aligned strategy. This requires robust infrastructure and processes called MLOps. As per [Deloitte](https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/cognitive-technologies/ai-and-machine-learning.html), MLOps is a collection of practices “*to develop, deploy, and maintain*” production-quality and scalable ML models reliably in operational environments. Firms find it extremely hard to scale from experimentation to full-blown production use in the absence of mature MLOPs due to enabling models that often do not generalise or get abandoned. So, early adopters invest in automated pipelines for data ingestion, model training, validation, and monitoring alongside cross-functional teams that approach ML as a repeatable engineering paradigm. Alongside the design of information systems, ethics and governance are critical. Many companies are building formal processes around AI and data governance, including assigning data owners, mapping data usage, and auditing model performance to ensure reliability. Of particular interest is explainable AI (XAI). As [IBM explains](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/explainable-ai), XAI includes tools and techniques that allow people “*to comprehend and trust*” AI outputs. This, in practice, may involve using models (or additional techniques) that demonstrate feature value attribution for decisions or indicate when a prediction is likely erroneous. XAI is essential in regulated industries: for example, credit scoring or insurance models are required to be explainable as part of compliance mandates and justify their decisions to the customers. In fact, explainability is pivotal, as stated by IBM, for accountability and auditability, which mitigates legal, security, and reputational risk. While Generative AI adds new dimensions of opportunity, it bears the risk of misuse as well. The ability of LLMs and image generators to produce content and drive creativity comes with hallucinations (false output), IP complications, and new cybersecurity threats. According to the surveys, many firms are still in the early stages of deploying GenAI; only **\~1%** describe their rollout as mature, and nearly half struggle with issues (factual inaccuracies or IP concerns) within [generative outputs](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai). Businesses are managing the problem by having content verification processes (for instance, using human reviewers to check AI-generated content) and by adopting best practices in “*prompt engineering*”. Other entities are also active, like in the case of the EU, which has proposed an AI Act that aims to identify significant AI systems and enforce rules on disclosure and safety. Companies will have to remain responsive as the legal changes evolve to ensure compliance with the emerging laws provided in the Act. To implement these strategies and coordinate the initiatives, new organisational roles and skills are being developed. Some companies designate a Chief AI Officer or AI Lead to integrate, supervise, and manage the ethical implications of AI on business units. As one analyst describes it, AI has become "*a strategic capability*" touching every function - operations, human resources, legal, and even marketing. CAIOs have the additional task of driving collaboration across silos (data, IT, product, legal, etc.) and meeting requirements set by new AI compliance laws. Simultaneously, companies are more actively seeking specialists in data science, machine learning engineering, and upper management positions due to increased AI/ML training initiatives. Modernisation isn’t just about new systems - it’s also about training people at all levels to work effectively with AI. Finally, every digital transformation tackles corporate ethics along with compliance issues. Concepts like data “*privacy,*” bias, and algorithmic fairness now have real-world implications. A model can discriminate due to algorithmic bias from training data – an issue that is legally delicate in sectors such as lending or hiring. The EU's GDPR law requires explainability along with data protection, and there are new AI-specific regulations being drafted worldwide. Corporations are now adopting responsible AI policies that embed fairness, transparency, and accountability in project workflows. Among these policies are bias-testing datasets, establishing ethics review boards, securing explicit consent for data uses, and more. To summarize, technology alone will not enable transformation; trust and governance are critical. ### From start-up to industry leader: How AI is transforming networking URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-start-up-to-industry-leader-how-ai-is-transforming-networking/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:03:23.000Z What does it take for a technology to move from hype to something we can’t imagine living without? Over the last 40 years, I’ve watched that journey happen again and again. Since the start of my career in the 80s, I’ve seen computers change the workplace, cellular networks connect the world, the internet redefine society, and Wi-Fi make mobility an expectation instead of a luxury. And now, we’re watching the same story unfold with [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/). When I co-founded Mist Systems in 2014, most customers told me AI wasn’t relevant to their business. Even most investors didn’t see it as a safe bet. Fast forward a decade, and AI has gone from a research project to an essential tool in [networking](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-for-health-networking-christie-mealos-tech-impact/) and beyond. The conversation has shifted from *“is AI real?”* to *“how do we separate real AI from the hype?”* That’s the journey I want to share in this article: how enterprises are adopting AI, why networking is such a critical frontier, and where I believe this technology is taking us next. Let’s dive in. ## **The shifting perception of AI** The most amazing part of this journey has been watching perception change. Ten years ago, AI was a bunch of marketing hype to most enterprises. Today, when I ask customers where they are on their AI journey, most tell me they’ve moved past curiosity into active adoption. Of course, that doesn’t mean the confusion is gone. Many still struggle to tell the difference between real AI and what I jokingly call “fancy math.” But here’s the thing: they don’t have to know the difference. What they do know is that when AI is running in their networks, the number of trouble tickets drops, resolution times shrink, and their users are happier. That’s the real test. Not whether something qualifies as [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) or statistics – but whether it improves the user experience. [Responsible AI is ROI: The critical role of AI observabilityDiscover how AI observability powers responsible AI, builds trust in AI, and drives ROI through safer, smarter deployments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-477.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDan Brock![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---Fiddler-AI-Dan-Brock-Responsible-AI-is-ROI-The-critical-role-of-AI-observability-1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/) ## **Real-world proof: Case studies from the field** I’ve seen this play out again and again. At Dartmouth College, for example, the provost was having a poor Zoom experience in his office. He had his own access point – on paper, everything should’ve been fine. But when we dug in with AI-driven analytics, the “fancy math” revealed something no one expected: the problem wasn’t in his office at all. It was students walking by at lunchtime, interfering with his connection. Without AI, that’s the kind of needle-in-the-haystack issue that could take weeks to diagnose. Another case: ServiceNow’s office in India. For years, users there struggled with Zoom performance, and no one could figure out why. Our AI revealed the culprit: packets were being routed all the way back to Australia through a misconfigured VPN gateway. Again, the kind of hidden complexity humans alone struggle to catch. And it’s not just networking. In [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/pharma-healthcare-life-sciences/), AI is helping doctors spend more time with patients instead of typing notes. In higher education, AI is helping students find the right classes and even acting as virtual assistants in 300-student biology lectures. In agriculture, computer vision now allows farmers to identify and treat individual weeds with minimal pesticide use. And in transportation, companies like Waymo are proving that autonomous vehicles aren’t science fiction anymore. Across all these industries, AI is no longer experimental – it’s **mainstream**, and networking is *right there* alongside them. [The rise of agentic artificial intelligenceAgentic AI’s autonomy reshapes UK/global regulation debates, exploring new laws vs adapting existing frameworks for emerging capabilities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-478.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--72-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agentic-artificial-intelligence/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The implications of AI in DeFi URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-implications-of-ai-in-defi/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:05:14.000Z The integration of **AI** with **DeFi** marks a notable shift in the ever-growing domain of fintech, as it has the potential to transform the realm of finance entirely. While AI enhances responsiveness and efficiency, DeFi has already begun changing the traditional financial system with its transparent, permissionless, and decentralized financial services. This combination of AI and DeFi is more than just a technological advancement. It is a paradigm shift that will greatly redefine the consumption and delivery of financial services. In this article, we will discuss the applications of AI in DeFi, actual emerging use cases, and the ethical and technical limitations that need to be solved in order to achieve the complete joint potential. ### **Understanding key concepts** To prepare for this investigation, it is critical to note the most basic components accompanying AI and DeFi. Those concepts are essential for understanding the importance of their merger. - **Decentralized Finance (DeFi):** A sector of finance in a blockchain network that lacks central intermediaries like banks and other financial institutions. DeFi encompasses lending, borrowing, and trading offered via automated systems known as smart contracts. - **Smart contracts:** Programs that are deployed on the blockchain and that allow transactions to be executed without intermediaries in a permissionless manner. [How FinTech is being empowered with AI and analyticsDiscover how AI and analytics are revolutionizing FinTech through the expert insights of MoneyLion’s Head of Data, Amit Kurhekar.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-474.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAmit Kurhekar![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--12-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-fintech-is-being-empowered-with-ai-and-analytics/) ### **Enhancing efficiency and automation** By incorporating AI, the efficiency of decision-making and processes on DeFi platforms can be automated. For instance, AI bots are capable of autonomously completing sophisticated financial activities, like[ yield farming](https://cointelegraph.com/explained/defi-yield-farming-explained). A good example is **Genius Yield’s Smart Liquidity Vault**, which dynamically analyzes liquidity markets and adjusts AI-driven positions in real time. This enables buoyancy providers to optimize returns with minimal manual handling. Nevertheless, even the most recognized yield farming platforms lack AI technology. This gap within the industry provides an opportunity for AI to transform optimization yields. For instance, a pool of protocol-managed assets that has a value of hundreds of millions of dollars would gain enormous benefits from even a 1% increase in APR. Furthermore, AI not only optimizes yield; it is also useful in elevating the security posture of DeFi. Looking at the volatile and permissionless nature of DeFi, AI could be essential in reinforcing risk identification mechanisms and predictive fortifications, improving trust and stability within the ecosystem. ### **Strengthening security measures** Security in DeFi is perhaps the most sensitive aspect, as an exploit of a single smart contract or hack of a single transaction could result in permanent financial damage. This is where AI can offer one of the most powerful lines of defense. Machine learning models trained on past transaction data can now monitor sideways for real-time activity anomalies to avert fraud. Even in the case of programmed auditing, AI can help automatically assess the smart contract code for possible weaknesses before deployment, in addition to finding issues traditional audits seldom discover. In the example of AI helping bolster DeFi security, some real-world initiatives include AI-driven security threat predictions by [Olympix](https://www.olympix.ai/) and issue-spotting for smart contract bugs by [Nethermind’s Audit Agent](https://auditagent.nethermind.io/), which uses machine learning to automate the bug audit processes.[ QuillAI’s Shield](https://shield.quillai.network/) also utilizes artificial intelligence to provide monitoring and threat detection designed specifically for DeFi applications. As the DeFi domain becomes more sophisticated and valuable, integrating **AI becomes not optional, but essential** for enhancing automation and trust in the framework of decentralized finance. [Responsible AI is ROI: The critical role of AI observabilityDiscover how AI observability powers responsible AI, builds trust in AI, and drives ROI through safer, smarter deployments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-475.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDan Brock![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---Fiddler-AI-Dan-Brock-Responsible-AI-is-ROI-The-critical-role-of-AI-observability-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/) ### **AI-powered trading agents and portfolio automation** The development of **AI trading agents**: intelligent systems capable of automatic trades and portfolio management based on individual preferences marks one of the most thrilling milestones in the world of DeFi. This transformation provides increased automation while also improving precision and responsiveness to market changes for users. Custom price monitoring, portfolio maintenance, and other manual tasks no longer need to be undertaken by the investors. Through real-time data analysis, **AI agents can detect opportunities and act instantly**, optimizing results for the varying market conditions. Moreover, **Heron Finance** is among the first [SEC-registered blockchain-based robo-advisors](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231205543260/en/Heron-Finance-Launches-as-an-SEC-Registered-Blockchain-Based-Investment-Advisor?utm%5Fsource), making it a notable example. Utilizing advanced AI for regulatory-compliant autonomous management of private credit investments allows Heron Finance to bring sophisticated asset management technologies to the decentralized finance space. [The EU Whitepaper ](https://paper.wayfinder.ai/wayfinder%5Fpaper%5Fv1.pdf)suggests that the aim of these types of frameworks is to enable proactive interaction with smart contracts and protocols, allowing tailored and flexible solutions with guided interfaces for DeFi investment. Such innovations reduce the entry barrier and expand advanced financial techniques to wider demographics, which is a **large stride towards the democratization of wealth management in the era of decentralization**. ### **Why blockchain is a natural home for AI** On a different note, the blockchain ecosystem provides the most effective advantage for the construction and implementation of AI systems. Arguably, the strongest feature is **transparency,** where all transactions and interactions within a blockchain are kept in record forever and open to the public. Thus, AI models can be trained on structured, vast, and verifiable datasets without needing private data sandboxes or intricate setups. Furthermore, **the permissionless characteristic of the blockchain** permits AI agents to engage with smart contracts and dApps directly without the need for approval from centralized entities. This effortless interaction enhances the formation of intelligent agents capable of executing cross-platform actions like real-time trade optimization, portfolio management, and arbitrage execution. Other advantages include **trustworthiness and precision of data**. Blockchain data offers standardized and time-stamped data, which guarantees no inconsistency and provides AI systems with refinement. Such conditions are crucial for the reliability and efficiency of machine learning models. All these features create a ripe setting for AI to flourish, providing automation, intelligence, and confidence within a financial system. As the application of AI to DeFi evolves, blockchain technology does not merely support; it strengthens the AI application by serving as a decentralized spine that provides transparency, verifiability, and inclusivity. ## **Ethical implications and the human element** Allowing AI algorithms to govern important actions in DeFi also raises questions of ethics. A fully automated finance system has the potential to [“black box”](https://hbr.org/2024/05/ais-trust-problem?utm%5Fsource) decision-making, which can diminish user confidence as well as trust from regulators. For example, access to a loan-ai-locked and liquidity pool mismanaged by AI creates illogical systems that are impossible to audit. Policy responsible decisions, automated self-government, and social actors may even lack proper human intelligence when the risks spike.**,** Heuristic automation in algorithms demands ethical scrutiny, expanding beyond equity while enabling a bare minimum of compliance with decentralization. [Crafting ethical AI: Addressing bias and challengesWe set out to understand how businesses address these ethical AI issues by surveying practitioners and end users.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-476.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/) ## **Navigating the future of AI in DeFi** Integrating AI with DeFi systems is not only a promising advancement but an undeniable necessity in finance as we know it: smart, self-governed, and inclusive. AI has the capability of taking decentralized systems to new heights, from maximizing user returns to protecting platforms from fraud. The future certainly requires smart governance; however, users, developers, and regulators need to converge to address the emerging technical, ethical, and operational issues. There will most likely be automated AI systems built into the DeFi ecosystem that operate responsibly and transparently. The focus must shift from whether AI can disrupt DeFi to how soon we can build the infrastructure, context, and trust needed to reliably sustain the disruption. Additionally, the merger of DeFi and AI is not merely an enhancement to the technological backbone of finance; it is a transformational shift in what [financial ecosystems](https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/exploring-digital-financial-ecosystem-opportunities) could look like in a digital world. AI provides flexibility, precision, and mechanization while DeFi provides transparency, resilience, and trustlessness. Therefore, in unison, they enhance the ability to democratize finance, curb inefficiencies, and unlock unprecedented value creation opportunities. At the same time, these changes must be approached with a balance of design and governance, accountability, and responsibility. While these two will continue to advance in parallel, the true challenge will not be how they are combined, but how equitable, transparent, and accessible this combination is for everyone. ### Responsible AI is ROI: The critical role of AI observability URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/responsible-ai-is-roi-the-critical-role-of-ai-observability/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:02:32.000Z If you work with AI, you already know this: **the world changed in 2023**. When ChatGPT 3.5 dropped, it felt like we all got smacked in the face with just how powerful [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) could be. Businesses everywhere started scrambling to integrate it into… well, everything. I’m **Dan Brock**, **VP of Customer Success** at **Fiddler AI**. I’ve spent my career in different roles across the tech industry, but joining Fiddler – where we focus on AI observability and responsible AI – has been one of the most exciting moves I’ve made. Why? Because the stakes have never been higher. We all want AI to deliver better business outcomes and help society in meaningful ways. But AI comes with failure modes that are getting harder and harder to rein in. And here’s the truth I’ve learned: responsible AI isn’t just the right thing to do – **it’s a direct driver of ROI.** That’s what I want to talk about: why [AI observability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/q-a-with-fiddler-ai-observability-security-making-the-world-a-better-place/) is the foundation for trust, and why trust is the currency that determines whether AI drives business success… or stalls. So, let’s dive in. ## **The AI adoption boom and its risks** Before generative AI took center stage, AI adoption was relatively flat. According to a McKinsey study, the number of organizations using AI in at least one business function was pretty stable. Then, ChatGPT 3.5 arrived. Almost overnight, adoption shot up to **72%** of organizations applying some form of AI within their business. [McKinsey estimates](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of-generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier) this wave of AI could unlock **$4.4 trillion** in economic value for the global economy. In sector terms, we’re talking about banking seeing **$340 billion** in impact, while retail and CPG (consumer packaged goods) will see around **$660 billion**. But here’s the other side of the coin: AI risks are also scaling. Some organizations rushed into deployment only to regret it. Remember the [Air Canada incident](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2024/02/19/what-air-canada-lost-in-remarkable-lying-ai-chatbot-case/)? Their chatbot hallucinated a reimbursement policy, and because it was acting as an official agent, the company had to honor it. That’s a brand hit *no one* wants. And that’s just one example. [Hallucinations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-regulation-and-hallucinations-lessons-from-the-generative-ai-summit-2/), biased outputs, unsafe or toxic responses, data leakage – these aren’t rare “edge cases” anymore. They’re real failure modes that can erode customer trust and damage a brand in minutes. [The information age and entrepreneurial-driven AI regulationAna Simion outlines how entrepreneurship is playing an important role in the development of AI regulation within the UK and beyond.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-468.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--71--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-information-age-and-entrepreneurial-driven-ai-regulation/) ## **The trust gap in AI** Here’s the reality: **if AI systems aren’t trusted, they won’t be adopted.** Trust is a simple human truth. If you talk to someone and consistently get incorrect, irrelevant, or unsafe responses – or if it takes too long for them to reply – you stop engaging. AI systems are no different. At Fiddler, we say “Responsible AI is ROI” because adoption follows trust. Without trust, AI initiatives stall. With it, they accelerate. Our customers are telling us loud and clear what trust means to them. They expect: - **Data security:** Is the data secure? Is access restricted to the right people? - **Grounding:** Are answers backed by verified sources? - **Data masking:** Is personal information hidden or redacted when it should be? - **Jailbreak protection:** Can we stop malicious attempts to trick the model? - **Toxicity detection:** Are we catching harmful or offensive content? - **Data retention policies:** Is data being stored only as long as it should be? - **Audit trails:** Can we see who did what, when, and why? These are the building blocks of trust in AI. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AIOps Virtual Summit, July 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiops-virtual-summit-july-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:41:30.000Z Catch up on every session from AIOps Virtual Summit, with sessions from the likes of NBCUniversal, United States Federal Government, Amazon and more... _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Generative AI in Healthcare eBook URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-in-healthcare-ebook/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:43:27.000Z > **“We aren’t competing against other pharma companies. We are competing against disease, and AI will be our most powerful weapon in that fight.” — Leo Barella, CTO, Takeda** ## Why this eBook matters In healthcare, speed alone doesn’t equal progress. Trust, safety, and clarity matter just as much. The [Generative AI in Healthcare eBook](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/12towv96zSxyEiS5O9IpzMA2b1vun) offers a front-row seat to how healthcare leaders are deploying generative AI where it actually works, not in theory, but in practice. Written for healthcare professionals, AI innovators, and policy thinkers, this guide explores how responsible AI is already improving clinical outcomes, streamlining documentation, and personalizing care, all without replacing the people who make medicine humane. ## What you'll learn ### ✅ Where AI makes a real impact and where it doesn’t How LLMs support clinicians with tasks like summarizing medical records or simplifying patient instructions, and why empathy, ambiguity, and intent still need a human touch. ### **💊** How pharma is turning failure into fuel Learn how Takeda uses AI to mine insights from failed clinical trials, accelerating drug discovery and personalizing treatments with fewer risks. ### **🔐** What it takes to build trust with compliant AI Explore how hospitals are using LLMOps to build secure, auditable, and scalable AI pipelines, cutting documentation time while meeting the strictest regulatory standards. ### 🧒 Why pediatric AI needs a different approach See how Great Ormond Street Hospital designs AI specifically for children’s data, with smaller, safer models backed by human review and contextual nuance. ### 🏥 Scaling responsibly in massive health systems Find out how UnitedHealth Group’s AI Review Board ensures that every model meets ethical, clinical, and legal standards before it reaches a single patient. ## Key takeaways - Real-world case studies from Vituity, Takeda, GOSH, and UnitedHealth Group - Strategies for safe AI deployment in high-stakes clinical environments - Governance frameworks that improve, not hinder, innovation - Insights into how AI assists (not replaces) clinicians across specialties ## Who the ebook is for - Clinical and health tech leaders - Digital transformation teams in healthcare - AI researchers and product teams - Regulators and compliance officers ## Download the eBook now ### The rise of agentic artificial intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agentic-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:08:58.000Z The rise of [agentic AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) fuels AI in ways traditional AI can’t. The scope of AI is plentiful, but there’s a small subsection of tasks Agentic AI is *just better at,* thanks to its increased levels of autonomy*.* With the improvement in capability comes a fresh look at how to manage such a tool within the AI regulatory regime in the UK and abroad. Some are calling for separate pieces of legislation to address the regulatory challenges Agentic AI addresses specifically, but some are equally recommending that such advancements can be addressed within the existing framework. This article will explore both of these scenarios, as well as explore what the future may hold in this space. ## **Managing agentic AI within interconnected regulation** AI governance is deeply rooted across the globe, with the OECD Policy Observatory listing 668 national AI governance initiatives across 69 countries, territories, and the EU. These include a combination of national strategies, action plans, and public consultations with input from a variety of stakeholders. Within the United Kingdom, 18 interconnected frameworks control both the development and use of AI, outlining the motivation for the government to take a relaxed legal stance compared to other jurisdictions. The additional challenge facing policymakers and legislators is how to regulate a subset of AI that can behave completely independently and make decisions on something without the need for any human involvement. Or, putting it another way: Human Out Of The Loop (HOOTL). [Humans in the loop: How leading companies are building practical, trustworthy AIAI leaders at Wayfair, Morgan & Morgan, and Prolific share how they balance automation with human oversight to drive practical, trustworthy AI adoption.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-465.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSara Saab![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--65--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/humans-in-the-loop-how-leading-companies-are-building-practical-trustworthy-ai/) The foundation of effective regulation starts with businesses' understanding of how AI will contribute to business functions. When ChatGPT was introduced back in November 2022, businesses were keen to utilise it as a major cost-saving tool, which led to industry reports collectively forecasting Generative AI’s economic contribution to GDP to exceed $20 trillion and save 300 billion work hours per annum. However, as a consequence of Generative AI’s rapid uptake, Gartner is forecasting that at least 30% of Generative AI projects will be abandoned by the end of 2025 due to a combination of poor-quality data and inadequate risk management. With the uptake of Generative AI continually expanding and knowledge distillation facilitating the creation of new Large (and small) Language Models (S/LLMs), the question turns to how this new wave of AI, namely *Agentic AI,* will make its mark in the wider technological landscape. ## **Do we need a new suite of regulations?** To determine whether the risks of Agentic AI are suitably covered within existing regulations, policymakers and business leaders will need to assess their internal governance against the broader approaches specific to the jurisdiction(s) they’re operating in. There’s an array of existing literature covering Agentic AI within the EU’s AI Act, so for the purposes of this article, I will cover it within the context of the UK’s pro-innovation approach. Ultimately, the question on policymakers' minds will stem from the fact that aspects of AI are moving in a direction where they take an arguably uncomfortable level of control. From the UK’s standpoint, Agentic AI has been referenced both in the 2025 AI Opportunities Action Plan and the prior 2024 independent report, highlighting its prominence as an area to watch from a regulatory perspective. Similar to the original Pro-innovation white paper published back in 2023, sector-specific regulators will monitor and issue guidance accordingly. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-466.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) One area that could affect how governments plan their Compute strategy is the recent passing of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025\. The act doesn’t replace the Data Protection Act 2018 or General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but instead introduces changes to the interpretation of certain aspects of data processing. Notably, allowing for a broader spectrum of processing without requiring a full balance test against an individual’s rights arguably “frees up” innovative practices that may have been prohibited in the past under the existing rules. However, on the contrary, concerns could arise with the level of flexibility and may ultimately, in certain scenarios, result in an increase in civil claims. As with the rest of the UK’s AI regulation, the regulators and government will likely need to see such cases arise and their outcome before determining what, if any, changes are required in the legislation. ## **The challenges of a specific regulation** The foreseeable future is unlikely to introduce Agentic AI-specific regulation. However, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), back in January 2025, published the UK’s Code of Practice for the Cyber Security of AI, outlining how companies should, within the AI lifecycle, look out for use cases pertaining to increasingly autonomous agents. This guidance, in tandem with existing regulatory frameworks, will likely remain for some time unless there is a material shift in the Agentic AI landscape that would deem the current intersecting frameworks unsustainable from a legal perspective. The latter, however, does raise questions about the legal effectiveness of certain subsets of the UK’s GDPR, namely Articles 13 and 14, along with Article 22\. Under Article 13/14 of GDPR (Transparency, Explainability and Right to Information), citizens are entitled to information on how their data will be used. However, when Agentic AI is introduced, this adds a layer of complexity. The benefits of increased autonomy also carry the risk of self-generated decisions that aren’t observable or foreseen during the deployment stage, leading to gaps in DPIA development and explainability in system output. [The information age and entrepreneurial-driven AI regulationAna Simion outlines how entrepreneurship is playing an important role in the development of AI regulation within the UK and beyond.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-467.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--71-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-information-age-and-entrepreneurial-driven-ai-regulation/) The latter has always been a challenge with AI, but to manage these difficulties within the parameters of Agentic AI companies, they should describe in layman’s terms how far AI’s autonomy can extend. Whilst this won’t directly ameliorate any unintended consequences, it will go some way in outlining how actions may stem from model outputs that humans may not understand. More pressingly, the increased automation Agentic AI brings risks of Article 22 GDPR being invoked. Data subjects have the right not to have a decision made on and/or about them through an entirely automated means, and as a result, organisations will need to ensure they have, in amongst other scenarios, measures in place to allow for contestability of decisions in high-impact use cases. In the event of Agentic AI’s involvement in decisions in the likes of finance or employment, there’s a risk that automated recommendations could result in automated final outcomes, posing a significant risk to human rights without the requisite legal oversight. ## **Conclusion** Over the coming years, regulation of Agentic AI will present a significant challenge on top of the already-challenging regulatory arena. As the regulators, over time, start to see consequences of AI emerge across different sectors, existing compliance measures will be tested to determine how well Agentic AI responds to the UK’s approach, and what, if any, changes are required. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] oecd.ai. (n.d.). *OECD’s live repository of AI strategies & policies*. \[online\] Available at: https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/overview/policy. \[2\] Wyman, O. (2024). *How Generative AI Is Transforming Business and Society*. \[online\] Oliver Wyman Forum. Available at: https://www.oliverwymanforum.com/global-consumer sentiment/how-will-ai-affect-global-economics.html. \[3\] Gartner. (2024). *Market Guide for Generative AI Consulting and Implementation Services*. \[online\] Available at: https://gcom.pdo.aws.gartner.com/en/documents/5752115 \[Accessed 25 Jun. 2025\]. \[4\] Legislation.gov.uk. (2025). *Data (Use and Access) Act 2025*. \[online\] Available at: https:// www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/enacted \[Accessed 25 Jun. 2025\]. \[5\] for, D. (2025). *AI Cyber Security Code of Practice*. \[online\] GOV.UK. Available at: https:// www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-cyber-security-code-of-practice. \[6\] GDPR (2013). *General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Final text neatly arranged*. \[online\] General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Available at: https://gdpr-info.eu/ art-13-gdpr/. ### The information age and entrepreneurial-driven AI regulation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-information-age-and-entrepreneurial-driven-ai-regulation/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:12:09.000Z Data sharing is the oxygen of [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) and [Machine Learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/): without it and without AI regulation, companies will struggle to balance innovation and ethical considerations in an increasingly saturated economy. In this article, I aim to outline how entrepreneurship is playing an important role in the development of AI regulation within the UK and beyond. ## **The information age and AI** Stepping back in history provides an important basis for this article and highlights context that, upon reflection, is something we take for granted in today’s information era: our data. It could be argued that we lost control of our data when the web was invented and privacy implications have continued to taunt policymakers, but it could also be described as the best thing to happen, as we now have access to products and services that may have been inaccessible if our data had not been disseminated. Understanding the mechanics of the information age requires us to consider subsets of personal data and how batches of this data on a larger scale contribute to information flow. In the UK alone, a minimum of 18 legal frameworks control and develop the use of AI and therefore, combining this with AI’s pacing problem, the intersection of existing regulation presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs to explore alternative ways to manage such technology. The vast array of unknowns certainly facilitates a new way of thinking, but equally presents challenges to ensure founders balance workarounds with existing legal constraints. One concept which will increase in encouraging and demystifying this area of thinking is Signalling Theory. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-463.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) ## **Entrepreneurship and signalling theory** Similar to personalisation, the backbone of AI regulation is the patterns of data across businesses of varying sectors, sizes and countries. An area of increasing importance one should explore is the fundamentals of Signalling Theory: an area central to understanding how information is transmitted, acted upon, and interpreted between parties. The party transmitting the information to the receiver will aim to convey positive intent, but interpretability due to the transmitter knowing more than the receiver may distort the usefulness of the information. With Signalling Theory playing a vital part in entrepreneurship, the first step is to consider its role in the venture creation model. Whilst there are several scenarios where such theory could be applied, I plan to expand on two aspects within the venture creation model within this article, specifically a) the opportunity and b) model development. ## **The opportunity** Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are tools that can do more than add value to an organization's wider data objectives: they can additionally be used to determine the viability of a new venture or diversification plan. Generative AI, in particular, has paved the way for founders to obtain prompt answers to industry-specific data that may have, in the past, only been available through expensive forecasting and analytics applications. Additionally, opportunities for entrepreneurial thinking may arise in the development of the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA). However, stricter requirements are in place as to how and what information is included, through the development and consultation with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) leaders may identify novel ways to harness or deploy AI that fall outside the realm of the regulators remit, or more sparingly, identify a gap with how AI could be scaled within the value chain relative to their sector. That’s not to say regulation would be able to be easily moulded or the laws promptly adapted, but it may alternatively provide an important basis for policymakers to consider the current regulatory regime, especially if other organisations identify similar patterns. This open-minded, entrepreneurial way of thinking would particularly suit the UK’s Pro-innovation type agenda and should be encouraged as the pace of AI continues to accelerate. Looking to the bigger picture, signalling theory is important here: the veracity (trustworthiness) of signals between the company itself and the regulators through the DPIA in the long run will be crucial in determining the adaptability of the UK’s AI regulatory plans. As the incumbent government seeks to clarify AI regulation within the creative industries, only time will tell how opportunistic regulation develops from entrepreneurial findings over risk-based regulation. [Regulating artificial intelligence: The bigger pictureThe article discusses the challenges of AI regulation, economic impact, and governance, with a focus on the UK’s evolving legal approach.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-464.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--2--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/regulating-artificial-intelligence-the-bigger-picture/) ## **Model development** Now that the opportunity aspect has been explored, let’s turn to how entrepreneurial AI regulation can help in the development of a business model. For this part, let’s consider Human In The Loop systems (HITL). Typically, HITL systems will combine the expertise of human and machine ability with the aim of minimising bias in the training and development of AI models, but the combination could equally add value in developing business ideas. One scenario is to consider a company seeking to diversify its business and expand the use of AI. Instead of just considering *how* AI might add value, the organisation’s strategic objectives could be combined with the assistance of datasets and associated machine learning algorithms, resulting in imperceptible patterns that may otherwise be interpreted as harmful. Similar to assessing business opportunities, signalling theory, albeit on a smaller scale, will play a role in business model development. The leadership team will have their ideas on how they wish to execute their plans, but considering the expense of technology assets, there’ll undoubtedly be varying levels of quality and trustworthiness in the information exchange between teams on how to rationalise the assets in the most cost-effective manner to ensure efficient deployment. Whilst there’s plenty of literature outlining the broader impact of signalling theory, the concept can very much appear internally between teams more often than expected. ## **Conclusion** Regardless of whether an organisation has matured in their use of AI or is just starting out, they'll possess an intricate understanding of the information it intends to relay to its teams or investors. When combined with signalling theory, these underlying layers present elements of ambiguity within the abstraction of entrepreneurial thinking. In combining both these areas with the UK’s non-statutory approach regime to regulating AI, they present opportunities for business leaders, academics and policymakers to approach regulation with a different perspective. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] Spence, M. (1973). Job Market Signaling. *The Quarterly Journal of Economics*, \[online\] 87(3), pp.355–374\. doi:https://doi.org/10.2307/1882010. \[2\] UK Government (2023). *AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach*. \[online\] GOV.UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-regulation-a-pro-innovation approach. \[3\] Connelly, B.L., Certo, S.T., Reutzel, C.R., DesJardine, M.R. and Zhou, Y.S. (2024). Signaling Theory: State of the Theory and Its Future. *Journal of Management*, 51(1). doi:https:// doi.org/10.1177/01492063241268459\. ### Visual understanding: Unlocking the next frontier in AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/visual-understanding-unlocking-the-next-frontier-in-ai/ Last updated: 2025-08-04T15:04:53.000Z At the NYC AIAI Summit, Joseph Nelson, CEO & Co-Founder of [Roboflow](https://roboflow.com/), took the stage to spotlight a critical but often overlooked frontier in AI: vision. In a field dominated by breakthroughs in language models, Nelson argued that visual understanding – or how machines interpret the physical world – is just as essential for building intelligent systems that can operate in real-world conditions. From powering instant replay at Wimbledon to enabling edge-based quality control in electric vehicle factories, his talk offered a grounded look at how visual AI is already transforming industries – and what it will take to make it truly robust, accessible, and ready for anything. Roboflow now supports a million developers. Nelson walked through what some of them are building: real-world, production-level applications of visual AI across industries, open-source projects, and more. These examples show that visual understanding’s already being deployed at scale. ## **Three key themes in visual AI today** Nelson outlined three major points in his talk: 1. **The long tails of computer vision.** In visual AI, long-tail edge cases are a critical constraint. These rare or unpredictable situations limit the ability of models, including large vision-language models, to fully understand the real world. 2. **What the future of visual models looks like.** A central question is whether one model will eventually rule them all, or whether the future lies in a collection of smaller, purpose-built models. The answer will shape how machine learning is applied to visual tasks going forward. 3. **Running real-time visual AI at the edge.** Nelson emphasized the importance of systems that run on your own data, in real-time, at the edge. This isn’t just a technical detail; it’s foundational to how visual AI will be used in the real world. ## **Where AI meets the real world: The role of computer vision** Joseph Nelson framed computer vision as the point where artificial intelligence intersects directly with the physical world. “At Roboflow, we think that computer vision is where AI meets the real world,” he explained. He emphasized that vision is a primary human sense, predating even language, and pointed out that some civilizations thrived without a written system, relying instead on visual understanding. That same principle applies when building software systems: giving them vision is like giving them *read access* to the physical world. This visual “read access” enables software to answer practical questions: - How many people are in a conference room? - Were a set of products manufactured correctly? - Did objects make their way from point A to point B? Nelson illustrated this with a range of real-world examples: - Counting candies produced in a shop - Validating traffic flows and lane usage - Evaluating a basketball player’s shot - Measuring field control in a soccer match Despite the diversity of these applications, the common thread is clear: each uses visual understanding to generate actionable insights. ## **How Roboflow powers visual AI at scale** Roboflow’s mission is to provide the tools, platform, and solutions that enable enterprises to build and deploy visual AI. According to Nelson, users typically approach Roboflow in one of two ways: - By creating open-source projects, much like publishing code on GitHub - By building private projects for internal or commercial use On the open-source front, Roboflow has become the largest community of computer vision developers on the web. The scale is significant: - Over 500 million user-labeled and shared images - More than 200,000 pre-trained models available This ecosystem provides Roboflow with a unique insight into how computer vision is being applied, where it encounters challenges, and where it delivers the most value. Roboflow also serves a wide range of enterprise customers. Nelson shared that more than half of the Fortune 100 have built with Roboflow, especially in domains grounded in the physical world, such as: - Retail operations - Electric vehicle manufacturing - Product logistics and shipping Backed by a strong network of investors, Roboflow continues to grow its platform and support the expanding needs of developers and businesses working at the intersection of AI and the real world. [AI-powered healthcare, with Archie Mayani \[Video\]How AI is tackling healthcare supply chain disruptions—featuring GHX’s Archie Mayani on predictive tools, alternatives, and patient care.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-458.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnthony Witherspoon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Archie-Mayani.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-healthcare-with-archie-mayani-video/) ## **Enabling the future of visual AI** Joseph Nelson outlined Roboflow’s vision for the future of visual AI: empowering developers to build models tailored to the specific scenes and contexts they care about. For this future to materialize, he emphasized two critical factors: - Making it easy to build models that understand the right context - Making it just as easy to deploy those models into larger systems “When you do that,” Nelson said, “you give your software the ability to have read access to the real world.” ## **Open source as the backbone of progress** Roboflow’s commitment to open source is a core part of that strategy. One of their flagship open-source tools is a package called Supervision, designed to help developers process detections and masks and integrate them into broader systems. “We’re big believers in open source AI,” Nelson explained, “as a way by which the world understands everything this technology can do.” To illustrate adoption, he compared Supervision’s usage with that of PyTorch Vision, a widely recognized set of tools in the machine learning community. “The purple line is Supervision. The red line is PyTorch Vision. And we’re proud that some of the tools that we make are now as well recognized across the industry.” ## **A growing ecosystem of visual AI tools** Beyond Supervision, Roboflow maintains a suite of open-source offerings, including: - **Trackers** for following objects across scenes - **Notebooks** for visual understanding tasks - **Inference** tools for deployment - **Maestro**, a package for fine-tuning domain-specific language models (DLMs) Together, these tools aim to simplify the entire visual AI pipeline, from training and understanding to deployment and fine-tuning, anchored in a philosophy of accessibility and openness. ## **The range and reality of visual AI in action** Joseph Nelson’s perspective on visual AI is grounded in scale. Roboflow has visibility into hundreds of millions of images, hundreds of thousands of datasets, and hundreds of thousands of models. This massive footprint offers deep insight into how visual AI is actually being applied in the real world. These applications span industries and creativity levels alike, ranging from aerial understanding to pill counting in pharmaceutical settings and defect detection during product manufacturing. “And a whole host of things in between,” Nelson added. ## **From silly to serious: A spectrum of use cases** Roboflow, as an open-source platform, supports a wide range of users: from hobbyists working on whimsical experiments to enterprises solving mission-critical problems. Nelson highlighted this spectrum with a few vivid examples: - **Dice roll trackers for D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)**: Systems that visually detect dice results during tabletop gaming sessions. - **Roof damage detection**: Insurance companies use drone imagery to assess hailstorm-related roof damage. - **Vehicle production monitoring**: Manufacturers inspect parts, such as those produced by stamping presses on car doors, to detect defects in real-time. ## **Flamethrowers and laser pointers: A creative approach** Among the more eccentric community creations: - **Flamethrower weed-killing robots.** Two different developers utilized Roboflow to design robots that identify and eliminate weeds using flamethrowers. “Why pull them out,” Nelson recounted, “when I can use a flamethrower to eliminate said weeds?” - **Cat exercise machine.** A developer, during COVID lockdowns, built an exercise tool for his cat by mounting a laser pointer on a robotic arm. A computer vision model tracked the cat’s position and aimed the laser ten feet away to keep the cat moving. “This one does come with a video,” Nelson joked, “and I’m sure it’s one of the most important assets you’ll get from this conference.” These projects highlight accessibility. “A technology has really arrived,” Nelson noted, “when a hacker can take an idea and build something in an afternoon that otherwise could have seemed like a meme or a joke.” Nelson continued with more creative and practical applications of Roboflow-powered models: - **Drone-based asset detection.** Models identify swimming pools and solar panels in aerial imagery, which is useful for projects like LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification that measure the renewable energy contributions to buildings. - **Zoom overlays via OBS.** By integrating Roboflow with Open Broadcast Studio (OBS), users can overlay effects during video calls. For instance, specific hand gestures can trigger on-screen animations, like “Lenny,” Roboflow’s purple raccoon mascot, popping into view. - **Rickroll detection and prevention.** For April Fools' Day, the Roboflow team built a browser-based model that detects Rick Astley’s face and automatically blacks out the screen and mutes the sound, preventing the infamous “Rickroll.” This demo uses Inference JS, a library that runs models entirely client-side in the browser. It even works offline. While playful, this approach also has commercial applications, such as content moderation, page navigation, and web agent vision for interpreting and interacting with on-page elements. Some of Roboflow’s early inspiration came from augmented reality. Nelson shared an example of an app that uses Roboflow tools to solve AR Sudoku puzzles. Here, the front end is AR, but the back end is computer vision, which detects puzzle edges, identifies number placements, and performs a breadth-first search to solve the board. “It’s an example of using models in production in a fun way,” Nelson said. [How large language models are transforming pediatric healthcareDiscover how the NHS’s GOSH is using large language models and AI to transform pediatric healthcare, improving outcomes for rare disease treatments.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-460.png)AI Accelerator InstituteShiren Patel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/NHS-GOSH-great-ormond-street-hospital-Shiren-Patel---How-large-language-models-are-transforming-pediatric-healthcare-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-large-language-models-are-transforming-pediatric-healthcare/) ## **From demos to deployment: Roboflow in the enterprise** On the enterprise side, Roboflow supports large-scale deployment at companies like Rivian, the electric vehicle manufacturer. Over the last three years, Rivian has used Roboflow to deploy approximately 300 models into production at its Normal, Illinois, general assembly facility. The use cases are essential to ensuring product quality: - Verifying the correct number of screws in a battery - Detecting bolts left on the factory floor (which can cause vehicles to jam or collide) - Checking that paint is applied evenly and correctly “There are hundreds and hundreds of checks that need to take place,” Nelson explained, “to ensure that a product is made correctly before it makes its way to an end user.” Roboflow’s tools are designed not just for experimentation, but for deployment at scale. Joseph Nelson emphasized how companies like Rivian are taking advantage of this flexibility by pairing manufacturing engineers with technology teams. The result? Rapid iteration: “I see a problem, I capture some data, I train the model, and I deploy it in an afternoon.” This agility enables teams to solve a wide variety of small but critical manufacturing problems without waiting for long development cycles. ## **Self-checkout at scale: Visual AI at Walmart** Roboflow also powers instant checkout kiosks at Walmart. Describing the company playfully as an “up-and-coming retailer,” Nelson explained that Walmart’s kiosks use cameras to detect every item in a shopping cart as it enters a designated scanning zone. The system then generates a receipt automatically. This challenge is far from trivial. Walmart stores carry hundreds of thousands of SKUs, making this a true test of model generalization and accuracy in real-world conditions. Despite the complexity, Nelson noted with pride that these systems have made it into production at multiple locations, with photo evidence to prove it. ## **Instant replay at major tennis events** Another high-profile deployment: instant replay at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open (Roland Garros). Roboflow’s computer vision models are used to: - Detect the positions of tennis players and the ball - Map out the court in real time - Enable automated camera control and clip selection for ESPN+ replays This use case reinforces the versatility of visual AI. Nelson even drew a humorous parallel: “Remember that cat workout machine? Turns out it’s actually not so different from the same things that people enjoy at one of the world’s most popular tennis events.” ## **From hacks to healthcare: More unconventional use cases** Nelson wrapped this section with two more examples that demonstrate visual AI’s creative range, from civic life to scientific research. - **Tennis court availability alerts.** A hacker in San Francisco set up a camera on his windowsill to monitor public tennis courts. Using a custom-trained model, the system detects when the court is empty and sends him a text, so he can be the first to play. - **Accelerating cancer research.** At a university in the Netherlands, researchers are using computer vision to count neutrophils, a protein reaction observed after lab experiments. Previously, this required manual analysis by graduate students. Now, automation speeds up the review process, allowing faster iteration and contributing, albeit in a small way, to accelerating treatments for critical diseases. ## **What comes next for visual AI?** With a wide array of applications, ranging from retail to robotics to research, visual AI is already shaping various industries. As Joseph Nelson transitioned to the next part of his talk, he posed the central question: “So what gives? What’s the holdup? What happens next, and where is the field going?” That’s the conversation he takes on next. As visual AI moves from research labs into production, it must contend with the messy, unpredictable nature of the real world. Joseph Nelson explained this challenge using a familiar concept: the normal distribution. When it comes to visual tasks, the distribution is far from tidy. While some common categories, like people, vehicles, and food, fall within the high-density “center” of the curve (what Nelson calls “photos you might find on Instagram”), there’s a very long tail of edge cases that AI systems must also learn to handle. These long tails include: - **Hundreds of thousands of unique SKUs** in retail environments like Walmart - **Novel parts** are produced in advanced manufacturing settings like Rivian’s facilities - **Variable lighting conditions** for something as niche as solving a Sudoku puzzle [AI and the future of international student outreachHow AI can help UK universities compete globally by streamlining admissions and supporting international students more effectively.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-461.png)AI Accelerator InstituteVahid Mohammadi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--67-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-the-future-of-international-student-outreach/) ## **Why visual data is uniquely complex** Nelson also emphasized a fundamental difference between visual and textual data: density and variability. While all of the text can be encoded compactly in Unicode, even a single image contains vastly more data, with RGB channels, lighting nuances, textures, and perspective all influencing interpretation. “From a very first principles view, you can see that the amount of richness and context to understand in the visual world is vast.” Because of this complexity, fully reliable zero-shot or multi-shot performance in visual AI remains aspirational. To achieve dependable results, teams must often rely on: - **Multi-turn prompting** - **Fine-tuning** - **Domain adaptation** Put simply, Nelson said, “The real world’s messy.” ## **When small errors become big problems** The stakes for accuracy grow when visual AI is used in regulated or high-risk environments. Nelson shared an example from a telepharmacy customer using Roboflow to count pills. This customer is accountable to regulators for correctly administering scheduled substances. A count that’s off by just one or two pills per batch may seem minor, but when that error scales across all patients, it creates major discrepancies in inventory. Worse, Nelson noted a surprising discovery: telepharmacists with painted long nails occasionally caused the model to misclassify fingers as pills. This kind of visual anomaly wouldn’t appear in a clean training dataset, but it’s common in real-world deployments. This example illustrates a critical principle in visual AI: Real-world reliability requires robust systems trained on representative data and a readiness for edge cases that defy textbook distributions. ## **Why existing datasets aren’t enough** Joseph Nelson pointed to a key limitation in visual AI: many models are trained and evaluated on narrow, conventional datasets that don’t reflect the full diversity of the real world. A common reference point is the COCO (Common Objects in Context) dataset, created by Microsoft between 2012 and 2014\. It includes 80 familiar classes such as person, food, and dog. Nelson described this as data that falls "right up the center of the bell curve." But the world is far messier than that. To push the field forward, Nelson argued, we need more than common object detection; we need better evaluation frameworks that test whether models can adapt to novel domains. ## **Introducing RF100VL: A new benchmark for visual AI** To address this, Roboflow introduced **RF100VL**, short for *Roboflow 100 Vision Language*. While the name may not be flashy, the purpose is clear: provide a more accurate view of model performance in the real world. RF100VL consists of: - 100 datasets - 100,000 images - Covering diverse domains, such as: - Microscopic and telescopic imagery - Underwater environments - Document analysis - Digital worlds - Industrial, medical, aerial, and sports contexts - Flora and fauna categories This dataset reflects how developers and companies are actually using computer vision. Because Roboflow hosts the largest community of computer vision developers, RF100VL is built from real-world production data and maintained by the community itself. “If COCO is a measurement of things you would commonly see,” Nelson said, “RF100VL is an evaluation of everything else, the messy parts of the real world.” ## **Testing zero-shot performance** Nelson highlighted the limitations of current models by sharing evaluation results. For example, the best-performing zero-shot model on RF100VL (Grounding DINO) achieved just 15.7% accuracy. That’s with no fine-tuning, meant to simulate a model’s raw ability to generalize across unseen tasks. “Even the best models in the world today still lack the ability to do what’s called grounding and understanding of relatively basic things.” RF100VL aims to fill that gap. It allows developers to hold large models accountable and measure whether they generalize well across domains. ## **Scaling like language models** So how can we improve visual understanding? Nelson pointed to the same approach used in language AI: - Pre-training at a large scale - Expanding datasets to include the long tail - Providing rich, diverse context for model adaptation In the same way large language models improved through massive, inclusive training sets, visual AI must follow suit. Nelson emphasized that context is king in this process. ## **Tools for diagnosing model gaps** To make evaluation accessible, Roboflow launched visioncheckup.com, a playful but practical tool for visual model assessment. “It’s like taking your LLM to the optometrist,” Nelson said. The site simulates a vision test, showing where a model struggles and where it succeeds. While some visual tasks, such as counting or visual question answering, still trip up models, Nelson noted that progress is accelerating. And he made his bet clear: “I would bet on the future of open science.” ## **Why real-time performance at the edge matters** As the talk turned toward deployment, Nelson highlighted one major difference between **language** and **vision** models: where and how they run. Language tasks often benefit from: - Cloud hosting - Access to extensive compute resources - Room for delayed, test-time reasoning (e.g., web lookups) But visual systems frequently need to operate: - In real time - On edge devices - With no reliance on cloud latency or large compute pools “Models need to run fast, real time, and often at the edge,” Nelson said. This makes deployment requirements for visual AI fundamentally different and much more constrained than those for language-based systems. ## **Why edge performance matters** Joseph Nelson closed his talk by returning to a central constraint in visual AI: latency. Unlike many language-based AI tasks, visual systems often have to operate under real-time conditions, especially in settings like live sports broadcasts. For example, Wimbledon doesn’t have the luxury of cloud processing, even with high-speed internet. Every frame must be processed live, with sub–10 millisecond latency. This creates a pressing requirement: models that run efficiently on constrained hardware, without sacrificing accuracy. “You need to have models that can perform in edge conditions… on smaller or constrained compute and run in real time.” Edge deployment isn’t just for industrial hardware, like NVIDIA Jetsons. Nelson highlighted another vision: empowering individual developers to run models on their own machines, locally and independently. “We can actually kind of power the rebels so that anyone can create, deploy, and build these systems.” ## **Introducing RF-DETR: Transformers at the edge** To address the challenge of bringing large-model performance to real-time use cases, Roboflow developed RF-DETR, short for *Roboflow Detection Transformer*. This model is designed to combine the contextual strength of transformers with the speed and deployability needed at the edge. Nelson contrasted it with existing models, like the YOLO family, which are built around CNNs and optimized for speed. RF-DETR aims to bring the pre-training depth of transformers into the real-time performance zone. “How do we take a large transformer and make it run in real time? That’s what we did.” RF-DETR was benchmarked on both: - Microsoft COC for conventional object detection - RF100VL to measure real-world adaptability [Edge AI vs Cloud AI — which one’s better for business?The differences between Edge AI and Cloud AI come into play primarily for machine learning and deep learning use cases.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-462.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMark Crosling![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1490093158370-1a6be674437b-4)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edge-ai-vs-cloud-ai-which-ones-better-for-business/) ## **Bridging the gap to visual AGI** In wrapping up, Nelson tied together the major themes of his talk: - Better datasets (like RF100VL) - Better models (like RF-DETR) - Deployment flexibility, including on constrained and local hardware Together, these advancements move us beyond the metaphor of “a brain in a jar.” Instead, Nelson described the vision for a true visual cortex, a key step toward real-world AI systems that can see, reason, and act. “When we build with Roboflow… you’re a part of making sure that AI meets the real world and delivers on the promise of what we know is possible.” ## **Final thoughts** Joseph Nelson closed his talk at the NYC AIAI Summit with a clear message: for AI to meet the real world, it must see and understand it. That means building better datasets, such as RF100VL, creating models that generalize across messy, real-world domains, and ensuring those models can run in real-time, often at the edge. From live sports broadcasts to pharmaceutical safety checks, and from open-source cat toys to advanced vehicle assembly lines, the breadth of visual AI’s impact is already vast. But the work is far from over. As Nelson put it, we’re still crossing the bridge, from large models as “brains in a jar” to intelligent systems with a working visual cortex. By contributing to open-source tools, adapting models for deployment in the wild, and holding systems accountable through realistic evaluations, developers and researchers alike play a crucial role in advancing visual understanding. Roboflow’s mission is to support that effort, so that AI not only thinks, but sees. ### AI-powered healthcare, with Archie Mayani [Video] URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-healthcare-with-archie-mayani-video/ Last updated: 2025-08-01T11:16:51.000Z _No content available._ ### How Agentic AI is transforming healthcare delivery URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-agentic-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-delivery/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:13:31.000Z In the Agents of Change podcast, host Anthony Witherspoon welcomes Archie Mayani, Chief Product Officer at GHX (Global Healthcare Exchange), to explore the vital role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. GHX is a company that may not be visible to the average patient, but it plays a foundational role in ensuring healthcare systems operate efficiently. As Mayani describes it, GHX acts as "an invisible operating layer that helps hospitals get the right product at the right time, and most importantly, at the right cost." GHX’s mission is bold and clear: to enable affordable, quality healthcare for all. While the work may seem unglamorous, focused on infrastructure beneath the surface, it is, in Mayani’s words, “mission critical” to the healthcare system. ## Pioneering AI in the healthcare supply chain AI has always been integral to GHX’s operations, even before the term became a buzzword. Mayani points out that the company was one of the early adopters of technologies like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) within healthcare supply chains, long before such tools were formally labeled as AI. This historical context underlines GHX’s longstanding commitment to innovation. Now, with the rise of generative AI and agentic systems, the company’s use of AI has evolved significantly. These advancements are being harnessed for: - Predicting medical supply shortages - Enhancing contract negotiations for health systems - Improving communication between clinicians and supply chain teams using natural language interfaces All of these tools are deployed in service of one goal: to provide value-based outcomes and affordable care to patients, especially where it’s needed most. ## Building resilience into healthcare with “Resiliency AI” GHX builds resilience. That’s the ethos behind their proprietary system, aptly named Resiliency AI. The technology isn’t just about automation or cost-savings; it’s about fortifying healthcare infrastructure so it can adapt and thrive in the face of change. Mayani articulates this vision succinctly: “We are not just building tech for healthcare… we are building resilience into healthcare.” Anthony, the podcast host, highlights a key point: AI's impact in healthcare reaches far beyond business efficiency. It touches lives during their most vulnerable moments. The episode highlights a refreshing narrative about AI: one not focused on threats or ethical concerns, but rather on how AI can be an instrument of positive, human-centered change. ## The imperative of responsible AI in healthcare One of the core themes explored in this episode of Agents of Change is the pressing importance of responsible AI; a topic gaining traction across industries, but particularly crucial in healthcare. Host Anthony sets the stage by highlighting how ethics and responsibility are non-negotiable in sectors where human lives are at stake. Archie Mayani agrees wholeheartedly, emphasizing that in healthcare, the stakes for AI development are dramatically different compared to other industries. “If you're building a dating app, a hallucination is a funny story,” Mayani quips. “But in \[healthcare\], it's a lawsuit; or worse, a life lost.” His candid contrast underscores the life-critical nature of responsible AI design in the medical field. [Why responsible AI will need to be your new USPWe explore the benefits of AI governance, its key components, and best practices for minimal overhead and maximal trust.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-455.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnna Spitznagel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--56-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-responsible-ai-will-need-to-be-your-new-usp/) ## Transparency and grounding: The foundation of ethical AI For GHX, building responsible AI begins with transparency and grounding. Mayani stresses that these principles are not abstract ideals, but operational necessities. “Responsible AI isn’t optional in healthcare,” he states. It's embedded in how GHX trains its AI models, especially those designed to predict the on-time delivery of surgical supplies, which are crucial for patient outcomes. To ensure the highest level of reliability, GHX's AI models are trained on a diverse range of data: - Trading partner data from providers - Fulfillment records - Supplier reliability statistics - Logistical delay metrics - Historical data from natural disasters This comprehensive data approach allows GHX to build systems that not only optimize supply chain logistics but also anticipate and mitigate real-world disruptions, delivering tangible value to hospitals and, ultimately, patients. ## Explainability is key: AI must justify its decisions like a clinician One of the most compelling points Archie Mayani makes in the discussion is that AI must explain its logic with the clarity and accountability of a trained clinician. This is especially important when dealing with life-critical healthcare decisions. At GHX, every disruption prediction produced by their AI system is accompanied by a confidence score, a criticality ranking, and a clear trace of the data sources behind the insight. “If you can't explain it like a good clinician would, your AI model is not going to be as optimized or effective.” This standard of explainability is what sets high-functioning healthcare AI apart. It’s not enough for a model to provide an output; it must articulate the “why” behind it in a way that builds trust and enables action from healthcare professionals. ## Avoiding AI hallucinations in healthcare Mayani also reflects on historical missteps in healthcare AI to highlight the importance of data diversity and governance. One case he references is early AI models for mammogram interpretation. These systems produced unreliable predictions because the training data lacked diversity across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background. This led to models that “hallucinated”, not in the sense of whimsical errors, but with serious real-world implications. For example, differences in breast tissue density between African American and Caucasian women weren’t properly accounted for, leading to flawed diagnostic predictions. To counteract this, GHX emphasizes: - Inclusive training datasets across demographic and physiological variables - Rigorous data governance frameworks - A learning mindset that adapts models based on real-world feedback and outcomes This commitment helps ensure AI tools in healthcare are equitable, reliable, and aligned with patient realities, not just technical possibilities. The conversation also touches on a universal truth in AI development: the outputs of any model are only as good as the inputs provided. As Anthony notes, AI doesn't absolve humans of accountability. Instead, it reflects our biases and decisions. “If an AI model has bias, often it's reflective of our own societal bias. You can't blame the model; it's showing something about us.” This reinforces a central thesis of the episode: Responsible AI begins with responsible humans; those who train, test, and deploy the models with intention, transparency, and care. ## Earning confidence in AI-driven healthcare As AI becomes more embedded in healthcare, public fear and discomfort are natural reactions, particularly when it comes to technologies that influence life-altering decisions. Anthony captures this sentiment, noting that any major innovation, especially in sensitive sectors like healthcare, inevitably raises concerns. Archie Mayani agrees, emphasizing that fear can serve a constructive purpose. "You're going to scale these agents and AI platforms to millions and billions of users," he notes. "You better be sure about what you're putting out there." That fear, he adds, should drive greater diligence, bias mitigation, and responsibility in deployment. The key to overcoming this fear? Transparency, communication, and a demonstrable commitment to ethical design. As Mayani and Anthony suggest, trust must be earned, not assumed. Building that trust involves both technical rigor and emotional intelligence to show stakeholders that AI can be both safe and valuable. ## The challenge of scaling agentic AI in healthcare With a strong foundation in ethical responsibility, the conversation shifts to a pressing concern: scaling agentic AI models in healthcare environments. These are AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making within predefined constraints, highly useful, but difficult to deploy consistently at scale. Mayani draws an apt analogy: scaling agentic AI in healthcare is like introducing a new surgical technique. "You have to prove it works, and then prove it works everywhere." This speaks to a fundamental truth in health tech: context matters. An AI model trained on datasets from the Mayo Clinic, for example, cannot be transplanted wholesale into a rural community hospital in Arkansas. The operational environments, patient demographics, staff workflows, and infrastructure are vastly different. ### **Key barriers to AI scalability in healthcare** 1. **Contextual variability.** Every healthcare setting is unique in terms of needs, infrastructure, and patient populations. 2. **Data localization.** Models must be fine-tuned to reflect local realities, not just generalized benchmarks. 3. **Performance assurance.** At scale, AI must remain accurate, explainable, and effective across all points of care. For product leaders like Mayani, scale and monetization are the twin pressures of modern AI deployment. And in healthcare, the cost of getting it wrong is too high to ignore. ## GHX’s resiliency center: A scalable AI solution in action To illustrate how agentic AI can be successfully scaled in healthcare, Archie Mayani introduces one of GHX’s flagship products: Resiliency Center. This tool exemplifies how AI can predict and respond to supply chain disruptions at scale, offering evidence-based solutions in real time. Resiliency Center is designed to: - Accurately categorize and predict potential disruptions in the healthcare supply chain - Recommend clinical product alternatives during those disruptions - Integrate seamlessly across dozens of ERP systems, even with catalog mismatches - Provide evidence-backed substitute products, such as alternatives to specific gloves or catheters likely to be back-ordered These "near-neighborhood" product recommendations are not only clinically valid, but context-aware. This ensures that providers always have access to the right product, at the right time, at the right cost, a guiding principle for GHX. “The definition of ‘right’ is really rooted in quality outcomes for the patient and providing access to affordable care, everywhere.” This operational model is a clear example of scaling with purpose. It reflects Mayani's earlier point: you can’t scale effectively without training on the right datasets and incorporating robust feedback loops to detect and resolve model inaccuracies. ## Making sense of healthcare data As the conversation shifts to the nature of healthcare data, Anthony raises a key issue: data fragmentation. In healthcare, data often exists in disconnected silos, across hospitals, systems, devices, and patient records, making it notoriously difficult to use at scale. Mayani affirms that overcoming this fragmentation is essential for responsible and effective AI. The foundation of scalable, bias-free, and high-performance AI models lies in two critical pillars: 1. **Data diversity.** AI systems must be trained on varied and inclusive datasets that reflect different patient populations, healthcare contexts, and operational environments. 2. **Data governance.** There must be strict protocols in place to manage, verify, and ethically handle healthcare data. This includes everything from ensuring data integrity to setting up feedback mechanisms that refine models over time. “All of that, scaling, performance, bias mitigation, it ultimately comes down to the diversity and governance of the data.” This framing offers a critical insight for healthcare leaders and AI practitioners alike: data is the bedrock of trustworthy AI systems in medicine. [Crafting ethical AI: Addressing bias and challengesWe set out to understand how businesses address these ethical AI issues by surveying practitioners and end users.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-456.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/) ## Why local context and diverse data matter in healthcare AI One of the most illustrative examples of data diversity’s value came when GHX’s models flagged a surgical glove shortage in small rural hospitals, a disruption that wasn't immediately visible in larger healthcare systems. Why? - Rural hospitals often have different reorder thresholds. - They typically lack buffer stock and have fewer supplier relationships compared to large Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs). This nuanced insight could only emerge from a truly diverse dataset. As Archie Mayani explains, if GHX had only trained its models using data from California, it might have overlooked entirely seasonal and regional challenges, like hurricanes in the Southeast or snowstorms in Minnesota, that affect supply chains differently. “Healthcare isn’t a monolith. It’s a mosaic.” That mosaic requires regionally relevant, context-sensitive data inputs to train agentic AI systems capable of functioning across a broad landscape of clinical settings. ## Trust and data credibility: The often overlooked ingredient Diversity in data is only part of the solution. Trust in data sources is equally critical. Archie points out a fundamental truth: not all datasets are equally valid. Some may be outdated, siloed, or disconnected from today’s realities. And when AI systems train on these flawed sources, their predictions suffer. This is where GHX’s role as a trusted intermediary becomes essential. For over 25 years, GHX has served as a neutral and credible bridge between providers and suppliers, earning the trust required to curate, unify, and validate critical healthcare data. “You need a trusted entity… not only for diverse datasets, but the most accurate, most reliable, most trusted datasets in the world.” GHX facilitates cooperation across the entire healthcare data ecosystem, including: - Hospitals and providers - Medical suppliers and manufacturers - Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms This integrated ecosystem approach ensures the veracity of data and enables more accurate, bias-aware AI models. ## Diversity and veracity: A dual mandate for scalable AI Anthony aptly summarizes this insight as a two-pronged strategy: it's not enough to have diverse datasets; you also need high-veracity data that’s trusted, updated, and contextually relevant. Mayani agrees, adding that agentic AI cannot function in isolation; it depends on a unified and collaborative network of stakeholders. “It’s beyond a network. It’s an ecosystem.” By connecting with EMRs, ERPs, and every link in the healthcare chain, GHX ensures its AI models are both informed by real-world variability and grounded in validated data sources. ## From classical AI to agentic AI: A new era in healthcare Archie Mayani makes an important distinction between classical AI and agentic AI in healthcare. For decades, classical AI and machine learning have supported clinical decision-making, especially in diagnostics and risk stratification. These systems helped: - Identify patients with complex comorbidities - Prioritize care for those most at risk - Power early diagnostic tools such as mammography screenings “We’ve always leveraged classical AI in healthcare… but agentic AI is different.” Unlike classical models that deliver discrete outputs, agentic AI focuses on workflows. It has the potential to abstract, automate, and optimize full processes, making it uniquely suited to address the growing pressures in modern healthcare. ## Solving systemic challenges with agentic AI Mayani highlights the crisis of capacity in today’s healthcare systems, particularly in the U.S.: - Staff shortages across both clinical and back-office roles - Rising operational costs - Fewer trained physicians are available on the floor In this context, agentic AI emerges as a co-pilot. It supports overburdened staff by automating routine tasks, connecting data points, and offering intelligent recommendations that extend beyond the exam room. One of the most compelling examples Mayani shares involves a patient with recurring asthma arriving at the emergency department. Traditionally, treatment would focus on the immediate clinical issue. But agentic AI can see the bigger picture: - It identifies that the patient lives near a pollution site - Notes missed follow-ups due to lack of transportation - Recognizes socioeconomic factors contributing to the recurring condition With this information, the healthcare team can address the root cause, not just the symptom. This turns reactive treatment into proactive, preventative care, reducing waste and improving outcomes. “Now you’re not treating a condition. You’re addressing a root cause.” This approach is rooted in the Whole Person Care model, which Mayani recalls from his earlier career. While that model once relied on community health workers stitching together fragmented records, today’s agentic AI can do the same work; faster, more reliably, and at scale. ## Agentic AI as a member of the care team Ultimately, Mayani envisions agentic AI as a full-fledged member of the care team, one capable of: - Intervening earlier in a patient’s health journey - Coordinating care across departments and disciplines - Understanding and integrating the social determinants of health - Delivering on the promise of Whole Person Care This marks a paradigm shift, from episodic, condition-focused care to integrated, data-driven, human-centered healing. One of the most transformative promises of agentic AI in healthcare is its ability to identify root causes faster, significantly reducing both costs and systemic waste. As Anthony notes, the delay in getting to a solution often drives up costs unnecessarily, and Mayani agrees. “Prevention is better than cure… and right now, as we are fighting costs and waste, it hasn't been truer than any other time before.” Agentic AI enables care teams to move from reactive service delivery to proactive problem-solving, aligning healthcare with long-promised, but rarely achieved, goals like holistic and whole-person care. The way Mayani describes it, this is now a practical, scalable reality. ## COVID-19: A catalyst for AI innovation in supply chain resilience Looking back at the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayani reflects on one of the biggest shocks to modern healthcare: supply chain collapse. It wasn’t due to a lack of data; healthcare generates 4x more data than most industries. The failure was one of foresight and preparedness. “The supply chain broke not because we didn’t have the data, but because we didn’t have the foresight.” This crisis has become a compelling event that has accelerated innovation. GHX’s own AI-driven Resiliency Center now includes early versions of systems that can: - Detect high-risk items like ventilator filters at risk of shortage - Recommend five clinically approved alternatives, sorted by cost, delivery time, and supplier reliability - Provide real-time, evidence-based recommendations across a multi-stakeholder ecosystem Mayani likens this transformation to going from a smoke detector to a sprinkler system; not just identifying the problem, but acting swiftly to stop it before it spreads. [How AI is redefining cyber attack and defense strategiesAs AI reshapes every aspect of digital infrastructure, cybersecurity is the most critical battleground where AI serves as both weapon and shield.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-457.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAmal Mammadov![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-redefining-cyber-attack-and-defense-strategies/) ## Learning from crisis: Building a proactive future COVID-19 may have been an unprecedented tragedy, but it forced healthcare organizations to centralize data, embrace cloud infrastructure, and accelerate digital transformation. Before 2020, many health systems were still debating whether mission-critical platforms should move to the cloud. Post-crisis, the conversation shifted from adoption to acceleration, opening the door to advanced technologies like AI and GenAI. “Necessity leads to innovation,” as Anthony puts it, and Mayani agrees. The result is a more resilient, more responsive healthcare system, better equipped to navigate future challenges, from pandemics to geopolitical shifts to tariff policy changes. GHX now plays a pivotal role in helping suppliers and providers understand and act on these evolving variables through data visibility and decision-making intelligence. ## AI hallucinations in healthcare While agentic AI offers powerful capabilities, hallucinations remain a significant risk, particularly in healthcare, where errors can have devastating consequences. Archie Mayani openly acknowledges this challenge: even with high-quality, diverse, and rigorously governed datasets, hallucinations can still occur. Drawing from his early work with diagnostic models for lung nodules and breast cancer detection, Mayani explains that hallucinations often stem from data density issues or incomplete contextual awareness. These can lead to outcomes like: - Recommending a nonexistent or back-ordered medical supply erodes trust - Incorrectly suggesting a serious diagnosis, such as early breast cancer, to a healthy individual Both are catastrophic in their own way, and both highlight the need for fail-safes and human oversight. ### **GHX’s guardrails against AI errors** To mitigate these risks, GHX employs a multi-layered approach: - **Validated data only.** Models pull from active, verified medical supply catalogs. - **Human-in-the-loop systems.** AI makes predictions, but a human still approves the final decision. - **Shadow mode training.** New models run in parallel with human-led processes until they reach high reliability. - **"Residency training" analogy.** Mayani likens early AI models to junior doctors under supervision; they’re not allowed to operate independently until they’ve proven their accuracy. This framework ensures that AI earns trust through performance, reliability, and responsibility, not just promises. ## The future of agentic AI When asked to predict the future of agentic AI in healthcare, Mayani presents a powerful vision: a world where AI becomes invisible. “When AI disappears… that’s when we’ve truly won.” He envisions a future where AI agents across systems, such as GHX’s Resiliency AI and hospital EMRs, communicate autonomously. A nurse, for instance, receives necessary supplies without ever placing an order, because the agents already anticipated the need based on scheduled procedures and clinical preferences. ### **Indicators of AI maturity** - Care is coordinated automatically without juggling apps or administrative steps. - Agentic AI enables seamless, behind-the-scenes action, optimizing outcomes while removing friction. - Patients receive timely, affordable, personalized care, not because someone made a phone call, but because the system understood and acted. This is the true potential of agentic AI: not to dazzle us with flashy features, but to blend so naturally into the work that it disappears. ## The normalization of AI As AI becomes more embedded in daily life, public perception is shifting from fear to discovery, and now, toward normalization. As Mayani and Anthony discuss, many people already use AI daily (in smartphones, reminders, and apps) without even realizing it. The goal is for agentic AI to follow the same path: to support people, not replace them; to augment creativity, not suppress it; and to enable higher-order problem-solving by removing repetitive, predictable tasks. “It’s never about the agents taking over the world. They are here so that we can do the higher-order bits.” ## The path forward for Agentic AI in healthcare The future of healthcare lies not in whether AI will be used but how. And leaders like Archie Mayani at GHX are laying the foundation for AI that is ethical, explainable, resilient, and invisible. From predicting disruptions and recommending evidence-based alternatives to coordinating care and addressing root causes, agentic AI is already reshaping how we deliver and experience healthcare. The next chapter is about when it quietly steps into the background, empowering humans to do what they do best: care. ### How AI is redefining cyber attack and defense strategies URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-redefining-cyber-attack-and-defense-strategies/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:14:22.000Z As AI reshapes every aspect of digital infrastructure, cybersecurity has emerged as the most critical battleground where AI serves as both weapon and shield. The cybersecurity landscape in 2025 represents an unprecedented escalation in technological warfare, where the same AI capabilities that enhance organizational defenses are simultaneously being weaponized by malicious actors to create more sophisticated, automated, and evasive attacks. The stakes have never been higher. Recent data from the CFO [reveals](https://the-cfo.io/2025/03/10/the-ai-cybercrime-wave-has-now-reached-87-of-global-businesses/) that **87%** of global organizations faced AI-powered cyberattacks in the past year, while the AI cybersecurity market is projected to reach **$82.56 billion** by 2029, growing at a compound annual growth rate of **28%** . This explosive growth reflects not just market opportunity, but an urgent response to threats that are evolving faster than traditional security measures can adapt. ## **Part 1: Adversaries in the age of AI** Cyber adversaries have [found](https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/AttackingAI) a powerful new weapon in AI, and they're using it to rewrite the offensive playbook. The game has changed, with attacks now defined by automated deception, hyper-realistic social engineering, and intelligent malware that thinks for itself. ### **The industrialization of deception** The old security advice - "*spot the typo, spot the scam*" - is officially dead. Generative AI now crafts flawless, hyper-personalized phishing emails, texts, and voice messages that are devastatingly effective. The [numbers tell a chilling story](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-phishing-deepfakes-evolution-ai-driven-cybercrime-dw1ne): AI-generated phishing emails boast a **54%** click-through rate, dwarfing the **12%** from human-written messages. Meanwhile, an estimated **80%** of voice phishing (vishing) attacks now use AI to clone voices, making it nearly impossible to trust your own ears. [Transforming industries and everyday life with AI applicationsThis article will cover a couple of highlights in which despite its risks and challenges, AI is transforming society.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-452.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1655393001768-d946c97d6fd1-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-industries-and-everyday-life-with-ai-applications/) This danger is not theoretical. Consider the [Hong Kong finance employee](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/16/tech/arup-deepfake-scam-loss-hong-kong-intl-hnk%23:~:text=Hong%2520Kong%2520police%2520said%2520in,to%2520be%2520deepfake%2520re%252Dcreations.) who, in 2024, was tricked into transferring **$25** million after a video conference where every single participant, including the company's CFO, was an AI-generated deepfake. In another cunning [campaign](https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercriminals-weaponize-fake-ai-websites), a threat group dubbed UNC6032 built fake websites mimicking popular AI video generators, luring creators into downloading malware instead of trying a new tool. The result is the **democratization of sophisticated attacks**. Tools once reserved for nation-states are now in the hands of common cybercriminals, who can launch convincing, scalable campaigns with minimal effort. ### **Malware that thinks for itself** The threat extends beyond tricking humans to the malicious code itself. Attackers are unleashing polymorphic and metamorphic malware that uses AI to constantly change its own structure, making it a moving target for traditional signature-based defenses. The BlackMatter ransomware, for example, uses AI to perform live analysis of a victim’s security tools and then adapts its encryption strategy on the fly to bypass them. On the horizon, things look even more concerning. Researchers have already designed a conceptual AI-powered worm, "Morris II," that can spread autonomously from one AI system to another by hiding malicious instructions in the data they process. At the same time, AI is automating the grunt work of hacking. AI agents, trained with Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), can now autonomously probe networks, find vulnerabilities, and launch exploits, effectively replacing the need for a skilled human hacker. ## **Part 2: Fighting fire with fire: AI on cyber defense** But the defense is not standing still. A counter-revolution is underway, with security teams turning AI into a powerful force multiplier. The strategy is shifting from reacting to breaches to proactively predicting and neutralizing threats at machine speed. ### **Seeing attacks before they happen** The core advantage of defensive AI is its ability to process data at a scale and speed no human team can match. Instead of just looking for known threats, AI-powered systems create a baseline of normal behavior across a network and then hunt for tiny deviations that signal a hidden compromise. This is how modern defenses catch novel, zero-day attacks. The most advanced systems are even moving from detection to prediction. By analyzing everything from global attack trends to dark web chatter, and new vulnerabilities, AI models can forecast where the next attack wave will hit, allowing organizations to patch vulnerabilities before they're ever targeted. [Transforming cybersecurity with AIDiscover how AI is transforming cybersecurity from both a defensive and adversarial perspective, featuring Palo Alto Networks’ CPO Lee Klarich.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-453.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLee Klarich![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/meta-images--43---1--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) ### **Your newest teammate is an AI** The traditional Security Operations Center (SOC) - a room full of analysts drowning in a sea of alerts is becoming obsolete. In its place, the AI-driven SOC is rising, where AI automates the noise so humans can focus on what matters. AI now handles alert triage, enriches incident data, and filters out the false positives that cause analyst burnout. We're now seeing AI "*agents*" and "*copilots*" from vendors like Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and SentinelOne that act as true partners to security teams. These AI assistants can autonomously investigate a phishing email, test its attachments in a sandbox, and quarantine every copy from the enterprise in seconds, all while keeping a human in the loop for the final say. This is more than an efficiency gain; it's a strategic answer to the massive global shortage of cybersecurity talent. ### **Making zero trust a reality** AI is also the key to making the "*never trust, always verify*" principle of the Zero Trust security model a practical reality. Instead of static rules, AI enables dynamic, context-aware access controls. It makes real-time decisions based on user behavior, device health, and data sensitivity, granting only the minimum privilege needed for the task at hand. This is especially vital for containing the new risks from the powerful but fundamentally naive AI agents that are beginning to roam corporate networks. ## **Part 3: The unseen battlefield: Securing the AI itself** For all the talk about using AI *for* security, we're overlooking a more fundamental front in this war: securing the AI systems themselves. For the AIAI community - the architects of this technology - understanding these novel risks is not an option, it's an operational imperative. ### **How AI can be corrupted** Machine learning models have an Achilles' heel. **Adversarial attacks** exploit it by making tiny, often human-imperceptible changes to input data that cause a model to make a catastrophic error. Think of a sticker that makes a self-driving car's vision system misread a stop sign, or a slight tweak to a malware file that renders it invisible to an AI-powered antivirus. **Data poisoning** is even more sinister, as it involves corrupting a model's training data to embed backdoors or simply degrade its performance. A tool called "Nightshade" already allows artists to "poison" their online images, causing the AI models that scrape them for training to malfunction in bizarre ways. [Mastering data clustering: Your guide to K-means & K-means++K-means clustering is an unsupervised machine learning algorithm used for clustering or grouping similar data points together in a dataset.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-454.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNishan Jain![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/eDLHCtzRR0yfFtU0BQar_sylwiabartyzel_themap-1.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mastering-data-clustering-your-comprehensive-guide-to-k-means-and-k-means/) ### **The danger of autonomous agents** With agentic AI, autonomous systems that can reason, remember, and use tools - the stakes get much higher. An AI agent is the perfect **"overprivileged and naive"** insider. It's handed the keys to the kingdom - credentials, API access, permissions - but has no common sense, loyalty, or understanding of malicious intent. An attacker who can influence this agent has effectively recruited a powerful insider. This opens the door to new threats like: - **Memory poisoning:** Subtly feeding an agent bad information over time to corrupt its future decisions. - **Tool misuse:** Tricking an agent into using its legitimate tools for malicious ends, like making an API call to steal customer data. - **Privilege compromise:** Hijacking an agent to exploit its permissions and move deeper into a network. ### **The need for AI red teams** Because AI vulnerabilities are so unpredictable, traditional testing methods fall short. The only way to find these flaws before an attacker does is through **AI red teaming**: the practice of simulating adversarial attacks to stress-test a system. This is not a standard penetration test; it's a specialized hunt for AI-specific weaknesses like prompt injections, data poisoning, and model theft. It's a continuous process, essential for discovering the unknown unknowns in these complex, non-deterministic systems. ## **What's next?** The AI revolution in cybersecurity is both the best thing that's happened to security teams and the scariest development we've seen in decades. With **73%** of enterprises experiencing AI-related security incidents averaging **$4.8** million per breach, and [deepfake incidents ](https://www.eftsure.com/statistics/deepfake-statistics/)surging **19%** just in the first quarter of this year, the urgency couldn't be clearer. This isn't a future problem - it's happening right now. The organizations that will survive and thrive are those that can master the balance. They're using AI to enhance their defenses while simultaneously protecting themselves from AI-powered attacks. They're investing in both technology and governance, automation and human expertise. The algorithmic arms race is here. Victory will not go to the side with the most algorithms, but to the one that wields them with superior strategy, foresight, and a deep understanding of the human element at the center of it all. ### How large language models are transforming pediatric healthcare URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-large-language-models-are-transforming-pediatric-healthcare/ Last updated: 2025-08-15T11:40:18.000Z What if artificial intelligence could help us solve some of the most complex challenges in pediatric [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/pharma-healthcare-life-sciences/), especially when it comes to rare diseases? At Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), we face these challenges daily, treating children with some of the most difficult and rare conditions imaginable. But as powerful as human expertise is, we often find ourselves dealing with an overwhelming amount of data, from patient histories to diagnostic reports, making it hard to extract the insights we need quickly and efficiently. This is where artificial intelligence and machine learning come in. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize the way we process and utilize healthcare data. At GOSH, we’re leveraging AI, particularly [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) (LLMs), to tackle the complexity of this data and improve patient outcomes. In this article, I’ll share insights from our journey of integrating AI into pediatric healthcare at GOSH and how AI is helping us improve care, streamline operations, and make healthcare more accessible for children with rare diseases. Let’s dive in. ## **The role of GOSH’s DRIVE unit** In 2018, we established the DRIVE unit, which stands for Data, Research, Innovation, and Virtual Environment. Our goal? To harness data and technology to improve outcomes for children, families, and our healthcare staff. We want to make GOSH the global go-to center for pediatric innovation, and we aim to do this by utilizing AI and data to drive breakthroughs in treatment, diagnosis, and patient care. Our mission goes beyond merely innovating for the sake of it; we want to use AI to make an impact not just locally but **globally**. The data we collect is especially valuable for research, particularly in the realm of rare diseases – conditions that often don’t receive enough attention due to their rarity. But how do we make sense of this relatively small dataset, and how can we share this knowledge globally? That’s one of the questions we’ve been working to answer with the help of AI and ML (machine learning). [Transforming Healthcare with AI: Interview seriesOur interview series is here to deliver you digestible intelligence from the organizations and innovators leading the world of AI in healthcare - through expert and in-depth interviews.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-442.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Panel_Asset_1--1--1.jpeg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-healthcare-with-ai-interview-series-2021-2022/) ## **Harnessing data for research and operational efficiencies** In terms of data management, GOSH has undergone a massive overhaul in the past few years. Before 2019, we were using over *400* different systems for collecting patient data. As you can imagine, this was both inefficient and hard to maintain. That’s when we made the strategic decision to replace our outdated systems with a single platform – EPIC. This transition has allowed us to integrate all patient data into a unified electronic health record system. ![Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Shiren Patel How large language models are transforming pediatric healthcare](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-14.33.30.png) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI and the future of international student outreach URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-the-future-of-international-student-outreach/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:15:36.000Z My daily work in the EdTech industry consists of constant back-and-forth comparison between the United Kingdom’s admissions machine and the digital experiences offered at higher education systems elsewhere. While UK universities debate workflow changes, universities in competing nations are plugging mass-scale AI systems directly into recruitment and immigration processes. Unless we get similar equipment to work for us, ethically and at sector scale, the recent drop in foreign applications might be the beginning of a longer fall. ## Global competition is accelerating In March 2024, Reuters [wrote](https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-openai-planning-100-billion-data-center-project-information-reports-2024-03-29/) that Microsoft and OpenAI are mulling a $100 billion U.S. super-computer project called Stargate to train the next generation of language models. Faster models translate to richer, more personalized student-facing services: anything from adaptive test preparation to multilingual visa counseling. On the demand side, UNESCO’s 2024/5 [Global Education Monitoring Report](https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000391406) suggests that cross-border tertiary enrolments will rise by some two million seats by 2030, driven by South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa most of all. Potential students in these nations do much of their research online and respond quickly to chat-based counsel. It’s the perfect setting for today’s language models. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-448.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) ## Home-grown headwinds The UK, on the other hand, has done the reverse. From 1 January 2024, the majority of international students will have the right to bring dependents with them, as a [Home Office press release](http://gov.uk) confirmed. And on 12 May 2025, the [immigration white paper](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/immigration-white-paper-to-reduce-migration-and-strengthen-border) of the government laid out to cut Graduate-Route work rights to 18 months from two years (White Paper). Early figures show the impact is immediate: [Universities UK](https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/universities-uk-international/insights-and-publications/uuki-blog/whats-next-international-student) reports a 44 percent decrease in January 2024 postgraduate-taught enrollments compared to the previous year. ## The applicant’s maze Policy changes contribute to an already fragmented process: multiple document portals, disproportionate English-language regulations, and inconsistent turnaround times. When there are delays in official replies, students congregate in WhatsApp or Telegram groups, where misinformation and downright fraud spread rapidly. I’ve spoken with families who paid unlicensed agents just to upload PDFs that the university should have accepted for free. Every lost or intimidated candidate blemishes the UK’s reputation for educational transparency. ## Why AI now makes practical sense Big language models at last give the missing layer of always-present, policy-aware advice. A model trained on the UKVI rule-set, UCAS codes, CAS logic, and institutional rules can answer subtle questions in dozens of languages, urge applicants if a bank letter or tuberculosis certificate is missing, pre-screen document quality before human officers waste time, and even emit rule changes the moment the Home Office updates its guidance. All of that can happen in seconds, at any hour, without building yet another portal. ## Lessons from building an admissions companion We tested out an AI companion as an internal pilot during the past two years with my colleagues. We grounded the model on nothing but formal reports: Home-Office sponsor advice, university policy PDFs, anonymized email templates. There are three things that we found most interesting: 1. **Context before horsepower.** Precision was enhanced more by selecting clean source material than by changing to the latest model. 2. **Transparency fosters trust.** Showing the precise paragraph a response is from, with a live link, cuts down on follow-up questions more than any tone adjustment. **Staff want relief, not replacement.** When admissions staff created lists of work they would offload first, “file-name formatting” and “duplicate-document emails” were first; no one feared for the loss of the human touch of their work. ## Designing for interoperability and privacy Any production-ready solution must read and write to installed CRMs and student-record systems using secure APIs, adhering to GDPR and local data-classification guidelines. That integration approach avoids the creation of a standalone “AI portal” and maintains human agency: the model reports uncertainty, triages hard cases, and trains continuously from staff edits. [UK’s AI supercomputer to transform drug developmentSee how the UK’s £225m Isambard-AI supercomputer is set to revolutionize drug and vaccine development using cutting-edge AI technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-449.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--10--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uks-ai-supercomputer-to-transform-drug-development/) ## Expected impact Increased industry uptake will not remake immigration policy, but it can close the service gap currently sending applicants to competing destinations. Small efficiency boosts translate into days shaved off offer release, percentage-point decreases in visa refusals, fewer out-of-hours queries: total millions of pounds of saved fee revenue and, more importantly, into goodwill among students perceiving the UK as responsive, not bureaucratic. ## A collaborative path forward Government, sector groups, and suppliers would collectively pay for a shared knowledge base for visa regulations, credential-evaluation standards, and regulatory reporting. Local layers would then be adapted by individual universities without replicating the regulatory core. This kind of collaboration would mirror the infrastructure-first approach behind the U.S. Stargate initiative and enable the UK to continue to be a destination of choice for global talent. ## Conclusion Global recruitment is no longer a battle of shiny pamphlets but one of latency, language coverage, and policy correctness. AI will not undo discriminatory visa policies, but it will ensure that when opportunities are available, deserving students are not lost in bureaucratic fog. For a sector generating more than £40 billion a year in exports, the deployment of ethical, interoperable AI is less an experiment and more a prudent maintenance of the UK’s competitive edge. ### Humans in the loop: How leading companies are building practical, trustworthy AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/humans-in-the-loop-how-leading-companies-are-building-practical-trustworthy-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:08:00.000Z At the NYC Generative AI Summit, experts from Wayfair, Morgan & Morgan, and Prolific came together to explore one of AI’s most pressing questions: how do we balance the power of automation with the necessity of human judgment? From enhancing customer service at scale to navigating the complexity of legal workflows and optimizing human data pipelines, the panelists shared real-world insights into deploying AI responsibly. In a field moving at breakneck speed, this discussion was an opportunity to examine how we can build AI systems that are effective, ethical, and enduring. ## **From support to infrastructure: Evolving with generative AI** Generative AI is reshaping industries at a pace few could have predicted. And at Wayfair, that pace is playing out in real time. Vaidya Chandrasekhar, who leads pricing, competitive intelligence, and catalog ML algorithms at the company, shared how their approach to generative AI has grown from practical customer support tools to foundational infrastructure transformation. Early experiments started with agent assistance, particularly in customer service. These included summarizing issue histories and providing real-time support to customer-facing teams, the kind of use cases many companies have used as a generative AI entry point. From there, Wayfair moved into more technical territory. One significant area has been technology transformation: shifting from traditional SQL stored procedures toward more dynamic systems. “We’ve been asking questions like, ‘if you're selecting specific data points and trying to understand your data model’s ontology, what would that look like as a GraphQL query?’” Vaidya explained. While not all scenarios fit the model, roughly 60-70% of use cases have proven viable. Perhaps the most transformative application is in catalog enrichment, which is at the core of Wayfair’s operations. Generative AI is being used to enhance and accelerate how product data is organized and surfaced. And in such a fast-moving environment, agility is key. “Just this morning, we were speaking with our CEO. What the plan was two months ago is already shifting,” Vaidya noted. “We’re constantly adapting to keep pace with what’s possible.” The company is firmly positioned at the edge of change, continuously testing how emerging tools can bring efficiency, clarity, and value to both internal workflows and customer experiences. ## **Building AI inside the nation’s largest injury law firm** When most people think of personal injury law firms, they don’t picture teams of software engineers writing AI tools. But that’s exactly what’s happening at Morgan & Morgan, the largest injury law firm in the United States. Paras Chaudhary, Software Engineering Lead at Morgan & Morgan, often gets surprised reactions when he explains what he does. “They wonder what engineers are even doing there,” he said. The answer? Quite a lot, and increasingly, that work involves generative AI. Law firms, by nature, have traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies. The legal profession values precedent, structure, and methodical processes, qualities that don’t always pair easily with the fast-evolving world of AI. But Morgan & Morgan is taking a different approach. With the resources to invest in an internal engineering team, they’re working to lead the charge in legal AI adoption. The focus isn’t on replacing lawyers, but empowering them. “I hate the narrative that AI will replace people,” Paras emphasized. “What we’re doing is building tools that make attorneys’ lives easier: tools that help them do more, and do it better.” Of course, introducing new technology into a non-technical culture comes with its own challenges. Getting attorneys, many of whom have been doing things the same way for a decade or more, to adopt unfamiliar tools isn’t always easy. “It’s been an uphill battle,” he admitted. “Engineering in a non-tech firm is hard enough. When your users are lawyers who love their ways of doing things, it’s even tougher.” Despite the resistance, the team has had measurable success in deploying generative AI internally. And equally important, they’ve learned from their failures. The journey has been anything but flashy, but it’s quietly reshaping how legal work can be done at scale. [Why agentic AI pilots fail and how to scale safelyWhy agentic AI pilots stall, what causes failure, and how enterprises can scale AI safely with strong governance and access controls.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-435.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/main---How-to-build-a-powerful-LLM-user-feedback-loop.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-pilots-fail-and-how-to-scale-safely/) ## **Human data's evolving role in AI: From volume to precision** While much of the conversation around generative AI focuses on model architecture and compute power, Sara Saab, VP of Product at Prolific, brought a vital perspective to the panel: the role of human data in shaping AI systems. [Prolific](https://www.prolific.com/) positions itself as a human data platform, providing human-in-the-loop workflows at various stages of model development, from training to post-deployment. “This topic is really close to my heart,” Sara shared, reflecting on how drastically the human data landscape has shifted over the last few years. Back in the early days of ChatGPT, large datasets were the core currency. “There was an arms race,” she explained, “where value was all about having access to massive amounts of training data.” But in today’s AI development pipeline, that’s no longer the case. Many of those large datasets have been distilled down, commoditized, or replaced by open-source alternatives used for benchmarking. The industry's focus has since shifted. In 2023 and into 2024, efforts moved toward fine-tuning, both supervised and unsupervised, and the rise of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approaches. Human feedback became central through techniques like RLHF (reinforcement learning from human feedback), though even those methods have begun to evolve. “AI is very much a white-paper-driven industry,” Sara noted. “Every time a new paper drops, everyone starts doing everything differently.” Innovations like reinforcement learning via rejection sampling or variational reward shaping (RLVR) began to reduce the need for heavy fine-tuning, at least on the surface. But peel back the layers, she argued, and humans are still deeply embedded in the loop. Today, the emphasis is increasingly on [precise, expert-curated datasets](https://www.prolific.com/domain-experts?utm%5Fcontent=nav%5FBuildAI%5FDomain-Experts%5FDemand), the kind that underpin synthetic data generators, oracle solvers, and other sophisticated human-machine orchestrations. These systems are emerging as critical to the next generation of model training and evaluation. At the same time, foundational concerns around alignment, trust, and safety are rising to the surface. Who defines the benchmarks on which models are evaluated? Who assures their quality? “We look at leaderboards with a lot of interest,” Sara said. “But we also ask: who’s behind those benchmarks, and what are we actually optimizing for?” It’s a timely reminder that while the tooling and terminology may shift rapidly, the human element, in all its philosophical, ethical, and practical complexity, remains central to the future of AI. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-437.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) ## **Human oversight in AI: The power of boring integration** As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly capable, the question of human oversight becomes more complex. How do you keep humans meaningfully in the loop when models are doing more of the heavy lifting, and doing it well? For Paras, the answer isn’t flashy tools or complex interfaces. It’s simplicity, even if that means embracing the boring. “Our workflows aren’t fancy because they didn’t need to be,” he explained. “Most of the human-in-the-loop flow at the firm is based on approval mechanisms. When the model extracts ultra-critical information, a human reviews it to confirm whether it makes sense or not.” To drive adoption among lawyers, notoriously resistant to change, Paras applied what he calls the “radio sandwiching” approach. “Radio stations introduce new songs by sandwiching them between two tracks you already like. That way, the new stuff feels familiar and your alarms don’t go off,” he said. “That’s what we had to do. We disguised the cool AI stuff as the boring workflows people already knew.” At Morgan & Morgan, that meant integrating AI into the firm’s existing Salesforce infrastructure, not building new tools or expecting users to learn new platforms. “All our attorney workflows are based in Salesforce,” Paras explained. “So we piped our AI outputs right into Salesforce, whether it was case data or something else. That was the only way to get meaningful adoption.” When asked if this made Salesforce an annotation platform, Paras didn’t hesitate. “Exactly. It works. Do what you have to do. Don’t get stuck on whether it looks sexy. That’s not the point.” Vaidya Chandrasekhar, who leads pricing and ML at Wayfair, echoed the sentiment. “I agree with a lot of what Paras said,” he noted. “I’d frame it slightly differently; it's about understanding where machine intelligence kicks in, and where human judgment still matters. You’re always negotiating that balance. But yes, integrating into existing, familiar workflows is essential.” As AI systems evolve, the methods for keeping humans involved might not always be elegant. But as this panel made clear, pragmatism often beats perfection when it comes to real-world deployment. ## **Orchestrating intelligence: How humans and AI learn to work together** As the conversation turned to orchestration, the complex collaboration between humans and machines, Paras offered a grounded view shaped by hard-earned experience. “I did walk right into that,” he joked as the question was directed his way. But his answer made it clear he’s thought deeply about this dynamic. For Paras, orchestration isn’t about building futuristic autonomy. It’s about defining roles and designing practical workflows. “There are definitely some tasks machines can handle on their own,” he said. “But the majority of the work we do involves figuring out which parts to automate and where humans still need to make decisions.” He emphasized that the key is not treating the system as a black box, but instead fostering a loop in which humans improve the AI by correcting, contextualizing, and even retraining it over time. “The job of humans is to continue evolving these machines,” he said. “They don’t get better on their own.” Paras also highlighted the importance of being able to pause and escalate AI systems when needed, especially when the model encounters something novel or ambiguous. He gave the example of defining a new item like “angular stemless glass.” “You don’t want the model to just make it up and run with it,” he said. “You want it to scrape the internet, make its best guess, and then ask a human – *Is this right?*” That ability for the system to admit uncertainty is central to how Paras thinks about orchestration. “It’s like hiring someone new,” he said. “The smartest people still need to know when to raise their hand and say, *I’m not sure about this.* That’s the critical skill we need to train into our AI.” [Human + AI: Rethinking the roles and skills of knowledge workersAI is reshaping knowledge work: changing roles, redefining skills, and putting human judgment at the heart of an automated future.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-438.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSamitha Nagasinghe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--64--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/human-ai-rethinking-the-roles-and-skills-of-knowledge-workers/) ## **Why determinism matters in AI orchestration** As the panel discussion on orchestration continued, Paras offered a grounded counterpoint to the rising excitement around agentic systems and autonomous AI decision-making. “If I didn’t believe in a hybrid world between humans and machines, I wouldn’t be sitting here,” he said. “But let me be clear: at our firm, we have no interest in dabbling with agent tech.” While many startups and venture-backed companies are chasing autonomous agents that can reason, plan, and act independently, Paras argued that this kind of complexity introduces too much uncertainty. “Agent tech creates too many steps, too many potential points of failure. And when the probability of failure multiplies across those steps, the overall chance of success drops.” Instead, Paras advocated for an orchestration model grounded in determinism, where workflows are tightly scoped, predictable, and easily governed by clear logic. “I love it when orchestration is deterministic,” he said. “That could mean a simple if/else statement. It could mean a human approver. What matters is that the system behaves in a way that’s traceable, testable, and reliable.” At Morgan & Morgan, where the stakes are high and the work is bound by legal and procedural constraints, this type of orchestration isn’t just a preference, it’s a necessity. “We’re not in a startup trying to sell a dream,” Paras pointed out. “We’re in a firm where outcomes matter, and we need to know the system will work as expected.” That pragmatic approach may not sound flashy, but it's exactly what’s enabling his team to make real, measurable progress. By prioritizing reliability over autonomy, they’re proving that impactful AI doesn’t always need to be cutting-edge; it needs to be dependable. The broader conversation circled back to how the most valuable AI systems are the ones that know when they don’t know and are built to ask for help. ## **Human limits and AI benchmarks** As the discussion shifted toward AI orchestration, Sara paused to reflect on a subtler but essential thread: the limits of human understanding and how they shape the systems we build. “Chain-of-thought reasoning and explainability in AI are fascinating,” she said. “But what’s just as fascinating is that humans aren’t always that explainable either. We often don’t know why we know something.” That tension between human intuition and machine logic quickly leads to deeper questions. “Whenever I talk about these topics, we’re always two questions away from a philosophy lecture,” Sara joked. “What are the limits of human intelligence? Who quality-assures our own thinking? Are some of the world’s most unsolvable math problems even well formulated?” These aren’t just abstract musings. In the context of large language models (LLMs), they expose a critical challenge: Can we ever be sure that models are doing what we expect them to do? This thread naturally led Sara into a critique of how the industry measures performance. “Right now, we’re living in a leaderboard-driven moment,” she said. “Top-of-the-leaderboard has become a kind of default OKR, a stand-in for state-of-the-art.” But that raises deeper concerns about accountability and meaning. What does it *really* mean for a model to be aligned, safe, or trustworthy? And perhaps more importantly, who decides? “I’m always curious and a bit skeptical about who’s defining and scoring these benchmarks,” Sara added. “Who’s grounding the definitions of concepts like ‘verbosity’ or ‘alignment’? What counts as success, and who gets to say?” These questions aren’t just philosophical; they’re foundational. As AI systems become more central to how decisions are made, the frameworks we use to evaluate them will increasingly shape what we build, what we trust, and what we ignore. Sara’s insight served as a quiet but powerful reminder: in the rush toward smarter models and more automation, human judgment, with all its limits, still defines the boundaries of AI progress. ## **The moving target of AI benchmarks and human judgment** As the panel delved deeper into the topic of alignment and accountability, one question emerged front and center: Who gets to define the benchmarks that guide AI development? And perhaps more importantly, are those benchmarks grounded in human understanding, or just technical performance? The challenge, according to Paras, lies in the fact that alignment is not static. “It depends,” he said. “Alignment is always evolving.” From his perspective, the most important factor is recognizing where and how human input should be embedded in the process. Paras pointed to nuanced judgment as a key domain where humans remain indispensable. “You might have alignment today, but taste changes. Priorities shift. What was acceptable last month might feel outdated next quarter,” he explained. “LLMs are like snapshots; they reflect a frozen point in time. Humans bring the real-time context that models simply can’t.” He also emphasized the limits of what AI models can process. “You can’t pass in everything to an LLM,” he noted. “Some of the most valuable context, institutional knowledge, soft cues, and ethical boundaries live outside the prompt window. That’s where human judgment steps in.” This makes benchmark-setting especially tricky. As use cases become more complex and cultural expectations continue to evolve, the metrics we use to measure alignment, safety, or usefulness must evolve too. And that evolution, Paras argued, has to be guided by humans, not just product teams or model architects, but people with a deep understanding of the problem domain. “It’s not a perfect science,” he admitted. “But as long as we keep humans close to the loop, especially where the stakes are high, we can keep grounding those benchmarks in reality.” In short, defining success in AI is a constant process of recalibration, driven by human judgment, values, and the ever-shifting landscape of what we expect machines to do. [How to optimize LLM performance and output quality: A practical guideDiscover how to boost LLM performance and output quality with exclusive tips from Capital One’s Divisional Architect.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-439.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSrinath Godavarthi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---CapitalOne-Srinath-Godavarthi---How-to-optimize-LLM-performance-and-output-quality-A-practical-guide.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-optimize-llm-performance-and-output-quality-a-practical-guide/) ## **The unsolved challenge of human representation in AI** As the panel explored the complexities of benchmarking and alignment, Sara turned the spotlight onto a fundamental and unresolved challenge: human representation in AI systems. “Humans aren’t consistent with each other,” she began. “At Prolific, we care deeply about sourcing data from representative populations, but that creates tension. The more diverse your data sources are, the more disagreement you get on the ground truth. And that’s a really hard problem, I don’t think anyone has solved it yet.” Most human-in-the-loop pipelines today rely on contributors from technologically advanced regions, creating a skewed perspective in what AI systems learn and reinforce. While it may be more convenient and accessible, the trade-off is systems that reflect a narrow slice of humanity and fail to generalize across cultures, languages, or values. Paras expanded on that point by reminding the group of what LLMs really are at their core: “stochastic parrots.” “They learn by mimicking human language,” he said. “So, if humans are biased, and we are, models will be biased too, often in the same ways or worse.” He drew a parallel to broader democratic ideals. “We all believe in democracy, but how many people actually feel represented by the people they vote for? If we haven’t figured out representation for humans, how can we expect to figure it out for language models?” That philosophical thread, the limits of objectivity, the challenge of consensus, keeps resurfacing in AI conversations, and with good reason. As Paras put it, “Almost every problem in AI eventually becomes a philosophical question.” Vaidya added a practical layer to the discussion, drawing on his experience with AI-generated content. Even when a model produces something that’s technically accurate or politically correct, it doesn’t mean it fits the intended use. “You have to ask: is this aligned with the tone, context, and audience we’re targeting?” he said. Vaidya emphasized the value of multi-perspective prompting, asking the model to generate outputs as if different personas were viewing the same content. “What would this look like to a middle-aged person? What would a kid want to see? If the answers are wildly different, it’s a signal to bring in a human reviewer.” In short, representation in AI is about surfacing variability, noticing it, and knowing when to intervene. And as all three panelists acknowledged, this challenge is still very much in progress. ## **Will humans always be in the loop?** As the panel drew to a close, the moderator posed a final, essential question: Will humans always be part of the AI loop? And if not, where might they be phased out? It’s a question that sits at the heart of current debates around automation, accountability, and the future of work, and one that Paras didn’t shy away from. “I hope we’re a part of the process and that this doesn’t turn into a Terminator situation anytime soon,” he joked. But humor aside, Paras emphasized that we’re still searching for an equilibrium between human judgment and machine autonomy. “We’re not there yet,” he said, “but we’re getting closer. As we build more of these systems, we’ll naturally find that balance.” Paras pointed to a few specific use cases where agentic AI systems that can act autonomously without human intervention have started to show real promise. “Research and code generation are the two strongest examples so far,” he noted. “If you pull out the human for a while, those agents still manage to perform reasonably well.” But beyond those narrow domains, full autonomy still raises red flags. “The truth is, even if AI can technically handle something, we still need a human in the loop, not because we can do it better, but because we need accountability,” Paras explained. “We need someone to point the finger at when things go wrong.” This is why, despite years of development in AI and machine learning, fields like law and medicine have remained cautious adopters. “It’s not that the technology isn’t there,” Paras said. “It’s that when things go south, someone has to be responsible.” And that need for traceability, interpretability, and yes, someone to blame, is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. In a world that increasingly leans on AI to make decisions, keeping humans in the loop may be less about capability and more about ethics, governance, and trust. And for now, that role remains irreplaceable. ## **Final thoughts: Accountability and skill loss in an AI-driven future** As the conversation on human oversight neared its conclusion, Vaidya added a final and urgent perspective: we may be underestimating what we lose when we over-automate. “One thing to keep in mind,” he said, “is that when we talk about AI performance today, we’re often comparing the entry-level output of a model with the peak performance of a human.” That’s a flawed baseline, he argued, because while the best human output has a known ceiling, AI capability is continuing to grow rapidly. “What models can do today compared to just six months ago is mind-boggling,” he added. “And it’s only accelerating.” But Vaidya’s deeper concern wasn’t just about the rate of improvement; it was about the risk of atrophy. “I was just chatting with someone outside,” he shared. “They said people are going to forget how to write. And that stuck with me.” The fear is that humans will lose foundational skills before we’ve built the safeguards to do those tasks well through automation. “That’s the danger,” Vaidya said. “We’re handing over control while our own capabilities fade, and without proper checks, we won’t notice until it’s too late.” To avoid that future, Vaidya made a call to action for leaders and organizations: to treat human skill preservation and accountability mechanisms as part of responsible AI adoption. “It’s on us to design for that,” he said. “We need systems, formal or informal, that ensure we retain critical human capabilities even as we scale what machines can do.” As AI continues to evolve, this perspective added a final layer of nuance to the panel’s core message: progress doesn’t just mean doing more, it means knowing what to protect along the way. ### "Agentic AI is here — are you ready?" With Ash Dhupar URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-ai-is-here-are-you-ready-with-ash-dhupar/ Last updated: 2025-07-21T09:22:38.000Z _No content available._ ### LLMOps in action: Streamlining the path from prototype to production URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-in-action/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T15:20:06.000Z AIAInow is your chance to stream exclusive talks and presentations from our previous events, hosted by AI experts and industry leaders. It's a unique opportunity to watch the most sought-after AI content – ordinarily reserved for AIAI Pro members. Each stream delves deep into a key AI topic, industry trend, or case study. Simply sign up to watch any of our upcoming live sessions. 🎥 Access exclusive talks and presentations ✅ Develop your understanding of key topics and trends 🗣 Hear from experienced AI leaders 👨‍💻 Enjoy regular in-depth sessions --- [Watch OnDemand](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-london-november-2024/?wchannelid=22dgbgtmw0&wmediaid=v7m0of3qnj) LLMOps is emerging as a critical enabler for organizations deploying large language models at scale - bringing data scientists, engineers, and end-users into tighter, more effective collaboration. Join us for a deep dive into the operational backbone of successful LLM deployments. From model design to monitoring in production, you’ll learn how to unlock the full potential of LLMs with streamlined processes, smarter tooling, and cross-functional alignment. --- ### In this session, you’ll explore: 🧠 What LLMOps is - and why it’s essential for scalable AI success 🔄 The full LLMOps lifecycle: from experimentation to deployment and iteration 🤝 How to accelerate collaboration between data teams, engineers, and business users 🧰 Practical frameworks and tools for building robust LLM pipelines 📊 Real-world case studies showcasing high-impact LLM applications ⚠️ Common challenges in LLMOps - and how to overcome them Whether you're an AI practitioner, developer, or team leader, this session will equip you with the insights and strategies to operationalize LLMs with confidence. --- ### **Meet the speaker:** [Samin Alnajafi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saminalnajafi/?originalSubdomain=uk), AI Solutions Engineer, Weights & Biases Samin Alnajafi is an accomplished Pre-Sales AI Solutions Engineer at Weights & Biases, specializing in AI-powered solutions for enterprise clients across EMEA. With experience at tech leaders such as Snowflake and DataRobot, he excels in guiding organizations through the technical intricacies of machine learning and data-driven innovation. His expertise spans large language model operations, sales engineering, and AI solutions, making him a valued advisor in deploying transformative technologies for a range of industries. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/07/Samin.jpeg) ### How to optimize LLM performance and output quality: A practical guide URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-optimize-llm-performance-and-output-quality-a-practical-guide/ Last updated: 2025-10-30T10:44:20.000Z Have you ever asked [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/generative-ai/) the same question twice – only to get two very different answers? That inconsistency can be **frustrating**, especially when you're building systems meant to serve real users in high-stakes industries like [finance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/finance/), [healthcare, or law](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/pharma-healthcare-life-sciences/). It’s a reminder that while foundation models are incredibly powerful, they’re far from perfect. The truth is, [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) (LLMs) are fundamentally probabilistic. That means even slight variations in inputs – or sometimes, no variation at all – can result in unpredictable outputs. Combine that with the risk of hallucinations, limited domain knowledge, and changing data environments, and it becomes clear: to deliver high-quality, reliable AI experiences, **we must go beyond the out-of-the-box setup**. So in this article, I’ll walk you through practical strategies I’ve seen work in the field to optimize [LLM performance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-llm-performance-and-output-quality/) and output quality. From prompt engineering to retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, and even building models from scratch, I’ll share real-world insights and analogies to help you choose the right approach for your use case. Whether you’re deploying LLMs to enhance customer experiences, automate workflows, or improve internal tools, optimization is key to transforming potential into performance. Let’s get started. ## **The problem with LLMs: Power, but with limitations** LLMs offer immense potential – but they’re far from perfect. One of the biggest pain points is the variability in output. As I mentioned, because these models are probabilistic, not deterministic, even the same input can lead to wildly different outputs. If you’ve ever had something work perfectly in development and then fall apart in a live demo, you know exactly what I mean. Another well-known issue? Hallucinations. [LLMs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-secure-llms-with-the-fastest-guardrails-for-peak-ai-performance/) can be confidently wrong, presenting misinformation in a way that sounds convincing. This happens due to the noise and inconsistency in the training data. When models are trained on massive, general-purpose datasets, they lack the depth of understanding required for domain-specific tasks. And that’s a key point – most foundation models have limited knowledge in specialized fields. Let me give you a simple analogy to ground this. Think of a foundation model like a general practitioner. They’re great at handling a wide range of common issues – colds, the flu, basic checkups. But if you need brain surgery, you're going to see a specialist. In our world, that specialist is a fine-tuned model trained on domain-specific data. With the right optimization strategies, we can transform these generalists into specialists – or at least arm them with the right tools, prompts, and context to deliver better results. [LLMOps in action: How we move GenAI from prototype to productionStruggling to get your GenAI prototype into production? Discover how LLMOps helps streamline deployment – fast, scalable, and reliable.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-431.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSamin Alnajafi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---LLMOps-in-action-How-we-move-GenAI-from-prototype-to-production-Weights---biases-Samin-Alnajafi-1-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-in-action-how-we-move-genai-from-prototype-to-production/) ## **Four paths to performance and quality** When it comes to improving [LLM performance and output quality](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-llm-performance-and-output-quality/), I group the approaches into four key categories: 1. Prompt engineering and in-context learning 2. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) 3. Fine-tuning foundation models 4. Building your own model from scratch Let’s look at each one. ### **1\. Prompt engineering and in-context learning** [Prompt engineering](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) is all about crafting specific, structured instructions to guide a model’s output. It includes zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot prompting, as well as advanced techniques like chain-of-thought and tree-of-thought prompting. Sticking with our [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-and-challenges-of-generative-ai-in-healthcare/) analogy, think of it like giving a detailed surgical plan to a neurosurgeon. You’re not changing the surgeon’s training, but you’re making sure they know exactly what to expect in this specific operation. You might even provide examples of previous similar surgeries – what went well, what didn’t. That’s the essence of **in-context learning**. This approach is often the simplest and fastest way to improve output. It doesn’t require any changes to the underlying model. And honestly, you’d be surprised how much of a difference good prompting alone can make. ### **2\. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)** RAG brings in two components: a retriever (essentially a search engine) that fetches relevant context, and a generator that combines that context with your prompt to produce the output. Let’s go back to our surgeon. Would you want them to operate without access to your medical history, recent scans, or current health trends? Of course not. RAG is about giving your model that same kind of contextual awareness – it’s pulling in the right data at the right time. This is especially useful when the knowledge base changes frequently, such as with news, regulations, or dynamic product data. Rather than retraining your model every time something changes, you let RAG pull in the latest info. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Human + AI: Rethinking the roles and skills of knowledge workers URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/human-ai-rethinking-the-roles-and-skills-of-knowledge-workers/ Last updated: 2025-07-03T14:36:55.000Z Artificial intelligence is not just another gadget; it’s already shaking up how white-collar jobs work. [McKinsey calls](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/superagency-in-the-workplace-empowering-people-to-unlock-ais-full-potential-at-work#:~:text=Chapter%202%20delves%20into%20the,be%20strong%20advocates%20for%20change) this shift **an arrival at superagency**, a space where machines think alongside people and the two groups spark new bursts of creativity and speed. Suddenly, the click-by-click chores-plowing through code, crunching spreadsheets, scrubbing datasets-are handled by bots, letting human brains leap to bigger questions. Software developers, for instance, now spend more energy sketching big-picture road maps than wrestling syntax errors. Data scientists swap grinding model tweaks for debating which human questions an AI model really answers. In every corner of knowledge work, the quiet obey-yesterday-tasks face is evaporating. The revamped role of the knowledge worker is equal parts translator, coach, and ethical guardian. Successful pros read the business landscape, nudge AI tools in the right direction, and steer output so it stays inside value lines. Human judgment steps in when computers run out of context, making it the real superpower of the partnership. Some experts have taken to calling us [AI strategists](https://www.arionresearch.com/blog/wdj4ojs3wqkfdaxuey4j9ow2fa07au#:~:text=Knowledge%20workers%20can%20also%20become,AI%20to%20achieve%20organizational%20goals), a pivot away from the older task executor label. We use machines as sturdy scaffolding, letting us build fresher ideas faster while keeping accountability firmly in hand. ## Skills for human-AI collaboration Living in a world that teams up humans and machines is no longer a sci-fi plot; it’s the daily grind for millions. A recent [World Economic Forum report](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/future-of-jobs-report-2025-jobs-of-the-future-and-the-skills-you-need-to-get-them/#:~:text=Creative%20thinking%20and%20resilience%2C%20flexibility,with%20curiosity%20and%20lifelong%20learning) warns that nearly **39%** of the skills we brag about on our resumes will be different by 2030, and tech is doing the heavy lifting. This figure represents great disruption but is down from **44%** in 2023\. Right now, big-ticket items like AI, Big Data, and cybersecurity sit at the head of the table, with cloud know-how and solid digital literacy close behind. Wages for professionals in those fields already show it. But numbers alone aren't enough. Hiring managers keep shouting out for soft skills, too. Creative thinking, bounce-back strength, and plain old curiosity keep sneaking onto every shortlist we see. The classic bedrock talents-leadership, talent management, and sharp-eyed analysis aren’t going anywhere either. Recruiters still want people who can steer teams and sway an audience while keeping facts straight. Long story short, the winning mix for tomorrow’s worker is hi-tech fluency slapped together with high-touch judgment. ![Largest growing and decling jobs by 2030](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfjIBHAxAITallvk8H7yb2GDVoPy3JfBWtTXMKLhDMdAwqwcOxN7uOGH3gXkWQM5hni7ytaSuXrEmVTktIaYzZ6e-e7cTvF_7xHH7HWz68XTI5JfboOPnTtg67tBkZtWtIo6D2ckAUb9qn4W--GIQ?key=8K9yPs1jSRHMAlmZMp6dpg) Key skill areas include: ### **AI and data literacy** Understanding how to work with AI systems is imperative, from preparing effective prompts to interpreting a model's output. Workers must learn to gauge an AI suggestion and realise its value or shortcomings - whether based on accuracy, bias, or security concerns - and blend those insights into the final decision. Data and statistics will [always](https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/ai-upskilling/#:~:text=The%20first%20step%20in%20any,By%20pinpointing%20potential) be important. ### **Critical and strategic thinking** When routine tasks are automated, the human side of problem framing, strategy, and design can shine through. This means developing, along with domain expertise, long-term thinking: *choosing the right technology tools, architecting resilient systems, and carving out innovative ways to do things.* The [ability](https://aimconsulting.com/insights/knowledge-workers-move-up-the-stack/#:~:text=Gone%20are%20the%20days%20when,lies%20in%20their%20ability%20to) to envision strategic applications of AI for processes, rather than simply applying it to a single task, will set leaders apart. ### **Creativity and innovation** The human realm will generate fresh ideas, brainstorm new physical or digital products or services, and think outside the algorithmic box. According to the [WEF data](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/future-of-jobs-report-2025-jobs-of-the-future-and-the-skills-you-need-to-get-them/#:~:text=Some%20jobs%20are%20growing%20fast,AI%20and%20machine%20learning%20specialists), roles that require these abilities, such as engineering new fintech solutions, envisioning new educational curricula with AI, or designing novel avenues for public service, are growing rapidly. ### **Emotional intelligence and ethics** The human right of empathy and social judgment cannot (yet) be emulated by AI. When many things are automated, skills like communication, collaboration, negotiation, and emotional nuance increase in desirability. For instance, knowledge workers must manage the human side of operations to interpret and present results to various stakeholder groups, ensuring that the application of AI is within an ethical framework. For example, UNDP's "[AI for Government](https://www.undp.org/digital/ai-government#:~:text=As%20a%20Regulator%3A)" program trains government officials to deal with the legal, social, and bias aspects of AI issues, emphasising that AI deployment needs to be regulated and humanized by public servants. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-429.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) ### **Adaptability and lifelong learning** Technology continues to change rapidly, making learning for each role an absolute necessity. While adaptability, curiosity, and a growth mindset are focal points for experts, this is all about workers updating their skill sets again and again with the best practices of a new awareness of AI capabilities. Organizations should promote a culture of continuous learning because WEF has noted that investing in upskilling programs is already a crucial guarantee of future-readiness. In summary, we can state that skills are understood as the ability to coordinate across the human-AI frontier. Applied technical knowledge entails using the data, AI platform, and software tool, whereas higher-order thinking concerns analysis, strategy, ethics, and soft skills, such as communication and leadership. The demand will be for those who can straddle these domains; hence, a finance analyst with a working knowledge of machine learning or a government officer familiar with data policy and stakeholder engagement is a rare find. ## Organizational strategies for reskilling and transformation Bridging the gap between people and machines requires more than shiny new software; it calls for a deliberate shift in how teams operate. Leaders who tinker with job titles but stop there risk missing the moment, so they must rethink workflows, back training with dollars, and keep learning in plain view instead of hiding it in quarterly targets. Several approaches are starting to catch on: **Step back and redesign the whole operating model before you even think about flipping the automation switch**. Slapping code onto a clunky process only glues the bad parts together. Grab a whiteboard, outline the steps again, and look for a cleaner route. Process-mining software can trace every click and keystroke, exposing the stalled choke points that slow everyone down. With that map in hand, you can chop unnecessary work, slot in AI where it crunches numbers faster than a person would, and set humans loose on the judgment-heavy tasks only they can handle. Take the story of IBM's [HR crew](https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/new-ibm-study-reveals-how-ai-is-changing-work-and-what-hr-leaders-should-do-about-it#:~:text=,devote%20more%20time%20to%20high): they stripped the quarterly promotions grind of manual busywork by letting a custom Watsonx Orchestrate choreograph the data fetch, freeing the team to focus on tough calls about talent rather than hunting spreadsheets. **Invest as boldly in your people as you do in code, readying the workforce for the tremors AI and other waves of tech will send through the usual order**. Right now, HR is poised at a turning point, and the folks in those seats need to sketch how humans and machines will pull the organization’s heavy wagon forward. Someone has to spot the high-value corners of the business, carve out the keystone positions, and map which skills, certainly not all of them, are going to matter most tomorrow. That handiwork means trimming away repetitive errands that a bot can swallow, sometimes joining two titles into one, sometimes enlarging a job so it drags an AI dashboard into the daylight, and all the while cooking up quick-hit training that lets real people handle the meatier tasks. **Make skills the heart of your workforce plan, both for the challenges employees face now and for those still on the horizon**. Leaders should worry less about flashy projects and focus on steadily lifting everyone’s tech know-how, because that solid base is what lets people branch out and try fresher things. Many roles will not ever require serious coding, yet most team members will inevitably play with new-generation AI tools, so a little exposure goes a long way. When staff grasp the basics of artificial intelligence, they think critically, use the software sensibly, and even push back when something feels off. Asking what data trained a model, how it arrived at a given output, or whether hidden bias lurks in the results stops being an academic debate and starts sounding like standard procedure. Technology itself can play a role in personal growth. Point-and-click roadmaps that update as the market shifts show each person precisely what steps and what skills prepare them for the next rung on the ladder. Delta Airlines leaned on IBM Consulting to spin up just such a skills-first talent hub, and the IT crew there ramped up quickly on the hottest technologies. Beyond today, every firm is staring at a yawning AI skills gap that won’t fix itself; filling that chasm demands deliberate hiring, strategic learning budgets, and a bit of patience while new talent rises through the ranks. [Can AI widen customer and employee engagement gapAI has the potential to both widen and narrow the gap between employees and customers and ultimately cause brand impact, depending on how it is implemented and utilized within an organization.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-430.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBrendan Byrne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--4--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/can-ai-widen-customer-and-employee-engagement-gap/) **Let employees steer their own work, and suddenly jobs stop feeling like drudgery.** When teams get to pick the tasks they hate, the routine pain melts away. Generative software picks up the monotonous load and hands people back the hours they used to waste repeating the same clicks. New openings pop up organically, since folks now have breathing room to try odd experiments that might just turn into career paths. Open channels matter, so project lists, quick polls, even a spare Slack room where anybody can shout, *“Hey, this job could use a robot, keep the ideas flowing.”* A steady stream of feedback like that also acts as a low-key boot camp for future leaders because they get to practice owning change right on the frontline. Encourage managers, interns, pretty much anyone, to mash up tech with wild ideas in their day-to-day and watch the ownership spread. We stand at the crossroads, holding a rare moment where policy can tip the balance toward people or toward code. The choice of landing squarely in human hands still looks daunting, but nobody gets dragged through this blindly. Rethink talent models so skill, spirit, and technology line up instead of running in separate lanes. If those pieces fit together, the productivity spike follows, and so does the business value everyone keeps talking about. Skip that realignment, and the same tools that promise freedom end up sharpening the very collars we said were gone. ## Career and management implications The workplace is changing in ways that ripple well beyond the latest technology demo. Managers now need to rethink what authority even means when AIs pull as much weight as people do. Old command-and-control hierarchies simply don't fit. Collaboration, trial-and-error, and plain visibility in how algorithms make decisions matter far more. McKinsey [puts](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/superagency-in-the-workplace-empowering-people-to-unlock-ais-full-potential-at-work) it bluntly: *bold AI targets must drive new structures, fresh incentives, and tougher accountability rules*. Product, ops, and data leaders often end up elbow-deep together, swapping insights on the fly until a working prototype surfaces. That blend feels messy, but it works. Careers are reshaping themselves right alongside management practices. Few professionals will climb the same straight ladder their parents did. Instead, a T-shaped profile, deep chops in finance, and wide comfort with AI tools become the norm. New titles like AI product owner land beside more familiar ones on org charts, and folks are expected to slide from one box to another without fuss. Learning plans now stack competencies; a marketer who takes an AI analytics boot camp, then masters model auditing, suddenly qualifies for a much bigger role. Oracle [insists](https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/ai-upskilling/#:~:text=The%20first%20step%20in%20any,By%20pinpointing%20potential) virtually every job will soon add the phrase using generative AI and supervision thereof to its description, and the company is probably correct. Talent management is headed toward a sharper, skills-first focus. Where once longevity or pedigree ruled performance reviews, nimbleness, a learn-on-the-go mindset, and the knack for working in messy teams will start to tip the scales. The World Economic Forum is already calling this shift skills intelligence, a phrase that keeps popping up in boardrooms. Some firms are trying out real-time peer checks and milestone pay jumps: show the muscle, move up. A handful of trailblazers have even hooked up AI engines that nudge people toward fresh roles or courses based on what they have just mastered. The workplace of tomorrow, powered by ever-smarter tools, is anything but static. Most futurists agree machines won't erase jobs so much as carve them into new shapes. To keep the workforce from feeling whipsawed, leaders must step in early and steer the transition. That means backing learning routes, whether it’s funding an ML cert or bringing in coaches, and lavishing praise on the uniquely human spark that tech can’t mimic. One industry sage puts it bluntly: the people who win will be knowledge workers who wield AI deftly but never lose sight of crafting solutions that are durable, valuable, and, above all, humane. ## What's next? The workplace of tomorrow will blend people and artificial intelligence in ways that feel ordinary before long. Analysts, designers, coaches-everyone who trades in knowledge-will spend less time pushing pixels or filling sheets and more on insight, judgment, and plain old human connection. Companies that show real leadership will retrain staff, re-architect roles, and rethink how managers ask questions and give credit. For those that pull it off, productivity will inch upward and, just maybe, the teams doing the work will feel a bit more alive in the process. ### Turning structured data into ROI with genAI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turning-structured-data-into-roi-with-genai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:24:08.000Z At [GigaSpaces](https://www.gigaspaces.com/), we've been in the data management game for over twenty years. We specialize in mission-critical, real-time software solutions, and over the past two decades, we’ve seen just how essential structured data is, whether it resides in a traditional database, an Excel sheet, or a humble CSV file. Every company, regardless of its size or industry, relies on structured data. Maybe it’s the bulk of their operations, maybe just a slice, but either way, the need for fast, reliable access to that data is universal. Of course, what “real-time” means varies depending on the business. For some, it’s milliseconds; for others, hours might do. However, the expectation remains the same: access must be seamless, fast, and dependable. ## **The reality of enterprise data management** Let’s talk about the real challenge: enterprise data is hard to work with. Even when structured, it’s often fragmented across systems, stored in outdated databases, or locked behind poorly configured infrastructure. Many organizations are still running on databases built twenty or thirty years ago. And as anyone who’s tried knows, fixing those systems is a monumental task, often one attempted only once and never repeated. Once bitten, twice shy. So, how do we give business users the access they need without overhauling everything? That’s where things get complicated. Enterprises have layered on workaround after workaround: ETL pipelines, data warehouses, operational data stores, data lakes, caching layers, you name it. Each is a patch or workaround designed to move, manipulate, and surface data for reporting or analysis. But every added layer introduces more complexity, more latency, and more chances for something to go wrong. ## **Why traditional BI is no longer enough** For years, Business Intelligence (BI) has been the go-to solution for helping users visualize and interpret data. Everyone here is familiar with it; you probably have a BI tool running right now. But BI isn’t enough anymore. While it serves a purpose, traditional BI platforms only show a limited slice of the full data picture. They're constrained by what’s been extracted, transformed, and loaded into the data warehouse. If it doesn’t make it into the warehouse, it won’t appear in the dashboard. That means critical context and nuance often get lost. Analysts today need more than just static reports. They want to slice and dice data, follow up with deeper questions, drill down into specifics, and do all of this without filing a ticket or waiting days for a response. The modern business user expects the ability to interact with data in real time, in the flow of work. So, the question is: can we actually enable that? ## **The evolution toward smarter data access** We’re in the middle of a major shift. While BI isn’t going away, traditional reports still serve their purpose; we’re clearly moving into the next phase of data interaction. Natural language processing (NLP), AI copilots, and more dynamic querying interfaces are emerging. The goal? To simplify access. Imagine this: connect directly to your database, ask a business question in plain English, and get an instant answer. That’s the vision. And to a surprising extent, we’re starting to see it come to life. Consider the rise of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). How many of your companies are already experimenting with RAG? From what we’ve seen, that’s about 60–70%. RAG is an exciting technique, especially when dealing with unstructured or semi-structured data. But let’s park that for now. We’ll return to it shortly. [AI-powered NLP enhances legal aid at Justice ConnectJustice Connect uses NLP technology to improve efficiency and provide faster legal aid to disadvantaged individuals in Australia.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-427.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1589391886645-d51941baf7fb)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-nlp-enhances-legal-aid-at-justice-connect/) ## **Just ask: Making data truly accessible through NLQ** At GigaSpaces, our motto is simple: ***just ask***. We believe business users, whether they’re technical, semi-technical, or purely business-oriented, should be able to ask a question and get an answer instantly. If a CEO is heading into a board meeting and needs data on performance, risk, or opportunity, they should be able to ask for it directly. Natural language querying (NLQ) makes this possible. Imagine asking: *What are my high-risk portfolios?* Or: *Show me client investment distribution.* Or: *How are we performing on compliance monitoring?* No SQL, no dashboards: just a question, and an answer. Interestingly, one of our recent prospects was from [procurement](https://www.gigaspaces.com/use-cases/procurement-supply-chain). They weren’t the obvious audience for a data tool, but once they saw what NLQ could do, they wanted in. Why? Because they needed to compare vendor pricing, pulling internal data and matching it against public sources. It turns out, everyone in the organization wants fast, intelligent access to data. ## **Technology is great, but business value comes first** Let’s start with something even more important than the technology: business value. As technologists, it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of new tools. We play, we experiment, we test with R&D. But at the end of the day, what really matters is this: does it deliver value to the business? If 80% of the organization adopts a tool, that’s great, but only if that adoption translates into measurable outcomes. Are we saving time? Reducing costs? Increasing decision velocity? Too many tools are “nice to have.” They make your day 1% easier, but that’s not enough to justify the investment. With NLQ and technologies like RAG, we’re not just adding convenience. We’re flipping the paradigm. With [eRAG](https://www.gigaspaces.com/products/erag) we’re turning everyday users into power users by letting them interact with data directly. That’s a big deal, especially when most organizations are still stuck in the mindset of “we’ve got a few reports, it is what it is.” RAG and similar techniques are changing that. They’re making data feel accessible again. But here’s the catch: most RAG implementations are built on unstructured or semi-structured data, and the results aren’t real-time. You vectorize data, you query it, but you're essentially querying yesterday’s data. That’s fine for some use cases. But for healthcare, asset management, or retail? Yesterday’s data isn’t good enough. In those domains, a delay of even an hour can be too late. So, how do we bridge that gap? [Applications of deep learning in healthcareJonathan Rubin, Senior Scientist at Philips Research, outlines various applications of ML & DL in healthcare, emphasizing their unique benefits.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-428.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJonathan Rubin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/national-cancer-institute-BDKid0yJcAk-unsplash-3.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/applications-of-deep-learning-in-healthcare/) ## [**Beyond RAG**](https://go.gigaspaces.com/webinar/view-beyond-rag?utm%5Fcampaign=10464610-April%202025%3A%20Beyond%20RAG%3A%20Securely%20Unlocking%20Structured%20Data%20for%20Enterprise%20AI&utm%5Fsource=hs%5Femail&utm%5Fmedium=email&%5Fhsenc=p2ANqtz-%5FkSXHILAok0nbQh8esq7fj5jfbwLHn9KUAPje3xXiqfRcjNhrMsiJOmOU%5FFfN9ZT-fy%5Fnv?)**: Table-augmented generation and metadata intelligence** There is a better way. One emerging approach is what some are calling Table-Augmented Generation (TAG). Think of it as applying the principles of RAG, but over structured metadata. We’re talking about vectorizing metadata, using graph RAG to identify relationships and connections, even between tables that aren’t explicitly linked. It’s not just clever; it’s practical. Behind the scenes, we’re layering in traditional and semantic caching, schema linking, and building a semantic layer that stretches across multiple databases. Users can connect to two, three, or even fifty databases and build a unified semantic map without accessing the raw data. And no, we’re not building a catalog or implementing MDM. If you’ve ever tried that, you know it’s a nightmare. This isn’t about solving the entire organization’s data taxonomy. It’s about solving for each business unit individually, allowing them to work in their own language, with their own vocabulary and semantics. This flexibility is key, and yes, AI governance and security are baked in. That’s a whole topic on its own, but worth noting here: it’s not an afterthought. The product behind all this is something we call Enterprise RAG, or eRAG. It exposes an API that users can integrate directly or call via REST. It’s model-agnostic, cloud-agnostic, and it just works. Check it out in more detail[ here.](https://gigaspaces-3485461.hs-sites.com/share/hubspotvideo/187540359936?utm%5Fcampaign=14522804-June%202025%3A%20Generative%20AI%20Summit%20New%20York&utm%5Fsource=hs%5Femail&utm%5Fmedium=email&%5Fhsenc=p2ANqtz--O4mj2X0JDzt1AahVWOxWIEA0hFU%5FQ8epMwc0awV60vFycw6ebvO2PelKxakyiLsjbHxKe) ## **Implementing a semantic layer that learns from users** Here’s the kicker: the solution is SaaS. Whether your data resides on-premises or in the cloud, we connect, extract the metadata, and build a semantic layer using five to seven behind-the-scenes techniques to optimize for comprehension and usability. From the user’s point of view? All they have to do is ask a question. Even better, those questions help train the system. When users respond with feedback, positive or negative, it fine-tunes the semantic layer. If something’s off, they can simply say so, in natural language, and the platform adapts. This isn’t a developer tool. It’s not a Python library. It’s a human interface to structured data, and that’s where the magic is. Accuracy and simplicity, combined. Whether you choose to build this kind of system yourself or opt for a ready-to-go solution, usability is key. ## **Final thoughts** As enterprises wrestle with fragmented data and rising expectations for speed and accessibility, the future of data management is clear: it’s about empowering every user to get answers in real time, without layers of complexity in the way. Technologies like NLQ, TAG, and Enterprise RAG are shifting the focus from infrastructure to impact, turning data from a bottleneck into a true business enabler. The path forward isn’t just about adopting smarter tools; it’s about reimagining how people and data interact, so that insight is always just a question away. Ready to turn your data into answers? Discover how eRAG and NLQ can unlock real-time insight for your team. [Reach out](https://go.gigaspaces.com/meetings/gigaspaces-marketing?utm%5Fcampaign=14522804-June+2025%3A+Generative+AI+Summit+New+York&utm%5Fsource=AiAi+promotion&uuid=ee5e88e8-a2cd-4354-a7c3-757fb61c4528) to learn more. ### How TigerEye is redefining AI-powered business intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-tigereye-is-redefining-ai-powered-business-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:25:22.000Z At the Generative AI Summit in Silicon Valley, Ralph Gootee, Co-founder of TigerEye, joined Tim Mitchell, Business Line Lead, Technology at the AI Accelerator Institute, to discuss how AI is transforming business intelligence for go-to-market teams. In this interview, Ralph shares lessons learned from building two companies and explores how [TigerEye](https://www.tigereye.com/) is rethinking business intelligence from the ground up with AI, helping organizations unlock reliable, actionable insights without wasting resources on bespoke analytics. **Tim Mitchell:** Ralph, it’s a pleasure to have you here. We’re on day two of the Generative AI Summit, part of AI Silicon Valley. You're a huge part of the industry in Silicon Valley, so it’s amazing to have you join us. TigerEye is here as part of the event. Maybe for folks that aren’t familiar with the brand, you can just give a quick rundown of who you are and what you’re doing. **Ralph:** I’m the co-founder of TigerEye – my second company. It’s exciting to be solving some of the problems we had with our first company, PlanGrid, in this one. We sold PlanGrid to Autodesk. I had a really good time building it. But when you’re building a company, you end up having many internal metrics to track, and a lot of things that happen with sales. So, we built a data team. With TigerEye, we’re using AI to help build that data team for other companies, so they can learn from our past mistakes. We’re helping them build business intelligence that’s meant for go-to-market, so sales, marketing, and finance all together in one package. ## **Lessons learned from PlanGrid** **Tim:** What were some of those mistakes that you’re now helping others avoid? **Ralph:** The biggest one was using highly skilled resources to build internal analytics, time that could’ve gone into building customer-facing features. We had talented data engineers figuring out sales metrics instead of enhancing our product. That’s a key learning we bring to TigerEye. ## **What makes TigerEye unique** **Tim:** If I can describe TigerEye in short as an AI analyst for business intelligence, what’s unique about TigerEye in that space? **Ralph:** One of the things that’s unique is we were built from the ground up for AI. Where a lot of other companies are trying to tack on or figure out how they’re going to work with AI, TigerEye was built in generative AI as a world. Rather than relying on text or trying to gather up metrics that could cause hallucination, we actually write SQL from the bottom up. Our platform is built on SQL, so we can give answers that show your math. You can see why the win rate is that, and it will decrease over time. ## **Why Generative AI Summit matters** **Tim:** And what’s interesting about this conference for you? **Ralph:** The conference brings together both big companies and startups. It’s really nice to have conversations with companies that have more mature data issues, versus startups that are just figuring out how their sales motions work. ## **The challenges of roadmapping in AI** **Tim:** You’re the co-founder, but as CTO, in what kind of capacity does the roadmapping cause you headaches? What does that process look like for a solution like this? **Ralph:** In the AI world, roadmapping is challenging because it keeps getting so much better so quickly. The only thing you know for sure is you’re going to have a new model drop that really moves things forward. Thankfully for us, we solve what we see as the hardest part of AI, giving 100% accurate answers. We still haven’t seen foundational models do that on their own, but they get much better at writing code. So the way we’ve taught to write SQL, and how we work with foundational models, both go into the roadmap. Another part is what foundational models we support. Right now, we work with OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic. Every time there’s a new model drop, we evaluate it and think about whether we want to bring that in. ## **Evaluating and choosing models** **Tim:** How do you choose which model to use? **Ralph:** There are two major things. One, we have a full evaluation framework. Since we specialize in sales questions, we’ve seen thousands of sales questions, and we know what the answer should be and how to write the code for them. We run new models through that and see how they look. The other is speed. Latency really matters; people want instant responses. Sometimes, even within the same vendor, the speed will vary model by model, but that latency is important. ## **The future of AI-powered business intelligence** **Tim:** What’s next for you guys? Any AI-powered revelations we can expect? **Ralph:** We think AI is going to be solved first in business intelligence in deep vertical sections. It’s hard to imagine AI solving a Shopify company’s challenge and also a supply chain challenge for an enterprise. We’re going deep into verticals to see what new features AI has to understand. For example, in sales, territory management is a big challenge: splitting up accounts, segmenting business. We’re teaching AI how to optimize territory distribution and have those conversations with our customers. That’s where a lot of our roadmap is right now. ## **Who’s adopting AI business intelligence?** **Tim:** With these new products, who are you seeing the biggest wins with? **Ralph:** Startups and mid-market have a good risk tolerance for AI products. Enterprises, we can have deep conversations, but it’s a slower process. They’re forming their strategic AI teams but not getting deep into it yet. Startups and mid-market, especially AI companies themselves, are going full-bore. **Tim:** And what are the risks or doubts that enterprises might have? **Ralph:** Most enterprises have multiple AI teams, and they don’t even know it. It happened out of nowhere. Then they realize they need an AI visionary to lead those teams. The AI visionary is figuring out their job, and the enterprise is going through that process. The best enterprises focus on delivering more value to their customers with fewer resources. We’re seeing that trend – how do I get my margins up and lower my costs? ## **Final thoughts** As AI continues to reshape business intelligence, it’s clear that success will come to those who focus on practical, reliable solutions that serve real go-to-market needs. TigerEye’s approach, combining AI’s power with transparent, verifiable analytics, offers a glimpse into the future of business intelligence: one where teams spend less time wrestling with data and more time acting on insights. As the technology evolves, the companies that go deep into vertical challenges and stay laser-focused on customer value will be the ones leading the charge. ### Why agentic AI pilots fail and how to scale safely URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-agentic-ai-pilots-fail-and-how-to-scale-safely/ Last updated: 2025-06-27T15:29:55.000Z At the [AI Accelerator Institute Summit in New York,](https://productmarketing.wistia.com/folders/l0g7sdh10q) Oren Michels, Co-founder and CEO of Barndoor AI, joined a one-on-one discussion with Alexander Puutio, Professor and Author, to explore a question facing every enterprise experimenting with AI: Why do so many AI pilots stall, and what will it take to unlock real value? [Barndoor AI](http://barndoor.ai/?utm%5Fsource=event&utm%5Fmedium=partner&utm%5Fcampaign=agenticaisummitny2025&utm%5Fcontent=article) launched in May 2025\. Its mission addresses a gap Oren has seen over decades working in data access and security: how to secure and manage AI agents so they can deliver on their promise in enterprise settings. > *“What you’re really here for is the discussion about AI access,” he told the audience. “There’s a real need to secure AI agents, and frankly, the approaches I’d seen so far didn’t make much sense to me.”* AI pilots are being built, but Oren was quick to point out that deployment is where the real challenges begin. As Alexander noted: > *“If you’ve been around AI, as I know everyone here has, you’ve seen it. There are pilots everywhere…”* ## **Why AI pilots fail** Oren didn’t sugarcoat the current state of enterprise AI pilots: > *“There are lots of them. And many are wrapping up now without much to show for it.”* Alexander echoed that hard truth with a personal story. In a Forbes column, he’d featured a CEO who was bullish on AI, front-loading pilots to automate calendars and streamline doctor communications. But just three months later, the same CEO emailed him privately: > *“Alex, I need to talk to you about the pilot.”* The reality? > *“The whole thing went off the rails. Nothing worked, and the vendor pulled out.”* Why is this happening? According to Oren, it starts with a misconception about how AI fits into real work: > *“When we talk about AI today, people often think of large language models, like ChatGPT. And that means a chat interface.”* But this assumption is flawed. > *“That interface presumes that people do their jobs by chatting with a smart PhD about what to do. That’s just not how most people work.”* Oren explained that most employees engage with specific tools and data. They apply their training, gather information, and produce work products. That’s where current AI deployments miss the mark, except in coding: > *“Coding is one of those rare jobs where you do hand over your work to a smart expert and say, ‘Here’s my code, it’s broken, help me fix it.’ LLMs are great at that. But for most functions, we need AI that engages with tools the way people do, so it can do useful, interesting work.”* ![“If you’ve been around AI, as I know everyone here has, you’ve seen it. There are pilots everywhere…”](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/AIAI_Sharing_Article_Images_Text_Only_.png) ## **The promise of agents and the real bottleneck** Alexander pointed to early agentic AI experiments, like Devin, touted as the first AI software engineer: > *“When you actually looked at what the agent did, it didn’t really do that much, right?”* Oren agreed. The issue wasn’t the technology; it was the disconnect between what people expect agents to do and how they actually work: > *“There’s this promise that someone like Joe in finance will know how to tell an agent to do something useful. Joe’s probably a fantastic finance professional, but he’s not part of that subset who knows how to instruct computers effectively.”* He pointed to Zapier as proof: a no-code tool that didn’t replace coders. > *“The real challenge isn’t just knowing how to code. It’s seeing these powerful tools, understanding the business problems, and figuring out how to connect the two. That’s where value comes from.”* And too often, Oren noted, companies think money alone will solve it. CEOs invest heavily and end up with nothing to show because: > *“Maybe the human process, or how people actually use these tools, just isn’t working.”* This brings us to what Oren called the real bottleneck: access, not just to AI, but what AI can access. > *“We give humans access based on who they are, what they’re doing, and how much we trust them. But AI hasn’t followed that same path. Just having AI log in like a human and click around isn’t that interesting; that’s just scaled-up robotic process automation.”* Instead, enterprises need to define: - What they trust an agent to do - The rights of the human behind it - The rules of the system it’s interacting with - And the specific task at hand These intersect to form what Oren called a multi-dimensional access problem: > *“Without granular controls, you end up either dialing agents back so much they’re less useful than humans, or you risk over-permissioning. The goal is to make them more useful than humans.”* ## **Why specialized agents are the future (and how to manage the “mess”)** As the conversation shifted to access, Alexander posed a question many AI leaders grapple with: When we think about role- and permission-based access, are we really debating the edges of agentic AI? > *“Should agents be able to touch everything, like deleting Salesforce records, or are we heading toward hyper-niche agents?”* Oren was clear on where he stands: > *“I’d be one of those people making the case for niche agents. It’s the same as how we hire humans. You don’t hire one person to do everything. There’s not going to be a single AI that rules them all, no matter how good it is.”* Instead, as companies evolve, they’ll seek out specialized tools, just like they hire specialized people. > *“You wouldn’t hire a bunch of generalists and hope the company runs smoothly. The same will happen with agents.”* But with specialization comes complexity. Alexander put it bluntly: > *“How do we manage the mess? Because, let’s face it, there’s going to be a mess.”* Oren welcomed that reality: > *“The mess is actually a good thing. We already have it with software. But you don’t manage it agent by agent, there will be way too many.”* The key is centralized management: - A single place to manage all agents - Controls based on what agents are trying to do, and the role of the human behind them - System-specific safeguards, because admins (like your Salesforce or HR lead) need to manage what’s happening in their domain > *“If each agent or its builder had its own way of handling security, that wouldn’t be sustainable. And you don’t want agents or their creators deciding their own security protocols – that’s probably not a great idea.”* ![“Should agents be able to touch everything, like deleting Salesforce records, or are we heading toward hyper-niche agents?”](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/AIAI_Sharing_Article_Images_Text_Only_--1-.png) ## **Why AI agents need guardrails and onboarding** The question of accountability loomed large. When humans manage fleets of AI agents, where does responsibility sit? Oren was clear: > *“There’s human accountability. But we have to remember: humans don’t always know what the agents are going to do, or how they’re going to do it. If we’ve learned anything about AI so far, it’s that it can have a bit of a mind of its own.”* He likened agents to enthusiastic interns – eager to prove themselves, sometimes overstepping in their zeal: > *“They’ll do everything they can to impress. And that’s where guardrails come in. But it’s hard to build those guardrails inside the agent. They’re crafty. They’ll often find ways around internal limits.”* The smarter approach? Start small: - Give agents a limited scope. - Watch their behavior. - Extend trust gradually, just as you would with a human intern who earns more responsibility over time. This led to the next logical step: onboarding. Alexander asked whether bringing in AI agents is like an HR function. Oren agreed and shared a great metaphor from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang: > *“You have your biological workforce, managed by HR, and your agent workforce, managed by IT.”* Just as companies use HR systems to manage people, they’ll need systems to manage, deploy, and train AI agents so they’re efficient and, as Alexander added, *safe*. ## **How to manage AI’s intent** Speed is one of AI’s greatest strengths and risks. As Oren put it: > *“Agents are, at their core, computers, and they can do things very, very fast. One CISO I know described it perfectly: she wants to limit the blast radius of the agents when they come in.”* That idea resonated. Alexander shared a similar reflection from a security company CEO: > *“AI can sometimes be absolutely benevolent, no problem at all, but you still want to track who’s doing what and who’s accessing what. It could be malicious. Or it could be well-intentioned but doing the wrong thing.”* Real-world examples abound from models like Anthropic’s Claude “snitching” on users, to AI trying to protect its own code base in unintended ways. So, how do we manage the intent of AI agents? Oren drew a striking contrast to traditional computing: > *“Historically, computers did exactly what you told them; whether that’s what you wanted or not. But that’s not entirely true anymore. With AI, sometimes they won’t do exactly what you tell them to.”* That makes managing them a mix of art and science. And, as Oren pointed out, this isn’t something you can expect every employee to master: > *“It’s not going to be Joe in finance spinning up an agent to do their job. These tools are too powerful, too complex. Deploying them effectively takes expertise.”* ## **Why pilots stall and how innovation spreads** If agents could truly do it all, Oren quipped: > *“They wouldn’t need us here, they’d just handle it all on their own.”* But the reality is different. When Alexander asked about governance failures, Oren pointed to a subtle but powerful cause of failure. Not reckless deployments, but inertia: > *“The failure I see isn’t poor governance in action, it’s what’s not happening. Companies are reluctant to really turn these agents loose because they don’t have the visibility or control they need.”* The result? Pilot projects that go nowhere. > *“It’s like hiring incredibly talented people but not giving them access to the tools they need to do their jobs and then being disappointed with the results.”* In contrast, successful AI deployments come from open organizations that grant broader access and trust. But Oren acknowledged the catch: > *“The larger you get as a company, the harder it is to pull off. You can’t run a large enterprise that way.”* So, where does innovation come from? > *“It’s bottom-up, but also outside-in. You’ll see visionary teams build something cool, showcase it, and suddenly everyone wants it. That’s how adoption spreads, just like in the API world.”* And to bring that innovation into safe, scalable practice: - Start with governance and security so people feel safe experimenting. - Engage both internal teams and outside experts. - Focus on solving real business problems, not just deploying tech for its own sake. Oren put it bluntly: > *“CISOs and CTOs, they don’t really have an AI problem. But the people creating products, selling them, managing finance – they need AI to stay competitive.”* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/AIAI_Sharing_Article_Images_Text_Only_--2-.png) ## **Trusting AI from an exoskeleton to an independent agent** The conversation circled back to a critical theme: trust. Alexander shared a reflection that resonated deeply: > *“Before ChatGPT, the human experience with computers was like Excel: one plus one is always two. If something went wrong, you assumed it was your mistake. The computer was always right.”* But now, AI behaves in ways that can feel unpredictable, even untrustworthy. What does that mean for how we work with it? Oren saw this shift as a feature, not a flaw: > *“If AI were completely linear, you’d just be programming, and that’s not what AI is meant to be. These models are trained on the entirety of human knowledge. You want them to go off and find interesting, different ways of looking at problems.”* The power of AI, he argued, comes not from treating it like Google, but from engaging it in a process: > *“My son works in science at a biotech startup in Denmark. He uses AI not to get the answer, but to have a conversation about how to find the answer. That’s the mindset that leads to success with AI.”* And that mindset extends to gradual trust: > *“Start by assigning low-risk tasks. Keep a human in the loop. As the AI delivers better results over time, you can reduce that oversight. Eventually, for certain tasks, you can take the human out of the loop.”* Oren summed it up with a powerful metaphor: > *“You start with AI as an exoskeleton; it makes you bigger, stronger, faster. And over time, it can become more like the robot that does the work itself.”* ## **The spectrum of agentic AI and why access controls are key** Alexander tied the conversation to a helpful analogy from a JP Morgan CTO: agentic AI isn’t binary. > *“There’s no clear 0 or 1 where something is agentic or isn’t. At one end, you have a fully trusted system of agents. On the other hand, maybe it’s just a one-shot prompt or classic RPA with a bit of machine learning on top.”* Oren agreed: > *“You’ve described the two ends of the spectrum perfectly. And with all automation, the key is deciding where on that spectrum we’re comfortable operating.”* He compared it to self-driving cars: > *“Level 1 is cruise control; Level 5 is full autonomy. We’re comfortable somewhere in the middle right now. It’ll be the same with agents. As they get better, and as we get better at guiding them, we’ll move further along that spectrum.”* And how do you navigate that safely? Oren returned to the importance of access controls: > *“When you control access outside the agent layer, you don’t have to worry as much about what’s happening inside. The agent can’t see or write to anything it isn’t allowed to.”* That approach offers two critical safeguards: - It prevents unintended actions. - It provides visibility into attempts, showing when an agent tries to do something it shouldn’t, so teams can adjust the instructions before harm is done. > *“That lets you figure out what you’re telling it that’s prompting that behavior, without letting it break anything.”* ## **The business imperative and the myth of the chat interface** At the enterprise level, Oren emphasized that the rise of the **Chief AI Officer** reflects a deeper truth: > *“Someone in the company recognized that we need to figure this out to compete. Either you solve this before your competitors and gain an advantage, or you fall behind.”* And that, Oren stressed, is why this is not just a technology problem, it’s a business problem: > *“You’re using technology, but you’re solving business challenges. You need to engage the people who have the problems, and the folks solving them, and figure out how AI can make that more efficient.”* When Alexander asked about the biggest myth in AI enterprise adoption, Oren didn’t hesitate: > *“That the chat interface will win.”* While coders love chat interfaces because they can feed in code and get help most employees don’t work that way: > *“Most people don’t do their jobs through chat-like interaction. And most don’t know how to use a chat interface effectively. They see a box, like Google search, and that doesn’t work well with AI.”* He predicted that within five years, chat interfaces will be niche. The real value? > *“Agents doing useful things behind the scenes.”* ## **How to scale AI safely** Finally, in response to a closing question from Alexander, Oren offered practical advice for enterprises looking to scale AI safely: > *“Visibility is key. We don’t fully understand what happens inside these models; no one really does. Any tool that claims it can guarantee behavior inside the model? I’m skeptical.”* Instead, Oren urged companies to focus on where they can act: > *“Manage what goes into the tools, and what comes out. Don’t believe you can control what happens within them.”* ## **Final thoughts** As enterprises navigate the complex realities of AI adoption, one thing is clear: success won’t come from chasing hype or hoping a chat interface will magically solve business challenges. It will come from building thoughtful guardrails, designing specialized agents, and aligning AI initiatives with real-world workflows and risks. The future belongs to companies that strike the right balance; trusting AI enough to unlock its potential, but governing it wisely to protect their business. The path forward isn’t about replacing people; it’s about empowering them with AI that truly works *with* them, not just beside them. ### AIAI New York, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-new-york-2025-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:25:16.000Z Catch up on every session from the AIAI New York with sessions across 3 co-located summit featuring the likes of Meta, Bank of America, Google DeepMind and many more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### LLMOps in action: How we move GenAI from prototype to production URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-in-action-how-we-move-genai-from-prototype-to-production/ Last updated: 2025-06-20T16:00:08.000Z Struggling to get your GenAI prototype into production? Discover how LLMOps helps streamline deployment – fast, scalable, and reliable. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### LLMOps Virtual Summit, May 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-virtual-summit-may-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:22:20.000Z Catch up on every session from LLMOps Virtual Summit, with sessions from the likes of Google, Unicef, Capital One, Linkedin and more... _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### CAP theorem in ML: Consistency vs. availability URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cap-theorem-in-ml-consistency-vs-availability/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:09:29.000Z The CAP theorem has long been the unavoidable reality check for distributed database architects. However, as [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) (ML) evolves from isolated [model training](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-scalable-image-data-pipelines-for-ai-training/) to complex, distributed pipelines operating in real-time, ML engineers are discovering that these same fundamental constraints also apply to their systems. What was once considered primarily a database concern has become increasingly relevant in the AI engineering landscape. Modern ML systems span multiple nodes, process terabytes of data, and increasingly need to make predictions with sub-second latency. In this distributed reality, the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and partition tolerance aren't academic — they're engineering decisions that directly impact model performance, user experience, and business outcomes. This article explores how the CAP theorem manifests in AI/ML pipelines, examining specific components where these trade-offs become critical decision points. By understanding these constraints, ML engineers can make better architectural choices that align with their specific requirements rather than fighting against fundamental distributed systems limitations. ## Quick recap: What is the CAP theorem? The CAP theorem, formulated by Eric Brewer in 2000, states that in a distributed data system, you can guarantee at most two of these three properties simultaneously: - **Consistency**: Every read receives the most recent write or an error - **Availability**: Every request receives a non-error response (though not necessarily the most recent data) - **Partition tolerance**: The system continues to operate despite network failures between nodes Traditional database examples illustrate these trade-offs clearly: - **CA systems**: Traditional relational databases like PostgreSQL prioritize consistency and availability but struggle when network partitions occur. - **CP systems**: Databases like HBase or MongoDB (in certain configurations) prioritize consistency over availability when partitions happen. - **AP systems**: Cassandra and DynamoDB favor availability and partition tolerance, adopting eventual consistency models. What's interesting is that these same trade-offs don't just apply to databases — they're increasingly critical considerations in distributed ML systems, from data pipelines to model serving infrastructure. [The great web rebuild: Infrastructure for the AI agent eraAI agents require rethinking trust, authentication, and security—see how Agent Passports and new protocols will redefine online interactions.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-421.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--50-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-great-web-rebuild-infrastructure-for-the-ai-agent-era/) ## Where the CAP theorem shows up in ML pipelines ### Data ingestion and processing The first stage where CAP trade-offs appear is in data collection and processing pipelines: **Stream processing (AP bias)**: Real-time data pipelines using Kafka, Kinesis, or Pulsar prioritize availability and partition tolerance. They'll continue accepting events during network issues, but may process them out of order or duplicate them, creating consistency challenges for downstream ML systems. **Batch processing (CP bias)**: Traditional ETL jobs using Spark, Airflow, or similar tools prioritize consistency — each batch represents a coherent snapshot of data at processing time. However, they sacrifice availability by processing data in discrete windows rather than continuously. This fundamental tension explains why Lambda and Kappa architectures emerged — they're attempts to balance these CAP trade-offs by combining stream and batch approaches. ### Feature Stores Feature stores sit at the heart of modern ML systems, and they face particularly acute CAP theorem challenges. **Training-serving skew**: One of the core features of feature stores is ensuring consistency between training and serving environments. However, achieving this while maintaining high availability during network partitions is extraordinarily difficult. Consider a global feature store serving multiple regions: Do you prioritize consistency by ensuring all features are identical across regions (risking unavailability during network issues)? Or do you favor availability by allowing regions to diverge temporarily (risking inconsistent predictions)? ### Model training Distributed training introduces another domain where CAP trade-offs become evident: **Synchronous SGD (CP bias)**: Frameworks like distributed TensorFlow with synchronous updates prioritize consistency of parameters across workers, but can become unavailable if some workers slow down or disconnect. **Asynchronous SGD (AP bias)**: Allows training to continue even when some workers are unavailable but sacrifices parameter consistency, potentially affecting convergence. **Federated learning**: Perhaps the clearest example of CAP in training — heavily favors partition tolerance (devices come and go) and availability (training continues regardless) at the expense of global model consistency. ### Model serving When deploying models to production, CAP trade-offs directly impact user experience: **Hot deployments vs. consistency**: Rolling updates to models can lead to inconsistent predictions during deployment windows — some requests hit the old model, some the new one. **A/B testing**: How do you ensure users consistently see the same model variant? This becomes a classic consistency challenge in distributed serving. **Model versioning**: Immediate rollbacks vs. ensuring all servers have the exact same model version is a clear availability-consistency tension. [Superintelligent language models: A new era of artificial cognitionThe rise of large language models (LLMs) is pushing the boundaries of AI, sparking new debates on the future and ethics of artificial general intelligence.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-423.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBrendan Byrne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/) ## Case studies: CAP trade-offs in production ML systems ### Real-time recommendation systems (AP bias) E-commerce and content platforms typically favor availability and partition tolerance in their [recommendation systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-recommender-systems-support-social-learning-in-companies/). If the recommendation service is momentarily unable to access the latest user interaction data due to network issues, most businesses would rather serve slightly outdated recommendations than no recommendations at all. Netflix, for example, has explicitly [designed](https://help.netflix.com/en/node/100639) its recommendation architecture to degrade gracefully, falling back to increasingly generic recommendations rather than failing if personalization data is unavailable. ### Healt**hcare diagnostic sys**tems (CP bias) In contrast, ML systems for healthcare diagnostics typically prioritize consistency over availability. Medical diagnostic systems can't afford to make predictions based on potentially outdated information. A healthcare ML system might refuse to generate predictions rather than risk inconsistent results when some data sources are unavailable — a clear CP choice prioritizing safety over availability. ### Edge ML for IoT devices (AP bias) IoT deployments with on-device inference must handle frequent network partitions as devices move in and out of connectivity. These systems typically adopt AP strategies: - Locally cached models that operate independently - Asynchronous model updates when connectivity is available - Local data collection with eventual consistency when syncing to the cloud Google's Live Transcribe for hearing impairment uses [this approach](https://9to5google.com/2022/03/10/google-live-transcribe-feature-now-works-when-offline/) — the speech recognition model runs entirely on-device, prioritizing availability even when disconnected, with model updates happening eventually when connectivity is restored. ## Strategies to balance CAP in ML systems Given these constraints, how can ML engineers build systems that best navigate CAP trade-offs? ### Graceful degradation Design ML systems that can operate at varying levels of capability depending on data freshness and availability: - Fall back to simpler models when real-time features are unavailable - Use confidence scores to adjust prediction behavior based on data completeness - Implement tiered timeout policies for feature lookups DoorDash's ML platform, for example, [incorporates](https://careersatdoordash.com/blog/improving-etas-with-multi-task-models-deep-learning-and-probabilistic-forecasts/) multiple fallback layers for their delivery time prediction models — from a fully-featured real-time model to progressively simpler models based on what data is available within strict latency budgets. ### Hybrid architectures Combine approaches that make different CAP trade-offs: - **Lambda architecture**: Use batch processing (CP) for correctness and stream processing (AP) for recency - **Feature store tiering**: Store consistency-critical features differently from availability-critical ones - **Materialized views**: Pre-compute and cache certain feature combinations to improve availability without sacrificing consistency Uber's Michelangelo platform exemplifies this approach, [maintaining](https://www.uber.com/en-IT/blog/michelangelo-machine-learning-platform/) both real-time and batch paths for feature generation and model serving. ### Consistency-aware training Build consistency challenges directly into the training process: - Train with artificially delayed or missing features to make models robust to these conditions - Use data augmentation to simulate feature inconsistency scenarios - Incorporate timestamp information as explicit model inputs Facebook's recommendation systems are trained with awareness of feature staleness, allowing the models to adjust predictions based on the freshness of available signals. ### Intelligent caching with TTLs Implement caching policies that explicitly acknowledge the consistency-availability trade-off: - Use time-to-live (TTL) values based on feature volatility - Implement semantic caching that understands which features can tolerate staleness - Adjust cache policies dynamically based on system conditions [How to build autonomous AI agent with Google A2A protocolHow to build autonomous AI agent with Google A2A protocol, Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), Llama Prompt Guard 2, Gemma 3, and Gemini 2.0 Flash.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-424.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAlexey Tyurin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--59-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-build-autonomous-ai-agent-with-google-a2a-protocol/) ## Design principles for CAP-aware ML systems ### Understand your critical path Not all parts of your ML system have the same CAP requirements: 1. Map your ML pipeline components and identify where consistency matters most vs. where availability is crucial 2. Distinguish between features that genuinely impact predictions and those that are marginal 3. Quantify the impact of staleness or unavailability for different data sources ### Align with business requirements The right CAP trade-offs depend entirely on your specific use case: - **Revenue impact of unavailability**: If ML system downtime directly impacts revenue (e.g., payment fraud detection), you might prioritize availability - **Cost of inconsistency**: If inconsistent predictions could cause safety issues or compliance violations, consistency might take precedence - **User expectations**: Some applications (like social media) can tolerate inconsistency better than others (like banking) ### Monitor and observe Build observability that helps you understand CAP trade-offs in production: - Track feature freshness and availability as explicit metrics - Measure prediction consistency across system components - Monitor how often fallbacks are triggered and their impact --- Wondering where we’re headed next? 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A traditional chatbot would wake up your support team with an escalation. But what if your AI agent could handle the request autonomously, safely, and correctly? That’s the dream, right? The reality is that most AI agents today are like teenagers with learner’s permits; they need constant supervision. They might accidentally promise a customer a large refund (oops!) or fall for a clever prompt injection that makes them spill company secrets or customers’ sensitive data. Not ideal. This is where **Double Validation** comes in. Think of it as giving your AI agent both a security guard at the entrance (input validation) and a quality control inspector at the exit (output validation). With these safeguards at a minimum in place, your agent can operate autonomously without causing PR nightmares. ## **How did I come up with the Double Validation idea?** These days, we hear a lot of talk about AI agents. I asked myself, "**What is the biggest challenge preventing the widespread adoption of AI agents?"** I concluded that the answer is trustworthy autonomy. When AI agents can be trusted, they can be scaled and adopted more readily. Conversely, if an agent’s autonomy is limited, it requires increased human involvement, which is costly and inhibits adoption. Next, I considered the minimal requirements for an AI agent to be autonomous. I concluded that an autonomous AI agent needs, at minimum, two components: 1. **Input validation** – to sanitize input, protect against jailbreaks, data poisoning, and harmful content. 2. **Output validation** – to sanitize output, ensure brand alignment, and mitigate hallucinations. I call this system **Double Validation**. Given these insights, I built a proof-of-concept project to research the Double Validation concept. In this article, we’ll explore how to implement Double Validation by building a multiagent system with the Google A2A protocol, the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), Llama Prompt Guard 2, Gemma 3, and Gemini 2.0 Flash, and how to optimize it for production, specifically, deploying it on Google Vertex AI. For input validation, I chose **Llama Prompt Guard 2** just as an article about it reached me at the perfect time. I selected this model because it is specifically designed to guard against prompt injections and jailbreaks. It is also very small; the largest variant, Llama Prompt Guard 2 86M, has only 86 million parameters, so it can be downloaded and included in a Docker image for cloud deployment, improving latency. That is exactly what I did, as you’ll see later in this article. The complete code for this project is available at [****github.com/alexey-tyurin/a2a-double-validation**](https://github.com/alexey-tyurin/a2a-double-validation). ## **How to build it?** The architecture uses four specialized agents that communicate through the Google A2A protocol, each with a specific role: ![The architecture uses four specialized agents that communicate through the Google A2A protocol](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image.png) Image generated by author Here's how each agent contributes to the system: 1. **Manager Agent**: The orchestra conductor, coordinating the flow between agents 2. **Safeguard Agent**: The bouncer, checking for prompt injections using Llama Prompt Guard 2 3. **Processor Agent**: The worker bee, processing legitimate queries with Gemma 3 4. **Critic Agent**: The editor, evaluating responses for completeness and validity using Gemini 2.0 Flash I chose **Gemma 3** for the Processor Agent because it is small, fast, and can be fine-tuned with your data if needed — an ideal candidate for production. Google currently supports nine (!) different frameworks or methods for finetuning Gemma; see [Google’s documentation](https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/tune) for details. I chose **Gemini 2.0 Flash** for the Critic Agent because it is intelligent enough to act as a critic, yet significantly faster and cheaper than the larger Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview model. Model choice depends on your requirements; in my tests, Gemini 2.0 Flash performed well. I deliberately used different models for the Processor and Critic Agents to avoid bias — an LLM may judge its own output differently from another model’s. Let me show you the key implementation of the Safeguard Agent: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-1.png) ## **Plan for actions** The workflow follows a clear, production-ready pattern: 1. **User sends query →** The Manager Agent receives it. 2. **Safety check →** The Manager forwards the query to the Safeguard Agent. 3. **Vulnerability assessment →** Llama Prompt Guard 2 analyzes the input. 4. **Processing →** If the input is safe, the Processor Agent handles the query with Gemma 3. 5. **Quality control →** The Critic Agent evaluates the response. 6. **Delivery →** The Manager Agent returns the validated response to the user. Below is the Manager Agent's coordination logic: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-2.png) ## **Time to build it** Ready to roll up your sleeves? Here's your production-ready roadmap: ### **Local deployment** **1\. Environment setup** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-3.png) ### **2\. Configure API keys** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-4.png) ### **3\. Download Llama Prompt Guard 2** This is the clever part – we download the model once when we start Agent Critic for the first time and package it in our Docker image for cloud deployment: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-5.png) **Important Note about Llama Prompt Guard 2**: To use the Llama Prompt Guard 2 model, you must: 1. Fill out the "LLAMA 4 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT" at 2. Get your request to access this repository approved by Meta 3. Only after approval will you be able to download and use this model ### **4\. Local testing** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-6.png) **Screenshot for running main.py** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-7.png) Image generated by author **Screenshot for running client** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-8.png) Image generated by author **Screenshot for running tests** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-9.png) Image generated by author **Production Deployment** Here's where it gets interesting. We optimize for production by including the Llama model in the Docker image: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-10.png) ### **1\. Setup Cloud Project in Cloud Shell Terminal** 1. **Access Google Cloud Console**: Go to [https://console.cloud.google.com](https://console.cloud.google.com/) 2. **Open Cloud Shell**: Click the Cloud Shell icon (terminal icon) in the top right corner of the Google Cloud Console 3. **Authenticate with Google Cloud**: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-11.png) 1. **Create or select a project**: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-12.png) 1. **Enable required APIs**: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-13.png) ### **3\. Setup Vertex AI Permissions** Grant your account the necessary permissions for Vertex AI and related services: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-14.png) ### **3\. Create and Setup VM Instance** Cloud Shell will not work for this project as Cloud Shell is limited to 5GB of disk space. This project needs more than 30GB of disk space to build Docker images, get all dependencies, and download the Llama Prompt Guard 2 model locally. So, you need to use a dedicated VM instead of Cloud Shell. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-15.png) ### **4\. Connect to VM** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-16.png) **Screenshot for VM** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-17.png) Image generated by author ### **5\. Clone Repository** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-18.png) ### **6\. Deployment Steps** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-19.png) **Screenshot for agents in cloud** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-20.png) Image generated by author ### **7\. Testing** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-21.png) **Screenshot for running client in Google Vertex AI** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-22.png) Image generated by author ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-23.png) **Screenshot for running tests in Google Vertex AI** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-24.png) Image generated by author ## **Alternatives to Solution** Let's be honest – there are other ways to skin this cat: 1. **Single Model Approach**: Use a large LLM like GPT-4 with careful system prompts - Simpler but less specialized - Higher risk of prompt injection - Risk of LLM bias in using the same LLM for answer generation and its criticism 2. **Monolith approach**: Use all flows in just one agent - Latency is better - Cannot scale and evolve input validation and output validation independently - More complex code, as it is all bundled together 3. **Rule-Based Filtering**: Traditional regex and keyword filtering - Faster but less intelligent - High false positive rate 4. **Commercial Solutions**: Services like Azure Content Moderator or Google Model Armor - Easier to implement but less customizable - On contrary, Llama Prompt Guard 2 model can be fine-tuned with the customer’s data - Ongoing subscription costs 5. **Open-Source Alternatives**: Guardrails AI or NeMo Guardrails - Good frameworks, but require more setup - Less specialized for prompt injection **Lessons Learned** **1\. Llama Prompt Guard 2 86M has blind spots.** During testing, certain jailbreak prompts, such as: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-25.png) And ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-27.png) were **not** flagged as malicious. Consider fine-tuning the model with domain-specific examples to increase its recall for the attack patterns that matter to you. **2\. Gemini Flash model selection matters.** My Critic Agent originally used **gemini1.5flash**, which frequently rated perfectly correct answers *4 / 5*. For example: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-28.png) After switching to **gemini2.0flash**, the same answers were consistently rated *5 / 5*: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/image-29.png) **3\. Cloud Shell storage is a bottleneck.** Google Cloud Shell provides only 5 GB of disk space — far too little to build the Docker images required for this project, get all dependencies, and download the Llama Prompt Guard 2 model locally to deploy the Docker image with it to Google Vertex AI. Provision a dedicated VM with at least 30 GB instead. ## **Conclusion** Autonomous agents aren’t built by simply throwing the largest LLM at every problem. They require a *system* that can run safely without human babysitting. Double Validation — wrapping a task-oriented Processor Agent with dedicated input and output validators — delivers a balanced blend of safety, performance, and cost. Pairing a lightweight guard such as **Llama Prompt Guard 2** with production friendly models like **Gemma 3** and **Gemini Flash** keeps latency and budget under control while still meeting stringent security and quality requirements. **Join the conversation.** What’s the biggest obstacle you encounter when moving autonomous agents into production — technical limits, regulatory hurdles, or user trust? How would you extend the Double Validation concept to high-risk domains like finance or healthcare? Connect on LinkedIn: The complete code for this project is available at [github.com/alexey-tyurin/a2a-double-validation](https://github.com/alexey-tyurin/a2a-double-validation). ## **References** \[1\] Llama Prompt Guard 2 86M, \[2\] Google A2A protocol, \[3\] Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), ### Building & securing AI agents: A tech leader crash course URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-and-securing-ai-agents-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T15:24:47.000Z The AI revolution is racing beyond chatbots to autonomous agents that act, decide, and interface with internal systems. Unlike traditional software, AI agents can be manipulated through language, making them vulnerable to attacks like prompt injection and they also introduce new security risks like excessive agency. Watch an exclusive deep dive with **Sourabh Satish**, CTO and co-founder at **Pangea**, as he explores the evolving landscape of AI agents and best practices for securing them. [Watch OnDemand](https://pmmalliance.ondemand.goldcast.io/on-demand/c571549a-838f-412b-9112-daf022af0f55) ### This session covers: - Demos of MCP configuration and vulnerabilities to highlight how different architectures affect the agent’s attack surface. - An overview of existing security guardrails—from open source projects and cloud service provider offerings to commercial tools and DIY approaches. - A comparison of pros and cons across various guardrail solutions to help you choose the right approach for your use case. - Actionable best practices for implementing guardrails that secure your AI agents without slowing innovation. This webinar is a [*must-watch*](https://pmmalliance.ondemand.goldcast.io/on-demand/c571549a-838f-412b-9112-daf022af0f55) for engineering leaders, AI engineers, and security leaders who want to understand and mitigate the risks of agentic software in an increasingly adversarial landscape. ### What exactly is an AI agent? And how do you build one? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-exactly-is-an-ai-agent-and-how-do-you-build-one/ Last updated: 2025-06-30T09:38:10.000Z What makes something an "AI agent" – and how do you build one that does more than just sound impressive in a demo? I'm Nico Finelli, Founding Go-To-Market Member at Vellum. Starting in machine learning, I’ve consulted for Fortune 500s, worked at Weights & Biases during the LLM boom, and now I help companies get from experimentation to production with [LLMs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-secure-llms-with-the-fastest-guardrails-for-peak-ai-performance/), faster and smarter. In this article, I’ll unpack what [AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) actually are (and aren't), how to build them step by step, and what separates teams that ship real value from those that stall out in proof-of-concept purgatory. We'll also take a close look at the current state of AI adoption, the biggest challenges teams face today, and the one thing that makes or breaks an agent system: **evaluation**. Let’s dive in. ## **Where we are in the AI landscape** At Vellum, we recently partnered with Weaviate and LlamaIndex to run a [survey of over 1,200 AI developers](https://www.vellum.ai/state-of-ai-2025#:~:text=25.1%25%20of%20businesses%20have%20deployed,few%20more%20are%20beta%2Dtesting.). The goal? To understand where people are when it comes to deploying AI in production. What we found was pretty surprising: only **25%** of respondents said they were live in production with their AI initiative. For all the hype around [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/generative-ai/), most teams are still stuck in experimentation mode. The biggest blocker? Hallucinations and prompt management. Over **57%** of respondents said hallucinations were their number one challenge. And here's the kicker: when we cross-referenced that with how people were evaluating their systems, we noticed a pattern. The same folks struggling with hallucinations were the ones relying heavily on manual testing or user feedback as their main form of evaluation. That tells me there’s a deeper issue here. If your evaluation process isn’t robust, hallucinations will sneak through. And most businesses don’t have automated testing pipelines yet, because AI applications tend to be highly specific to their use cases. So, the old rules of software QA don’t fully apply. Bottom line: without evaluation, your AI won’t reach production. And if it does, it won’t last long. [The future of IoT is agentic and autonomousAgentic AI enables autonomous, goal-driven decision-making across the IoT, transforming smart homes, cities, and industrial systems.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-409.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images-Text.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-iot-is-agentic-and-autonomous/) ## **How successful companies build with LLMs** So, how are the companies that *do* get to production pulling it off? First, they don’t just chase the latest shiny AI trend. They start with a clearly defined use case and understand what *not* to build. That discipline creates focus and prevents scope creep. Second, they build fast [feedback loops](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-build-a-powerful-llm-user-feedback-loop/) between software engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts. We see too many teams build something in isolation, hand it off, get delayed feedback, and then go back to the drawing board. That slows *everything* down. The successful teams? They **involve everyone from day one**. They co-develop prompts, run tests together, and iterate continuously. About 65–70% of Vellum customers have AI in production, and these fast iteration cycles are a big reason why. They also treat evaluation as their top priority. Whether that’s manual review, LLM-as-a-judge, or golden datasets, they don’t rely on vibes. They test, monitor, and optimize like it's a software product – because it is. [The truth about enterprise AI agents (and how to get value from them)What’s the point of AI if it doesn’t actually make your workday easier?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-413.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRyan Priem![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---The-truth-about-enterprise-AI-agents--and-how-to-get-value-from-them--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-truth-about-enterprise-ai-agents-and-how-to-get-value-from-them/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The future of IoT is agentic and autonomous URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-iot-is-agentic-and-autonomous/ Last updated: 2025-06-05T12:45:24.000Z According to [recent Cisco research](https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m05/agentic-ai-poised-to-handle-68-of-customer-service-and-support-interactions-by-2028.html), it's projected that by 2028, 68% of all customer service and support interactions with tech vendors will be handled by agentic AI. This makes sense, as 93% of respondents in the same study predict that a more personalized, predictive, and proactive service will be possible with agentic AI. Agentic AI represents a departure from traditional automation, as it enables AI agents to act independently, make decisions with minimal human input, and learn from context. Earlier systems required humans to connect and monitor the automated workflows. However, agentic AI agents have reasoning abilities, memory, and task awareness. Because agentic AI can enhance both the operation and management of interconnected devices, this development is particularly relevant to the IoT (Internet of Things). It can proactively address network issues that originate from misconfigurations, which results in stronger security, smarter networks, and more productive teams. This theme takes center stage at Agentic AI Summit New York on June 5, in the session led by Capital One’s Srinath Godavarthi on ‘[Agentic AI: The next frontier of generative AI...from simple tasks to goal-oriented autonomy](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/newyork/agenda)’. ![AIAI 2025 in-person summits](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/06/AIAI_2025_Events_Linkedin_Banner_1584x396.png) ## Agentic AI vs. traditional AI: A structural shift Agentic AI introduces an essential shift in how intelligent systems are architected and deployed, transitioning from task-specific and supervised models to autonomous and goal-oriented agents that can make real-time decisions and adapt to their environment. Intelligence is mainly static and narrowly scoped in traditional AI systems; models are trained offline and embedded into rule-based workflows, usually operating in a reactive way. A conventional AI system could, for example, classify network anomalies or trigger alerts, but still rely on humans to contextualize signals and respond. Agentic AI systems, however, are formed of AI agents that have agency: - **Memory.** Continuous internal state across interactions and tasks. - **Autonomy.** Ability to plan, execute, and adapt strategies without needing real-time human input. - **Task awareness.** An understanding of task objectives, dependencies, and sub-task decomposition. - **Learning and reasoning.** Ability to infer causality and change behavior depending on data and environmental signals. As these agents have intention-driven behavior, they can decide how to perform a task, and which task to undertake based on system-level goals. Agentic AI systems often employ multi-agent coordination, where distributed agents communicate, negotiate, and delegate tasks across a network, which is ideal for large-scale and latency-sensitive environments, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). [Rewiring the internet: Commerce in the age of AI agentsIt’s now easier than ever to envision a future where ChatGPT seamlessly navigates the web and handles complex operations for us.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-407.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--51--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rewiring-the-internet-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/) Taking an industrial IoT context, a traditional AI pipeline would: 1. Detect vibration anomalies in a turbine, 2. Flag it for a technician via a dashboard, 3. And wait for human triage. In contrast, an agentic AI system would: 1. Detect the anomaly in the turbine, 2. Query contextual data (such as usage patterns), 3. Dispatch a robot or an autonomous drone to inspect the anomaly, 4. Adjust the operating parameters of any adjacent machinery, 5. Alert a technician only after composing a full incident report and proposing actions. Taking IoT into consideration, agentic AI eliminates the need for centralized control and brittle scripting. Instead, it promotes systems capable of evolving and optimizing over time, which is essential for those dynamic environments where resilience, latency, and scalability are crucial. ## Why agentic AI matters for IoT The intersection between agentic AI and IoT is a vital issue in distributed computing. IoT systems are becoming increasingly dense and latency-sensitive, and traditional centralized or rule-based automation is struggling to scale. Agentic AI is the solution to this challenge, allowing for decentralized and real-time decision-making at the edge. Agentic systems work as goal-oriented and persistent software agents that are capable of adaptive planning, context retention, and multi-agent coordination. When they’re deployed across IoT networks, like cities, smart homes, or factories, AI agents allow for dynamic and autonomous orchestration of device behaviors and inter-device logic. ### **Smart homes** Agentic agents are able to autonomously manage demand-side energy consumption by dynamically adjusting lighting, HVAC, and storage systems based on real-time information and historical usage. ### **Smart cities** Agents can manage distributed load balancing across the infrastructure in municipal contexts. They dynamically re-route traffic through real-time edge sensor inputs or by coordinating energy resources through microgrids and public utilities, according to forecasted demand. ### **Industrial IoT** Agentic AI allows for runtime decisioning in factory or logistics networks for quality control, maintenance, and asset reallocation. If an agent embedded in a vibration sensor detects abnormal patterns, it can issue localized shutdowns while updating a model used by agents in adjacent systems. [Agentic-Responsive Design: AI agents and the future of the webThe emergence of AI agents will transform how we think about digital experiences. Discover how Agentic Responsive Design will change the web.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-408.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/) ### **Real-world applications** [IBM ATOM](https://www.iot-now.com/2025/04/29/151154-ibm-delivers-autonomous-security-operations-with-agentic-ai/) (Autonomous Threat Operations Machine) is a system created to enhance cybersecurity operations through the use of agentic AI. It works by orchestrating multiple specialized AI agents that collaborate to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats with minimal human intervention. Abdelrahman Elewah and Khalid Elgazzar developed the [IoT Agentic Search Engine (IoT-ASE)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12255) to address the challenges of fragmented IoT systems. These often impede seamless data sharing and coordinated management. By leveraging large language models (LLMs) and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques, IoT-ASE can process large amounts of real-time IoT data. ## Challenges and opportunities With the increasing presence of agentic AI systems across IoT environments, several technical challenges need to be addressed. Edge computing still has limitations that create a critical challenge. Agents thrive on local autonomy, but many edge devices still don’t have enough compute power, energy efficiency, or memory to support complex and context-aware reasoning models under real-time constraints. There are also trust and privacy concerns. Agents operate semi-independently, meaning that their decision-making has to be auditable and aligned with both security and data governance policies. Any agent hallucinations or misaligned goals can lead to real-world risks, particularly in safety-critical environments. Inter-agent communication and communication is another challenge that needs to be addressed. Strong communication protocols and semantic interoperability are needed so that agents don’t become brittle or inefficient in collaborative tasks. These challenges can, however, point to some opportunities. Developing open standards for agent behavior, audit traits, and coordination could lead to ecosystem-level interoperability. Feedback loops, task routing, and dynamic oversight are frameworks for human-agent collaboration that can blend human judgment with scalable automation. ## Why this matters now This convergence of agentic AI and IoT is happening in real-time. Organizations are pushing to deploy more intelligence and distributed systems, and the need for autonomous and goal-driven agents is an architectural need. That’s why events like the Agentic AI Summit New York are so important. They offer a platform to showcase innovation and to confront the practical infrastructure, coordination, and safety challenges that exist with large-scale agentic deployments. Co-located alongside the Generative AI Summit and the Chief AI Officer Summit, this event forms part of a broader conversation on how intelligence is being embedded not just at the system level, but also into leadership strategy and foundational model development—making it a key gathering point for those shaping the future of AI in all its forms. Srinath Godavarthi’s session ‘[Agentic AI: The next frontier of generative AI...from simple tasks to goal-oriented autonomy](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/newyork/agenda)’ offers a deep dive into how agent-based systems are evolving from simple task execution into fully autonomous orchestration across industries. *As the convergence of agentic AI and IoT accelerates, keeping pace with how the ecosystem evolves is more important than ever. Platforms like*[ *IoT Global Network*](https://www.iotglobalnetwork.com/) *offer a window into the technologies, use cases, and players shaping this space.* ### Building efficient data pipelines for AI and NLP applications in AWS URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-efficient-data-pipelines-for-ai-and-nlp-applications-in-aws/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:22:53.000Z Advanced AI and NLP applications are in great demand in today’s modern world, wherein most businesses rely on data-driven insights and automation of business processes. All applications of AI or NLP have a requirement for a data pipeline that can ingest data, process it, and provide output for training, inference, and subsequent decision making at a large scale. AWS is taken to be the cloud standard with its scalability and efficiency for building these pipelines. In this article, we will discuss designing a high-performance data pipeline using only basic AWS services like Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and Amazon SageMaker for AI and NLP applications. This article discusses building a high-performance data pipeline for AI and NLP applications using core AWS services such as Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and Amazon SageMaker. ## **Why AWS for data pipelines?** AWS is the most preferred choice for building data pipelines because of its strong infrastructure, rich service ecosystem, and seamless integration with ML and NLP workflows. **Azure**, **Google Cloud,** and AWS also outperform open source tools like Apache Suite in terms of ease of use, operational reliability, and integration. Some of the benefits of using AWS are: ### **Scalability** AWS would automatically scale up or down because of its elasticity, hence always assuring high performance irrespective of the volume of data. Though Azure and Google Cloud provide features for scaling, the auto-scaling options available in AWS are more granular and customizable, hence providing finer control over resources and costs. ### **Flexibility and integration** AWS has various services that best fit the components of a data pipeline, including Amazon S3 for storage, AWS Glue for ETL, and Amazon Redshift for data warehousing. More so, seamless integrations with AWS ML services like Amazon SageMaker and NLP models make it perfect for AI-driven applications. ### **Cost efficiency** AWS’s pay-as-you-go pricing model ensures cost-effectiveness for businesses of all sizes. Unlike Google Cloud, which sometimes has a higher cost for similar services, AWS provides transparent and predictable pricing. Reserved Instances and Savings Plans further enable long-term cost optimization. ### **Reliability and global reach** AWS is built on extensive global infrastructure comprising several data centers across the world's regions, ensuring high availability and low latency for users spread worldwide. Whereas Azure also commands a formidable presence around the world, the sheer reliability and experience in operations favor AWS. AWS, moreover, provides compliance with a broad set of regulatory standards and hence finds a better proposition in healthcare and finance. ### **Security and governance** AWS provides default security features, including encryption, identity management, and more, to keep your data safe during the entire data pipeline. AWS provides AWS Audit Manager and AWS Artifact for maintaining compliance-much more advanced compared to what is available on other platforms. So, by choosing AWS, organizations gain access to a scalable and reliable platform that simplifies the process of building, maintaining, and optimizing data pipelines. Its rich feature set, global reach, and advanced AI/ML integration make it a superior choice for both traditional and modern data workflows. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-405.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) ## **Some Key AWS services to use for data pipelines** Before discussing architecture, it is worth listing some key AWS services that almost always form part of a data pipeline for artificial intelligence or NLP applications: - [**Amazon S3**](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) **(Simple Storage Service)**: A kind of object storage that can scale to hold enormous amounts of unstructured data. In general, S3 acts like an entry point or an ingestion layer where raw datasets are normally stored. - [**Amazon Kinesis**](https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/): A service for real-time data streaming, allowing ingesting and processing streams of data in real time. Applications requiring live data analysis can apply this. - [**AWS Lambda**](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/): A serverless compute service that allows you to run code without provisioning servers. Lambda is very helpful in event-driven tasks, for example: data transformation or triggering a workflow when newer data arrives. - [**AWS Glue**](https://aws.amazon.com/glue/): A fully managed extract, transform, and load (ETL) service that prepares and transforms data automatically for analysis. Glue can also act as a catalog for locating and organizing the data stored within various AWS services. - [**Amazon SageMaker**](https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/): This is Amazon's fully integrated service of machine learning, which greatly simplifies the process through which developers build, train, and deploy AI models. SageMaker works in conjunction with other AWS data pipeline services, providing an easier way to operationalize AI and NLP applications. As a result, it has become much easier for developers, scientists, and engineers to build integrated AI and NLP applications through SageMaker's single-click workflows. ## **Designing an efficient data pipeline for AI and NLP** A structured approach is paramount in designing a really efficient data pipeline for AI/NLP applications. Further below are steps regarding how an effective pipeline can be designed on AWS. ### **Step 1: Ingesting data** Normally, the ingestion of data is the first activity in any data pipeline. AWS supports various methods of data ingesting, depending on the source and nature of the data. In general, data can be unstructured, like text, images, or audio, for example. In that case, it usually would have Amazon S3 as a starting point for data storage. On the other side, Amazon Kinesis would work just fine for real-time data ingesting that may emanate from sensors, social media, or streaming platforms. Most of the time, this is something that forms a starting point of your big data pipeline, tasked with collecting and processing huge amounts of data in real time before sending it further down the pipeline. ### **Step 2: Data transformation and preparation** Once ingested, the data should be prepared and transformed into a format appropriate for AI and NLP models. AWS has the following tools for this purpose: AWS Glue: It is the ETL service that makes the process of data extraction from one storage to another much smoother and straightforward. In cleaning and preprocessing text data as preparation for several NLP tasks, such as tokenization, sentiment analysis, or entity extraction, this tool can be applied. AWS Lambda is another very useful tool for performing event-driven transformations. The latter automatically preprocesses data in S3 for newly uploaded objects, which could mean filtering, format conversion, or enriching with additional metadata. Several applications of AI in real-time prediction can be directly fed into Amazon SageMaker for training or inference. Running the batch jobs periodically through the scheduling of AWS Glue and Lambdas will ensure that data is always up to date. ### **Step 3: Model training and inference** Following data preparation, this is where the actual training of AI and NLP models happens. Amazon SageMaker is a comprehensive environment for machine learning to rapidly build, train, and deploy models. Thus, one can now use SageMaker in this regard to support popular ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn, which directly integrates with S3 for access to the training data. Similar to specific tasks involving NLP, such as sentiment analysis, machine translation, and named entity recognition, there is a built-in solution within SageMaker for natural language processing. Seamlessly train your NLP models on SageMaker and scale up the training on several instances for faster performance. Finally, SageMaker deploys the trained model to an endpoint that can then be used to make predictions in real time. These results can then be written back to S3 or even to a streaming service like Amazon Kinesis Data Streams for further processing. ### **Step 4: Monitoring and optimization** The proper workflow is to keep a check on the performance-security of both the data pipeline and the models. AWS provides some sets of monitoring tools, such as [Amazon CloudWatch](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/), to track metrics, log errors, and trigger alarms in case of something wrong happening with the pipeline. You can also use [Amazon SageMaker Debugger](https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/debugger/) and Amazon SageMaker Model Monitor to monitor the performance of ML models in production. These allow you to detect anomalies, monitor for concept drift, and otherwise make sure your model keeps performing as expected over time. ### **Step 5: Integrating with data analytics for fast query and exploration** Once your data pipeline is processing and producing outputs, enabling efficient querying and exploration is key to actionable insights. This ensures not only that your data is available but also accessible in a form that allows for rapid analysis and decision-making. AWS provides robust tools to integrate analytics capabilities directly into the pipeline: - **Amazon OpenSearch Service:** to offer full-text search, data visualization, and fast querying over large datasets, something important, especially when analyzing logs or results originating from NLP tasks. - **Amazon Redshift:** Run complex analytics queries on structured data at scale. Redshift's powerful SQL capabilities allow seamless exploration of processed datasets, enabling deeper insights and data-driven decisions. This integration pipes the transformed data out to immediate exploration in real-time and/or to downstream analytics, giving a complete view of outputs from your pipeline, which brings us to the next section, where we’ll explore best practices for building efficient and scalable AWS data pipelines. [Ambient Computing pipelines at the EdgeApplying analytics, Deep Learning specifically, to multi-modal inputs at the Edge has significant benefits, eventually enabling us to process much larger amounts of information quicker and less expensively resulting in models with higher accuracy. In this presentation, we will share our experience of utilizing and extending the Nvidia Isaac platform![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-406.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/ambient-.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ambient-computing-pipelines-at-the-edge/) ## **Best practices for building AWS data pipelines** ### **Leverage serverless architecture** You can do this by using AWS Lambda and AWS Glue to simplify your architecture by reducing the overhead involved in the management of servers. In that respect, a serverless architecture will ensure that your pipeline scales seamlessly, utilizing only those resources actually used. Thus, it becomes optimized for performance and cost. ### **Automate data processing** Leverage event-driven services like AWS Lambda to have events triggered automatically for the transformation and processing of incoming data. This ensures minimum human intervention and that the pipeline is up and running smooth, without delays. ### [**Optimize storage costs**](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/) Utilize different storage classes in Amazon S3, such as S3 Standard, S3 Infrequent Access, and S3 Glacier, to balance cost and access needs. For infrequently accessed data, use **Amazon S3 Glacier** to store the data at a lower cost while ensuring that it's still retrievable when necessary. ### **Implement skey** Ensure that your data pipeline adheres to security and compliance standards by using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for role-based access control, encrypting data at rest with [AWS Key Management Service (KMS)](https://aws.amazon.com/kms/), and monitoring network traffic with AWS CloudTrail. Security and compliance are key in AWS data pipelines, considering the present landscape where data breaches are rampant, coupled with growing regulatory scrutiny. Therefore, this may involve sensitive information such as personally identifiable information, financial records, or healthcare data that demands strong security measures against unauthorized access to protect against possible monetary or reputational damage. AWS KMS ensures data at rest is encrypted, making it unreadable even if compromised, while AWS IAM enforces role-based access to restrict data access to authorized personnel only, reducing the risk of insider threats. Compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA is crucial for avoiding fines and legal complications, while tools like AWS CloudTrail help track pipeline activities, enabling quick detection and response to unauthorized access or anomalies. Beyond legal requirements, secure pipelines foster customer trust by showcasing responsible data management and preventing breaches that could disrupt operations. A robust security framework also supports scalability, keeping pipelines resilient and protected against evolving threats as they grow. It is important to keep prioritizing security and compliance so that organizations not only safeguard data but also enhance operational integrity and strengthen customer confidence. ## **Conclusion** AWS is a strong choice for building AI and NLP data pipelines primarily because of its intuitive user interface, robust infrastructure, and comprehensive service offerings. Services like Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon SageMaker simplify the development of scalable pipelines, while AWS Glue streamlines data transformation and orchestration. AWS’s customer support and extensive documentation further enhance its appeal, making it relatively quick and easy to set up pipelines. To advance further, organizations can explore integrating AWS services like Amazon Neptune for graph-based data models, ideal for recommendation systems and relationship-focused AI. For advanced AI capabilities, leveraging Amazon Forecast for predictive analytics or Amazon Rekognition for image and video analysis can open new possibilities. Engaging with AWS Partner Network (APN) solutions can also offer tailored tools to optimize unique AI and NLP workflows. By continuously iterating on architecture and using AWS’s latest innovations, businesses can remain competitive while unlocking the full potential of their data pipelines. However, AWS may not always be the best option depending on specific needs, such as cost constraints, highly specialized requirements, or multi-cloud strategies. While its infrastructure is robust, exploring alternatives like Google Cloud or Azure can sometimes yield better solutions for niche use cases or integration with existing ecosystems. To maximize AWS's strengths, organizations can leverage its simplicity and rich service catalog to build effective pipelines while remaining open to hybrid or alternative setups when business goals demand it. ### Future trends of AI adoption in enterprises 2025 Report URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/future-trends-of-ai-adoption-in-enterprises-2025-report/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T15:28:12.000Z _No content available._ ### Future trends of AI adoption in enterprises 2025 Report URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/future-trends-of-ai-adoption-report-june2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T15:35:56.000Z Your current AI strategy is likely costing you more than you think. The rapid, uncontrolled adoption of various AI tools has created a costly *"AI tax"* across the enterprise, stifling true innovation. This report explores the pivotal shift from fragmented AI tools to unified, collaborative platforms. Learn how to move beyond scattered adoption to build a sustainable, cost-effective AI ecosystem that will define the next generation of industry leaders. ### In this report, you'll learn how to: - **Benchmark** your company's progress against the latest enterprise AI adoption trends. - **Expose and eliminate** the hidden "AI tax" that is draining your budget and stifling innovation. - **Build the business case** for a unified AI platform that drives ROI, collaboration, and security. - **Create a framework** that empowers grassroots innovation without sacrificing centralized strategy and governance. - **Design a future-proof roadmap** for AI integration that scales with your enterprise and adapts to what's next. Your roadmap to a scalable, future-proof AI strategy is [*one click*](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1pyIwMVxJQJCye%5FOIQ-g%5Fvw2b1vun) away. ### Why responsible AI will need to be your new USP URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-responsible-ai-will-need-to-be-your-new-usp/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:21:03.000Z *Although AI has been the No. 1 trend since at least 2023, organizational AI governance is just slowly catching up.* *But with rising AI incidents and new AI regulations*, *like the EU AI Act, it’s clear that an AI system that is not governed appropriately has the potential to cause substantial financial and reputational damage to a company.* *In this article, we explore the benefits of AI governance, its key components, and best practices for minimal overhead and maximal trust. Additionally, we cover two cases of how to start building an AI governance, demonstrating how a dedicated AI governance tool can be the game changer.* ## **Summary** - Efficient AI governance mitigates financial and reputational risks through fostering responsible and safe AI. - Key components of AI governance include clear structures and processes to control and enable AI use. An AI management system, a risk management system, and an AI registry are part of that. - Start governing AI in your organization by implementing a suitable framework, collecting your AI use cases, and mapping the right requirements and controls to the AI use case. - The EU AI Act poses additional compliance risks due to hefty fines. AI governance tools can help in creating compliance, e.g. by mapping of the respective requirements to your AI use cases and automated processes. - When selecting a dedicated AI governance tool, look beyond traditional GRC functionalities, but for curated AI governance frameworks, integrated AI use case management, and the connection to development processes or even MLOps tools. This is part of our mission at trail. A lack of effective AI governance can lead to severe AI incidents that can create physical or financial harm, reputational damage, or negative social impact. For instance, Zillow, a real estate company,[ suffered a $304 million loss](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/09/tech/zillow-ibuying-home-zestimate/index.html) and had to lay off 25% of its staff due to incorrectly predicted home prices, causing the company to overpay for purchases, relying on suggestions by AI models. Similarly, Air Canada was facing[ financial losses](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2024/02/19/what-air-canada-lost-in-remarkable-lying-ai-chatbot-case/) stemming from a court ruling triggered by a chatbot's wrong responses regarding the company's bereavement rate policy. These incidents highlight the importance of having AI governance measures in place, not just for ethical reasons, but to protect your business from avoidable harm. The demand for effective governance structures, safety nets, and responsible AI has been increasing drastically in the past months. Companies, especially large enterprises, can only scale AI use cases when ensuring trustworthiness, safety, and compliance throughout the AI lifecycle. However, AI governance is often perceived as slowing down performance and decision-making, as additional structures, policies, and processes can create manual overhead. But when implemented in an efficient and actionable manner, AI governance structures accelerate innovation, create business intelligence, and reduce the risk of costly issues later on. Put differently: You can move fast without breaking things. By now, there are already dedicated AI governance tools out there that can help you to automate compliance processes, for instance, the writing of documentation or finding the evidence needed to fulfil your requirements. But they also help you to bring structure to your AI governance program and curate best practices for you. As AI continues to reshape businesses, robust and automated governance practices will be the cornerstone of responsible AI adoption at scale. At trail, we developed a process with actionable steps and specific documents you can [request here](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1b7l9IfFpQxyd1aJYmOu1TAfwe11) to jump-start your strategy. **But what exactly is AI governance?** AI governance is a structured approach to ensure AI systems work as intended, comply with the rules, and are non-harmful. It’s much more than classical compliance, though, as it tries to put the principles of responsible AI, such as fairness or transparency, into practice. Some key components include: 1. Clear management structures, roles, and responsibilities 2. A systematic approach to development or procurement processes, fulfilling requirements and meeting controls (that includes risk management, quality management, and testing) 3. AI principles implemented in a company-wide AI policy with C-level support 4. AI registry as an inventory of all AI use cases and systems 5. AI impact assessments 6. Continuous monitoring (and audits) ofan AI system’s performance 7. Mechanisms to report to all relevant stakeholders ![AI strategy and roadmap](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdQYxVsFLPnHKMiJvtCQ-8ZdNYwLGljSaNAry1w3pMdAw54-FeizSVdIyk1xHIs5ZcsUxngdK2a8tdV5YBlzGlAEoTdwuK3zon_LRMcGnuRuKkdLm8d9YDenifmgaXBcqm_eumRIw?key=Zc02NpJHaI2V6TWXuTg_fQ) It’s becoming clear that companies’ focus is shifting — from “if” to “how” when it comes to AI governance implementation. Especially with the EU AI Act coming into force in August 2024 and first deadlines having already passed, it transitioned from a pioneering effort to a non-negotiable when scaling AI in the enterprise. When starting to think about how to set up your AI governance program, it can make sense to start with your legal requirements and to tackle compliance challenges first. This is because non-compliance can come with hefty fines, as seen in the EU AI Act, for instance, and it could open the door for discussions about responsible AI in your organization. However, it is important not to think of AI governance as merely a compliance program. As regulatory compliance in itself can become quite complex, automated AI governance structures that cover e.g. EU AI Act provisions and that facilitate the categorization of AI systems will free up the resources needed for important innovation. ## **The EU AI Act 🇪🇺** The EU AI Act is the first comprehensive regulation on AI, aiming to ensure that AI systems used in the EU are safe, transparent, and aligned with fundamental rights. Non-compliance can result in penalties up to 35 Mio. EUR or 7% of the global turnover, whichever is higher. Put in simple terms, it categorizes AI systems into four risk levels: **unacceptable**, **high**, **limited**, and **minimal risk**. **Unacceptable risk** systems—like social scoring or real-time biometric surveillance—are banned entirely. **High-risk** systems, such as HR candidate analyses, credit scoring, or safety components in critical infrastructure, must meet strict requirements, including risk management, transparency, human oversight, and detailed technical documentation. **Limited-risk** systems, or those with a “certain risk” (e.g. chatbots interacting with humans) require basic transparency measures, and **minimal-risk** systems face no further obligations. **General-purpose AI (GPAI) models**, like large language models, are covered separately under the Act, with dedicated obligations depending on whether the model is classified as a foundational GPAI or a high-impact GPAI, focusing on transparency, documentation, and systemic risk mitigation. The requirements organizations face can differ on an AI use case basis. To identify the respective requirements, one must consider the risk class and role (such as provider, deployer, importer, or distributor) of the use case under the AI Act. A transparent inventory of all AI use cases in the organization enables the categorization and lays the first step towards compliance. However, even if AI use cases across the organization are not accompanied by extensive requirements, implementing AI governance practices can speed up innovation and position an organization at the forefront of responsible AI practices. ![EU AI Act](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeuWQHFtKYrnQFkAKpMC5JURlzdYAk8YkLqu1BRu-VVWRtwI4hwYfmv1mrcF06sE-5RX4UJh2foGQ2SZ66RgYfmOdTLC6p8gBFo7wV8LvcfQWVvZplPgd1oUwV2aQZuPYv8I3Ie7w?key=Zc02NpJHaI2V6TWXuTg_fQ) ## **But how can a company implement AI governance effectively?** The answer to this question is dependent on the status quo of the organization’s AI efforts and governance structures. If no governance processes or even AI use cases have been established, the organization can fully capitalize on a greenfield approach and build up a holistic AI governance from scratch. If there are already compliance structures in place, aligning such structures across departments that use AI is crucial to achieve some sort of standardization. Additionally, established IT governance practices should be updated to match the dynamic nature of AI use cases. This can result in shifting from static spreadsheets and internal wiki pages to a more efficient and dynamic tooling that enables you to supervise AI governance tasks. Working with many different organizations on setting up their AI governance in the past years has let us find common structures and best practices that we are covering in our starter program, “the AI Governance Bootcamp,” so you don't have to start from scratch. Find more information[ here](https://www.trail-ml.com/bootcamp?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=AIAI-article-2025). First steps for getting started with AI Governance: - **Choosing a framework**: Don't reinvent the wheel — start with existing frameworks like EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, or NIST AI Risk Management and align them with your organization. The next step is to translate the frameworks’ components into actionable steps that integrate into your workflows. This cumbersome procedure can be fast-tracked by using dedicated software solutions that already embed the frameworks and respective controls, while leaving enough room for you to customize where needed. - **Collection of AI use cases**: The next step is to collect existing AI use cases and evaluate them according to their impact and risk. If the AI Act is applicable to your organization, it must also be categorized according to the EU AI Act’s risk levels and role specifications. This AI registry also gives you a great overview of the status quo of past, current, and planned AI initiatives, and is usually the starting point for AI governance on the project level. - **Using tools to streamline governance**: When setting up AI governance or shifting from silos to centralized structures, a holistic AI governance tool can be of great benefit. While a tool in general can be helpful to reduce manual overhead through automation, it facilitates the tracking of requirements, collaboration, and out-of-the-box use of an AI registry and categorization logic. Additionally, tools, such as those by[ trail](https://www.trail-ml.com/?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=AIAI-article-2025), often already cover most of the AI governance frameworks, translate the (often vague) requirements into practical to-dos, and even automate some evidence collection processes. ### **Best practices for successful AI governance implementation** For AI governance to be as efficient as possible, some best practices can be deduced from pioneers in the field: First and foremost, AI governance should not be just a structural change, but should always be accompanied by leadership and cultural commitment. This includes both the active support of ethical AI principles, but it can also shape an organization’s vision and brand. This can be best achieved if the entire company is invested in responsible AI and involved with the required practices. Start by showing C-level support through executive thought leadership and assigning clear roles and responsibilities. Additionally, having an AI policy is a crucial step to building a binding framework that supports the use of AI. The AI policy outlines which AI systems are permitted or prohibited to use, and which responsibilities every single employee has, e.g. in case of AI incidents or violations. Another key driver for successful AI governance implementation is the ability to continuously monitor and manage the risks of AI systems. This means having regular risk assessments and implementing a system that can trigger alerts when passing certain risk and performance thresholds, and when incidents occur. Combining this with risk mitigation measures and appropriate controls ensures effective treatment. Involving different stakeholders in the design and implementation process can greatly help to gather important feedback, but also includes providing ongoing training programs for all stakeholders to ensure AI literacy and promote a culture of transparency and accountability. ## **Real-world examples** To help you understand where to begin, we’re sharing two real-world client examples tailored to different stages of organizational maturity. One shows how we helped a client build AI governance from the ground up. The other highlights how we scaled AI governance within a highly regulated industry. ### **1.) The SME: Innovation consulting firm for startups and corporates** Our first client is an innovation consultancy for startups and mostly mid-cap corporates. Their processes need to be dynamic and fast, and should not block their limited human resources, with about 400–500 employees. As they did not have any AI governance structures in place and a small legal team, we’ve helped them to create their governance processes from scratch. We focused on three main aspects: building up an AI policy, fostering AI literacy to comply with Article 4 of the EU AI Act, and setting up an AI registry with respective governance frameworks and workflows. All of this was conducted via our AI governance tool trail. Especially the AI training, which was implemented by their HR, was a central part in enabling the workforce to leverage their new AI tools effectively. Building up the AI registry laid the foundation for transparency about all permitted AI use cases in the company, and is now used as the starting point for their EU AI Act compliance process per use case. ### **2.) The enterprise: IT in finance** Our second client example is a company operating in the financial industry with 5000+ employees. This firm already had lots of existing risk management and IT governance processes that were scattered across the organization,**e.g.** and several AI initiatives and products. Together with a consultancy partner who was actively contributing to the change management, we started to aggregate processes to find an efficient solution for AI governance. We started by assessing the status quo with a comprehensive gap analysis of their governance structures and AI development practices. This allowed us to pinpoint areas in need of adjustment or missing components, e.g., EU AI Act compliance. Stakeholder mapping and management is an essential part when distributing responsibilities of governance and oversight — this requires a lot of time. In the next step, we built up an AI registry via the trail platform to have a single source of truth on what AI systems and use cases exist. The main challenge was the identification of these, as they were scattered across internal wiki pages and multiple IT asset inventories. Finally, this enabled us to classify all AI use cases and to connect them to the respective governance requirements, starting with the EU AI Act requirements. In-house developed AI systems, in particular, require thorough documentation, which creates manual overhead for developers and other technical teams. Therefore, technical documentation is being created using trail’s automated documentation engine, which gathers the needed evidence directly from code via its Python package and creates documentation using LLMs. This helps to automatically track the relevant technical metrics and directly recycle them into documentation. This decreases the manual overhead drastically and increases the quality of documentation and citation. As this client already had an established organization-wide risk management process, it was essential to integrate the management of AI-related risks into their existing process and tool. By integrating an extensive AI risk library and respective controls from trail, a dedicated process of risk identification and mitigation for AI could be established and fed into the existing process. After starting to work with trail, our client was able to speed up processes, increase transparency, embed a clear AI governance structure, and save time with more efficient documentation generation. This positioned them as a pioneer of responsible AI among their clients and allowed for in-time preparation for the EU AI Act. ## **What to look for in governance tools** Especially the latter case shows how clever solutions are necessary in order to balance innovation and compliance when existing governance structures are not uniform. As AI governance is evolving, traditional tools like spreadsheets no longer meet the complexity or pace of modern compliance needs. And rather than viewing regulation as a roadblock, teams should embed governance directly into their development workflows to speed up innovation processes by streamlining documentation, experimentation, and stakeholder engagement. However, not every GRC tool is a good fit for AI governance. Here are some key features every efficient AI governance tool should have: - **Curated governance frameworks**: A good AI governance tool should offer a library of different governance frameworks, AI-related risks and controls, and automate the guidelines or requirements as much as possible. Such frameworks can either be ethical guidelines or include regulations like the EU AI Act or certifiable standards such as ISO/IEC 42001\. Some tasks and requirements cannot be automated, but a tool should give you the guidance to complete and meet them efficiently. - **AI use case management**: A governance tool that helps you to manage AI use cases and depict your AI use case ideation process, not only supports you in thinking about governance requirements early on. It also allows you to make AI governance the enabler of AI innovation and business intelligence by having a central place to oversee how individual teams make use of AI in your company. From here, each stakeholder can see the information relevant to them and start their workflows. The AI registry is a must-have even for those who are less concerned with governance. Why not make it multipurpose? - **Connection to developer environments**: An effective tool lets you think about AI governance holistically and across the whole AI life cycle. This means that you need to integrate with the developer environments. By using a developer-friendly governance tool, you can directly extract valuable information from the code and data to automate the collection of evidence and create documentation. Further, it can also show you which tasks must be done during development already to achieve compliance and quality early on. An example of such a tool, enabling effective AI governance, is the trail \*\*\*\*AI Governance Copilot. It’s designed for teams that want to scale AI responsibly, without slowing down innovation by getting stuck in compliance processes. It helps you turn governance from a theoretical checkbox into a practical, day-to-day capability that actually fits how your team works. With trail, you can plug governance directly into your stack using reusable templates, flexible frameworks, and smart automation. That means less manual work for compliance officers and developers alike, but more consistency without having to reinvent the wheel every time. As a result, trail bridges the gap between tech, compliance, and business teams, making it easy to coordinate tasks along the AI lifecycle. It reduces overhead while boosting oversight, quality, and audit-readiness. Because real AI governance doesn’t live in PDFs, wiki pages, and spreadsheets — it lives in the daily doing. If you want to make responsible AI your competitive advantage, let us help you — we are happy to[ explore the right solution](https://www.trail-ml.com/?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=AIAI-article-2025) for you in a conversation. If you want to continue with your AI governance learning journey, you can do so[ here](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1Yhh-Toi-TQW34adn1BnujQfwe11) with our free AI governance framework. ### When (and when not) to build AI products: A guide to maximizing ROI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/when-and-when-not-to-build-ai-products-a-guide-to-maximizing-roi/ Last updated: 2025-10-10T15:58:27.000Z A few weeks ago, I saw a post on Instagram that made me laugh; it was about someone’s grandmother asking if she should invest in [AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/). That really struck a chord. Right now, AI is *everywhere*. It’s overhyped, misunderstood, and somehow both intimidating **and** irresistible. I work with executives, product managers, and board members every day who are all asking the same questions: When should we invest in AI? How do we know if it’ll be worth it? And once we do [decide to invest](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/investai-europes-200-billion-move-to-lead-in-ai-innovation/), how do we make sure we actually get a return on that investment? After more than a decade building AI products – from chatbots at Wayfair to playlist personalization at Spotify to Reels recommendations at Instagram, and leading the AI org at SiriusXM – I’ve seen the difference between AI that delivers and AI that drains. This article is my attempt to help you avoid the latter, because here’s the thing: AI is powerful, but it’s also expensive. You have to know *when* it makes sense to build, and *how* to build smart. So, let’s get started. ## **Define the problem first – AI is not the goal** Let me be blunt: if you can’t clearly articulate the business problem you’re trying to solve, AI is probably not the answer. AI is not a goal. It’s a **tool**. A *very* expensive one. I always come back to something Marty Cagan said about product management: > “Your job is to define what is valuable, what is viable, and what is feasible.” That same principle applies to AI investment. You need: - A clear **business objective** - A way to **quantify the value** (revenue, cost reduction, efficiency, customer satisfaction, etc.) - A realistic **budget** based on your unique context If you're a nonprofit, you might ask how many people you're serving and what it costs. If you're a [startup](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/), it's how many paid users you expect to gain and your acquisition cost. For a teacher, it's student outcomes per dollar spent. The same logic applies to AI. [Rethinking AI power efficiency with Vishal Sarin from Sagence AIVishal Sarin discusses breaking power efficiency barriers to make generative AI scalable, affordable, and economically viable at scale.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-398.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--54-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rethinking-ai-power-efficiency-with-vishal-sarin-from-sagence-ai/) ## **Quantifying the value of AI** Let’s say you *do* have a clear problem. Great. Now the question becomes: What value will AI actually bring? Sometimes the ROI is direct and measurable. For example, it could be revenue growth from improved ad targeting or cost savings by identifying high-risk loan applicants more accurately. Other times, the value is indirect but still impactful, such as: - **Customer experience improvements** (higher customer satisfaction scores) - **Operational efficiency** (like automating data entry) - **Competitive advantage** (being the first to offer a feature) - **Employee productivity** (autocomplete in Gmail, ChatGPT-generated product briefs) Here’s how I recommend approaching it: 1. List out your [key metrics](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/evaluating-machine-learning-models-metrics-and-techniques/) 2. Assign potential impact scores (quantitative or qualitative) 3. Use forecasting, heuristics, or pre/post analysis to estimate the lift For example, back when I was working on Reels recommendations, we modeled how a small bump in conversion rate could translate into tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue. It doesn’t need to be perfect – it just needs to be honest. [IBM & Oracle debut watsonx agentic AI on OCITake a look at IBM & Oracle’s watsonx Orchestrate and Granite AI on OCI for autonomous AI workflows with low‑code automation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-399.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--22-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ibm-oracle-debut-watsonx-agentic-ai-on-oci/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Integrating AI with AR/VR: Transforming user interaction and empowering creators URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/integrating-ai-with-ar-vr-transforming-user-interaction-and-empowering-creators/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:28:15.000Z The convergence of AI and AR/VR is changing the way we engage with, explore, and even create content for virtual worlds. This convergence is adding intelligence, realism, and adaptability to immersive experiences like never before, enhancing the potential of AR/VR significantly. AI adds intelligence, personalisation, and adaptability to AR and VR interactions, thereby enhancing the degree of responsiveness and smoothness of the system for user needs. This convergence of technology is more than just an innovation, it represents a significantly growing industry; According to a [study](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/08/26/2935624/0/en/Augmented-And-Virtual-Reality-AR-VR-Market-Surges-to-USD-214-82-Billion-by-2031-Propelled-by-31-70-CAGR-Verified-Market-Research.html) of Verified Market Research, the AR and VR market surges to **USD 214.82** billion by 2031, propelled by **31.70%** CAGR. At the same time, PwC [predicts](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/technology/publications/economic-impact-of-vr-ar.html) that AI advancements in business functions like training simulations, remote work, and cross-location teamwork will greatly enhance VR and AR applications, contributing **$1.5** trillion to the economy by 2030. Additionally, the AR and VR consumer segment is set to soar as well. IDC [estimates](https://itbrief.com.au/story/ar-vr-spending-to-reach-50-9-billion-in-2026-idc) that global expenditure on AR/VR will exceed **$50** billion annually by 2026, with AI personalisation driving demand. In addition, the AI-in-AR/VR sector is [projected](https://www.thebusinessresearchcompany.com/report/ai-in-virtual-reality-and-augmented-reality-global-market-report) to experience a growth rate of more than **35%** CAGR in the next few years, highlighting the transformative influence of intelligent algorithms on immersive technologies. This rapid expansion illustrates the need for advanced virtual experiences powered by AI in almost every sector. It is [predicted](https://www.statista.com/outlook/amo/ar-vr/worldwide) that by 2029, the number of users in the AR & VR market worldwide is expected to reach 3.7 billion. As AI improves the functionality of AR/VR applications, it will change how we interact with the digital world and the real world, merging virtual and real experiences in ways we have just begun to scratch the surface of. ## **The integration of AI with AR/VR technologies** The growth of AR technology is quite evident with the success of Vuzix Blade and Epson Moverio’s step into the enterprise world. Imagine a scenario in which AI interacts with you on a personal level and caters to your every need while guiding you through a new virtual world that seems similar to our physical world. Undoubtedly, from enterprises to personal users, the use cases are limitless. Remote workers, for example, can use AR glasses to get real-time guidance from AI virtual assistants that enable them to work more productively. Users can expect advanced navigation, e.g., guided navigation, virtual try-ons, and much more. Some remote workers could receive real-time assistance through virtual AI helpers. On one hand, with the lines blurring between the physical and virtual worlds, the integration of AI with AR and VR will cross new boundaries and significantly enhance user experience. On the other hand, AI is changing the game for creators of AR and VR technologies by completing repetitive tasks like 3D modeling and creating textures, allowing creators to make important, high-level decisions. Immersive experiences have also become easier to create due to AI tools, which allow unrestricted real-time rendering, physics simulation, and dynamic lighting. [AI Salary Survey: 2024/25 ResultsWe’ve analyzed the earnings data from countless AI professionals across the globe to equip you with clear insights into what your skills command in the market.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-403.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Salary_Report_2025_Meta-7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-salary-survey-results/) ## **Enhancing AR/VR experience through AI** ### 1\. AI-powered personalized experience AI systems assess usage patterns and modify content depending on prior encounters, preferences, and even emotions. A recent [survey](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/voice-of-the-consumer-survey.html) by PwC found that **55%** of individuals are prone to patronising companies that offer personalised services, further demonstrating the strength of personalization. In AR/VR, this transition leads to the creation of animated virtual universes that adapt to the user’s inputs and wishes, resulting in spaces that are highly personalised and pleasing to satisfy the users’ needs. ### 2\. AI-powered optimisations The impact of AI on XR systems is evident as its applications boost motion anticipation, compression, and rendering to achieve seamless and consistent visuals. NVIDIA CloudXR employs AI-driven pose prediction for user movement tracking, which enhances motion responsiveness and stream relays in cloud-streamed XR applications. Furthermore, real-time frame scaling of lower resolutions through DLSS enhances visual sharpness without increasing GPU demand. The ability to cut bandwidth consumption dramatically through AI-powered video compression enhances the fluidity of AR/VR streaming over conventional networks. Dynamic foveated rendering from Meta’s XR ecosystem advancements and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces utilizes AI to optimize detail-rich areas for user gaze focus while expecting lesser detail in peripheral views. Such improvements significantly improve immersion capabilities for users. ### 3\. Enhancing emotional intelligence for AR/VR applications through AI The realm of AR and VR is being transformed by AI, especially in the areas of emotion recognition. Utilizing machine learning techniques, AI systems are capable of discerning emotions through voice, posture, and even subtle facial expressions. Such capabilities can dynamically tune AR/VR experiences. For instance, an emotionally intelligent AI VR game could tailor its story or modify the game’s level of difficulty based on the emotional feedback received from the player. Similarly, emotion-sensitive AI could improve responsiveness in strategy educational games by changing content to meet a student’s emotional needs. Researchers also suggest that AI designed to recognize emotions can enhance emotional engagement, or more basic cues could be used to guide remotely controlled environments. [context of gaming](https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/5/3/13%23:~:text=In%2520our%2520work%252C%2520affect%2520essentially,facial%2520expressions%2520meant%2520to%2520reflect) ### 4\. AI for natural language & gesture control in AR/VR AI is transforming the manner in which people engage with AR and VR technology through natural language processing and gesture control. Hands-free operation is made possible through voice recognition powered by AI, such as Google’s Dialog Flow. On the gesture recognition front, AI-powered hand tracking is transforming how users interact in VR. Leap Motion’s AI sensors allow for precise hand movements and gesture recognition in VR applications, making them as responsive as real-world interactions. Gesture tracking also allows for interaction with the Microsoft HoloLens AR smart glasses, integrating touch-free commands in the medical, industrial, or enterprise applications. Bringing digital experiences closer to the real world, these features deepen the immersion and usability of AR/VR systems. ### 5\. AI augmentation of virtual beings (NPCs) in AR/VR AI modifies virtual humans and NPCs in AR/VR systems by automating their responsiveness and emotional sensitivity. Avatars and NPCs (non-player characters) powered with AI technology facilitate immersion through real-time context-responsive dialogues powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP), computer vision, and deep learning. In gaming and social VR, AI-powered NPCs are interacting with users on a more sophisticated level. NPCs with personalities, memory, and emotional intelligence can now be created, enhancing the engagement level in VR storytelling and multiplayer gaming. These advancements in AI-engagement are redesigning user immersion in AR/VR systems as interactions become less mechanical and more lifelike with sociability and emotions. ### 6\. AI-powered virtual worlds: Bridging the gap between digital and reality NVIDIA’s Omniverse employs AI photorealistic modeling and physics simulation to enable seamless collaboration in virtual spaces. Photorealistic environments are explorable in real-time. Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5 uses AI-based procedural techniques for the creation of untamed and lifelike explorable terrains. In social VR, Inworld AI and Charisma.AI animate NPCs with self-adaptive dialogue systems and emotional intelligence, transforming avatars into engaging personas. Advances in AI illumination techniques, AI-powered physics, and object recognition open new frontiers where realism transforms immersion, making the world more wondrous. [How NVIDIA could propel Europe’s generative AI futureNVIDIA’s strategic approach to advancing Generative AI in Europe, enhancing AI adoption and business models.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-404.png)AI Accelerator InstituteTiffany Valentiny![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--9--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-nvidia-could-propel-europes-generative-ai-future/) ## **Enhancing creators’ potential with the help of AI** While enhancing the end user experience, AI is also enhancing AR/VR creators’ capabilities in several ways. ### **AI-assisted 3D content creation and world building** One of the most challenging tasks for AR/VR developers is creating high-quality 3D assets and environments. World generation and asset creation are now automated with AI. NVIDIA’s Omniverse and Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 employ AI-powered procedural generation to construct incredibly detailed, photorealistic landscapes with little human intervention. Additionally, AI tools like Promethean AI, which help artists by automatically generating 3D assets, are becoming more common. ### **Data-driven decision-making for AR and VR creators using AI technologies** AI assists AR and VR creators with making data-driven decisions on user behavior, level of engagement, and overall experience using performance metrics. User interaction with virtual environments is monitored through advanced analytics systems like Niantic’s Lightship VPS, Unity Analytics, and others, enabling developers to improve game design, mechanics, user interfaces, and overall user engagement. AI sentiment analysis and interaction heatmaps are utilized by Meta’s Horizon Worlds to monitor player interaction, enabling improvements in social VR space features and functionalities. Additionally, the spatial understanding of how users interact with AR technologies is facilitated through AI-powered technology in Google’s ARCore, enabling brands to construct unique, immersive advertisements. AI approaches to A/B testing, forecasting, and user experience customization enable AR and VR creators to define parameters on monetization, engagement, immersion, and interaction without being decisive. ## **A time of unified, intelligent engagements** The advent of AR/VR alongside AI is revolutionizing the way digital content is created and consumed. The [report](https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/5179263) from Gartner does suggest that **40%** of AR/VR applications from the consumers’ perspective in 2026 will be integrated with AI; a clear testament to the potential that such intelligent immersive applications possess. Whether it's gaming, virtual meeting spaces, or working on creative ideation, the core merger of AI and AR/VR is rendering boundaries obsolete. In the words of Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, integration of AI within immersive tech is not resizing or enhancing the relevance of the technology but rather altering the paradigm of interacting with the computer. For creators, it’s a great time to explore various tools and devices, while for consumers, it is the beginning of adaptive and tailored interactions. With every innovation, it seems like the world where the digital space doesn’t stand out from our reality, it simply merges, is not so far. In fact, it seems like it has the potential to rework the definition of work interactions and creativity. ### Rethinking AI power efficiency with Vishal Sarin from Sagence AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rethinking-ai-power-efficiency-with-vishal-sarin-from-sagence-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-13T15:29:17.000Z *At the* [*Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley 2025*](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/)*, Vishal Sarin, Founder, President & CEO of* [*Sagence AI*](https://www.sagence-ai.com/)*, sat down with Tim Mitchell, Business Line Lead, Technology at the AI Accelerator Institute, to explore one of the most urgent challenges in* [*generative AI*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/)*: its staggering power demands.* *In this interview, Vishal shares insights from his talk on the economic imperative of breaking power efficiency barriers and rethinking the AI stack to make generative AI scalable and sustainable.* --- ## The power problem in Generative AI **Tim Mitchell:** Vishal, great to have you here. Can you start by summarizing what you spoke about at the summit? **Vishal Sarin:** Absolutely. While generative AI has opened up enormous opportunities, it’s facing a major bottleneck: [power efficiency](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/quantum-leaps-transforming-data-centers-energy/). The massive energy requirements of AI workloads threaten their economic viability. My talk focused on the urgent need to break through these power efficiency barriers; not through incremental tweaks, but by rethinking the entire AI stack, from chips to cooling. We need radical innovation to make generative AI truly scalable and sustainable. ## Opportunities across the AI stack **Tim:** Where are the biggest opportunities to reduce power consumption across the AI stack? **Vishal:** There are improvements possible across the stack, such as power generation and distribution, and even at the network level. But the most foundational leverage point is in computation and memory. If you look at the power consumption of generative AI workloads, memory access and data movement dominate. So, optimizing compute and memory together, what we call in-memory compute, is a massive opportunity to cut both cost and energy use. It’s where you get the most ROI. ## The promise of in-memory compute **Tim:** In-memory compute sounds like a major shift. Can you elaborate? **Vishal:** Definitely. Today’s architectures are built on the von Neumann model, which separates compute and memory. Data constantly moves between memory and processor – an extremely power-hungry process. In-memory compute integrates computation closer to the memory, significantly reducing data movement. This architectural change could improve power efficiency by orders of magnitude, especially for inference tasks in generative AI. ## The role of accelerators and SLMs **Tim:** What about hardware accelerators like GPUs? Where do they fit into this picture? **Vishal:** GPUs and other accelerators are critical but also contribute significantly to energy usage, largely because of memory bandwidth. Even with very efficient compute units, moving data to and from memory becomes a bottleneck. To go beyond current limits, we need a paradigm shift that combines the strengths of accelerators with architectural innovations like in-memory compute. That’s where the next wave of performance and efficiency gains will come from. **Tim:** Does this mean small language models (SLMs) are also part of the solution? **Vishal:** Yes. SLMs are more lightweight and reduce the need for massive infrastructure to run inference. When designed and trained efficiently, they can offer comparable performance for many applications while drastically cutting down power and cost. They’re not a replacement for large models in every case, but they play an important role in making AI more accessible and sustainable. ## Cooling and infrastructure innovation **Tim:** Beyond compute, how important are cooling and energy systems? **Vishal:** They’re essential. High-density AI infrastructure creates tremendous heat, and traditional cooling is no longer enough. Innovations like liquid cooling and better energy recovery systems are necessary to keep power usage in check and manage operational costs. These systems need to evolve alongside the compute stack for AI infrastructure to be economically viable at scale. ## A path toward sustainable scaling **Tim:** Looking ahead, what gives you optimism about solving these challenges? **Vishal:** What’s exciting is that we’re at a turning point. We know where the problems are and have clear paths forward, from architectural innovation to smarter energy use. The industry is no longer just chasing performance; it’s aligning around efficiency and sustainability. That shift in mindset is what will drive generative AI toward long-term viability. ## Final thoughts Vishal Sarin’s vision for the future of generative AI is clear: breaking power efficiency barriers isn’t optional; it’s a necessity. By rethinking compute architectures, embracing small models, and innovating across the AI stack, the industry can achieve both performance and sustainability. As the field matures, these breakthroughs will determine whether generative AI can scale beyond hype to deliver enduring, transformative value. ### AIAI Silicon Valley, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-silicon-valley-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:43:02.000Z Catch up on every session from the AIAI Silicon Valley with sessions across 3 co-located summit featuring the likes of Anthropic, Open AI, Meta and many more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Quantum leaps: Transforming data centers & energy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/quantum-leaps-transforming-data-centers-energy/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:47:54.000Z We are making Quantum Leaps. I am not referring to the 80s/90s TV show, but rather, I am referring to quantum computing and competing for better and faster [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/). Quantum computing is a field that excites me to my core. I’ve always been driven by pursuing what’s next, whether mastering tactics in the Marines or navigating complex policy challenges in government. Quantum computing feels like the ultimate “what’s next.” Its potential to solve problems in seconds that would take today’s supercomputers millennia is a quantum leap. I talked a bit about Quantum Computing in one of my recent [newsletters](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/businessmanathletemarine%5Fai-artificialintelligence-chicago-activity-7310291548720541697-A-OP?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop&rcm=ACoAAANrnawBliS%5FN0vyCBKzDt08ZaAKxakkEQM). However, potential doesn’t turn into reality without investment of time, money, and strategic resources. My experience has shown me that technological superiority is a strategic advantage, and right now, nations and companies worldwide are racing to claim the quantum crown. We risk falling behind if we don’t pour resources into research, development, and deployment. This is more than an opportunity; it’s a call to action. We must invest heavily and deliberately to ensure quantum computing becomes a cornerstone of our competitive edge. [Next gen AI architectures: Exploring the next wave of intelligent computingSome next-generation AI architectures are emerging as promising alternatives such as (HDC), (NSAI), capsule networks, and low-power AI chips.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-395.png)AI Accelerator InstituteRobert McMenemy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--34-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/next-gen-ai-architectures-exploring-the-next-wave-of-intelligent-computing/) Bill Gates recently suggested that [energy sector jobs are among the few fields that will survive an AI takeover](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bill-gates-predicts-only-three-jobs-will-survive-the-ai-takeover-here-is-why/articleshow/119533999.cms?utm%5Fsource=contentofinterest&utm%5Fmedium=text&utm%5Fcampaign=cppst). According to him, the energy sector’s immense complexity and ever-evolving regulatory frameworks mean that human expertise will always be necessary. AI alone cannot navigate the intricate challenges of mapping regulatory landscapes or developing sustainable solutions to meet our world's diverse energy needs. > “Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers; humans won’t be needed for most things.” – Bill Gates Bill Gates’s premonition that only a few fields will survive over the next 10 years insinuates massive shifts happening, and rather quickly. [**Welcome to the quantum computing era**](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/bill-gates-on-ai-humans-wont-be-needed-for-most-things.html)**.** As we are trending towards a new era of AI, called quantum computing, it becomes increasingly evident that our approach to both data centers and the broader energy grid needs to change. Next to Bill Gates’s statement, AI is continually seeping into every industry and every corner of life. I believe this is causing and will continue to cause a surge in demand for advanced computing power like never before, which will not only drive the need for redesigning smarter, more efficient data center strategies but will also require a fundamental advancement of our energy grid infrastructure. To start with, we must focus on data centers and our energy grid; it’s important to illustrate at a high and broad level how we get push-button AI at our fingertips. **See Figure 1 below** 1. The underlying process that supports modern AI begins with power generation. Energy is produced at large-scale facilities, ranging from nuclear reactors (both current 3rd-generation and the emerging 4th-generation designs), coal-fired plants, wind farms, and solar arrays, which convert various energy sources into electricity. This electricity then travels through an extensive distribution network of power lines and substations before reaching data centers. That is the energy grid infrastructure. 2. Inside these data centers, thousands of powerful servers process and store vast amounts of data, running complex AI algorithms and machine learning models. These facilities employ advanced cooling systems and high-speed networking infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, allowing rapid global data transmission. 3. When a user interacts with an AI application, whether a virtual assistant or a personalized recommendation engine, the input is processed at these centers through model inference, and the output is swiftly delivered back via the internet to consumer devices. ![A diagram of a diagram AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf11aptBeKNcoJ_x0MGkgbYwBbJTNd9dfcdRTVm4YayS8rw-IatfJdRYk3laZrPovSbxHP69IcKkI5Mnq1tVKrEwOGR6B4cW1uDXKI6GeZTOU-iN20oQrPvPTCtHPUNx3sxlTjRp92YEH4g0AJvb8w?key=zeU70OA9r8WlMXc5Bhm2jw) ****Figure 1** In layman’s terms, our modern AI experience relies on the vital integration of robust energy grids and sophisticated data centers, flawlessly powering the technologies at our fingertips. This interconnected infrastructure is necessary for delivering the immediate, push-button AI capabilities that are so commonplace now that we tend to take them for granted. ## Advancing the energy grid: Nuclear or solar, which is better for the emergence of quantum computing? Solar and nuclear power are set to emerge as the two dominating sources for our future energy mix. Solar energy is a game-changer due to its virtually limitless potential, rapidly declining costs, and the strides we've made in efficiency and storage technology. As our digital demands continue to surge, especially with the rise of advanced computing and quantum technologies, solar's scalability makes it a feasible choice for powering everything from sprawling data centers to localized grids. At the same time, nuclear energy is indispensable because it provides reliable, around-the-clock baseload power with minimal carbon emissions. With next-generation advances like small modular reactors addressing traditional safety and waste concerns, nuclear power is well-positioned to deliver the steady energy output necessary to support our ever-growing, high-demand digital infrastructure. With nuclear and solar together, these two sources balance flexibility with stability, making them my top picks for the future. Based on the photo in **Figure 2** below, solar currently contributes less than wind and hydro, but it's set to catch up and eventually overtake them. Solar's lower current share is primarily due to its relatively recent adoption and earlier cost barriers, whereas wind and hydro have been established for decades. However, I’m excited about the rapid cost declines in solar panel technology, energy efficiency improvements, and storage system advancements that address intermittency. Unlike hydro, which is limited by geography, or wind, which requires consistent breezes, solar panels can be deployed almost anywhere, with considerations, i.e., my references to Washington State later in this writing. As energy demands grow, especially with emerging technologies like quantum computing, I expect solar to scale quickly to meet nuclear energy as a complete hybrid energy strategy. ![A table with numbers and text AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXe_fApFqrC3cyK5OhAPn3ob4x8pA-JmQ1zzkUd9cXpkUSFt8TC-d7vGRyzZROsSQ52iXOk-CI22pm4aMY1UrS2Z_SVbyDo7_NNyG84QkP2EdAECabfKYkALXZZKFRnxqeXCC2T8GF0fJkKYhJ8BVCc?key=zeU70OA9r8WlMXc5Bhm2jw) ****Figure 2** **Nuclear:** As quantum computing matures and its demands for energy reliability, efficiency, and stability increase, the debate over the ideal energy source intensifies. Nuclear power has very low CO₂ emissions during operation and exceptionally high energy density, offering a compact but potent solution. Its ability to generate massive power from a relatively small footprint makes it an attractive option for powering data centers that support quantum computing. However, nuclear reactors come with a lot of challenges. The production of radioactive waste, which requires long-term, secure management, and the inherent risks associated with potential accidents, remain top concerns. Additionally, the regulatory landscape for nuclear power is intricate, necessitating continual human oversight and specialized expertise to ensure safe operations. With that said, let me reference Bill Gates’s perspective below: one area where jobs will continue to reign over AI in the future is in energy experts. ***“2\. Energy experts: The guardians of power*** *The* [*energy sector is too vast*](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bill-gates-predicts-only-three-jobs-will-survive-the-ai-takeover-here-is-why/articleshow/119533999.cms?utm%5Fsource=contentofinterest&utm%5Fmedium=text&utm%5Fcampaign=cppst) *and intricate for AI to manage alone. Whether dealing with oil, nuclear power, or renewables, industry experts are required to navigate regulatory landscapes, strategize sustainable solutions, and handle the unpredictable nature of global energy demands.”* **Solar:** On the other side of the debate, solar power is a renewable and environmentally friendly alternative. With minimal operational emissions and the potential for scalability, solar reactors can leverage the sun's abundant energy. This scalability is particularly appealing for decentralized energy production and for applications where geographical distribution is advantageous. Whenever I return to California from Ireland, my flight path often passes 40,000 feet over Arizona, where a colossal solar farm sprawls across the desert. The farm is called the Agua Caliente Solar Project. Even when I'm cruising from San Diego to Phoenix, its vast expanse is unmistakable, visible at 70 mph on the highway or from high above. The Agua Caliente Solar Project is a 290 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station, built in Yuma County, Arizona, using 5.2 million cadmium telluride modules made by the U.S. thin-film manufacturer First Solar. It was the largest solar facility in the world when the project was commissioned in April 2014.\[1\]\[2\] While the striking installation thrives in the sunny, arid conditions of Arizona, replicating it in regions like Washington State could be more challenging due to: 1. There is a need for vast, open, and flat land, conditions less common in much of Washington, though some areas offer suitable terrain. 2. The abundant, consistent sunlight is essential for large-scale solar farms, which is less prevalent in Washington compared to Arizona. Here is an aerial photo - **Figure 3 -** of the farm from about a height of 10,000 feet. ![A map of a solar project AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfc3Z4qhYSB-1k4cuDhJwP6MNwworQYmOfVWRU-n7UD1KcHNWYN2Aub8U9f0bAjZdiL3Sr6E-uGHotyXUwwD2vHguO1AIbCvWCorC4YMczmNIm01MkzLQWgQBZMSnoLdLma9P0LIgib93MOAUe4br0?key=zeU70OA9r8WlMXc5Bhm2jw) ****Figure 3** Yet, solar power systems face their own set of hurdles. Large-scale solar installations demand very large land areas, which can be a limiting factor in densely populated or resource-constrained regions. Additionally, the environmental impact of manufacturing solar panels, including resource extraction and waste generated at the end of their lifecycle, cannot be overlooked. Like my example of Washington State, variability in solar energy production due to weather conditions further complicates its reliability as a sole energy source for critical applications like quantum computing. When evaluating these trade-offs, it's important to consider the specific energy needs of quantum computing. Quantum computing centers require not only massive, uninterrupted power but also an energy infrastructure that can scale with the rapid growth of data and processing demands. Nuclear reactors, particularly next-generation designs, could provide the consistent, high-output energy necessary to run these power-hungry centers efficiently. In contrast, while solar power offers a cleaner, more renewable option, its dependency on external factors like sunlight means it might best serve as a supplementary source rather than the primary backbone of energy supply for such high-stakes applications. ## Out with the old, in with the new: Leaping from 3rd generation nuclear, to 4th generation The need for such sophisticated infrastructure becomes even more important as the demand for AI and quantum computing applications continues to grow. Although current 3rd-generation nuclear reactors can power today's data centers and support quantum computing, there is a convincing argument to expedite shifting to 4th-generation reactors. These advanced reactors promise enhanced safety features, improved fuel efficiency, and reduced radioactive waste. The U.S., for example, is actively pursuing these 4th-generation reactors through initiatives like the Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, with demonstration projects expected in the early 2030s and broader deployment possibly by the mid-to-late 2030s. Meanwhile, countries such as China and Russia are already experimenting with advanced reactor designs like China’s HTR-PM and Russia’s BN-800, though no nation has yet deployed a large fleet of fully commercial 4th-generation reactors. The integration of AI and quantum computing is driving a transformative rethinking of both energy generation and data center ecosystems. Advanced power generation from the next wave of nuclear reactors to innovative renewable energy sources is going to be standardly needed in meeting the escalating energy demands of these emerging technologies. As our reliance on AI and quantum computing grows, so does the need for human expertise to navigate the complex regulatory and technical challenges inherent in this evolution. Whether nuclear or solar reactors ultimately prove superior in specific cases may depend on regional needs, technological breakthroughs, and the balance between efficiency, safety, and sustainability in the long term. So, it's highly unlikely that the grid and the economy would go with one or the other as we emerge into the era of quantum computing, but rest assured, they will both be absolutely necessary. The 4th-generation nuclear reactors are an increasing necessity for quantum computing because they provide the ultra-stable, high-density energy needed for sensitive quantum systems. Unlike 3rd-generation reactors, these advanced designs offer enhanced safety features, more consistent power output, and improved fuel efficiency, all while reducing radioactive waste. These improvements are critical for powering the data centers that drive AI and quantum computing, ensuring a resilient, sustainable energy grid for future technological advancements. Below in **Figure 4** is a comparative chart outlining some of the main pros and cons of nuclear power versus solar power. This chart summarizes key points to consider when comparing nuclear and solar power. Each energy source has distinct advantages and challenges that must be weighed in light of factors such as environmental impact, reliability, cost, safety, and waste management. ![A diagram with text and words AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXere6mB9-Oymx5NXnHFA1NkUabJ6XET9bjoXRmvqGK7cO6V_PKy_acT5Tos5sSXHHhQgAi2YZNfJbCVQFtQiMG7zczt6B5GIkufvzA_cpfWdUopj923WG4EWAJHHvOrlOL4R9sk-Dq5fOmIgPa6Nh4?key=zeU70OA9r8WlMXc5Bhm2jw) ****Figure 4** ## Rethinking data centers In my time as a Marine, I learned the value of strategic positioning, never putting all your resources in one vulnerable spot. That lesson resonates with me now as I look at the digital landscape. My military background taught me to anticipate risks and plan for redundancy, and that’s exactly what decentralized data centers offer. They’re not just infrastructure; they’re a strategic asset, and I believe investing in them is non-negotiable if we want to stay ahead in the digital race. To realize Bill Gates’ statement, which I originally referred to in this writing, I believe the final shift to his proposed future state reality will be a commoditized approach to data centers; again, similar to my gas station theory, I mention below. ***In my view,*** > ***“We are on the brink of a transformation that I would call the*** [***‘real estate data center market***](https://youtu.be/UczALD7ZZDU?si=c%5FImo519thh24faQ)***’ (watch video), where data centers become as ubiquitous as gas stations.*** > **This vision is driven by the fact that our growing population and escalating energy demands necessitate a robust, reliable, and scalable power supply.** > ***With a decentralized data center environment as frequent as gas stations, less strain will be placed on the environment, and AI will be more productive.*** > ***Imagine if a town the size of 500,000 people only had one gas station. It would not be productive, and the strain on supply would be unfeasible. Now, if you have 500 gas stations, that is per 10 people, then the situation gets much more manageable.”*** Data centers are not typically seen as attractive-looking landmarks. They are also not typically used for anything other than a data center. However, with the remote work society, and logistics and distribution changing for things like shopping malls, movie theaters, and skyscrapers, there sure is a lot of empty building space sitting around that can be repurposed into mixed-use complexes and buildings as data centers. There are many landmarks today that have been turned into data centers, called adaptive reusage, but otherwise would have been decommissioned and destroyed. For example, historic structures like Milwaukee’s Wells Building and Portland’s Pittock Block have been repurposed into [state-of-the-art data centers](https://www.1547realty.com/resource/the-art-of-adaptive-reuse-for-data-centers-repurposing-historic-buildings-for-the-digital-age/), preserving their [architectural legacy](https://www.hksinc.com/our-news/articles/what-to-know-about-converting-buildings-into-modern-data-centers/) while meeting modern technological demands. Many of these buildings have historical value and meaning, and are not such a “community eyesore” and very “dystopian” looking. For example, the Western Union Building, 60 Hudson Street, has historically served as an office and telecommunications hub. Today, however, it is primarily used as a data center and colocation facility, making it a prime example of adaptive reuse. While its core function is data center operations, elements of its traditional usage, such as office space and support services, still remain, reflecting its multifaceted role in New York City's evolving infrastructure. These buildings were once at risk of demolition or decommissioning as their original uses became obsolete. Instead of letting them be destroyed, innovative adaptive reuse projects have transformed these historic landmarks into modern data centers. This approach not only preserves architectural heritage but also meets today's growing technological needs. For instance, projects have repurposed structures like Milwaukee's Wells Building and Portland's Pittock Block, buildings that might have otherwise been demolished, into state-of-the-art data centers. In **Figure 5**, the data center on the left, though not unattractive, feels plain and lacks character, intrigue, and meaning. In contrast, the images of 60 Hudson Street on the right showcase a building rich in substance, personality, and historical charm. From a purely architectural perspective, many contemporary data centers follow a utilitarian, box-like design that prioritizes efficiency, cooling, and security over aesthetics. They often feature minimal ornamentation, subdued façades, and large footprints for equipment. While this design approach is practical, it can lack the visual appeal and historic character seen in older structures. By contrast, 60 Hudson Street exemplifies an era of architecture in which buildings were designed to showcase craftsmanship and artistry. Built in an Art Deco style, its brick façade, ornate lobby detailing, and dramatic setbacks reflect the period’s emphasis on ornamentation and grandeur. Even after being repurposed as a data center and telecommunications hub, it retains much of its original design intent and ambiance, giving it a sense of place and history that many newer facilities don’t replicate. In short, the difference lies in the guiding priorities behind each building’s construction. Modern data centers focus on function first, large-scale power capacity, robust cooling, and physical security, whereas older buildings like 60 Hudson Street were shaped by an architectural tradition that valued aesthetic richness and craftsmanship as essential parts of a structure’s identity. ![A collage of buildings AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXettrWLMVODLIeb0pJOiGIoouboXsbwsdgc9ZFtp-z91tQe3WxkBpxxYCqLaoD_JaTfUcyTL11tNYBxTq9_TUYYoCoMdL-_HVHrM6jb4kN514-x36A9LHJfq1NkuEpV_eAvoRHjGGos_g04XeKkSbc?key=zeU70OA9r8WlMXc5Bhm2jw) ****Figure 5** This [article](https://constructiondigital.com/construction-projects/data-centres-should-be-part-of-residential-developments) proposes that data centers be integrated as a component of modern residential developments. The idea is to design mixed-use projects where data centers and residential units coexist in the same vicinity or even within the same building complex, creating synergies such as shared infrastructure, improved connectivity, and more efficient land use, rather than literally housing residents within a data center facility. The other telltale sign about a commoditized approach to data centers comes from Sam Altman. In a recent [interview](https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1754318725971583238?s=20), OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman said: > *“We’re going to see 10-person* [*companies*](https://every.to/c/next-billion-dollar-company) *with billion-dollar valuations pretty soon…in my little group chat with my tech CEO friends, there’s this betting pool for the first year there is a one-person billion-dollar company, which would’ve been unimaginable without AI. And now \[it\] will happen.”* If both statements become true, imagine the data center requirements. I repeat my gas station analogy. If we accept Bill Gates' perspective on the survival of certain energy sector jobs and Sam Altman’s prediction about the rise of hyper-efficient, lean companies, then the infrastructure supporting these trends, data centers, will need to evolve dramatically. The idea is that data centers could become as ubiquitous and commoditized as gas stations. Just as gas stations are scattered throughout our landscapes to provide quick, localized fuel access, future data centers might be deployed in a decentralized manner to meet the explosive demand for computational power. This transformation would be driven by the exponential growth of AI-driven applications, the need for ultra-low latency processing, and the energy requirements of quantum computing. With advances in modular design, improved cooling systems, and energy efficiency, smaller data centers could be rapidly deployed in nearly every urban and rural corner, supporting the next wave of technological innovation. While challenges like regulatory hurdles, cybersecurity, and capital expenditure remain, the convergence of these trends suggests that a commoditized, widely distributed data center model is feasible and likely necessary to sustain the future digital economy. Feeding off my gas station analogy, let’s look at power substations. Imagine Chicago’s power grid: the city relies on around 1,300 substations to distribute electricity efficiently across neighborhoods. These substations act as critical hubs that step down high-voltage electricity from power plants to levels safe and usable by homes and businesses. Now, consider the digital equivalent of these substations, data centers. As our reliance on digital technologies grows, especially with the advent of AI and quantum computing, we need a similarly robust network to process, store, and distribute data. Just as substations are strategically positioned throughout Chicago to ensure reliable power delivery, data centers need to be widely distributed to meet increasing digital demands. [Digital transformation strategies for competitive advantageGetting your digital transformation strategy right can lead businesses towards endless possibilities and provide a competitive advantage.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-396.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMaimoon Saleem![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--35--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2025-frontier-digital-transformation-strategies-for-competitive-advantage/) This analogy suggests that as our energy infrastructure scales up to support a city like Chicago, our digital infrastructure must also expand proportionately, necessitating more localized data centers to ensure low-latency, high-performance computing across the urban landscape. Rethinking our digital infrastructure, I believe it's ever more important to evolve data centers into a decentralized network as ubiquitous as gas stations. In today's rapidly expanding digital landscape, which is driven by the exponential growth of AI and quantum computing, the demand for computational power is skyrocketing. Just as in my example above, a town with only one gas station for 500,000 people would struggle with supply. Relying on a few centralized data centers creates bottlenecks and latency issues. A commoditized model, where data centers are as common as power substations in a city like Chicago, would distribute computing resources evenly, ensuring ultra-low latency and high-performance processing across both urban and rural areas. My vision aligns with Bill Gates' perspective on transforming energy sectors and Sam Altman’s prediction of hyper-efficient, lean companies emerging in our digital future. With modular designs, improved cooling, and energy efficiency, widespread, localized data centers are feasible. They are becoming the lifeblood for sustaining our digital economy, reducing environmental strain, and supporting the next wave of technological innovation. ## Leaving you my perspective As an AI venture capitalist, I am shaped by my years as a U.S. Marine and my extensive experience in government. These roles have given me a front-row seat to the indispensable role that infrastructure and policy play in safeguarding national security and driving economic resilience. Today, I stand at the intersection of technology and investment, and from where I see it, the future hinges on bold, strategic moves in three critical areas: next-generation data centers, quantum computing, and advanced energy solutions. These aren’t just trends or buzzwords; they are the pillars of a secure, competitive, and prosperous tomorrow. Technology alone doesn’t win the day; policy and leadership do. My years in the public sector drilled this into me. I’ve been in the rooms where decisions are made, and I’ve seen how effective collaboration between government and industry can turn ideas into action. Right now, we need thinking and doing of substance vs more of the superficial developments we have seen with AI. We need regulatory frameworks that don’t stifle innovation but propel it forward while keeping security and sustainability front and center. This isn’t about bureaucracy for its own sake. It’s about creating an environment where bold investments can flourish responsibly into technologies of substance, not superficial trends and hype. Policymakers must work hand in hand with industry leaders to craft guidelines that protect our national interests, think cybersecurity, data privacy, and environmental impact, without slowing the pace of progress. My experience tells me this is possible. When the government and private sector align, the results are transformative. We need that alignment now more than ever. As an AI venture capitalist, I’m observing these shifts and urging us to act on them. I call on my fellow investors, government officials, and industry pioneers to champion these strategic investments with me. By rethinking our approach to data centers and advancing the energy grid infrastructure, we are creating the next wave of digital innovation and building a nation that’s secure, competitive, and ready for what’s ahead. I’ve seen what’s possible when we commit to a vision, whether on the battlefield, in the halls of government, or the boardroom. Let’s not wait for the world to change around us. Let’s be the ones to drive that change. *You can connect with Paul on* [*LinkedIn*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessmanathletemarine/) *and through his* [*CV site*](http://www.paulclaxton.io/)*.* ### How to build a powerful LLM user feedback loop URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-build-a-powerful-llm-user-feedback-loop/ Last updated: 2025-05-09T16:00:28.000Z Discover how to build a powerful LLM user feedback loop with Nebuly, optimizing AI interactions and driving continuous improvement. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### IBM & Oracle debut watsonx agentic AI on OCI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ibm-oracle-debut-watsonx-agentic-ai-on-oci/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:53:26.000Z Unlike traditional AI systems that rely on step-by-step human input, agentic AI represents the next evolution: autonomous agents capable of ingesting information, executing tasks, and independently delivering end-to-end outcomes. These agents can undertake multistep processes, linking APIs, databases, and [workflows](https://evertiq.com/design/2025-05-09-ibm-oracle-expand-partnership-to-advance-agentic-ai-hybrid-cloud), to tackle complex problems without constant oversight. As businesses aim to streamline operations and cut down on manual bottlenecks, agentic AI signals a shift from human-in-the-loop to human-on-the-loop management. IBM and Oracle’s relationship stretches back years, with joint efforts to optimize middleware, databases, and cloud services. Their agentic AI partnership builds on prior collaborations, such as the 2018 integration of IBM Cloud with Oracle’s database services. It reflects a mutual strategy to deliver enterprise‑grade AI tools at scale. By pooling IBM’s AI research and Oracle’s cloud infrastructure, they can offer customers seamless, cloud‑native workflows that span both vendors’ ecosystems. ## **watsonx Orchestrate: Automating workflows** On May 6, 2025, [IBM and Oracle](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-05-06-ibm-and-oracle-expand-partnership-to-advance-agentic-ai-and-hybrid-cloud) unveiled a significant expansion of their alliance: **IBM’s watsonx AI portfolio**, including **watsonx Orchestrate** and the new **Granite AI models**, will be directly available on **Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)**. Unlike point solutions, these tools are deeply embedded in OCI’s core services, allowing agents to run natively alongside data and apps—no extra pipelines or connectors needed. At the heart of this expansion is **watsonx Orchestrate**, a drag‑and‑drop interface for building AI agents. Users can configure agents to perform tasks like data extraction, reconciliation, and approval routing by simply arranging modular “action blocks.” These blocks invoke pretrained models or custom scripts, then hand off outputs to the next step: creating a no‑code pipeline that frees business users from writing scripts or managing cloud resources. Complementing Orchestrate are the **Granite AI models**, pretrained on industry‑specific datasets for finance, supply chain, and customer service sectors. By offering models tailored to common enterprise use cases, IBM and Oracle reduce the time and expertise needed to fine‑tune agents. Organizations can deploy a Granite model for invoice processing or customer‑support triage out of the box, then further customize it with proprietary data. ## OCI: Built for agentic AI IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, set the tone at THINK 2025 when he declared that “[the era of AI experimentation is over](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ibm-think-2025-ai-oracle-partnership/),” signaling a shift toward production‑ready AI agents that deliver measurable business outcomes. Analysts note enterprise customers increasingly demand turnkey, autonomous workflows rather than proof‑of‑concept demos. Meanwhile, technology partners are already preparing for this evolution. At the same event, IBM highlighted its integration of **webMethods Hybrid Integration**, designed to “replace rigid workflows with intelligent, agent‑driven automation” across apps, APIs, and file transfers in a hybrid cloud environment. Running agentic AI tools natively on OCI delivers several benefits: 1. **Reduced latency:** Agents access data stored in OCI without egress fees or cross‑cloud hops. 2. **Scalability:** OCI’s elastic infrastructure dynamically allocates resources as agents spin up or idle. 3. **Simplified management:** Centralized monitoring and billing within OCI avoid the friction of multicloud administration. [Your guide to agentic AIAgentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that act autonomously, make decisions, set goals, and adapt to their environment with minimal human intervention.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-389.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--16--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) ## **Security and governance** A key selling point is unified governance. By keeping agentic processes within OCI’s security perimeter, enterprises gain: - **Audit trails:** Every agent action is logged, ensuring traceability for compliance and forensic analysis. - **Access controls:** Role‑based permissions limit which data sources or systems an agent can touch. - **Encryption and key management:** OCI’s built‑in services manage encryption keys, reducing operational overhead. ## **Real‑world use cases** IBM and Oracle designed Orchestrate for both citizen developers and IT professionals. Prebuilt templates for common tasks, such as “Process Purchase Orders” or “Resolve Support Tickets”, enable rapid adoption. For more technical teams, APIs and SDKs allow embedding agentic functions into custom applications. This dual approach democratizes AI automation, letting frontline employees build solutions while keeping advanced customization in the hands of developers. - **Finance:** Agents reconcile transactions across ERP systems, flag anomalies, and generate reports, cutting close‑of‑month times by up to 40 percent. - **Supply chain:** Agents monitor inventory levels, predict stockouts, and automatically reorder supplies when thresholds are crossed. - **Customer service:** Agents triage incoming tickets, draft responses, and escalate to specialists on complex issues, all within an enterprise service‑desk platform. While Oracle and IBM take a joint approach, competitors are also racing to offer agentic AI. AWS Bedrock recently added “Agents” capabilities, and Microsoft Azure is integrating autonomous workflows into Power Automate. However, the IBM–Oracle deal stands out by uniting two major enterprise vendors and offering pretrained, domain‑aware models alongside low‑code orchestration tools in one cloud. ## **Trends and challenges** [As agentic AI matures](https://www.channele2e.com/news/ibm-expands-agentic-ai-footprint-through-strategic-collaborations-with-oracle-aws-and-salesforce), we expect: - **Cross‑cloud agents:** Tools to manage agents that operate seamlessly across OCI, AWS, Azure, and on‑premises data centers. - **Vertical AI catalogs:** Expanded Granite‑style model libraries for healthcare, manufacturing, and legal. - **Standardized governance:** Industry frameworks to certify the safety, ethics, and compliance of autonomous agents. However, challenges remain. Data privacy regulations may limit the scope of autonomous decisions. Organizations must guard against over‑automation, ensuring human oversight where necessary. Technical hurdles, such as integrating legacy systems, can also slow rollout. The expanded IBM–Oracle partnership marks a significant milestone toward autonomous enterprise AI. By embedding watsonx Orchestrate and Granite AI models directly into OCI, the two companies have created a unified platform for building, deploying, and governing agentic workflows at scale. For businesses and developers, this means faster time to value, robust security, and the freedom to build fast on a cloud they already trust. As agentic AI evolves, organizations that move early will be best positioned to unlock real efficiency gains and stay ahead of the competition through true end-to-end automation. ### Optimizing LLM performance and output quality URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-llm-performance-and-output-quality/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:45:27.000Z The session from Srinath Godavarthi, Director, Divisional Architect at Capital One, focuses on enhancing outcomes for customers and businesses by optimizing generative AI's performance and output quality. It highlights the importance of foundation models, their challenges, and the variability in output quality, including issues like hallucinations caused by noisy training data. The discussion covers four main strategies for improving model performance: prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and building models from scratch. Each method has its advantages, with prompt engineering offering quick improvements and fine-tuning providing specialized adaptations for specific tasks. Ultimately, the choice of strategy depends on the use case and the complexity involved. --- Want to see more? [****Become a Pro member**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/) today and get access to all sessions from Generative AI Summit Washington, alongside our entire world series. That's hundreds of hours of insights straight from some of the world's top AI leaders. [****Sign up for a Pro membership**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/)****.** ### AI-driven admin analytics: Tackling complexity, compliance, and customization URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-driven-admin-analytics-tackling-complexity-compliance-and-customization/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:55:08.000Z As productivity software evolves, the role of enterprise IT admins has become increasingly challenging. Not only are they responsible for enabling employees to use these [tools](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-most-popular-ai-tools-for-modern-product-teams/) effectively, but they are also tasked with justifying costs, ensuring [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-centric-ai-in-practice/) security, and maintaining operational efficiency. In my previous role as a Reporting and Analytics Product Manager, I collaborated with enterprise IT admins to understand their struggles and design solutions. This article explores the traditional pain points of admin reporting and highlights how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing this domain. ## Key pain points in admin reporting Through my research and engagement with enterprise IT admins, several recurring challenges surfaced: 1. **Manual, time-intensive processes:** Admins often spent significant time collecting, aggregating, and validating data from fragmented sources. These manual tasks not only left little room for strategic planning but also led to frequent errors. 2. **Data complexity and compliance:** The explosion of data, coupled with stringent regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), made ensuring data integrity and security a daunting task for many admins. 3. **Unpredictable user requests:** Last-minute requests or emergent issues from end-users often disrupted admin workflows, adding stress and complexity to their already demanding roles. 4. **Limited insights for decision-making:** Traditional reporting frameworks offered static, retrospective metrics with minimal foresight or actionable insights for proactive decision-making. [Optimizing LLM performance and output qualityThe session focuses on enhancing outcomes for customers and businesses by optimizing the performance and output quality of generative AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-387.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/thumbnail.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-llm-performance-and-output-quality/) ## Building a workflow to solve reporting challenges To address these pain points, I developed a workflow that automates data collection and improves overall reporting efficiency. Below is a comparison of traditional reporting workflows and an improved, AI-driven approach: ### Traditional workflow: - **Data collection:** Manually gathering data from different sources (e.g., logs, servers, cloud platforms). - **Data aggregation:** Combining data into a report manually, often using Excel or custom scripts. - **Validation:** Ensuring the accuracy and consistency of aggregated data. - **Report generation:** Compiling and formatting the final report for stakeholders. ### Improved workflow (AI-driven): - **Automation:** Introducing AI tools to automate data collection, aggregation, and validation, which significantly reduces manual efforts and errors. - **Real-Time Insights:** Integrating real-time data sources to provide up-to-date, actionable insights. - **Customization:** Providing interactive dashboards for on-demand reporting, enabling admins to track key metrics and make data-driven decisions efficiently. ## Evolution with AI capabilities: Market research insights Several leading companies have successfully implemented AI to transform their admin reporting processes. Below are examples that highlight the future of admin reporting: ### Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot integrates with its suite of apps to provide real-time data insights, trend forecasting, and interactive visualizations. This proactive approach helps IT admins make data-driven decisions while automating manual processes. By forecasting trends and generating real-time reports, Copilot allows admins to manage resources and workloads more effectively. ### Salesforce Einstein Analytics Salesforce Einstein leverages advanced AI for predictive modeling, customer segmentation, and enhanced analytics. Admins can forecast future trends based on historical data and create personalized reports that directly impact strategic decision-making. This enables actionable insights that were previously difficult to uncover manually. ### Box AI agents Box’s AI agents autonomously collect, analyze, and report data. These agents detect anomalies and generate detailed reports, freeing admins to focus on higher-priority tasks. By automating complex reporting processes, Box’s AI agents enhance both speed and accuracy in decision-making. [How generative AI is revolutionizing drug discovery and developmentDiscover how generative AI is transforming drug discovery, medical imaging, and patient outcomes to accelerate advancements with AstraZeneca![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-388.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr Nikolay Burlutskiy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---How-generative-AI-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development-AstraZeneca-Mars-1-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development/) ## Future capabilities and opportunities Looking ahead, several emerging capabilities can further unlock the potential of admin reporting: - **Seamless data integration:** AI-powered tools enable organizations to unify data from disparate systems (e.g., cloud storage, internal databases, third-party applications), providing a holistic view of critical metrics and eliminating the need for manual consolidation. - **AI-powered decision support:** Context-aware AI can offer personalized recommendations or automate complex workflows based on historical patterns and operational context, reducing manual intervention while enhancing accuracy. - **Automated compliance checks:** AI tools can continuously monitor compliance with evolving regulations, automatically generating compliance reports to keep organizations secure and up-to-date. - **Security and performance monitoring:** AI can detect unusual patterns in data, such as unexpected traffic spikes or system anomalies, allowing admins to proactively address potential security threats or failures before they escalate. - **Interactive dashboards and NLP:** By incorporating natural language processing (NLP), AI tools enable admins to query data using plain language and receive intuitive, visual reports, streamlining analysis and enhancing user experience and usability. ## Conclusion The transformation of admin reporting from manual workflows to AI-driven insights has revolutionized IT operations. By automating routine tasks, delivering real-time insights, and enhancing predictive capabilities, AI empowers IT admins to focus on strategic initiatives while ensuring data accuracy and compliance. As organizations continue to adopt advanced AI capabilities, the future of admin reporting holds exciting possibilities, from seamless data integration to adaptive, context-aware decision-making tools. These innovations will not only enhance efficiency but also enable organizations to thrive in an increasingly complex, data-driven world. ### Rewiring the internet: Commerce in the age of AI agents URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/rewiring-the-internet-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:57:05.000Z December 2028\. Maria's AI agent is negotiating simultaneously with twelve different vendors for her daughter's upcoming birthday party. Within minutes, it secured the perfect cake from a local bakery (after verifying their nut-free certification), booked an entertainer with stellar safety ratings, and coordinated custom goodie bags filled with each child's favorite treats (after checking allergies and dietary restrictions with the other parents' agents)—all while staying 15% under budget. What would have taken Maria hours of calls, emails, and anxiety about vendor reliability now happens seamlessly through a web of agent-to-agent interactions powered by the new infrastructure explored in the [previous post](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/ai-agents-web-infrastructure). The revolution in web infrastructure we discussed in previous posts isn't just theoretical—it's enabling fundamental changes in how commerce, marketing, and customer service function. As [agent passports](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/ai-agents-web-infrastructure#:~:text=intelligently.%20Enter%20the-,Agent%20Passport,-.) and trust protocols become standardized, we're witnessing the emergence of entirely new commercial paradigms. With the recent release of Tasks by OpenAI, which equips ChatGPT—its consumer-facing AI—with the ability to perform tasks behind the scenes on behalf of users, it's now easier than ever to envision a future where ChatGPT seamlessly navigates the web and handles complex operations for us. ![OPEN_AI_TASKS.mp4 [optimize output image]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a77a4c1-97c1-430a-8118-03c229d35c6d_800x533.gif "OPEN_AI_TASKS.mp4 [optimize output image]") ChatGPT can now set reminders and perform recurring actions Today, we'll explore how an agent-first internet will reshape domains like payments, marketing, support, and localization. ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69ffb5cf-09fd-4002-94b1-1ef3c069ab0e_2384x1340.png) ## **Agentic payments** Remember when online shopping first emerged, and entering your credit card details on a website felt risky? Card networks like Visa and Mastercard and banks like Chase and Barclays had to rapidly adapt to the digital realm, introducing new protocols like CVV codes and secure payment gateways to protect consumers and merchants alike. This evolution was pivotal in building trust and facilitating the e-commerce boom of the early 2000s, giving birth to digital payment giants like Stripe and PayPal. --- *This article was originally published* [*here at AI Tidbits*](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/ai-agents-web-infrastructure?utm%5Fsource=partner%5Faiai)*, where you can read more of Sahar's fascinating perspectives on AI-related topics.* --- Similarly, the payment infrastructure that powers today's internet was built around a simple dichotomy: card-present versus card-not-present transactions and the assumption that all payments are human-initiated. The internet already faced a similar shift with the introduction of subscription payments in the early days of e-commerce, in which customers input their payment credentials once, allowing a merchant to charge them repeatedly in the future. Recurring payments, now a dominant commerce mechanism projected to surpass [$2.4T in spending](https://www.pymnts.com/subscription-commerce/2023/how-transparency-and-high-earners-power-a-96-billion-subscription-industry/) by 2028, underscore how critical adaptive payment systems are to supporting global e-commerce. Yet, even more than a decade later, there are still countries like India that [impose strict controls](https://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2021/did-rbi-rule-kill-recurring-payments-india/) on recurring payments, highlighting the complexities of adapting systems to new paradigms. But what happens when the legitimate transacting party isn’t human at all? ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42913aa8-104c-407b-ac1d-04a2db814bf0_800x395.gif) Digital payment systems are built around human users, employing measures like CVV codes and billing address verification to prevent fraud. These methods assume a human is initiating the transaction, making them ill-suited for autonomous agent transactions. One major challenge is fraud detection and resolution—an area I intimately understand from my time as a PM at Stripe, where I worked closely with card issuers to develop sophisticated fraud prevention systems. The current paradigm relies heavily on human behavioral patterns: typing speed, mouse movements, time spent reviewing checkout pages, and other signals that indicate legitimate human activity. But in an agent-driven world, these signals become obsolete. During my time at Stripe, we saw how crucial these behavioral signals were for differentiating legitimate transactions from fraudulent ones. The shift to agent-driven commerce demands an entirely new approach. Rather than looking for signs of human behavior, we'll need systems that verify agent legitimacy, authorization scope, and decision-making logic. This shift raises critical questions for fraud prevention across banks (Chase, Barclays), card networks (Visa, Mastercard), and payment processors (Stripe, PayPal). For instance, how do you establish a chain of trust when an agent purchases on behalf of a user? How do you verify that an agent hasn't been compromised or hijacked? These challenges require fundamentally rethinking our approach to transaction security and fraud prevention in an agent-driven ecosystem. ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F65382226-3d0c-41c7-95d4-59d12e5da924_1400x1260.png) Fraud resolution in the era of AI agents Future payment systems could introduce 'agent wallets' with granular spending controls, such as $100 limits for trusted merchants like Amazon and stricter caps for lesser-known websites. These wallets would integrate real-time fraud detection, submit cryptographic evidence for disputes, and maintain transparent, auditable records of agent actions tied to human authorization. Visa could introduce an agent-specific flag to the existing payment protocols, indicating this payment was initiated autonomously, along with a trial of reasoning and actions leading to this payment. Meanwhile, Stripe might expand its SDKs to enforce programmable payment rules, ensuring alignment with user-delegated instructions (Stripe has already made its foray into Agentic payments with its recent [SDK release](https://stripe.dev/blog/adding-payments-to-your-agentic-workflows)). ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51162bd5-52fd-4d16-858a-e4ff07409f1e_1320x850.png) Stripe’s new [Agents SDK](https://docs.stripe.com/agents) supports Vercel’s AI SDK, LangChain, and CrewAI Beyond preventing fraud, agentic payments face fundamental economic and infrastructural challenges. The existing payment infrastructure wasn't architected for the high-frequency, low-latency transactions that characterize agent interactions. Consider the standard pricing model of payment processors like Stripe: a 2.9% fee plus 30¢ per transaction. While manageable for traditional e-commerce, this fee structure becomes prohibitively expensive when scaled to the myriad micro-transactions that agents might need to execute. This pricing isn't arbitrary—it reflects the complex web of stakeholders in the traditional payment chain. Card networks like Visa and issuers like Chase have built their business models around these transaction fees. Interestingly, Stripe's recent acquisition of [Bridge](https://www.bridge.xyz/), a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, hints at a potential solution. By leveraging blockchain-based payment rails, companies could facilitate agent-to-agent transactions without incurring the expensive overhead of traditional payment networks. This move suggests a growing recognition that the future of payments may require completely new infrastructure, optimized for the unique demands of autonomous agents. Consider how a new payment protocol might work in practice. An "Agent Payment Protocol" (APP) could include: - **Delegation chain verification** \- a cryptographic proof chain showing the agent's authorization to make specific types of purchases - **Transaction context object** **\-** machine-readable metadata including: - Reasoning trail that led to the purchase decision - Reference to specific user preferences/rules that were satisfied - Confidence score for the decision - Category-specific limits (e.g., $200 for groceries, $50 for entertainment) - Merchant-specific trust scores - Required human confirmation above certain thresholds **Smart spending controls** with programmable constraints like: ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47852237-a5dc-410b-85ac-1108386b127d_1136x1090.png) Major payment providers could implement this through extensions to existing standards. For instance, Visa's existing 3D Secure protocol could add an agent verification layer, while Stripe's API could introduce new parameters for agent-specific transaction metadata. While payment infrastructure provides the foundation for agent-driven commerce, the very nature of how we complete transactions must also evolve. The familiar checkout process—a hallmark of e-commerce for decades—is about to undergo its own transformation. ## **Redefined checkout experience** In an agent-first environment, the concept of a traditional checkout—where a human user confirms their purchase by clicking a “Buy” button—fades into the background. Instead, agents operate with predefined goals and parameters, continuously evaluating whether a proposed transaction aligns with those objectives. Rather than halting everything at a payment prompt, agents could integrate a “stop and reflect” step into their workflows. For example, if a user’s agent is tasked with booking a flight seat that’s both a window seat and close to an exit, the agent pauses before completing the reservation. It double-checks that the seat assignment matches the user’s criteria and only then proceeds, ensuring flawless execution of the user’s intent and mitigating the probability of the agent going off the rails due to hallucinations. ![Stripe Blog: Product](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83b2fdcb-bdc2-4fdd-add1-47d086546a46_1920x1080.gif "Stripe Blog: Product") Stripe perfected its checkout experience with its Optimized Checkout Suite, which dynamically shows customers the most relevant payment methods using machine learning, leading to a 10.5% increase in revenue This reflective process transforms the final authorization into a subtle verification loop rather than a jarring user interruption. The agent reviews the selected attributes—price, seat location, baggage allowance, and cancellation policy—and compares them against the user’s stored preferences and constraints. It confirms not only that the requested outcome has been met but also that it falls within acceptable spending limits and trust parameters. This transforms purchasing from a manual “Are you sure?” prompt into a nuanced, data-driven decision matrix. As these agent-mediated transactions proliferate, payment providers and merchants might offer additional layers of context-aware validation. For instance, when an agent chooses a specific insurance add-on, the payment system could prompt the agent to confirm whether its logic correctly interpreted the user’s needs. This transparent chain of reasoning, visible to the agent and logged for future reference, ensures that each transaction stands up to scrutiny. Ultimately, the checkout step evolves from a user-facing choke point to an agent-managed quality control measure, minimizing errors and elevating the overall integrity of automated commerce. As agents reshape how we complete purchases, they're also forcing us to rethink how businesses attract and engage customers in the first place. The era of human-centric marketing campaigns is giving way to something far more systematic and efficient. ## **Agent-driven marketing and promotions** Marketing campaigns and promotions will evolve radically in an AI agent-mediated economy. Traditional email marketing and coupon distribution systems, designed around human attention and impulse, will give way to programmatic offer networks where consumers’ AI agents maintain persistent queries about their principals' needs and preferences. These agents subscribe to vendor APIs that broadcast real-time offers matching specific criteria, enabling hyper-personalized deal discovery that transcends the limitations of batch email campaigns. Vendors might maintain agent-first promotional channels that communicate in structured data formats, allowing instant price comparison and benefit analysis. This ecosystem could enable “intent casting", where agents broadcast shopping goals to trusted vendor networks, receiving precisely targeted offers that align with the principal's timing, budget, and preferences—all without cluttering a human inbox or requiring manual coupon management. Consider a practical example: A user instructs their agent to monitor high-end fashion retailers for specific items within their style preferences and budget constraints. Rather than the user repeatedly checking websites or subscribing to countless email lists, their agent maintains persistent monitoring across multiple vendors: - Real-time inventory tracking across size, color, and style variations - Dynamic price monitoring, including flash sales and member-exclusive discounts - Evaluation of shipping times and costs to the user's location When ideal conditions align—perhaps a preferred sweater hits the target price point during an end-of-season sale—the agent can either notify the user or execute the purchase automatically based on pre-authorized parameters. This transforms shopping from an attention-demanding activity into an efficient background process governed by clear rules and preferences. Major retailers like Nordstrom or ASOS could expose agent-specific APIs that provide structured access to: - Real-time inventory and pricing data - Detailed product specifications and measurements - Membership program benefits and restrictions - Regional availability and shipping constraints This evolution democratizes personal shopping, allowing everyone to benefit from persistent, intelligent monitoring of their fashion preferences, not just those who can afford human personal shoppers. It also enables retailers to better match inventory with actual customer intent, reducing overhead from unsold merchandise and improving supply chain efficiency. Other companies like Honey may need to pivot to offer agent-optimized tools that integrate directly with vendor APIs, allowing agents to query real-time discounts and rewards. Similarly, Mailchimp and HubSpot could develop agent-oriented campaign frameworks that distribute offers as structured data streams rather than traditional email blasts, ensuring seamless integration with agent-driven workflows. ## **Agent-native customer support** Customer support today centers on human interactions or user-facing chatbots. In an agent-first paradigm, this shifts to agent-to-agent communication. Personalized AI agents will directly engage with business systems to resolve issues, retrieve shipping or refund policies, or autonomously initiate returns. This evolution will streamline processes, reduce human intervention, and enhance efficiency in support workflows. In an agent-first paradigm, customer support is no longer solely about human users contacting businesses through chat widgets or call centers. Instead, autonomous agents interact directly with enterprise systems, pulling diagnostic information, requesting refunds, or escalating complex issues to a more constrained/expensive resource like a human or a superior model (e.g., o1 over GPT-4o). This shift encourages platforms like Intercom to develop agent-oriented communication layers—specialized APIs that allow autonomous agents to navigate support options, retrieve knowledge base articles, and submit detailed troubleshooting requests without human intervention. These agent-facing APIs would streamline issue resolution, allowing routine queries, such as package tracking, account verification, or policy clarifications, to be handled agent-to-agent, drastically reducing response times. As soon as a problem arises, the user’s agent can pinpoint the issue and connect with the business’s support agent (be it a specialized LLM or a human representative), negotiating resolutions or applying discounts as needed. The result is a fluid, automated dialogue that bypasses human frustration and latency. Over time, companies could implement reputation scoring systems that measure how efficiently their support agents (both human and AI) interact with consumer agents. Metrics like resolution speed, policy clarity, and refund accuracy become machine-readable signals, informing user agents which vendors offer superior support experiences. As more vendors embrace these standards, the entire support ecosystem evolves: prompt, well-structured responses become the norm, and agent-native customer support becomes a hallmark of high-quality digital services. Imagine a complex warranty claim scenario: Your agent detects that your new laptop's battery is degrading unusually fast. It immediately: 1. Collects diagnostic data and usage patterns 2. Cross-references warranty terms with actual performance 3. Initiates a support interaction with the manufacturer's agent 4. Negotiates a resolution based on precedent cases 5. Arranges shipping for replacement parts or full device replacement 6. Schedules a technician visit if needed This entire process happens without human intervention unless exceptional circumstances arise. The interaction generates a complete audit trail, including all diagnostic data, communication logs, and decision points—valuable data for improving both product quality and support processes. One example in this space of agentic customer support is [Sierra](https://sierra.ai/), a startup taking aim at the expansive market of customer support by embedding AI agents into business workflows. Their conversational agents handle complex queries with contextual precision, managing tasks such as processing returns or updating subscriptions. While their primary focus remains on serving human customers, the foundation they’ve built is clearly aligned with an AI agent-driven future. With access to company policies (e.g., refund and shipping rules) and robust conversational AI infrastructure (spanning LLMs and voice interfaces), Sierra is well-positioned to seamlessly transition to support agent-to-agent interactions as demand evolves. ![temp (25).mp4 [optimize output image]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc196221-5e5c-47f3-80f3-b8c4312b632d_800x755.gif "temp (25).mp4 [optimize output image]") Sierra’s agents resolve support tickets autonomously, with Sierra customers only paying for [resolved tickets](https://sierra.ai/blog/outcome-based-pricing-for-ai-agents) ## **The end of language-optimized interfaces** As AI agents seamlessly translate and interpret information on the fly, the need for painstakingly maintained multilingual websites diminishes. Instead of forcing businesses to host separate English, French, or Mandarin versions of their interfaces, agents handle language conversion dynamically. This capability allows brands to maintain a single, streamlined codebase while ensuring that users, regardless of location, receive content and instructions in their preferred language, instantly and accurately. Website builders like Webflow and Wix could evolve into platforms that generate “universal templates” optimized for agent interpretation rather than human linguistic preferences. Instead of focusing on localized landing pages, these platforms would produce standardized, machine-readable structures enriched with metadata and semantic cues. Agents, armed with cutting-edge language models, would then adapt the presentation layer for each user, including local dialects, cultural nuances, and even personalization cues drawn from the user’s profile. The transformation goes beyond simple translation. Agents will handle complex cultural adaptations across multiple dimensions simultaneously. They'll dynamically adjust pricing strategies for different markets while modifying product descriptions to reflect local preferences and purchasing patterns. These agents will intelligently adapt imagery and design elements to ensure cultural appropriateness, automatically managing regional compliance requirements such as privacy policies or consumer protection disclosures. They'll even personalize communication styles based on cultural norms, shifting between formal and casual tones and adapting messaging cadence to match local expectations. This comprehensive cultural intelligence transforms what was once a labor-intensive localization process into a fluid, automated system that maintains cultural authenticity across all customer touchpoints. In this new reality, the value proposition of website builders shifts from localization to robustness, structure, and data integrity. Rather than wrestling with manual translations or commissioning multiple language variants, businesses can rely on well-defined data schemas and agent-ready manifests. As a result, the concept of “language-optimized” sites becomes obsolete, replaced by fluid, dynamic interfaces that transcend linguistic barriers. ## **Small vs. large business impact** This transition creates both opportunities and challenges across the business spectrum. Large enterprises can invest in building sophisticated agent interfaces and maintaining complex agent-ready APIs. However, small businesses might initially struggle with the technical requirements and infrastructure costs. To bridge this gap, we will likely see the emergence of "agent-enablement platforms", services that help small businesses become agent-ready without significant technical investment. Think of them as the Shopify of the agent era, providing standardized tools that level the playing field. These platforms would offer pre-built solutions for creating agent-readable product catalogs and managing automated pricing and inventory systems. They would include standardized support protocols that small businesses can easily implement, along with simplified integration paths to agent payment systems. By democratizing access to agent-ready commerce capabilities, these platforms will play a crucial role in preventing a digital divide between large and small businesses in the agent economy. This democratization of agent-ready commerce will be crucial for preventing a digital divide between large and small businesses in the agent economy. ## **The great rewiring** The transition to an agent-first internet represents more than just a technological shift—it's a fundamental reimagining of how commerce functions in the digital age. We're moving from a web optimized for human attention and interaction to one built for efficient, automated decision-making. This transformation touches every aspect of online business: - Payment systems evolve from human-verification models to agent-oriented protocols with built-in delegation and accountability - Marketing shifts from attention-grabbing campaigns to structured, machine-readable offer networks - Customer support transforms from human-to-human interaction to efficient agent-to-agent problem resolution - Language barriers dissolve as agent-mediated communication enables seamless global commerce Companies that quickly adapt to this new paradigm—implementing agent passports, embracing agent-to-agent protocols, and restructuring their services for machine readability—will shape the next era of online interaction. Just as the mobile revolution created trillion-dollar opportunities, the agent revolution opens new horizons for innovation and value creation. The businesses that thrive won't just be those with the best products or prices, but those that best enable and embrace agent-driven commerce. ### How AI is transforming financial modeling & sales forecasting in enterprise tech URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-transforming-financial-modeling-sales-forecasting-in-enterprise-tech/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T06:58:31.000Z AI is emerging as a key differentiator in enterprise finance. As traditional financial models struggle to keep up with the pace of change, enterprise tech organizations are turning to AI to unlock faster, more accurate, and insight-driven decision-making. Drawing from my experience in sales planning and forecasting in the enterprise tech sector, I’ve seen firsthand how AI is reshaping how global enterprises forecast revenue, optimize GTM strategies, and manage P&L risk. This article explores how AI is transforming financial modeling and sales forecasting (two pillars of enterprise strategy) and helping finance teams shift from reactive to proactive operations. ## **1\. Why traditional forecasting falls short** There are three main reasons why traditional forecasting is falling short: ### **Lack of broader business context** Sales forecasters and financial modelers frequently lack visibility into wider organizational shifts such as changes in product strategy, marketing campaigns, or operational execution that affect demand and performance. This makes it difficult to fine-tune models for niche business dynamics or rapidly changing market conditions. ### **Inflexibility** They often have an inability to account for real-time changes in demand, market shifts, economic conditions, tariffs, or sales performance. ### **Human bias** Over-reliance on gut-feel projections leads to inaccurate financial planning. In many enterprise settings, these limitations create friction between planning and execution across business functions, finance, sales, and marketing. Misaligned forecasts result in delayed strategic actions and misused resources, which are issues that AI is now well-positioned to solve. ## **2\. What makes AI a game-changer for financial modeling** ### Cross-functional simulations tailored by domain experts One of AI’s most transformative strengths lies in its ability to empower every function within the enterprise to personalize simulations using their domain-specific expertise. For example: - The pricing team can continuously adjust models based on real-time strategy updates. - The product team can simulate outcomes tied to roadmap changes or launch timing. - The marketing team can incorporate variable lead generation budgets or campaign performance assumptions. Likewise, GTM leaders can simulate how scaling inside sales headcount could drive more transactional business and enhance margins. These deeply integrated, cross-functional simulations not only improve forecast precision but also drive strategic alignment and execution agility across the business. ### Real-time forecast adjustments Unlike static quarterly models, AI allows finance leaders to refresh forecasts dynamically, giving real-time visibility into revenue performance. This is particularly useful in fast-evolving segments like AI infrastructure, where product cycles and demand signals change rapidly. --- [How generative AI is revolutionizing drug discovery and developmentDiscover how generative AI is transforming drug discovery, medical imaging, and patient outcomes to accelerate advancements with AstraZeneca![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-385.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr Nikolay Burlutskiy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/social---How-generative-AI-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development-AstraZeneca-Mars-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-drug-discovery-and-development/) --- ## **3\. Practical use cases in enterprise finance** ### AI-powered lead scoring & targeting Inspired by the Lean Startup's 'Build-Measure-Learn' cycle, one effective AI use case is building a lean, predictive lead scoring model. Organizations can: - Develop an initial AI model based on historical data to identify high-probability buyers. - Continuously refine lead targeting with real-time behavioral and market data. - Deploy a pilot program with a focused sales team to test and validate the model’s effectiveness. - Measure conversion rates, learn from outcomes, and iterate the scoring logic. ## Smart bundling & pricing optimization Following lead scoring, enterprises can create value by applying AI to product bundling and pricing strategies. This includes: - Building AI-driven recommendations for optimal hardware/software bundles based on customer profiles. - Integrating dynamic pricing capabilities that react to competitor behavior and market demand. - Running A/B pricing tests within specific customer segments to evaluate effectiveness. - Collecting feedback from sales teams to iteratively enhance pricing logic and usability. ## Automated revenue forecasting Another valuable use case involves enhancing revenue visibility and predictability. Organizations can: - Better predict conversion rates for large strategic deals and transactional segments, enabling more reliable revenue planning across deal sizes. - Forecast transactional business growth patterns tied to seasonal cycles, marketing triggers, or high-velocity sales channels. - Continuously refine revenue projections by integrating demand signals, channel performance, and seasonality. - Establish feedback loops between finance and GTM teams to adjust models based on real-world performance. --- [The great web rebuild: Infrastructure for the AI agent eraAI agents require rethinking trust, authentication, and security—see how Agent Passports and new protocols will redefine online interactions.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-386.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--47-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-great-web-rebuild-infrastructure-for-the-ai-agent-era/) --- ## **4\. How AI enhances execution and GTM strategy** ### Smarter pipeline management AI can streamline pipeline visibility and improve forecast reliability through: - Collaborative pipeline reviews with finance and sales using AI-generated risk scores and close probabilities. - Analysis of competitor dynamics and market share shifts at the product and geo level to understand how winning or losing specific deals affects strategic positioning. - Enhanced understanding of how pipeline outcomes impact both profitability and long-term growth trajectories. ### Improved sales productivity AI boosts front-line efficiency by guiding sales teams to focus efforts on the right product segments expected to experience a surge in demand (such as those driven by OS refresh cycles, compliance deadlines, or emerging industry triggers), enabling them to strategically capture growth opportunities. AI also helps to prioritize accounts while providing accurate bundling suggestions based on buyer profiles and sales history to increase deal size and win rates. ## Tighter finance-sales alignment AI serves as a bridge between strategic planning and operational execution by: - Providing shared insights to drive collaboration between FP&A, GTM, and sales teams. - Enabling joint decision-making based on real-time financial and sales data. - Improving coordination between business units through unified performance metrics. - Reducing misalignment and strategic blind spots across planning cycles. ## **5\. Key considerations for implementation** - **Data readiness:** Clean, structured data is critical. Integrating CRM, ERP, and planning systems improves AI effectiveness. - **Human oversight:** AI augments, not replaces, finance leadership. Human intuition is still key for context and judgment. - **Change management:** Teams need training and adoption support to fully leverage AI’s potential. ## **Conclusion** AI is redefining how enterprise tech companies forecast, plan, and execute. From lead targeting to revenue modeling and cross-functional scenario planning, it brings precision, agility, and alignment to financial operations. By breaking silos and enabling real-time collaboration across finance, GTM, and sales, AI turns forecasting into a growth engine. Companies that embed AI into their processes will be better positioned to anticipate market shifts, improve profitability, and lead with confidence. ***\*Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of any organization. \**** ### The great web rebuild: Infrastructure for the AI agent era URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-great-web-rebuild-infrastructure-for-the-ai-agent-era/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:01:38.000Z It's December 2028\. Sarah's AI agent encounters an unusual situation while booking her family's holiday trip to Japan. The multi-leg journey requires coordinating with three different airlines, two hotels, and a local tour operator. As the agent begins negotiations, it presents its "agent passport"—a cryptographic attestation of its delegation rights and transaction history. The vendors' systems instantly verify the agent's authorization scope, spending limits, and exposed metadata like age and passport number. Within seconds, the agent has established secure payment channels and begun orchestrating the complex booking sequence. When one airline's system flags the rapid sequence of international bookings as suspicious, the agent smoothly provides additional verification, demonstrating its legitimate delegation chain back to Sarah. What would have triggered fraud alerts and CAPTCHA challenges in 2024 now flows seamlessly in an infrastructure built for autonomous AI agents. *—> The future, four years from now.* In my [previous essay](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/agent-responsive-design), we explored how websites and applications must evolve to accommodate AI agents. Now we turn to the deeper infrastructural shifts that make such agent interactions possible. The systems we've relied on for decades: CAPTCHAs, credit card verification, review platforms, and authentication protocols, were all built with human actors in mind. As AI agents transition from experimental curiosities to fully operational assistants, the mechanisms underpinning the digital world for decades are beginning to crack under the pressure of automation. The transition to an agent-first internet won't just streamline existing processes—it will unlock entirely new possibilities that were impractical in a human-centric web. Tasks that humans find too tedious or time-consuming become effortless through automation. Instead of clicking 'Accept All' on cookie banners, agents can granularly optimize privacy preferences across thousands of sites. Rather than abandoning a cart due to complex shipping calculations, agents can simultaneously compare multiple courier services and customs implications. Even seemingly simple tasks like comparing prices across multiple vendors, which humans typically limit to 2-3 sites, can be executed across hundreds of retailers in seconds. Perhaps most importantly, agents can maintain persistent relationships with services, continuously monitoring for price drops, policy changes, or relevant updates that humans would miss. This shift from manual, limited interactions to automated, comprehensive engagement represents not just a change in speed, but a fundamental expansion of what's possible online. Amid these sweeping changes, a new gold rush is emerging. Just as the shift to mobile created opportunities for companies like Uber and Instagram to reinvent existing services, the transition to agent-first infrastructure opens unprecedented possibilities for founders. From building next-generation authentication systems and trust protocols to creating agent-mediated data marketplaces, entrepreneurs have a chance to establish the foundational layers of this new paradigm. In many ways, we're returning to the internet's early days, where core infrastructure is being reimagined from the ground up—this time for an autonomous, agent-driven future. In this second post of the [AI Agents series](https://www.aitidbits.ai/s/ai-agents), we’ll focus on the foundational infrastructure changes that underlie the agent-first internet: new authentication mechanisms, trust systems, novel security challenges, and agent-to-agent protocols, setting the stage for the more commerce-oriented transformations we’ll explore in the following post. --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed0224b3-8e5e-4a9a-8588-3082ea805905_2514x1414.png) --- *This article was originally published* [*here at AI Tidbits*](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/ai-agents-web-infrastructure?utm%5Fsource=partner%5Faiai)*, where you can read more of Sahar's fascinating perspectives on AI-related topics.* --- ## **Proving you're ~~a human~~ an agent** Remember when "proving you're not a robot" meant deciphering distorted text or selecting crosswalk images? Those mechanisms become obsolete in a world where legitimate automated actors are the norm rather than the exception. Today’s CAPTCHAs, designed to block bots, have become increasingly complex due to advances in multimodal AI. Paradoxically, these mechanisms now hinder real humans while sophisticated bots often bypass them. As AI outpaces human problem-solving in these domains, CAPTCHAs risk becoming obsolete, reducing website conversions, and frustrating legitimate users. The challenge shifts from proving humanity to verifying the agent has been legitimately delegated and authorized by a human user. --- ![challenging captcha.mp4 [video-to-gif output image]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe08711a-4f10-42d0-98cb-b25015516fab_800x692.gif "challenging captcha.mp4 [video-to-gif output image]") I recently failed a CAPTCHA three times before finally passing on the fourth attempt. Now picture an 80-year-old attempting to decipher increasingly convoluted challenges --- Today’s rate-limiting mechanisms assume human-paced interactions, relying heavily on IP-based throttling to manage access. But in a world of AI agents, what constitutes "fair use" of digital services? In an agent-driven internet, automated browsing will become not just accepted but essential. Cloudflare, Akamai, and similar services will need to pivot from simplistic IP-based throttling to sophisticated agent-aware frameworks. As businesses grapple with these challenges, a new solution is emerging—one that shifts the paradigm from blocking automated traffic to authenticating and managing it intelligently. Enter the **Agent Passport**. Imagine a digital credential that encapsulates an agent's identity and permissions—cryptographically secured and universally recognized. Unlike simple API keys or OAuth tokens, these passports maintain a verifiable chain of trust from the agent back to its human principal. They carry rich metadata about permissions scope, spending limits, and authorized behaviors, allowing services to make nuanced decisions about agent access and capabilities. By integrating Agent Passports, business websites like airlines can distinguish between legitimate, authorized agents and malicious actors. New metrics, such as agent reliability scores and behavioral analysis, could ensure fair access while mitigating abuse, balancing security with the need to allow agent-driven traffic. Authentication mechanisms, such as signing up and signing in, must also evolve for an agent-first internet. Websites will need to determine not just an agent's identity but also its authorized scope—what data the agent is authorized to access (‘read’) and what actions it is permitted to execute (‘write’). --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe22198ca-a25d-48c8-bc10-e59b404c6179_1200x1416.png) --- Google Login revolutionized online authentication by centralizing access with a single credential, reducing friction and enhancing security. Similarly, agent passports could create a universal standard for agent authentication, simplifying multi-platform access while maintaining robust authorization controls. Companies like Auth0 and Okta could adapt by offering agent-specific identity frameworks, enabling seamless integration of these passports into their authentication platforms. Meanwhile, consumer companies like Google and Apple could extend their authentication and wallet services to seamlessly support agent-mediated interactions, bridging the gap between human and agent use cases. ## A new protocol for Agent-to-Agent communication In the early days of the web, protocols like HTTP emerged to standardize how browsers and servers communicated. In much the same way, the rise of agent-mediated interactions demands a new foundational layer: an **Agent-to-Agent Communication Protocol (AACP)**. This protocol would formalize how consumer agents and business agents discover each other’s capabilities, authenticate identities, negotiate trust parameters, and exchange actionable data—all while ensuring both parties operate within well-defined boundaries. Just as Sarah's travel agent from the intro paragraph seamlessly coordinated with multiple airlines and hotels, AACP enables complex multi-party interactions that would be tedious or impossible for humans to manage manually. Much like HTTPS introduced encryption and certificates to authenticate servers and protect user data, AACP would implement cryptographic attestation for agents. Trusted third-party authorities, similar to today’s certificate authorities, would issue digital “agent certificates” confirming an agent’s legitimacy, delegation chain, and operational scope. This ensures that when a consumer’s travel-planning agent communicates with an airline’s booking agent, both sides can instantly verify authenticity and adherence to agreed-upon standards. --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F342674d7-8332-466d-abf0-875ab7c76cd7_1204x1264.png) A potential implementation of the AACP protocol. A full example of booking an airline ticket can be found [here](https://claude.site/artifacts/4087f5cf-c4dd-41a2-87df-5faae7fca960). --- Without such a protocol, a rogue agent might impersonate a trusted retailer to trick consumer agents into unauthorized transactions, or a malicious consumer agent could spoof credentials to overwhelm a merchant’s infrastructure. By mandating cryptographic proof, robust authentication handshakes, and behavior logs, AACP mitigates these threats before meaningful data or funds change hands. The handshake phase in AACP would include mutual disclosure of the agents’ technical stacks—such as which LLM or language configuration they use—and their supported capabilities. Once established, the protocol would also govern “write-like operations” (e.g., initiating a payment or updating account details) by enforcing strict sign-offs with auditable cryptographic signatures. Every action would leave a verifiable trail of authorization that can be reviewed and validated after the fact. Finally, AACP would incorporate locale and language negotiation at the protocol level. Although agents can translate and interpret content dynamically, specifying a preferred language or locale upfront helps streamline interactions. This new protocol weaves together trust, authentication, and contextual awareness, forging a resilient substrate on which the agent-first internet can reliably function. ## Trust and reputation reimagined When we navigate the internet, our judgment of a website's credibility hinges on a blend of visual and social cues. We look for secure HTTPS connections, professional design, and familiar branding to assure us that a site is trustworthy. No one wants to input their credit card information on a site that looks like it was built in the early 2000s. User reviews and star ratings on platforms like Trustpilot and G2 further influence our decisions, offering insights drawn from shared human experiences. Perhaps no aspect of online commerce requires more fundamental reimagining than trust and reputation systems. In an agent-mediated economy, traditional cues for reliability fall short. AI agents can't interpret visual aesthetics or branding elements–they operate on data, protocols, and cryptographic proofs. Trust mechanisms must pivot from human perception to machine-readable verifications. For instance, an agent might verify a seller's identity through cryptographic attestations and assess service quality via automated compliance records, ensuring decisions are based on objective, tamper-proof data. Traditional review platforms like Trustpilot and G2, built around subjective human experiences and star ratings, will also become increasingly obsolete. The emerging alternative is a new trust infrastructure built on quantifiable, machine-readable metrics. Instead of relying on potentially AI-generated reviews, a problem that has already undermined traditional review systems, agents could assess services using benchmarks like delivery time reliability, system uptime, or refund processing speed—measurable metrics that ensure objective evaluations rather than subjective human reviews. This could involve decentralized reputation networks where trust is established through cryptographically verified interaction histories and smart contract execution records. Such systems would offer objective assessments of service quality, enabling agents to make informed decisions without relying on potentially biased or manipulated human reviews. --- ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84a28f39-5257-4e44-90d6-d9033f53acee_1968x726.png) --- Moreover, the feedback loop between consumers and businesses will evolve dramatically. Instead of sending generic emails requesting reviews—a method often resulting in low response rates—commerce websites can engage directly with your AI agent to collect timely feedback about specific topics like shipping or product quality. They might offer incentives like future store credit to encourage participation. The human user could provide a brief impression, such as "The cordless vacuum cleaner works well, but the battery life is short." The agent then takes this input, contextualizes it with additional product data, and generates a comprehensive review that highlights key features and areas for improvement. This process not only saves time for the user but also provides businesses with richer, more actionable insights. Trustpilot and G2 could pivot by introducing agent-oriented verification systems, such as machine-readable trust scores derived from operational metrics like service accuracy, delivery consistency, and customer support responsiveness, enabling agents to evaluate businesses programmatically. ## The new data-sharing economy Information sharing in the age of AI agents demands a fundamental reinvention of the current consent and data access model. Rather than blunt instruments like cookie banners and privacy policies, websites will implement structured data requirement protocols—machine-readable manifests that explicitly declare what information is needed and why. This granular control would operate at multiple levels of specificity. For example, an agent could share your shirt size (L) with a retailer while withholding your exact measurements. It might grant 24-hour access to your travel dates, but permanent access to your seating preferences. When a service requests location data, your agent could share your city for shipping purposes but withhold your exact address until purchase confirmation. These permissions wouldn't be just binary yes/no choices—they could include sophisticated rules like "share my phone number only during business hours" or "allow access to purchase history solely for personalization, not marketing." Such granular controls, impossible to manage manually at scale, become feasible when delegated to AI agents operating under precise constraints. AI agents would also act as sophisticated information gatekeepers, maintaining encrypted personal data vaults and negotiating data access in real time. These mechanisms will fundamentally shift the balance of power in data-sharing dynamics. GDPR-like frameworks may evolve to include provisions for dynamic, agent-mediated consent, allowing for more granular data-sharing agreements tailored to specific tasks. Websites might implement real-time negotiation protocols, where agents can evaluate and respond to data requests based on their principal's preferences, preserving privacy while optimizing functionality. ## New attack vectors The shift to agent-mediated interaction introduces novel security challenges. Agent impersonation and jailbreaking agents are two examples. Jailbreaking AI agents poses significant risks, as [manipulated agents](https://www.aitidbits.ai/i/135923979/manipulating-ai-models-for-profit) could act outside their intended scope, leading to unintended purchases or other errors. Techniques like instruction-tuning poisoning or adversarial suffix manipulation could alter an agent’s behavior during critical tasks. For example, adversarial instructions embedded in websites’ HTML might influence an agent’s purchasing logic, bypassing its human-defined constraints. Robust safeguards and continuous monitoring will be essential to prevent these vulnerabilities. Agent impersonation adds a complex layer to cybersecurity challenges. Malicious actors could spoof an agent's credentials to access sensitive data or execute fraudulent transactions. Addressing this threat demands robust multi-layered verification protocols, such as cryptographic identity verification paired with continuous behavioral monitoring, to ensure authenticity and safeguard sensitive interactions. ## Building the new web - opportunities for founders The web’s agent-first future has no established playbook, and that’s exactly where founders thrive. Entirely new product categories are waiting to be defined: agent-to-agent compliance dashboards, cryptographic attestation services that replace outdated CAPTCHAs, and dynamic data-sharing frameworks that make “privacy by design” a reality. Platforms that offer standardized “agent passports,” identity brokerages that verify delegation rights, agent-native payment gateways, and trust ecosystems driven by machine-readable performance metrics—each of these represents a greenfield opportunity to set the standards of tomorrow’s internet. Startups anticipating these shifts can position themselves as foundational players in an agent-driven economy, opening new channels of value creation and establishing a competitive edge before the rest of the market catches up. Some concrete areas include: - **Trustpilot for agents** \- creating machine-readable trust metrics and reputation systems that help agents evaluate services and vendors - **Okta for AI agents** \- building the identity and authentication layer that manages agent credentials, permissions, and delegation chains - **OneTrust for agents** \- creating the new standard for privacy preference management, turning today's basic cookie banners into sophisticated data-sharing frameworks where agents can negotiate and manage granular permissions across thousands of services - **Cloudflare for agent traffic** \- developing intelligent rate-limiting and traffic management systems designed for agent-scale operations - **LastPass for agent permissions** \- building secure vaults that manage agent credentials and access rights across services - **AWS CloudFront for agent data** \- creating CDN-like infrastructure optimized for agent-readable formats and rapid agent-to-agent communication - **McAfee security for agents** \- developing security platforms that protect against agent impersonation and novel attack vectors ***Go build.*** ### AIOps in action: AI & automation transforming IT operations URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiops-in-action-ai-automation-transforming-it-operations/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T07:10:30.000Z The advancement of digital frameworks has created new hurdles for business IT operations. A company’s network, cloud infrastructure, and streams of data need to be monitored and secured to meet performance and availability requirements, which directly cuts into productivity. These demands are nearly impossible to cope with under traditional workflows due to outdated approaches relying on reactive monitoring and manual debugging. The use of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) for IT operations (AIOps) has become a breakthrough with regard to IT operation streamlining and business growth. AIOps applies predictive IT maintenance, proactive incident detection, and scalable automation through AI and machine learning, thus bolstering IT operations. Optimized management of resources, minimal downtime, and efficient IT service management (ITSM) transform AIOps into a framework that is crucial for modern-day enterprises. ## Understanding AIOps and its role in IT operations AIOps refers to the application of AI and machine learning technologies to IT operations. It enhances decision-making and automation by analyzing vast amounts of data from numerous sources, such as **logs**, **metrics**, and network traffic. Key capabilities of AIOps include: - **Data ingestion and correlation:** Aggregating IT data from multiple sources. - **Anomaly detection:** Identifying irregular patterns that indicate potential operational issues (such as misconfigurations), potential failures or security threats. - **Root cause analysis:** Automatically diagnosing issues to pinpoint the source of disruptions. - **Automated remediation:** Implementing fixes without human intervention, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR). AIOps not only enhances IT operations with advanced analytics and automation but also represents a paradigm shift in how IT teams manage infrastructure and incidents. Unlike traditional IT operations, which rely on reactive monitoring and manual intervention, AIOps enable proactive action by continuously analyzing data to predict and prevent failures before they impact performance. [Top trends: big dataAlongside artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other similar technologies, big data is paving the way for what is called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or ‘Industry 4.0’.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-195.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1551288049-bebda4e38f71)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-trends-big-data/) Traditional IT operations rely on reactive monitoring, where teams respond to alarm notifications only after a problem has already caused system downtime. This approach not only prolongs downtime but also drives up operational costs. Furthermore, the reliance on human interaction introduces additional inefficiencies and increases the risk of incorrect results, ultimately hindering IT teams' ability to deliver seamless service Furthermore, AIOps enables one to be proactive by constant data analysis to foresee and prevent failures. So, by implementing AI into IT procedures, organizations are able to **optimize** infrastructure management, **enhance** security, and **automate** the remediation of incidents. ## Real-world use cases of AIOps in predictive maintenance and incident response ### A. Predictive maintenance with AIOps One of the primary advantages of AIOps is its ability to perform predictive maintenance. By using AI-driven analytics, organizations can detect system anomalies before they escalate into failures. This is how AIOps Enables Predictive Maintenance: - **Pattern recognition:** Machine learning models can be trained to recognize the expected behavior of a system, analyzing performance data to identify trends and patterns. By doing so, these models can predict potential failures or misconfigurations before they occur, enabling proactive maintenance and minimizing downtime. - **Proactive interventions:** Upon detection of potential issues, automated runbooks can be triggered to swiftly address the problem, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity. In cases where human intervention is unavoidable, IT teams can proactively schedule maintenance during planned downtime or off-peak hours, preventing system issues from impacting end users and reducing the risk of service disruptions. #### Moreover, predictive maintenance offers a range of key benefits that help organizations optimize operations and reduce costs: - **Reduced downtime:** Proactively addressing issues prevents costly outages. - **Operational efficiency:** Automating maintenance reduces the workload on IT teams. #### In order to illustrate the impact of predictive maintenance in action, let’s look at a case study where AIOps played a crucial role in preventing server failures. One of the best examples of AIOps in action is Netflix's Simian Army, a set of tools employed to make its streaming service reliable. Among its ranks is Chaos Monkey, which randomly kills instances in **Netflix**'s cloud infrastructure to test the system's ability to survive failure. This is done in advance so that Netflix can detect and fix problems before they impact users, making the system more robust and minimizing downtime. [Free Artificial Intelligence Membership - Become an InsiderJoin thousands of other artificial intelligence professionals and test drive you AIAI membership without spending a dime.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-196.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_3-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/insider-membership-plan/) ### B. AIOps in incident response and resolution Having observed how AIOps can actively avoid system failure through predictive maintenance, it is also essential to appreciate its contribution towards improving incident response and resolution. While AIOps aid in anticipating and avoiding failures, they also assist organizations by automating the identification and resolution of unforeseen incidents, minimizing disruption, and enabling quicker recovery. This leads naturally into the discussion about how AIOps aids in incident response. AIOps enhances incident response by using automated anomaly detectionandresolution processes. Through continuous system monitoring, AI can detect ongoing threats in real-time, unauthorized login attempts or performance anomalies, to ensure problems are detected in a timely manner. Furthermore, AIOps enables IT Service Management tools to automate the response process. It generates tickets, allocates tasks, and even applies resolutions automatically, all without human intervention, reducing the time and effort required to resolve incidents and preventing operations from becoming derailed. It also applies to ITSM functions like root cause analysis and [issue tracking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issue%5Ftracking%5Fsystem), where diagnostics are accelerated by AI to enable quicker response to high-priority issues. Moreover, AIOps' integrated platform with helpdesk software guarantees proper case management and seamless team coordination, increasing overall IT service efficiency and reducing resolution times. A notable [example](https://www.moogsoft.com/case-studies/large-financial-institution/?utm%5Fsource) of AIOps in action is a case study of a major multinational financial services organization. The organization implemented Moogsoft's AIOps platform to automate incident management processes. By automating event correlation and noise reduction, the bank decreased **MTTD by 35%** and **MTTR by 43%**. These decreases led to greater operational efficiency and a more responsive IT environment. ## Building a scalable AIOps architecture AIOps significantly enhance incident response through the ability to automatically detect and remediate, thus allowing organizations to respond instantly to issues and maintain business continuity. To effectively leverage AIOps, however, there is a need to create a scalable architecture that will be able to manage increasing data sizes and still be effective as the IT infrastructure grows. This leads to the essential elements that are the building blocks of an AIOps solution, enabling **faster detection of incidents**, **accurate predictions**, and **seamless automation** of IT operations. These are the key components of AIOps-Driven IT Infrastructure: 1. **Data ingestion layer:** Collecting logs, metrics, and event data from diverse IT sources. 2. **AI and ML models:** Analyzing patterns, detecting anomalies, and making predictions. 3. **Automation and orchestration:** Executing remediation actions and optimizing workflows. After defining the correct AIOps architecture, it is important to implement it in a manner that provides the best benefits. Best practices for effective deployment and sustained accomplishment are best adopted by organizations as per business objectives and IT processes. The best practices embed AI-driven operations natively and maximize their impact: - **Selecting the right AIOps tools:** Choose platforms that align with business objectives. - **Ensuring seamless integration:** AIOps should work with existing IT workflows and monitoring solutions. - **Building a feedback loop:** Continuously refine AI models to enhance accuracy and effectiveness. By following these best practices, organizations can maximize the potential of AIOps and enhance their IT operations. However, as organizations scale their AIOps solutions, they must also confront certain challenges that can hinder their growth and effectiveness. Addressing these challenges is crucial to maintaining the value of AIOps as the IT environment continues to evolve. Two key challenges include **handling vast amounts of data**, where AI models must process extensive datasets efficiently, and **overcoming resistance to automation**, as IT teams may need training to trust AI-driven operations. Therefore, addressing these challenges is essential for achieving successful and scalable AIOps deployment. [Gold-copy data & AI in the trade lifecycle processUse AI to streamline the trade lifecycle, reduce manual breaks, and sync data across systems for faster, more accurate investment decisions.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-197.png)AI Accelerator InstituteParth Prafulbhai Sonara![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--41-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gold-copy-data-ai-in-the-trade-lifecycle-process/) ## The future of AIOps in IT operations In the future, as AIOps continues to advance, various emerging trends are defining its role in IT operations. One significant trend is the creation of AI-driven self-healing systems, where system recovery mechanisms will be automated in order to self-correct faults without human involvement. This technological advancement will revolutionize operational efficiency by allowing systems to correct issues in advance. Apart from this, the integration with edge computing will seek to enhance AIOps' capability to manage distributed IT environments better. With more devices and sources of data being executed at the edge, AIOps must scale and accommodate such decentralized networks. Moreover, **Cloud-native AIOps solutions** are gaining popularity with greater flexibility and scalability for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. These advances will allow firms to deploy AIOps in increasingly complex IT landscapes. In addition to these advancements, **data security** and **privacy concerns** are coming to the fore ever more, with AIOps becoming mature. This can be achieved through **stronger encryption** and **compliance** features, whereby sensitive information is effectively safeguarded. Besides, as decision making is becoming more and more reliant on AI models, building **transparent AI models** is essential to ensure trust. Through the application of explainable AI (XAI) techniques, organizations will be able to offer greater transparency regarding how decisions are made by AI systems, ensuring stakeholders that AI is used ethically and responsibly. By embracing these new trends and addressing data privacy concerns, AIOps can lead the way to the future of IT operations, making them autonomous, secure, and efficient units. ## Conclusion To sum up, AIOps is revolutionizing IT operations by enabling predictive maintenance, proactive incident management, and automated scalability. Organizations are able to maximize efficiency, reduce downtime, and simplify IT service management by leveraging the capabilities of AI and machine learning. As AI and automation technologies continue to evolve, AIOps is set to become the key to orchestrating complex IT infrastructures. Further, organizations that adopt AIOps will gain a competitive edge by optimizing their operations and providing users with seamless digital experiences. Finally, in the future, AIOps will no longer be seen just as an assisting tool but will emerge as the backbone of intelligent IT management, driving both innovation and business excellence in the digital era. --- Have you checked our free Insider plan? Access exclusive talks, templates, and more for **free**. 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Check out his [full presentation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-washington-d-c-2025/?%5Fgl=1%2Ai9c82a%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2ANTgzNjkwNDM1LjE3NDQzNzk4OTQ.%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTc0NDM3OTg5NC4xLjEuMTc0NDM3OTkwMC4wLjAuMA..&wchannelid=w1ej926ys7&wmediaid=3oqg6yeefx) and the wealth of [OnDemand resources](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ondemand/) waiting for you. --- What’s the point of AI if it doesn’t actually make your workday easier? That’s the question I keep coming back to – and the one that ultimately brought me into the [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) space. I’m **Ryan Priem**, and I lead sales for **Glean** here in the East. After more than two decades in tech, working in data and analytics at places like Snowflake and EMC, I saw something shift. [Large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) weren’t just impressive – they were starting to offer real, measurable value. But there’s a catch: value doesn’t come from the model alone. It comes from how well you apply it. That’s what drew me to Glean. We’re focused on using AI to solve actual workplace problems. Whether it’s helping someone find the right document, answer a critical question, or automate a tedious task, we’re building AI that works the way people do. This article is a walk-through of what that journey looks like and what it really takes to build useful, scalable agents that people actually want to use. Let’s dive in. ## **What work AI systems actually do (and why they matter now)** We classify ourselves as a "work AI" company. What that means is we’re focused on three core use cases: 1. **Find something.** Think of enterprise search – Google-like capabilities across your entire data corpus. We’ve built 120+ native connectors that index everything from Slack and Teams to Confluence, Salesforce, and SharePoint. 2. **Answer something.** This is where generative AI kicks in. It’s about providing accurate, relevant answers from within your organization’s ecosystem – like what Microsoft Copilot does, but across *all* your apps. 3. **Do something.** This is the really exciting part: [task automation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/). Whether it’s preparing for a meeting, writing follow-up notes, creating a social media post, or resolving a support ticket – these are the everyday things that slow people down. We help you automate them. The key to all of this is reducing friction. If you can find the right doc in seconds, get the right answer immediately, and offload repetitive tasks to an agent, you can spend more time doing the high-impact work that actually moves the business forward. [AI agents: Automation and intelligent assistance (2025 guide)AI agents are intelligent software entities designed to operate autonomously and achieve specific goals.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-376.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMuhammad Rushad Arab![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--26--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### How to 8‑bit quantize large models using bits and bytes URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-8-bit-quantize-large-models-using-bits-and-bytes/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T08:12:58.000Z Deep learning is consistently changing so many fields, from [NLP (natural language processing)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/combining-computer-vision-and-language-models-to-create-intelligent-applications/) to [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/). However, as these models continue to grow in size and complexity, the demands on the hardware required for memory and compute continue to skyrocket. In light of this, there are promising strategies to overcome these challenges, one of which is quantization. This lowers the precision of numbers used in the model without a noticeable loss in performance. In this article, I will dive into the theoretical processes underlying this strategy and show the practical implementation of 8‑bit quantization within a large parameter model, in this case, we will be using the IBM Granite model and BitsAndBytes for quantization. ## Introduction The quick growth of deep learning has resulted in an arms race of models boasting billions of parameters, which, in most cases, achieve stellar performance but require enormous computational resources. As engineers and researchers look for methods to make these large models more efficient, quantization has shown to be an incredibly effective solution. By lowering the bit width of number representations from 32‑bit floating point to x‑bit integers, quantization decreases the overall model size, speeds up inference, and cuts energy consumption, all while keeping a high accuracy in the output. I will explore the concepts and techniques behind 8‑bit quantization in this article. I will explain the approach's benefits, outline the theory behind it, and walk you through the process step by step. I will then show you a practical application: quantizing the IBM Granite model using BitsAndBytes. ## Understanding quantization At its core, quantization is the process of mapping input values from a quite large set (usually continuous and high-precision) to a much smaller and more discrete set, which has lower precision. Deep learning typically involves converting 32‑bit floating‑point numbers to x‑bit integer alternatives. The result is a massive reduction in memory usage and computation time. ### Benefits of quantization - **Lower memory footprint:** Lower precision means that each parameter requires much less memory. - **Increased speed:** Integer math is generally much faster than floating‑point operations (FlOps), especially on hardware optimized for low‑bit computations. - **Energy efficiency:** Lower precision computations consume far less power, making them ideal for mobile and edge devices. ### Types of quantization - **Uniform quantization:** This method maps a range of floating‑point values uniformly to integer values. - **Non‑uniform quantization:** Uses a more complicated mapping based on the distribution of the weights or activations of the network. - **Symmetric vs. asymmetric quantization:** - *Symmetric:* Uses the same scale and zero‑point for positive and negative values. - *Asymmetric:* Allows different scales and zero‑points, which is useful for distributions that are not centered around zero. [AI assistants: Only as smart as your knowledge baseAI assistants need real-time, seamless connections to your company’s databases, documents, and internal communication tools to realize their full potential.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-199.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--21--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-assistants-only-as-smart-as-your-knowledge-base/) ## Why 8‑bit quantization? 8‑bit quantization is when each weight or activation in the model is fully represented with 8 bits, thus offering us 256 discrete values. This approach helps maintain compression and precision by enabling: - **Memory savings:** Lowering the uint from 32 bits to 8 bits per parameter can cut the memory footprint by up to 75%. - **Speed gains:** Many hardware accelerators and CPUs are fully optimized for 8‑bit arithmetic, which massively improves inference times. - **Minimal accuracy loss:** With careful calibration and potentially fine‑tuning, the degradation in performance with 8-bit quantization is often minimal. - **Deployment on edge devices:** The reduced model size and faster computations make 8‑bit quantized models perfect for devices with limited computational resources. ## Theoretical underpinnings of quantization Quantization is thoroughly rooted in signal processing and numerical analysis. The objective here is to reduce precision whilst also controlling the quantization error, the difference between the original value and its quantized version. #### Quantization error ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfRzOnoavxNrwjyAsvATGnDABS8VY-zM6sW9cs9_FlRCmFBt8Vb37V1c4K__TT5fqa0IjSrISw3lTsMbj8VotROfOCf18sppWpkPRDpRsefVmc33yA0DAgagdEOzC78DQOeO4Frig?key=OoeeNRs0UC3msYRGHXYiDDJZ) #### Scale and zero‑point A linear mapping is normally used to perform quantization: ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcwtpr6h6CReYBc7LA77B0aGkO9JlpaEXqGvOK9CFapfSbjHHEwWoMyrnvysnbD7tIpD77ci4cmVqOpXIg-CFFmSZOXPaIfZu35WLHzCK3o3gRfFpIWPymX6cYXWAZJM4tWa0BHrg?key=OoeeNRs0UC3msYRGHXYiDDJZ) - **Scale (S):** Sets the step size between our quantized values. - **Zero‑point (Z):** The integer value assigned to the real number zero. The process normally involves a calibration phase to determine the optimal scale and zero‑point values. This is then followed by the actual quantization of weights and activations. #### Quantization Aware Training (QAT) vs. Post‑Training Quantization (PTQ) - **Quantization Aware Training (QAT):** This integrates a simulated quantization into the training process, allowing the model to adapt its weights to quantization noise. - **Post‑Training Quantization (PTQ):** Applies quantization to a pre‑trained model using calibration data. PTQ is simpler and faster to implement but it may incur a slightly larger accuracy drop compared to QAT. ## Steps in 8‑bit quantization Applying 8‑bit quantization includes some essential steps: #### Preprocessing and calibration Step 1: Investigate the Model's Dynamic Range - Before quantization, we need to know the weights and activation ranges: - Collect Statistics: Pass a part of the dataset through the model to collect statistics (min, max, mean, standard deviation) for all the layers. - Establish Ranges: Based on these statistics, create quantization ranges, possibly clipping outliers to create a tighter range. Step 2: Calibration Calibration is the process of selecting the best scale and zero-point for each tensor or layer: - Min/Max Calibration: Uses the minimum and maximum that were observed. - Percentile Calibration: Uses some percentile (e.g., 99.9th percentile) to avoid outliers. Calibration must be correct since poor decisions will result in significant loss of accuracy. #### Quantization Aware Training vs. Post‑Training Quantization ##### Quantization Aware Training (QAT): - Advantages: Greater precision as the model learns how to compensate for quantization distortion. - Cons: Involves modifying the training procedure and extra computation. ##### Post‑Training Quantization (PTQ): - Advantages: It's much easier to implement because the model is already pre-trained. - Disadvantages: It can sometimes result in a greater reduction in accuracy, specifically in precision-based models. For most big models, a small loss of accuracy from PTQ is fine, while mission-critical applications can use QAT. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-200.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) ### 8-bit quantization applied No matter which deep learning environment—PyTorch, TensorFlow, or ONNX—the concepts of 8‑bit quantization remain the same. #### Practical considerations Before implementing quantization, consider the following: ##### Hardware support Ensure that the target hardware (CPUs, GPUs, or special accelerators like TPUs) natively supports 8‑bit operations. ##### Libraries - PyTorch: Gives us built-in support for QAT and PTQ through its designated quantization module. - TensorFlow Lite: Offers us utilities to transform models to an 8‑bit quantized format, especially for embedded and mobile applications. - ONNX Runtime: Supports quantized models for use across different platforms. Model Structure: Not all the layers in the model are created equal when quantized. Convolutional and fully connected layers will generally be fine, but some activation and normalization layers may need further special treatment. Fine-Tuning: Fine-tuning the quantized model on a small calibration dataset can help restore any performance loss due to quantization noise. #### ## BitsAndBytes: A specialized library for 8‑bit quantization BitsAndBytes is an independent library that helps us further streamline the 8‑bit quantization process for very large models. Frameworks like PyTorch offer us native quantization support. However, BitsAndBytes provides additional optimizations designed to convert 32‑bit floating point weights into 8‑bit integers. With a simple config flag (e.g., load\_in\_8bit=True), it enables significant reductions in memory usage and speeds up inference without requiring massive code modifications. - **Model structure:** Not all layers are equally amenable to quantization. Convolutional and fully connected layers usually perform well under quantization, but some of the activation and normalization layers may need special treatment. - **Fine‑tuning:** Fine‑tuning the quantized model on a small calibration dataset can help us recover any performance loss due to quantization noise. #### Integrating BitsAndBytes with your workflow For seamless integration, BitsAndBytes can be used alongside other popular frameworks like PyTorch. When you pre-configure your model with BitsAndBytes, you simply have to specify the quantization configuration during model loading. This tells the system to automatically convert the weights from 32‑bit integers to 8‑bit integers on the fly thus reducing the overall memory footprint by up to 75% and enhancing inference speed, which is ideal for deployment in resource-constrained environments. For example, by setting up your model with: | quantization\_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(load\_in\_8bit=True) | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | you can achieve a quick switch to 8‑bit precision. This approach not only optimizes memory usage but also maintains high performance, making it a valuable addition to your deep learning workflow. ### ## Case study: Quantizing IBM Granite with 8‑bit using BitsAndBytes IBM Granite is a 2‑billion parameter model designed for instruction‑following tasks. Due to its enormous size, it is possible to quantize IBM Granite to 8‑bit to reduce its memory footprint significantly with good performance. #### IBM Granite quantization: Example code The following is the code segment for configuring IBM Granite with 8‑bit quantization: | \# Setup IBM Granite model using 8-bit quantization.model\_name = "ibm-granite/granite-3.1-2b-instruct"quantization\_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(load\_in\_8bit=True)model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from\_pretrained( model\_name, quantization\_config=quantization\_config, device\_map="balanced", \# Adjust as needed based on available GPU memory. torch\_dtype=torch.float16)tokeniser = AutoTokeniser.from\_pretrained(model\_name) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ##### Code breakdown Model Selection: - The model\_name variable sets up the IBM Granite model to be used for instruction execution. Quantization Setup: - BitsAndBytesConfig(load\_in\_8bit=True) activates 8‑bit quantization. It is a flag that informs the model loader to quantize 32‑bit floating point to 8‑bit integer. Model loading: - AutoModelForCausalLM.from\_pretrained() loads the model using the specified configuration. The parameter device\_map="balanced" helps distribute the model across available GPUs, and torch\_dtype=torch.float16 ensures that any remaining computation uses half‑precision. Tokenizer initialization: - The tokenizer is instantiated with AutoTokeniser.from\_pretrained(model\_name) and guarantees the input text undergoes correct preprocessing for the quantized model. - This method not only lowers the memory usage of the model by as much as 75%, it also increases inference speed, making it particularly suitable for deployment in memory-limited settings, such as edge devices. 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Repeat your strategy in turn experimenting with different calibration techniques and potentially mixing PTQ with QAT. ##### Use framework tools Utilize the high-level quantization utilities integrated into frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow, as these utilities are always being improved and updated. ##### Fine‑tuning If possible, optimize the quantized model on a subset of your data to recover any performance loss due to quantization. ## Conclusion Quantization and 8‑bit quantization are powerful techniques for reducing the memory footprint and accelerating the inference of large models. By converting 32‑bit floating‑point values to 8‑bit integers, you can achieve significant memory savings and speedups with minimal accuracy loss. In the current article, we discussed the theoretical foundations of quantization and expounded on the steps involved in preprocessing, calibration, and choosing between quantization-aware training and post-training quantization. We then gave practical examples using popular frameworks, finishing with a case study involving the quantization of the IBM Granite model using BitsAndBytes. As models in deep learning increase in size, mastering techniques like 8‑bit quantization will be needed to deploy efficient state‑of‑the‑art systems: right from the data center down to edge devices. Regardless of whether you're an AI researcher or a deployment engineer, understanding how to make large models optimized is a needed skill in today's AI landscape. The application of 8-bit quantization through tools such as BitsAndBytes allows the reduction of the computational and memory overhead of big models, such as IBM Granite, to be achieved for more scalable, efficient, and energy-consumption-friendly deployment in diverse applications and hardware platforms. 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Handling big data through fine-grained data pipelines is crucial for perfect AI training, and such a requirement is felt more strongly in computer vision applications. AI models, mainly deep learning models, need large volumes of labeled image data for efficient training and reasoning. A well-designed, scalable image processing pipeline ensures that AI systems are appropriately trained with quality-prepared data to ensure accuracy by minimizing errors in model training and optimizing their performance. This article discusses essential components and necessary strategies for implementing efficient and scalable image data pipelines for the training of AI models. ## **Scalable image data pipelines: A need** [Image-based AI applications](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/fast-ai-data-preprocessing-with-nvidia-dali/) have been infamous for being extremely data-hungry. Be it image classification, object detection, or facial recognition, all of these models require millions of images to learn from. The images have to be preprocessed before training: resized, normalized, and often augmented. As data starts to scale up, such operations become increasingly complex, and one needs a strong and flexible pipeline that could handle a variety of tasks like: - Ingestion of Data: Ingest a large volume of image data coming from different sources very fast. - Preprocessing of Data: [Raw image data is transformed](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/what-is-glue.html) into forms that are usable in the training of models, including resizing, cropping, and augmentation. - Storage of Data: Preprocessed data should be stored in a manner such that during training, it can be accessed fast. - Scalability: The system should scale up with larger and larger data without a drop in performance. - Automation and monitoring: Automate the repetitive tasks, while at the same time keeping track of what happens in the pipeline to maintain it at peak efficiency level, therefore capturing potential problems before they emerge. [Mastering data clustering: Your guide to K-means & K-means++K-means clustering is an unsupervised machine learning algorithm used for clustering or grouping similar data points together in a dataset.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-190.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNishan Jain![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/eDLHCtzRR0yfFtU0BQar_sylwiabartyzel_themap.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mastering-data-clustering-your-comprehensive-guide-to-k-means-and-k-means/) ## **Key components of scalable image data pipelines** ### **1\. Data Ingestion** [Data ingestion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/building-data-lakes/data-ingestion-methods.html) refers to the initial step in an image data pipeline that deals with source image data collection, coming from a variety of sources—public image repositories, company databases, or web scrapings. Since the size of the image dataset spans from thousands to millions of files, efficient mechanisms for their ingesting need to be designed. **Best practices for data ingestion:** - **Batch processing**: Ingest large datasets in batches for smooth handling of high volumes. - **Streaming data ingestion**: Streaming data should be directly fed into the pipeline from cameras or IoT devices in certain real-time applications to avoid latency and ensure freshness. - **Data versioning**: Versioning of datasets allows tracking changes and ensures the integrity of the training datasets. After ingestion, the raw images will undergo preprocessing. This will involve several steps, such as resizing images to uniform dimensions, normalizing pixel values, converting image formats, and augmenting data by rotation, flipping, or color modification. That is an effective way of synthetically increasing the size of a dataset, to enhance model robustness. ### **2\. Efficient data pre-processing:** - **Parallel processing**: If the images are preprocessed in parallel across multiple nodes, this greatly reduces the time to prepare large datasets. - **Use of GPUs:** Image preprocessing—especially augmentation—is greatly helped by the parallelism afforded by GPUs. - **Pipeline automation:** Automatic preprocessing pipelines with either TensorFlow's tf.data or PyTorch's DataLoader simplify the process. ### **3\. Data storage and management** This calls for a storage approach that will allow for swift retrieval while training, offer scalability, and be inexpensive. Popular large-scale image data pipelines use distributed storage systems, such as Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage. These provide high availability and scalability while allowing one to store huge datasets without being puzzled by complicated infrastructure at your side. **Key considerations for image data storage:** - **Object storage**: Employ an object storage system like Amazon S3, which can handle unstructured data and store images in large amounts. - **Data caching**: For repeatedly accessed images, a caching mechanism could be developed to minimize retrieval times, especially during model training. - **Data compression**: Compression of image files reduces storage costs and time taken in transferring the images without losing quality. ### **4\. Distributed processing and scalability** Among the major considerations in building an image data pipeline, scalability is paramount since datasets keep increasing. This can be supported with distributed processing frameworks like [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/) or Dask that allow the processing of huge data in parallel across several machines, ensuring scalability and reduction of processing times. **Scaling strategies for image data pipelines:** - **Horizontal scaling**: By adding nodes, the load can be scaled across a number of servers. This is quite advantageous in datasets of large-scale images. - **Serverless architecture**: Leverage serverless compute, such as AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions, to perform common image data processing tasks without concerns about the management of an underlying server. [AI assistants: Only as smart as your knowledge baseAI assistants need real-time, seamless connections to your company’s databases, documents, and internal communication tools to realize their full potential.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-191.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--21-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-assistants-only-as-smart-as-your-knowledge-base/) ### **5\. Model training and data access** Once the image data is ingested, processed, and stored, it is ready to train. Training requires efficient mechanisms for data access and must be able to scale up to large-scale distributed training on multiple machines or GPUs. Major machine learning platforms like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Apache MXNet support distributed training, allowing models to leverage huge datasets without bottlenecks. **Optimizing data access toward training:** - **Prefetching**: Use data prefetching whereby batches of images are loaded into memory while the model is still operating on the previous batch to reduce I/O wait times as much as possible. - **Shuffling and batching**: Shuffling prevents overfitting, and batching allows models to train on subsets of data, gaining efficiency. - **Integration with distributed storage**: Ensure your training environment is tightly integrated with the distributed storage system. This cuts down latency and ensures quick access to training data. ### **6\. Monitoring, automation, and maintenance** The pipeline would be continuously monitored to ensure that, by means of automated tasks in charge of recurrent processes such as data ingestion, preprocessing, and error checking, everything happens efficiently. Monitoring tools such as [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/) or [Grafana](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/) can keep track of performance metrics while alerting mechanisms signal issues such as failing processes or resource bottlenecks. **Best practices for monitoring and maintenance:** - **Automate tasks**: Use [Apache Airflow](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/) and Kubeflow Pipelines as scheduling tools. - [**Error detection and retries**](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/core-concepts/operators.html): Identify error conditions in data processing jobs and build retry logic. - **Log collection and alerts**: Leverage logging frameworks and alerting systems to monitor the health of pipelines. **Best practices for scalable image data pipelines** - **Leverage cloud-native solutions**: The use of cloud-native solutions provides much-needed flexibility, scalability, and optimization of costs. AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, and [Azure Blob Storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction) make it easy to manage big image datasets. - **Data governance**: Provide versioning, labeling, and access controls over the datasets for security coherence. - **Optimize for cost**: Image data pipelines are costly in large-scale systems. Use storage tiers—hot and cold storage—to manage data costs optimally. - **Automate and test regularly**: Regular testing of the pipeline on the integrity of data and preprocessing ensures predictable performance. This helps catch potential problems before they cause issues in model training. ## **Conclusion** Designing and sustaining scalable image data processing pipelines for AI training involves careful planning of each step—from ingestion and preprocessing to storage, scalability, and monitoring. Distributed processing, cloud-native utilities, and automation create efficient and agile pipelines that cope with growing volumes of data, laying a solid foundation for robust, high-performing AI models. ### Agent-Responsive Design: Rethinking the web for an agentic future URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:08:23.000Z It's November 2028\. Maya's personal AI agent quietly handles her holiday shopping, easily navigating dozens of e-commerce sites. Unlike the clunky chatbots of 2024, her agent seamlessly parses product specifications, compares prices, and makes purchase decisions based on her preferences. "The boots for your sister," it explains, "are from that sustainable brand you both discussed last month - I found them at 20% off and confirmed they'll arrive before your family gathering." What would have taken Maya hours of manual searching now happens automatically, thanks to a web rebuilt for agent-first interaction. *—> The future, three years from now.* As we approach the end of 2024, a new paradigm shift is emerging in how we build and interact with the internet. With rapid advances in AI reasoning capabilities, tech giants and innovative startups alike are racing to define [the next evolution of digital interaction: AI agents](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/), . Google, Apple, OpenAI, and Anthropic have all declared AI agents as their primary focus for 2025\. This transformation promises to be as significant as the web and mobile revolutions were and represents perhaps the most natural interface for LLM-powered technology, far more intuitive and capable than the chatbots that preceded it. --- ![Sam Altman discusses AI agents in a Reddit AMA](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/04/3cc88be7-1f92-40cb-94b3-b1c483313a1d_1610x512.webp) --- In the recent No Priors Podcast, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang [stated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw7EnjC68Fw&t=1716s) that "there's no question we're gonna have AI employees of all kinds” that would "augment every single job in the company”. Moreover, Gartner projects that by 2028, [33% of enterprise software applications](https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/intelligent-agent-in-ai#:~:text=By%202028%2C%2033%25%20of%20enterprise,complete%20tasks%20and%20achieve%20goals.) will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% today, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously. This rapid adoption mirrors the mobile revolution of the early 2010s but with potentially more far-reaching implications for how we interact with digital services. [AI agents: Automation and intelligent assistance (2025 guide)AI agents are intelligent software entities designed to operate autonomously and achieve specific goals.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-297.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMuhammad Rushad Arab![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--26--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) ## What sets AI agents apart? While there's ongoing debate about what an AI Agent is, at its core, what sets agents apart from traditional software is their ability to autonomously plan and adapt. Unlike rule-based systems that follow predetermined paths, agents can formulate strategies, execute them, and—most importantly—adjust their approach based on outcomes and changing circumstances. Think of them as digital assistants that don't just follow a script, but actually reason about the best way to achieve your goals. If a planned action fails or yields unexpected results, an agent can reassess and chart a new course, much like a human would. This flexibility and autonomous decision-making capability marks a departure from traditional software, which can only respond in pre-programmed ways. ### The use of tools Central to agents' capabilities is their sophisticated use of tools. Much like a handyman who knows when to use a screwdriver versus a hammer, agents must determine which tools to use, when to use them, and how to use them effectively. For instance, when helping you plan a trip, an agent might first use a calendar tool to check your availability, then a flight search API to find options, and finally a weather service to ensure you pack appropriately. The key isn't just having access to these tools — it's the agent's ability to reason about their use and orchestrate them intelligently to accomplish complex tasks. --- *This article was originally published* [*here at AI Tidbits*](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/agent-responsive-design?utm%5Fsource=partner%5Faiai)*, where you can read more of Sahar's fascinating perspectives on AI-related topics.* --- ## From mobile-first to agent-first Remember when 'www' stood for something closer to 'Wild Wild West' than 'World Wide Web'? The early 2000s internet was an untamed digital frontier, where users navigated through a maze of pop-ups, fought off malware, and relied on bookmarked URLs just to find their way around. The early 2010s, when mobile exploded, weren’t that different as businesses scrambled to make their websites mobile-responsive. That shift wasn't just about resizing content for smaller screens–it fundamentally changed how we approached web design, user experience, and digital strategy. It created a whole new field of website and mobile optimization: choosing the best colors and text copy to increase traffic, conversion rates, and stickiness. ### The agentic AI inflection point Today, we stand at a similar inflection point with AI agents. Just as mobile-responsive design emerged from the need to serve smartphone users better, "agent-responsive design" is emerging as websites adapt to serve AI agents. But unlike the mobile revolution, which was about accommodating human users on different devices, the agent revolution requires us to rethink our fundamental assumptions about who – or what – is consuming our digital content. In this agent-first era, websites will undergo a dramatic transformation. Gone are the days of flashy advertisements, elaborate typography, and resource-heavy images — elements that consume bandwidth but provide little value to AI agents. Instead, we're moving toward streamlined, efficient interfaces that prioritize function over form. These new websites will feature minimalist designs optimized for machine parsing, structured data layers that enable rapid information extraction, standardized interaction patterns that reduce processing overhead, and resource-efficient components that minimize token usage and computation costs. This evolution extends beyond traditional websites. Mobile applications are already being reimagined with agent-interaction layers, as evidenced by recent novel methods like Apple's [Ferret-UI 2](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18967) and [CAMPHOR](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09407), enabling seamless agent navigation of mobile interfaces while maintaining human usability. Google and Microsoft also invest in this space, as demonstrated in their recent papers [AndroidWorld](https://google-research.github.io/android%5Fworld/) and [WindowsAgentArena](https://microsoft.github.io/WindowsAgentArena/), respectively. Both are fully functional environments for developers to build and test agents. --- ![Microsoft’s WindowsAgentArena](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/04/490aca1f-9a4c-4c98-9049-bfc3d5baae52_800x450.webp) --- ![Google’s AndroidWorld is a testing ground for AI agents on Android phones](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/04/f46cf239-15e6-4b19-9a9d-00de4b51e434_800x439.webp) --- The incentives are becoming clear: optimize for agents, and you'll unlock new channels of engagement and commerce. Ignore them, and you risk becoming invisible in the emerging agent-first internet. ## What is Agent Responsive Design? At its core, agent-responsive design represents a radical departure from traditional web design principles. Instead of optimizing for human visual perception and engagement, websites must provide clear, structured interfaces that agents can efficiently navigate and interact with. This transformation will likely unfold in two phases: ### Phase 1: Hybrid optimization Initially, websites will maintain dual interfaces: one optimized for human users and a "shadow" version optimized for agents. This agent-optimized version will feature: - Enhanced semantic markup with clear structure and purpose - Unobfuscated HTML that welcomes rather than blocks automated interaction - Well-defined aria-label labels and metadata to help agents choose and interact with the right UI components - Direct access to knowledge bases and documentation by exposing information beyond what’s visible on the “website interface”, giving the querying agents access to their RAG to easily retrieve information such as refund policy or answer questions the agent has based on their help docs. Also, after being authenticated, providing easy access to user-related information such as last purchases or stored payment methods. - Streamlined authentication and authorization protocols ### Phase 2: API-first architecture The second phase will move beyond traditional UI components, focusing on exposing clean, well-documented APIs that agents can directly interact with. Consumer websites like Amazon, TurboTax, and Chase will: - Provide clear documentation of available tools and capabilities. The agent will leverage its reasoning engine and the task the human delegated to plan the tools and sequence that it needs to use. - Offer structured workflows with explicit input/output specifications - Enable direct access to business logic and user data - Support sophisticated authentication mechanisms for agent-based interactions ## AI agents will make traditional A/B testing obsolete In an agent-first world, the traditional approach to A/B testing becomes obsolete. Instead of testing different button colors or copy variations for human users, companies like Amazon will need to optimize for agent interaction efficiency and task completion rates. These A/B tests will target similar metrics as today: purchases, sign-ups, etc., employing LLMs to generate and test thousands of agent personas without the need for lengthy user testing cycles. This new paradigm of testing will require new success metrics such as: - Model compatibility across different AI providers (GPT, Claude, etc.) - each language model has its own nuances. Optiziming can help businesses squeeze a few more percentage points for conversion, bounce rate, etc. - Task completion rate for the human-delegated task at hand, like purchasing a product or subscribing to a newsletter - Token efficiency and latency optimization, enabling lightning-fast interactions while minimizing computational overhead and associated costs - Authentication and security protocol effectiveness, ensuring robust protection while maintaining frictionless agent operations The competitive landscape in this new era will be shaped significantly by model providers' unique advantages. Companies like OpenAI and Google, with their vast user interaction data, will possess an inherent edge in creating agents that deeply understand user preferences and behaviors. However, this also creates an opportunity for innovation in the form of universal memory and context layers, like what mem0 is pitching with their recently released [Chrome extension](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0-chrome-extension)—systems that can bridge different models, devices, and platforms to create a cohesive user experience. Drawing from Sierra's [τ-bench research](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.12045), we can anticipate the emergence of standardized benchmarks for measuring agent-readiness across verticals and task types, similar to how we currently measure mobile responsiveness or page load times. ## New discovery protocol - Agent Engine Optimization (AEO) Just as websites evolved from manually curated directories to sophisticated search engine optimization, the agent era demands a new discovery mechanism. The question isn't just about findability—it's about actionability: how do agents identify and interact with the most relevant and capable digital services? In 2005, Google introduced the Sitemap protocol to improve search engine crawling efficiency, enable discovery of hidden content, and provide webmasters with a standardized method for communicating site structure and content updates to search engines. What is the Sitemap equivalent for AI agents? Just as SEO emerged to help websites become discoverable in search engines with Google’s inaugural PageRank algorithm, Agent Engine Optimization (AEO) will become crucial for visibility in an agent-first web. Back in Aug 2023, I called it [Language Model Ranking Optimization](https://www.aitidbits.ai/p/future-of-internet-search). This new protocol will go beyond traditional sitemaps, providing agents with structured information about websites: - Available services and capabilities like signing up, placing an order, booking a flight seat - Authentication requirements - what actions require authentication - Data schemas and API endpoints - what data does each action/endpoint need? What is mandatory vs. optional? - Privacy and security protocols - how information is being stored - Service level agreements like refund and shipping guidelines and data retention policy Exposing such information will become a standard feature in website builders like Shopify and Wix, much like mobile responsiveness is today. These platforms will automatically generate and maintain agent-interaction layers, democratizing access to the agent-first economy for businesses of all sizes. Companies will need to optimize not just for search engines but for an emerging ecosystem of agent directories and registries that help autonomous agents discover and interact with digital services. ### AI literacy: Essential for today's workforce and businesses URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-literacy-essential-for-todays-workforce-and-businesses/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:47:15.000Z Bringing generative AI into a business or even public sector organization is consuming the minds of leaders around the world, some approaching the topic with a positive outlook and some with caution. [According to BCG](https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/what-gen-ais-top-performers-do-differently), a mere 10% of organisations have managed to successfully integrate gen AI into their workflows at scale, gaining a significant advantage over their competitors who are in danger of falling behind in this rapidly evolving landscape. But what does AI literacy mean? AI literacy is having the knowledge and practical understanding of AI, its use cases, power, and limitations. This could include prompting mastery, the ability to identify when and how to use it, to critically evaluate its outputs, and being able to adapt in a workplace empowered with AI. AI literacy is a key skill set the whole workforce must master and employers must endorse. ## Why AI literacy matters ### Future-proofing your business I briefly mentioned competitiveness above, [AI driven companies have a strong competitive advantage in their market, according to HBR](https://hbr.org/2024/11/what-sets-ai-driven-companies-apart). Those AI-first companies are also way ahead of the market in scaling AI predictive solutions and, hence, future-proofing their business. AI literacy enables this innovation across the whole workforce. More importantly, [the future workforce](https://thejournal.com/Articles/2024/06/24/Google-Brings-Gemini-AI-to-Teens-in-the-Classroom.aspx) is already relying on AI in their education, and it is critical that businesses and public sector organisations remain top of mind for the job market of the present and the future. [Your guide to agentic AIAgentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that act autonomously, make decisions, set goals, and adapt to their environment with minimal human intervention.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-184.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--16--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) ### Boosting productivity across all teams [In a study done by Harvard Business School](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=64700), AI can help your employees do work 25% faster and 40% better. AI can help employees across multiple departments across marketing, sales, human resources, customer service, and even frontline operations boost their productivity by helping automate tasks and provide business intelligence, data analysis, and more. Boosting AI literacy would liberate the workforce from admin tasks, allowing more time for strategic and deep work. ### Empower your decision-makers with insights AI literacy is key in ensuring your workforce is mastering the art of prompting to ensure they are attaining the right insights they need to make more informed decisions. AI tools can help [reduce research time by up to 70-80%](https://medium.com/@ibrahimmukherjee/how-much-time-can-generative-ai-save-in-the-workplace-3b2f9ed7fa6f), which enables fast action by your teams when needed. More importantly, AI literacy is critical to ensuring your teams are able to evaluate AI outputs and insights, as well as understand potential biases or limitations of AI, especially in sensitive industries like legal and healthcare. ### Enhance collaboration AI features are now being offered by most productivity vendors we use and love, introducing the technology in meeting solutions, chat, and emails. Avail these solutions, and then train and empower your workforce to make the most out of the improved collaboration benefits that AI brings to the workplace. AI literacy across the organization can help bridge gaps between the different teams, for example, technical and non-technical roles, as well as international teams working across languages. ### Ensuring responsible use of this emerging technology It is critical that beyond learning how to maximize the benefits of this technology, your workforce is aware of the ethical implications of AI, evaluating and selecting the most secure vendor, and training your teams on important topics like bias, responsibility, and fairness in AI. This helps your organization avoid the risks associated with its increased usage. ## How to develop AI literacy ### Accessible resources and continuous learning The development of AI literacy begins with access to appropriate tools and resources. Fortunately, knowledge of AI does not require an advanced technical background. Excellent starting points include online courses and books such as [*Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence*](https://www.amazon.com/Prediction-Machines-Economics-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1633695670) by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, which provide approachable explanations of AI's business applications and implications. Engaging with community forums like[ Reddit’s r/MachineLearning](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/) or attending free webinars by institutions such as[ Stanford University](https://online.stanford.edu/courses) is an often overlooked way to gain some practical insights. These resources cater to varying levels of familiarity, making AI literacy accessible to everyone. AI is an ever-evolving field. Staying updated is essential. You need to learn continuously to adapt effectively. On the industry scale, this approach builds a workforce that is proactive, well-informed, and resilient in the face of change. [Free Artificial Intelligence Membership - Become an InsiderJoin thousands of other artificial intelligence professionals and test drive you AIAI membership without spending a dime.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-186.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/insider-membership-plan/) ### Hands-on experience AI learning can be accelerated by applying it practically. When you work with AI, you gain an understanding of the ways in which it can be applied and of the ways in which it cannot yet be applied or might not ever be applied. Hands-on experience with AI leads to a more profound comprehension of the technology and its potential. Staying with the technology, in whatever form it currently takes, is vital to maintaining a necessary foundation. We can develop our expertise in AI by competing in contests, working in interactive learning spaces, and by all sorts of meaningful event organizing that serves to introduce ASU to the kinds of things we're up to with AI. How is this happening? Work is happening at the level of individual students who are experimenting with the kinds of platforms that integrate AI into productivity tasks such as data visualization or customer support. Direct engagement with AI technologies and nurturing a culture of continuous learning around these technologies enable individuals and organizations to gain a much clearer understanding of the capabilities and limitations of AI. And this is not just preparation for today; it is quite literally preparation for the future. ### Q&A with Fiddler AI: Observability, security & making the world a better place URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/q-a-with-fiddler-ai-observability-security-making-the-world-a-better-place/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:31:48.000Z Fiddler AI, a pioneer in AI observability and security for LLM and MLOps, has the mission of making the world a better place. Following his session at Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C., I spoke with Nick Nolan, Solutions Engineering Manager at Fiddler AI, to dive into how they're seeking to achieve this. --- ### *Q: Fiddler AI emphasizes building trust into AI systems. Can you elaborate on how your AI Observability platform achieves this, particularly concerning explainability and transparency?* [Fiddler](https://www.fiddler.ai/) is the pioneer in AI observability and security for LLM and MLOps. Fiddler’s mission is to make the world a better place, as many of the decisions consumers make every day are influenced by AI. As AI continues to be deeply integrated into society, Fiddler addresses on two key areas: 1) Helping enterprise AI teams deliver responsible AI applications. 2) Ensuring that people interacting with AI receive fair, safe, and trustworthy responses. As AI advances, particularly in generative AI, more policies will be introduced to enforce regulations around governance, risk, and compliance. These regulations will help enterprises strengthen oversight of their AI systems while protecting consumers from harmful, toxic, or biased outcomes. We continue our mission to lead the way in helping enterprises deploy and use AI responsibly, ensuring trustworthy AI, and safeguarding consumers from harmful and unsafe outcomes. We support enterprises at every stage of their AI journey in establishing long-term responsible AI practices.From accelerating LLMOps and MLOps, driving business value, and mitigating risks to building customer satisfaction, we help establish responsible AI practices across all products as companies mature in their AI journey. Fiddler does so by supporting three key areas: monitoring, security and governance. We monitor a comprehensive set of LLM and ML metrics (performance, accuracy, drift, PII leakage, hallucination, safety, custom metrics), and if the metrics monitored go below a specific threshold, teams are alerted for immediate action using explainability and diagnostics for root cause analysis. Fiddler provides audit evidence and audit trail for regulatory and compliance reporting. --- ### *Q: With the rapid adoption of LLMs, what unique challenges do enterprises face in monitoring these models, and how does Fiddler's LLM Observability address these* *issues?* When GenAI emerged, companies rapidly began prompt engineering, fine-tuning, testing, and evaluating LLMs. This gave rise to numerous GenAI vendors specializing in pre-production testing and evaluation. However, LLM testing remains stuck in pre-production, neglecting the most challenging part: monitoring LLMs in real-world environments. Without oversight in production, enterprises risk hallucinations, safety concerns, and privacy breaches, harming users and the company. These risks limit their ability to explore AI innovation, keeping LLMs confined to testing environments. The Fiddler Trust Service and its Guardrails solution help enterprises alleviate this issue. Fiddler Guardrails is the industry’s fastest guardrails with <100 ms response time, cost-effective, and can be securely deployed in the customers’ environment, VPC or air-gapped. Customers use Fiddler to monitor LLM and ML metrics and link these metrics directly to their business KPIs, gaining valuable insights into how LLM and ML deployments impact business outcomes. This contributes to the ROI of positive business outcomes in several ways. 1\. Fiddler enables the delivery of high-performance AI by allowing companies to launch and update models faster, leading to improved decision-making and revenue growth. 2\. It reduces operational costs by accelerating the launch of AI applications, improving efficiency, identifying model issues, and minimizing downtime. The time savings for data science and ML engineers, who can monitor and debug models in minutes instead of weeks, boosts productivity. 3\. Fiddler ensures responsible AI governance by minimizing reputational risks, reducing bias, and improving customer satisfaction, leading to higher Net Promoter Scores (NPS). --- ### *Q: The concept of Responsible AI is central to Fiddler's mission. What strategies and tools do you provide to help organizations identify and mitigate biases in their AI models?* The Fiddler AI Observability and Security platform addresses bias through a comprehensive approach. Our platform continuously monitors models for bias and fairness issues across protected attributes, providing real-time alerts when models exhibit biased behavior. The platform's explainability and model diagnostics capabilities deliver deep insights into model decision-making, enabling teams to perform detailed root cause analysis that uncovers the underlying factors contributing to bias. When issues are identified, Fiddler provides actionable insights for model and application improvement, allowing teams to implement targeted fixes rather than starting from scratch. Beyond detection and mitigation, Fiddler supports responsible AI governance by automatically generating audit evidence for both internal reviews and external regulatory requirements. This documentation captures model behavior, fairness metrics, and mitigation efforts, helping organizations demonstrate compliance with governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) standards. By integrating continuous monitoring, explainable AI, and robust governance capabilities, Fiddler transforms responsible AI from a theoretical goal into an operational reality. --- ### *Q: Could you share a case study where Fiddler's platform significantly improved a client's AI model performance or trustworthiness?* Integral Ad Science (IAS), a leader in Ad Tech, partnered with Fiddler to enhance the scope and speed of their digital ad measurement products while ensuring compliance with AI regulations. By using Fiddler’s AI Observability platform, IAS reduced monitoring costs, established rigorous oversight of their ML models, and improved collaboration with a unified view of model metrics. This enabled faster product launches, ensured compliance with regulatory standards, and provided audit evidence to stakeholders, all while promoting responsible AI practices through monitoring, explainability, and governance. Full case study [here](https://www.fiddler.ai/customers/integral-ad-science). --- ### *Q: In the context of AI governance and compliance, how does Fiddler assist enterprises in meeting regulatory standards and ensuring ethical AI practices?* Fiddler helps enterprises navigate emerging regulations like the EU AI Act and AI Bill of Rights through three key capabilities. First, we provide continuous monitoring of critical compliance metrics—tracking hallucinations, safety, and privacy in LLMs, while monitoring performance, accuracy, and drift in ML models. Second, we automatically generate comprehensive audit evidence required for regulatory reviews and internal governance, crucial for enterprises’ compliance strategies. Third, our platform enables ethical AI practices through specialized fairness monitoring that tracks intersectional bias across protected attributes. By integrating monitoring, documentation, and risk mitigation capabilities, Fiddler transforms compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage, helping companies innovate and build AI applications responsibly. --- ### *Q: As AI technologies evolve, how does Fiddler stay ahead in providing solutions that cater to emerging challenges in AI observability and security?* Fiddler stays ahead of emerging AI challenges through a combination of dedicated research, customer-driven innovation, and adaptive platform development. Our data science team leads AI research initiatives using research-based methodologies specifically designed to address real customer challenges in generative AI. A prime example is our development of the Fiddler Trust Service, powered by proprietary Fiddler Trust Models. These fine-tuned, task-specific models form the foundation of our LLM solution, enabling LLM scoring, monitoring, and implementing effective guardrails. We've optimized the Fiddler Trust Models to deliver industry-leading guardrails with response times under 100 milliseconds, making it significantly faster than competing solutions. Our approach prioritizes enterprise requirements, ensuring our solutions are not only powerful but also practical. The Fiddler Trust Models are designed to be cost-effective, minimizing the need for extensive inference or GPU resources that drive up operational costs. We've also built our platform with deployment flexibility in mind, allowing secure implementation within customers' environments, including cloud or VPC deployments. What distinguishes our research approach is its direct connection to customer needs. Rather than pursuing research for its own sake, we focus on solving specific challenges our enterprise customers face in deploying and managing AI systems. This customer-centric innovation model ensures our platform continuously evolves to address the most pressing real-world observability and security challenges in AI. --- ### *Q: Collaboration is key in the tech industry. Can you discuss any notable partnerships Fiddler has formed to enhance its platform's capabilities?* Fiddler has established strategic partnerships with leading technology providers to create a comprehensive ecosystem that enhances our AI observability and security capabilities and extends our market reach. Our collaboration with AWS includes deep integration with both Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock. The SageMaker AI integration enables customers to access Fiddler's enterprise-grade AI observability directly within their existing MLOps workflows, eliminating additional security hurdles and accelerating the deployment of models into production. Our Amazon Bedrock integration extends these capabilities to LLM applications, allowing organizations to monitor and safeguard generative AI deployments with the same level of rigor. We've also established a powerful partnership with NVIDIA that combines their NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices) and NeMo Guardrails with Fiddler's observability and security platform. As a native integration to NVIDIA's NeMo Guardrails orchestration platform, we provide the industry's fastest guardrails with response times under 100 ms. This cost-effective and secure solution enables enterprises to deploy LLM applications at scale while effectively moderating conversations for hallucinations, safety violations, and jailbreak attempts. The integration allows prompts and responses processed by NIM to be automatically routed to Fiddler for guardrails and monitoring, providing comprehensive operational oversight. Our partnership with Google Cloud has made the Fiddler AI Observability Platform available on Google Cloud Marketplace, providing seamless integration with Google Vertex AI and other Google Cloud AI offerings. This collaboration simplifies procurement through consolidated billing and allows customers to use pre-approved budgets for greater agility. Additionally, we've partnered with Domino Data Lab to address the needs of government agencies deploying high-stakes AI systems. This collaboration enables agencies to develop models at scale with Domino while using Fiddler to validate model transparency, interpretability, and trustworthiness in production environments. These strategic partnerships and amongst others reflect our commitment to providing AI observability and security that integrates seamlessly with the broader AI ecosystem, helping organizations deploy responsible, accurate, and safe AI. --- ### *Q: How does Fiddler's platform integrate with existing MLOps workflows, and what benefits does this integration bring to enterprise clients?* The Fiddler AI Observability and Security platform is designed with flexibility at its core, seamlessly integrating into customers' existing tech infrastructure for both LLM and MLOps. Our fundamental goal is enabling enterprises to confidently ship LLM and ML applications into production where they can generate real business value. For traditional MLOps workflows, Fiddler connects natively with ML platforms including Amazon SageMaker AI, Vertex AI, DataRobot, Domino, and homegrown ML systems. These integrations allow data science teams to monitor model performance, data drift, and fairness metrics without disrupting their established development environments. Our platform also plugs directly into enterprise data infrastructure like Google BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Lake, and Amazon S3, enabling efficient data flow between systems. For LLM applications, Fiddler provides specialized integrations with generative AI frameworks and platforms. We integrate with gateway frameworks like NVIDIA NIM, Portkey, and custom solutions to monitor prompt-response interactions. Our connections to Gen AI platforms including Amazon Bedrock, NVIDIA NeMo, and Together.ai enable comprehensive LLM monitoring for hallucination rates, safety violations, and response quality. What sets Fiddler apart is our adaptability to customers' unique environments. Rather than forcing organizations to change their workflows or technology stacks, our solution is designed to be flexible for seamless implementation and accelerates time-to-value, allowing enterprises to move AI projects from experimentation to production more quickly and with greater confidence. This flexible integration strategy delivers significant benefits: 1\. Reduced barriers to production deployment by providing the monitoring, protection, and governance capabilities needed to satisfy stakeholders. 2\. Accelerated value realization from AI investments by enabling faster, more confident production releases. 3\. Unified visibility across heterogeneous AI environments spanning both traditional ML and LLMs. 4\. Enhanced collaboration between security, AI application engineers, data science teams, ML engineers, and business stakeholders. 5\. Lower total cost of ownership by eliminating the need for separate monitoring solutions for different model types. By adapting to customers' environments rather than forcing them to adapt to us, Fiddler helps enterprises transform AI from promising experiments into production systems that deliver measurable business impact. --- ### *Q: With the increasing focus on data privacy, how does Fiddler ensure that its AI observability tools align with data protection regulations?* Fiddler's approach to data privacy and protection is built on a comprehensive security framework designed specifically for enterprise AI deployments. We've implemented robust measures to ensure our observability platform aligns with stringent data protection regulations while providing the insights organizations need. Our multi-layered security architecture begins with sophisticated access controls. We implement Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) that provide granular authorizations, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access specific data and functionality. This capability is particularly important for organizations with complex teams and governance requirements. For data protection, we employ industry-leading encryption standards. All communications with and within customer clusters use HTTPS/TLS 1.2 (or higher), while data-at-rest is secured with AES-256 key encryption. We maintain daily backups of encrypted customer data and implement secure deletion procedures at the end of retention periods to prevent unauthorized access to historical information. Our commitment to compliance is demonstrated through SOC2 certification and HIPAA compliance, validating our security practices against recognized industry standards. Security is integrated throughout our software development lifecycle, with rigorous controls including security design reviews, threat modeling, application security scans, container image scanning, and network monitoring. Importantly, Fiddler's platform architecture respects data sovereignty principles – customer data remains within their premises, never leaving their controlled environment. This architecture is crucial for organizations operating under regulations like GDPR that have strict requirements about data movement and storage. For AI-specific challenges, our platform provides specialized capabilities to detect potential privacy issues in model behavior. We generate comprehensive metrics after model registration to help identify concept drift, data leakage, and other anomalies that might indicate privacy vulnerabilities. These monitoring capabilities allow organizations to detect and respond to issues before they result in regulatory violations. By combining these technical safeguards with our privacy-by-design philosophy, Fiddler ensures that organizations can implement robust AI observability and security while maintaining full compliance with data protection regulations. --- ### ***Q: Looking ahead, what are Fiddler AI's strategic priorities for the next five years in advancing AI observability and fostering responsible AI adoption?*** Fiddler's five-year strategy centers on expanding our AI observability leadership while enabling enterprises to deploy responsible AI at scale. Building on our 2024 launch of the Fiddler Trust Service — the industry's first comprehensive solution for LLM scoring that enables LLM monitoring and powers the industry’s fastest, cost-effective guardrails with <100 ms response time — we're focused on addressing increasingly complex AI ecosystems. We're developing enhanced capabilities for agentic AI systems through advanced tracing features like Traces and Spans, providing granular insights for complex application architectures. Our roadmap emphasizes customer-driven innovation, with continued research into optimizing AI systems for performance, cost-effectiveness, and security to ensure all stakeholders experience responsible, equitable, and accurate AI. We're also investing in making responsible AI more accessible through educational resources and simplified implementation frameworks. This democratization effort will help organizations at all AI maturity levels implement effective governance without impeding innovation. Throughout these initiatives, we'll maintain our focus on helping customers extract measurable business value from their AI investments, transforming promising experiments into mission-critical AI systems that deliver tangible results while upholding the highest ethical standards. Our ultimate goal remains enabling enterprises to confidently deploy AI that generates real business value while ensuring that everyone—enterprises, employees, and end-users alike—benefits from AI that is responsible, equitable, and safe. ### Zero trust and AI: The next evolution in cybersecurity strategy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/zero-trust-and-ai-the-next-evolution-in-cybersecurity-strategy/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:10:59.000Z Traditional approaches to [cybersecurity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) have always been to defend the digital perimeter surrounding internal networks. However, with the popularity of remote work and cloud computing technologies, conventional security strategies are no longer as effective at protecting organizations. Zero trust has now become the go-to security approach. Its guiding concepts are built around the mindset of "never trust, always verify." Each user, access device, and network connection is strictly evaluated and monitored regardless of where they originate from. [Artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) has become an addition to zero trust security architecture. With the ability to analyze large volumes of information and apply complex processes to automate security functions, AI has helped how modern businesses approach their security planning. ## Understanding zero trust in modern organizations Digital environments have changed the cybersecurity paradigm in many different ways, as businesses have moved toward highly connected infrastructures.. Zero trust security models assume every network connection within the organization is a potential threat and requires various strategies to address them effectively. Zero trust models work on several core principles that include: - **Providing minimum access privileges:** Employees should only be given access to information and systems that are absolutely essential for the job function they perform. This limits unauthorized access at all times, and in the event a security breach does occur, the damage is contained to a minimum. - **Creation of isolated network areas:** Rather than having a single company network, organizations should segment their systems and databases into smaller, isolated networks. This limits an attacker's access to only a part of the system in the event of a successful perimeter breach. - **Constant verification:** All users and devices are checked and rechecked frequentlyTrust is never assumed, and all activity is closely monitored regardless of who is gaining access or what they're doing. - **Assumed breaches:** With zero trust, potential breaches are always viewed as a possibility. Because of this, security strategies don't just focus on prevention, but also limiting the possible damage from a successful attack. Identity-centric security has now become an essential element for building a strong cybersecurity posture and improved operational resilience. A big part of this process is safeguarding sensitive information and making sure that even if breaches do occur, it's less likely that it becomes compromised. [![LLMOps Landscape survey](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/03/LLMOps_Landscape_2025_Email_.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-landscape/) ## The role of AI in strengthening zero trust models [Bringing AI and zero trust together](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-revolution-in-cybersecurity-palo-altos-vision-unveiled/) represents a major step forward for cybersecurity. AI's power to analyze large datasets, spot unusual network activity, and automate security responses makes the core principles of zero trust even stronger, allowing for a more flexible and resilient defense. ### Improving identity and access management With leveraging AI, managing various identities and provisioning system access within a zero trust environment can be improved. Machine learning models can scan user behaviors looking for anomalies indicative of compromised accounts or potentially dangerous network activity. Adaptive authentication protocols can then use these risk-based assessments to change various security validation parameters dynamically. AI technology also helps automate authentication processes when validating user identities. They can help facilitate new user setups, streamlining IT processes while at the same time minimizing human error. This added efficiency reduces the strain and resource requirements of IT support teams and significantly reduces the possibility of accidentally giving out wrong access permissions. ### Intelligent threat detection and response Traditional security measures can overlook subtle, yet important indicators of malicious network activity. However, machine learning algorithms can aid in detecting these threats ahead of time, resulting in a far more proactive approach to threat response. Autonomous threat hunting and incident resolution can reduce the time necessary to identify and contain breaches while mitigating any associated damage. With AI, network monitoring processes can be done automatically, allowing security personnel to act faster if and when the time comes. AI can also provide organizations with predictive analytics that help to guard against possible attacks by anticipating them before they occur. By using threat intelligence gathered from external vendors, and at the same time, checking for system vulnerabilities, essential steps can be taken to tighten security defenses to avoid any weaknesses from being exploited. ### Automating data security and governance processes AI systems can help sensitive business information be protected in real time. As data is collected, it can be automatically classified into various categories. This dynamic classification allows AI systems to apply relevant security controls to certain datasets, [helping to align with various compliance requirements](https://www.tevora.com/resource/data-security-and-compliance/) while adhering to any of the organization's specific data management policies. Another important security element for modern organizations is data loss prevention (DLP). AI-driven DLP solutions can be configured to automatically supervise the way users access and relocate information within a system. This helps to identify potential data manipulation and greatly minimizes the danger of unauthorized system access and data leakage. [Next-generation automation: running artificial intelligence at the edgeMy name is Helenio Gilabert. In this article, I’m going to tell you all about how we run artificial intelligence at Edge Solutions. It’s such a fascinating topic, but it can be a little overwhelming.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-181.png)AI Accelerator InstituteHelenio Gilabert![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1526378722484-bd91ca387e72-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/next-generation-automation-running-artificial-intelligence-at-the-edge/) ## New security challenges and considerations Though AI drastically improves the capabilities of traditional zero-trust models, it also can present additional security considerations that require organizations’ attention. Some of these include: ### Data privacy and ethical concerns When applying AI in zero trust settings, [balancing security and personal privacy](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/security-and-privacy-issues-in-cloud-computing/) is critical. Organizations need to be certain that their methods of collecting and analyzing data are done within the scope of [applicable privacy laws and ethical boundaries](https://www.tevora.com/resource/what-is-ai-compliance/). Bias in AI systems should be dealt with as well. Machine learning algorithms trained on outdated data are capable of producing inaccurate results that could lead to more passive security measures being put in place. Organizations need to ensure that any of their AI-driven systems have supporting policies in place to prevent these biased analyses from taking place. ### Integration and implementation challenges Integrating AI into a zero trust framework isn't always straightforward. Complications can surface - especially when it comes to system and network compatibility. Organizations need to ensure that their AI solutions can be seamlessly integrated into the existing tech stack and that there aren't any potential barriers that will impede data flow to and from critical systems. Another operational challenge with AI-driven security systems is finding qualified talent to operate them. Companies will likely need to allocate dedicated resources for training and staff development to keep systems functioning effectively. ### The importance of regular AI model training AI solutions, especially those that use complex learning algorithms, aren't a “set-it-and-forget-it” implementation. With cyber threats constantly evolving, maintaining the effectiveness of AI-driven systems requires regular model training. Without regular intervals of AI model retraining, these systems won't function accurately and efficiently over time. An AI model must be regularly reviewed and modified to avoid false positive alerts, broken automation, or inadequate threat mitigation protocols. ## The future of cybersecurity [Integrating AI with zero trust architecture](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) has changed how businesses can approach their cybersecurity initiatives. As cyberthreats become increasingly more sophisticated, then the need for increased automation and identity-centric security planning will only continue to grow. With the proper implementation strategies in place, organizations can benefit from enhanced threat management, streamlined access management, and a more proactive approach to data protection. --- Have you checked our 2025 events calendar? We'll be all over the globe, so why not have a look and see if we're anywhere near you? Join us and network with like-minded AI experts in your industry. 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Join Generative AI Summit, Agentic AI Summit, LLMOps Summit & Chief AI Officer Summit in a city near you.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/1722261321714-android-chrome-192x192-4.webp).style-65cdffdcd48a30cb7da3635f-logo- { position: relative; display: block; &:hover .WrapperHandleClick { display: block; } display: flex;position: relative;width: 136px;height: 100%;margin-right: 0px;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');margin-left: 30px; @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;width: 120px;margin-left: 10px;background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp'); } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { background-image: url('https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722353907815-AIAIFULLLOGOSECONDARYONWHITE.webp');display: block;flex-direction: row-reverse;width: 5.5rem;min-width: 120px; } }![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/1721727575894-London1-4.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### How to secure LLMs with the fastest guardrails for peak AI performance URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-secure-llms-with-the-fastest-guardrails-for-peak-ai-performance/ Last updated: 2025-04-24T10:44:09.000Z *This article comes from Nick Nolan’s talk at our Washington DC 2025 Generative AI Summit. Check out his* [*full presentation*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-washington-d-c-2025/?%5Fgl=1%2Ab02vm1%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMjA4NzcwNDIwMC4xNzQzMDAwOTI0%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTc0MzA3NTM2My4yLjAuMTc0MzA3NTM2My4wLjAuMA..&wchannelid=w1ej926ys7&wmediaid=sdhmfcynj0) *and the wealth of* [*OnDemand resources*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ondemand/) *waiting for you.* --- What happens when a powerful AI model goes rogue? For organizations embracing AI, especially [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) (LLMs), this is a *very* real concern. As these technologies continue to grow and become central to business operations, the stakes are higher than ever – especially when it comes to securing and optimizing them. I’m **Nick Nolan**, and as the **Solutions Engineering Manager** at **Fiddler**, I’ve had countless conversations with companies about the growing pains of adopting AI. While AI’s potential is undeniable – transforming industries and adding billions to the economy – it also introduces a new set of challenges for LLMs in production, particularly around security, [performance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/improving-ai-inference-performance-with-hardware-accelerators/), and control. So in this article, I’ll walk you through some of the most pressing concerns organizations face when [implementing AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/1000-ai-powered-machines-vision-ai-on-an-industrial-scale/) and how securing LLMs with the right guardrails can make all the difference in ensuring they deliver value without compromising safety or quality. Let’s dive in. ## **The growing role of AI and LLMs** We’re at an exciting moment in AI. Right now, [research shows](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/03/ai-authentic-intelligence/#:~:text=AI%20has%20become%20an%20undeniable,risen%20as%20AI's%20role%20increases.) around **72%** of large enterprises are using AI in some way, and it’s clear that generative AI is definitely on the rise – about **65%** of companies are either using it or planning to. On top of this, AI is also expected to add an enormous amount to the global economy – around **$15.7 trillion by 2030**, but let’s keep in mind that these numbers are just projections. We can only guess where this journey will take us, but there’s no denying that AI is changing the game. But here’s the thing: while the excitement is real, so are the risks. The use of AI, particularly [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/), comes with a unique set of challenges – especially when it comes to ensuring its security, quality and accuracy. This is where **guardrails** come into play. If organizations do AI wrong, the cost of failure can be *astronomical* – not just financially, but also in terms of reputational damage and compliance issues. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-161.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI assistants: Only as smart as your knowledge base URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-assistants-only-as-smart-as-your-knowledge-base/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:35:26.000Z [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) assistants are quickly becoming vital tools in modern workplaces, transforming how businesses operate by making everyday tasks simpler and faster. But despite their widespread adoption and advanced capabilities, even the best AI assistants today face a significant limitation: they often lack access to a company's internal knowledge. AI assistants need real-time, seamless connections to your company's databases, documents, and internal communication tools to realize their full potential. This integration ensures they're brilliant and contextually aware, making them genuinely valuable workplace assets. ## The rise of AI assistants AI assistants are smart applications that understand commands and use a conversational AI interface to conduct tasks. They’re often embedded into dedicated hardware and even incorporated with several systems. Unlike chatbots, AI assistants are less limited in both intelligence and functionality. They have more agency and advanced abilities, like contextual understanding and personalization. From drafting emails to summarizing reports, these assistants are everywhere. Some of the more popular AI assistants are: - [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/) from OpenAI - [Gemini](https://gemini.google.com/) from Google - [Claude](https://claude.ai/) from Anthropic - [DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com/) from High-Flyer In business, these large language models (LLMs) can also help you with data analysis, task automation, workflow streamlining, and more. They can be mostly free if you don’t need to scale up, although some users might struggle with the free versions when it comes to tasks that involve uploading or downloading data. However, even the more advanced AI assistants are missing something that makes them truly useful in your workplace: they don’t have access to your company’s knowledge and information. Without that, these assistants are simply guessing. And that’s a problem. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-182.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) ## The knowledge gap: Why AI assistants struggle Picture this: you ask your AI assistant about a specific company policy you need to quote, a conversation that’s buried in Slack, or a past project you need vital information from. You’re likely to get a vague and generic answer or, even worse, something that’s completely irrelevant or downright wrong. That’s because these AI assistants don’t have access to the right data – your data – and rely on public information instead. As they aren’t drawing from internal knowledge that sits behind your business, you’ll often find issues with their responses. - Wasted time searching for answers the AI *should* be able to provide. - Frustration when employees get irrelevant or outdated responses. - AI that feels like more of a novelty than a real workplace tool. If an AI assistant is to work in a business environment, it needs more than intelligence. It needs context, otherwise it won’t be helpful for your employees. ## The fix: Connecting AI assistants to your knowledge base How do you tackle the information problem? The answer is simple: the AI assistants have to be plugged into your company’s internal database. When they have real-time access to company documents, emails, Slack threads, and more, they can help you the way your business needs. But how can AI assistants help your business by being connected to your company data? When you connect an AI assistant to your institutional knowledge base with policies, documentation, manuals, and more, they’ll be able to provide you with accurate and contextual answers on a wider variety of topics. This could change how employees share knowledge in the workplace, moving from a tedious process of manual document searching to a more conversational, self-service experience. Employees’ wait times and support costs will be reduced by simply asking assistants and getting instant replies. A custom AI assistant lets you quality customers and offers personalized solutions by taking care of repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Your employees can then focus on improving products and strategic work. This streamlined strategy leads to increased efficiency and productivity, which greatly reduces bottlenecks and improves output. And as AI assistants can also handle companies’ growing needs, they’ll adapt to increased workloads and offer long-term ROI and usability. ## How Glean makes AI smarter That’s where Glean comes in. Glean connects AI assistants directly to your company’s knowledge, turning them into real, reliable workplace tools. It’s designed to integrate AI capabilities into your company’s data for up-to-date and context-aware answers. Here’s what that means in practice: ### Real-time data synchronization Glean's connectors support real-time synchronization, making sure that any updates in the source applications are immediately reflected. This means that your assistant will always work with the most current information, enhancing its responses' accuracy and timeliness. [Real-world applications and challenges in ML implementationThere are a variety of real-world applications of machine learning, including predictive analytics, computer vision, and more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-183.png)AI Accelerator InstituteVishnuprasanth Vijaya Kumar![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1526470608268-f674ce90ebd4-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/real-world-applications-of-machine-learning-and-challenges-in-ml-implementation/) ### Comprehensive data integration An extensive data integration makes sure that your AI assistant can access a wide range of company data, which allows it to offer relevant and informed responses. Glean connects with over 100 enterprise applications like Box, Confluence, Dropbox, GitHub, Gmail, Google Drive, Jira, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, Salesforce, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Slack, and Zendesk. ### Permissions-aware responses Strictly enforcing the same permissions in your company’s data sources, Glean ensures that users only have access to the information they have permission to see. This keeps your data secure and in compliance with regulations while still delivering the relevant answers. ### Personalized results and semantic understanding Glean Assistant uses deep learning-based language models, meaning it understands natural language queries and can deliver intuitive interactions. Every personalized result takes into consideration ongoing projects, the user’s role, and collaborations for tailored information. ### Universal knowledge access As it combines external web information with your internal company data, Glean Assistant is ideal for researching internal projects and accessing publicly available insights in just one platform. The integration makes it much easier for a comprehensive understanding and informed decision-making. ### AI-driven content generation and analysis Glean Assistant can analyze structured and unstructured data simultaneously across your company’s applications, documents, and even the web. It offers assistance in supporting a smarter decision-making process by drafting deliverables and finding relevant insights. A seamless integration with your company’s data ecosystem and advanced AI techniques allow for Glean Assistant to enhance your productivity. ## The smarter way forward AI assistants have the potential to transform the workplace significantly, but only if they have access to accurate and relevant internal information. Connecting them directly to internal knowledge allows companies to move from *nice-to-have* AI to *must-have* AI. [Glean](https://www.glean.com/) makes that shift seamless, turning AI from a frustrating gimmick into a powerful, reliable assistant. This enhances productivity and empowers employees to achieve more meaningful outcomes. ### Gold-copy data & AI in the trade lifecycle process URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gold-copy-data-ai-in-the-trade-lifecycle-process/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:37:01.000Z The current end-to-end trade lifecycle is highly dependent on having accurate [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-centric-ai-in-practice/) at each stage. The goal of the Investment iook of records (IBOR) system is to ensure the trade, position, and cash data match the custodian and for the accounting book of records (ABOR) system for this same data set to match the fund accountant. There are other stakeholders in the process, including broker systems, transfer agents, central clearing parties, etc, depending on the type and location of execution. A position that reflects identically across all systems is known as having been “*straight-through processed*”; in other words, systems have recognized the trade, and datasets are in line, or at least, within tolerance. While efficient, the addressal and eventual resolution of non-STP executions remains highly manual. Stakeholders typically compare data points across multiple systems, beginning as upstream as possible, and gradually move down the lifecycle to the root cause of the break. This investigation takes time, creates noise across the value chain, and most importantly, creates uncertainty for the front office to take new decisions. The proposal is to leverage AI to continually create and refine gold-copy data at each stage of the life cycle through comparison with sources and link downstream processes to automatically update in real-time with the accurate datasets. Guardrails should also be implemented in case of material differences. [Leveraging AI to accelerate sales effectivenessArtificial Intelligence can be an extremely useful tool for organizations looking to improve the effectiveness of their sales and marketing activities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-155.png)AI Accelerator InstituteArup Chakravarti![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1591696331111-ef9586a5b17a)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/leveraging-ai-to-accelerate-sales-effectiveness/) ## **Introduction** Let’s analyze the current process with an example - a vanilla bond is about to undergo a payment-in-kind (PIK) corporate action (PIKs occur when an issuer decides to capitalize interest it would have paid in cash as additional security). Assume that the vendor an IBOR system is using utilizes an ACT/360 day-count (to calculate accrual) than the custodian (who uses ACT/365): - On ex-date, the PIK will process with a higher capitalization than the custodian and a mismatch will form between IBOR and Bank. - This mismatch will first be uncovered on ex-date, assuming the bank sends MT567 (corp. action status) and flags the positional difference between the two systems. - Next, on SD+1, this will again be flagged when the bank sends MT535 (position statement), showing the mismatch during position reconciliation. - Finally, if investment accounting is run on ex-date or on SD+1, there’ll be a mismatch between IBOR and the fund accountant, where the balance sheet and statement of change in net asset reports will again show an exception for the security. This simple example illustrates how one mismatch well upstream in the lifecycle causes three separate breaks in the downstream chain; in other words, three different segments of users (corp. action user, reconciliation user, and an accounting user are all investigating the same root cause). Once the IBOR system’s data is resolved, each of these user segments need to coordinate the waterfall logic to have each of the downstream system/process updated. ## **The problem** Unfortunately, such occurrences are common. As front-to-middle-to-back investment systems become more integrated, inaccurate data at any point in the process chain creates inefficiencies across a number of user segments and forces multiple users to analyze the same exception (or the effect of that exception) on their respective tools. Downstream users that are reconciling to the bank or the fund accountant will notice the security mismatch but would not immediately recognize the root cause of day count difference. These users would typically undertake the below tasks to investigate: - Raise an inquiry with the bank’s MT535 statement to explain the position difference - Raise an inquiry with the fund accountant’s statement to explain the position difference - Raise inquiry with the internal data team to specify IBOR’s position calculations - Once aware of a recent corp. action, raise inquiry with the internal COAC team to investigate the processing of the PIK As seen, multiple teams’ energy and capacity are being expended to investigate the root cause and all being undertaken manually. On the other hand, an AI process that could continually query multi-source datasets should have been proactively able to flag the day count discrepancy prior to the corp. action processing, as well as automatically inform downstream teams of potential inaccuracy in the specific position of the PIK security. While any changes to user data from AI should still undergo a reviewer check, such proactive detection and communication drastically increases resolution times and should reduce user frustration. [LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfallsAvoid costly LLM pitfalls: Learn how token pricing, scaling costs, and strategic prompt engineering impact AI expenses—and how to save.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-156.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--20-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/) ## **The proposal** Let's look at the corporate action workflow in detail. Users typically create a “gold-copy” event once they’ve “scrubbed” data from multiple sources and created an accurate, up-to-date copy of the event that will occur. This is ideal in many ways: scrubbing multiple sources ensures there’s less chance of an incorrect feed from a single vendor, creating process gaps. We need AI to undertake this process continuously. IBOR systems should, at minimum, be subscribed to two or more vendors from whom data should be retrieved. Any change to the dataset should be continually updated (either through a push or pull API mechanism). This would work as follows: - A new public security is set up in the marketplace with public identifiers including CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL etc. - The data vendors supplying the feed to IBOR systems should feed this through automatically, once the required minimum data point details are populated. - IBOR systems, at this point, would create this security within their data systems - Any mismatches across vendors should be reviewed by a user, and appropriate values chosen (if deemed necessary) - Any updates the securities undergo from that point in the market should be automatically captured and security updated in the IBOR system - At this point, downstream applications that leverage the application should automatically flag a *security market update* and the impending *event-driven update* - This informs users that the dataset they’re seeing may be stale vs. external processes that may be receiving up-to-date data - To protect against the risk of inaccurate data from a single vendor, only a dataset that is consistent across all vendors should be automatically updated - Data updates from a single vendor only should be prompted to a user to review and approve - Once underlying securities are updated, this would be considered an ‘event’, which should drive updates to all downstream applications that rely on the security update (called event-driven updates) - Event-driven updates greatly reduce the number of manual touches downstream users need to make for inaccuracies that have been identified upstream - Once all applications are in line with the updated data sets, the *security market update* flag should be removed automatically. ## **Potential concerns** While exciting, the use of AI and event-driven updates raises a few concerns worth discussing - data capacity/storage, potential timing differences with external participants, and materiality/tolerance. Let’s address the latter first - *materiality/tolerance*. Securities can undergo immaterial changes from time to time that may have little to no impact on all upstream and downstream processes in the trade lifecycle. As a result, a set of fields and tolerances should be identified to be flagged in case of market updates (**core dataset**). If the updates occur on these specific fields and they’re outside of the existing tolerance, IBOR systems should consume the updates provided by vendors. If updates occur on any other fields (or are within tolerance), the updates should be rejected. This would ensure the system leverages the efficiency of AI without the inefficiency of noise. Secondly, there is potential for *timing differences with external participants*. While the IBOR system may have up-to-date data, external participants (e.g., banks or fund accounting systems) may continue to leverage stale or outdated datasets. [AI and data analytics-driven finance transformationAI and data analytics are valuable assets for discovering real-time insights, proactive decision-making, and predictive capabilities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-157.png)AI Accelerator InstituteArsalan Sheikh![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--18--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-data-analytics-driven-finance-transformation/) There should be an audit history available of the core dataset’s historical data; in other words, if the bank/fund accounting system refers to any of the audit datasets, an automatic note should be sent to the external participant informing them of stale data and to recheck against external market vendors. Finally, there is the concern about *data capacity*. There’s no doubt that continual querying, validation, and updates of core datasets by multiple vendors, along with maintaining audit data, will increase data consumption and storage costs. A number of companies are required by law to keep an audit history of at least five years, and adding the above requirement would certainly expand the capacity requirements. Making security updates to solely the core data sets and allowing tolerance should help to manage some of this required capacity. ## **Future** Despite these strong concerns highlighted, the use of AI is still valuable to design and implement across the trade lifecycle process and would be substantially more valuable than the costs that would likely be incurred. While much of the examples in this paper discussed public securities, the universe is substantially wider in private securities with much less high-quality data. With the investing world transitioning to increased investments in private securities, leveraging AI will continue to pay dividends across both universes. ### LLM economics: How to avoid costly pitfalls URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llm-economics-how-to-avoid-costly-pitfalls/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T07:39:09.000Z [Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) like GPT-4 are advanced AI systems designed to process and generate human-like text, transforming how businesses leverage AI. GPT-4’s pricing model (32k context) charges $0.06 per 1,000 input tokens and $0.12 per 1,000 output tokens, which makes it a scalable option for businesses. However, it can become expensive very quickly when it comes to production environments. New models cross-reference all bits of data, or tokens, that deal with other tokens in order to both quantify and understand the context behind each pair. The result? Quadratic behavior of algorithms that becomes more and more expensive as the number of tokens increases. And scaling isn’t linear; costs increase quadratically when it comes to the length of sequences. If you need to scale up to handle text that’s 10x longer, the cost will go up 10,000 times, and so on. This can be a significant setback for scaling projects; the hidden cost of AI impacts sustainability, resources, and requirements. This lack of insight can lead to businesses overspending or inefficiently allocating resources. ## Where costs lie Let’s look deeper into tokens, per-token pricing, and how everything works. Tokens are the smallest unit of text processed by models – something simple like an exclamation mark can be a token. Input tokens are used whenever you enter anything into the LLM query box, and output tokens are used when the LLM answers your query. On average, 740 words are equivalent to around 1,000 tokens. ### Inference costs Here’s an illustrative example of how costs can exponentially grow: **Input tokens:** $0.50 per million tokens **Output tokens:** $1.50 per million tokens | Month | Users/Avg. prompts per user | Input/output tokens per prompt | Total input tokens | Total output tokens | Input cost | Output cost | Total monthly cost | | ----- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------- | ---------- | ----------- | ------------------ | | 1 | 1,000/20 | 200/300 | 4,000,000 | 6,000,000 | $2 | $9 | $11 | | 3 | 10,000/25 | 200/300 | 50,000,000 | 75,000,000 | $25 | $122.50 | $137.50 | | 6 | 50,000/30 | 200/300 | 300,000,000 | 450,000,000 | $150 | $675 | $825 | | 9 | 200,000/35 | 200/300 | 1,400,000,000 | 2,100,000,000 | $700 | $3,150 | $3,850 | | 12 | 1,000,000/40 | 200/300 | 8,000,000,000 | 12,000,000,000 | $4,000 | $18,000 | $22,000 | As LLM adoption expands, the user numbers grow exponentially and not linearly. Users engage more frequently with the LLM, and the number of prompts per user increases. The number of total tokens increases significantly as a result of increased users, prompts, and token usage, leading to costs multiplying monthly. **What does it mean for businesses?** Anticipating exponential cost growth becomes essential. For example, you’ll need to forecast token usage and implement techniques to minimize token consumption through prompt engineering. It’s also vital to keep monitoring usage trends closely in order to avoid unexpected cost spikes. ### Latency versus efficiency tradeoff Let’s look into GPT-4 vs. GPT-3.5 pricing and performance comparison. | Model | Context window (max tokens) | Input price | Output price | | ------------- | --------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | | GPT-3.5 Turbo | 4,000 | $0.0015 | $0.0020 | | GPT-3.5 Turbo | 16,000 | $0.0030 | $0.0040 | | GPT-4 | 8,000 | $0.03 | $0.06 | | GPT-4 | 32,000 | $0.06 | $0.12 | | GPT-4 Turbo | 128,000 | $0.01 | $0.03 | Latency refers to how quickly models respond; a faster response leads to better user experiences, especially when it comes to real-time applications. In this case, GPT-3.5 Turbo offers lower latency because it has simpler computational requirements. GPT-4 standard models have higher latency due to processing more data and using deeper computations, which is the tradeoff for more complex and accurate responses. Efficiency is the cost-effectiveness and accuracy of the responses you receive from the LLMs. The higher the efficiency, the more value per dollar you get. GPT-3.5 Turbo models are extremely cost-efficient, offering quick responses at low cost, which is ideal for scaling up user interactions. GPT-4 models deliver better accuracy, reasoning, and context awareness at much higher costs, making them less efficient when it comes to price but more efficient for complexity. GPT-4 Turbo is a more balanced offering; it’s more affordable than GPT-4, but it offers better quality responses than GPT-3.5 Turbo. To put it simply, you have to balance latency, complexity, accuracy, and cost based on your specific business needs. **High-volume and simple queries:** GPT-3.5 Turbo (4K or 16K). Perfect for chatbots, FAQ automation, and simple interactions. **Complex but high-accuracy tasks:** GPT-4 (8K or 32K). Best for sensitive tasks requiring accuracy, reasoning, or high-level understanding. **Balanced use-cases:** GPT-4 Turbo (128K). Ideal where higher quality than GPT-3.5 is needed, but budgets and response times still matter. ### Experimentation and iteration Trial-and-error prompt adjustments can take multiple iterations and experiments. Each of these iterations consumes both input and output tokens, which leads to increased costs in LLMs like GPT-4\. If not monitored closely, incremental experimentation will very quickly accumulate costs. You can fine-tune models to improve the responses; this requires extensive testing and repeated training cycles. These fine-tuning iterations require significant token usage and data processing, which increases costs and overhead. The more powerful the model, like GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo, the more these hidden expenses multiply because of higher token rates. | Activity | Typical usage | GPT-3.5 Turbo cost | GPT-4 cost | | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------- | | Single prompt test iteration | \~2,000 tokens (input/output total) | $0.0035 | $0.18 | | 500 iterations (trial/error) | \~1,000,000 tokens | $1.75 | $90 | | Fine-tuning (multiple trials) | \~10M tokens | $35 | $1,800 | *(Example assuming average prompt/response token counts.)* Strategic recommendations to ensure efficient experimentation without adding overhead or wasting resources: - **Start with cheaper models** (e.g., GPT-3.5 Turbo) for experimentation and baseline prompt testing. - **Progressively upgrade** to higher-quality models (GPT-4) once basic prompts are validated. - **Optimize experiments**: Establish clear metrics and avoid redundant iterations. ## Vendor pricing and lock-in risks First, let’s have a look at some of the more popular LLM providers and their pricing: ### OpenAI | Model | Context length | Pricing | | ---------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | GPT-4 | 8K tokens​ | Input: $0.03 per 1,000 tokensOutput: $0.06 per 1,000 tokens | | GPT4 | 32K tokens​ | Input: $0.06 per 1,000 tokensOutput: $0.12 per 1,000 tokens | | GPT4 Turbo | 128K tokens | Input: $0.01 per 1,000 tokens​Output: $0.03 per 1,000 tokens​ | ### Anthropic | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Claude.ai plans | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Input: $3 per million tokens ($0.003 per 1,000 tokens)​Output: $15 per million tokens ($0.015 per 1,000 tokens) | Free: Access to basic featuresPro plan: $20 per month (Enhanced features for individual users)Team plan (minimum 5 users):$30 per user per month (monthly billing) or $25 per user per month (annual billing)Enterprise plan: Custom pricing tailored to organizational needs. | ### Google | Gemini Advanced | Gemini Code Assist Enterprise | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Included in the Google One AI Premium plan$19.99 per month.Includes 2 TB of storage for Google Photos, Drive, and Gmail | $45 per user per month with a 12-month commitmentPromotional rate of $19 per user per month available until March 31, 2025 | Committing to just one vendor means you have reduced negotiation leverage, which can lead to future price hikes. Limited flexibility increases costs when you switch providers, considering prompts, code, and workflow dependencies. Hidden overheads like fine-tuning experiments when migrating vendors can increase expenses even more. When thinking strategically, businesses should keep flexibility in mind and consider a multi-vendor strategy. Make sure to keep monitoring evolving prices to avoid costly lock-ins. ## How companies can save on costs Tasks like FAQ automation, routine queries, and simple conversational interactions don’t need large-scale and expensive models. You can **use cheaper and smaller models** like GPT-3.5 Turbo or a fine-tuned open-source model. LLaMA or Mistral are great fine-tuned smaller open-source model choices for document classification, service automation, or summarization. GPT-4, for example, should be saved for high accuracy and high-value tasks that’ll justify incurring higher costs. **Prompt engineering** directly affects token consumption, as inefficient prompts will use more tokens and increase costs. Keep your prompts concise by removing unnecessary information; instead, structure your prompts into templates or bullet points to help models respond with clearer and shorter outputs. You can also break up complex tasks into smaller and sequential prompts to reduce the total token usage. **Example:** Original prompt: **"Explain the importance of sustainability in manufacturing, including environmental, social, and governance factors."* (\~20 tokens) Optimized prompt: **"List ESG benefits of sustainable manufacturing."* (\~8 tokens, \~60% reduction) To further reduce costs, you can use **caching and embedding-based** retrieval methods (Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG). Should the same prompt show up again, you can offer a cached response without needing another API call. For new queries, you can store data embeddings in databases. You can retrieve relevant embeddings before passing only the relevant context to the LLM, which minimizes prompt length and token usage. Lastly, you can actively **monitor costs**. It’s easy to inadvertently overspend when you don’t have the proper visibility into token usage and expenses. For example, you can implement dashboards to track real-time token usage by model. You can also set a spending threshold alert to avoid going over budget. Regular model efficiency and prompt evaluations can also present opportunities to downgrade models to cheaper versions. ****Start small:** Default to GPT-3.5 or specialized fine-tuned models. ****Engineer prompts** carefully, ensuring concise and clear instructions. ****Adopt caching and hybrid (RAG) methods** early, especially for repeated or common tasks. ****Implement active monitoring** from day one to proactively control spend and avoid ## The smart way to manage LLM costs After implementing strategies like smaller task-specific models, prompt engineering, active monitoring, and caching, teams often find that a systematic approach to operationalize these approaches at scale is needed. The manual operation of model choices, prompts, real-time monitoring, and more can very easily become both complex and resource-intensive for businesses. This is where you’ll find the need for a cohesive layer to orchestrate your AI workflows. [Vellum](https://www.vellum.ai/) streamlines iteration, experimentation, and deployment. As an alternative to manually optimizing each component, Vellum will help your teams choose the appropriate models, manage prompts, and fine-tune solutions in one integrated solution. It’s a central hub that allows you to operationalize cost-saving strategies without increasing costs or complexity. Here’s how Vellum helps: ### **Prompt optimization** You’ll have a structured, test-driven environment to effectively refine prompts, including a side-by-side comparison across multiple models, providers, and parameters. This helps your teams identify the best prompt configurations quickly. Vellum significantly reduces the cost of iterative experimentation and complexity by offering built-in version control. This ensures that your prompt improvements are efficient, continuous, and impactful. There’s no need to keep your prompts on Notion, Google Sheets, or in your codebase; have them in a single place for seamless team collaboration. ### **Model comparison and selection** You can compare LLM models objectively by running side-by-side systematic tests with clearly defined metrics. Model evaluation across the multiple existing providers and parameters is made simpler. Businesses have transparent and measurable insights into performance and costs, which helps to accurately select the models with the best balance of quality and cost-effectiveness. Vellum allows you to: - Run multiple models side-by-side to clearly show the differences in quality, cost, and response speed. - Measure key metrics objectively, such as accuracy, relevance, latency, and token usage. - Quantify cost-effectiveness by identifying which models achieve similar or better outputs at lower costs. - Track experiment history, which leads to informed, data-driven decisions rather than subjective judgments. ### **Real-time cost tracking** Enjoy detailed and granular insights into LLM spending through tracking usage across the different models, projects, and teams. You’ll be able to precisely monitor the prompts and workflows that drive the highest token consumption and highlight inefficiencies. This transparent visualization allows you to make smarter decisions; teams can adjust usage patterns proactively and optimize resource allocation to reduce overall AI-related expenses. You’ll have insights through intuitive dashboards and real-time analytics in one simple location. ### **Seamless model switching** Avoid vendor lock-in risks by choosing the most cost-effective models; Vellum gives you insights into the evolving market conditions and performance benchmarks. This flexible and interoperable platform allows you to keep evaluating and switching seamlessly between different LLM providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, and others. Base your decision-making on real-time model accuracy, pricing data, overall value, and response latency. You won’t be tied to a single vendor’s pricing structure or performance limitations; you’ll quickly adapt to leverage the most efficient and capable models, optimizing costs as the market dynamics change. ## Final thoughts: Smarter AI spending with Vellum The exponential increase in token costs that arise with the business scaling of LLMs can often become a significant challenge. For example, while GPT-3.5 Turbo offers cost-effective solutions for simpler tasks, GPT-4’s higher accuracy and context-awareness often come at higher expenses and complexity. Experimentation also drives up costs; repeated fine-tuning and prompt adjustments are further compounded by vendor lock-in potential. This limits competitive pricing advantages and reduces flexibility. Vellum comprehensively addresses these challenges, offering a centralized and efficient platform that allows you to operationalize strategic cost management: - **Prompt optimization.** Quickly refining prompts through structured, test-driven experimentation significantly cuts token usage and costs. - **Objective model comparison.** Evaluate multiple models side-by-side, making informed decisions based on cost-effectiveness, performance, and accuracy. - **Real-time cost visibility.** Get precise insights into your spending patterns, immediately highlighting inefficiencies and enabling proactive cost control. - **Dynamic vendor selection.** Easily compare and switch between vendors and models, ensuring flexibility and avoiding costly lock-ins. - **Scalable management.** Simplify complex AI workflows with built-in collaboration tools and version control, reducing operational overhead. With [Vellum](https://www.vellum.ai/), businesses can confidently navigate the complexities of LLM spending, turning potential cost burdens into strategic advantages for more thoughtful, sustainable, and scalable AI adoption. ### Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-washington-d-c-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-09T12:44:23.000Z Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C. with sessions from the likes of Meta, Glean, AstraZeneca and more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### EdTech meets edge AI: Scalable, privacy-first ecosystems URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edtech-meets-edge-ai-scalable-privacy-first-ecosystems/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:56:40.000Z ## Numbers that speak louder Think about the modern classroom. Each pupil receives a unique lesson plan courtesy of [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/). Every single plan is flawlessly customized and catered for - even in remote schools with unstable internet. Now consider this projection from [MarketResearch](https://marketresearch.biz/report/generative-ai-in-edtech-market/): the generative AI in the EdTech sector is anticipated to increase to $5.26 billion by 2033 from $191 million in 2023, which comes with a CAGR of 40.5%. Or take the [National Education Policy Center](https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/personalized-learning) figure: classroom districts spent $41 million on adaptive learning for personalized education in just two years. But here’s an astounding statistic - currently, cyberattacks on educational institutions have compromised the information of more than 2.5 million users (eSchool News). Moreover, over 1,300 schools have been victims of cyberattacks which include data breaches, ransomware, and phishing email scams since 2016 according to a [report](https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/report-partnering-safeguard-k-12-organizations-cybersecurity-threats) by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in January 2023\. In Sophos' most recent [survey](https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press/press-releases/2023/07/the-state-of-ransomware-in-education), 80% of schools were reported as a target for a cyber assault in 2022, which is an increase from 56% in 2021\. In fact, schools have now become the predominant targets for cybercriminals according to [The74](https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-are-now-the-leading-target-for-cyber-gangs-as-ransom-payments-encourage-attacks/#:~:text=Last%20year%2C%20a%20startling%2080%25%20of%20schools%20suffered%20ransomware%20attacks,56%25%20claimed%20they%20were%20victims.). The increase in attacks on the [education sector shows](https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press/press-releases/2023/07/the-state-of-ransomware-in-education) that it has one of the highest rates of ransom payment, where 47% of K-12 organizations admitted they paid an average of $2.18 million in recovery attacks. These numbers indicate there is a glaring problem: security and privacy have not been more important as EdTech continues transforming the learning experience. There is robust security software that is manageable and economical, but gives schools deep financial challenges. Here is where Edge AI comes in: this advanced technology not only promises scalable, personalized learning experiences, but it also delivers a privacy-first approach by keeping sensitive information protected through local on-device processing rather than cloud systems. Let's explore how EdTech and Edge AI merging can solve these nagging problems and reshape the future of education. [Edge AI vs Cloud AI — which one’s better for business?The differences between Edge AI and Cloud AI come into play primarily for machine learning and deep learning use cases.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-119.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMark Crosling![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1490093158370-1a6be674437b-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edge-ai-vs-cloud-ai-which-ones-better-for-business/) ## The innovative integration of edge AI with educational technologies For years now, Education Technology (EdTech) has been *‘revolutionizing’* the world of learning by turning simple textbooks into complex adaptive systems that strive to meet the requirements of individual students. This transformation is driven by adaptive learning algorithms infused with AI, which processes student data and modifies lessons in real-time. However, one flaw exists: *The more traditional systems of AI tend to rely favorably on cloud processing.* This form of computing has its drawbacks with regard to bandwidth, peak latency periods, real-time responsiveness lag, or even more concerning leakage of sensitive student data. Enter Edge AI, an AI system that resides within smartphones, laptops, smart gadgets…you name it. Whereas systems dependent on the cloud would struggle with latency and privacy concerns, Edge AI can process data locally, resulting in an increased absence of risk. The crossroads where Edge AI meets EdTech is more than just a technological improvement: *It serves as a scalability and privacy solution, two crucial components needed in education today*. This is how education ecosystems stand to be revamped considerably. ## Technical overview: The role of edge AI in adaptive learning algorithms #### What is edge AI? In its most basic form, Edge AI is the placement of an AI “*brain*” on the very “*edge*” of a network - where data is produced. As an example, instead of sending every byte of information to a faraway cloud server, algorithms execute on-device using available hardware such as microcontrollers or GPUs. A student’s tablet can evaluate quiz performance, adjust subsequent lessons, and provide feedback, all in real-time, without having to contact a centralized data hub. #### Scalability with low latency The benefits of edge AI are its speed and ability to scale. Adaptive learning requires real time feedback, like increasing the difficulty of math problems for a student who has already mastered the basics. In most cases, cloud-enabled systems tend to falter in this area due to latency as data is sent and received. Edge AI, on the other hand, does not have this issue as processing is done locally, meaning feedback is instantaneous. According to a 2023 [survey](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3555802) by ACM computing surveys, edge computing lagging by as much as 80% when compared with the cloud, makes it best suited for time-sensitive EdTech applications. Take AI-enabled tutoring platforms for instance: they can not only analyse a learner’s mastery of algebra, but also switch to geometry mid-session without buffering. This kind of immediacy enhances engagement as learners remain submerged in the flow of the moment, not waiting or idling for the next chore. #### Energy efficiency Edge AI is not only swift, but also efficient. It reduces energy use by cutting down data transfers to the cloud. Edge-cloud systems as outlined in ScienceDirect [demonstrate](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092523122030624X) local processing can reduce energy usage by 30-50%. This is beneficial for the battery life of devices and the emissions from data centers. In EdTech, this translates to affordable and eco-friendly tools that do not burden school budgets. [5 use cases of artificial intelligence in educationAlthough the presence of teachers is believed to be irreplaceable, AI is starting to change education tools, with institutions adapting specialized technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-121.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1523050854058-8df90110c9f1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-real-life-use-cases-of-artificial-intelligence-in-education/) ## Data protection and a privacy-focused strategy ### **Student data protection** With [GDPR](https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/), [FERPA](https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/ferpa), and [CCPA](https://educationframework.com/resources/blog/ccpa-the-california-consumer-privacy-act-bolstering-student-data-privacy-goes-into-effect) components intensely scrutinizing student data, it has become a liability. Edge AI keeps it on-device, eliminating the need to transmit sensitive information such as a child’s reading preferences or test scores over the internet. This, of course, dovetails with privacy regulations: Learnosity [reported](https://learnosity.com/privacy-in-edtech/) that GDPR fines exceeded €1 billion in 2023 alone, demonstrating the regulators’ no-tolerance policy regarding data mismanagement. ### **Reduction of breach opportunities** Hackers have a field day with cloud servers. Edge AI flips the script; there is no single centralized honeypot to crack. On-device processing reduces the opportunity for exposure. According to [Parachute](https://parachute.cloud/cyber-attack-statistics-data-and-trends/), in Q1 2024, the education sector experienced an average of 2,507 cyber attacks per week, indicating a significant rise in targeted attacks on educational institutions. ### **Ethical issues** There are a lot more issues than compliance when it comes to Edge AI in education technology, surveillance is creepy and data faces constructively exploitation. With capitalist motives milking every click of profit, honed by centralised AI, it’s understandable to feel like Big Brother was tracking you. Users gain back control with decentralized Edge AI. That changes everything. Now, it’s education, not espionage. ### **Examples of privacy-focused EdTech** The mobile app from Duolingo incorporates some local processing for various language exercises and minimizes reliance on the cloud. On the other hand, some startups like Century Tech use Edge AI to tailor the learning experience while also branding themselves as compliant with GDPR, earning accolades from privacy-sensitive parents. ## Case study: ASU’s secure federated learning platform Together with ATTO Research, Arizona State University is building an edge device secure federated learning platform with a focus on privacy ([ASU AI Edge Project](https://news.asu.edu/20240312-science-and-technology-ai-edge)). Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Hokeun Kim, the project develops middleware for edge developers - facilitating collaborative learning without sharing raw data amongst devices. “*Historically, edge devices were fairly secure*,” says Kim, a faculty member in the [School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence](https://scai.engineering.asu.edu/), part of the Fulton Schools. “*The devices were performing basic functions and transmitting information to data centers where most of the real work was being done. These centers are managed by experts who provide multiple layers of data protection*.” Use case scenarios range from medical education to smart campus initiatives, improving scalability and privacy. The outcomes are yet to be achieved, but the emphasis on secure, on-device AI is a primary concern for EdTech, especially in remote learning situations. ## Limitations and bias: A multi-faceted spectrum There are some flaws with Edge AI. Devices such as inexpensive tablets have hardware limits, which pose a bottleneck for complicated models; imagine the neural networks needing more power than a microcontroller can provide. As the 2025 Edge AI [survey](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01549) on arXiv mentions, developers have to optimize algorithms, pruning and quantizing to mechanical limits. Bias is problematic regardless of the form of AI being used: If there’s a skew in data sets that are used for training, all outcomes will be biased. This can be a cause for exacerbating the education gap. There’s a need for transparency: algorithms need to be made available for examination, something EdTech companies are obligated to provide. While it improves privacy, Edge AI increases the demand for strong security on the device. Take over the tablet, and you have control. [Generative AI and education: The bigger pictureAna Simion shares insight into how generative AI is paving the way in the education sector and explores challenges and opportunities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-122.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1503676260728-1c00da094a0b-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-and-education-the-bigger-picture/) ## Collaboration between AI tech giants And EdTech ### Open-source edge AI frameworks The future is based on teamwork. AI Giants like Google and NVIDIA can partner with EdTech players such as Pearson or Coursera to develop open-source Edge AI frameworks. These toolkits would allow smaller companies to develop privacy-first, scalable solutions without reinventing the wheel. There is already a glimpse of this in TensorFlow Lite’s focus on the edge; Imagine it’s curriculum specific. #### Lowering the barriers Cooperative effort lowers expenses and technical sophistication. Custom-tailored AI systems are financially unfeasible for rural school districts or lean startup EdTech companies; open frameworks level the playing field. This allows innovation as per Forbes’ reporting on technology inclusivity. ### Futuristic-proofing education AI tech companies are yet to focus on securable scalable tools for EdTech - for example, plug-and-play adaptive learning systems that automatically comply with GDPR and FERPA. Suggestion? Annual AI-EdTech joint conference or interdisciplinary laboratories that combine AI brawn and educational expertise for innovative development. ## Final thoughts The combination of Edge AI and EdTech seems to create the perfect learning environment. By merging expansion and privacy, they’re creating systems for learning that are quick, equitable, and ready for the future. From distant communities to expansive educational institutions, this unification aims to deliver personalized, safeguarded, and robust educational experiences. In reality, the numbers speak for themselves: With climbing adoption levels and growing concerns over cyberattacks, Edge AI is not an option - it is a necessity for future schools. Let’s embrace the change. ### Accelerating drug discovery and development with generative AI applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/accelerating-drug-discovery-and-development-with-generative-ai-applications/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T08:59:45.000Z AIAInow is your chance to stream exclusive talks and presentations from our previous events, hosted by AI experts and industry leaders. It's a unique opportunity to watch the most sought-after AI content – ordinarily reserved for AIAI Pro members. Each stream delves deep into a key AI topic, industry trend, or case study. Simply sign up to watch any of our upcoming live sessions. 🎥 Access exclusive talks and presentations ✅ Develop your understanding of key topics and trends 🗣 Hear from experienced AI leaders 👨‍💻 Enjoy regular in-depth sessions --- **Date:** June 24, 2025 **Time:** 4pm BST **Location:** Online [Watch OnDemand](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-london-november-2024/?wchannelid=22dgbgtmw0&wmediaid=uk94syv2y4) Generative AI is opening a new frontier in pharmaceutical innovation - reshaping how we discover, test, and deliver life-changing therapies. Join us for a live session with **Dr. Nikolay Burlutskiy**, as he unpacks how cutting-edge AI applications are transforming drug development pipelines. From identifying new drug candidates to optimizing clinical trials, discover how AstraZeneca is using AI to redefine what's possible in healthcare, and beyond. --- ### In this session, you’ll explore: 🧬 How generative AI is speeding up drug discovery and development 📈 Real-world applications from AstraZeneca’s groundbreaking R&D projects 🧠 Cross-industry techniques driving innovation in clinical research 🛠️ Tools and strategies to enhance efficiency in complex pipelines Whether you're in biotech, AI, or just curious about the future of healthcare innovation, this session will give you a front-row seat to the future of drug development. --- ### **Meet the speaker:** [**Dr. Nikolay Burlutskiy**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolayburlutskiy/)**,** Senior Manager GenAI Platforms, Mars Nikolay leads AI initiatives at AstraZeneca, with a focus on using computer vision and machine learning to revolutionize drug development. With a PhD in deep learning and a track record spanning healthcare, robotics, and algorithm development, he brings a unique perspective to applying AI in high-stakes, real-world scenarios. His work includes over 20 peer-reviewed publications and multiple patents in AI applications. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/05/Dr-Nikolay-Burlutskiy.jpeg) ### GenAI creation: Building for cross-platform wearable AI and mobile experiences URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/genai-creation-building-for-cross-platform-wearable-ai-and-mobile-experiences/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T14:48:49.000Z *Yiqi Zhao, Product Design Lead, Meta Reality Labs at Meta gave this* [*talk*](https://productmarketing.wistia.com/medias/r1lii2p7x3) *at the Generative AI Summit in Washington DC, 2025.* I'm Yiqi, the design lead for Meta Reality Labs, the organization that makes many AR/VR glasses, like the Ray-Ban and the Meta Quest series. Today, I bring a video along with a topic that might not be something you’ve thought about deeply before. But I want you to consider this—can you be a creator? Can you be someone who makes content and actually makes money from it? Can you create fun, engaging experiences within the new developer ecosystem that’s emerging with devices like the Meta Quest, the Meta Ray-Ban glasses, and the incredible capabilities of AI? Would this be possible? I want to talk about how you can unlock your creative power and, more importantly, how you can leverage AI to be fully ready for this new platform and the opportunities that come with it. ## **The rise of immersive content and Meta Horizon** From the video, you might have noticed the rich, detailed 3D immersive content. This isn’t something that’s coming in the future—it’s happening right now on our platform. We recently rebranded our platform under the **Meta Horizon** name. Essentially, everything is becoming Horizon. Meta Horizon is more than just a name change—it represents our vision of a platform that connects people in ways that are richer, more interactive, and more immersive. We want people to socialize, engage, and find their communities in a way that feels natural, just as they do in the real world. ## **Unlocking your creative power** We are seeing a shift in devices from traditional screens—laptops, phones, tablets—to mixed-reality experiences. The shift is massive. If you look at traditional devices, they have always had limitations. They are separate from us; they require us to interact with them from a distance. But mixed reality devices, like VR headsets and AR glasses, are different. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AWS bets big on agentic artificial intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aws-bets-big-on-agentic-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:50:25.000Z Unlike traditional AI systems, [agentic AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/) is defined by its ability to perform tasks autonomously without user prompts. Amazon Web Services (AWS) invested in a dedicated agentic AI group; [AWS’s Bedrock platform](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agents/) now features “agents” that allow customers to integrate generative AI models into their operations. This allows these systems to autonomously access data, trigger actions, and provide end-to-end solutions. Agentic AI represents a shift in how intelligent systems work. While many current AI applications rely on specific commands or user inputs, agentic AI systems are designed to operate independently. They can handle complex, multistep workflows seamlessly and connect with APIs, data sources, and other tools. This article offers a high-level overview of agentic AI, examining the technological shift, industry perspectives, and the implications for businesses and developers alike. [Agentic code generation: The future of software developmentAs enterprises strive to accelerate development cycles, reduce costs, and improve code quality, agentic code-generation is emerging as a critical enabler.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-63.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--13--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-code-generation-the-future-of-software-development/) ## **The push for agentic AI at AWS** AWS CEO Matt Garman announced the creation of a new agentic AI group led by Swami Sivasubramanian. The group aims to advance AI automation and broaden the scope of what AWS’s AI tools can achieve. AWS sees agentic AI as the “next frontier” of computing, a leap forward from traditional machine learning models that often need human direction at each stage. This initiative [builds on AWS’s broader AI strategy](https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazons-aws-forms-new-group-focused-agentic-ai-2025-03-04/), which has long focused on providing scalable, user-friendly machine learning solutions. AWS’s Bedrock platform exemplifies the potential of agentic AI. By integrating generative AI capabilities with business systems, [Bedrock agents](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agents/) can automate multistep tasks, such as extracting data from multiple sources, performing analyses, and triggering follow-up actions. This functionality streamlines operations and lets businesses respond quickly to changing conditions. ## **The perspectives about agentic AI** Industry leaders, including those at AWS, are optimistic about agentic AI’s transformative potential. Travis Rehl, CTO of AWS Premier partner Innovative Solutions, noted that AWS has consistently built infrastructure ahead of market demand, enabling enterprises to adopt groundbreaking technologies before they even realize the need. Supporters argue that agentic AI will enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and empower businesses to focus on strategic rather than [operational tasks](https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/aws-launches-new-agentic-ai-for-bedrock-the-next-frontier-in-computing). However, the introduction of agentic AI has not been without skepticism. Some analysts warn that fully autonomous systems could introduce unforeseen risks, including over-reliance on AI decision-making and challenges related to security and transparency. Concerns about data privacy, for example, are rising as agentive AI systems often need extensive access to sensitive information to function effectively. These critics highlight the [need for robust governance frameworks](https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazons-aws-forms-new-group-focused-agentic-ai-2025-03-04/) and clear accountability measures. ## **Broader implications for the AI ecosystem** Enabling systems to act independently could redefine industry best practices and set new standards for efficiency. AWS’s moves will likely spur competition among other major cloud providers and AI leaders, prompting them to develop their agentic AI capabilities. This competitive push could accelerate innovation, making agentic AI an [integral part of modern AI workflows](https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/aws-launches-new-agentic-ai-for-bedrock-the-next-frontier-in-computing). Beyond technological advances, agentic AI could transform how businesses operate. By automating repetitive and time-intensive tasks, companies can allocate resources toward innovation and growth. Additionally, as agentic AI becomes more prevalent, developers will need to acquire new skills, such as designing systems that can handle autonomous interactions, manage complex integrations, and ensure that AI-driven processes remain secure and ethical. [Top gen AI, LLMOps, agentic AI, and CAIO events to attend in 2025Save the dates now because 2025 will be a busy and exciting year for generative AI, LLMOps, agentic AI, and Chief AI Officers (CAIO).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-64.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--11-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/) ## **Future outlook and challenges** The road ahead for agentic AI is both promising and complex. As the technology matures, it will likely expand into new industries and applications, driving further innovation. However, regulatory challenges, particularly around data privacy and accountability, could slow adoption. User trust is also necessary; businesses must guarantee that agentic AI systems are transparent, reliable, and secure. Technical limitations must be addressed to fully realize the vision of autonomous, end-to-end workflows. With AWS’s recent initiatives leading the charge, the potential for agentic AI to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance productivity is becoming increasingly apparent. At the same time, the industry must navigate the accompanying challenges, from privacy concerns to ethical questions. By staying informed and engaging in the ongoing conversation, businesses and developers can position themselves to leverage the opportunities that agentic AI presents, ensuring that this transformative technology serves as a tool for progress and innovation. ### AI-powered incident management: Risk analysis and remediation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-incident-management/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:41:19.000Z **Unlock smarter, faster, and more scalable incident management.** IT teams are under increasing pressure to detect, investigate, and resolve incidents faster than ever. But with siloed data, manual processes, and escalating complexity, teams struggle to keep up, leading to slow resolutions, poor customer experiences, and costly downtime. This OnDemand session will explore how AI is transforming incident management to accelerate investigations, surface relevant insights, and dynamically scale workflows. ## Why attend? 🚨 **Siloed data and institutional knowledge** make it hard to get a complete picture of incidents. 📉 **L1 NOC and service desk teams lack context**, leading to unnecessary escalations and slow response times. 🔄 **Manual processes and poor communication** create inefficiencies, massive bridge calls, and poor documentation. By attending, you’ll learn how organizations are saving an average of **30 minutes per task** during incident investigations. ## What you'll walk away with: We’ll walk you through real-world use cases and practical strategies to optimize ITSM workflows using AI. You’ll discover how to: ✅ **Augment team knowledge** – Equip responders with AI-driven insights, including impact assessment, priority scoring, and change risk analysis, so they can resolve incidents faster and more effectively. ✅ **Streamline incident processes** – Reduce manual, broken workflows by ensuring the right teams are engaged at the right time, improving internal communication and collaboration. ✅ **Prevent future incidents** – Analyze operational and ITSM data to detect recurring issues, measure gaps, and implement proactive fixes before they escalate. --- **Hosted by:** **Katie Petrillo** Senior Director, Product Marketing at BigPanda As the senior director of product marketing, Katie is an experienced go-to-market leader with a deep understanding of IT Operations, Incident Management, and Cybersecurity markets and buyers. At BigPanda, Katie leads a team of product marketers, and uses customer and market insights to tell compelling stories for customers, prospects, and internal audiences. **Travis Carlson** Senior Product Manager - AI Products at BigPanda Travis Carlson leads product management for AI Products at BigPanda and is known for his ability to quickly study, thoroughly understand, and think critically about extraordinarily complex systems. He's doing this at BigPanda as he drives the GTM development and release of BigPanda's generative AI technology, Biggy AI. He's previously developed products at Cisco and VMware, and has an MBA from MIT. ### The 2025 frontier: Digital transformation strategies for competitive advantage URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2025-frontier-digital-transformation-strategies-for-competitive-advantage/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T11:00:20.000Z In 2025, adapting, refining and pivoting strategies will not be a matter of choice, but rather a necessity for survival and expansion for companies. [Spending](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/digital-transformation-stats) on technologies that support digital transformation is expected to reach **3.9 trillion dollars by 2027**. The figure shows the continued increasing effort by companies in this field. The road ahead is not simple, however, [studies](https://7t.ai/blog/digital-transformation-failure-examples-causes-of-failed-ai-projects-and-lessons-learned/) indicate that almost **70%** of digital transformation endeavors fail due to mismanagement, unsupporting corporate culture, and vague goals. Take the [example](https://www.cigniti.com/blog/digital-transformation-strategy-success-failure/) of General Electric (GE). Once regarded as an industrial innovations leader, GE pursued a strategy of investing heavily into a digital unit with the hopes of transforming its operations and products. The project turned out to be underwhelming as a result of overly optimistic demand forecasts and internal pushback, and serves as a story of what not to do for other businesses with similar objectives. Getting your digital transformation strategy right can lead businesses towards endless possibilities and provide a competitive advantage. Adopting a digital transformation strategy is not the challenge, rather mastering it is. [The future of digital transformationExplore the magic of digital transformation through Generative AI, real-world use cases, and future prospects like low/no-code platforms.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-59.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1474314243412-cd4a79f02c6a)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/) ## **Formulating digital transformation framework to achieve competitive advantage** In simple terms, digital transformation can be described as the integration of digital technologies in every aspect of a business. This includes the modification of business processes and the manner in which value is provided to clients. *Does this enhance competitive advantage?* When done effectively, it enables companies to gain the following benefits: - **Operational excellence**: Companies can use digital tools and platforms to automate the workflows, minimize unnecessary processes and increase productivity, thus improving operational effectiveness. - **Improved customers’ lifetime value (CLV):** Digital and personalized customer interactions, along with extensive data analytics, help foster strong customer relationships, increase customer satisfaction, and consequently boost profitability in the longer run. - **Being the first to market:** The adoption of groundbreaking digital solutions permits companies to claim a portion of the market and establish themselves as industry leaders at the same time. For organisations to digitally transform efficiently, they can leverage pre-existing models, such as the McKinsey 7S Model. This model [focuses](https://whatfix.com/blog/mckinsey-7s-model/) on seven interrelated elements *Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff* which help ensure alignment in the processes of transformation. With the assessment and realignment of these components, businesses can develop an infrastructure that facilitates digital embedding. Furthermore, the MIT Sloan Digital Business Model framework [offers](https://executive.mit.edu/course/digital-business-strategy/a056g00000URaa6AAD.html) important analyses by investigating the rebalancing of important relationships: **Minds and Machines, Products and Platforms, and the Core and the Crowd**. This strategy helps the reconfiguration of a company’s primary strategies to make the most out of the digital economy. As the digital world advances, no industry leader will dispute that for one to be competitive, the core of business strategy has to be based on digital transformation. Essentially, as McKinsey & Company [noted](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-seven-decisions-that-matter-in-a-digital-transformation), *to succeed in digital transformation one has to make trade off decisions that will aid in the reinvention of the business*. Alleviating the complexity of digital transformation is possible when these frameworks and insights are adhered to, in turn facilitating the fostering of sustainable competitive advantage alongside the growing digital landscape. [China’s AI agent Manus: The next step in autonomous AIChina’s new AI agent, Manus, operates autonomously, sparking debate on its impact, ethics, and global AI competition. Here’s what you need to know.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-60.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--18-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chinas-ai-agent-manus-the-next-step-in-autonomous-ai/) ## **Top trends with strategic cases and metrics** ### **Integrating AI and machine learning** **Strategy case** Many businesses now utilize AI for productivity growth. For example, AI is applied in writing codes, composing content, and even doing workflow management which tremendously increases efficiency. [**Metrics**](https://planable.io/blog/ai-statistics/) Companies that have AI integrated into their systems report a ROI that is almost 2 times higher than those who apply AI platforms for specific tasks and functions only. Moreover, **92%** of large companies report achieving returns on their deep learning and AI investments. **Real life example** The [emergence](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/china-ai-chatbot-us-tech-race-s709xjx9f?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com®ion=global) of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, marked a major turn in the AI scene with its advanced open-source AI model called R1\. This model competes with the best in reasoning from OpenAI and Google but at a much lower cost. DeepSeek trained their R1 for under **$6 million**, using **2,000** less powerful chips instead of the tens of thousands of specialised chips that would cost around **$100 million**. The [launch of DeepSeek's R1](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00229-6) has caused established AI companies in Silicon Valley to revise their plans since it indicates a movement from a focus on raw power to one of reasoning and optimization. In addition, the fact that the model is open source means that any researcher in the world can examine its architecture and build on it, making a more collaborative approach to AI. **Challenges faced** Most [companies find i](https://the-cfo.io/2025/01/17/the-roi-puzzle-of-ai-investments-in-2025/)t challenging to determine the ROI on AI spending with only **31%** of leaders expecting to be able to measure ROI in 6 months. **Emerging patterns** The [increased](https://www.barrons.com/articles/deepseek-ai-nvidia-software-tech-stocks-566d1347) affordability of AI is shifting investments from hardware to software which is positive for companies such as Salesforce and Microsoft. ### **Expansion of cloud services** **Strategy case** Companies are developing their capabilities in cloud services to enhance their flexibility and scalability. Around **45%** of companies are [upgrading](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/digital-transformation-stats) their cloud infrastructure to facilitate the transformation process. **Metrics** Europe’s largest software company, SAP [expects](https://www.reuters.com/technology/sap-sees-higher-operating-profit-2025-2025-01-28) its cloud revenues to be between **21.6 bln** euros and **21.9 bln** euros in 2025 which will increase further due to the growth of cloud computing. **Real-life example** Airbnb [uses](https://www.fynd.academy/blog/cloud-computing-case-study) cloud services to manage peak demand during holiday seasons by enabling “on-the-fly” scaling of infrastructure for high resource consuming events like Black Friday. **Challenges faced** Cloud [cost management ](https://spacelift.io/blog/cloud-computing-statistics)is a pain point for **82%** of cloud decision makers. **Emerging patterns** People [want](https://www.softwareone.com/en/blog/articles/2025/01/09/4-big-picture-trends-influencing-cloud-in-2025?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) more sustainable features in cloud services, which are often overlooked. [Edge AI vs Cloud AI — which one’s better for business?The differences between Edge AI and Cloud AI come into play primarily for machine learning and deep learning use cases.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-61.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMark Crosling![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1490093158370-1a6be674437b)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edge-ai-vs-cloud-ai-which-ones-better-for-business/) ### **Application of Internet of Things (IoT)** **Strategy case** According to[ IoT Analytics’](https://iot-analytics.com/top-10-iot-use-cases/) 418-page [IoT Use Case Adoption Report 2024](https://iot-analytics.com/product/iot-use-case-adoption-report-2024/), IoT initiatives appear more successful than ever, as **92%** of enterprises report positive ROI from IoT use case implementations. **Metrics** Various [studies](https://vorecol.com/blogs/blog-iot-and-its-impact-on-business-operations-in-the-age-of-digital-transformation-9415) predict significant growth in IoT, particularly in industries where IoT can help save operational costs by more than **10-20%.** **Real-world example** IoT has been used in environmental conservation through advanced sensing [methods](https://www.wired.com/story/environmental-sensing-is-here-tracking-everything-from-forest-fires-to-threatened-species/) that promote monitoring and the protection of forest ecosystems. Advanced sensing technologies allow for a notable real world application of IoT. Devices have gotten smaller and smarter, becoming much more interconnected in the process, transforming data collection to even the most harsh of conditions. Innovations such as [Dryad Networks’](https://www.dryad.net/) wildfire sensors that detect preemptive signs of a fire, Treevia’s digitized dendrometers for tree growth monitoring, and Rainforest Connection’s illegal activity and wildlife monitoring smartphone powered devices are great examples. Such technologies like Switzerland’s [eDNA-collecting drones](https://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/drones-drive-edna-research-zoo-zurich), Freiburg University’s leaves sensors, Plant-e’s bacteria powered sensors, and seed dropping drones revolutionize forest conservation efforts by providing critical insight and reforestation. **Challenges faced** Protecting the data and the underlying integration issues remain challenges for IoT implementation. **Emerging patterns**and In 2023, the IoT integration market was [predicted](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/iot-integration-market-report) to be worth USD **3.83 bln**, with an anticipated CAGR growth rate of **28.3%** between 2024 and 2030\. This growth can be attributed to the rising number of connected devices, smart cities, advancements in AI and ML, a greater emphasis on cybersecurity, and the growing popularity and capabilities of edge computing. Furthermore, the stronger focus on data-based decision-making is driving investment expansion, which is further aiding the growth of value from IoT platforms. These platforms enable businesses to collect data and provide analysis and visualization tools, permitting real-time decision-making. The coming years are expected to provide further tailwinds to growth, enabling IoT’s full potential. ### **Generative AI can help with content creation** **Strategy Case** The [integration](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374224568%5FUsing%5FAI%5Fto%5FCreate%5FContent%5FDesigned%5Ffor%5FMarketing%5FCommunications) of AI within branding initiatives has automated the creation of effective marketing material like videos, images, and text which improves marketing and communications strategies. **Metrics** **92%** of Fortune 500 firms [have adopted](https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users/) the technology, including major brands like Coca-Cola, Walmart, Apple, General Electric, and Amazon. **Real life example** A mid-sized tech company in Denver, six months after fully adopting AIContentPad, [produced](https://matrixmarketinggroup.com/2025-ai-driven-case-studies/) **30%** more content at **62%** less cost, and engagement doubled across key sales channel platforms. **Challenges faced** The inability of Generative AI to produce high quality content and preserving the brand voice are problems that are worth mentioning. **Emerging patterns** There is an [increasing](https://kaizen.com/insights/customized-ai-models-enterprises/) trend to deploy Generative AI with customisation to build multiple experiences for single AI model targets. ### **Digital twin technology** **Strategy case** Currently, the engineering and manufacturing sectors primarily use Digital Twins as accurate virtual representations of an object or process simulation. Several publications examine the application of Digital Twins in operational and supply chain management, emphasizing the functions of operations tracking, transport servicing, remote support, asset seeing, and customized design. **Metrics** Organisations that have [adopted](https://www.smartindustry.com/tools-of-transformation/digital-twin/article/33005013/case-study-digital-twin-shortens-design-process-by-30) digital twins have said that the time taken for designing processes was reduced by **30%.** They also mention a **25%** reduction in expenses related to system upkeep. **Real life example** Altum RF [advanced](https://www.smartindustry.com/tools-of-transformation/digital-twin/article/33005013/case-study-digital-twin-shortens-design-process-by-30) the design of new semiconductor components through the use of a digital twin which enabled them to reduce the design process by **30%**. **Challenges faced** The implementation of digital twins will need a considerable initial investment as well as difficulties with data processing from old systems. **Emerging patterns** Progressive cities are increasingly using digital twins for planning as a way to create a simulated city and effectively manage infrastructure and resources. Also, McKinsey research [indicates](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials-and-electronics/our-insights/digital-twins-the-key-to-smart-product-development) the global market for digital-twin technology will grow about **60%** annually over the next five years, reaching $73.5 billion by 2027. [5 benefits of robotic process automation in financeWhy should businesses embrace finance automation? And, how are automation and machine learning impacting the everyday roles of finance professionals?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-62.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-at-Sep-16-10-59-33.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-benefits-of-robotic-process-automation-in-finance/) ### **Robotic Process Automation (RPA)** **Strategy case** RPA is considered a developing technology that can speed up business procedures by automating mundane and demanding tasks within the supply chain systems. RPA is also known as software robotics or ‘bots’ and is designed to follow instructions provided by the users in order to execute repetitive tasks in business organisations. **Metrics** Companies that have [adopted](https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/system-of-credit-unions-of-brazil) RPA have achieved process time reduction of up to **80%** and a decrease in operational costs by **10%-20%**. **Real-world example** New Mexico Mutual [incorporated](https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/new-mexico-mutual) RPA and saved **3.5 hours** per day from redundant tasks, which allowed employees to focus on critical higher-value activities. **Challenges** Adaptation of RPA can present issues such as lack of standardization for the processes being automated and opposition from employees fearing job loss. **Emerging patterns** The use of RPA on its own is sufficient, however, we have seen a growth in the combining of AI with RPA to create more advanced automation that is capable of making complex decisions. ## **What’s next?** It's [expected](https://www.sprinklr.com/blog/digital-transformation-trends/) that the merger of AI technologies and 5G by 2025 will radically compress the developmental timeline of digital transformation efforts. Generative AI's ability to automate the process of content creation will allow firms to facilitate marketing, product design, and customer relations on completely different levels. Consequently, productivity is expected to rise by at least 20% for companies that embrace these tools. Moreover, customer retention rates have the potential to rise up to 15% due to the use of hyper personalization techniques powered by increased data analytics to provide tailored customer experiences. Adoption of 5G is expected to improve the connectivity of multiple sectors including healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, and more, enabling real-time data collection and analysis through IoT devices. This, in conjunction with IoT, 5G is set to increase connectivity and make operations more data-centric. As a result, not only will operational efficiency increase, but more innovative developments like smart cities and self-driving cars will become a reality. Adopting these advancements is [expected](https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/feature/Top-5-digital-transformation-trends-of-2021) to increase operational efficiency by 30%, providing a sustainable competitive advantage in this rapidly changing digital world. ### China’s AI agent Manus: The next step in autonomous AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chinas-ai-agent-manus-the-next-step-in-autonomous-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-10T11:15:31.000Z China’s recently unveiled AI agent, Manus, represents a significant leap forward. Introduced by the Chinese startup Monica, Manus is described as a fully autonomous AI agent capable of handling a wide range of tasks with minimal human intervention. Since its launch on March 6, 2025, [Manus has attracted considerable global attention](https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/china-ai-manus-vs-openai-google-anthropic-125031000274%5F1.html), sparking discussions about its technological implications, ethical considerations, and potential impact on the AI landscape. This article explores what makes Manus unique, examines the perspectives of its supporters and critics, and considers the broader implications of its development. ## **The emergence of Manus** Manus differs from conventional AI systems' ability to independently plan, execute, and complete tasks without constant human supervision. The agent can analyze financial transactions, screen job applicants, and even create websites—[all in real-time](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/after-deepseek-manus-ai-comes-out-of-china-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-making-a-buzz-2691190-2025-03-09). Unlike traditional AI models that rely on pre-programmed inputs or human oversight, Manus learns from user interactions and adapts its approach to achieve its goals. Its creators have positioned it as a competitor to systems from global leaders such as [OpenAI and Google](https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/china-ai-manus-vs-openai-google-anthropic-125031000274%5F1.html). [ChatGPT vs Bard: What are the top key differences?We’re taking a look at Bard vs ChatGPT and their key differences like technology, internet connection, and training data.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-56.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1686191567720-68f6981e9ad4-3)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/) ## **Technological and industrial implications** Manus stands out for its advanced autonomous capabilities, which allow it to handle complex workflows and provide real-time outputs without user intervention. By integrating these features, it opens new doors for automation in industries like: - **Financial services:** Manus can analyze financial transactions, identify stock correlations, and provide investment recommendations, potentially [transforming investment strategies and risk management.](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/manus-chinese-ai-agent-deepseek) - **Human resources:** [In recruitment](https://www.techinasia.com/news/chinese-tech-firm-monica-unveils-autonomous-ai), Manus can autonomously screen resumes, evaluate candidate skills, and rank applicants, streamlining the hiring process and reducing human bias. ​ - **Real estate:** Manus can assess real estate affordability, analyze market trends, and provide personalized property recommendations, enhancing buyers' and investors' decision-making. These applications demonstrate Manus's potential to set new benchmarks for autonomous AI, offering efficiency and precision in complex workflows.​ ## **Perspectives on Manus** ### **Supporters’s views** Supporters argue that Manus could revolutionize industries by significantly improving efficiency and productivity. With its ability to process information and make decisions autonomously, supporters see it as a tool that could reduce costs, streamline operations, and drive innovation. They highlight the agent’s potential to tackle repetitive tasks, allowing human workers to focus on higher-level, creative endeavors. ### **Critics’ concerns** On the other hand, critics caution against the ethical and societal risks posed by fully autonomous AI agents. Privacy advocates worry about the potential misuse of Manus’s capabilities, mainly when dealing with sensitive data. Additionally, concerns about job displacement loom, with some fearing that Manus could render specific roles obsolete. These critics call for more robust regulatory frameworks and transparent mechanisms to ensure accountability. ### **Global observers’ opinion** Internationally, Manus is seen as a symbol of China’s growing AI prowess. Observers have compared it to leading AI initiatives from companies like OpenAI and Google, noting that Manus’s launch could heighten global competition in the autonomous AI space. This international attention underscores how pivotal Manus’s development could be in shaping future AI standards and benchmarks. [Crafting ethical AI: Addressing bias and challengesWe set out to understand how businesses address these ethical AI issues by surveying practitioners and end users.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-57.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/) ## **Ethical and policy dimensions** The emergence of Manus raises critical ethical questions. How should regulators oversee systems that operate without direct human guidance? What safeguards are needed to ensure that these agents act responsibly and transparently? Current regulatory frameworks are not yet equipped to address the challenges of fully autonomous agents. To maintain public trust and safety, policymakers must consider new approaches, such as mandatory audits, continuous performance monitoring, and stricter data protection standards. - **Autonomy and accountability:** Determining responsibility for the actions of autonomous agents like Manus is complex, especially when decisions lead to unintended consequences.​ - **Privacy concerns:** Manus's ability to process vast amounts of data autonomously raises questions about data privacy and the potential for misuse.​ - **Employment impact:** Automating complex tasks traditionally performed by humans could lead to job displacement, necessitating discussions on workforce adaptation and reskilling.​ ## **The future of Manus and autonomous AI** Manus’s development could inspire a new wave of autonomous AI agents that redefine industries and reshape societal norms. In the coming years, we may see broader deployment of Manus’s capabilities, potential enhancements that increase its utility, and more companies entering the autonomous agent space. However, this growth must be accompanied by robust policy frameworks and collaborative efforts among global stakeholders to ensure these systems are developed and deployed responsibly. [How AI is driving the future of autonomous vehiclesGirish Venkataramani, Senior Director, ML Accelerators at Cruise, gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Summit.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-58.png)AI Accelerator InstituteGirish Venkataramani![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1485463611174-f302f6a5c1c9)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles/) ## **Final thoughts** China’s AI agent Manus represents a significant milestone in autonomous intelligence, blending advanced technology with unprecedented autonomy. By examining its development, technological implications, and the wide range of perspectives it has generated, readers can gain a clear understanding of Manus’s significance in the AI landscape. As we navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by such advancements, it is crucial to foster an informed dialogue that ensures autonomous AI serves as a force for progress, not harm. ### Words as weapons: Defending genAI apps against prompt injection URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/words-as-weapons-pangea/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:45:52.000Z As enterprises race to integrate generative AI into their applications and workflows, adversaries are finding new ways to exploit language models through prompt injection attacks to leak sensitive data and bypass security controls. But how do these attacks actually work, and what can organizations do to defend their genAI applications against them? This exclusive deep dive with **Rob Truesdell**, CPO at **Pangea**, explores the evolving landscape of prompt injection threats and the latest strategies to secure genAI applications. ### This session covers: - **How prompt injection works** – A breakdown of direct and indirect techniques, with real-world attack examples and data. - **What LLM providers are doing** – A look at native defenses built into top models to counteract prompt injection risks. - **The insider vs. outsider threat** – How adversaries both inside and outside an organization can manipulate genAI models. - **Risk mitigation strategies** – Engineering and security best practices to prevent, detect, and respond to prompt injection attempts. - **Measuring effectiveness** – How to evaluate the efficacy of prompt injection detection mechanisms. This OnDemand session is a *must-watch* for security leaders, AI engineers, and product teams looking to understand and mitigate the risks of AI-powered applications in an increasingly adversarial landscape. ### Next gen AI architectures: Exploring the next wave of intelligent computing URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/next-gen-ai-architectures-exploring-the-next-wave-of-intelligent-computing/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:52:46.000Z As a result of [artificial intelligence's continuous evolution](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), there's an increasing and ever present demand for more efficient, faster and scalable AI solutions. Traditional AI models, especially deep learning approaches, always require exhaustive computational resources which can make them massively expensive and power-hungry. In light of these challenges, there are many next-generation AI architectures that are emerging as promising alternatives such as **hyperdimensional computing (HDC)**, **neuro-symbolic AI (NSAI)**, **capsule networks**, and **low-power AI chips**. This article is an exploration into how these innovations can power AI algorithms, in turn making them more efficient and accessible for business use cases and applications. ## **Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) for AI acceleration** Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is a novel type of computing paradigm that fully encodes and processes information using high-dimensional vectors. HDC is very different from normal computing models that tend to need to use exact numerical operations, HDC is a way to create AI that mimics the way our brain encodes and processes information in turn enabling faster learning and better generalisation. ### **Why is HDC impacting the future of AI?** - **Accelerated learning**: Contrary to normal deep learning models that tend to need thousands of training samples, HDC models excel at learning from a small amount of data whilst not losing accuracy. - **Robustness**: HDC is resistant to noise by default, making it incredibly fit for real-world AI applications in fields such as healthcare, finance, quantum computing and cybersecurity. - **Energy efficiency**: Since HDC relies solely on binary operations instead of super complex floating-point arithmetic it significantly reduces energy required for advanced AI making it more viable for low-power devices and [edge computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/). [Deep learning for computer vision: Four use casesFew technologies have made such rapid developments in recent years as deep learning has. In this article, we’re going to be looking at four applications for deep learning in the visual realm that you can use right now to leverage its stunning capabilities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-39.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBen Schultz![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/3wBPUcDrR9KaduD3PvkY_DSC_0915.JPG)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/four-applications-of-deep-learning-for-computer-vision/) ### ### **Business applications** - **Advanced fraud detection**: Banks and other financial institutions can employ HDC to identify fraud patterns within transactions very quickly. - **Healthcare diagnostics**: HDC-powered models can recognise medical conditions with much fewer training samples in turn reducing their dependency on massive labeled datasets. - **Edge AI**: HDC is incredibly beneficial for AI applications running on edge devices such as smart sensors and IoT systems. ## **Neuro-symbolic AI in edge computing** Normal deep learning models work really well in structured environments but really tend to struggle when asked to reason, explain their decisions or adapt to novel information. **Neuro-symbolic AI (NSAI)** combines the deep learning approach with symbolic reasoning in turn making AI systems more interpretable and adaptable. ### **How does NSAI benefit edge computing?** - **Reasoning and learning**: Different from deep learning models that learn from patterns alone, NSAI integrates deep symbolic rules that allow AI to naturally reason and make decisions. - **Efficient decision-making**: This hybrid approach lessens the need for massive datasets in turn allowing AI to work effectively on edge devices where processing power is limited. - **Explainability**: Since NSAI models incorporate natural rules and logic, they provide clear justifications for their decisions in turn making them far more trustworthy in regulated industries like healthcare and finance. ### **Business applications** - **Autonomous vehicles**: AI-powered decision-making in self-driving cars can be vastly improved using NSAI by combining sensor data with predefined road safety and other complex rules. - **Smart manufacturing**: Predictive maintenance powered by NSAI can further help factories reduce downtime and optimise their machinery performance. - **Customer service AI**: AI chatbots using NSAI can provide much more human-like interactions, for example, they can deeply understand customer intent beyond simple pattern matching. [7 computer vision use cases in manufacturingCV in manufacturing is revolutionizing various processes through high-quality cameras, expert data, and more, leading to overall reduced costs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-40.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1455165814004-1126a7199f9b)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-computer-vision-use-cases-in-manufacturing/) ## **Capsule networks vs. transformers** Transformers have constantly been at the forefront of AI advancements, especially in natural language processing (NLP) and image generation. That being said, Capsule Networks (CapsNets) offer us an alternative that addresses most of the inefficiencies found with traditional deep learning models. ### **Transformers: Strengths and drawbacks** Transformers including models like GPT-4 and BERT, excel at understanding complicated language and generating very human-like text. They do however have limitations: - **High computational cost**: They require extensive computational resources, making them very difficult to deploy on edge devices. - **Lack of hierarchical understanding**: Transformers treat all data as sequences in turn limiting their ability to understand deep spatial relationships in images. ### **Capsule networks: A more efficient alternative?** CapsNets were designed to overcome the limitations of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and transformers. They offer: - **Better representation of spatial hierarchy**: Unlike CNNs which always lose spatial information when pooling data, CapsNets maintain this information in turn making them better for image recognition tasks. - **Fewer training samples**: CapsNets generalise quite well with fewer samples also reducing the need for massive labeled datasets. - **Improved generalisation**: Unlike transformers, which require fine-tuning for every new domain found, CapsNets can better recognise patterns across different contexts. ### **Business applications** - **Medical imaging**: Capsule Networks can improve the accuracy of diagnosing certain diseases in radiology and pathology. - **Autonomous drones**: CapsNets help drones better understand environments in turn reducing reliance on massive amounts of training data. - **Cybersecurity**: AI-driven intrusion detection systems (IDS) using CapsNets can better recognise attack patterns with very limited training data. ## ## **Low-power AI chips and quantum-inspired computing** One of the biggest challenges in AI today is energy consumption. As AI models grow larger and larger, they require more processing power, leading to completely unsustainable energy demands. Low-power AI chips and quantum-inspired computing offer us several potential solutions. ### **Low-Power AI chips** - **Neuromorphic chips**: Inspired by the brain, these chips use spikes instead of traditional binary computation in turn drastically reducing energy consumption. - **Edge AI processors**: Custom AI accelerators designed for mobile and IoT applications can run AI workloads without draining battery life. - **Memory-in-compute ships**: These chips integrate memory and computation in turn,**For every layer of business understanding, these advancements are crucial in making strategic investments in AI technologies.** reducing data transfer bottlenecks and increasing processing speed. ### **Quantum-inspired computing** - **Quantum annealing for optimisation**: Quantum-inspired approaches help us to solve complex optimisation problems faster than traditional AI models. - **Hybrid AI-quantum systems**: Some companies are exploring AI models that integrate classical deep learning with quantum-inspired algorithms to further enhance their efficiency. ### **Business applications** - **Supply chain optimisation**: AI models powered by quantum-inspired techniques can optimise logistics and delivery routes in real-time. - **Financial modeling**: AI-driven risk assessment and fraud detection can be enhanced using quantum-inspired methods. - **Smart cities**: Low-power AI chips enable efficient traffic control, energy management and real-time monitoring of city infrastructure. [AI and data analytics-driven finance transformationAI and data analytics are valuable assets for discovering real-time insights, proactive decision-making, and predictive capabilities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-41.png)AI Accelerator InstituteArsalan Sheikh![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--18-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-data-analytics-driven-finance-transformation/) ## **Conclusion: The future of AI architectures** As AI becomes more intertwined with our everyday lives the need for more efficient, interpretable and scalable models is more important than ever. **Hyperdimensional computing, neuro-symbolic AI, capsule networks and low-power AI chips** are guiding the way for AI systems that are powerful but also practical for real-world applications. For every layer of business understanding, these advancements are crucial in making strategic investments in AI technologies. Companies that adopt these next-generation architectures will gain a competitive edge by delivering AI-powered solutions that are faster, more efficient and easier to deploy across multiple environments. Now is the time to explore these innovative AI architectures and leverage them to build the future of intelligent computing. ### The EnigmaEval benchmark: Limitation of AI agents in automation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-failure-of-ai-models-in-enigmaeval-benchmark-limitation-of-ai-agents-in-automation/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:54:45.000Z Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated extraordinary performance in various benchmarks, ranging from complex mathematical problem-solving to nuanced language comprehension. However, these same models fail almost completely on EnigmaEval—a test suite specifically designed to measure spatial reasoning and puzzle-solving skills. This glaring gap in AI competency not only highlights the current shortcomings of LLMs but also raises important questions about how to improve them, especially for practical applications in business, engineering, and robotics. In this article, we will explore: 1. LLM performance in math benchmarks vs. EnigmaEval 2. Why LLMs Struggle with simple spatial reasoning 3. The implications for AI-powered automation 4. Potential solutions: Enhancing spatial intelligence through humans, reinforcement learning, and mixture-of-experts (MoE) models --- ## What is the EnigmaEval benchmark? EnigmaEval is a benchmark designed to evaluate the advanced reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) through complex, multimodal puzzles. It comprises 1,184 puzzles sourced from various puzzle competitions and events, each requiring implicit knowledge synthesis and multi-step deductive reasoning. These puzzles often combine text and images, challenging models to uncover hidden connections between seemingly unrelated pieces of information. ## LLM performance in math benchmarks vs. EnigmaEval LLMs have proven their worth on a variety of math-focused benchmarks but falter on spatial puzzles: ![Fig-1 : Excellent in Math, faltering in simple spatial puzzles](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQHgjydxJuHGzg/article-inline_image-shrink_1500_2232/B4EZUQDwueHMAU-/0/1739731176801?e=1746662400&v=beta&t=ve1S9owb2WsLJIP09dRW6AExQfi9FgT_LS5kqPiEGcE) Fig-1 : Excellent in Math, faltering in simple spatial puzzles While these models excel in complex abstract reasoning and numerical computations, their near-total failure in EnigmaEval exposes a significant deficit in spatial reasoning capabilities. ![Fig-2 : Actual Score](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQE4sM5HQBArBQ/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488/B4EZUQEWKXH0Ag-/0/1739731330129?e=1746662400&v=beta&t=hnRZVWM4efoT-0MC2_Gm_TY4m5P5rdIx_XisqWtqbnU) Fig-2 : Actual Score ![Fig-3 : Sample Questions : Link for the entire Q:](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQGz1PHd4hPp7g/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488/B4EZUQEezVG0AQ-/0/1739731365548?e=1746662400&v=beta&t=runxQ2tZNMF-M_H-HQcmT0pmX-3qUQSdJq_jGST8jRU) Fig-3 : Sample Questions : Link for the entire Q: --- ## Why do LLMs struggle with simple spatial reasoning? ### A. Text-based training bias LLMs are predominantly trained on textual data and are optimized to find linguistic and statistical patterns. Spatial reasoning, particularly when it involves 3D object manipulation or visual geometry, is not well-represented in text corpora. Consequently, these models lack the “visual scaffolding” that humans naturally acquire from interacting with the physical world. ### B. Lack of embodied experience Humans develop spatial intuition through embodied experiences—seeing objects, picking them up, navigating spaces, and manipulating items in real life. LLMs, in contrast, have no direct sensory inputs; they rely solely on textual descriptions, limiting their ability to form the mental models required for spatial or causal reasoning. ### C. Absence of geometric and physical intuition LLMs often fail to: - Grasp geometric relationships (angles, distances, rotations) - Understand physical laws (gravity, balance, collisions) - Simulate transformations in 3D space Even if an LLM can parse a textual description of a puzzle, the lack of spatial or physical “muscle memory” leads to misguided outputs. ### D. Limitations of current architectures Models like Transformers are exceptionally good at sequence-to-sequence transformations (i.e., text in, text out) but are not natively designed for spatial manipulation. While some architectures (e.g., Mixture-of-Experts, hierarchical or multimodal systems) have begun to incorporate specialized “expert” modules, mainstream LLMs often do not focus on dedicated spatial-reasoning subcomponents—yet. --- ## What does this mean for businesses? ### A. LLMs may struggle in key business automation areas Business processes that implicitly involve spatial understanding can suffer if they rely solely on traditional LLM outputs. Examples include: - **Debugging git issues** – While text-based merges can be handled, any refactoring that requires visualizing complex dependencies or branching structures may lead to poor results. - **Data visualization & analysis** – LLMs often fail to interpret charts, graphs, and heatmaps effectively, limiting their utility in business intelligence. - **Manufacturing & robotics** – Spatially dependent tasks such as assembly line coordination or robotic manipulation demand spatial cognition that current LLMs lack. - **Navigation & mapping** – Autonomous vehicles and logistics optimizations require AI to handle maps, sensor data, and 3D structures—a challenge for text-anchored models. ### B. Prevalence of spatial reasoning tasks A surprising amount of business and engineering work involves spatial reasoning: - **Most** of engineering applications (CAD design, architecture) - **Some** of business analytics tasks (interpreting graphical trends, dashboards) - **Some** of coding tasks (complex code refactoring, dependency resolution) Without improvements in spatial understanding, LLMs will remain limited in real-world automation and problem-solving. --- ## Potential solutions: Enhancing spatial intelligence ### A. Multimodal learning One pathway to better spatial reasoning is to fuse text-based LLMs with vision and 3D simulation models. In a **Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture**, different “experts” handle specific modalities—text, images, point clouds—while a high-level gating network decides which expert to consult. For instance, an “expert” in geometric transformations could help parse and manipulate visual puzzle data, supplementing the LLM’s linguistic strengths. ### B. Reinforcement learning and simulation **Reinforcement learning (RL)** provides an interactive framework for models to learn from trial and error. By placing AI agents in 3D simulated environments—think robotics simulators, game engines, or specialized puzzle platforms—they can develop an embodied sense of how objects move and interact. - **Reward functions** – Encouraging correct spatial manipulations or puzzle solutions - **Curriculum learning** – Gradually increasing puzzle complexity to build robust spatial intuitions ### C. Human-in-the-loop approaches Humans can act as on-demand “experts” to guide AI systems during training or real-time decision-making: - **Active learning** – Human annotators can correct or guide models on spatial tasks, refining their understanding. - **Hybrid systems** – Combining a human’s intuitive spatial reasoning with an LLM’s processing power can lead to better outcomes, especially in high-stakes scenarios like architecture or surgical robotics. ### D. Neural-symbolic and knowledge-based methods Some researchers advocate blending neural networks with symbolic reasoning engines that can encode geometric and physical laws. Symbolic modules could handle geometric constraints (e.g., angles, distances, volume) while the neural net handles pattern recognition. This hybrid approach aims to give AI a “grounded” understanding of space. The dismal performance of LLMs on EnigmaEval is not an isolated data point; it underscores a core limitation in current AI models—namely, the lack of spatial reasoning. For businesses and developers relying on AI-driven automation, this shortfall can be a significant barrier. Yet, the path forward is promising: - **Mixture-of-experts (MoE) architectures** can incorporate specialized spatial or vision “experts.” - **Reinforcement learning** and simulated 3D environments can imbue AI with a more embodied sense of space. - **Human collaboration** ensures that AI remains grounded in real-world tasks that require physical intuition and problem-solving. Ultimately, bridging the gap between text-based reasoning and spatial understanding will be essential for AI’s next leap forward. Models that can genuinely perceive, manipulate, and reason about the physical world will transform a wide array of industries—from logistics and robotics to design and data analytics—ushering in an era of more versatile, reliable, and cognitively flexible AI systems. ### Building advanced AI systems: Challenges and best practices URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-advanced-ai-systems-challenges-and-best-practices/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:07:23.000Z My name is Akash, co-founder and CEO of Bellum.ai. Our mission is to help companies build reliable AI systems in production. In this talk, I'll share insights from working with hundreds of companies using AI, highlighting what works, what doesn’t, and where AI development is headed. ## The journey to AI innovation ### Early experiences with AI AI has always been on the horizon, but my moment of realization came about four to five years ago, at the beginning of COVID, when I first experimented with GPT-3’s API. It wasn’t perfect—prone to generating random, inaccurate responses—but it demonstrated a capability never seen before: auto-completing sentences in a meaningful way. At that time, I was working in recruiting software, leveraging AI for tasks like job description generation and email classification. Our AI-powered job description generator went viral, demonstrating the potential for AI-driven automation. However, implementing these models in production came with significant challenges—prompt engineering, evaluation, and pipeline collaboration were all difficult. ### The breakthrough with ChatGPT When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, it was clear that AI was going mainstream. The challenges we faced with implementing AI in production—reliability, evaluation, and collaboration—became widespread across industries. Recognizing this, my co-founders and I started Bellum.ai to help businesses effectively leverage large language models (LLMs) and build robust AI systems. Additionally, my experience at McKinsey provided insight into AI governance and the evolution of AI technologies. Witnessing the rise of GPT models and their growing impact across industries reaffirmed the need for structured AI deployment frameworks. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Microsoft’s Majorana hype: Real proof or just marketing? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/microsofts-majorana-hype-real-proof-or-just-marketing/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T09:02:36.000Z ## The quest for reliable qubits Quantum computing faces a fundamental challenge: qubits, the basic units of quantum information, are notoriously fragile. Conventional approaches, such as superconducting circuits and trapped ions, require intricate error-correction techniques to counteract decoherence. Microsoft has pursued an alternative path: Majorana-based topological qubits, which promise inherent noise resistance due to their non-local encoding of quantum information. This idea, based on theoretical work from the late 1990s, suggests that quantum states encoded in Majorana zero modes (MZMs) could be immune to local noise, reducing the need for extensive error correction. Microsoft has invested two decades into developing these qubits, culminating in the recent "Majorana 1" prototype. However, given past controversies and ongoing skepticism, the scientific community remains cautious in interpreting these results. ## The scientific basis of Majorana-based qubits Topological qubits derive their stability from the spatial separation of Majorana zero modes, which exist at the ends of specially engineered nanowires. These modes exhibit non-Abelian statistics, meaning their quantum state changes only through specific topological operations, rather than local perturbations. This property, in theory, makes Majorana qubits highly resistant to noise. Microsoft's approach involves constructing "tetrons," pairs of Majorana zero modes that encode a single logical qubit through their collective parity state. Operations are performed using simple voltage pulses, which avoids the complex analog controls required for traditional superconducting qubits. Additionally, digital measurement-based quantum computing is employed to correct errors passively. If successful, this design could lead to a scalable, error-resistant quantum architecture. However, while the theoretical framework for Majorana qubits is robust, experimental verification has been challenging. Majorana zero modes do not occur naturally and must be engineered in materials like indium arsenide nanowires in proximity to superconductors. Establishing that these states exist and behave as expected has proven difficult, leading to past controversies. ## Historical controversies: The 2018 retraction A major setback for Microsoft's Majorana initiative occurred in 2018 when researchers, including Leo Kouwenhoven’s team at TU Delft (funded by Microsoft), published a Nature paper claiming to have observed quantized conductance signatures consistent with Majorana zero modes. This was hailed as a breakthrough in topological quantum computing. However, by 2021, the paper was retracted after inconsistencies were found in data analysis. Independent replication attempts failed to observe the same results, and an internal investigation revealed that a key graph in the original paper had been selectively manipulated. This event, dubbed the "Majorana Meltdown," significantly damaged the credibility of Microsoft's approach. It highlighted the challenge of distinguishing genuine Majorana modes from other quantum states that mimic their signatures due to material imperfections. Many physicists became skeptical, arguing that similar issues could undermine subsequent claims. ## Experimental progress and remaining challenges Despite the 2018 controversy, Microsoft and its collaborators have continued refining their approach. The recent announcement of the "Majorana 1" chip in 2025 presents experimental evidence supporting the feasibility of Majorana-based qubits. Key advancements include: - **Fabrication of "topoconductor" materials:** Microsoft developed a new indium arsenide/aluminum heterostructure to reliably host Majorana zero modes. - **Parity measurement success:** The team demonstrated that they could measure the qubit’s parity (even vs. odd electron occupation) with 99% accuracy, a crucial validation step. - **Increased parity lifetime:** The qubit's state exhibited stability over milliseconds, significantly surpassing superconducting qubits’ coherence times (which are typically in the microsecond range). - **Digital control implementation:** Unlike analog-tuned superconducting qubits, Majorana qubits can be manipulated with simple voltage pulses, theoretically enabling large-scale integration. While these are important steps forward, the experiments have not yet demonstrated key quantum operations, such as two-qubit entanglement via non-Abelian braiding. Until this milestone is achieved, claims about the superiority of topological qubits remain speculative. ## Comparison with other qubit technologies To assess Microsoft's claims, it is useful to compare Majorana qubits with existing quantum computing platforms: - **Superconducting qubits (IBM, Google):** These have demonstrated successful quantum error correction and multi-qubit entanglement but require extensive calibration and error correction. Fidelity levels for two-qubit gates currently range around 99.9%. - **Trapped-ion qubits (IonQ, Quantinuum):** These offer superior coherence times (seconds vs. microseconds for superconductors) but suffer from slow gate speeds and complex laser-based control. - **Majorana-based qubits:** Theoretically provide built-in error protection, reducing the need for extensive error correction. However, experimental validation is still in progress, and large-scale integration remains untested. Microsoft has argued that Majorana qubits will enable a quantum computer with a million qubits on a single chip, a feat that conventional qubits struggle to achieve. While this is an exciting possibility, many researchers caution that scaling challenges remain, especially given the extreme conditions (millikelvin temperatures, precise nanowire fabrication) required for Majorana qubits. ## Skepticism from the Scientific Community Despite recent progress, many physicists remain skeptical of Microsoft's claims. Key concerns include: 1. **Lack of direct evidence for Majorana zero modes:** While Microsoft’s 2025 Nature paper presents strong supporting data, the scientific community has yet to reach a consensus that Majorana modes have been definitively observed. 2. **Alternative explanations for observed phenomena:** Many experimental signatures attributed to Majorana states could be explained by disorder-induced states or other trivial effects in semiconductor-superconductor interfaces. 3. **Unverified large-scale claims:** Microsoft’s assertion that its approach will lead to fault-tolerant quantum computing "within years, not decades" is met with skepticism. Experts note that even the most advanced conventional quantum computers are still years away from practical applications, and scaling from an 8-qubit chip to a million-qubit processor is an enormous leap. 4. **Comparison to competing approaches:** Some argue that improvements in quantum error correction for superconducting and trapped-ion qubits may render topological qubits unnecessary by the time they are fully realized. ## A Promising but unproven path Microsoft’s Majorana-based qubits represent one of the most ambitious efforts in quantum computing. The theoretical promise of intrinsic error protection and simplified quantum control is compelling, and recent experiments provide encouraging evidence that topological qubits can be realized. However, historical controversies, ongoing skepticism, and the lack of key demonstrations (such as two-qubit gates) mean that these qubits are not yet a proven alternative to existing technologies. While Microsoft has made significant strides in overcoming past setbacks, their claims of imminent large-scale quantum computing should be met with caution. The coming years will be critical in determining whether Majorana qubits will revolutionize quantum computing or remain an elegant but impractical idea. As independent verification and further experiments unfold, the scientific community will ultimately decide whether Microsoft’s bold bet pays off. ### Your guide to agentic AI: How it works, and real-world applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-agentic-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T11:05:43.000Z ## **What Is agentic AI?** Agentic AI refers to [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence) systems that act autonomously, make decisions, set goals, and adapt to their environment with minimal human intervention. Unlike traditional AI, which follows predefined instructions, agentic AI continuously learns, reasons, and refines its actions to achieve specific objectives. This type of AI moves beyond simple automation. Traditional AI models rely on predefined rules and patterns, executing tasks within strict boundaries. In contrast, agentic AI exhibits problem-solving capabilities, proactively adjusting its behavior based on new inputs, unexpected changes, or emerging patterns. It functions more like an independent entity than a programmed tool. Agentic AI is modeled on human-like intelligence, meaning it doesn’t just respond to commands but can initiate actions independently. This includes setting intermediate goals, prioritizing tasks, and iterating on previous efforts to improve results. It can navigate uncertainty, make real-time adjustments, and optimize decisions without constant human oversight. [What sets agentic AI apart is its ability to self-direct](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/). It doesn’t require explicit step-by-step instructions for every scenario—it learns from experience, understands context, and makes informed choices to achieve its objectives. This makes it particularly valuable in dynamic environments with insufficient predefined rules. Examples of agentic AI include self-driving cars that adapt to unpredictable traffic conditions, AI-powered research assistants that generate and test scientific hypotheses, and autonomous trading systems that make investment decisions based on real-time market shifts. These systems don’t just follow orders; they work toward goals, improving over time through continuous feedback loops. As AI evolves, agentic capabilities will become increasingly prevalent, shaping industries by enabling machines to take on more complex, independent roles that previously required human intelligence. [Approaching brain processing power through energy-efficient AIWe are quickly approaching a stage where AI-processing silicon chips that could soon rival the processing capability of the human brain.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-49.png)AI Accelerator InstituteZhimin Ding![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1559757175-5700dde675bc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/approaching-human-brain-processing-power-through-energy-efficient-ai-computing/) ## **Key characteristics of agentic AI** ### **Autonomy and decision-making** Agentic AI operates independently, determining the best action based on the data it gathers. It can analyze complex situations, weigh options, and choose paths optimizing efficiency, performance, or any given metric. Unlike traditional AI, which relies on human input at every stage, agentic AI continuously assesses and adjusts its approach to maximize effectiveness. This autonomy enables it to function in unpredictable environments, making it a crucial tool for logistics, finance, and healthcare industries. ### **Goal-oriented behavior** Unlike static AI models that follow rigid instructions, agentic AI defines its sub-goals in pursuit of broader objectives. It can break down significant problems into manageable steps, pivot strategies when necessary, and prioritize actions based on real-time feedback. By dynamically setting and adjusting goals, agentic AI can handle complex decision-making tasks, such as optimizing supply chains, managing large-scale data analysis, or improving automated customer service interactions. ### **Self-learning and adaptability** Agentic AI continuously improves by learning from its own experiences. Using reinforcement learning, fine-tuning techniques, or human feedback, it adapts to new challenges and refines its decision-making. Unlike traditional AI models that require constant updates from developers, agentic AI identifies inefficiencies and self-corrects. This adaptability allows it to excel in fast-changing environments like financial markets, cybersecurity threat detection, and personalized marketing campaigns. ### **Context awareness** Understanding context is crucial for agentic AI. Whether analyzing user interactions, external data, or real-time environmental inputs, it adjusts its responses accordingly, making it more effective in real-world applications. For example, an AI-driven medical assistant can interpret patients' symptoms within the broader context of their medical history, lifestyle, and genetic factors, allowing for more accurate diagnoses. Similarly, an autonomous vehicle must process road conditions, traffic patterns, and unexpected obstacles to make split-second decisions that ensure safety. [Agentic-Responsive Design: AI agents and the future of the webThe emergence of AI agents will transform how we think about digital experiences. Discover how Agentic Responsive Design will change the web.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-304.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/) ### **Collaboration with humans and other AI systems** Rather than operating in isolation, agentic AI can collaborate with humans and other AI systems. It interprets human intent, takes feedback, and delegates tasks when necessary. This characteristic is especially valuable in workplace automation, where AI can enhance human decision-making rather than replace it. For instance, AI-powered project management tools can anticipate deadlines, allocate resources efficiently, and suggest workflow improvements while keeping human stakeholders in control. Multiple AI agents can communicate and coordinate actions in collaborative AI ecosystems, improving logistics, manufacturing, and scientific research efficiency. ## **How agentic AI works** ### **1\. Perception and data collection** Agentic AI gathers data from multiple sources, including sensors, databases, APIs, and user interactions. This continuous stream of information feeds its decision-making process. The more diverse and high-quality the data, the more effective the AI becomes. These systems use natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, and data mining techniques to extract meaningful insights and detect patterns from structured and unstructured data. ### **2\. Reasoning and planning** The AI uses advanced algorithms to evaluate available data and map actions to achieve its goals. This step involves predictive modeling, scenario analysis, and strategic decision-making. Unlike reactive AI, which merely responds to inputs, agentic AI develops a forward-looking strategy. It can simulate potential future scenarios, weigh risks, and optimize for long-term success. This reasoning process allows it to perform complex problem-solving tasks, such as diagnosing a medical condition, optimizing financial investments, or managing logistics in supply chain networks. ### **3\. Execution and action** Once a plan is formed, the AI system executes actions—whether automating a process, making recommendations, or interacting with humans. Agentic AI can operate across multiple platforms and interfaces, integrating seamlessly with business workflows, robotic systems, and software applications. For example, in an industrial setting, an AI-powered manufacturing system can adjust machinery parameters in real-time to optimize production efficiency and minimize waste. In digital marketing, an AI-driven content management system can autonomously generate and distribute personalized campaigns tailored to user engagement metrics. ### **4\. Feedback and iteration** Every action feeds new data into the system, allowing the AI to refine future decisions. This iterative loop enables continuous improvement. The AI detects patterns in its successes and failures, tweaking its strategies accordingly. Reinforcement learning models help the AI optimize its behavior over time, ensuring better outcomes with each iteration. This feedback loop makes agentic AI systems highly adaptive, enabling them to evolve with changing conditions. In cybersecurity, for instance, agentic AI can analyze past threats and proactively develop countermeasures before new attacks occur. [The failure of AI models in EnigmaEval benchmark: Limitation of AI agents in automationLLM models fail almost completely on EnigmaEval—a test suite specifically designed to measure spatial reasoning and puzzle-solving skills.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-50.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBiplab Pal, PhD![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--33-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-failure-of-ai-models-in-enigmaeval-benchmark-limitation-of-ai-agents-in-automation/) ## **Real-world applications of agentic AI** ### **Autonomous systems** Self-driving cars, robotic process automation (RPA), and smart drones leverage agentic AI to make real-time decisions and operate with minimal human oversight. These systems use AI to analyze their surroundings, predict possible obstacles, and dynamically adjust their actions to ensure efficiency and safety. For example, autonomous drones in agriculture can monitor crop health and apply fertilizers only where needed, optimizing resource use. ### **Customer support and chatbots** AI-driven chatbots go beyond scripted responses. They analyze user queries, determine intent, and personalize interactions based on prior conversations and learned behaviors. Modern agentic chatbots can troubleshoot problems, suggest solutions, and even escalate issues to human representatives when necessary. Some can handle entire customer service processes, such as refund requests and product recommendations, without human intervention. ### **Healthcare and diagnostics** AI agents assist in diagnosing diseases, recommending treatments, and even autonomously conduct research by analyzing vast medical records and scientific literature datasets. Agentic AI in healthcare can monitor patients in real time, predicting potential complications before they arise. For example, AI-powered wearable devices track vital signs and alert doctors to early signs of heart disease or diabetes. ### **Finance and trading** Algorithmic trading, fraud detection, and personalized financial recommendations benefit from agentic AI, which monitors markets and adapts trading strategies accordingly. Hedge funds and investment firms use agentic AI to process market data at lightning speed, making split-second trading decisions based on real-time financial trends. In fraud prevention, AI systems detect unusual transactions and flag potential risks before money is lost. ### **Personal assistants** Voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are becoming more agentic by predicting user needs, automating tasks, and integrating with smart home devices. They are evolving into proactive assistants that respond to commands and anticipate user needs. For instance, an AI assistant could schedule meetings based on past behavior, adjust a smart thermostat according to weather forecasts, or automatically reorder groceries when supplies run low. ### **Scientific discovery and research** AI-driven research tools help scientists analyze massive datasets, formulate hypotheses, and generate new physics, chemistry, and biology theories. In drug discovery, agentic AI accelerates the identification of new compounds by simulating millions of molecular interactions in a fraction of the time traditional methods require. In physics, chemistry, and biology theories, autonomous AI agents on rovers analyze planetary conditions, adjust exploration paths, and make scientific discoveries without waiting for instructions from Earth. ### **Manufacturing and supply chain optimization** Manufacturing processes increasingly rely on agentic AI to optimize workflows, reduce waste, and increase efficiency. AI-driven robotics adjust production speeds, detect defects, and predict maintenance needs, preventing costly downtime. In supply chain management, AI agents track global logistics, anticipate disruptions, and reroute shipments automatically, ensuring smooth operations despite unforeseen challenges. ### **Cybersecurity and threat detection** With cyber threats growing more sophisticated, agentic AI plays a crucial role in real-time threat detection and response. AI systems monitor network activity, identify anomalies, and autonomously neutralize potential threats before they escalate. Unlike traditional cybersecurity measures, which rely on predefined rules, agentic AI continuously learns from attack patterns and adapts defenses dynamically. ## **Challenges and ethical considerations** ### **Control and oversight** Autonomous AI systems need guardrails to prevent unintended consequences. Defining clear boundaries and monitoring their actions ensures alignment with human interests. Without proper oversight, agentic AI could take unpredictable or harmful actions. Regulatory frameworks, safety protocols, and human-in-the-loop designs must be implemented to mitigate risks. ### **Bias and fairness** AI learns from data, and biased training data can lead to skewed decision-making. Ethical AI development requires rigorous testing and mitigation strategies to ensure fairness. Bias in AI systems can perpetuate or even amplify societal inequalities, particularly in hiring, lending, and law enforcement applications. Developers must prioritize diverse and representative datasets and implement fairness audits to prevent discriminatory outcomes. ### **Security risks** Highly autonomous AI systems are attractive targets for cyberattacks. Ensuring robust security measures is crucial to prevent AI manipulation and unauthorized access. Malicious actors could exploit agentic AI for financial fraud, disinformation campaigns, or even autonomous cyber warfare. Strong encryption, continuous monitoring, and adversarial testing are necessary to protect AI-driven systems from attacks. ### **Transparency and accountability** Understanding how agentic AI makes decisions is critical, especially in high-stakes domains like healthcare and finance. Explainability remains a key challenge in AI development. When AI systems operate opaquely, users and regulators struggle to hold them accountable for errors. Implementing explainable AI (XAI) techniques, such as model interpretability and decision-tracking mechanisms, helps build trust and accountability. ### **Job displacement and workforce impact** As AI takes over complex tasks, some jobs may become obsolete, while others will evolve. Preparing the workforce for this shift is essential to minimize disruption. While agentic AI can increase efficiency and productivity, it threatens traditional employment structures, particularly in transportation, customer service, and manufacturing industries. Governments and businesses must invest in retraining programs and workforce transition strategies to mitigate economic displacement. [The future workforce in the age of microcapitalism and automationPaul A. Claxton explores the future of work and automation, focusing on the evolution of society from standard capitalism to microcapitalism.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-51.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePaul Anthony Claxton![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1518314916381-77a37c2a49ae)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-horizon-the-future-workforce-in-the-age-of-microcapitalism-and-automation/) ### **Ethical decision-making and moral responsibility** AI agents making autonomous decisions raise ethical concerns about responsibility and moral judgment. Who is accountable for AI-driven decisions in critical applications such as autonomous weapons or medical diagnostics? Developers, organizations, and regulators must establish clear ethical guidelines, ensuring AI aligns with human values and legal norms. ### **AI alignment and safety** Ensuring that agentic AI systems align with human intentions and values is a complex challenge. Misaligned AI could act in ways that contradict societal norms or business objectives. Research in AI alignment focuses on developing models that understand and prioritize human goals while preventing unintended behaviors that could cause harm. ## **The future of agentic AI** Agentic AI is set to revolutionize industries by increasing automation, improving decision-making, and enhancing efficiency. As AI becomes more autonomous, businesses and policymakers must proactively address its challenges while leveraging its potential. With ethical considerations and responsible development, agentic AI can drive innovation and create a more innovative, adaptive future. ### **The integration of agentic AI across industries** The adoption of agentic AI will continue to expand, transforming how industries operate. In healthcare, AI-driven assistants will collaborate with doctors, analyzing patient data in real time and recommending tailored treatments. AI autonomously manages portfolios in finance, detecting opportunities and risks far beyond human capabilities. The transportation sector will witness a shift toward fully autonomous logistics networks, optimizing supply chains from production to delivery without human intervention. ### **Evolving AI-human collaboration** Future AI systems will enhance human productivity rather than replace workers entirely. AI will take over repetitive, data-heavy tasks, allowing humans to focus on creativity, strategic thinking, and interpersonal roles. Organizations will implement AI-assisted decision-making systems, where AI provides recommendations, but final decisions remain with human operators. This dynamic partnership will help bridge AI’s efficiency with human intuition. ### **Advancements in AI self-learning and adaptation** As AI research progresses, self-learning capabilities will become even more sophisticated. Future agentic AI will refine its ability to self-improve, correct errors, and develop new problem-solving strategies without human intervention. Technologies like meta-learning and transfer learning will allow AI systems to adapt knowledge from one domain to another, expanding their capabilities beyond specialized functions. ### **Regulatory and ethical frameworks will evolve** Governments and organizations must establish comprehensive regulations to ensure AI operates within ethical boundaries. Policies on data privacy, AI accountability, and transparency will shape how AI is deployed. Expect increased global collaboration to create unified AI governance models, ensuring agentic AI development remains beneficial to humanity rather than a disruptive force. ### **The road to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)** While agentic AI today focuses on specific tasks, the long-term trajectory points toward artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI that can perform any intellectual task a human can. As agentic AI systems become more advanced, they will develop broader reasoning capabilities, generalization skills, and common-sense understanding, inching closer to AGI. Researchers are working on techniques to ensure AGI remains aligned with human values and goals. ### What is generative AI? And how does it work? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T11:47:06.000Z Generative artificial intelligence (AI) lets users quickly create new content based on a wide variety of inputs. These can be text, images, animation, sounds, 3D models, and more. These systems use neural networks to identify patterns in existing data, producing fresh and unique content. One significant advancement in generative AI is the capacity to utilize various learning methods, like unsupervised or semi-supervised learning, during training. This allows individuals to efficiently use vast amounts of unlabeled data to construct foundation models. These models serve as the groundwork for multifunctional AI systems. ## How do you evaluate generative AI models? There are three main requirements of a successful generative AI model: ### 1\. Quality Mainly important for applications that interact with users directly, a high-quality generation output is vital. In speech generation, for example, having poor speech quality means it’ll be difficult to understand, and in image generation, outputs need to be visually indistinguishable from natural images. ### 2\. Diversity Good generative AI models can capture minority modes in their data distribution without compromising on quality. This leads to a minimization of undesired biases in learned models. ### 3\. Speed A wide variety of interactive applications need fast generation, like real-time image editing for content creation workflows. ## How do you develop generative AI models? There are several types of generative models; combining their positive attributes will lead to even more powerful models: ### Diffusion models Also known as denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs), these determine vectors in latent space through a two-step process when in training. 1. **Forward diffusion.** This process slowly adds random noise to training data. 2. **Reverse diffusion.** This process reverses the noise and reconstructs data samples. New data is created by running the reverse denoising process from entirely random noise. Diffusion models can, however, take longer to train than variational autoencoder (VAE) models. But the two-step process allows for hundreds, and even an infinite number, of layers to be trained, meaning diffusion models tend to offer the highest quality of output when you’re building generative AI models. Also categorized as foundation models, diffusion models are large-scale, they’re flexible, and tend to be the best for generalized use cases. Their reverse sampling process does, however, make running them a slow and lengthy process. ### Variational autoencoders (VAE) models Consisting of two neural networks: the encoder and the decoder. When VAE models are given an input, the encoder converts it into a smaller and denser representation of the data. The compressed representation of data keeps the information needed for a decoder to then reconstruct the original input data while discarding anything irrelevant. Both encoder and decoder work together to learn a simple and efficient latent data representation, allowing users to sample new latent representations that can be mapped through the decoder to create new data. VAE models can create outputs, like images for example, faster but they won’t be as detailed as the ones from diffusion models. [Variational autoencoders simply explainedOur ability to draw, write, and innovate is rivalled by no other species. It’s what has allowed us to become as advanced as we are today. But soon, we might not be the only ones with the skill of creativity. Computers are catching up, and they’re catching up fast.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-42.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAyan Nair![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1597600159211-d6c104f408d1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/variational-autoencoders-simply-explained/) ### Generative adversarial network (GAN) models Before diffusion models, GANs were the most commonly used methodology. These models place two neural networks against each other. 1. **Generator.** Creates new examples. 2. **Discriminator.** Learns to separate created content as real or fake. GANs can offer high-quality samples and they often create outputs quickly; the sample diversity, however, is weak, and GANs are better suited for domain-specific data generation. ## ChatGPT Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT allows users to have free access to basic artificial intelligence content generation. Its premium subscription, ChatGPT Plus, is marketed to users who need extra processing power and want early access to new features. ### **Key features** - Language fluency - Personalized interactions - Conversational context - Language translation - Natural language understanding - Completion and suggestion of text - Open-domain conversations ### **Use cases** - Chatbot - Content generation ### **Pros** - A free version for the general public - Offers more accurate answers and natural interactions - The API lets developers embed a ChatGPT functionality into apps and products ### **Cons** - Can’t access data after September 2021, but plugins may help fix this issue - Can be prone to errors and misuse ### **Pricing** - A free version is available - Paid membership: begins at $0.002 per 1,000 prompt tokens ### GPT-4 It creates human-like text responses to both word prompts and questions. Each response is unique, allowing you to enter the same query as many times as you want and get different responses every time. The latest version of this large language model, GPT-4, has been marketed as more accurate and inventive than its previous iterations while being safer and more stable. ### **Key features** - Multilingual ability - Human-level performance - 100 trillion parameters - Enhance steerability - Image input ability - Factual performance improved ### **Use case** - Large language model ### **Pros** - A cost-effective solution - Consistent and reliable time saver - GPT-4 has more extensive safety checks and training than previous versions ### **Cons** - Can have biases - Can provide wrong answers - Image inputs unavailable for public use ### **Pricing** - A free version is available - $0.03 per 1,000 prompt tokens - $0.06 per 1,000 completion tokens - Paid membership: $20/month [ChatGPT vs Bard: What are the top key differences?We’re taking a look at Bard vs ChatGPT and their key differences like technology, internet connection, and training data.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-43.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1686191567720-68f6981e9ad4-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/) ### What’s the difference between GPT and ChatGPT? **ChatGPT is the app and GPT is the brain behind it.** Simply put, this is the difference between GPT and ChatGPT. For efficiency purposes, in this report, we use ChatGPT as a blanket term for OpenAI’s offerings. ## Bard Both a content generation tool and a chatbot, Bard was developed by Google. It uses LaMDA, which is a transformer-based model, and it’s often seen as ChatGPT’s counterpart. By May 10, Google opened up access to Bard for everyone and added functionalities such as image processing, coding features, and app integration. This enabled a broad spectrum of users, including developers and marketers from around the globe, to leverage Bard for their professional tasks. Unlike ChatGPT, which has an information cutoff in September 2021, Google Bard has live internet connectivity, allowing it to provide real-time information. According to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, Bard strives to merge the expansive knowledge of the world with the capabilities of large language models, generating high-quality responses by sourcing information from the web. Notably, Google currently views Bard as an ongoing experiment. ### **Key features** - Rating system for user responses - Can help with tasks related to software development and programming - Built on LaMDA - Available through individual Google accounts ### **Use cases** - Chatbot - Content generation ### **Pros** - Pre-tested extensively - A transparent and ethical approach to AI development ### **Cons** - Only available in English - Not available through Google accounts managed by a Google Workspace admin - No conversational history ### **Pricing** - Free ## Midjourney Midjourney stands as a cutting-edge AI art interface, tapping into generative algorithms to fuel artistic creativity. It helps artists to create distinct and captivating pieces, capitalizing on advanced machine learning methodologies. Offering both art prompts and ideas, Midjourney can even mold full-fledged artworks in response to user preferences. Its intricate neural network has been shaped by comprehensively studying a variety of artistic datasets, paintings, sketches, and photos. Midjourney appeals to a diverse audience, from seasoned artists who want a fresh point of view to novices wanting to get started. ### **Key features** - High-resolution images - Great image composition - Collaborative potential - Professional applications of images ### **Pros** - Endless prompt generation - Offers big style diversity - Efficient iteration ### **Cons** - High usage costs - Platform not as user-friendly as other options ### **Pricing** - Basic: $10 per month, 3.3 fast hours - Standard: $30 per month, 15 fast hours per month - Pro: $60 per month, 30 fast hours - Mega: $120 per month, 60 fast hours ## How generative AI can impact your work ## Speed Thanks to its capability of producing and assisting in decision-making across several areas, generative AI can considerably speed up work processes in companies. It enhances human input and makes sure that time-consuming tasks are completed in a fraction of the time it typically takes. With artificial intelligence technologies progressively being integrated into workplaces, we can reasonably expect that businesses will operate at an even quicker pace, which will make adaptability and speed essential for success. Let’s take a look at ways in which generative AI can help speed up work processes: ### 1\. Improving decision-making Generative AI can quickly analyze large amounts of data to produce insights or suggestions. In finance, for example, AI can generate investment strategies by considering thousands of data points and trends much quicker than a human analyst could. This leads to faster and potentially more accurate decisions. ### 2\. Enhancing creativity and design When it comes to architecture or product design, generative AI can produce multiple design variations in minutes according to project needs. This means designers can quickly iterate and refine ideas, cutting down the time traditionally required in the design phase. ### 3\. Streamlining content creation Generative AI can draft articles, generate graphics, or produce video content at an impressive speed. This quick content-generation ability can be particularly useful for industries like journalism, advertising, and entertainment. ### 4\. Providing instant answers to customers AI chatbots can offer real-time answers to customer queries, which greatly reduces or even eliminates wait times. Whether it's helping with troubleshooting, product information, or general inquiries, immediate feedback enhances customer experience. ### 5\. Speeding up research and development In sectors like biotechnology, for example, AI can predict molecule interactions or simulate experiments at a much quicker rate than traditional methods. This means reduced time-to-market for new drugs or materials. ### 6\. Increasing task automation efficiency Tasks like data entry, scheduling, and basic administrative duties can be completed faster and more efficiently using generative AI. When these repetitive tasks are addressed quickly, businesses can focus on more complex and strategic endeavors. ### 7\. Completing real-time forecasting Generative AI can rapidly predict market trends, customer preferences, or inventory needs. This instant forecasting helps businesses to make swift decisions, adjust marketing strategies, or manage stock. ### 8\. Generating training modules AI-based training programs can be generated based on individual needs, which makes sure that employees are brought up to speed faster. Through this tailored content, training durations are minimized, and efficiency is boosted. ### 9\. Speeding up recruitment processes Generative AI can quickly screen candidate profiles, matching skills and qualifications with job requirements. This speeds up the shortlisting process and helps companies hire employees faster, which reduces vacant position downtimes. ### 10\. Enhancing cybersecurity AI systems can detect and neutralize threats in real-time, making sure that business operations are uninterrupted. A fast response to potential threats leads to less downtime and swift work processes. [Transforming cybersecurity with AIDiscover how AI is transforming cybersecurity from both a defensive and adversarial perspective, featuring Palo Alto Networks’ CPO Lee Klarich.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-44.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLee Klarich![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/meta-images--43---1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) ## Writing software Generative AI's role in software development is paving the way for faster, more efficient, and more intuitive software creation processes. This technology can significantly improve writing, testing, and optimizing software, leading to a transformation in how software is conceptualized, developed, and deployed. Let's have a look at how generative AI is changing software development: ### 1\. Generating and auto-completing code This technology can help developers by auto-generating bits of code based on context. By understanding the objective and the existing code structure, AI can suggest or even write snippets, which speeds up the development process. ### 2\. Detecting bugs By analyzing big code repositories, generative AI models can easily predict where bugs could happen – and even suggest potential fixes. This proactive approach can lead to more stable software and reduce debugging time. ### 3\. Testing software AI can simulate a variety of user behaviors and scenarios to help test software. This makes sure that comprehensive testing is completed in a fraction of the time, which provides strong and reliable software applications. ### 4\. Providing API integrations Generative AI can help with the integration of many APIs by understanding their documentation and generating appropriate integration code, simplifying the process of adding new functionalities to applications. ### 5\. Enhancing user interface (UI) design Generative design tools can create multiple UI variations based on given parameters. Developers and designers can streamline the UI creation process by choosing or iterating from these designs. ### 6\. Providing personalized user experience (UX) Generative AI tools can analyze user behavior and feedback, suggesting or even implementing UX improvements so the software can then be adapted to meet individual user needs and preferences. ### 7\. Managing and optimizing databases Artificial intelligence can help with structuring, querying, and optimizing databases. When predicting potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies, AI can ensure straightforward and efficient data operations. ### 8\. Improving security Generative AI can simulate cyber-attacks or probe software for vulnerabilities. This helps developers strengthen their applications, as they can understand and predict potential security flaws. ## Content creation These technologies are reshaping the daily work process content landscape, as they provide quick, tailored, and efficient content generation. This lets professionals focus on creative or strategic aspects of their tasks. As artificial intelligence keeps evolving, its integration into everyday work tasks is likely to become even more prevalent, simplifying the content generation process and enhancing overall productivity. Let's explore how this technology makes content generation easier for everyday tasks and operations: ### 1\. Drafting reports and documents Generative AI can quickly draft reports, summaries, or other documents based on provided data or guidelines. Because you don’t start from scratch and have a foundational draft, you can refine it as needed and streamline your work. ### 2\. Content personalization for marketing Generative AI can greatly help in analyzing user preferences and behavior. It can tailor content to individual users by creating personalized email campaigns or customized product recommendations on e-commerce platforms. ### 3\. Automated journalism For news outlets and publishers, artificial intelligence can draft news articles or updates, especially for repetitive content like sports scores or financial updates. This lets human journalists focus on in-depth analyses and features. ### 4\. Graphic design Generative AI tools can generate a variety of visual content, from website banners to product mock-ups. For daily tasks, like social media posts, AI can deliver many design options, easing the rapid content roll-out. ### 5\. Research summaries AI can process large amounts of literature or data to generate summaries or insights in academia. Instead of filtering through numerous papers, professionals can receive a condensed overview, which accelerates the research process. ### 6\. Email writing Drafting emails, proposals, or other communications is much faster with generative AI. The technology uses key points or themes to give users a well-structured draft, streamlining daily communication tasks. ### 7\. Educational content For trainers, educators, or e-learning platforms, AI can generate quizzes, assignments, or study summaries based on provided course material. ### 8\. Article creation For content-based websites, generative AI can create article drafts, topic suggestions, or even SEO-optimized content. This can be especially useful for maintaining daily content schedules. ### 9\. Social media management Social media managers can use artificial intelligence to create post captions, responses to comments, or content suggestions based on trends. This means you can have consistent engagement without needing continuous manual input. ### 10\. Meeting notes and minutes AI tools can process recordings or notes to create succinct minutes or action points. This reduces administrative load after meetings and helps participants have a clear understanding of what was discussed. ## Cost reduction Through using generative AI, businesses can have a competitive advantage by innovating and saving on costs. With automating, optimizing, and predicting, companies can easily streamline operations, reduce waste, and make sure they get the best value for their outgoings. AI technology keeps evolving, meaning that its potential for cost savings will only grow. Here are a few ways that AI can help companies save on costs: ### 1\. Product design and prototyping Generative AI can create many design alternatives by defining specific constraints and parameters. Designers can use AI to rapidly generate hundreds of options in seconds instead of days or even weeks, which reduces both time and material costs. ### 2\. Content creation Generating content, such as advertising, web designs, or articles, can be a resource-intensive process. Generative AI models can generate human-like text, images, or even videos. The automation of part of the content creation process helps businesses drastically reduce the costs associated with hiring multiple content creators, graphic designers, and videographers. ### 3\. Personalization and customer engagement Generative AI tools can create personalized content for users based on their preferences and behavior. This personalization improves user engagement and can result in higher conversion rates. ### 4\. Repetitive task automation A variety of businesses face the challenge of repetitive and mundane tasks, like data entry, report generation, and simple customer service inquiries. Generative AI can automate these processes, leading to significant savings in labor costs and increasing overall employee efficiency. ### 5\. Enhanced research and development Generative AI models can help with drug discovery, materials science, and other sectors with intensive research and development. By predicting molecular structures, testing potential scenarios, or simulating experiments, AI can severely minimize the number of physical tests required, which accelerates timelines and saves on costs. ### 6\. Customer service and support Generative AI-powered chatbots can handle a wide range of customer inquiries without employee intervention. These systems can offer instant answers at any time of day, which leads to improved customer satisfaction while drastically reducing the need for large customer service teams working around the clock. ### 7\. Improved forecasting Generative AI can be used to simulate different business scenarios, which helps companies to make better-informed decisions about inventory management, sales strategies, and more. By accurately predicting demand or potential business disruptions, companies can reduce waste, avoid overstocking, and optimize supply chains. ### 8\. Training and education By using Generative AI to create personalized learning paths for employees, businesses don’t need to invest heavily in training programs, seminars, or courses. These AI-driven platforms can adapt to each individual's learning pace and needs, reducing the time and cost of training. ### 9\. Recruitment and human resources Screening candidates, processing applications, and performing initial interviews can be time-consuming and expensive. Generative AI tools can analyze large amounts of applications, predict the fit between candidates and jobs, and even automate the initial communication between companies and applicants. ### 10\. Enhancing cybersecurity Generative AI can simulate cyberattacks and help companies identify vulnerabilities in their systems. This proactive approach can prevent expensive breaches and make sure there aren’t any interruptions in business continuity. AI-driven systems can also monitor networks in real time, identifying and countering threats faster than human-only teams. ## Increased personalization The increasing integration of generative AI into personalization is changing how businesses and platforms interact with and serve their users. By offering highly tailored experiences, products, and services, companies can enhance user satisfaction and encourage deeper loyalty and trust. Here's how this technology enhances personalization: ### 1\. E-commerce experience Generative AI can tailor the shopping experience by analyzing user behavior, preferences, and purchase history. It can also recommend products, offer personalized discounts, or even generate custom product designs, making online shopping a better experience according to individual preferences. [Taking eCommerce to the next level with AIYou need an edge to get ahead. And according to Preethy Ann Kochummen, Senior Director of Marketing & PR at Argoid, that edge could come from AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-45.png)AI Accelerator InstituteWill Whitham![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1525338078858-d762b5e32f2c)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/taking-ecommerce-to-the-next-level-with-ai/) ### 2\. Content recommendations Streaming platforms and social media platforms, for example, can use generative AI to curate content feeds. By understanding user preferences, these platforms can offer highly relevant content, such as articles or posts to improve user engagement. ### 3\. Learning and education Students can have a more personalized learning path with generative AI. The technology can assess students’ strengths, weaknesses, and learning paces, offering tailored lessons, assignments, or resources for optimal learning outcomes. ### 4\. Marketing and advertising Companies can use generative AI to create personalized marketing messages, email campaigns, or advertisements. Understanding individual user demographics, interests, and behaviors, helps to make marketing more effective. ### 5\. Health and fitness Generative AI can create custom workout plans, diet charts, or even mental health exercises by analyzing a person's health data, goals, and preferences. This leads to a more effective and sustainable wellness journey. ### 6\. Customer support Chatbots and support systems powered by generative AI can offer personalized solutions based on a user's past interactions, purchase history, and preferences, for faster and better issue resolution. ### 7\. Product development Companies can use generative AI to analyze customer feedback, reviews, and preferences to design products or services. Products can then meet market demand and resonate with target audiences. ### 8\. Financial services Banks and financial institutions can utilize generative AI to offer personalized financial advice, investment strategies, or loan options based on individual financial behavior, needs, and goals. ### 9\. Event planning Generative AI can create personalized event agendas, travel itineraries, or experiences. It can help plan a city tour based on interests or other more personalized ideas according to every individual user. ### 10\. User interface and experience (UI/UX) Generative AI can adapt and redesign software or website interfaces based on user behavior. This offers users a smoother, more intuitive, and more engaging digital experience. # 5 uses of generative AI tools ### Audio applications Generative AI audio models use machine learning techniques, artificial intelligence, and algorithms to create new sounds from existing data. This data can include musical scores, environmental sounds, audio recordings, or speech-to-sound effects. After the models are trained, they can create new audio that’s original and unique. Each model uses different types of prompts to generate audio content, which can be: - Environmental data - MIDI data - User input in real-time - Text prompts - Existing audio recordings There are several applications of generative AI audio models: ### 1\. Data sonification Models can convert complex data patterns into auditory representations, which lets analysts and researchers understand and explore data through sound. This can be applied to scientific research, data visualization, and exploratory data analysis. ### 2\. Interactive audio experiences Creating interactive and dynamic audio experiences, models can generate adaptive soundtracks for virtual reality environments and video games. The models can also respond to environmental changes or user inputs to improve engagement and immersion. ### 3\. Music generation and composition Creating musical accompaniment or composing original music pieces is easy for these models; they can learn styles and patterns from existing compositions to generate rhythms, melodies, and harmonies. ### 4\. Audio enhancement and restoration You can restore and enhance audio recordings with generative AI, which lets you reduce noise, improve the overall quality of sound, and remove artifacts. This is useful in audio restoration for archival purposes. ### 5\. Sound effects creation and synthesis Models can enable the synthesis of unique and realistic sounds, like instruments, abstract soundscapes, and environmental effects. They can create sounds that copy real-world audio or completely new audio experiences. ### 6\. Audio captioning and transcription Helping to automate speech-to-text transcription and audio captioning, models can greatly improve accessibility in several media formats like podcasts, videos, and even live events. ### 7\. Speech synthesis and voice cloning You can clone someone’s voice through generative AI models and create speech that sounds exactly like them. This can be useful for audiobook narration, voice assistants, and voice-over production. ### 8\. Personalized audio content Through the use of generative AI models, you can create personalized audio content tailored to individual preferences. This can range from ambient soundscapes to personalized playlists or even AI-generated podcasts. [Driving efficiency in AI: Cost-effective ways to speed up your applicationsThis presentation was given by Anna Connolly (VP, Customer Success, OctoML) and Bassem Yacoube (Solutions Architect, OctoML) at the Computer Vision Summit in Jan Jose, April 2023.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-46.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAnna Connolly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1579621970795-87facc2f976d)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications/) ### How do generative AI audio models work? Like other AI systems, generative audio models train on vast data sets to generate fresh audio outputs. The specific training method can differ based on the architecture of each model. Let's take a look at how this is generally done by exploring two distinct models: WaveNet and GANs. **WaveNet** Created by Google DeepMind, WaveNet is a generative audio model grounded on deep neural networks. Using dilated convolutions, it creates great-quality audio by referencing previous audio samples. It can produce lifelike speech and music, finding applications in speech synthesis, audio enhancement, and audio style adaptation. Its operational flow consists of: - **Waveform sampling.** WaveNet starts with an input waveform, usually a sequence of audio samples, processed through multiple convolutional layers. - **Dilated convolution.** To recognize long-spanning dependencies in audio waveforms, WaveNet employs dilated convolutional layers. The dilation magnitude sets the receptive field's size in the convolutional layer, helping the model distinguish extended patterns. - **Autoregressive model.** Functioning autoregressively, WaveNet sequentially generates audio samples, each influenced by its predecessors. It then forecasts the likelihood of the upcoming sample based on prior ones. - **Sampling mechanism.** To draw audio samples from the model's predicted probability distribution, WaveNet adopts a softmax sampling approach, ensuring varied and realistic audio output. - **Training protocol.** The model undergoes training using a maximum possibility estimation technique, which is designed to increase the training data's probability when it comes to the model's parameters. **Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)** A GAN encompasses two neural networks: a generator for creating audio samples and a discriminator for judging their authenticity. Here's an overview: - **Architecture.** GANs are structured with a generator and discriminator. The former ingests a random noise vector, outputting an audio sample, while the latter evaluates the audio's authenticity. - **Training dynamics.** The generator creates audio samples from random noise during training and the discriminator's task is to categorize them. Working together, the generator refines its output to appear genuine to the discriminator, and this synchronization is executed by reducing the binary cross-entropy loss between the discriminator's findings and the actual labels of each sample. - **Adversarial loss.** GANs aim to reduce the adversarial loss, which is the gap between real audio sample distributions and fake ones. This minimization rotates between the generator's enhancements for more authentic output and the discriminator's improvements in differentiating real from generated audio. - **Audio applications.** GANs have various audio purposes, such as music creation, audio style modulation, and audio rectification. For music creation, the generator refines itself to form new musical outputs. For style modulation, it adapts the style from one sample to another. For rectification, it's trained to eliminate noise or imperfections. ## Text applications Artificial intelligence text generators use AI to create written copy, which can be helpful for applications like website content creation, report and article generation, social media post creation, and more. By using existing data, these artificial intelligence text generators can make sure that content fits tailored interests. They also help with providing recommendations on what someone will most be interested in, from products to information. There are several applications of generative AI text models: ### 1\. Language translation These models can be used to improve language translation services, as they can analyze large volumes of text and generate accurate translations in real time. This helps to enhance communication across different languages. ### 2\. Content creation Perhaps one of the most popular applications, content creation refers to blog posts, social media posts, product descriptions, and more. Models are trained on large amounts of data and can produce high-quality content very quickly. ### 3\. Summarization Helpful for text summarization, models provide concise and easy-to-read versions of information by highlighting the most important points. This is useful when it comes to summarizing research papers, books, blog posts, and other long-form content. ### 4\. Chatbot and virtual assistants Both virtual assistants and chatbots use text generation models to be able to interact with users in a conversational way. These assistants can understand user queries and offer relevant answers, alongside providing personalized information and assistance. ### 5\. SEO-optimized content Text generators can help to optimize text for search engines. They can decide on the meta description, headline, and even keywords. You can easily find out the most search topics and their keyword volumes to make sure you have the best-ranking URLs. ### How do generative AI text models work? AI-driven content generators use natural language processing (NLP) and natural language generation (NLG) techniques to create text. These tools offer the advantage of improving enterprise data, tailoring content based on user interactions, and crafting individualized product descriptions. **Algorithmic structure and training** Content-based on NLG is crafted and structured by algorithms. These are typically text-generation algorithms that undergo an initial phase of unsupervised learning. During this phase, a language transformer model immerses itself in vast datasets, extracting a variety of insights. By training on extensive data, the model becomes skilled in creating precise vector representations. This helps in predicting words, phrases, and larger textual blocks with heightened context awareness. **Evolution from RNNs to transformers** While Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) have been a traditional choice for deep learning, they often have difficulty in modeling extended contexts. This shortcoming comes from the vanishing gradient problem. This issue happens when deep networks, either feed-forward or recurrent, find it difficult to relay information from the output layers back to the initial layers. This leads to multi-layered models either failing to train efficiently on specific datasets or settling prematurely for less-than-ideal solutions. Transformers emerged as a solution to this dilemma. With the increase in data volume and architectural complexity, transformers provide advantages like parallel processing capabilities. They’re experienced at recognizing long patterns, which leads to stronger and more nuanced language models. Simplified, the steps to text generation look like this: - **Data collection and pre-processing.** Text data gathering, cleaning, and tokenization into smaller units for model inputs. - **Model training.** The model is trained on token sequences, and it adjusts its parameters in order to predict the next token in a sequence according to the previous ones. - **Generation.** After the model is trained, it can create new text by predicting one token at a time based on the provided seed sequence and on tokens that were previously generated. - **Decoding strategies.** You can use different strategies, such as beam search, op-k/top-p sampling, or greedy coding to choose the next token. - **Fine-tuning.** The pre-trained models are regularly adjusted on particular tasks or domains to improve performance. ## Conversational applications Conversational AI focuses on helping the natural language conversations between humans and AI systems. Leveraging technology like NLG and Natural Language Understanding (NLU), it allows for seamless interactions. There are several applications of generative AI conversational models: ### 1\. Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Conversational AI uses sophisticated NLU techniques to understand and interpret the meanings behind user statements and queries. Through analyzing intent, context, and entities in user inputs, conversational AI can then extract important information to generate appropriate answers. ### 2\. Speech recognition Conversational AI systems use advanced algorithms to transform spoken language into text. This lets the systems understand and process user inputs in the form of voice or speech commands. ### 3\. Natural language generation (NLG) To generate human-like answers in real time, conversational AI systems use NLG techniques. By taking advantage of pre-defined templates, neural networks, or machine learning models, the systems can create meaningful and contextually appropriate answers to queries. [Superintelligent language models: A new era of artificial cognitionThe rise of large language models (LLMs) is pushing the boundaries of AI, sparking new debates on the future and ethics of artificial general intelligence.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-47.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBrendan Byrne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/) ### 4\. Dialogue management Using strong dialogue management algorithms, conversational AI systems can maintain a context-aware and coherent conversation. The algorithms allow AI systems to understand and answer user inputs in a natural and human-like way. ### How do generative AI conversational models work? Backed by underlying deep neural networks and machine learning, a typical conversational AI flow involves: - An interface that lets users input text into the system or automatic speech recognition, which is a user interface that transforms speech into text. - Natural language processing extracts users’ intent from text or audio input, translating text into structured data. - Natural language understanding processes data based on context, grammar, and meaning to better understand entity and intent. It also helps it to act as a dialogue management unit in order to build appropriate answers. - An AI model predicts the best answer for users according to the intent and the models’ training data. Natural language generation infers from the processes above to form an appropriate answer to interact with humans. ## Data augmentation Through using artificial intelligence algorithms, especially generative models, you can create new, synthetic data points that can be added to an already existing dataset. This is typically used in machine learning and deep learning applications to enhance model performance, achieved by increasing both the size and the diversity of the training data. Data augmentation can help to overcome challenges of imbalance or limited datasets. By creating new data points similar to the original data, data scientists can make sure that models are stronger and better at generalizing unseen data. Generative AI models like Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are promising for the generation of high-quality synthetic data. They learn the underlying distribution of input data and are able to create new samples that very closely resemble the original data points **Variational Autoencoders (VAEs)** Type of generative model that utilizes an encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder learns a lower-dimensional representation (latent space) of the input data and the decoder rebuilds the input data from the latent space. VAEs force a probabilistic structure on the latent space that lets them create new data points by sampling from learned distribution. These models are useful for data augmentation tasks with input data that has a complex structure, like text or images. **Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)** Consisting of two neural networks, a discriminator and a generator, that are simultaneously trained. The generator creates synthetic data points and the discriminator assesses the quality of the created data by comparing it to the original data. Both the generator and the discriminator compete against each other, with the generator attempting to create realistic data points to deceive the discriminator. The discriminator tries to accurately tell apart real and generated data, and as the training progresses, the generator gets better at producing high-quality synthetic data. There are several applications of generative AI data augmentation models: ### 1\. Medical imaging The generation of synthetic medical imaging like MRI scans or X-rays helps to increase the size of training datasets and enhance diagnostic model performance. ### 2\. Natural language processing (NLP) Creating new text samples by changing existing sentences, like replacing words with synonyms, adding noise, or changing word order. This can help enhance the performance of machine translation models, text classification, and sentiment analysis. ### 3\. Computer vision The enhancement of image datasets by creating new images with different transformations, like translations, rotations, and scaling. Can help to enhance the performance of object detection, image classification, and segmentation models. ### 4\. Time series analysis Generating synthetic time series data by modeling underlying patterns and creating new sequences with similar characteristics, which can help enhance the performance of anomaly detection, time series forecasting, and classification models. ### 5\. Autonomous systems Creating synthetic sensor data for autonomous vehicles and drones allows the safe and extensive training of artificial intelligence systems without including real-world risks. ### 6\. Robotics Generating both synthetic objects and scenes lets robots be trained for tasks like navigation and manipulation in virtual environments before they’re deployed into the real world. ### How do generative AI data augmentation models work? Augmented data derives from original data with minor changes and synthetic data is artificially generated without using the original dataset. The latter often uses GANs and deep neural networks (DNNs) in order to generate synthetic data. There are a few data augmentation techniques: **Text data augmentation** 1. **Sentence or word shuffling.** Change the position of a sentence or word randomly. 2. **Word replacement.** You can replace words with synonyms. 3. **Syntax-tree manipulation.** Paraphrase the sentence by using the same word. 4. **Random word insertion.** Add words at random. 5. **Random word deletion.** Remove words at random. **Audio data augmentation** 1. **Noise injection.** Add random or Gaussian noise to audio datasets to enhance model performance. 2. **Shifting.** Shift the audio left or right with random seconds. 3. **Changing speed.** Stretches the times series by a fixed rate. 4. **Changing pitch.** Change the audio pitch randomly. **Image data augmentation** 1. **Color space transformations.** Change the RGB color channels, brightness, and contrast randomly. 2. **Image mixing.** Blend and mix multiple images. 3. **Geometric transformations.** Crop, zoom, flip, rotate, and stretch images randomly; however, be careful when applying various transformations on the same images, as it can reduce the model’s performance. 4. **Random erasing.** Remove part of the original image. 5. **Kernel filters.** Change the blurring or sharpness of the image randomly. ## Visual/video applications Generative AI is becoming increasingly important for video applications due to its ability to produce, modify, and analyze video content in ways that were previously impractical or impossible. With the growing use of generative AI for video applications, however, some ethical concerns arise. Deep Fakes, for example, have been used in malicious ways, and there's a growing need for tools to detect and counteract them. Authenticity verification, informed consent for using someone's likeness, and potential impacts on jobs in the video production industry are just some of the challenges that still need to be navigated. There are several applications of generative AI video models: ### 1\. Content creation Generative models can be used to create original video content, such as animations, visual effects, or entire scenes. This is especially important for filmmakers or advertisers on a tight budget who might not be able to afford extensive CGI or live-action shoots. ### 2\. Video enhancement Generative models can upscale low-resolution videos to higher resolutions, fill in missing frames to smooth out videos, or restore old or damaged video footage. ### 3\. Personalized content Generative AI can change videos to fit individual preferences or requirements. For example, a scene could be adjusted to show a viewer's name on a signboard, or a product that the viewer had previously expressed interest in. ### 4\. Virtual reality and gaming Generative AI can be used to generate realistic, interactive environments or characters. This offers the potential for more dynamic and responsive worlds in games or virtual reality experiences. ### 5\. Training Due to its ability to create diverse and realistic scenarios, generative AI is great for training purposes. It can generate various road scenarios for driver training or medical scenarios for training healthcare professionals. ### 6\. Data augmentation For video-based machine learning projects, sometimes there isn't enough data. Generative models can create additional video data that's similar but not identical to the existing dataset, which enhances the robustness of the trained models. ### 7\. Video compression Generative models can help in executing more efficient video compression techniques by learning to reproduce high-quality videos from compressed representations. ### 8\. Interactive content Generative models can be used in interactive video installations or experiences, where the video content responds to user inputs in real time. ### 9\. Marketing and advertising Companies can use generative AI to create personalized video ads for viewers or to quickly generate multiple versions of a video advertisement for A/B testing. ### 10\. Video synthesis from other inputs Generative AI can produce video clips from textual descriptions or other types of inputs, allowing for new ways of storytelling or visualization techniques. [How video game development is fueling the rise of AIExplore how video game development is driving AI forward. From games consoles to supercomputers, witness the transformative power of GPUs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-48.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJack J. McCauley![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/meta-images--14--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/video-games-and-the-rise-of-ai/) ### How do generative AI video models work? Generative video models are computer programs that create new videos based on existing ones. They learn from video collections and generate new videos that look both unique and realistic. With practical applications in virtual reality, film, and video game development, generative video models can be used for content creation, video synthesis, and special effects generation. Creating a generative video model involves: **Preparing video data** The first step includes gathering a varied set of videos reflecting the kind of output to produce. Streamlining and refining this collection by discarding any unrelated or subpar content guarantees both quality and relevancy. The data must then be organized into separate sets for training and validating the model's performance. **Choosing the right generative model** Picking an appropriate architecture for generating videos is vital. Potential choices include Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) or Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The options are: - **Variational Autoencoders (VAEs).** These models acquire a latent understanding of videos and then craft new sequences by pulling samples from this acquired latent domain. - **Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).** These models consist of a generator and discriminator that work in tandem to produce lifelike videos. - **Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs).** Models adept at recognizing time-based patterns in videos, producing sequences grounded in these identified patterns. - **Conditional generative models.** These models create videos based on specific given attributes or data. Factors like computational needs, intricacy, and project-specific demands need to be taken into account when selecting. **Training process for the video generation model** The structure and hyperparameters for the selected generative model are outlined. The curated video data teaches the model, aiming to create both believable and varied video sequences. The model's efficacy needs to be checked consistently using the validation dataset. **Refining the output** If needed, the generated sequences need to be adjusted to uplift their clarity and continuity. Employ various enhancement techniques, such as diminishing noise, stabilizing the video, or adjusting colors. **Assessment and optimization of the model** The produced videos need to be examined by using multiple criteria, like their visual appeal, authenticity, and variety. Opinions from specialized users or experts can be helpful in gauging the utility and efficiency of the video-generating model. **Putting the model to use** If everything is working as it should, the model can be launched to produce new video sequences. The video generation model can be utilized in diverse areas, including video creation, special cinematic effects, or immersive experiences in virtual reality. ### Revolutionize business onboarding processes in the AI era URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/revolutionize-business-onboarding-processes-in-the-ai-era-kyb-solution/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:48:46.000Z Manual verification, checking, and onboarding are things of the past. Nowadays, with the emergence of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) technology, almost all operations have become streamlined and automated. Pre-trained algorithms of artificial intelligence and machine learning help organizations reduce manual efforts, which are time-consuming and not free from errors. Human beings can commit mistakes for being fatigued or under workload pressures. However, AI technology is free from fatigue and workload pressure, and automated checks perform quick actions with just a single click. Therefore, companies have now replaced manual processes with automated ones and are moving toward a streamlined process for all operations. Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the business onboarding process and enables organizations to streamline their operations regarding partnerships, investments, and other kinds of collaborations with other entities. This article will highlight the role of AI technology in business onboarding and will explain how it has revolutionized the process. ## How can AI revolutionize the onboarding process? Companies have to deal with customers, employees, and other organizations for various purposes. There is a need for a streamlined process for onboarding. Before allowing access to entities on board, it is necessary to verify their authenticity and legitimacy and it is a major part of the onboarding process. Traditionally, companies verify entities manually, and perform all the steps included in the onboarding process with human efforts. Employees collect various documents, analyze them, verify them, and then onboard entities. However, it is no longer needed, companies can now verify entities remotely and streamline their onboarding process. They can simply employ artificial intelligence technology to streamline mind verification and the onboarding process. Many companies offer advanced solutions that involve AI technology in their operation and provide a streamlined onboarding process for customers and businesses. Companies that onboard other organizations as their customers or as partners can utilize the Know Your Business (KYB) service, which involves AI technology in all the operations, offers the utmost security from fraud and offers a streamlined onboarding process. The KYB solution involves AI checks and verifying entities quickly to find their risk potential. It helps to make well-informed decisions regarding onboarding. ## Role of automation in business verification and onboarding Artificial intelligence (AI) offers an automated service for business verification, customer authentications, and the onboarding process. Companies that employ AI technology in their operations can reduce 50% time to onboard new entities. Pretrained algorithms within the business verification and onboarding process offer a thorough screening in the form of cross-checking and verification in one click. With the help of [artificial intelligence](https://www.state.gov/artificial-intelligence/), companies have devised an all-in-one solution for streamlined onboarding processes, such as Know Your Business(KYB). In an automated process, companies verify collected documents through automated checks, which highlight risk potential in case the documents are forged or fake. Fraudsters generate fake identity papers which are difficult to be identified manually through the human eye. Companies need artificial intelligence sharp detectors to identify fraudster tactics. Therefore, aLong with a streamlined onboarding process, automated checks of AI offer the utmost security from fraudsters. Businesses that have to deal with other business entities can easily identify shell companies through advanced verification solutions. ## How does a streamlined business onboarding process contribute to growth and success? The streamlined onboarding process always becomes the customer center of attraction. Nobody prefers time-consuming and complex processes for verification and onboarding. Artificial intelligence offers a streamlined-onboarding process and enables organizations to enhance their users' interest and satisfaction. Through remote and digital verification, which involves AI, companies can enable their users and clients to get verified while sitting at home. It makes organizations reliable and credible. Moreover, as automated service offers the most accurate results, it makes a business credible and trustworthy to attract more and more clients and grab business opportunities. Therefore, a streamlined verification and onboarding process contributes to business growth and success as it enables organizations to onboard more and more clients and become partners with highly successful businesses. Organizations that do not have a streamlined [business onboarding](https://thekyb.com/use-cases/business-onboarding/) process may lose great clients and partners. People always prefer to have simplified operations, which artificial intelligence technology offers in the form of a streamlined business onboarding system. ## Final words Companies can utilize artificial intelligence technology to streamline the process to onboard a business. Automated checks of artificial intelligence within the streamlined business onboarding process enable organizations to become partners with successful organizations and attract more clients. Users always prefer a streamlined onboarding verification process which is the result of artificial intelligence. AI has revolutionized the onboarding process and verification protocols for organizations. Manual verification and data collection are now things of the past, and businesses utilize remote services, digital means, and automated techniques to streamline all operations, such as document collection, analysis, and verification. ### Generative AI Summit Austin, 2025 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-austin-2025/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:52:55.000Z Catch up on every session from the Generative AI Summit Austin with sessions from the likes of DLA Piper, Wayfair, Vellum and many more. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI image detection: Types, applications, and future trends URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-image-detection-types-applications-and-future-trends/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:50:19.000Z Human brains are used to finding a specific object in an image. We humans can do this at any time without thinking for a while. But for computers, this task is not that easy. This is the reason tech companies are training systems with [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) to perform tasks like humans without even thinking. To train the system, it is important to provide it with various examples or samples of the object. In short, the system needs labeled images to learn about the objects, their size, shapes, and everything. There is not a specific number of images provided to the system but it is observed that the more pictures, the better will be the learning. Moreover, it is also crucial to show that specific object in a variety of places and sizes. So that if the image is displaced, the system will be able to spot it instantly in different conditions as well. ## **What is image classification?** Image classification is all about labeling objects in an image and separating them in several categories. For instance, if Google is asked to search for pictures of cats, then it will show a plethora of images, including real-time images, illustrations, and drawings. It is an advanced form of image detection in which AI will look for different images, identify objects, and sort them all in different categories. ## **How Does AI Image Detection work?** The standard image detection process through AI undergoes a well-defined sequence of operations. The successful identification of patterns by AI models requires a massive collection of images that maintain proper photo identifications. Image processing starts by resizing images before normalization, which adds to quality enhancement for better analysis performance. Subsequent to training CNN models successfully extract essential image features that include color information as well as texture detail and regions of defined edges from the input. During its training phase the AI model receives instruction from supervised [machine learning](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/machine-learning) as it also undertakes unsupervised machine learning procedures. After training, the model automatically examines pictures to determine objects and then organizes them according to observed patterns. As AI systems operate they enhance their performance through the process of processing new data together with feedback from users. ## **Types of AI image detection** An image can be analyzed in a variety of ways because a single image has several aspects to consider. Here are some of the types of image detection that can be considered while detecting an image: ### **Identifying objects** Different things in an image can be found using this kind of detection. The AI image detector recognizes pertinent things in the image based on the context after learning from the samples. For example, the detector may identify items related to a room, including the bed, clock, study table, fan, and more, provided the image of the room is taken into consideration. Additionally, people in robotics, security, and other fields use this kind of technology to take appropriate subsequent action. ### **Facial examination** The purpose of this kind of [facial recognition](https://facia.ai/blog/facial-recognition-enhancing-security-and-efficiency/) is to highlight certain facial features, such as the eyes and nose, among others. For verification, the algorithm then contrasts these properties with those found in the database. In addition to being utilized for security, this kind of detection is widely employed to unlock phones. Occasionally, it can also identify a person's gender, age, and emotions. ### **Setting analysis** This kind of technology examines the scene's overall context rather than just the elements. For instance, the system might display a picture of a park. The grass, swings, people, and weather will all be recognized by the system. ### **Exception monitoring** Unusual patterns in an image can be found with this detecting method. [Healthcare facilities](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/healthcare-facility) mostly employ this technology to analyze MRIs and X-rays. The algorithm can identify anomalous growths, like tumors, or objects in these reports. Additionally, this approach is able to identify superfluous objects throughout the full context. Consider the following scenario: someone leaves the luggage in the waiting room. When someone leaves something on the property, the system will detect it and notify the user. ### **Text analysis** This kind of detection program can analyze, recognize, and transform text in photos into editable format. Physical documents and license plates can be read by this technology, which can then be edited as needed. To better understand the image, it can also be used to translate the text that is included in it. [Applications of deep learning in healthcareJonathan Rubin, Senior Scientist at Philips Research, outlines various applications of ML & DL in healthcare, emphasizing their unique benefits.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-36.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJonathan Rubin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/national-cancer-institute-BDKid0yJcAk-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/applications-of-deep-learning-in-healthcare/) ## **Future trends in AI image detection** AI image detection demonstrates quick advancements in its fields of research. Several new trends guide AI image detection technology into its future development direction. ### **Integration with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)** Image detection powered by AI technology improves AR/VR products, which cater to the gaming industry as well as education institutions and healthcare centers. Companies can leverage AI-operated [image detection](https://medium.com/ai-techsystems/image-detection-recognition-and-image-classification-with-machine-learning-92226ea5f595) through AR technology to establish digital fitting rooms. ### **Edge computing for faster processing** Technology advances allow AI models to work optimally on edge devices including smartphones and drones for instant image processing. Faster AI applications become possible as they do not rely heavily on cloud processing. ### **AI-driven image editing and enhancement** Self-executing AI technology enhances images by applying enhancement methods and restores old photos to produce authentic photo content. The AI-driven editing applications save time in the workflow of professional imaging experts and designers. ### **Enhanced medical imaging and diagnosis** Medical image detection systems operated by AI will reach higher accuracy rates in the upcoming years to enable physicians to detect diseases earlier and design suitable treatment solutions for patients. Doctors conducting remote diagnosis with telemedicine will utilize AI platforms to examine medical images that assist clinical evaluations. ## **Conclusion** This powerful technology allows computers to identify objects in an image. It can be used for various purposes and in various fields to detect images, such as healthcare, retail, self-driving, and more. With time, the technology is expected to grow more in terms of better detection of images to enhance automation in various industries. ### How recommender systems support social learning in companies URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-recommender-systems-support-social-learning-in-companies/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:51:47.000Z What do the streaming service Netflix, the business platform LinkedIn, and the dating portal Tinder have in common? All three use so-called recommender systems (RS). RS can suggest exactly the right series for an evening of binge-watching. They show candidates for expanding your own business network who are dealing with the same topics. Or they recommend potential partners who are suitable for a long-term relationship or for a nice evening for those looking. In the area of learning, and especially corporate learning, they can take existing e-learning platforms to a whole new level and provide valuable didactic support. And they can create the basis for forms of social learning. Recommender systems are software solutions that suggest movies and series, potential dating partners, shopping products, the next online course, and other things that will most likely interest users. RS, therefore, intervenes in the human decision-making process and can guide it and even motivate it in the first place. In the learning and corporate learning sector, recommender solutions are no longer a novelty, at least in theory. RS can be the technological basis for adaptive learning systems, which can be used to adapt content and teaching methods to the specific needs of learners, therefore creating the conditions for successful knowledge and skills development. But RS can do even more. They can lay the foundation for successful collaborative learning, in which learners work together for their mutual benefit. How can such systems specifically support learners and trainers? And why are recommender systems much more worthwhile in corporate learning than on dating platforms like Tinder? I will show this in the following article. ## Personalized and non-personalized recommendations Not every recommendation is based on a recommender system that uses machine learning algorithms. A top 10 book recommendation from a newspaper editorial team or the top 3 most-watched series on a streaming platform is not the result of a recommender system. Recommendations from ML-based solutions differ in that they provide personalized and, therefore, tailored suggestions that take into account the individual needs of users. Non-personalized recommendations, such as the aforementioned top 10 books and top 3 series, simply reflect trends but are not personalized suggestions. Recommender systems work with various types of user data. These include explicit entries, which are collected via an online query, for example. The query may ask for the age of a user, his or her interests and previous experiences, gender, origin, and goals. On the other hand, recommender systems also work with implicit data that results from usage behavior, such as previously viewed films and series (e.g., from streaming providers), past transactions (e.g., on e-commerce platforms), swiped people (e.g., on dating portals) or even completed online courses (e.g., e-learning). Based on such data, recommendation systems can use algorithms to generate a list of suitable suggestions for each individual user. These results are based on a relevance assessment, e.g., an evaluation of the probability that a suggestion would match a user's interests. The recommender algorithms are optimized by feedback from the users themselves. This, in turn, includes implicit data (e.g., accepting or ignoring a suggestion) and explicit data (e.g., star ratings of suggestions and products). [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## Why are recommender systems so successful? Recommender systems have been used for many years to serve the individual needs of users. The success of such systems is based on the realization that people like to rely on the recommendations of others, especially when making (every day) decisions. No matter whether it's a hotel for the next vacation, the next series for binge-watching at the weekend, or a pair of matching trousers for the summer. We are happy to be guided by other people (friends, family, influencers, like-minded people, role models, etc.) in our decisions and rely on their judgments. We are social beings and can often rely on the fact that what others (e.g. from our peer group) like and benefit from could also benefit and please us. The aim of recommenders is to simulate precisely this recommendation behavior. The more relevant recommendations an algorithm provides, the more users' trust in the recommender system grows. This insight can be put to excellent use in corporate learning to present learners with the right content and, therefore, offer everyone an individually tailored and targeted learning path. In addition, RS can also suggest the right learning partner (partner, mentor, or tutor). ## The use of recommender systems in social learning There are some recommender solutions that provide valuable support for important goals and projects. Not only do they recommend learning content, but they also suggest the right learning partners to help each other master upcoming tasks. This is how forms of social learning are made possible. Social learning is generally about bringing people together in some way for learning and training purposes. But people don't always have to work on a task together in parallel to benefit from social learning. Sharing what you have learned and presenting it to others can also be categorized under this heading. There are roughly two types of recommender systems used in corporate and social learning. Item-to-people recommender systems suggest to users which task they should work on next or which course might suit their interests and previous knowledge. People-to-people recommender systems (sometimes also referred to as peer-to-peer recommender systems), on the other hand, suggest people, e.g. for collaborative tasks or for tutoring and mentoring. [AI agents: Automation and intelligent assistance (2025 guide)AI agents are intelligent software entities designed to operate autonomously and achieve specific goals.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-33.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMuhammad Rushad Arab![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--26-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/) ## Use cases for people-to-people recommender systems ### **The right learning partner** The use of automation technologies in corporate learning sometimes results in learners working in isolation and finding themselves in monologic learning situations because tasks that were previously performed by humans can now be carried out by AI solutions. This includes, for example, providing help with problem-solving or giving feedback after a task has been completed. However, automation technologies such as people-to-people recommender systems can also be used to avoid this problem. To celebrate learning successes together and protect against learning frustrations, motivate each other, and exchange ideas regularly, you need the right learning partner. Based on explicit and implicit data, such as age, previous knowledge, interests and completed learning content and progress, RS can suggest the right companion for each learner. In doing so, the individual data is prioritized: for example, when selecting a learning partner, is previous learning success more important in the context than age or previous knowledge? What type of learning partner is needed in a particular situation? A mentor or a tutor or something completely different? When it comes to initiating learning partnerships, so-called people-to-people reciprocal recommenders (1-to-1) are usually used. The special feature of this is that both potential learning partners must decide in favor of each other (!). This approach is comparable to a dating platform. A learning partnership is only formed if both partners believe that it really makes sense based on selected characteristics and is desired by both. The decision for a learning partnership is, therefore, based on reciprocity. ### **The right team** To prevent learning isolation, collaborative learning settings are useful. For example, tasks are conceivable for which one or more learning partners are necessary. If other learners are needed to complete the task, the learner asks others for support. A recommender system then suggests the right learning partner(s) based on explicit and/or implicit data. Although, on the one hand, the learning partnership is only temporary and, on the other hand, the knowledge available here is crucial for achieving the goal, and soft skills (e.g., previous experience with other learners) may not need to be taken into account, the use of a people-to-people reciprocal recommender is also recommended here so that no one is assigned to someone as a learning partner without consent. ### **The right tutor or mentor** If a learner gets stuck on a task and can't get any further, a recommender system can suggest a tutor or mentor to them. This could be another learner who has already completed this task and is more advanced. This learner now assists the learner seeking help as a tutor and helps them with the next step (peer tutoring). On the basis of learning progress and/or previous knowledge, a (peer) learner can be proposed as a tutor to help someone take the next step. It is also possible, however, for the recommender system to select from a pool of mentors and make suggestions. Here, too, it makes sense to use a people-to-people reciprocal recommender because, on the one hand, mentors should not be overburdened, and, on the other hand, learners should be able to choose their mentors based on certain aspects. On the mentor side, there is also a challenge that one colleague once called “the Tinder problem.” This should prevent highly qualified and “popular” mentors from being recommended too often and, therefore, being overwhelmed by the number of suggested contacts. This risk can be minimized by using data that provides information about a mentor's workload. Learners, in turn, should also be able to decide who becomes a constant companion based on their needs. These can be, for example, characteristics such as availability (is the mentor available at all? Is he or she available for time-consuming mentoring or rather only for short sessions when a work step is stuck?) or the popularity of the mentor (reviews by previous mentees)? Is the mentor really an expert in a particular field and suitable for helping with a specific step in the process, or are they more of an expert in a different area? With the help of people-to-people recommender systems, it is possible for companies to create a (global) learning network within their organization. Employees from different departments and locations can meet to learn. As great as the benefits of recommender systems are in the learning context and for social learning, there are some important things to consider before and during the development and implementation of an RS. The data (e.g., behavioral, demographic, psychographic, and geographic data) is used to create a user profile in order to present users with customized content based on segmentation. [Prompt engineering: How to talk to AIs like ChatGPT?This article serves as a primer on prompt engineering, delving into the array of techniques used to control LLMs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-34.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJudicael Poumay (Ph.D.)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--24--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) ## What to watch out for Because recommender systems collect and process user data, the utmost caution and sensitivity in handling this data is essential. The data (e.g., behavioral, demographic, psychographic, and geographic data) is used to create a user profile in order to present users with customized content based on segmentation. It is essential to comply with the current legislation in your country regarding the handling of this sensitive data and to be transparent with your users about what data you collect and process from them. Since AI works on the basis of algorithms that learn from existing data, there is a risk that this data will lead to systematic prejudices. For example, if the learning algorithms are based on historical data that shows gender- or ethnically-based inequalities, these distortions can be reproduced and reinforced in learning systems, for example. This can lead to unfair treatment and discrimination against learners. There is a need to recognize these distortions and to take effective measures to compensate for or eliminate such biases in the algorithms. In addition, there is the so-called “cold start problem”: for new users, there is often no data available to identify similar users. Suitable recommendations (item-to-people and people-to-people) are, therefore, particularly difficult at the beginning and not yet individualized, which can have a fundamentally negative impact on the quality of the recommendations given. Meanwhile, however, there are some solutions for how the cold start problem can be mastered technologically (see further reading: Dacrema et al.). ## And why are people-to-people (reciprocal) recommenders more worthwhile for corporate learning than for Tinder? The technology-supported search for a partner for life and an ideal learning partner are not so dissimilar and are based on the same technological solutions. Dating platforms such as Tinder advertise themselves as a way to find the right partner. Successful social learning requires the right partner (hard and soft skills). Both searches are based on (reciprocal) people-to-people recommender systems. Ideally, however, a good recommender system is only used once in dating. After all, the goal of most dating platforms is to find the right partner as quickly as possible. Once you've found your soul mate, you don't really need the recommender system anymore. When it comes to learning, however, we are all a bit more ambitious. In corporate learning, we proclaim the imperative of “lifelong learning,” which is why recommender solutions are much more durable here than in the case of Tinder and Co. The effort to support one's own educational and learning processes with a recommender solution is much more worthwhile here because learning together is twice as much fun. So, when it comes to our learning partners, we are all polygamous in the end. ## **Used and recommended literature** Da Silva, F.L., Slodkowski, B.K., da Silva, K.K.A. et al. (2023). A systematic literature review on educational recommender systems for teaching and learning: research trends, limitations and opportunities. *Educ Inf Technol* 28, 3289–3328\. Dacrema, M.F., Cantador, I., Fernández-Tobías, I., Berkovsky, S., Cremonesi, P. (2022). Design and Evaluation of Cross-Domain Recommender Systems. In: Ricci, F., Rokach, L., Shapira, B. (eds) *Recommender Systems Handbook*. Springer, New York, NY. Koprinska, I., Yacef, K. (2022). People-to-People Reciprocal Recommenders. In: Ricci, F., Rokach, L., Shapira, B. (eds) *Recommender Systems Handbook*. Springer, New York, NY. ### What does a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) do? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-chief-ai-officer-caio/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T09:23:13.000Z A Chief AI Officer (CAIO) is a C-suite executive responsible for an organization’s artificial intelligence strategy, implementation, and governance. They bridge the gap between AI innovation and business goals, ensuring AI investments drive tangible value while managing risks and ethical considerations. Unlike a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or Chief Data Officer (CDO), who may oversee broader tech or data strategies, the CAIO focuses solely on AI. This means they must deeply understand how machine learning, deep learning, and automation can be leveraged to enhance operations, optimize decision-making, and create competitive advantages. The CAIO role has emerged due to [AI’s rapid integration into business functions](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/). Organizations invest heavily in AI-driven automation, customer insights, fraud detection, and predictive analytics. However, without a dedicated leader, AI initiatives risk becoming siloed, misaligned with business objectives, or [even ethically problematic](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/an-introduction-to-ethical-considerations-in-artificial/). A CAIO doesn’t just lead AI projects—they shape an organization’s AI vision. They ensure AI models are transparent, fair, and compliant with ever-evolving regulations. They also mitigate AI risks, such as biases in training data, security vulnerabilities, and the unintended consequences of automation. Because AI has implications for every department—from marketing and HR to finance and operations—the CAIO collaborates with multiple stakeholders. They work closely with the CTO, CDO, CIO, and legal teams to create a cohesive AI strategy that aligns with the organization’s long-term goals. {Applied} Speakers recently released [The top 10 Chief AI Officers](https://www.appliedspeakers.com/top10chiefaiofficers) shaping business strategy, technical builds & customer adoption of applied AI - a powerful list of 10 leaders that embody this role across industry. [The rise of the Chief AI Officer: Is your organization ready?The Chief AI Officer (CAIO) is a role dedicated to embedding AI into the organization’s DNA. What exactly does this role bring to the table?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-52.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Denise Turley![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--11-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-the-chief-ai-officer-is-your-organization-ready/) ## **Why companies are appointing CAIOs** AI is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s a critical driver of business transformation. Companies across industries are appointing CAIOs because AI adoption is rapidly expanding beyond experimental projects into core business functions. Without a dedicated executive, organizations risk inefficiencies, compliance issues, and missed opportunities for innovation. Here are the primary reasons businesses are adding CAIOs to their leadership teams: ### **1\. AI is becoming a competitive differentiator** Companies that effectively deploy AI gain a significant advantage. AI-powered analytics, automation, and predictive modeling enable faster decision-making, improved customer experiences, and optimized operations. Organizations that fail to integrate AI risk falling behind competitors that leverage AI for more brilliant business strategies. [Digital transformation strategies for competitive advantageGetting your digital transformation strategy right can lead businesses towards endless possibilities and provide a competitive advantage.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-109.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMaimoon Saleem![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--35--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2025-frontier-digital-transformation-strategies-for-competitive-advantage/) ### **2\. AI governance and ethical considerations are crucial** With growing concerns around AI ethics, bias, and regulatory compliance, companies need a dedicated leader to ensure AI is implemented responsibly. A CAIO establishes ethical guidelines, prevents discriminatory AI practices, and ensures compliance with regulations like the EU AI Act and GDPR. Without this oversight, companies face reputational risks and potential legal penalties. [Crafting ethical AI: Addressing bias and challengesWe set out to understand how businesses address these ethical AI issues by surveying practitioners and end users.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-110.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--1--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/) ### **3\. AI needs stronger alignment with business goals** Many companies struggle with fragmented AI initiatives that operate in silos. A CAIO ensures AI investments align with overall business objectives, delivering measurable value. By taking a strategic approach, the CAIO prevents wasted resources on AI projects that don’t contribute to growth, efficiency, or innovation. ### **4\. Managing AI risk requires leadership** AI has inherent risks, including algorithmic bias, security vulnerabilities, and unintended consequences. A CAIO proactively mitigates these risks by overseeing model transparency, fairness, and reliability. They implement robust AI governance frameworks to ensure AI solutions remain safe, ethical, and effective. ### **5\. AI talent acquisition and retention is a challenge** The demand for AI talent is higher than ever, and competition for skilled professionals is fierce. A CAIO is key in attracting, retaining, and developing AI specialists. They create a work environment that fosters innovation and continuous learning, helping companies build world-class AI teams. ### **6\. The regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly** Governments worldwide are enacting stricter AI regulations. Businesses must navigate complex and evolving legal frameworks to avoid fines and restrictions. A CAIO ensures the company remains compliant with global AI policies, staying ahead of regulatory changes and proactively adapting AI strategies to meet new requirements. ### **7\. AI adoption needs cross-departmental collaboration** AI is not limited to IT—it impacts marketing, HR, customer service, supply chain management, and more. A CAIO breaks down silos and ensures AI solutions are integrated across departments effectively. This improves efficiency, enhances customer engagement, and fosters a data-driven culture throughout the organization. [Key role of AI accelerators in economic growth & social developmentAI accelerators, specialized hardware designed to optimize AI workloads, play a crucial role in accelerating AI adoption.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-53.png)AI Accelerator InstituteHimanshu Joshi![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1502904550040-7534597429ae)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/key-role-of-ai-accelerators-in-driving-economic-growth-and-social-development/) ## **What are the key responsibilities of a Chief AI Officer?** A CAIO’s role spans multiple areas, from strategy and innovation to compliance and talent management. Their core responsibilities include: ### **1\. Developing and executing AI strategy** - Define the company’s AI vision, goals, and long-term strategy. - Develop a roadmap for AI adoption, ensuring alignment with business objectives. - Identify and prioritize AI use cases that provide competitive advantages. - Secure executive buy-in and funding for AI initiatives. ### **2\. Overseeing AI governance and compliance** - Establish ethical AI principles and policies to guide responsible AI usage. - Ensure AI models meet regulatory requirements and industry standards. - Monitor AI system performance to prevent bias, inaccuracies, or ethical violations. - Develop risk mitigation strategies to address AI-related security threats. ### **3\. Driving AI adoption across departments** - Educate leadership and employees on AI’s potential and limitations. - Facilitate collaboration between technical and non-technical teams. - Ensure AI seamlessly integrates into existing business processes and workflows. - Guide AI-driven decision-making and automation strategies. ### **4\. Managing AI data and infrastructure** - Oversee the collection, storage, and processing of AI training data. - Ensure AI models are built using high-quality, unbiased, and representative datasets. - Work with IT and data teams to scale AI infrastructure securely and efficiently. - Implement AI model monitoring to improve accuracy and reduce drift over time. ### **5\. Recruiting and retaining AI talent** - Build and lead a multidisciplinary AI team, including data scientists, ML engineers, and ethicists. - Develop internal AI training programs to upskill employees. - Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning. - Partner with universities, research institutions, and AI startups to access top talent. ### **6\. Measuring AI ROI and business impact** - Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for AI projects and track progress. - Conducted cost-benefit analyses to ensure AI investments generated value. - Present AI insights and results to executives, stakeholders, and board members. - Continuously refine AI initiatives based on performance data and emerging trends. [AI recruitment’s bias: Missing top talentExplore how AI-driven hiring tools are inadvertently sidelining top talent, raising concerns over biases and the need for ethical AI practices.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-54.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1487528278747-ba99ed528ebc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-recruitments-bias-missing-top-talent/) ## **Skills and qualifications of a CAIO** A CAIO needs a rare blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and leadership skills. Ideal qualifications include: - **Technical expertise:** Proficiency in AI, machine learning, deep learning, and data science. Strong knowledge of AI frameworks, algorithms, and cloud-based AI solutions. - **Strategic thinking:** Ability to develop and execute a long-term AI vision that aligns with business objectives and drives sustainable growth. - **Regulatory knowledge:** Deep understanding of global AI laws, compliance requirements, and ethical AI considerations, ensuring legal adherence and responsible AI deployment. - **Leadership and team management:** Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams, fostering innovation, and driving AI adoption across various departments. - **Communication abilities:** Translating complex AI concepts into simple, actionable insights for executives, stakeholders, and non-technical teams. - **Data Governance and security expertise:** Knowledge of best practices in data privacy, security, and ethical data management to ensure AI systems are built on a secure and responsible foundation. - **Problem-solving and innovation:** A strong ability to anticipate challenges, adapt AI strategies to emerging trends, and drive continuous improvements in AI applications. ## **Industries leading the CAIO adoption** ### **1\. Financial services** - AI-powered fraud detection, automated risk assessment, and algorithmic trading. - AI-driven customer service, chatbots, and predictive financial analytics. - Regulatory compliance automation and risk modeling. ### **2\. Healthcare** - AI-enhanced diagnostics, personalized treatment plans, and drug discovery. - Predictive analytics for disease prevention and patient monitoring. - AI-powered robotic surgery and automated administrative tasks. ### **3\. Retail and e-commerce** - AI-driven personalized shopping experiences and customer insights. - Dynamic pricing optimization and demand forecasting. - AI-enabled supply chain and inventory management. ### **4\. Manufacturing** - AI-powered predictive maintenance to prevent equipment failures. - Smart robotics and automated production lines for efficiency. - AI-enhanced quality control and defect detection. ### **5\. Government and defense** - AI-driven cybersecurity, threat detection, and national security intelligence. - Smart city initiatives, AI-powered traffic management, and public safety automation. - AI-based policy analysis and decision-making support. [7 computer vision use cases in manufacturingCV in manufacturing is revolutionizing various processes through high-quality cameras, expert data, and more, leading to overall reduced costs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-55.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1455165814004-1126a7199f9b-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-computer-vision-use-cases-in-manufacturing/) ## **Challenges facing Chief AI Officers** While the CAIO role offers immense potential, it comes with challenges: - **AI talent shortage:** Finding skilled AI professionals remains difficult. - **Regulatory uncertainty:** Global AI regulations are still evolving. - **Bias and fairness issues:** Ensuring AI models are fair and unbiased is complex. - **Change management:** Resistance to AI adoption within traditional organizations. ## **How to succeed as a Chief AI Officer** To excel as a CAIO, leaders should: - **Stay updated on AI trends:** Follow AI research, industry developments, and regulatory updates. - **Foster collaboration:** Work closely with CIOs, CTOs, and business leaders to integrate AI seamlessly. - **Invest in AI ethics and compliance:** Prioritize transparency, fairness, and responsible AI practices. - **Measure and Demonstrate AI Impact:** Continuously track and report AI’s business value. ## **The future of the CAIO role** The CAIO role will become prominent as AI becomes a cornerstone of enterprise strategy. Future trends include: - **AI-first companies:** Businesses prioritizing AI at the core of operations. - **Stronger AI regulations:** Governments enforcing stricter AI compliance standards. - **Increased AI accountability:** Greater transparency in AI decision-making processes. - **CAIOs on the board:** More companies elevating CAIOs to board-level roles. ### AI agents: The future of automation and intelligent assistance (2025 guide) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-agents-2025-guide/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:54:17.000Z Imagine having a personal assistant who can not only schedule your appointments and send emails but also proactively anticipate your needs, learn your preferences, and complete complex tasks on your behalf. That’s the promise of AI agents — intelligent software entities designed to operate autonomously and achieve specific goals. ## **What are AI agents?** In simple terms, an AI agent is a computer program that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve a defined objective. They’re like digital employees, capable of handling tasks ranging from simple reminders to complex problem-solving. [Prompt engineering: How to talk to AIs like ChatGPT?This article serves as a primer on prompt engineering, delving into the array of techniques used to control LLMs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-32.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJudicael Poumay (Ph.D.)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--24-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) ## **Key characteristics of AI agents** - **Perception:** Agents can sense their environment through sensors (like cameras, microphones, or data feeds). Think of it like our senses: sight, hearing, touch, etc., that give us information about the world around us. - **Decision-making:** Based on their perception, agents use AI algorithms to make informed decisions. This is like our brain processing information and deciding what to do next. - **Action:** Agents can perform actions in their environment, such as sending emails, making purchases, or controlling devices. This is like our bodies carrying out the actions our brain decides upon. - **Autonomy:** Agents can operate independently without constant human intervention. They can learn from their experiences and adapt to changing circumstances. This is similar to how we learn and become more independent over time. ## **Types of AI agents** - **Simple reflex agents:** These agents react directly to their current perception. Like a thermostat, they turn on the heat when it’s cold and turn it off when it’s warm. - **Model-based reflex agents:** These agents maintain an internal model of the world, allowing them to make decisions based on past experiences. Imagine a self-driving car using a map to navigate. - **Goal-based agents:** These agents have specific goals they are trying to achieve. They make decisions based on how close they are to reaching their objective. Think of a robot trying to solve a maze. - **Utility-based agents:** These agents try to maximize their “utility” or happiness. They consider multiple factors and choose the action that will lead to the best overall outcome. Imagine an AI agent managing your finances, trying to maximize your returns while minimizing risk. ## **Analogies for understanding AI agents** - **A self-driving car:** It perceives its surroundings (other cars, pedestrians, traffic lights), makes decisions (accelerate, brake, turn), and takes actions (controls the steering wheel, brakes, and accelerator). - **A smart thermostat:** It senses the temperature, makes decisions (turns on/off the heating/cooling), and takes action (controls the HVAC system). - **A personal assistant:** They perceive your schedule, make decisions (schedule meetings, send reminders), and take action**turns** (send emails, make phone calls). [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Future uses of AI agents** The future of AI agents is brimming with possibilities: - **Personalized education:** AI tutors that adapt to each student’s learning style and pace. - **Healthcare management:** AI agents that monitor patients’ health, schedule appointments, and provide personalized health advice. - **Smart homes and cities:** AI agents that optimize energy consumption, manage traffic flow, and enhance public safety. - **Complex problem solving:** AI agents that can collaborate with humans to tackle complex scientific, economic, and social challenges. [Agentic-Responsive Design: AI agents and the future of the webThe emergence of AI agents will transform how we think about digital experiences. Discover how Agentic Responsive Design will change the web.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-305.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSahar Mor![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agent-responsive-design/) ## **Challenges and Considerations:** While the potential of AI agents is immense, there are challenges to address: - **Ethical considerations:** Ensuring agents make fair and unbiased decisions. - **Safety and reliability:** Making sure agents operate safely and reliably in complex environments. - **Transparency and explainability:** Understanding how agents make decisions. ## **Conclusion** AI agents represent a significant step towards a more automated and intelligent future. By understanding their capabilities and addressing the associated challenges, we can unlock their full potential and create a world where AI agents work alongside us to make our lives easier, more productive, and more fulfilling. --- Check out the event calendar for 2025 and see where we'll be throughout the year. Get your ticket today and network with like-minded individuals. [![AIAI event calendar 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/02/AIAI_World_Tour_Social_Asset_1080x1920-2.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### 3 AI use cases to elevate your business strategy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-ai-use-cases-to-elevate-your-strategy/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:55:08.000Z Product marketers and even CMOs rarely make it to the boardroom. In fact, only [**41 members**](https://www.spencerstuart.com/research-and-insight/cmos-and-the-latest-corporate-board-trends) of Fortune 1000 boards are CMOs, and [**less than 3%**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberlywhitler/2018/08/25/how-marketers-impact-board-level-decision-making/) of board members have managerial-level marketing experience. Why? Because marketing is often dismissed as tactical – beautiful ads, catchy campaigns, and glossy brochures – while the strategic work that underpins it goes unnoticed. This misconception limits opportunities for marketers to demonstrate the true impact of their expertise on business decisions. But here’s the good news: AI is changing the game. AI has the power to elevate product marketing from a tactical function to a strategic force. It enables us to align executives, refine priorities, and amplify results, making the work of product marketers more visible and valuable at the highest levels. Yet mastering AI isn’t a race – it’s a journey. Whether you’re just starting to explore its possibilities or already using it to shape strategy, it’s important to embrace where you are and keep learning. In this article, I’ll show how AI can help you step into a more strategic role by focusing on three key use cases: 1. Segmentation and targeting 2. Competitive analysis 3. Thought leadership These examples will demonstrate how AI can go beyond creating content to drive strategic decision-making and deliver real impact. Let’s dive in. ## AI use case #1: Segmentation and targeting Our first use case comes from a real scenario where I acted as a fractional CMO. The company was what I like to call a “COVID darling” – it experienced rapid growth during the pandemic; however, post-COVID, it struggled to sustain that growth. The executive team’s instinct was to expand their market and target more segments. My response? **Don’t go broad – go deep.** Instead of spreading resources thinly across multiple segments, I encouraged the team to focus on two or three key segments. The goal was to understand these customers so thoroughly that we could become the best fit for their unique needs. Broad, shallow targeting wouldn’t deliver the value these customers required. Here’s where the challenge got interesting. Each executive had their own idea about which segment to prioritize: - The **CEO** wanted to target healthcare, citing its large market size. - The **CFO** pushed for manufacturing, pointing to its high growth rate. - The **CPO** advocated for retail, aligning with the product roadmap. The truth is, they were all right – from their individual perspectives. So, the product marketing team and I developed a framework to align these viewpoints and make an informed decision. We identified evaluation criteria for analyzing each segment, including factors like market size, growth potential, competitive intensity, number of reference customers, and partner strength. Then, we built a heatmap to visually compare how each segment performed against these criteria. [![A heatmap comparing five market segments across various criteria, including market size, growth, competitive intensity, win rate, product fit, partner strength, and reference customers. Each segment is scored and color-coded to visually represent weighted scores and total rankings for strategic decision-making.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdr2vvUHS20TwToIE2jZOK1jVvTDR74ra_GZJrwcgZ0xBFZDE2v0QIXuonjLhE8umAXFq_BguJ08rh3EX_K-uuaILhwcOT4B7NMWzr6FRk3ksCtMvKgcZDEs8HZPNHxDDfkwA93Ow?key=LPNkARyTLwnb4GvnzKcjgCX8)](https://www.productmarketingalliance.com/3-ai-use-cases-to-elevate-your-strategy) This heatmap became a game-changer. It allowed the executive team to see, at a glance, how each segment stacked up. This data-driven approach shifted the conversation from subjective opinions to objective insights, making it clear which segments offered the most strategic opportunity. By narrowing the focus and targeting the right segments, the company could allocate resources effectively, align their teams, and maximize their market fit – rather than chasing opportunities that stretched them too thin. ### The challenge of gathering data Before I dive into how we used AI to create a market heatmap, it’s important to acknowledge the most challenging part of the process: **data collection and curation**. While the conversation with ChatGPT took about three hours, gathering and organizing the necessary data took two to three weeks. This stage was critical because feeding AI accurate, well-structured data is the foundation for meaningful insights. Here’s a breakdown of the types of data we gathered and the sources we used: - **Market size and growth**: Pulled from analyst reports, including Gartner, to estimate total addressable markets (TAMs) and growth trends. - **Competitive intensity**: Sourced from customer review platforms like G2 and Capterra to understand how competitors were performing in various categories. - **Win rates**: Derived from our CRM (in this case, HubSpot), including metrics on win-loss ratios. - **Product roadmap alignment**: Compiled in a Google Doc to compare customer needs across segments with our current and planned product offerings. - **Partner strength**: Extracted from a database tracking partner leads, conversions, and overall performance. - **Customer references**: Assessed from a reference database to evaluate the strength and quantity of reference customers in each segment. This process involved pulling data from disparate systems, formatting it consistently, and redacting sensitive information to maintain confidentiality. Only after this groundwork was done did we begin leveraging AI. ### How we used ChatGPT to create our segment targeting heatmap Once the data was ready, we uploaded it into ChatGPT in spreadsheet format and began prompting it for analysis. Here’s a simplified walkthrough of how we approached the first two rows of our heatmap – market size and growth – using AI: 1. **Initial prompt**: *“You are an expert market researcher and analyst in the supply chain management space. Please review the attached Excel sheet, analyze it, and provide a summary of your key takeaways. I will provide further instructions after that.”* ChatGPT’s initial response included basic insights, like identifying the verticals with the highest growth rates and highlighting steady growth areas. 2. **Follow-up prompt**: *“Please create a table with two rows: one showing the 2025 market size and another showing the growth rate you calculated. Please order the verticals as manufacturing, healthcare, energy, food, and retail.”* This prompt resulted in a clear, organized table, allowing us to visualize and compare the market data. 3. **Heatmap creation**: *“Turn the table into a single heatmap reflecting forced rankings for market size and growth rate. Assign a score of 5 to the largest market size and highest growth rate, and a score of 1 to the smallest and lowest.”* The output was a color-coded heatmap that visually represented each segment’s market size and growth potential, making it easy to prioritize opportunities. By repeating this process for the remaining rows – competitive intensity, win rates, partner strength, and customer references – we built a comprehensive heatmap that showed the most valuable segments to target. ### Presenting the analysis to the executive team Next, it was time to present the findings to the executive team. It’s important to note that this analysis was just a starting point – a framework to guide discussions and foster a 360-degree view of the market opportunities. Unlike previous conversations where each executive approached the problem from their one-dimensional perspective, this approach introduced **eight dimensions** of analysis, offering a more holistic view. With the heatmap in hand, the executive team could now debate and refine the findings collaboratively. Some execs disagreed with certain rankings, so we made some on-the-fly adjustments to the data. We also assigned different weights to certain criteria, recognizing that not all of them were equally important. For example, market growth might carry more weight than competitive intensity, depending on the company’s priorities. This flexibility allowed us to fine-tune the analysis and reach a consensus. And, within a week, we validated the findings and identified the top two to three market segments to focus on. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Prompt engineering: How to get better results from Large Language Models URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T09:24:42.000Z [Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/language/en/science-en/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/2022/08/23/reading-notes-6-language-models/) like ChatGPT have become a staple in machine learning and artificial intelligence discussions, marking a profound shift in these fields. Long overshadowed by more mainstream technologies, LLMs have emerged as pivotal elements in everyday digital interactions for millions worldwide. As a researcher with over four years of experience in this domain, I have engaged deeply with these tools, gaining valuable insights, especially recently. Exploring the nuances of LLMs has significantly enhanced my grasp of prompt engineering. This article introduces the concept of prompt engineering, exploring the various strategies employed to guide LLMs effectively. ## What are prompts and prompt engineering? Prompt engineering is the strategic creation prompts for pre-trained models like GPT, BERT, and others; prompts describe what we request the model to do. This process aims to steer these models towards generating a specific behavior that we seek. Successful prompt engineering hinges on meticulously defining the prompt with appropriate examples, relevant context, and clear directives. It demands a profound understanding of the model’s underlying mechanisms and the nature of the problem at hand. This knowledge is crucial to ensure that the examples incorporated in the prompt are as representative and varied as possible, closely mirroring the real-world distribution of input-output pairs that characterize the problem. Consider the simple task of translating text from English to French. Achieving this through prompt engineering is remarkably straightforward. One needs a pre-trained model, such as GPT-4, and a well-crafted prompt. This prompt should 1) outline the task 2) provide a few example sentences with their translations 3) include the specific sentence requiring translation, as demonstrated in the figure below. That’s it! GPT-4, already trained on an enormous corpus, inherently grasps the concept of translation. It merely requires the correct prompt to apply its learned skills. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-2-1024x437.png) Example of a prompt ## Zero, one, and few-shot prompts ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/promptGPT3.jpg) Prompts can be classified in various ways. Take, for instance, zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot prompts, which correspond to the number of examples provided to the model for task execution. In zero-shot settings, the Large Language Model (LLM) receives only the task description and input. For example, in the figure, we ask it to translate ‘cheese’. These zero-shot prompts already demonstrate impressive performance, as evidenced by this particular [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.01652). Despite their efficacy, I generally avoid zero-shot prompts for a couple of reasons. Firstly, adding just a few examples can significantly enhance performance, and you don’t need many, as highlighted in another [paper](https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper%5Ffiles/paper/2020/hash/1457c0d6bfcb4967418bfb8ac142f64a-Abstract.html?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=transaction). More crucially, by incorporating a few examples, you not only clarify the task for the model but also illustrate the desired response format. In zero-shot translation, the model might respond with, “Sure, here is the translation of your text…”. However, with a few-shot approach, it learns more effectively that a text followed by “=>” indicates that the subsequent content should directly be the translation. This nuance is useful, especially when seeking to precisely control the model’s output for commercial applications. ## Dynamic prompts Utilizing tools like [langchain](https://www.langchain.com/), we can also create dynamic prompts. In the example mentioned earlier, this means that ‘cheese’ becomes a variable, alterable to any word we wish to translate. This seemingly straightforward concept paves the way for complex systems, where parts of the prompt are either removed or added in response to user interaction. For instance, a dynamic prompt for a chatbot might incorporate elements from the ongoing conversation with a user. This approach enhances the bot’s ability to understand and react more appropriately to the context of the discussion. Similarly, a prompt initially designed for text generation can be dynamically adapted to revise a given text, ensuring it aligns with previously generated content. This flexibility allows for more nuanced and context-aware interactions, significantly enriching the user experience and simplifying developments. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-7.png) ## Prompt chaining Prompts can be employed sequentially, a technique known as [prompt chaining](https://www.langchain.com/). In this method, a prompt used to respond to a user query might incorporate the summary of a previous query as a variable. This summary itself could be the output of a separate prompt. This layered approach allows for more complex and context-aware responses, as each prompt builds upon the output of the previous one. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-6-1024x576.png) ## Continuous prompt This is a more sophisticated approach that uses the fundamentals of LLMs. Prompts consist of words, and these words are processed by Large Language Models (LLMs) through [word embeddings](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/language/en/science-en/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/2020/06/19/embeddings-matching-words-with-numbers/), which are essentially numerical representations of words. Consequently, rather than solely relying on textual prompts, we can employ an optimization algorithm like Stochastic Gradient Descent directly on the prompt embedding representation. This method essentially refines the input, as opposed to fine-tuning the model itself. For example, in this [article](https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.00190), they enhance the model’s performance by concatenating a fine-tuned prompt with a standard prompt. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-5.png) ## Only-shot prompt? This method, while not officially named, stems from insights in a research [paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.01247.pdf) that posits that task descriptions and directives in prompts are largely useless. The paper illustrates that prompts can contain important, irrelevant, or even contradictory information without significantly impacting the outcome, provided there are sufficient high-quality examples. This was a lesson I learned through experience prior to discovering the paper. I used to craft complex prompts laden more with directives and task descriptions than examples. However, at some point, I experimented with using only examples, omitting directives and task descriptions entirely, and observed no notable difference. Essentially, my detailed instructions were superfluous; the model prioritized the examples. This can be explained because the exemples are more isomorphic to the final output to generate. The model’s attention mechanism, thus, focuses more on examples than on any other aspect of the prompt. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-4.png) ## Chain of thought prompts Chain of Thought (CoT) prompts involve structuring examples not as simple **“X -> Y”** transformations but as **“X -> Deliberating on X -> Y”**. This format guides the model to engage in a thought process about X before arriving at the final answer Y. If you’re curious about the nuances of this approach, there’s a detailed [paper](https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper%5Ffiles/paper/2022/file/9d5609613524ecf4f15af0f7b31abca4-Paper-Conference.pdf) on the subject. However, it’s crucial to remember that most Modern Large Language Models (LLMs) are autoregressive. This means that while the **“X -> Deliberating on X -> Y”** structure is effective, a format like **“X -> Y -> Explain why Y is the answer”** is less so. In the latter case, the model has already determined Y and will then concoct a rationale for its choice, which can lead to flawed or even comical reasoning. Recognizing the autoregressive nature of LLMs is essential for efficient prompt engineering. Further research has expanded on the CoT concept. More sophisticated strategies include self-consistency, which generates multiple CoT responses and selects the best one ([paper here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.11171)), and the Tree of Thoughts approach, which accommodates non-linear thinking, as explored in several papers (see [1](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08291) & [2](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10601)). These advancements underscore the evolving complexity and great potential of prompt engineering. ![](https://thethoughtprocess.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-3-1024x558.png) ## More & more The world of prompting techniques is rapidly evolving, making it a challenge to stay current. While it’s impossible to cover every new development in this article, here’s a quick overview of other notable techniques: 1. [Self-ask](https://ofir.io/self-ask.pdf): This method trains the model to ask itself follow-up questions about specific details of a problem, enhancing its ability to answer the original question more precisely. 2. [Meta-Prompting](https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/meta-prompt-60d4925b4347): Here, the model engages in a dialogue with itself, critiquing its own thought process, aiming to produce a more coherent outcome. 3. [Least to Most](https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.10625): This approach teaches the model to deconstruct a complex problem into smaller sub-problems, facilitating a more effective solution-finding process. 4. Persona/Role Prompting: In this technique, the model is instructed to assume a specific role or personality, altering its responses accordingly. Through this article, I hope to have introduced you to some of the more innovative and lesser-known prompt engineering techniques. The creativity and ingenuity in current research indicate that we are just beginning to uncover the full potential of these models and the prompts we use to control them. ### IBM’s leadership in generative AI: Insights from Manav, CTO of IBM Canada URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ibms-leadership-in-generative-ai-insights-from-manav-cto-of-ibm-canada/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:56:57.000Z At the recent [Generative AI Summit in Toronto](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/), I had the opportunity to sit down with **Manav Gupta**, **Vice President and CTO, IBM Canada** to explore the company’s current work in generative AI and explore their vision for the future. Here are the key insights from our conversation, highlighting IBM’s ecosystem leadership, industry impact, and strategies to navigate challenges in the generative AI landscape. --- ## **IBM’s position in the generative AI landscape** Manav began by emphasizing IBM’s commitment to ensuring that enterprises own their AI agenda. He stressed the importance of AI being open and accessible to organizations, individuals, and societies to foster growth. To this end, IBM leads with [**Watson X**](https://www.ibm.com/watsonx), a comprehensive platform that serves as both a model garden and a prompt lab. Watson X allows users to leverage IBM-supplied models and third-party models or even fine-tune their own models for deployment on their preferred cloud or on-premises infrastructure. One of the standout features of IBM’s approach is its focus on **AI governance**. Manav highlighted the critical need for enterprises to ensure that the AI they deploy is free from biases, hate speech, and other ethical concerns. IBM’s governance platform is designed to address these issues, ensuring that generative AI outputs are safe and unbiased. ## **The transformative impact of generative AI** When asked about the impact of generative AI across industries, Manav was unequivocal in his belief that this technology will touch every sector. He cited estimates that generative AI could add up to 3.5 basis points to global GDP, a staggering figure that underscores its potential. Industries such as banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and the public sector are poised to benefit significantly. - **Banking and financial services:** Streamlining workflows and enhancing decision-making. - **Public sector and healthcare:** Unlocking data-driven efficiencies and improving service delivery. - **Telecommunications:** Transforming customer interactions and operational processes. Manav explained that wherever there is a large corpus of data and existing workflows, generative AI can unlock human potential by automating mundane tasks and allowing employees to focus on higher-value activities. ## **Challenges in deploying generative AI** Despite the immense potential, Manav acknowledged that deploying generative AI solutions is not without its challenges. One of the primary hurdles is **client maturity**. Many organizations are still in the experimental phase, trying to understand both the opportunities and the risks associated with this technology. Additionally, integrating generative AI with existing data systems is a significant challenge. Enterprises often have high-quality data, but it is locked in silos across departments such as finance, HR, and procurement. Accessing and unifying this data in a timely manner is a complex task. Another major challenge is the **resource intensity** of generative AI. The specialized hardware required to run these models is expensive and often in short supply, leading to long lead times for deployment. ## **Future trends in generative AI** Looking ahead, Manav foresees several key trends in the generative AI market. He predicts that models will continue to improve, with a shift from large language models (LLMs) to more **fit-for-purpose smaller models**. These smaller models, often referred to as **small language models (SLMs)**, are more efficient and tailored to specific use cases. Manav also highlighted the [rise of **agentic AI**](https://agenticaialliance.com/), where AI systems will have greater autonomy to execute tasks on behalf of humans, particularly in high-value areas like software engineering and testing. Another trend is the increasing importance of **multi-modal models**, which can process and generate different types of data, such as images and text. Manav gave an example of how enterprises could use multi-modal models to analyze images and make decisions based on that analysis, opening up new possibilities for automation and efficiency. --- ## **Key takeaways from Manav’s presentation** Manav concluded our interview by summarizing the key takeaways from his summit presentation. 1. **Be an AI value creator, not just a consumer.** Don’t just use AI—figure out how to make it work for you. 2. **Start with models you can trust.** Whether it’s IBM’s Granite models or open-source alternatives, experiment with reliable AI solutions. 3. **Don’t treat AI governance as an afterthought.** Privacy, security, and responsible AI should be built into the foundation of your AI strategy. Watch Manav's presentation at the [Generative AI Summit in Toronto](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/toronto). --- ## **IBM’s Granite models and InstructLab** During his presentation, Manav also delved into [IBM’s **Granite models**](https://www.ibm.com/granite), a series of open-source foundation models designed for enterprise use. These models, which include specialized versions for time series and geospatial data, are trained on vast amounts of data and are optimized for performance and cost-efficiency. IBM has also developed [**InstructLab**](https://research.ibm.com/blog/instruct-lab), a novel methodology for adding enterprise data to LLMs without the need for extensive fine-tuning. This approach allows organizations to iteratively train models on their specific data, ensuring that the AI remains relevant and accurate for their unique use cases. --- ## **Conclusion** Manav’s insights underscore IBM’s leadership in the generative AI space, particularly in addressing the challenges of scalability, integration, and governance. As enterprises continue to explore the potential of generative AI, IBM’s Watson X platform and Granite models offer a robust foundation for innovation. With a focus on trust, transparency, and ethical AI, IBM is well-positioned to help organizations navigate the complexities of this transformative technology. The [Generative AI Summit](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) series from the **AI Accelerator Institute** provides a platform for thought leaders like Manav to share their vision for the future of AI. ### InvestAI: Europe’s £200 billion move to lead in AI innovation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/investai-europes-200-billion-move-to-lead-in-ai-innovation/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T09:58:33.000Z At the [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2Adzieob%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTc0NjgwNjc5OS4xNzM5MzUyMzAz%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTczOTM1MjMwMy4xLjAuMTczOTM1MjMwMy4wLjAuMA..%2A%5Fga%5FKVYRMDNSEY%2AMTczOTM1MjMwNi4xLjAuMTczOTM1MjMwNi4wLjAuMA..) (AI) Action Summit in Paris on February 11, [President Ursula von der Leyen](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH%5F25%5F471) introduced InvestAI, a groundbreaking initiative to mobilize €200 billion for AI investment. Central to this effort is a €20 billion European fund dedicated to AI gigafactories—large-scale infrastructure designed to foster open, collaborative development of the most advanced AI models and position Europe as a global AI leader. President Ursula von der Leyen stated: "AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, accelerate research, and enhance Europe’s competitiveness. We want AI to be a force for both good and growth. Our European approach—rooted in openness, collaboration, and top-tier talent—lays the foundation, but we need to go further. "That’s why, in partnership with Member States and industry, we are mobilizing unprecedented capital through InvestAI for European AI gigafactories. This public-private initiative, akin to a ‘CERN for AI,’ will empower scientists and businesses of all sizes—not just the largest—to develop cutting-edge AI models and solidify Europe’s position as an AI powerhouse." European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño added: "The EIB Group, in collaboration with the European Commission, is reinforcing its support for AI—a key driver of European innovation and productivity." ## **AI gigafactories: Scaling Europe's AI capabilities** InvestAI will fund four AI gigafactories across the EU to train the next generation of complex, large-scale AI models. These facilities will provide the computing power needed to drive breakthroughs in medicine and scientific research. Each gigafactory will house approximately 100,000 next-generation AI chips—four times more than today’s AI hubs. As the world’s largest public-private initiative for trustworthy AI, these gigafactories will follow Europe’s cooperative, open innovation model, focusing on industrial and mission-critical AI applications. The goal is to ensure that companies of all sizes—not just industry giants—have access to high-performance computing to develop the AI technologies of the future. 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The EU budget will help derisk private investments, while initial funding will come from existing EU digital programs like Digital Europe, Horizon Europe, and InvestEU. Member States can also contribute by allocating Cohesion funds. AI gigafactory financing will blend grants and equity, serving as a key pilot under the Competitiveness Compass strategy for high-priority technologies. This initiative builds on the Commission’s €10 billion AI Factories program, launched in December, which has already unlocked more than ten times that amount in private investment. The upcoming announcement of five additional AI Factories will expand Europe’s AI capabilities further, offering start-ups and industries broad access to supercomputing resources. ## **Next steps** Alongside InvestAI, the European Commission is rolling out multiple initiatives to accelerate AI innovation across the continent: - Funding for generative AI through [Horizon Europe](https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe%5Fen) and the [Digital Europe program](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme). - Expanding Europe’s AI talent pool via education, training, and workforce upskilling. - Boosting AI start-ups and scale-ups through venture capital and equity support. - Enhancing [Common European Data Spaces](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-spaces), providing critical datasets to train and refine AI models. - Launching ‘[GenAI4EU](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-office#ecl-inpage-genai4eu)’, fostering AI-driven solutions across 14 industrial sectors, including health, biotech, manufacturing, mobility, and climate. Additionally, the Commission will establish a European AI Research Council to pool resources and maximize Europe’s AI potential. Later this year, the ‘Apply AI’ initiative will further drive AI adoption in key industries. With InvestAI, Europe is pushing to lead in AI innovation, ensuring that all companies—from start-ups to industry leaders—can build an AI-powered future. --- Have a look at our events in the calendar below and join us in expanding Europe's AI conversation: [![AIAI in-person summits calendar 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/02/AIAI_World_Tour_Social_Asset_1080x1920.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### Agentic coding: The future of software development and emerging market leaders URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/agentic-code-generation-the-future-of-software-development/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T10:01:07.000Z The software development landscape is undergoing a seismic shift with the advent of **agentic coding**. Agentic coding enables AI systems to write, test, and optimize code with minimal human intervention. So let's take a look at what it is, and how it helps [**AI professionals**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-influential-chief-ai-officers-in-the-silicon-valley-area-2026/)... ## What is agentic coding? 💡 Agentic coding leverages AI systems, often built on [****LLMs**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/), to generate and refine code autonomously. These AI agents can interpret natural language prompts, analyze existing codebases, and produce high-quality, context-aware code tailored to specific requirements. The technology is particularly impactful in **automated testing**, **legacy code modernization**, and **rapid prototyping**. For example, AI agents can convert outdated codebases into modern programming languages or generate entire micro-services architectures based on high-level design specifications. --- ## How agentic coding works Agentic coding operates through a structured loop often described as **reason and act**. Instead of generating a single output, the system continuously evaluates, executes, and refines its actions. At each step, the agent interprets the task, decides on the next action, and executes it using available tools. This creates a dynamic workflow where the system adapts in real time based on intermediate results. - **Reason and act loop** The agent begins by breaking down a task into smaller steps. It then selects an action, executes it, and evaluates the outcome before moving forward. This loop continues until the objective is achieved, allowing for iterative progress rather than a single-pass response. Each cycle improves alignment with the intended result. - **Iterative self-correction** Agentic systems refine their outputs through continuous feedback. When an action produces an unexpected or suboptimal result, the agent adjusts its approach and retries. This iterative self-correction enables higher reliability over time, especially in complex workflows where multiple steps depend on previous outputs. - **Tool use and system interaction** Agentic coding extends beyond text generation by integrating with external tools and environments. **These may include:** • File system access for reading and modifying code • Terminal commands for running scripts and managing processes • Dependency management for installing and updating packages [Analytics engineering’s AI gap: Full-stack data perspectiveFrom clean dashboards to messy intelligence systems.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteKshitij Aranke![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--3--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-analytics-engineering-didnt-prepare-me-for-in-ai/) ## What are the risks of agentic coding? Agentic coding introduces powerful capabilities, along with a new set of security and operational considerations. As systems gain autonomy and direct access to development environments, risk management becomes a core requirement. The following areas represent key risks that teams should address: • **Unvetted dependencies:** Agents can install or update packages during execution. Without controls, this introduces exposure to malicious or outdated libraries. • **Prompt injection:** External inputs can influence agent behaviour, leading to unintended actions or access patterns within the system. • **Business logic flaws:** Autonomous execution can amplify small logic errors, especially when agents operate across multiple steps or systems. • **Compliance and audit gaps:** Actions taken by agents may require clear logging and traceability to meet internal and regulatory standards. • **Vulnerability escalation:** Agents with broad permissions can interact with multiple systems, increasing the potential impact of a single vulnerability. ## Agentic coding vs traditional AI coding assistants Agentic coding represents a shift from assistive tooling to more autonomous systems. While traditional AI coding assistants support developers with suggestions, agentic systems can take action across multiple steps and environments. The distinction becomes clearer when viewed side by side: | Feature | Agentic coding | Traditional AI coding assistants | | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | **Autonomy** | Executes tasks independently based on goals | Provides suggestions that require user approval | | **Task scope** | Handles multi-step workflows across systems | Focused on single prompts or code snippets | | **Self-correction** | Iteratively refines outputs through feedback loops | Limited refinement based on follow-up prompts | | **Tool usage** | Interacts with file systems, terminals, and dependencies | Typically restricted to code generation within an editor | | **Human involvement** | Operates with defined oversight and control layers | Requires continuous user input and direction | ## A shift in workflow design Traditional AI coding assistants enhance productivity within existing workflows. Agentic coding introduces a different model, where systems participate more actively in execution. This shift changes how teams structure development environments, define responsibilities, and manage oversight. As autonomy increases, so does the importance of clear boundaries and validation processes. [AI’s split future: Control vs autonomy in frontier systemsAI is splitting in two directions. One path is controlled, restricted, and security-first. The other is open, autonomous, and scaling fast. The real question isn’t which is better, it’s what this means for trust.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--6.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-ai-splitting-into-two-worlds/) ## Best practices for secure agentic coding Agentic coding introduces new capabilities across development workflows. To ensure consistent performance and control, teams need clear structures for governance, validation, and monitoring. 1. **Governance and scope control** Effective implementation starts with defining clear boundaries for agent actions. Teams benefit from restricting access to sensitive systems and data, while introducing approval workflows for higher-impact tasks. 1. **CI/CD integration** Agentic coding performs best when integrated into existing CI/CD pipelines. Routing agent-generated outputs through standard build, test, and deployment processes ensures consistency with engineering standards. 1. **Dependency scanning** As agents interact with external libraries and packages, dependency management becomes a key consideration. Validating sources before installation, scanning for known vulnerabilities, and tracking changes introduced by agents all contribute to a more secure development environment. 1. **Audit logging and monitoring** Visibility into agent activity supports both security and operational performance. Logging system interactions and monitoring for unusual behavior enables teams to maintain oversight and respond quickly when needed. ### Bringing it together Agentic coding delivers the most value when treated as part of core infrastructure. Clear controls and strong visibility allow teams to scale these systems while maintaining reliability and trust. --- ## Emerging market leaders in agentic code generation While established tech giants like GitHub and OpenAI dominate headlines, a new wave of innovative companies is making significant strides in agentic code generation. ![Agentic Code Gen Ecosystem Map 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/Title-page-option-1.png) • **Bolt (StackBlitz):** Browser-based development with real-time code generation • **GitLab Duo:** Integrated AI across CI/CD workflows • **Sourcegraph Cody:** Context-aware coding for large codebases • **Replit Ghostwriter:** Real-time coding assistance within collaborative IDEs [AI’s new era: Train once, infer forever in production AIWhy the future of AI systems will be driven by inference and agent workloads.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--7.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-new-era-train-once-infer-forever/) ## The future of agentic coding As the technology matures, we can expect agentic coding to become even more sophisticated. **Key trends to watch include:** 💡 ****Multi-modal AI**: Future AI agents will be able to process not just code but also images, diagrams, and natural language, enabling more intuitive and comprehensive code-generation capabilities. ****Autonomous DevOps**: AI agents will take on more responsibilities in the software development lifecycle, from coding to testing, deployment, and monitoring. ****Enterprise adoption**: As governance and security concerns are addressed, more enterprises will adopt agentic coding tools to modernize legacy systems and accelerate digital transformation. --- ## Conclusion Agentic coding redefines how software is developed, tested, and deployed. While established players like GitHub and [**OpenAI**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/case-study-open-ai/) continue to lead, emerging innovators like **Bolt (by StackBlitz)**, **GitLab Duo**, **Sourcegraph**, and **Replit** are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. The convergence of AI and software development creates a new era of productivity and efficiency. The future of coding is autonomous, and these emerging leaders are at the forefront of this transformation. --- **To connect with AI builders breaking down deployment challenges, check out some of AIAI's in-person summits this year:** → [Agentic AI Summit New York](https://agenticaialliance.com/?%5F%5Fhstc=39790076.ca0968e319d06bd157462b299323e943.1735772590221.1738410416486.1738418328668.164&%5F%5Fhssc=39790076.3.1738418328668&%5F%5Fhsfp=2888730015) → [Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/siliconvalley/) → [The entire 2025 calendar](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in workforce development URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T11:58:57.000Z [Artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) is no longer the stuff of science fiction; it is already firmly established at the core of industries, changing how businesses function, make decisions, and provide value to customers. AI continues to impact industries across the board, from manufacturing and retail to healthcare and finance. But with such quick technical development comes the urgent need for an AI-ready workforce that can fully use these developments. The difficulties and opportunities that various businesses confront as they train their workforce for the AI future are explored in this article. The need for knowledgeable AI specialists is growing rapidly as AI is more and more incorporated into everyday activities. However, there is a severe skills shortage, and many workers are unprepared for the adjustments AI will surely make to their job functions. In this context, we will explore the difficulties in developing a workforce that is AI-ready and the approaches that can assist businesses in overcoming these obstacles. The article also emphasizes the positive aspects of this AI revolution, focusing on the benefits that sectors might realize from developing a workforce that is equipped to make use of AI's capabilities. It also analyzes how government regulations have shaped the environment of the AI workforce and provides information on upcoming developments in AI workforce development. This article serves as a compass to navigate the always-changing terrain of AI-driven workplaces in a world where AI's effect on sectors is expected to increase. ## **The AI revolution in industries** Artificial intelligence has quickly transformed from a specialized field of technology to a pervasive force that is upending entire sectors of the global economy. Smart algorithms, [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), and [data-driven decision-making](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-data-analytics-driven-finance-transformation/) have been included in the fundamental business processes as part of this AI revolution. Industries that formerly depended on conventional techniques are now undergoing a fundamental transition as they [use AI to obtain a competitive advantage](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2025-frontier-digital-transformation-strategies-for-competitive-advantage/) and solve difficult problems. Through predictive analytics, early illness identification, and improved medication discovery, artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is increasing patient care. In the world of finance, this entails automating repetitive procedures, identifying fraudulent activity, and improving investment methods. Smart factories are becoming more common in manufacturing, as AI-powered robots and systems improve production efficiency and quality control. AI is used in retail to make customized product suggestions and manage inventories, while AI-enabled precision farming methods assist agriculture. These illustrations just begin to scrape the surface of AI's impact. Although AI is not a panacea, it does have the potential to improve productivity, accuracy, and creativity. It enables enterprises to extract insights from enormous databases, automate tedious operations, and develop totally new business models. Industries need to adapt and change as AI's influence spreads in order to compete in this changing environment. To manage the difficulties and take advantage of the enormous potential given by the AI revolution, it is crucial to develop a workforce that comprehends, values, and uses AI. [Digital transformation strategies for competitive advantageGetting your digital transformation strategy right can lead businesses towards endless possibilities and provide a competitive advantage.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-93.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMaimoon Saleem![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--35--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-2025-frontier-digital-transformation-strategies-for-competitive-advantage/) ## **The need for an AI-ready workforce** An AI-ready workforce is more important than ever in the age of AI. A traditional skill set is no longer adequate to succeed in the modern workplace as firms integrate AI technology into their operations, goods, and services. This section explores the persuasive arguments for why it is crucial for businesses to have an AI-ready workforce. ### **A. The pervasiveness of AI** **AI across industries:** AI is no longer just used in tech-related industries. From healthcare and banking to education and transportation, it has impacted almost every sector of the economy and profoundly altered how work is done. **Automating routine tasks:** Artificial intelligence (AI) may automate tedious and routine processes, freeing up human workers to concentrate on more innovative and value-added jobs. [The future of digital transformationExplore the magic of digital transformation through Generative AI, real-world use cases, and future prospects like low/no-code platforms.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-94.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1474314243412-cd4a79f02c6a-3)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/) ### **B. Competitive advantage and innovation** **Staying competitive:** By increasing productivity, cutting costs, and offering cutting-edge goods and services that fit changing consumer expectations, businesses that use AI gain a competitive edge. **Adaptation to market dynamics:** An AI-ready workforce is essential for firms to be able to pivot, expand, and stay relevant as market dynamics change quickly. ### **C. Skill gap and job evolution** **Emerging job roles:** As a result of the AI revolution, new professions like data scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI ethics specialists are emerging that call for expertise in AI. **Reskilling:** As AI improves human skills, current work positions are shifting. To work effectively with AI technologies, employees must develop new abilities. ### **D. Maximizing AI's potential** **Unlocking AI's full potential:** When a company's staff knows how to utilize AI tools, comprehend insights produced by AI, and make data-driven choices, it can fully realize the potential of AI. **Minimizing resistance:** An AI-ready workforce lowers opposition to AI adoption, creating an innovative and ever-improving culture within enterprises. As a result of AI's pervasiveness, its revolutionary potential, and the necessity for sectors to remain competitive and adaptive in a quickly changing environment, there is a clear need for an AI-ready workforce. The difficulties and methods involved in creating such a workforce will be covered in the sections that follow. ## **Challenges in preparing an AI-ready workforce** Although there is an evident need for a workforce that is AI-ready, businesses, and sectors face significant obstacles as they set out on this transformational journey. To properly prepare the workforce for the AI future, it is crucial to recognize and solve these difficulties. ### **A. Shortage of AI talent** **Skills gap:** The abilities needed for jobs using AI and those that are already accessible in the workforce are significantly different. Finding people with the appropriate knowledge is a significant challenge. **Competition for talent:** The tight rivalry among businesses to recruit and keep talent as a result of the high demand for AI specialists has raised compensation expectations. ### **B. Resistance to change and fear of job displacement** **Employee apprehension:** Many workers worry that the introduction of AI might result in job loss. This apprehension may make people reluctant to learn new AI-related technology and abilities. **Cultural shift:** It might be challenging to change an organization's culture so that it accepts AI and continuous learning. ### **C. Budget constraints and resource limitations** **Cost of training:** It might be expensive to invest in AI education and training programs. Allocating resources for this reason may be particularly difficult for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). **Infrastructure and technology:** A large infrastructure and resource commitment is needed to implement AI tools and technologies, which may not be realistic for many enterprises. ### **D. Ethical and privacy concerns** **Bias and fairness:** A complicated task, ensuring fairness and objectivity in AI systems needs care to avoid discriminating outcomes. **Data privacy:** Massive volumes of data handling generate privacy and security issues, needing strict regulations and procedures. **Regulatory compliance:** Organizations must negotiate the problem of adhering to ethical norms and laws governing AI that are constantly changing. A complex strategy, including strategic planning, spending on education and training, encouraging a culture of adaption, and proactive engagement with ethical and privacy issues, is needed to address these difficulties. To fully utilize AI technology and keep their competitive edge, industries must continue to be dedicated to developing an AI-ready workforce in the face of these challenges. The ways to meet these issues will be covered in the section that follows. ## **Strategies for overcoming challenges** Organizations and sectors must implement proactive measures to handle the significant difficulties of developing an AI-ready workforce: **Investment in education and training:** Allocate funds to develop thorough AI education and training programs, both internally and through collaborations with academic institutions, in order to retrain and upskill personnel. **Collaboration between academia and industry:** To guarantee that educational curricula are in line with the changing needs of the labor market and produce graduates with pertinent AI capabilities, encourage collaboration between academics and industry. **Cultivate a culture of continuous learning:** To make adopting AI less daunting, foster a culture at work that values ongoing learning, experimentation, and adaptability. **Responsible AI practices:** Focus on developing AI responsibly by tackling prejudice, protecting data privacy, and abiding by moral and legal requirements. Organizations may overcome the challenges of developing a workforce that is AI-ready and put themselves in a position to succeed in the AI-driven future by putting these tactics into practice. ## **Opportunities for industries** A wide range of prospects for development and innovation are presented by the integration of AI into several sectors. A firm may maintain its competitive edge by utilizing an AI-ready workforce to optimize processes, increase productivity, and save expenses. Additionally, by providing AI-driven goods and services, improving consumer experiences through personalization, and making data-informed strategic choices, organizations might investigate new income streams. In an AI-driven environment, industries have the opportunity to not only improve on their current business models but also to lead ground-breaking innovations that will eventually change how they conduct business and engage with their customers. ## **Case Studies** Here we discussed some notable examples of successful AI-ready workforce preparation case studies: ### **Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India** Woxsen University, a provider of educational services, has made considerable expenditures in developing its workforce's AI expertise. AI Research Centre powered by Brandscapes Worldwide Pvt., Ltd., launched in 2021 offers a variety of AI courses that cover machine learning and natural language processing. A Center of Excellence and Knowledge Centre has also been formed by Woxsen University, encouraging cooperation among international specialists for information sharing and the promotion of best practices. These initiatives have made it possible for Woxsen University to develop a highly skilled workforce capable of utilizing AI to efficiently handle both academic and business concerns. ### **Accenture** Accenture, a multinational provider of professional services, has extensively invested in preparing its workers for AI. It introduced an AI Academy in 2020 that provides training in a range of AI subjects, including machine learning and natural language processing. A Center for AI Excellence has also been established by the business, bringing together specialists from several Accenture divisions to exchange expertise and best practices. Accenture has been able to create a workforce that is well-equipped to employ AI to address business challenges as a consequence of these efforts. ### **Bank of America** The industry leader in financial services, Bank of America, has likewise committed significantly to preparing its personnel for AI. It declared a goal to train 100,000 employees in AI by 2025 in its 2021 announcement. The business provides a range of training initiatives, such as online courses, live seminars, and on-the-job training. In order to create new AI-powered goods and services, Bank of America is also making investments in AI research and development. ### **General Electric** General Electric, a massive industrial company, is transforming its operations with AI. The business has created AI-powered solutions for a range of jobs, including supply chain management, quality assurance, and predictive maintenance. Additionally, GE is training its staff in new capabilities using AI. It opened an AI Academy in 2020 with classes on subjects including data science and machine learning. ### **Walmart** Walmart, a major retailer, is utilizing AI to enhance both its operations and customer service. The business has created chatbots using AI that can solve problems and respond to client inquiries. Walmart is utilizing AI to streamline its supply chain and enhance inventory control. In order to create new goods and services that are driven by AI, the firm is investing in AI research and development. ### **UnitedHealth Group** UnitedHealth Group, a major player in the healthcare industry, is employing AI to raise the standard of care it offers. For a range of functions, including predictive analytics, clinical decision support, and patient interaction, the business has created AI-powered products. Additionally, UnitedHealth Group is training its personnel in new capabilities using AI. It introduced an AI Academy in 2021 that provides training in subjects like machine learning and natural language processing. These are just a handful of the many companies that are funding worker preparedness for AI. technology is obvious and being able to use AI properly will become more and more crucial as technology continues to develop. These businesses are setting themselves up for success in the AI future by investing in research and development and upskilling their workforce. ### **The role of government and policy** The evolution of the AI workforce is significantly shaped by government and policy. The aim of policymakers is to foster the development of AI capabilities while preserving ethical and privacy concerns. Their duties include creating rules that guarantee ethical AI activities, encouraging cooperation between academic institutions and businesses, and offering incentives for businesses to spend money on AI education and training. Additionally, by giving funds for research and development, supporting programs that close the AI skill gap, and encouraging the diffusion of AI knowledge to guarantee equal access to opportunities in an AI-driven future, governments may help prepare the workforce for AI. ## **Future trends in AI workforce development** The evolution of the AI workforce is expected to be dynamic and ever-changing in the future. This landscape is anticipated to be shaped by a number of significant trends. **AI-first curriculum:** Institutions of higher learning will include AI and data science in core courses, ensuring that graduates have a solid understanding of AI. **AI ethics specialization:** Specialized jobs and training programs to handle ethical issues in AI research and deployment will result from an increasing emphasis on AI ethics. **Remote learning and online credentials:** AI education will become more widely available as remote learning and digital credentials continue to grow in popularity. **Public-private partnerships:** To close the AI skills gap and spur innovation, government, academic, and industrial partnerships will multiply. **Lifelong learning:** As professionals constantly upgrade their skills to be relevant in settings improved by AI, lifelong learning will become the norm. These patterns emphasize the value of flexibility and ongoing education for the AI workforce of the future. ## **Conclusion** In conclusion, the AI revolution has transformed from a science fiction concept to an unavoidable reality with significant ramifications for global business sectors. It is more important than ever to train a workforce that is AI-ready. AI presents both potential and difficulties as it continues to enter every part of the business. Although there are many challenges, like a lack of skilled AI workers and ethical issues, there are also many benefits, including increased creativity and competitiveness. Organizations must make educational investments, encourage cooperation, cultivate a culture of lifelong learning, and give priority to ethical AI practices in order to meet these difficulties. Developing policies that facilitate fair access to AI education and promote responsible AI deployment are major responsibilities of governments. As we look to the future, the key to success is ensuring that the labor force is capable of utilizing AI's disruptive potential while preserving ethics and creativity. The growth of the AI workforce emphasizes the importance of adaptability and lifelong learning. The industry may not only flourish but also spearhead ground-breaking technologies that will transform our world in the AI-driven future by adhering to these values and cooperating. ### DeepSeek's AI breakthrough: Fewer resources, big impact URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/deepseeks-ai-breakthrough-fewer-resources-big-impact/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:04:20.000Z On December 26th, a modest-sized Chinese company named DeepSeek introduced advanced AI technology, rivaling the top chatbot systems from giants like OpenAI and Google. This achievement was noteworthy for its capability and the cost-efficiency with which it was developed. Unlike its large competitors, DeepSeek created its [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), DeepSeek-V3, using significantly fewer specialized processors, which are typically essential for such advancements. ## Cost efficiency and technological breakthrough These processors are at the heart of a fierce tech rivalry between the U.S. and China. The U.S. aims to keep its lead in AI by restricting the export of high-end chips, such as those from Nvidia, to China. However, DeepSeek's success with fewer resources raises concerns about the effectiveness of U.S. trade policies, which have inadvertently spurred Chinese innovation using more accessible technologies. DeepSeek-V3 impressively handles tasks like answering queries, solving puzzles, programming, and matching industry standards. Remarkably, it was developed with just around $6 million worth of computing resources, starkly contrasting the $100 million Meta reportedly invested in similar technologies. Chris V. Nicholson from Page One Ventures pointed out that more companies could afford $6 million than the heftier sums, democratizing access to advanced AI technology. ## Strategic implications and global impact of DeepSeek Previously, experts believed only firms with substantial financial resources could compete with leading AI firms, which train their systems on supercomputers requiring thousands of chips. DeepSeek, however, managed with just 2,000 chips from Nvidia. This efficient use of limited resources reflects the forced innovation resulting from chip restrictions in China, as Jeffrey Ding from George Washington University noted. Recently, the U.S. tightened these restrictions to prevent China from acquiring advanced AI chips via third countries. This is part of ongoing efforts to limit Chinese firms' potential military use of these technologies, which have resorted to stockpiling chips and sourcing them through underground markets. [ChatGPT vs Bard: What are the top key differences?We’re taking a look at Bard vs ChatGPT and their key differences like technology, internet connection, and training data.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-31.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1686191567720-68f6981e9ad4)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/) DeepSeek, a company rooted in quantitative stock trading, has been leveraging its profits to invest in Nvidia chips since 2021, fueling its AI research rather than consumer products. This focus has allowed it to bypass stringent Chinese regulations on consumer AI, attracting top talent and exploring diverse applications from poetry to complex examinations. While leading U.S. firms continue to push AI boundaries, DeepSeek's recent achievements underline its growing prowess in the field. It also highlights the broader shift towards open-source AI, gaining traction as companies like Meta openly share their technologies. This shift increasingly positions China as a central player in AI development, posing a strategic challenge to U.S. dominance in the field. As the debate continues over the potential risks of open sourcing AI in the U.S., such as spreading misinformation, the global open source community, increasingly led by China, might shape the future of AI development, suggesting a significant geopolitical shift in the technology landscape. --- Have you seen our [2025 event calendar](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-gen-ai-llmops-agentic-ai-and-caio-events-to-attend-in-2025/)? From agentic AI to LLMOps, this year will be bigger than ever - join us in one of our 19 in-person events across the globe and network with other AI leaders. [![AIAI in-person summit list for 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/AIAI_World_Tour_Social_Asset_1080x1920.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### UK's AI supercomputer to transform drug development URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uks-ai-supercomputer-to-transform-drug-development/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:32:50.000Z A groundbreaking £225 million supercomputer, Isambard-AI, is set to revolutionize the medical field by aiding in the development of new drugs and vaccines using artificial intelligence. Situated in Bristol, this state-of-the-art facility will become the most potent supercomputer in the UK when it becomes fully operational this summer. ### National initiative to boost AI Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer recently announced initiatives to enhance AI integration across the UK, aiming to stimulate economic growth. This effort aligns with the capabilities of the Isambard-AI, which, according to Simon McIntosh-Smith, a high-performance computing professor at Bristol University, positions the UK to compete globally in the AI arena. Professor McIntosh-Smith revealed on BBC Radio Bristol that parts of the Isambard-AI system are already functional, with ongoing projects that explore new treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and various cancers. Additionally, the supercomputer is enhancing research into melanoma detection across diverse skin tones. [Building artificial intelligence for drug discoveryAI can create models that predict a compound’s potential and run this model on millions of compounds to find the most promising options.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-28.png)AI Accelerator InstituteGregg W. Casey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1603982222981-20f4389264b7)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-for-drug-discovery/) ### How AI enhances drug development Explaining the operational dynamics, professor McIntosh-Smith highlighted that AI in Isambard-AI simulates drug interactions within the body down to the molecular level. Traditionally, scientists relied on educated guesses and experience to predict how drugs would interact with specific proteins. Now, AI can expedite this process by evaluating numerous potential drug compounds virtually, which enhances efficiency and reduces the need for physical experiments. In his discourse, Prime Minister Starmer touched on the "vast potential" of AI to improve public services, including healthcare and infrastructure management. Professor McIntosh-Smith emphasized that the investment in Isambard-AI could lead to significant global benefits, much like the internet and mobile technology advancements. ### A sustainable future with AI Located at the National Composites Centre in Emersons Green, Isambard-AI will rank among the world's top ten fastest supercomputers upon completion. Despite its high energy demands, the system is designed for maximum efficiency. Professor McIntosh-Smith shared an innovative approach to utilize the system’s waste energy—by converting it into hot water for heating local homes and businesses, thus providing a community benefit. This initiative not only showcases the UK's commitment to leading in AI technology but also underscores the potential for AI to bring about substantial improvements in various sectors, especially healthcare. --- Sign up today for our Pro+ Membership and access hundreds of hours of expert conversations and more. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-30.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/) ### The role of AI in transforming anti-money laundering solutions URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-aml-exploding-the-potential-of-ai-solutions/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:22:07.000Z Do you need a captivating method of presenting your anti-money laundering (AML) system to clients? As a result of the increasing number of online transactions, fraudsters, and money launderers have had their work made easier. An AML AI solution is a powerful tool that can help you fend off these threats and protect your financial environment. A sentiment not far off from what President Abraham Lincoln once noted about the future saying, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Nowadays, AI systems are leading by example and improving the process of combating money laundering. AI technology used in AML systems provides distinctive features essential to AML compliance. It speeds up transaction monitoring, enhances it, and helps institutions beat offenders while keeping the law on their side. This paper discusses how AML AI solutions can change the economic crime-fighting landscape in this article. ## **1\. Facilitated efficiency of transaction monitoring** An AML AI solution boosts transaction monitoring by reducing errors by an average of 90%. Modern AI systems work in real-time processing data significantly faster than employing ordinary methods. They outperform other traditional methods in pattern recognition and identification of suspicious activities, and greatly reduce the number of false alarms. For instance, false positives within AI web services have decreased by up to 80% recently rendering significant time and resources to [financial institutions](https://www.fincen.gov/financial-institution-definition). This means that AML systems are able to invest their efforts in any suspicions or alerts that may be genuine. This precision helps in making faster and more accurate responses to financial crimes. Artificial intelligence is a major asset in contemporary AML initiatives due to its capability to provide great results. In addition, financial organizations that have chosen to implement AI-based AML platforms have delivered improved performance, indicating that money, time, and resources can be better managed. ## **2\. Compliance to set laws and regulations** It is not easy to work through and overcome various moving hurdles of regulations that exist in life. Anticipating the trend in law-making and change, AI solutions in AML bring to the table a flexible tool in software. One study revealed that 70% of financial institutions raised compliance levels by implementing AI-assisted AML systems. These systems provide enhanced reporting invention and dramatically minimize human error in compliance tasks. Therefore, with improved AML undertakings through the integration of artificial intelligence, institutions stand protected from penalties and also reputational loss, thus making the financial world secure. Also, these systems are capable of offering extensive records, which run a very crucial part during reviews made by a certain regulator. [Competition Law as a tool for promoting AI innovation in the USAUSA leads in AI with the National AI Initiative Act and AI Bill of Rights, ensuring secure and ethical development.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-26.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--6--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/competition-law-as-a-tool-for-promoting-ai-innovation-in-the-usa/) ## **3\. Early estimation of hyped operations** Besides, timely identification of suspicious activities is possible only if it is fast. AI solutions are recognized with real-time data processing, allowing institutions to identify fraud as it unfolds. Such a rapid response helps to prevent losses and build up the necessary protections against money laundering. Even more importantly, AI goes beyond merely reporting strong outliers; it identifies trends that an analyst might overlook. These systems, using machine learning algorithms, are incredibly accurate and are of high value in combating financial crimes. Indeed, being proactive rather than reactive puts financial institutions in a better place regarding counteracting emerging evils. ## **4\. Refrain from interference with human activity in the analysis** Traditional AML systems suffer from human error that results in such scenarios as omission of threats or providing false positives. Intelligent AML solutions drive down the level of manual processing, minimizing the chances of errors. Large data sets can be examined by [machine learning](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/machine-learning/) software in mere seconds, and potential threats are detected with great accuracy. For example, artificial intelligence-based AML systems caused a false positive reduction by the end of 2023 by 50%. Such systems offer optimization and decrease the possibility of critical failures by simplifying certain essential tasks. On similar grounds, institutions can also scale down the pressure being applied to their AML compliance teams so that they can engage in more core activities. ## **5\. The last control on the cost efficiency of AML management** Organization of an efficient AML system is costly; however, implementation of AI solutions significantly lowers these costs. With the retention of data for analysis and constant monitoring of transactions, these systems greatly reduced the amount of time and resources required in the compliance and fraud detection processes. The use of [AI in AML](https://amlwatcher.com/blog/7-use-cases-of-artificial-intelligence-in-anti-money-laundering/) systems now allows for tasks to be solved in minutes that previously took hours, given the multiple resources and operational costs saved. The efficiency managers of the financial institutions get to cut down a huge cost while at the same time, they are easily able to cope with the requirements of tackling money laundering cases. According to received data, AI minimizes the number of false positives by 70%, and it significantly decreases the cost for firms all around the world. Furthermore, these efficiencies enable small institutions to work state-of-the-art AML measures that were previously out of their reach. [ARIA: Revolutionizing building management with AIDiscover ARIA, the AI-powered virtual building assistant by BrainBox AI, revolutionizing energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-27.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1486406146926-c627a92ad1ab)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aria-revolutionizing-building-management-with-ai/) ## **6\. Better data processing attributes** Contemporary AML systems must analyze vast volumes of information when seeking to detect economic offenses. Traditionally, it may be challenging to deal with such huge sets of data and avoid essential details; with the help of AI solutions, dealing with these datasets is not a problem. Their advanced algorithms analyze obscure relationships and certain patterns with a great level of speed. The capability of analyzing and handling data makes AI laudable in helping institutions detect risks and alert institutions to suspicious activities. Another finding is that AI solutions have brought down false positives by 50 percent and enhanced detection systems and effectiveness. Besides, these systems can be extended by connecting other technologies like blockchain for more detailed monitoring. ## **7\. Learning or education as multi-dimensional and interconnected** They are an AI environment for compliance management that evolves constantly and grows as a living organism. Such systems learn from large amounts of data, and, by identifying trends in this data, enhance over time. This keeps several institutions informed of the latest gimmicks by fraudsters alike who are ever-evolving new strategies. Through machine learning, AI transforms its operation and effectiveness in that it prevents and prosecutes economic crimes. Through effective ways to change its tune and respond effectively to new threats, AI guarantees that financial institutions hold efficient and aggressive stands against money laundering and fraud. Additionally, the institutions that use this capability can also gain the capacity for predicting future risks as well as designing preventive measures to augment the firm’s security systems. ## **8\. Better customer trust and company image** The hostile application of advanced AML AI solutions doesn’t bring benefits to the internal processes only it also improves customers’ confidence and brand image. Consumers prefer to work with financial firms that present sound practices concerning fraud and related compliance measures. Through preventing scenarios related to fraud as well as guaranteeing smooth compliance institutions render themselves reputable and safe for use according to the views/interests of their clients. This increased level of trust can give the current customer better loyalty and execute competition edge inside the market. ## **Bonus: Discovering AI-based AML systems** If you are ready for a change in how your business approaches and implements your AML systems, then we can help. Organizations are welcome to visit our website to learn about new AI solutions tailored to their requirements. Enable your institution to strengthen its compliance, contain costs, and predict and prevent financial crimes. ## **Conclusion** AI technology is making tremendous impacts in the Anti Money Laundering processes as we speak, providing faster and more accurate solutions. Basically, AI integrated AML systems provide unprecedented advantages ranging anything from more efficient monitoring of transactions to sound compliance. These solutions make the financial world safer by minimizing human mistakes, decreasing expenses, and adapting to new problems. People engaged in digital transactions now make it mandatory to use AI to support AML endeavors. AI AML systems today not only enable institutions to shield themselves and consumers from financial crimes, but it also puts them ahead for the future of safe financial operations. So why not take the step to embrace innovation and strengthen your firewalls—that is, your clients and stakeholders—will surely be grateful. ### An inside look at Austin's artificial intelligence ecosystem URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/austin-ecosystem/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:35:34.000Z Ranked 17th globally in StartUp Blink's 'Best Cities for Startups' 2024 rankings - an index factoring quality, quantity and growth - Austin's tech force and industry is still booming: over 7,500 companies, employing 180,000+, representing >13% of the city's workforce. By headcount, the city's industry is predicted to grow 3.2% this year \[Workforce Solutions Capital Area\]. ## 50 years & counting of pioneering innovation From the '60s with Tracor, IBM, and Texas Instruments, to the '83 arrival of MCC, to Michael Dell's '84 dorm room startup - Austin has a history of powerhouse innovators. Fast-forward to 2018, Apple's $1 billion investment plans in Austin solidified its position as the company's second-largest location outside California, and significantly impacted the city's future. Today, giants like AMD, Tesla & Google call Austin home - or at least a significant second home. The city's blend of startups and established companies fosters a dynamic ecosystem, and UoT consistently graduates top talent, fuelling the industry. ## Mapping Austin's generative AI ecosystem Embedded in the applied AI landscape globally, AI Accelerator Institute is attempting to map its entirety. With the support of [Austin AI Alliance](https://www.austin-ai.org/) & [AustinNext](https://www.austinnextpodcast.com/), featured below is an ecosystem map of Austin's major players across both application and infrastructure: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/Title-page-option-1--7-.jpg) Generative AI Ecosystem Map: Austin \[2025\] ## What's the draw? Austin not only breeds its own, but *attracts* top talent with a number of competitive advantages. In short: Silicon Valley-level innovation at a lower cost and a higher quality of life. No state income tax and significantly lower housing costs than other tech hubs attract both startups and established companies, offering a compelling cost advantage. The tech scene is incredibly diverse, encompassing AI, cybersecurity, eCommerce, and healthtech, fostering an ecosystem where innovation thrives, whilst the city itself boasts an exceptional quality of life, with renowned food trucks, a vibrant live music scene, and year-round outdoor activities. Early pioneers like Texas Instruments and Dell recognized Austin's potential, transforming it into a thriving tech hub where startups and established companies can afford to experiment and grow. Austin offers more than just work opportunities; it provides a unique lifestyle where technology and culture seamlessly intertwine. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/GenAI_Summit_Austin_FEB25_Email_Banner_10.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/austin/) ## Challenges ahead... Austin's tech scene faces challenges in 2025, but remains a dynamic force. Remote work is reshaping the landscape, easing traffic congestion whilst pretty heavily impacting office space, with vacancy rates at 16%. However, these high rates present opportunities for startups, and despite high housing costs, new developments offer hope. There's strong evidence that the tech industry is benefiting from all of this, with 16.3% of jobs in the tech sector - significantly higher than the national average of 9%. Focus is shifting towards generative AI and clean tech, with major players expanding their presence. Infrastructure improvements, including geothermal facilities and data centers, are underway. While inclusivity and growth pains remain, Austin's competitive tax advantages, vibrant culture, and abundant opportunities continue to attract talent and companies. ### UK's AI blueprint: AI Opportunities Action Plan URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uks-ai-blueprint-ai-opportunities-action-plan/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:39:39.000Z The United Kingdom stands as the third-largest [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) market globally, boasting a rich history of scientific innovation and hosting major AI players like Google DeepMind and ARM. Despite this, the rapid advancements in AI by the United States and China pose a risk of the UK falling behind. The UK government recognizes the urgency to participate in and shape the AI revolution, drawing from its historical contributions to computing and the internet. ## Strategic initiatives for AI advancement One of the earliest actions taken by the new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, was to commission an AI Opportunities Action Plan. This ambitious plan is designed to leverage AI for economic growth, improved public services, and personal opportunities. It emphasizes the UK's role in global AI safety and [governance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) leadership and outlines a comprehensive approach to effectively integrate AI into the social market economy. ## Core areas of focus in the AI action plan ### 1\. Building AI infrastructure The UK government is committed to enhancing its AI infrastructure to support current and future needs. This involves expanding the AI Research Resource to facilitate advanced AI research and ensuring sufficient access to high-performance computing power. Plans include establishing AI Growth Zones to accelerate data center construction and forming international compute partnerships to bolster the UK's capabilities. [UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and servicesThe UK places AI at the center of its strategy for economic growth and improved public services, led by Science Secretary Peter Kyle.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-23.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) ### 2\. Fostering AI adoption across sectors The government aims to promote widespread adoption of AI technologies across public and private sectors to improve efficiency and service delivery. This involves supporting AI integration in healthcare, education, and public administration, enhancing user experiences akin to private sector ones. ### 3\. Cultivating homegrown AI talent and innovation To maintain its leadership in AI, the UK needs to attract, train, and retain top talent, which includes expanding higher education programs in AI, promoting diversity in the AI workforce, and creating new pathways into AI careers. The government also plans to incentivize the development of innovative AI applications and startups. ## Recommendations for immediate action The AI Opportunities Action Plan calls for immediate, bold actions to secure the UK's position at the forefront of AI technology. This includes: - Developing strategic AI capabilities domestically to avoid being merely an AI consumer. - Ensuring robust investment in AI research and infrastructure. - Leveraging government procurement to foster innovation and support the AI ecosystem. [EU’s strategic alliance for AI leadershipEU member states Germany, France, and Poland unite for AI innovation, aiming to align with EU policies and compete globally with the US and China.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-24.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1532214950507-92ba44a2f6f7)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eus-strategic-alliance-for-ai-leadership/) ## A proactive approach to AI leadership The UK's strategy reflects a proactive approach to participating in and leading the AI revolution. By aligning government actions with innovation, infrastructure development, and talent cultivation, the UK aims to secure significant economic and strategic advantages from AI advancements. This ambitious plan requires collaboration across government sectors, industry partners, and international allies to ensure the UK remains a global leader in the AI space. Through these concerted efforts, the UK government is setting a global example of harnessing AI's potential responsibly and innovatively, ensuring that AI benefits all sectors of society while maintaining safety and ethical standards. The success of this initiative will not only define the future of AI in the UK but also its role on the world stage in the coming decades. --- Want access to hundreds of hours of in-person events with some of the industry's leading AI experts? Sign up to our Pro+ membership and start watching now. 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Modern computer vision uses [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) algorithms, more specifically a neural network, to determine insights from this data. These neural networks extract patterns from samples, working similarly to human brains. In this guide, we’ll cover: - [What is computer vision?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/#what-is-computer-vision) - [How does computer vision work?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/#how-does-computer-vision-work) - [A brief history of computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/#a-brief-history-of-computer-vision) - [Computer vision applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/#computer-vision-applications) ## What is computer vision (Vision AI)? Computer vision, or Vision AI, is a field of computer science that aims to create digital systems that are able to process, analyze, and use visual data in the way that a human will do. It derives important information from digital images or other visual inputs, and then takes actions or makes recommendations based on the information it gets. [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) lets computers think, and computer vision lets them see by training machines to undertake specific tasks. The core principle of Vision AI is centered on machines and computing devices making intelligent decisions after the interpretation of visual data. Vision AI applications can be further broken down into branches like: - Object classification - Object detection - Object tracking - OCR (optical character recognition) ### Object Classification With Vision AI, a camera can classify by looking at a picture whether it depicts a dog or a cat. This category of Vision AI is called object classification, and the deep learning models used for it are referred to as classification models. ![Cat & Dog are classified with AI technique, Object Classification.](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/uSvbI_GoKg93CaRreGfE2BElwvf9lrCe1MoGWuaYaVWoLq_fIJbUutoLHshB_eJEb_PfeKCz0xg5cARdF3wwsbuR8MV1EKrp5_P35tSYx5760hv_YN2gqfsdKawNrE23uRLaoSVStpjGtvzx6mpjjz9SDbMHM8G4gtbc-E0e8by_2odkv_Ka-za_uB3eBA) Classifying images is the process of organizing them into categories on the basis of their features or characteristics. Classification is the process of identifying which classes (objects) are present in the visual data. It’s useful on a yes/no level for finding out whether an image contains an object/anomaly or not. ### Object Detection [Object detection](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-is-object-detection-in-computer-vision-a-look-at-the-models/) is a technology that uses machine vision to understand, identify, and detect different objects in a particular area/frame. Example: cars on a road, lampposts on a sidewalk. ![Object detection of two lampposts at night](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/0wbE-3I7PsGrOhm5KD1Vo_KHxPGDTwGCD_uFILRCiZ5lcKdqk9c9Hxu6hd7o9q_F64r4HCDODTk2H5S5MtQbAwaxpI0wu8lvfUJ2QkeKapk1JlRQebTT9ht_d7aqhcg6nNu0ajpRdEzP0Cm-qf6b5ktjw5sveXYb7yvm1RIRDWrPAberrFhIzfDdgvgNYg) Widely used in factories with object detection, manufacturers can detect the presence of unwanted objects on their factories' belts. It’s also quite prominent amongst food manufacturers who use this solution to identify and filter out unwanted debris, human hair, and micromachine parts, and protect their food products from contamination. ### Object Tracking Object tracking is all about the movement or motion of a targeted object within a frame. It can be used to monitor the movements of customers in a shop or the speed of moving vehicles. ![Object tracking of people on a road](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/IyZBoeZ0OdHpXyAj7LR5pz8KXkRnzOkzGKX-q0Qqbich3J-QXHWJZmzclq_VvEnXZp4WcxV3xCBwxvrwNaCpza53m7tTQEX4vx6RkkEGAIua7f4LIuSRQRc6OTFOZ9L6dVUHp66hgH16eK41ytD0VVFHBNGFrlqSRjXv5vYLF0TvfEeer4mbPw1e_mdXAA) used for many things, such as sports analytics or a factory environment, to ensure all workers wear safety gear. You can also program pose-based tracking to focus specifically on particular body parts of a person. With the help of object tracking, cameras can identify objects in a video and interpret them as a set of trajectories with high accuracy. Objects in the video are tracked frame by frame. People tracking is one of the biggest applications of this solution with widespread applications in almost every industry. ### Optical Character Recognition Can a camera look at a text and be able to read it? That's how simple it was when it started. We slowly progressed from being able to read a single line to being able to read an entire paragraph. Now we can convert non-linear texts, diagrams, and tables into digital formats and machine-readable data. OCR can capture data from different sections of a document, segregate it, and organize it accordingly into a sanitized digital format. ![Optical character recognition with Artificial Intelligence.](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/lYblAIM901_OqIFnf1QGI3mQ28vIY4k-rl0rIrhGEtU-OxuyZ7WVRegg7Iyz0rjENZhiwCY1oWaoGr8g2MLOzcJeG1HN66jRtSxlpLClsnKFxJJi-F7qThZ8HfVr15T7-x9Y5NNwJMlPPNs3VZOYwqaQzQsGD7ygzgCNpSXff274AWAAXsjZNd8mnxzJzA) If we consider the example of a passport, OCR scanning can extract information from every column like the name, address, last issued date, etc., and arrange it accordingly in a digital format. The biggest everyday use of this Vision AI application can be witnessed at banks that use this [OCR](https://visionify.ai/how-optical-character-recognition-has-revolutionized-the-world-of-banking/) to process cheques and passbooks. ## How does computer vision work in practice? ### 1\. Image acquisition Through real-time photos, video, or 3D technology, images are acquired in both small and large sets. ### 2\. Image processing Image processing is a mostly automated process due to [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) models, which need to first be trained by being fed tens of thousands of pre-identified or labeled images. ### 3\. Image understanding Objects are classified or identified. Even though computer vision can be summarized in three simple steps, image processing and understanding can be challenging. A single image is composed of many pixels, or picture elements, which is the smallest quanta - the plural of quantum, representing the minimum amount of any physical object in an interaction - in which we can divide an image into. Computers then process images in an array of pixels, with each pixel having a set of values that represent both the intensity and the presence of the primary colors: **R**ed, **G**reen, and **B**lue. The RGB color model is often used in color images, with each pixel being a mix of these three colors. As computers can only understand numbers, each pixel is then represented by three numbers, which correspond to the amount of red, green, and blue in each pixel. With grayscale images, each pixel is just one number, representing the intensity or amount of light it has. This scale is often represented from 0 (black) to 255 (white), with everything in between being various shades of gray. The array of pixels forms a digital image, which becomes a matrix. Complex applications will have operations such as downsampling via pooling and convolutions with learnable kernels, while simpler algorithms make use of linear algebra to manipulate a matrix. Computers have to use algorithms that can recognize complex patterns in images by performing complex calculations on the matrices to extrapolate relationships between pixels. Three operations that are based on deep learning perspectives and often utilized in computer vision are: - **Convolution.** An operation in which a learnable kernel is ‘convolved’ with an image, meaning that the kernel is slides pixel by pixel across an image. An element-wise multiplication is then made between both image and kernel at every pixel group. - **Pooling.** The dimensions of an image are reduced by undertaking operations at a pixel level. The way it works, a kernel slides across an image, with only one pixel from a corresponding pixel group being chosen for more processing, which reduces the size of the image. - **Non-linear activations.** The stacking of multiple convolutions and pooling blocks increases model depth due to the introduction of non-linearity in the neural network. ## A brief history of computer vision **1959:** Computer vision experimentation starts, with neurophysiologists showing an array of images to a cat and trying to correlate a response in the brain. They found that the cat first responded to hard lines, which meant that image processing begins with simple shapes. The first computer image scanning technology was developed around the same time, which let computers both digitize and acquire images. **1963:** Computers are able to transform 2D images into 3D forms. The 1960s were marked by the emergence of AI as an academic field of study, alongside being the beginning of AI trying to solve human vision problems. **1974:** The introduction of optical character recognition (OCR) technology. It was able to recognize printed text in any typeface or font. Intelligent character recognition (ICR) could decode hand-written text through neural networks. Both OCR and ICR have since been applied to mobile payments, vehicle plate recognition, and more. **1982:** Neuroscientist David Marr determines that vision is hierarchical, and introduces machine algorithms to detect corners, edges, curves, and other basic shapes. Computer scientist Kunihiko Fukushima develops a network of cells that is able to recognize patterns, called Neocognitron, which has convolutional layers in a neural network. **2000s:** In 2001, the first real-time face recognition applications begin to appear. Object recognition becomes the focus throughout the decade, alongside the emergence of the standardization of how visual data sets are both tagged and annotated. **2010:** The ImageNet data set is available, containing millions of tagged images over a thousand object classes. It provides the foundation for CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) and deep learning models. **2012:** A CNN is entered into an image content by a team from the University of Toronto. The mode, AlexNet, majorly reduces error rates for image recognition to only a few percent. ## What are the main applications of computer vision? ### Object detection Using bounding boxes, it detects and locates objects by looking for class-specific details in a video or image. It then identifies them whenever the details appear. These classes are divided into what the detection model has been trained to classify, like animals. Object detection methods previously used HOG Features, Haar Features, and SIFT based on classical machine learning approaches. ### Face recognition A subpart of object detection, face recognition’s primary object to detect is the human face. As an application, it’s similar to object detection, but it also undertakes object recognition. These systems look for landmarks and common features, such as lips or eyes, to classify a face by using features and landmark positioning. ### Scene reconstruction An extremely complex application, scene reconstruction relates to the 3D reconstruction of objects from photos. Algorithms usually reconstruct objects through the formation of point clouds on object surfaces and then reconstruct a mesh from the point cloud. ### Video motion analysis Studying moving animals or objects and their trajectories, it combines tracking, object detection, pose estimation, and segmentation. It can be used in areas like manufacturing, medicine, sports, and more. ### Image classification Probably the most popular application in computer vision, it classifies a group of images into a set of predefined classes by only using a set of sample images that are already classified. It deals with the processing of entire images and assigns specific labels to them. ### Image restoration Image restoration is the restoration or reconstruction of old or faded hard copies of images that have lost their quality. This process usually involves reducing additive noise through mathematical tools or image inpainting, if further analysis is needed. With image inpainting, generative models make an estimate of what the damaged parts of images mean to fill them in. Should images be in black and white, a colorization process usually follows in a realistic way. ### Edge detection Using mathematical methods that aid in the detection of sharp changes or discontinuities in image brightness, it detects boundaries in an object. Edge detection is usually utilized as a pre-processing step in many applications, mainly being done through convolutions that have specially-designed edge detection filters and through traditional image processing-based algorithms such as Canny Edge. Edges in images provide valuable information about the images’ contents, meaning that deep learning methods perform edge detection internally to capture global low-level features through learnable kernels. --- *Want to learn about edge computing? Read more in our guide below:* [Your guide to edge computingWith the unprecedented volume of data and devices connected to the internet, cloud and AI services that automate and speed up innovation through insights are no longer enough.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_edge-computing.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/) --- ### Image segmentation Image segmentation relates to the division of an image into sub-objects or subparts to show that the machine can distinguish an object from either the background or another object in the image. An image ‘segment’ represents a certain class of object that has been identified in an image by the neural network and is then represented by a pixel mask that can be utilized to extract it. Both modern deep learning architectures (like FPN, SegNet, etc) and traditional image processing algorithms have been used to study image segmentation. ### Feature matching Features are regions in images that provide the most information about specific objects in the images. Edges and corners can be big indicators of object details, making them vital features. This helps to make correlations of features in similar regions of a particular image with regions of another image. Feature matching is typically used for camera calibration and object identification, and tends to be performed in the following order: - **Feature detection.** Regions of interest are detected by image processing algorithms like SIFT. - **Formation of local descriptors.** When features are detected, regions that surround keypoints are captured and local descriptors obtained. These are the representations of a point’s local neighborhood. - **Feature matching.** Local descriptors and features are matched in corresponding images. ### Medicine Image segmentation can be effective during the analysis of medical scans, by detecting disease and rating its severity. With image information being around [90% of all medical data](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ibm-watson-health-merge-launch-new-personalized-imaging-tools-rsna), computer vision is an important process in diagnosis. ### Self-driving cars Smart vehicles use their cameras to capture videos from several angles, sending these videos an input signal to computer vision software. The video is then processed in real-time to detect objects such as traffic lights and pedestrians. ### Augmented reality Computer vision helps augmented reality apps in the detection of physical objects, like individual objects and surfaces, in real-time to place virtual objects in the physical environment. ### Content organization Apple Photos, for example, automatically tags photos and lets users browse structured photograph collections, alongside creating curated views of users’ best moments. For more resources like this, AIGENTS have created ['Roadmaps'](https://aigents.co/learn/roadmaps/intro) \- clickable charts showing you the subjects you should study and the technologies that you would want to adopt to become a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer. ### Insider threats amplified by behavioral analytics URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/insider-threats-amplified-by-behavioral-analytics/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:47:53.000Z In the realm of [cybersecurity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/), behavioral analytics has emerged as a powerful tool for detecting anomalies and potential security threats by analyzing user behavior patterns. However, like any advanced technology, it comes with its own set of risks—particularly when it comes to insider threats. The very [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-data-driven-to-ai-powered-organization-unleash-the-power-of-data-analytics-with-ai/) and insights that make behavioral analytics so effective can also be leveraged by malicious insiders to amplify the damage they can inflict. ## **How behavioral analytics works** Behavioral analytics tracks user activities—such as login times, access patterns, file usage, and communication habits—to establish a baseline of "normal" behavior. When deviations from this baseline occur, the system flags them as potential security concerns. This method is particularly useful for identifying sophisticated attacks that bypass traditional security measures. ## **The double-edged sword of behavioral analytics** While the ability to detect deviations in user behavior is invaluable for cybersecurity, it also presents significant risks if the data and insights generated by behavioral analytics are misused. This is where the danger of insider threats is magnified. ### **1\. Informed malicious insiders:** One of the most significant risks comes from insiders who have legitimate access to behavioral analytics data. These individuals, whether they are disgruntled employees, compromised insiders, or even careless users, can gain deep insights into what triggers security alarms and how the organization's monitoring systems operate. With this knowledge, they can tailor their malicious activities to avoid detection, effectively bypassing the very systems designed to protect the organization. ### **2\. Targeted attacks on individuals:** Behavioral analytics can provide detailed profiles of individual user behavior, including patterns of communication, resource access, and even response times to certain stimuli. A malicious insider could use this information to target specific individuals within the organization, exploiting their known habits or routines to craft more effective phishing attacks, social engineering schemes, or even direct sabotage. ### **3\. Bypassing security controls:** By understanding the thresholds and triggers of the organization’s security systems, an insider can engage in malicious activities that remain within the bounds of "normal" behavior. This might involve gradually escalating privileges, exfiltrating data in small increments, or even altering their behavior to blend in with other users who have similar access levels. Over time, these activities can accumulate into significant security breaches without ever raising a red flag. ### **4\. Collusion with external actors:** The risk is further exacerbated if an insider collaborates with external attackers. An insider could share behavioral analytics data with these external actors, allowing them to tailor their attacks to the specific weaknesses of the organization. This kind of collusion can lead to highly sophisticated, multi-vector attacks that are difficult to detect and mitigate. ### **5\. Privilege escalation and abuse:** Behavioral analytics might also reveal patterns in how privileges are granted and used within an organization. A savvy insider could exploit these patterns to gradually escalate their access rights or to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. Once inside, they can operate with impunity, knowing how to avoid detection based on their understanding of the system’s monitoring capabilities. ## **Mitigating the risks** To mitigate these amplified risks, organizations must adopt a multi-faceted approach: **Strict access controls:** Limit access to behavioral analytics data to only those who absolutely need it and ensure that this access is regularly audited. **Advanced monitoring:** Implement monitoring systems that are specifically designed to detect anomalies in insider behavior, particularly those with access to sensitive data or analytics tools. **Data encryption and masking:** Secure behavioral analytics data with robust encryption, and consider data masking techniques to limit the exposure of sensitive information. **Zero-trust architecture:** Adopt a zero-trust model that continuously validates trust at every stage, ensuring that even insiders are subject to rigorous scrutiny. **Security awareness training:** Regularly train employees on the importance of security, with a specific focus on the dangers of insider threats and the critical role behavioral analytics plays in cybersecurity. [Generative AI from an enterprise architecture strategy perspectiveEyal Lantzman, Global Head of Architecture, AI/ML at JPMorgan, gave this presentation at the London Generative AI Summit in November 2023.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-20.png)AI Accelerator InstituteEyal Lantzman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1531871165793-30177cc75a44)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) Behavioral analytics is a powerful tool in the fight against cyber threats, but it is not without its risks. The amplification of insider threats through the misuse of this technology is a real and present danger. By understanding these risks and implementing robust security measures, organizations can harness the benefits of behavioral analytics while minimizing the potential for it to be used against them. In an age where the insider threat is increasingly recognized as one of the most significant security challenges, a proactive approach to safeguarding behavioral analytics data is not just advisable—it’s essential. --- [Your guide to LLMOpsUnderstanding the varied landscape of LLMOps is essential for harnessing the full potential of large language models in today’s digital world.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-21.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) ### LLMOps: Optimizing towards enterprise value in the LLM & agentic era URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/llmops-optimizing-towards-enterprise-value-in-the-llm-agentic-era/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:51:24.000Z The rise of LLMs, and more recently the push to 'taskify' these models with agentic application, has ushered in a new era of AI. However, effectively deploying, managing & optimizing these models requires a robust set of tools and practices. Enter one of enterpise's most vital functions in 2025, [LLMOps: a set of methodologies and tech stacks](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) that aim to streamline the entire lifecycle of LLMs, from development and training, to deployment and maintenance. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/LLMOps_Summit_Silicon-Valley_APR29_Email_Banner_.png)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/llmopssiliconvalley) ## LLMOps Ecosystem Map: 2025 \[download below\] AI Accelerator Institute's recently released LLMOps Ecosystem Map: 2025 provides a comprehensive view of the tools and technologies currently available for LLM build & management. Excluding foundational LLM infrastructure and purely breaking down the Ops lifecycle, the map categorizes the landscape into 9 key areas: - **Observability** - **Orchestration & model deployment** - **Apps/user analytics** - **Experiment tracking, prompt engineering & optimization** - **Monitoring, testing, or validation** - **Compliance & risk** - **Model training & fine-tuning** - **End-to-end LLM platform** - **Security & privacy** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/LLMOps--10--1.jpg) LLMOps Ecosystem Map: 2025 This map underscores the growing maturity of the LLMOps ecosystem moving into 2025, with a monstrous range of tools available now for every stage of the LLM lifecycle. --- **Want to build out exceptional LLMOps infrastructure? Join AIAI in-person at an LLMOps Summit.** → [LLMOps Summit Silicon Valley](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/llmopssanjose/) | April 29, 2025 → [LLMOps Summit Boston](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/llmopsboston) | October 29, 2025 --- ## **Why is LLMOps crucial in 2025?** LLMOps plays a critical role in enabling rapid innovation and enterprise agility by: - **Accelerating time-to-market:** LLMOps tools automate many of the manual tasks involved in deploying and managing LLMs, reducing development time and accelerating the time-to-market for new LLM-powered products and services. - **Improving efficiency and productivity:** By streamlining the LLM development and deployment process, LLMOps helps organizations improve their efficiency and productivity. - **Enhancing model performance and reliability:** LLMOps tools enable organizations to monitor and optimize LLM performance, ensuring that models are reliable and deliver accurate results. - **Managing risk and ensuring compliance:** LLMOps helps organizations manage the risks associated with using LLMs, such as data privacy and security concerns, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. - **Driving innovation:** By providing a robust foundation for LLM development and deployment, LLMOps empowers organizations to experiment with new ideas and innovate with AI. As LLMs continue to transform industries, the importance of LLMOps will only grow. By adopting and implementing LLMOps best practices, organizations can unlock the full potential of LLMs and gain a significant competitive advantage in the years to come. [Your guide to LLMOpsUnderstanding the varied landscape of LLMOps is essential for harnessing the full potential of large language models in today’s digital world.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-116.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) --- To connect with AI's builders breaking down deployment challenges, check out some of AIAI's in-person summits this year: → [Agentic AI Summit New York](https://agenticaialliance.com/) → [Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/siliconvalley/) → [The entire 2025 calendar](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) --- ### Why isn't generative AI adoption universal in business? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/only-2-1-avoided-generative-ai-in-2024-find-out-why/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T14:45:05.000Z ## Non-users of generative AI tools This year, only **2.1%** of respondents in our [Generative AI Report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) said they don’t use generative AI tools; this represented a decline from last year’s value of **11.8%**, and we were interested in knowing what was behind this choice and this drop. This significant drop suggests a variety of important underlying factors, such as increased awareness and understanding, broader accessibility, proven effectiveness and ROI, peer influence and industry trends, the evolution of technology, and cultural and organizational shifts. In this article, we unpack the reasons behind why some business leaders are still reluctant to fully embrace generative AI. All data is taken exclusively from our latest Generative AI landscape report, which [you can download for free here](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/). [Your guide to generative AIGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) lets users quickly create new content based on a wide variety of inputs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-97.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--15--1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) ## Why have you chosen not to use generative AI tools? To behind with, there was an even distribution of why respondents said they don’t use generative AI. **Create our own internally - 33.4%** **Lack of interest - 33.3%** **Irrelevance - 33.3%** The choice to develop AI tools internally could mean there’s a preference for using customized solutions tailored to the specific business. This can be driven by worries over control or wanting to keep proprietary systems. Respondents also indicated a lack of interest as a reason for not adopting external generative AI tools. Potentially originating from a perceived lack of clear advantage or understanding of how these tools could benefit their specific operations, this decision points to a possible gap in awareness. Similarly, there’s a perception that generative AI tools are irrelevant to operations, meaning there could be a disconnect between AI technologies' offerings and potential users' needs or understandings. ## Would you consider using generative AI tools in the future? With all non-users of generative AI stating they’d be willing to use the tools in the future, this points to essential insights about perceptions and the evolution of technologies. Generative AI tools are being broadly accepted and have a positive outlook, meaning they’ve proven their value and have managed to convince even previously hesitant individuals or companies of their potential benefits. There’s also a marked potential for widespread implementation of these tools across more varied sectors and tools as more non-users adopt the technology. We might see generative AI even more extensively integrated into business operations, potentially leading to a new wave of digital transformation. [Generative AI 2024: Key insights & emerging trendsDownload the Generative AI 2024 Report for in-depth analysis on top tools, user benefits, and key challenges shaping the future of AI technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-19.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_Blog-1-2.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2024-key-insights-emerging-trends/) ## What tool would you consider using? The respondents highlighted the tools below as ones they’d consider using: - Task-dependent - LLaMa3 - Matlab - OV - Ansys ## The general consensus about the use of generative AI We wanted to know the opinion of the respondents’ companies about generative AI. **For - 33.3%** **Neutral - 66.7%** The majority of respondents (**66.6%**) indicated that their companies hold a neutral opinion about generative AI, with some (**33.3%**) also stating that their company has a favorable outlook. The prevalence of this neutral view could suggest that many companies are still assessing the potential impacts and benefits of generative AI without yet committing fully to its adoption. Similarly to last year, there’s an absence of opposition, implying a potential open-minded attitude about generative AI and perhaps even its future adoption. ## Do you trust generative AI tools? We wanted to know how much those who don’t use the technology trust it. Perhaps surprisingly, not everyone who said they’d use the technology in the future also said they trusted it. **Yes - 72.8%** **No - 27.2%** The level of trust (**72.8%**) in generative AI tools remained the same as last year, continuing the trend of not everyone who said they’d use the technology in the future also trusting it. ## What impact do you think generative AI tools are having on society? **Mostly positive - 33.3%** **Mixed - 66.7%** The majority of respondents (**66.7%**) see the impact of the tools as mixed, which could suggest a nuanced understanding of the technology’s benefits against its challenges. This view could stem from the awareness that, while driving innovation and efficiency, generative AI has the potential to pose risks in ethics and bias. ## How do you envision the role of generative AI evolving in your industry? All non-users of generative AI view its role as a supplementary tool, which could underline that while having its uses, it’s not vital for core business operations. This could point to an opportunity for developers to educate and demonstrate AI’s broad benefits and capabilities. ## What specific security or privacy concerns deter you from using generative AI tools? **Potential misuse of personal/generated data - 33.4%** **Lack of transparency in data usage - 33.3%** **Other - 33.3%** Potential misuse of personal/generated data and lack of transparency in data usage are equal concerns for non-users of the technology. It could indicate the fear of personal data being mishandled by AI systems or third parties. How data is used also needs to be fully addressed; transparency over how data is used, handled, and stored by AI systems needs strong policies and regulations on data governance, which need to be properly communicated by AI providers. Those who answered ‘other’ didn’t specify. --- Download the full report to see why and how end users and practitioners are using generative AI tools. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### 6 most popular AI tools for modern product teams URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-most-popular-ai-tools-for-modern-product-teams/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:58:59.000Z In the AI space, your team needs a fast-paced system to stay competitive. To create a fast development system, you need some tools. Being in the dev world, you are aware of the top tools, but in this blog post, we will showcase some cool and unique tools in the market that will boost your current workflow. Let’s dive right into it. ## 1\. Iterate AI: AI-powered product analytics implementation ![](https://www.productledalliance.com/content/images/2024/10/unnamed--3-.png) Most of the teams are using tools like Mixpanel, Amplitude, WebEngage, Monoengage, etc. to track user behavior and gather important insights. [Iterate AI](https://useiterate.ai/?ref=productledalliance.com) offers an AI agent that automates the implementation of product analytics, helping the teams to power up their current analytics tracking system. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI and data analytics-driven finance transformation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-data-analytics-driven-finance-transformation/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T13:00:38.000Z Just as crude oil fueled the industrial revolution, [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-data-driven-to-ai-powered-organization-unleash-the-power-of-data-analytics-with-ai/) drives the engines of the current digital age. This flood of data, underpinned by rapid advancement in [AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) and data analytics, fundamentally reshapes the finance functions inside organizations. It's no longer a back-office number-cruncher; finance has evolved to become a strategic powerhouse for growth, performance optimization, and risk mitigation through the intelligent use of data. However, such transformation needs a strategic roadmap, along with deep knowledge of both technological capabilities and intrinsic peculiarities of financial operations. Finance transformation has followed the broader technological development in data management and analytics. Initially, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems like SAP and Oracle integrated finance by dispersing processes, bringing together a centralized repository. This paved the way for data warehouse-driven Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards for fast insights into historical trends and performance measures. Today, the emergence of data lakehouses further supports those capabilities of AI and data analytics that have come to mean a new frontier of predictive and prescriptive capabilities, thus setting finance functions on a path not jus*t* to understand the *"what"* and *"why"* of past performance, but also to anticipate the *"* **what's next**" and proactively shape their organizations' futures. Finance leaders have always been adept at navigating complex financial landscapes. However, “*know-how*” isn't enough; we need to “*know now*.” In other words, AI and data analytics are no longer optional extracts; they're valuable assets for discovering real-time insights, proactive decision-making, and predictive capabilities. I've led large-scale transformations for major Financial Services institutions and enterprises and this experience has allowed me to witness the *real* issues that legacy systems cause in terms of agility and hindering strategic decisions. What organizations need today is a finance team acting as strategic advisors - a group of professionals who can provide insight and foresight in real time to deal with emerging complexities and capitalize on opportunities. This involves a transformation brought about by four key objectives: ### **1\. From transactional to strategic** Finance must shift from a transactional role, which is focused on recording and reporting, toward a proactive partner that contributes to business strategy and value creation. This represents a more basic change in mindset for finance professionals, using data and AI to identify trends, forecast outcomes, and drive strategic investments. ### **2\. Operational excellence** Operational excellence is changing finance functions, not only by bringing down costs but also by releasing new levels of productivity. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions automate much of the manual effort and human error involved in such processes as invoice processing and reconciliation, freeing resources for more strategic programs. ### **3\. Regulatory landscape** Finance functions operate in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Maintaining compliance with evolving standards like [IFRS](https://www.ifrs.org/?ref=financealliance.io) and GAAP ( or whichever regional standard may be at play, such as Chinese Accounting Standards ([CAS](https://www.hawksford.com/insights-and-guides/china-business-guides/chinese-accounting-standards-vs-ifrs?ref=financealliance.io)) or Indian Accounting Standards ([Ind AS](https://www.mca.gov.in/content/mca/global/en/acts-rules/ebooks/accounting-standards.html?ref=financealliance.io)) requires truly robust systems and processes to contain risk. AI provides a robust solution through the automation of compliance checks, and flagging of potential violations in real-time, including but not limited to lease accounting errors under [IFRS 16,](https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/list-of-standards/ifrs-16-leases/?ref=financealliance.io) and ensures regulatory reporting requirements are met related to generating [XBRL reports](https://www.xbrl.org/the-standard/what/what-is-xbrl/?ref=financealliance.io) for filing at the [SEC](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/08/sec-forms.asp?ref=financealliance.io). It would minimize any penalties and reputational losses by making the approach proactive and ensuring the accuracy and transparency of financial reporting. ### **4\. Proactive risk management** Proactive identification and mitigation of financial risks are critical in attaining organizational resilience and ensuring sustainable growth. AI-powered systems can perform continuous monitoring of transactions to identify anomalies and send an early warning on potential fraud or financial misstatement with a timely warning for taking action on time to minimize the potential loss. ## **Artificial intelligence and data Analytics** AI and data analytics are no longer concepts of the future, but very real and important tools for today's finance functions. These are the ways whereby the finance function can pursue those above-mentioned objectives. With a bundle of power from AI and data analytics, finance can take a quantum leap from being a reactive cost center to a proactive strategic partner. ### **Automation with RPA** RPA is one example of how finance departments have traditionally been doing repetitive rules-based activities. Right from invoice processing to data entry, reconciliation, and many others, companies [can reduce manual efforts](https://www.datasnipper.com/resources/rpa-finance?ref=financealliance.io#:~:text=By%20automating%20repetitive%20tasks%2C%20RPA,accuracy%20and%20reliability%20in%20financial) and errors by up to **50%** if RPA is deployed. This would not only release valuable human capital for more strategic tasks in analysis and decision-making, but would also [provide](https://www.neosofttech.com/blogs/successful-rpa-implementation/?ref=financealliance.io) more accurate and effective results. ### **Predictive power of machine learning** ML algorithms are also allowing finance functions to move from historical reporting to predictive capabilities. The ML model can also forecast future trends by analyzing historical data and recognizing patterns, thus enabling appropriate budgeting, financial planning, and resource allocation. This, in turn, will allow organizations to [predict any market changes](https://www.future-processing.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-in-data-analytics-opportunities-and-challenges/?ref=financealliance.io#:~:text=Companies%20are%20able%20to%20optimize,and%20identify%20opportunities%20for%20growth.), optimize resource utilization, and proactively make decisions for growth in profitability. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### **Unstructured data unlocks insights** NLP and LLMs now empower finance professionals to distill valuable insights from unstructured data sources like contracts, regulatory filings, reports, and news articles. This critical context helps drive decisions and allows the finance teams to deeply understand market dynamics, customer sentiment, and emerging risks. This will eventually enable organizations to make smarter decisions identify opportunities in advance and reduce potential threats proactively. ### **Data-driven decision making** Advanced analytics dashboards and visualizations are revolutionizing the way finance departments present and consume information. These tools provide instant insights into financial performance and drive data-based decisions throughout all levels of organizations. More importantly, it arms business leaders with exactly what they need to make the right decisions in a minimum amount of time and, therefore, faster to cope with the agile world. ### **Strengthen risk management** AI-powered systems go hand in hand with underpinning risk management in finance functions. These systems further grant compliance, avoid financial risks, and monitor on an ongoing basis transactions against anomalies and possible fraudulent activities. It is a proactive way of managing risks to help organizations protect their assets, maintain their reputation, and ensure long-term sustainability. ## **Key use cases: Where AI is making a real impact** The use of AI and data analytics in finance is not some vague concept; it's a reality being implemented by leading financial institutions to solve real-world challenges and drive tangible business value. Here are some key use cases where AI is making a great impact in **2024**, supported by recent reports and statistics: ### **Invoice processing** AI will revolutionize invoicing processes by automating tasks related to data extraction, invoice matching, and fraud detection. Key information from invoices can be automatically extracted independently of their form, either paper or digital, using AI-driven invoice processing solutions to prevent manual entry and reduce errors. For example, the AI-driven document processing platform Rossum [boasts](https://rossum.ai/five-ways-ai-benefits-invoice-automation/?ref=financealliance.io) it can achieve up to **98%** accuracy in invoice data extraction, hence effectively boosting efficiency and increasing efficiency related to the processing time. Moreover, AI algorithms can execute the three-way matching of invoices with POs and receipts. ### **Account receivable** AI is also [rebalancing](https://www.credit-iq.com/us/resources/detail/The-Future-of-Accounts-Receivable-How-AI-is-Revolutionizing-AR-Automation?ref=financealliance.io#:~:text=AI%20enables%20real%2Dtime%20accounts,enhancing%20customer%20satisfaction%20and%20loyalty.) accounts receivable by greatly improving credit scoring, collection, and cash flow forecasting. AI algorithms can analyze huge volumes of data on customer payment history, credit scores, and market trends to predict late payments and indicate customers who are most likely to present risk. Thus, AI enables business owners to take a proactive approach toward credit risk management and optimizing collections strategies. ### **Accounts payable operations** AI is smoothing the workflow of accounts payable by automating invoice processing, vendor management, and fraud prevention. As mentioned earlier, AI can do automatic data extraction in invoices and their matching, hence saving manual effort and reducing inaccuracies. Also, AI can perform vendor data analysis to spot potential risks, such as financial instability or compliance issues, for proactive vendor management. Some AI algorithms can also identify various anomalies in invoice data, such as duplicate invoices or suspicious payment requests, to prevent fraudulent activities and compliance with internal controls. ### **Accounts reconciliation** The use of AI will surely [continue](https://docyt.com/article/benefits-of-ai-powered-automated-account-reconciliation/?ref=financealliance.io) to drive efficiency and effectiveness in account reconciliations with automated data matching, identification of discrepancies, and preparation of reconciliation reports. AI algorithms can sift through large volumes of transaction data, identify and clear matching exceptions, and update current statuses of reconciliations. This development reduces manual efforts and, therefore, cuts down on errors, thereby speeding up the process of reconciliation. ### **Predictive financial forecasting** AI models enhance financial forecasting by analyzing vast amounts of historical data, market trends, and external factors to generate more accurate predictions of revenue, expenses, and cash flow. This allows organizations to anticipate future financial performance, identify potential challenges, and make proactive adjustments to their strategies. For example, [Shell](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323092695%5FThe%5Fprice%5Fprediction%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fenergy%5Fmarket%5Fbased%5Fon%5Fa%5Fnew%5Fmethod?ref=financealliance.io) and BP have started implementing machine learning since 2017 to predict changes in energy markets for improved revenue predictions from global trends in energy consumption and pricing. ### **Automated financial reporting** RPA and AI are automating the generation of financial statements and reports, freeing up finance professionals from tedious manual tasks and reducing the risk of errors. This not only saves time and resources but also ensures greater accuracy and consistency in financial reporting. For example, in [a recent study](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-09-11-gartner-survey-shows-58-percent-of-finance-functions-use-ai-in-2024?ref=financealliance.io), Gartner finds that **58%** of organizations are using AI for financial reporting in everything from automated data extraction and reconciliation to variance analysis and anomaly detection. [Large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) are being considered to parse legislation and regulations in countries where they operate to ensure each regulation is followed. ### **Fraud detection and compliance** AI algorithms are playing a crucial role in combating financial crime by monitoring transactions in real time, identifying suspicious patterns, and flagging potential fraud. This helps organizations stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated fraudsters and protect their financial assets. A [report](https://cfca.org/telecommunications-fraud-increased-12-in-2023-equating-to-an-estimated-38-95-billion-lost-to-fraud/?ref=financealliance.io) by the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) found that telecommunications fraud in the global telecom industry increased **12%** in 2023 equating to an estimated **$38.95 billion** lost to fraud. AI-powered solutions can help analyze call records for anomaly detection and flag suspicious activities to help the operators reduce such losses and save their revenue streams. ### **Expense management automation** AI is streamlining expense management by automating expense reporting and reimbursement processes. By extracting data from purchase histories, and receipts, categorizing expenses, and ensuring compliance with company policies, AI reduces errors, saves time, and frees up employees from tedious administrative tasks. For instance, retail companies like [Walmart](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/03/14/walmart-commerce-technologies-launches-ai-powered-logistics-product?ref=financealliance.io) are into the use of AI mechanisms for automating purchase-ordering and expense management. Companies use AI-driven systems that study customer purchasing habits of the past and predict future needs to optimize products. This will help smoothen their procurement cycles and enhance overall operational effectiveness, saving a lot of manual efforts and reducing procurement costs. ### **Liquidity and cash management** Predictive analytics is optimizing cash flow forecasting, working capital management, and investment decisions, improving liquidity and financial stability. This allows organizations to better manage their cash flow, optimize working capital, and make informed investment decisions. For example, big corporations like Hunt Companies have adopted the AI-powered [Kyriba](https://developer.kyriba.com/site/global/change%5Flog/articles/the-role-of-ai-in-liquidity-management.gsp?ref=financealliance.io) platform in their approach to real-time liquidity management. Equipped with integrated APIs, this platform makes working in the treasury easier by providing real-time visibility of cash flows for better capital allocation. AI assists in liquidity management in all ways a firm might need because it further empowers the ability of a firm to handle the cash reserve with the help of predictive analytics, which can predict and deliver future liquidity needs, especially in times of turmoil in the markets. In 2023, industries like healthcare also benefited from AI in managing treasury. Health Care Service Corporation [employed](https://treasury-management.com/articles/the-disruptive-potential-of-generative-ai?ref=financealliance.io) AI-driven treasury data analytics and reinvented cash flow management to make better-working capital decisions. The move freed up over 1,000 hours of productivity by automating what had been manually-intensive cash management practices. With the power of AI-driven models, the company attained faster and more data-driven decisions that allowed it to manage liquidity through unpredictable financial cycles better. ## **Implementing AI in Finance** The transformation of the finance function with AI is not a plug-and-play exercise; rather, it calls for a structured approach, commitment toward change, and deep insight into both the technology and nuances of financial operations. Below is a high-level roadmap highlighting the major phases a company undergoes during its AI finance implementation. ![finance transformation implementation](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/11/blogimage1.jpg) This phase-based approach to AI implementation in finance underlines the strategic process and iterative evolution, as opposed to a typical finance transformation that would center around ERP systems, data warehouses, and business intelligence dashboards. While those technologies centered around centralization of data and reporting, this roadmap counts on **data as a foundation for AI**, with much stress on **data governance**, **advanced analytics**, and **continuous improvement**. It does this by pointing out that AI is a constantly evolving entity, and to keep up, agile adaptation is required, whereas most implementations of traditional systems are more rigid. Besides that, it covers **change management** and **cross-functional collaboration** to ensure seamless integration of AI into the finance function and greater organzational objectives. The approach regards AI in finance as an issue of unlocking predictive and prescriptive capabilities that underpin strategic decision-making and create new value, not just mere automation. ## **Building the right foundation: Delivery structure and enterprise architecture** Successfully integrating AI into the finance function is not just about choosing the right technology; rather, it is about building a sound foundation that will lay the base for effective implementation and adoption. This requires a robust delivery structure with a well-defined enterprise architecture supportive of the organization's ambitions in AI. ### **Delivery structure:** ![roadmap for finance transformation](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/11/blogimage2.png) Well-structured collaboration, knowledge sharing, and effective execution are what organizations require for effective AI adoption. The Finance Transformation CoE will act as a **central hub** of AI expertise to provide a crystal clear AI skillset to any organization by guiding and providing governance on best practices and support regarding AI initiatives across organizations. It drives innovation, aligns with overall business strategy, and inculcates a culture of data-driven decision-making. Of equal importance is the formation of cross-functional teams comprising finance, IT, and operations, among others. In this way, it involves all the stakeholders in the designing and implementation of AI solutions so that the diverse needs within the organization are catered for. Moreover, the usage of external expertise and technology partnerships would be an effective means of guaranteeing access to those particular skills and solutions that may be beyond reach or even unavailable internally. This, therefore, will help organizations hasten AI implementation and tap into state-of-the-art technologies and best practices. Finally, this will be change management for successful AI adoption. It will be important to clearly communicate the process along with comprehensive training and sustained support to enable employees to navigate through changes resulting from AI and resolve their anxieties so as to work in a culture of continuous learning and improvement. ## **Enterprise architecture** A clearly defined enterprise architecture ensures seamless integration of the capabilities of AI across all functions of finance, including financial planning, accounting, treasury, risk management, tax, procurement, revenue management, reconciliation, and strategic finance. It shall guarantee that AI will be utilized to its fullest extent throughout the whole finance function, hence driving maximum impact on efficiency, decision-making, and risk management. From the technical perspective of this architecture, it needs to have a unified data layer that allows the aggregation of data from various sources into one centralised repository and has quality control in data maintained uniformly. The integration layer, via APIs and data pipelines, shall provide for efficient communication amongst the numerous systems involved that allow proper flow and, where applicable, analyses of the data. The AI and analytics layer provides the platform for creating and deploying AI models and advanced analytics. The application layer integrates the use of AI into existing financial applications to drive greater automation, insight, and decision-making. The interface layer, including user-friendly dashboards, mobile apps, and conversational chatbots, will easily bring user access to AI-powered insights and tools by making interactions with data and systems intuitive. Security measures and compliance frameworks are significant in the security and governance layer for protection of data and responsible, ethical use of AI systems. The infrastructure layer finally consists of scalable cloud and on-premise resources that enable AI workloads to scale systems for handling rapid growth in volume and complexity of financial data. ## **Governance of Data and AI** The only way organisations can avoid inefficiencies, overlaps, and silos is by ensuring a **strong data** and **AI governance** framework. While various departments may have their respective data and AI initiatives, it requires a more centralised governance structure to achieve consistency across the board and to encourage collaboration to maximise value from these efforts. [Finance](https://www.financealliance.io/decentralized-finance-disrupting-traditional-finance/) can lead this cross-functional effort, given their intimate understanding of enterprise data management, regulatory compliance, financial reporting, reconciliation, and balance sheet management. It includes: ![governing AI in finance ](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/11/blogimage3-1.png) By embedding the governance of data and AI into its core functions, finance can encourage cross-functional cohesion, optimise the use of data, and unlock the full value of AI while minimising the risks of AI. ## **Reaping the rewards: Benefits and outcomes** Where organizations are able to effectively fold AI into their finance functions, they tend to achieve major dividends on efficiency, decision-making, risk management, and strategic positioning. ### **Automation and efficiency** AI-driven automation cuts out the tedium from routine operations, such as invoice processing, which often yields appreciable efficiency dividends.. This is the equivalent of a real cost saving; in one 2024 Deloitte [case study](https://psico-smart.com/en/blogs/blog-digital-transformation-optimizing-business-processes-for-the-future-11728?ref=financealliance.io), a global consumer goods company reduced finance operating costs by 15% through the use of AI-driven automation. ### **Decision making enhanced** Real-time analytics coupled with AI-cognitive-driven insight can drive data-driven decisions toward better financial performance. According to PwC’s Global NextGen [survey](https://www.pwc.in/services/entrepreneurial-and-private-business/nextgen.html?ref=financealliance.io) in 2024, 70% of finance executives believe AI will significantly enhance forecasting accuracy. Indeed, in Unilever, its 2023 [annual report ](https://technologymagazine.com/articles/ai-the-new-secret-ingredient-in-unilevers-customer-recipe?ref=financealliance.io)showed that the AI-powered demand forecast enhanced the forecast accuracy by 20%, with obvious further effects on better inventory management and reduced waste. ### **Risk mitigation** AI enables risk management to achieve higher levels in terms of fraud detection, compliance monitoring, and risk assessment. It has also been [noted](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/07/18/ai-powered-synthetic-identity-fraud/?ref=financealliance.io) that synthetic identity fraud increased by 47% in 2023, further cementing the requirement for fraud advanced detection systems powered by AI. In response to these issues, the use of AI in risk mitigation is growing. According to [Market.us](http://market.us/?ref=financealliance.io), the [AI In Fraud Detection Market](https://market.us/report/ai-in-fraud-detection-market/?ref=financealliance.io) valued $12.1 billion in 2023 is further expected to reach a market size of $108.3 billion by 2033 growing at a CAGR of 24.50%. It has grown rapidly as fraud activities they conduct are evolutionary in nature, and most organisations now need to deploy AI technologies inside fraud prevention solutions that ensure efficiency and accuracy. ### **Strategic partnership** AI enables finance to become a strategic partner in the business by bringing real-time insights with predictive capability. AI in the real estate sector helps partnerships study market trends, property values, and customer preferences. Predictive analytics can guide developers and investors in forming strategic alliances to invest in high-growth regions or projects. In 2024, the global generative AI in [real estate market](https://www.precedenceresearch.com/generative-ai-in-real-estate-market?ref=financealliance.io) size is calculated at USD 437.65 million, grew to USD 488.06 million in 2025, and is predicted to hit around USD 1,302.12 million by 2034, expanding at a CAGR of 11.52% between 2024 and 2034. ### **Competitive advantage** Early adoption of AI in finance positions organizations as innovators. Thus, early-bird entities can adapt to changing market conditions and outperform competitors. [According to Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-09-12-gartner-predicts-that-90-percent-of-finance-functions-will-deploy-at-least-one-ai-enabled-tech-solution-by-2026?ref=financealliance.io), by 2026, **90%** of finance functions will deploy at least one AI-enabled technology solution, but less than **10%** of functions will see headcount reductions. These examples represent very concrete benefits of AI in finance from a variety of industries. Early adoption of [AI in Finance](https://www.financealliance.io/ai-in-finance-ebook-download/) places organizations in innovator positions, thus the ability to race ahead of others and respond to constantly changing market conditions. It allows the organization to be at an advantage by applying AI in its efficiencies, innovation, and customer service. ## **Future of finance: AI-driven and data-rich** The future of finance demands a commitment to change, strategic investment, and readiness to embrace transformation. To fully realize the potential of AI-driven finance, organizations need to foster active stakeholder engagement, invest in relevant talent, and continuously monitor and adapt their changes. Key pillars of this transformation include: securing executive sponsorship, roadmapping, upskilling the finance team, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) that assure desired outcomes from AI initiatives. ### **Sustainable finance** Beyond mere efficiency gains and enhanced decision-making, the future of finance will run on AI and big data analytics with a new focus on green and sustainable finance. Itspractices would be enabled through the use of AI. Moreover, KPMG in its recent [article](https://kpmg.com/ch/en/insights/esg-sustainability/sustainable-finance/artificial-intelligence-use.html?ref=financealliance.io) also highlighted that AI is revolutionizing sustainable finance by enabling advanced risk assessment, climate risk modeling, impact investing, sustainable [supply chain management](https://www.financealliance.io/5-supply-chain-risk-mitigation-strategies/), and greenwashing detection, empowering financial institutions to drive positive environmental and social change while maximizing returns. However, widespread adoption is still hindered by challenges such as data availability, model accuracy, regulatory uncertainty, and varying levels of maturity across different sectors and organizations. This is not just a shift; it is a fundamental redefinition of how financial systems will operate in an increasingly focused on sustainability world. ### **Monetizing data and AI models** Data and AI models will evolve from being tools into crucial assets and intellectual property (IP) for companies. Accordingly, taking a lead interest in the development and deployment of innovative solutions with AI, new revenue streams for the finance functions could come from offering data-driven products and services, licensing AI models, or even creating data marketplaces. The European Commission estimates that [**the EU’s data economy alone will be worth €829**](https://www.imd.org/ibyimd/technology/monetizing-data-in-the-ai-era-increasing-profits-while-preserving-privacy/?ref=financealliance.io)bn in 2025, accounting for around **6%** of regional GDP. In this new realm, the ability to use and commercialize data will become a key differentiator for forward-thinking financial companies. ### **Enhanced cybersecurity** In the wake of increased reliance on data and AI, the need for strong cybersecurity measures will be very crucial as finance functions. AI [applications will be made](https://www.fintechscotland.com/the-role-of-ai-and-cybersecurity-in-the-financial-sector/?ref=financealliance.io#:~:text=By%20leveraging%20AI%20technologies%2C%20financial,data%2C%20and%20maintain%20customer%20trust.) to detect and prevent any form of cyber threat, which will be very crucial in keeping sensitive financial data and maintaining the integrity of the financial systems. The market for AI-based cybersecurity is set to grow remarkably - from $24.3 billion in 2023 to nearly $134 billion by 2030, according to [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450963/global-ai-cybersecurity-market-size/?ref=financealliance.io). This surge underscores the crucial need for robust security measures as financial companies continue their digital presence and transformation. While ransomware, in recent years, has attacked many sectors other than the financial sector, some of the major sectors involved are manufacturing, healthcare, and energy. [Transforming cybersecurity with AIDiscover how AI is transforming cybersecurity from both a defensive and adversarial perspective, featuring Palo Alto Networks’ CPO Lee Klarich.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-18.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLee Klarich![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/meta-images--43---1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) For example, in the [Colonial Pipeline attack ](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/attack-colonial-pipeline-what-weve-learned-what-weve-done-over-past-two-years?ref=financealliance.io)in 2021, both the financial and operational data were affected. Most businesses had to use AI to focus on spotting anomalies in network activity to quickly identify a breach. In [manufacturing](https://www.threatintelligence.com/blog/manufacturing-ransomware?ref=financealliance.io), ransomware attacks on supply chains have put companies into adopting AI-driven security systems that can predict vulnerabilities based on data patterns and guarantee protection for financial transactions and intellectual property. Meanwhile, in healthcare, AI-powered cybersecurity solutions go into the protection of sensitive patient data and financial records after the ransomware [attacks that struck hospital systems in 2024 ](https://www.hipaajournal.com/change-healthcare-responding-to-cyberattack/?ref=financealliance.io#:~:text=It%20has%20taken%208%20months,population%20of%20the%20United%20States.)in the US exposed patient and financial information. ### **Finance self-service agent assistants** Beyond these trends, the rise of AI-driven self-service agent assistants is about to revolutionize the way finance professionals interact with data. The assistants will use NLP to enable users to analyze, process, and manage financial data by using conversational language. Suppose you are asking an AI assistant to "*forecast the revenue of next quarter based on current trends*" or "*identify any anomalies in this month's expenses*." There is no need for complicated software products or specialized skills. In other words, everyone can use this highly effective tool for financial analysis. For example, in 2022 [Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-27-gartner-predicts-chatbots-will-become-a-primary-customer-service-channel-within-five-years?ref=financealliance.io) predicted that by 2025 - 70% of white-collar workers will interact with conversational platforms daily. Additionally, the rise of AI has significantly accelerated the growth of self-service analytics, particularly by enhancing user accessibility and insight generation. Gartner also [predicts](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-08-30-gartner-reveals-three-technologies-that-will-transform-customer-service-and-support-by-2028?ref=financealliance.io) that by 2025, 80% of data and analytics innovations will be developed with AI and machine learning, further underscoring the pivotal role of AI in self-service analytics tools. These AI-driven assistants will not only respond to questions but will evolve into proactive advisors anticipating needs and automating routine tasks like report composition and account reconciliation. ## **AI-driven transformation in finance: What's next?** The finance function is on the verge of a profound transformation, with AI and data analytics becoming essential for driving operational efficiency, revenue assurance, cost optimization, risk mitigation, and strategic growth. As we look to the future, financial leaders must embrace continuous learning, agile adaptation, and robust data governance to fully leverage the potential of AI. Organizations should prioritize building data-driven cultures, investing in cross-functional teams, and implementing advanced AI systems to maintain a competitive edge. Emerging technologies such as generative AI, predictive analytics, and self-service AI-driven tools will revolutionize how finance teams operate. The next step of finance transformation will see these technologies more deeply into daily processes, enabling finance functions to evolve from reactive to proactive strategic partners. Furthermore, [sustainable finance](https://www.financealliance.io/7-benefits-of-esg-investing/), enhanced [cybersecurity](https://www.financealliance.io/cfo-cybersecurity/), and the monetization of AI and data assets will become crucial focus areas. For businesses, now is the time to invest in talent development, strategic AI roadmaps, and continuous monitoring of AI-driven initiatives. Those that do will gain a competitive edge, unlocking new efficiencies, revenue streams, and long-term value. As finance leaders, the opportunity is clear: embrace AI’s potential to redefine finance as a data-rich, AI-driven powerhouse for the future. --- [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### DeepMind unveils Veo 2 model: A new era of video generation? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/deepmind-unveils-veo-2-a-new-era-of-video-generation-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T13:04:42.000Z Just one week after OpenAI released Sora, Google DeepMind released [Veo 2](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-2/), a vid-gen model pushing hard at the current boundaries of AI-powered video creation. The model is novel in a number of ways - it's designed to generate high-quality, 1080p resolution videos that can exceed a minute in length, capturing a wide range of cinematic and visual styles. ## Key features & example: - Creates realistic video in phenomenal resolution \[up to 4k\] - Understands a variety of camera shots \[drone, wide, close-up etc\] - Better recreates real-world physics & human expression > **Prompt:** A low-angle shot captures a flock of pink flamingos gracefully wading in a lush, tranquil lagoon. The vibrant pink of their plumage contrasts beautifully with the verdant green of the surrounding vegetation and the crystal-clear turquoise water. Sunlight glints off the water’s surface, creating shimmering reflections that dance on the flamingos’ feathers. The birds’ elegant, curved necks are submerged as they walk through the shallow water, their movements creating gentle ripples that spread across the lagoon. The composition emphasizes the serenity and natural beauty of the scene, highlighting the delicate balance of the ecosystem and the inherent grace of these magnificent birds. The soft, diffused light of early morning bathes the entire scene in a warm, ethereal glow. *\[You can explore more prompt & video-generation examples on the official DeepMind release* [*here*](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-2/)*\].* ## Veo 2 vs Sora; DeepMind vs OpenAI Veo 2 and OpenAI's Sora are both groundbreaking AI video generation models, each with its own strengths. While Sora excels in creative storytelling and imaginative scenarios, Veo 2 prioritizes realism and adherence to real-world physics. Veo 2 also offers a higher degree of control over the video generation process, allowing users to specify camera angles, lighting, and other cinematic elements. Google's direct comparison tests, utilizing 1,003 prompts from Meta's MovieGenBench dataset and human evaluation of 720p, eight-second video clips, revealed Veo 2's superiority over competitors like OpenAI's Sora Turbo. ## Limitations While Veo 2 has made significant strides, Google acknowledges the ongoing challenges in consistently generating realistic and dynamic videos, especially in complex scenes and motion sequences. To mitigate potential misuse and ensure transparency, Veo 2's initial rollout will be limited to select products like VideoFX, YouTube, and Vertex AI. In 2025, the model's reach will expand to platforms like YouTube Shorts. All AI-generated videos will be marked with an invisible SynthID watermark. ## Other releases DeepMind also unveiled an enhanced [Imagen 3](https://deepmind.google/technologies/imagen-3/) model, delivering brighter, better-composed images with richer details and textures. This model also excels in rendering diverse art styles with greater accuracy. It is currently being rolled out globally to ImageFX. Additionally, Google Labs has introduced a new "Whisk" experiment that leverages the updated Imagen 3 and Gemini's visual understanding capabilities. This experiment allows users to prompt with images, showcasing the advancements in AI-powered image generation. --- The Pro+ membership offers a clear, accessible path for the builders, engineers, and scientists embarking on their AI journey. Enjoy hundreds of hours of videos from our events, templates, and more. Sign up today. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-17.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### OpenAI launches Sora: AI video generator now public URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/openai-launches-sora-ai-video-generator-now-public-2/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:52:06.000Z OpenAI has made its artificial intelligence video generator, [Sora](https://openai.com/sora/), available to the general public in the US, following an initial limited release to certain artists, filmmakers, and safety testers. Introduced in February, the tool faced overwhelming demand on its launch day, temporarily halting new sign-ups due to high website traffic. ## Changing video creation with text-to-video creation The text-to-video generator enables the creation of video clips from written prompts. OpenAI's website showcases an example: a serene depiction of woolly mammoths traversing a desert landscape. In a recent blog post, OpenAI expressed its aspiration for Sora to foster innovative creativity and narrative expansion through advanced video storytelling. The company, also behind the widely used [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/), continues to expand its repertoire in generative AI, including voice cloning and integrating its image generator, Dall-E, with ChatGPT. Supported by Microsoft, OpenAI is now a leading force in the AI sector, with a valuation nearing $160 billion. Before public access, technology reviewer Marques Brownlee previewed Sora, finding it simultaneously unsettling and impressive. He noted particular prowess in rendering landscapes despite some inaccuracies in physical representation. Early access filmmakers reported occasional odd visual errors. ## What you can expect with Sora - **Output options.** Generate videos up to 20 seconds long in various aspect ratios. The new 'Turbo' model speeds up generation times significantly. - **Web platform.** Organize and view your creations, explore prompts from other users, and discover featured content for inspiration. - **Creative tools.** Leverage advanced tools like Remix for scene editing, Storyboard for stitching multiple outputs, Blend, Loop, and Style presets to enhance your creations. - **Availability.** Sora is now accessible to ChatGPT subscribers. For $200/month, the Pro plan unlocks unlimited generations, higher resolution outputs, and watermark removal. - **Content restrictions.** OpenAI is limiting uploads involving real people, minors, or copyrighted materials. Initially, only a select group of users will have permission to upload real people as input. - **Territorial rollout.** Due to regulatory concerns, the rollout will exclude the EU, UK, and other specific regions. ## Navigating regulations and controversies It maintains restricted access in those regions as OpenAI navigates regulatory landscapes, including the UK's Online Safety Act, the EU's Digital Services Act, and GDPR. Controversies have also surfaced, such as a temporary shutdown caused by artists exploiting a loophole to protest against potential negative impacts on their professions. These artists accused OpenAI of glossing over these concerns by leveraging their creativity to enhance the product's image. Despite advancements, generative AI technologies like Sora are susceptible to generating erroneous or plagiarized content. This has raised alarms about potential misuse for creating deceptive media, including deepfakes. OpenAI has committed to taking precautions with Sora, including restrictions on depicting specific individuals and explicit content. These measures aim to mitigate misuse while providing access to subscribers in the US and several other countries, excluding the UK and Europe. --- Join us at one of our in-person summits to connect with other AI experts. Whether you're based in Europe or North America, you'll find an event near you to attend. Register today. 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The four types of AI explained URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T14:42:33.000Z Artificial intelligence (AI) helps to build smart machines that can perform a variety of tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence. Alan Turing famously proposed, 'Can machines think?', spurring decades of debate into the definition of consciousness. AI is the branch of computer science that aims to answer Turing's question, with a resounding 'yes'. This interdisciplinary science uses [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) and [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) to create specialized solutions for practically every sector of the tech industry - and a few others. Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, authors of the textbook *Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach*, unify their work around the idea of intelligent agents in machines, stating that AI is “the study of agents that receive percepts from the environment and perform actions”. The authors also add that there have been four different approaches that have defined AI: thinking humanely, thinking rationally, acting humanely, and acting rationally. Dealing with thought processes, reasoning, and behavior, these ideas are based on the fact that, to Russell and Norvig, “all skills needed for the Turing Test also allow an agent to act rationally”. In this guide, we’ll cover: - [How AI works](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/#how-does-artificial-intelligence-work) - [A brief history of AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/#a-brief-history-of-artificial-intelligence) - [The four types of AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/#the-four-types-of-artificial-intelligence) - [Applications of AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/#applications-of-artificial-intelligence) ## How does artificial intelligence work? AI systems work by receiving large amounts of training data, analyzing that data for patterns and correlations, and using these patterns in order to make predictions. AI programming has a focus on three main cognitive skills, which are learning, reasoning, and self-correction. ### 1\. Learning processes Acquiring data and creating specific rules for how the data is turned into actionable information. These rules, or algorithms, give computer devices step-by-step instructions for how they need to complete a task. ### 2\. Reasoning processes Focusing on choosing the right set of rules, or algorithms, to reach the desired result. ### 3\. Self-correction processes Made to continuously fine-tune algorithms and ensure that they offer the most accurate results. ### Strong AI vs weak AI Artificial intelligence can be divided into weak or strong AI. Weak AI, or narrow AI, is a system created and trained for specific tasks. Apple’s Siri, for example, uses weak AI. Strong AI, or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), relates to programming that can copy a human brain’s cognitive abilities. When faced with an unfamiliar task, these systems can use fuzzy logic to use knowledge from one domain to another, and autonomously find a solution. An AGI should be able to pass the Turing Test. --- *Learn more about augmenting human intelligence by listening to the AI Bytes podcast episode with Daniel Bruce, hosted by Ashok Ramani.* [AI: augmenting human intelligence with Daniel BruceIn this episode, we sit down with Daniel Bruce, CPO at Levatas, to explore his knowledge and insights in AI from his 20 years of experience.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/12/AI_Bytes_Podcast_meta_DB.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-augmenting-human-intelligence-with-daniel-bruce/) --- ## A brief history of artificial intelligence The idea of inanimate objects having intelligence of their own has been around for millennia. In the Greek myths, the god Hephaestus was depicted forging robot-like servants out of gold, and philosophers throughout the ages described human thought processes as symbols, which helped to pave the way for the concepts of AI. **1836:** Charles Babbage, a Cambridge University mathematician, and Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, invented the first design for a programmable machine. **1940s:** Jon Von Neumann, a Princeton mathematician, created the architecture for a stored-program computer - the concept that a computer’s program and processed data could reside inside the computer’s memory. Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts paved the way for neural networks when they published *A Logical Calculus of Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity*, which proposed the first mathematical model to create a neural network. **1950s:** Alan Turing, British mathematician, and World War II ENIGMA code-breaker, publishes *Computing Machinery and Intelligence*. Introducing the Turing Test - a test that focuses on a computer’s ability to fool people into thinking its answers to questions were made by humans. **1956:** The first-ever AI conference, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is held at Dartmouth College, with John McCarthy coining the term ‘artificial intelligence’. Computer scientist Allan Newell, and Herbert A. Simon, an economist, cognitive psychologist, and political scientist, also attended, presenting their Logic Theorist, a groundbreaking computer that could prove certain mathematical theorems and is considered to be the first AI program. **Late 1950s:** Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon publish the General Problem Solver algorithm, which fails to solve complex problems but paves the way for more sophisticated cognitive architectures. John McCarthy developed Lips, a language for AI programming that is still used in present times. **Mid-1960s:** Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor at MIT, developed ELIZA, a natural language processing program that paved the way for modern chatbots. **1967:** Frank Rosenblatt builds the first computer based on a neural network that’s capable of ‘learning’ through trial and error - the Mark 1 Perceptron. **1968:** Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert publish *Perceptrons*, a book that quickly becomes landmark work for neural networks and an argument against future research projects about neural networks. **1974-1980:** The first ‘AI Winter’, in which government and businesses stop their support of AI research. **1980s:** Edward Feigenbaum's expert systems and deep learning research start a new wave of AI excitement. Neural networks using a backpropagation algorithm that trains itself start being used in AI applications. Government funding and industry support die down again, and a second ‘AI Winter’ happens until the mid-1990s. --- *Want to know more about deep learning? Read our guide below:* [Your guide to deep learningDeep learning teaches computers to do what humans can do - learning by example. It’s the driving factor behind things like self-driving cars, allowing them to distinguish between pedestrians and other objects on the road.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_deep-learning.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) --- **1997:** IBM’s Deep Blue beats Garry Kasparov, the then chess champion in both a match and a rematch. **2011:** IBM Watson beats champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings at *Jeopardy!*. **2015:** Baidu’s Minwa supercomputer using a special type of deep neural network, a convolutional neural network, identifies and categorizes images with a much higher degree of accuracy than the average human. **2016:** DeepMind's AlphaGo beats Lee Sodol, the Go world champion player, in a five-game match. --- [Artificial intelligence in manufacturingArtificial intelligence in manufacturing is a big factor in how operations are developing. AI can receive a mix of data from machines, people, and sensors and apply it to specially designed algorithms that help to optimize operations.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1567789884554-0b844b597180?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDUyfHxhaSUyMGluJTIwbWFudWZhY3R1cmluZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2NDI2MDU5NTM&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-manufacturing/) --- ## The four types of artificial intelligence Arend Hitze, a Michigan State University assistant professor of Integrative Biology and Computer Science and Engineering, wrote in [an article](https://www.govtech.com/computing/understanding-the-four-types-of-artificial-intelligence.html) that AI can be categorized into four different types. These are: ### 1\. Reactive machines The types of AI machines are the most basic and can only react to their environment. They can’t form memories or use past experiences to inform current and future decisions, only directly perceiving the world and acting on what they see. They complete only a limited number of very specific tasks, which narrows their worldview. This means that reactive machines are more trustworthy and reliable, however, they always react the same way to the same stimuli. Examples of reactive machines are: Google’s AlphaGo Developed by DeepMind Technologies, a Google subsidiary, AlphaGo is a computer program that not only plays Go but is also the first computer program to defeat a professional human Go player and Go world champion. Go, or Weiqi, is an abstract strategy board game in which two people play against each other and try to win by surrounding more territory than their opponent. Invented in China over 3,000 years ago, Go is thought to be the oldest board game continuously played until present day. The complexity of the game made it a challenge for artificial intelligence. With a 10 to the power of 170 possible board configurations - which is more than the number of atoms in the known universe - even the strongest Go computer programs could just play at an amateur human level. AlphaGo combines advanced search trees with deep neural networks. The neural networks then take a description of the board as an input and process it through various different network layers that have millions of neuron-like connections. The ‘policy network’ within the neural networks chooses the next move to play while the ‘value network’ predicts who’ll win the game. After AlphaGo was introduced to various amateur games, it then played against different versions of itself thousands of times to learn from its mistakes. It went on to win 5-0 against a Go professional in 2015. AlphaZero, launched in 207, is a self-taught single system that has mastered Go, chess, and shogi, beating world-champion computer programs in each game. This version replaces hand-crafted heuristics with algorithms and a deep neural network, resulting in a unique and creative style of playing. MuZero, the newest iteration, learns a model of its environment and combines it with AlphaZero’s lookahead tree search. This allows MuZero not only to perform at Go, chess, and shogi, but also to master various visually complex Atari games without being told any rules of the games. MuZero can also plan winning strategies in unknown domains, which is important for the future building of general-purpose learning systems. IBM’s Deep Blue In 1985, Feng-hsiung Hsu, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, worked on his dissertation project featuring a chess-playing machine called ChipTest, with classmate Murray Campbell. When both were hired by IBM in 1989, they continued their work alongside computer scientists Joe Hoane, Jerry Brody, and C. J. Tan. The team then named the project Deep Blue. Playing against world champion Garry Kasparov for the first time in 1996, the six-game match went in Kasparov’s favor 4-2\. After Deep Blue’s upgrade in 1997, the rematch went in its favor 2-1; Kasparov won the first game, Deep Blue won the second, with the following three games a tie, and the last game won by Deep Blue. The machine could explore up to 200 million possible positions every second, and its impact was felt throughout many industries. As it was programmed to solve complex and strategic problems in chess, it also allowed researchers to explore and understand the limits of massively parallel processing. Deep Blue’s architecture was applied to molecular dynamics (helpful in discovering and developing new drugs), financial modeling (like marketplace trends and risk analysis), and data mining (discovering hidden relationships and patterns in large databases). Inspired by Deep Blue, IBM’s Watson went against two of the most successful human players of *Jeopardy!* in 2011 - and won. This machine had software that could process and reason about natural language. It then relied on the massive supply of information it received before the competition. Watson showed that human-machine interactions could be even more advanced. ### 2\. Limited memory Limited memory machines can look into the past. They can store previous data and predictions when they gather information and then weigh potential decisions. These machines are more complex than reactive ones, being created when a model is continuously trained in how to both analyze and use new data. The following steps need to be followed when using limited memory AI machines in machine learning: - Training data has to be created. - The machine learning model has to be created. - The machine learning model has to be able to make predictions. - The machine learning model has to be able to receive environmental or human feedback. - The feedback received needs to be stored as data. - All of the previous steps have to be reiterated as a cycle. --- *Want to know more about machine learning? Read our guide below:* [Your guide to machine learningA branch of artificial intelligence and computer science, machine learning uses algorithms and data to copy how humans learn, in order to improve its accuracy.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_machine-learning.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) --- There are three main machine learning models that use limited memory AI machines: 1. **Evolutionary Generative Adversarial Networks (E-GAN).** These evolve and grow over time, exploring slightly different paths with every new decision based on past experiences. This machine learning model is continuously looking to achieve better paths, using simulations and statistics to predict outcomes based on its eb=volutionary mutation cycle. 2. **Long Short Term Memory (LSTM).** These use past data to predict the next item in sequences. They view more recent information as more important as they make predictions, not accounting for older data although still using it to form conclusions. 3. **Reinforcement learning.** These models use continuous trial-and-error to make better predictions. Self-driving cars, for example, watch cars’ direction and speed by identifying objects and monitoring them over a period of time. Adding this data to self-driving cars’ pre-programmed representations of the environment, like traffic lights and curves on the road, self-driving cars can then make decisions on when to change lanes, for example. This data about the past, however, is only short-term, and it isn’t saved in the library of experience that limited memory machines can learn from. ### 3\. Theory of mind This theoretical concept is the next level of artificial intelligence machines. Based on the psychological premise “theory of mind”, it will represent machines understanding that humans, animals, and objects can have thoughts and emotions affecting their own behavior. Machines capable of this feat would also be able to understand how humans, animals, and other machines feel and make their own decisions through both determination and self-reflection. They would then use this data to make their own decisions. Having the ability to understand the concept of “mind”, emotions, and other concepts will be essential - all in real-time. ### 4\. Self-awareness The final type of AI machine, it will develop a human level of consciousness and emotions. AI scientists will have to understand how consciousness works and how to replicate it in machines, so they can become aware of their own existence. Although self-aware machines are likely still a good few years from being developed, the initial steps taken already in understanding learning, memory, and how to make decisions based on past experiences are essential and the first blocks into creating AI like we see in films and games nowadays. These evolved machines would then inevitably bring discussions about what is to be human and aware: do they deserve the same status as humans? Games like Detroit: Become Human explore these concepts. ## Applications of artificial intelligence ### 1\. Computer vision This field of study develops advanced techniques that help computers see and understand information from digital videos, images, and other visual inputs. Using complex neural networks, [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) has applications in radiology imaging, e-commerce, and more. --- *Learn more about how eBay is powering their e-commerce platform with computer vision:* [Powering e-Commerce Experiences with Computer VisionWith massive amounts of data, how does eBay do AI on such a big scale? And how does eBay identify the needs of millions of buyers and sellers to fulfill their shopping intent?![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAshok Ramani![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/11/online-shopping-6567977_1280--1-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-e-commerce-experiences-with-computer-vision/) *Or read more about what computer vision is below:* [Your guide to computer visionWith modern advancements in artificial intelligence and computational power, computer vision has become an integral part of everyday life. Computers’ ability to ‘see’ and interpret the world around them helps in the analysis of the massive amounts of data created in daily operations.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_computer-vision.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) --- ### 2\. Speech recognition Also known as automatic speech recognition, or ASR, it uses natural language processing to process human speech into text. Digital assistants like Google Assistant use natural language processing and machine learning to use human language effectively. They’re capable of understanding complex commands and offer satisfactory outputs. But digital assistants can now do more than simply answer questions - they can now analyze user preferences, schedules, habits, and more to organize and plan reminders and schedules. ### 3\. Recommendation engines AI algorithms use past consumer behavior data to predict data trends in order to develop cross-selling techniques that are more effective. This is then used to make relevant add-on recommendations for consumers during their checkout process at online shops. Spotify, Netflix, and YouTube, for example, are media streaming platforms that use an AI-powered smart recommendation system. After collecting user data on interests and behaviors, they use machine learning and deep learning algorithms to analyze the data and predict preferences. ### 4\. Customer service Replacing human employees in the customer journey, online chatbots are now answering frequently asked questions (or FAQs) or providing personalized advice and even cross-selling products. They’re changing the way businesses think about customer engagement in both social media platforms and websites, being used as messaging bots on e-commerce websites and in Facebook Messenger, for example. ### 5\. Chatbots Used in customer service, chatbots (or chat robots) impersonate human employees with conversational styles of customer representatives by using natural language processing (NLP). These chatbots can answer questions that need very detailed answers and even learn from bad reviews for maximum efficiency. ### 6\. Face recognition technology Apple’s TrueDepth camera projects more than 30,000 invisible dots to create a depth map of users’ faces, capturing an infrared image as well. A machine-learning algorithm then compares the face scan with facial data already enrolled, to know whether or not it can unlock the device. According to Apple, their face recognition algorithm will [automatically adapt to any changes to the users’ facial features](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208108), such as facial hair, makeup, or contact lenses. ### 7\. Social media Platforms like Instagram and Facebook use artificial intelligence to personalize what users see on their feeds, identifying interests to recommend similar content in order to keep them engaged. AI models are also trained to recognize certain keywords, symbols, or phrases in multiple languages to quickly remove posts with hate speech, for example. AI in social media is also used through emojis in predictive text, smart filters that identify and remove spam messages, facial recognition that automatically tags users’ friends in photos, and smart replies for quick message responses. ### 8\. Text editor Document editors make use of natural language processing to identify incorrect grammar and to make suggestions. Some editor tools also have readability and plagiarism technologies. More advanced tools also offer smart web content optimization recommendations and even help drive traffic to websites by improving content relevance. ### 9\. Search algorithm Search algorithms like Google provide top results on the search engine result page (SERP) with relevant answers to users’ questions. Quality control algorithms are typically used to identify high-quality content and then offer a list of search results that answer queries and provide the best user experience. These search engines rely on natural language processing technology to understand questions. ### 10\. Smart home devices Smart thermostats use AI applications to understand daily habits and cooling and heating preferences to automatically adjust temperature. Similarly, smart fridges can create shopping lists based on what’s missing on the fridge shelves. For more resources like this, AIGENTS have created ['Roadmaps'](https://aigents.co/learn/roadmaps/intro) \- clickable charts showing you the subjects you should study and the technologies that you would want to adopt to become a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer. ### AI regulation and hallucinations: Lessons from Generative AI London URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-regulation-and-hallucinations-lessons-from-the-generative-ai-summit-2/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T09:28:04.000Z *This article brings together highlights from one of our exclusive events, you can catch all the best moments from our summits OnDemand* [*right here.*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiplayer/) --- The Generative AI Summit in London brought together some of the brightest minds in the industry to explore the challenges, breakthroughs, and potential of this game-changing technology. One standout moment was the panel discussion featuring **Tom Mason**, Chief Technology Officer at Unlikely AI. We caught up with Tom after his session to dig deeper into the insights from his panel and hear more about the exciting work Unlikely AI is doing. Here are the key highlights from our conversation. Check out the full interview here: Just looking for a quick read? We compiled the key highlights from Tom's expert panel below. ## **1\. The complex world of AI regulation** AI regulation is a hot topic, and Tom's panel tackled it head-on. He shed light on how different regions—like the US, EU, UK, and China—are approaching regulation and what that means for AI innovation. - **Finding common ground**: Tom emphasized the importance of building trust between AI creators and users. Regulations that strike the right balance can create a solid foundation for scalable and responsible AI adoption. - **Innovation vs. red tape**: While strict regulation can hold back innovation, a lack of oversight risks eroding trust. Tom’s takeaway? It's all about finding that sweet spot. Every region has its own approach, and while it’s still early days, the discussions happening now are setting the stage for the future of AI. ## **2\. Solving the hallucination problem in generative AI** One of the biggest challenges for generative AI today is managing "hallucination"—when AI confidently generates inaccurate or outright fabricated information. Tom shared how Unlikely AI is tackling this head-on with a unique approach. - **A new kind of architecture**: Unlikely AI combines symbolic world models with large language models (LLMs) to create what Tom calls a "compound system." This setup allows for greater control over hallucination, so the AI can switch between creative and hyper-accurate modes depending on the use case. - **Grounded in facts**: By rooting their models in trusted data sources like Wikipedia, they’re working to ensure accuracy without sacrificing the flexibility generative AI is known for. Tom explained that this issue is a major barrier to scaling AI solutions in high-trust environments like enterprise applications, but Unlikely AI is on a mission to fix it. #### **3\. Why London is an AI hotspot** As a London-based company, Unlikely AI is putting the city on the generative AI map. Tom highlighted what makes London (and the UK) such a great place for AI innovation. - **Pro-innovation vibes**: The UK is in a unique position—still light on regulation but heavy on support for experimentation, making it an ideal environment for cutting-edge AI development. - **Talent galore**: With a deep pool of diverse expertise not just in London but across the UK, it’s the perfect breeding ground for cross-functional, collaborative teams. It’s clear that London isn’t just keeping up with global AI hubs—it’s carving out a space at the forefront. #### **4\. What’s next for Unlikely AI?** Unlikely AI is gearing up for some big moves, and Tom gave us a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next year: - **Early-stage validation**: In Q1 2025, the team plans to roll out initial Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) with companies in different sectors to test their technology in high-throughput environments. - **Full launch**: By mid-2025, Unlikely AI is set to bring its solutions to market, offering businesses a way to deploy generative AI with accuracy and confidence. If your business is looking to leverage the next generation of generative AI, Tom is more than open to having a conversation. ### Why community events like this matter Wrapping things up, Tom spoke passionately about the role of community in driving AI forward. Events like the Generative AI Summit bring together builders, engineers, and executives to share ideas, build connections, and foster innovation. “It’s all about bringing different skill sets together,” Tom said. “Communities like AI AI are doing an incredible job at creating the spaces we need to collaborate and push the industry forward.” ### How Sudolabs brings practical AI solutions to multiple industries URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-sudolabs-brings-practical-ai-solutions-to-multiple-industries/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T14:50:55.000Z ## **Can you give us a short intro about Sudolabs?** [**Sudolabs**](https://sudolabs.com/?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcampaign=article&utm%5Fid=Sudolabs+) started as a digital product agency serving startups, guiding them through idea validation, product discovery, UX/UI design, and software development; we’ve covered the full spectrum. Currently, we are focusing on enterprise solutions, specializing in AI and Digital Transformation. We help clients identify impactful use cases and ensure the seamless execution of those solutions. ## **What inspired Sudolabs to dive into the world of** [**Enterprise AI and Digital Transformation**](https://sudolabs.com/services/?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcampaign=article+-+services&utm%5Fid=Sudolabs+#ai-custom-solutions)**? Can you tell us a bit about the journey so far?** When we started Sudolabs, we focused on the startup space and had a lot of success there. Since 2018, we've helped start-ups and scale-ups launch over 50 products with a combined valuation of $1.5 billion. These products have raised $200 million across multiple rounds, with backing from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, SignalFire, and Salesforce Ventures. Working alongside some of the brightest minds in tech has been incredible. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/Sudo1-.png) The transition to the enterprise segment happened quite naturally. As we grew and brought on some amazing talent, we started working with top Silicon Valley startups, which helped us build a strong reputation. This led to our first enterprise clients from the region reaching out, and we began working on larger, more complex projects. Ultimately, we started to explore enterprise verticals in more depth. We have delivered multiple projects, and our clients were quite impressed with our iterative process of building digital products. We were used to fast-paced environments and quick iterative cycles when it comes to developing products. Our approach was appreciated a lot by our new enterprise clients. We also enjoyed the challenges they brought—they pushed us to think bigger and innovate more. Over time, this passion made it clear that diving deeper into Enterprise AI and digital transformation was the right path for us. ## **Your transition toward AI and Digital Transformation has surely expanded your playing field — which new verticals have become priorities for you?** We are, first and foremost, technology pioneers, not confined to any specific vertical. Sudolabs’ expertise lies in understanding emerging technologies, AI trends, and how users interact with these innovations. Over time, this has naturally led us to have more expertise in certain industries, for instance we have long track-record working with banking institutions, or manufacturing companies. However, our tech expertise is applicable across different segments. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/sudo2.png) ## **From finance to manufacturing, how does Sudolabs tailor its approach to meet the unique needs of each industry it serves?** At Sudolabs, we know that each industry—whether it’s finance, manufacturing, or healthcare— comes with its own unique needs. That’s why we don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, we start with a tailored product discovery process that lets us dive deep into each client’s specific challenges and goals before any development begins. This discovery phase is crucial because it allows us to understand the ins and outs of their business, identify what’s working well, and spot areas where we can make the biggest impact. For example, in finance, we’re especially mindful of data security and regulatory demands, whereas in manufacturing, we might focus more on optimizing processes through predictive maintenance and AI-powered automation. By engaging closely with stakeholders early on, we ensure our solutions are not only technically robust but also genuinely aligned with what matters most to them. This way, we’re creating value that’s practical and meaningful for each industry we serve. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/sudo3.png) ## **Could you share a behind-the-scenes look at some of the results Sudolabs has achieved for its clients?** Certainly, we’ve had the chance to work [with some amazing clients](https://sudolabs.com/case-studies?utm%5Fsource=AIAI&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcampaign=article+-+case+studies&utm%5Fid=Sudolabs+#w-tabs-0-data-w-pane-0) over the years, but let me share a few of our favorite collaborations. For a global steel manufacturer, we developed an AI-driven system to optimize their storage and furnace operations, which reduced their energy and emissions costs by 5%. Hitting ROI within a year, this project has been a great example of how AI can make heavy industry more efficient and sustainable. In the customer service, we worked with a major US-based outsourcing company, processing over 1.4 million call transcripts to help automate insights on metrics like handle time and customer satisfaction. By implementing advanced language models, we gave them a powerful tool to pull actionable insights, making their decision-making faster and more data-driven across all their call centers. For a major European insurance company, we developed a digital tool for better risk prediction and hazard assessment. It automates geospatial data processing and now supports over 1 million policies across 15 countries, helping more than 700 risk engineers focus on higher-value work and enabling faster, more accurate risk evaluations. It’s also been a big time-saver, freeing up over 20% of underwriting agents’ time. And for a marketing client with multiple agencies, we created an AI-powered lead-generation tool that personalizes reports for over 100 marketing use cases. This tool has not only streamlined their MQL process but also boosted engagement by matching customers with the right AI solutions, making lead generation much more efficient. ## **AI is a very general term - what technologies do you work with and do you create success for your clients?** We have expertise working across all key AI domains, as well as data infrastructure setup. In terms of infrastructure, that is a very interesting topic. A lot of people do not realize that in order to utilize AI tools, you need to set up the right infrastructure to collect and process your data. Without this, you cannot train your Large Language Models or your Machine Learning Models. In terms of specific verticals within what people call AI today, we have experience working with LLMs and Gen AI, Traditional Machine Learning and Big Data, and other specialty AI domains, such as Computer Vision. There are multiple use-cases how to utilize all of the aforementioned technologies. ## **Numbers speak louder than words—what are some key metrics that illustrate the transformative power of Sudolabs’s work?** There are individual metrics or KPIs that each our client looks at, however ROI is definitely something what we take into consideration where we try to help our clients define the right business use-cases. For many, the improvements we bring are paying off quickly, and hitting that ROI target shows just how impactful our solutions can be. ## **For companies new to AI, adapting can be a big leap. How does Sudolabs guide clients through the transition smoothly?** We start by getting to know their business inside and out. Our team conducts in-depth assessments to understand their objectives, challenges, and existing processes. This helps us identify where AI can add the most value to their operations. Based on our findings, we develop a tailored AI strategy that aligns with their business goals. This roadmap outlines clear steps, timelines, and measurable milestones, ensuring everyone is on the same page. Our experts collaborate closely with our clients’ teams during the implementation phase, ensuring knowledge transfer and addressing any concerns promptly. We design AI systems that grow with our clients’ business. Our solutions are scalable and flexible, allowing them to expand AI capabilities as their needs evolve. Post-implementation, we don't just walk away. We offer continuous support and maintenance services to ensure the newly adapted technology will be successful. On top of that, we prioritize data security and ethical AI use. ## **Beyond delivering solutions, how does Sudolabs engage with communities to foster a broader understanding and excitement around AI?** We’ve always believed that building a strong community is key, especially in the startup world where having a solid network really matters. So, we started hosting events under the SF Founders Collective, which kicked off in San Francisco and pretty quickly spread to other cities like NYC, Austin, and Salt Lake City. These events bring together founders and connect them with top VC experts, so they get practical insights that they can actually use. Lately, we’ve been focusing a lot on AI, diving into real-life applications and making the tech feel more accessible. For us, it’s not just about delivering solutions; it’s about creating a community that’s genuinely interested in learning and growing together in this space. We’re building places where founders can connect, share ideas, and hopefully get inspired about where AI can take them next. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/01/sudo4.png) ## **In an increasingly competitive field, what do you think truly sets Sudolabs apart as a leader in Enterprise AI?** What sets us apart as a leader in Enterprise AI Transformation is our personalized and practical approach. We focus on truly understanding each client's unique challenges and goals, and we tailor our AI solutions to meet those specific needs. Our team combines deep industry knowledge with advanced AI expertise, ensuring that our strategies are both innovative and grounded in real-world applicability. By emphasizing measurable results and fostering close collaboration, we help our clients successfully navigate AI adoption and achieve meaningful business outcomes. If you’re interested in exploring tailored solutions for your business, don’t hesitate to reach out to us: [https://sudolabs.com/contact.](https://sudolabs.com/contact) ### Improving AI inference performance with hardware accelerators URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/improving-ai-inference-performance-with-hardware-accelerators/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T14:51:51.000Z As [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2A1agn8et%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTU0OTM3OTYzOS4xNzMzNDg4NTc0%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTczMzQ4ODU3My4xLjAuMTczMzQ4ODU3My4wLjAuMA..) (AI) continues to permeate various industries, the demand for efficient and powerful AI inference has surged. AI inference, the process of running trained machine learning models to make predictions or decisions, is computationally intensive and often constrained by the performance of the underlying hardware. Enter hardware accelerators\[1\]—specialized hardware designed to optimize AI inference, providing significant improvements in flexibility, performance, and iteration time. AI inference is the process of applying a trained machine learning model to new data in order to make predictions or decisions. With the growing demand for AI applications across industries, achieving real-time performance during inference is crucial. Hardware accelerators, such as GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), NPUs (Neural Processing Units), FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays), and ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) play a significant role in enhancing AI inference performance by providing optimized computational power and parallelism. This article explores the different types of hardware accelerators, their architecture, and how they can be leveraged to improve AI inference performance. This article explores how hardware accelerators enhance AI inference and the impact they have on modern AI applications. ## **AI Inference challenges** AI inference typically involves performing a large number of mathematical operations, such as matrix multiplications, which are computationally intensive. Traditional CPUs, although powerful, are not optimized for these specific types of workloads, leading to inefficiencies in power consumption and speed. As AI models become more complex and data sets larger, the need for specialized hardware to accelerate inference has become apparent. In AI inference, the balance between compute power and memory bandwidth is critical for optimal performance. Compute Power refers to the processing capability of the hardware, which handles the mathematical operations required by the AI model. High compute power allows for faster processing of complex models. Memory Bandwidth is the speed at which data can be transferred between memory and the processing units. The computational requirements for training state-of-the-art Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Transformer models have been growing exponentially. This trend has fueled the development of AI accelerators designed to boost the peak computational power of hardware. These accelerators are also being developed to address the diverse memory and bandwidth bottlenecks associated with AI workloads, particularly in light of the fact that DRAM memory scaling is lagging behind advancements in compute power as shown in Fig 1\. ![Fig 1. Comparing the evolution of # parameters of CNN/Transformer models vs the Single GPU Memory [6]](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf6LgiWUVMg2tEEE6MkUTcFyE8AWHgMA3i7Kr5ATZm3orrOyZkbynC1pvA9iKHaCB5y0BP4P88qU1IGgabB4uHxrdISMZz4F8J67pIu41HnArbhsOOh09Gr3xPgB2Q5yxCwzqna6QG-VX6dSgM-iUueic0?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 1\. Comparing the evolution of # parameters of CNN/Transformer models vs the Single GPU Memory \[6\] ![Fig 2. Computer (FLOPs) vs Memory Bandwidth (/Inference) for different CNN architectures [7]](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfXC4IMr2SNjQyhxPXMpQoc3noMaM24Gmb8CukA65oBAxtiJGdpu_S88suhkC4V-k_FufiFO1-pj_66qF_FbBJmwzUpBTfYNv138dRoDxNRqbxVEjr7nCMdUPVxZex8vjssAdb-uvjESrlEjo4hfS94w7w?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 2\. Computer (FLOPs) vs Memory Bandwidth (/Inference) for different CNN architectures \[7\] Fig 2 and 3, shows the computer vs memory bandwidth of the popular AI models\[6-7\]. Even with high compute power, if memory bandwidth is insufficient, the processors may spend time waiting for data, leading to underutilization of compute resources. Ensuring that memory bandwidth matches the compute demands of the AI model is essential for avoiding bottlenecks and maximizing inference performance. ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXci7BT6lV-q1bVMwL8Wg4fjePo7y43JnstQgtoG4FYdn9uiqas5Q4xyIQzNUQ3Xglt6m4kgF22j_grlLwDFwicuDZs3c644PzOV1oGVYoXoO7tKFTn8C07-P0V8Y7Hg5ipHri8gSn2tNhfMGojDI0E7C-4?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 3\. Compute (FLOPs) vs Arithmetic Intensity (MOPs) for different Transformer (LLM) Models \[6\] ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdM5mF3ErKHxE6NJH0KBO44DkiyvwWTtxw7zMBKV14vBEYj5Sw_7A4Olg0lFtiYNXmN6s3UInaWmgL8ch5bWBd_mC6zHMAxhzwWr97e7eXVGyo-xdoGZEQdJNJGl1-Fc9HljmxP4WPpL3ZcfV97WVxTff14?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 3\. Compute (FLOPs) vs Arithmetic Intensity (MOPs) for different Transformer (LLM) Models \[6\] Fig 3\. Compute (FLOPs) vs Arithmetic Intensity (MOPs) for different Transformer (LLM) Models \[6\] ## **Hardware accelerators** Hardware accelerators, such as GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs, offer a range of deployment options that cater to diverse AI applications. These accelerators can be deployed on-premises, in data centers, or at the edge, providing flexibility to meet specific needs and constraints. The primary advantage of hardware accelerators is their ability to significantly boost computational performance. GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, excel at handling the massive matrix operations typical in AI inference. This parallelism allows for faster processing of large datasets and complex models, reducing the time required to generate predictions. NPUs, specifically designed for AI workloads, offer even greater performance improvements for certain deep learning tasks. By optimizing the hardware for matrix multiplications and convolutions, NPUs can deliver superior throughput and efficiency compared to general-purpose processors. The architecture of hardware accelerators plays a crucial role in their ability to enhance AI inference performance. Below, we outline the key architectural features of GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs. ![Fig 4. Overview of Hardware architecture for Hardware Accelerators](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdVdb73d6cfecfs69U_3iSnu_NbffKUjIS7z1qxMS9D5g7UUUvqDjVENBNNu799cpCqHyl0sWrH6IyRurebCt7HHyOsRvUML30t3H0h4uX1Dzbimf1Dz1mVsg-8-cBZYkNJX3GKB_EpFdY0Fb97H6nfp7Cd?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 4\. Overview of Hardware architecture for Hardware Accelerators ### **Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)** GPUs are widely used for AI workloads due to their ability to perform parallel computations efficiently. Unlike CPUs, which are optimized for sequential tasks, GPUs can handle thousands of parallel threads, making them ideal for the matrix and vector operations common in deep learning. The GPU architecture is designed with thousands of computer units along with scratch memory and control units, enabling highly parallel data processing. Modern GPUs, such as NVIDIA's A100, are specifically designed for AI workloads, offering features like tensor cores that provide further acceleration for AI operations. The architecture of a GPU consists of multiple cores, each capable of executing thousands of threads simultaneously. Modern GPUs include specialized cores, such as tensor cores, which are designed specifically for deep learning operations. The memory bandwidth and large register files of GPUs enable efficient handling of large datasets. ### **Neural Processing Units (NPUs)** NPUs are custom accelerators designed specifically for neural network processing. NPUs are optimized for inference tasks, and they excel at handling large-scale AI models. The architecture of NPUs contains multiple compute units that allow them to perform matrix multiplications and convolutions more efficiently than GPUs, particularly for models like convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The architecture of an NPU allows for the efficient execution of matrix multiplications. NPUs include on-chip memory to reduce data transfer times and increase throughput. The array architecture is particularly effective for CNNs and other deep learning models. ### **Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)** FPGAs offer a unique advantage due to their reconfigurability. They contain millions of programmable gates that can be programmed to optimize specific tasks, such as AI inference, by tailoring the hardware to the specific needs of the application. This makes FPGAs highly efficient for AI workloads, especially in scenarios where low latency is critical, such as in real-time systems. Companies like Xilinx and Intel offer FPGAs that can be configured to accelerate AI inference. FPGAs are composed of a grid of configurable logic blocks connected by programmable interconnects. The flexibility of FPGAs allows them to be customized for specific AI workloads, optimizing both performance and power consumption. The ability to reprogram the logic blocks enables FPGAs to adapt to different neural network models as needed. ### **Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)** ASICs are custom-designed chips optimized for a specific application or task. In the context of AI, ASICs are designed to accelerate specific neural network models. An example is Google's Edge TPU, which is designed for fast and efficient AI inference on edge devices. The main advantage of ASICs is their efficiency in terms of both power consumption and performance, but they lack the flexibility of FPGAs. ASICs are highly optimized for specific tasks, with a fixed architecture that is designed to maximize efficiency for those tasks. In the case of AI inference, ASICs are designed to execute specific neural network models with minimal power consumption and maximum speed. This fixed architecture, while highly efficient, lacks the flexibility of FPGAs. ## **Optimization techniques** To fully leverage the capabilities of various hardware accelerators, different optimization techniques can be applied, each tailored to the strengths of specific hardware types: **Network Architecture Search (NAS):** NAS is particularly valuable for customizing neural network architectures to suit specific hardware accelerators. For edge devices, NAS can craft lightweight models that minimize parameters while maximizing performance. This is especially crucial for NPUs and ASICs, where designing architectures that efficiently utilize hardware resources is essential for optimizing performance and energy efficiency. **Quantization:** Quantization involves reducing the precision of a model's weights and activations, typically from floating-point to fixed-point representations. This technique is highly effective on NPUs, ASICs, and FPGAs, where lower precision computations can drastically improve inference speed and reduce power consumption. GPUs also benefit from quantization, though the gains may be less pronounced compared to specialized hardware like NPUs and ASICs. **Pruning:** Pruning reduces the number of unnecessary weights in a neural network, thereby decreasing the computational load and enabling faster inference. This technique is particularly effective for FPGAs and ASICs, which benefit from reduced model complexity due to their fixed or reconfigurable resources. Pruning can also be applied to GPUs and NPUs, but the impact is most significant in environments where hardware resources are tightly constrained. **Kernel fusion:** Kernel fusion combines multiple operations into a single computational kernel, reducing the overhead of memory access and improving computational efficiency. This optimization is especially beneficial for GPUs and NPUs, where reducing the number of memory-bound operations can lead to significant performance improvements. Kernel fusion is less applicable to FPGAs and ASICs, where operations are often already highly optimized and customized. **Memory optimization:** Optimizing memory access patterns and minimizing memory footprint are critical for maximizing the available bandwidth on hardware accelerators. For GPUs, efficient memory management is key to improving throughput, particularly in large-scale models. NPUs also benefit from memory optimization, as it allows for more efficient execution of neural networks. FPGAs and ASICs, with their specialized memory hierarchies, require careful memory planning to ensure that data is efficiently accessed and processed, thereby enhancing overall inference performance. ## **AI model deployment challenges** Deploying AI models on hardware accelerators presents several challenges, particularly in terms of flexibility, iteration time, and performance. Each type of accelerator—GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs—poses unique considerations in these areas. ![Fig 5. Different trade-offs AI Model deployment on accelerators](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXflhUDsSmsbGggjxDcqY2xSJUCfpoZXVji0z07e4jahhLa2_FD4dtBG_uXAFkrGvW3NLcJ1uOCMWQoqgvYUUth6x-wS4esXfBZVWpPsAhoPye3BlO5_UT3zYVgZj0E0RVRfbcLEd0wxO3vrDDnvJMsI25Y?key=JHuFRCJWX6JzcjI4cfHjEQ) Fig 5\. Different trade-offs AI Model deployment on accelerators ***Flexibility:*** Flexibility is vital for supporting the latest AI models and adapting to evolving frameworks. GPUs, with their general-purpose architecture, offer the highest flexibility among accelerators, making them well-suited for rapidly integrating new models and frameworks. NPUs, while more specialized, also provide a good balance of flexibility, particularly for neural network tasks, though they may require some adjustments for new operations or model types. FPGAs are reconfigurable, allowing for custom adjustments to support new models, but this reconfiguration can be complex and time-consuming. ASICs, being custom-designed for specific tasks, offer the least flexibility; any change in model architecture or framework may require a new chip design, which is costly and time-intensive. The challenge, therefore, lies in ensuring that the deployment environment can integrate advancements without extensive reconfiguration, especially in less flexible hardware like ASICs and FPGAs. ***Iteration time:*** Iteration time, or the speed at which improved AI models can be deployed, is crucial for maintaining the effectiveness of AI systems. GPUs excel in this area due to their compatibility with a wide range of development tools and frameworks, allowing for faster model optimization and deployment. NPUs also support relatively quick iteration times, especially when deploying models tailored for neural network tasks. However, the application of optimization techniques like quantization and pruning can add complexity, requiring thorough validation to ensure that the model meets performance and key performance indicators (KPIs) post-deployment. FPGAs, though powerful, often have longer iteration times due to the need for reconfiguration and hardware-specific optimization. ASICs present the greatest challenge in iteration time, as any update or improvement to the model could necessitate redesigning the hardware, which is a slow and expensive process. ***Performance:*** Performance is a key concern when deploying AI models on hardware accelerators. For GPUs, achieving optimal performance involves maximizing hardware resource utilization and efficiently scaling across multiple units, which can be managed relatively easily due to the mature ecosystem of tools available. NPUs, designed specifically for AI workloads, generally achieve high performance with low latency and high throughput but may require fine-tuning to fully leverage their capabilities. FPGAs, with their customizability, can achieve exceptional performance for specific tasks but often require manual tuning, including custom kernel development and modifications to fully optimize the model. ASICs deliver the best performance per watt for specific tasks due to their tailored design, but achieving this performance involves significant upfront design work, and any deviation from the initial model can severely impact performance. These challenges underscore the importance of a carefully considered deployment strategy tailored to the specific hardware accelerator being used. By understanding and addressing the unique flexibility, iteration time, and performance challenges of GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs, organizations can fully leverage the potential of hardware accelerators for AI model deployment. ## **Performance comparison** When evaluating the performance of various hardware accelerators, it is crucial to consider several key factors, including throughput, latency, power consumption, scalability, and cost. Below is an updated summary of these performance metrics for GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs. **Throughput:** GPUs are known for their high throughput, making them ideal for large-scale AI models and batch-processing tasks. NPUs, designed specifically for AI workloads, also offer high throughput but are optimized for neural network processing. FPGAs and ASICs, while capable of high throughput, are typically employed in scenarios where low latency is more critical than raw throughput. **Latency:** FPGAs and ASICs generally offer lower latency compared to GPUs and NPUs, making them well-suited for real-time applications. FPGAs are particularly valuable because of their reconfigurability, allowing them to be tailored for low-latency inference tasks. ASICs, being custom-designed for specific tasks, are also optimized for minimal latency. **Power Consumption:** In terms of energy efficiency, ASICs are the most power-efficient due to their specialized design. NPUs, which are also designed for AI tasks, offer better energy efficiency compared to general-purpose GPUs. FPGAs tend to consume more power than ASICs but are generally more power-efficient than GPUs, especially when configured for specific tasks. GPUs, while offering high performance, are typically less power-efficient, but their use can be justified in scenarios where their computational power is necessary. **Scalability:** All four types of accelerators offer scalability, but the approaches differ. GPUs are widely used in data centers, where multiple units can be deployed in parallel to manage large-scale AI workloads. NPUs, with their specialized architecture, also scale well in distributed AI environments. FPGAs provide flexibility and can be reconfigured to scale with the workload, while ASICs, though less flexible, offer scalable solutions when deployed in specific applications. Cloud providers often offer accelerator instances, allowing organizations to dynamically scale their AI infrastructure according to workload requirements. **Cost:** ASICs are the most expensive to design and manufacture due to their custom nature, which requires significant upfront investment. FPGAs are more cost-effective for applications that require flexibility and reconfigurability. GPUs, being general-purpose processors, are typically more affordable for a wide range of AI workloads, making them a popular choice for many applications. NPUs, though specialized, generally fall between GPUs and ASICs in terms of cost, offering a balance of efficiency and affordability depending on the use case. ## **Future trends** The future of AI inference hardware accelerators is poised for significant advancements, driven by the need for more specialized, efficient, and scalable architectures. Several emerging trends are shaping the development of next-generation hardware accelerators: **Heterogeneous computing:** The future of AI hardware will likely involve a heterogeneous approach, combining multiple types of processors—such as CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs—into a single system to leverage the strengths of each. This approach allows for the dynamic allocation of workloads to the most appropriate hardware, optimizing performance, power consumption, and efficiency. Heterogeneous computing architectures are expected to become more prevalent as AI models continue to grow in complexity, requiring diverse hardware capabilities to meet different computational demands. Innovations in software frameworks and tools will be critical to managing these complex systems and ensuring seamless integration between different types of accelerators. **Neuromorphic computing** is an innovative approach inspired by the human brain's architecture. Neuromorphic chips are designed to mimic the structure and function of biological neural networks, enabling AI inference with remarkably low power consumption and high efficiency. These chips use spiking neural networks (SNNs), which process information in a way that resembles how neurons communicate in the brain—through spikes of electrical activity. This approach can dramatically reduce energy usage compared to traditional digital processors, making neuromorphic chips ideal for battery-powered devices and other energy-constrained environments. Companies like Intel (with its Loihi chip) and IBM (with its TrueNorth chip) are leading the development of neuromorphic computing, aiming to bring brain-inspired computing closer to practical applications. **3D chip stacking**, also known as 3D integration, is an emerging technology that involves stacking multiple layers of semiconductor chips vertically to create a single, densely packed unit. This technique allows for greater integration of processing, memory, and communication resources, leading to significant improvements in performance, power efficiency, and form factor. By reducing the distance that data needs to travel between different parts of the chip, 3D stacking can greatly reduce latency and increase bandwidth, making it a promising solution for AI inference tasks that require high throughput and low latency. The technology also enables more compact designs, which are essential for advanced AI applications in portable devices and edge computing. **Edge AI** refers to the deployment of AI models directly on devices at the edge of the network, rather than relying on centralized cloud computing. As the demand for real-time processing in IoT devices, autonomous vehicles, and mobile applications continues to grow, edge AI is becoming increasingly important. Specialized accelerators like Google's Edge TPU are designed specifically for low-power AI inference on edge devices, enabling fast and efficient processing close to where data is generated. These accelerators are optimized for tasks such as image recognition, natural language processing, and sensor data analysis, allowing for real-time AI applications without the need for constant connectivity to the cloud. The growth of edge AI is also driving innovations in energy-efficient hardware design, making it possible to deploy powerful AI capabilities in small, power-constrained devices . **Quantum computing for AI:** Although still in its early stages, quantum computing holds the potential to revolutionize AI inference by leveraging quantum mechanics to perform computations at unprecedented speeds. Quantum computers could solve certain types of problems much faster than classical computers, including those involving optimization, search, and sampling, which are common in AI. While quantum hardware is not yet ready for widespread AI inference tasks, ongoing research and development suggest that quantum accelerators could eventually complement traditional hardware by handling specific, highly complex AI computations that are beyond the reach of current digital systems. These trends indicate that the future of AI inference hardware will be marked by increasingly specialized and efficient architectures, tailored to meet the growing demands of AI applications across various domains. By embracing these emerging technologies, the industry will be able to push the boundaries of what is possible in AI, driving new innovations and unlocking new possibilities for real-time, energy-efficient AI processing. ## **Conclusion** Hardware accelerators are revolutionizing AI inference by enhancing flexibility, performance, and iteration time. Their versatile deployment options, adaptability to different workloads, and future-proofing capabilities make them indispensable in modern AI infrastructure. By delivering accelerated computation, improved energy efficiency, and scalability, hardware accelerators ensure that AI applications can meet the demands of today’s data-intensive and real-time environments. Furthermore, by reducing iteration time, they enable faster model development, real-time inference, and rapid prototyping, driving innovation and competitiveness in the AI landscape. As AI continues to evolve, the role of hardware accelerators will only become more pivotal, unlocking new possibilities and transforming industries across the board. Hardware accelerators are essential for improving AI inference performance, enabling faster and more efficient processing of complex models. By understanding the capabilities and limitations of different types of accelerators, such as GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs, developers can choose the right hardware for their specific AI applications. As the field continues to evolve, we can expect to see further innovations in accelerator technology, driving the next wave of AI advancements. ## **References** \[1\] Mittal, S. (2020). "A Survey on Accelerator Architectures for Deep Neural Networks." *Journal of Systems Architecture*, 99, 101635\. DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2019.101635. \[2\] Li, C., et al. (2016). "FPGA Acceleration of Recurrent Neural Network Based Language Model." \*ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS)\*. \[3\] NVIDIA Corporation. (2020). "NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU Architecture." \[4\] Xilinx Inc. (2019). "Versal AI Core Series: Datasheet." \[5\] Sze, V., et al. (2017). "Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks: A Tutorial and Survey." Proceedings of the IEEE. \[6\] Gholami, A., Yao, Z., Kim, S., Hooper, C., Mahoney, M. W., and Keutzer, K. Ai and memory wall. IEEE Micro, pp. 1–5, 2024. \[7\] Dwith Chenna, Evolution of Convolutional Neural Network(CNN): Compute vs Memory bandwidth for Edge AI, IEEE FeedForward Magazine 2(3), 2023, pp. 3-13. --- Wondering what aspects of hardware are more important for computer vision? Have a read below: [5 components of computer vision hardware you need to knowIn this article, we cover a few components of hardware you need to know to work with computer vision.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-15.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/jason-leung-o08u5jVuy00-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-components-of-computer-vision-hardware-you-need-to-know/) ### What does the EU competitiveness report say about AI and Competition Law? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-does-the-eu-competitiveness-report-say-about-developments-in-ai-and-competition-law/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:52:37.000Z [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2A13my0qi%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMzI4OTkzOTU5LjE3MzM0ODc3Mjc.%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTczMzQ4NzcyNi4xLjAuMTczMzQ4NzcyNi4wLjAuMA..) (AI) and the Law sit at a critical intersection as regulators seek to identify the most appropriate long-term solution to a technology bound by the pace problem. The European Union (EU) Competitiveness Report published back in September 20241 highlights considerations the EU bloc should look at in their forthcoming budget to ensure that excessive regulation does not impede an Artificial Intelligence-driven future. ## **What is the EU Competitiveness Report?** The EU Competitiveness Report was published by Mario Draghi on 9 September 20241 outlining how stagnant economic growth and excessive red tape could threaten innovation, Europe’s prosperity, and social welfare. Draghi’s report recommends sectoral and horizontal policies to ensure the bloc is competitive in the future alongside the United States and China. To achieve this, an injection of €750-800 billion1 from a mixture of public and private investment is recommended (or 5 percent of the EU’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP)), with €450 billion1 allocated to the energy transition. In addition to the required investment, the report has additionally recommended reforms in Competition Law to allow for mergers of European corporations, especially on the back of the EU’s decision to block the merger between Siemens and Alstom back in 2019.2 How the recommendations in the report will be actioned in the long run will not solely be determined from Draghi’s presentation to the informal European Council but equally tested when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office on the 20th January 2025\. Additionally, the negotiations on the upcoming multi-annual financial framework (MFF) that will shape the EU budget for the period 2028 - 2034 will be an additional hurdle in determining the actionability of the report, with a first draft expected in 2025\. The foundational negotiations and, ultimately, the budget size and expenditure will determine if the report has laid the foundations for a more ambitious EU. [Competition Law as a tool for promoting AI innovation in the USAUSA leads in AI with the National AI Initiative Act and AI Bill of Rights, ensuring secure and ethical development.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-13.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--6-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/competition-law-as-a-tool-for-promoting-ai-innovation-in-the-usa/) ## **Technology innovation in Europe** With increasing global pressure to dominate the AI landscape whilst simultaneously working to improve understanding of AI ethics, there is a pressing need for increased investment along with Research and Development (R&D) to cope with the heightened computational demand AI is bringing: an area in which Europe is falling behind in. Generally speaking, the EU’s industrial model is highly diversified when it comes to technology: it is more specialized in established technologies but weaker in both software and computer services. Taking R&D expenditure in Europe compared to the market leaders in software and internet, for example, EU firms represent only 7% compared to 71% for the US and 15% for China1. With technology, hardware, and equipment, again, the EU trails, accounting for only 12% of R&D expenditure compared to 40% in the US and 19% in China1. Despite Europe lagging behind in R&D, the bloc, on a positive note, has a stronghold in high-performance computing (HPC). 2018 saw the launch of the Euro-HPC joint undertaking, where the creation of large public infrastructure across six member states allowed for an increase in computing capacity1. Additionally, with plans to launch two exascale computers in the future, these new systems, alongside the AI Innovation package3, will open up HPC capacity to AI startups, an important step in helping companies scale their AI systems. Among the innovation agenda outlined above, core legislation surrounding the EU’s digital model is an important pillar to ensure fairness and contestability within the digital sector. The Digital Markets Act4, for example, sets out obligations gatekeepers - large digital platforms providing core platform services such as search engines - must follow. As Frontier AI continues to develop, there is bound to be increased resistance between the EU and US companies as they more deeply embed Artificial Intelligence into their software with the aim of marketing it to as many consumers as possible. ## **What does the roadmap say about AI?** According to the Competitiveness report, only 11% of EU companies are adopting AI (compared to a target of 75% by 2030)1, and when it comes to foundation models developed since 2017, 73% of these are from the US and 15% are from China1. A reason why Europe lacks competitiveness in this space is that it doesn’t have the availability of venture capital and lacks cloud hyperscalers as the US does, for example, through partnerships such as OpenAI and Microsoft. This is additionally exacerbated by the availability of venture capital funding. In 2023, for example, only $8 billion in venture capital was made in the EU compared to $68 billion in the USA and $15 billion in China1, respectively. Combining this with the fact that Mistral and Aleph Alpha - two companies building Generative AI models - require significant investment to become competitive against the EU players, they have no choice but to opt for funding overseas. Back in March 2024, the EU’s AI Act5 was passed: regulation involving the categorisation of AI systems regardless of context pigeonholed into differing risk levels. The Act’s effectiveness of enforcement and impact, however, is unlikely to be seen until 2026, when the transition period and provisions for high-risk systems come into effect. With AI embedded cross-platform, managing competition across the smaller and larger players will be a delicate balancing act, and with AI showing no signs of slowing down, the future of AI and its associated regulation will bring a combination of excitement and controversy. [Regulating artificial intelligence: The bigger pictureThe article discusses the challenges of AI regulation, economic impact, and governance, with a focus on the UK’s evolving legal approach.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-14.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--2-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/regulating-artificial-intelligence-the-bigger-picture/) ## **What does it mean for AI and associated Law in the future?** Addressing the challenges around the availability of R&D funding will be one of numerous steps to ensuring the EU bloc is competitive in the AI space. However, with competition from the USA and China only going to strengthen, it will not only be funding that is required but a look at competition law reform. High inflation environments could give rise to tacit collusion - a form of collusive behaviour as a result of firms coordinating their actions without explicitly reaching an agreement - a gap not easily filled, especially when there are no current (and good) EU-level tools to deal with the practice. Furthermore, consumer inertia resulting from brand loyalty, switching costs, and habit formation may result in undisciplined competition due to consumers preference for a more cost-effective and technologically streamlined option. A competition enforcer wants to ensure consumers are not exploited, but at the same time, similar to tackling the high inflation aspect, there is no specific tool for them to use. While the EU’s AI Act5 is a commendable step in managing what is a continually difficult technology to contend with, Europe lagging behind holistically in AI development may result in EU companies having their market share lessened by their non-EU counterparts. Competition benefitting EU consumers on many occasions comes from trade resulting in regional and global markets, so if competition reform is on the table to boost enterprise in the bloc, minimising anticompetitiveness and harm from illegal subsidies to foreign firms must be looked at closely. ## **Bibliography** 1Mario Draghi, The future of European Competitiveness Part B: in-depth analysis and recommendations, The European Commission, 2024 2 Siemens/Alstom (Case IV/M.8677) Commission Decision 139/2004/EEC \[2019\] OJ C 300/07 3Joint Research Centre, Science for Policy brief, *Harmonised Standards for the European AI Act,* JRC 139430. 4Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector \[2022\] OJ L265/1 (hereafter: DMA). 5European Commission. (2021). Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts. COM/2021/206 final. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0206 --- Here at AI Accelerator Institute, we're always looking to bring you more exciting events each year. And 2035 is no different; why not take a look at what we have planned for you? 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URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/security-and-privacy-issues-in-cloud-computing/ Last updated: 2026-07-15T15:41:12.000Z [Cloud computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edge-ai-vs-cloud-ai-which-ones-better-for-business/) is the main support for many companies worldwide. More businesses are moving to cloud computing to improve how they work and compete. It's important to find the top security problems in cloud computing. [Data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-centric-ai-in-practice/) leaks caused by cloud setup mistakes and past data leaks need to be watched. This is to avoid impact on the company. ## **What is cloud computing?** Cloud computing changes how we manage, access, and store data. This is done through internet services. This is different from the old way of using storage devices. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/11/data-src-image-71814170-3d83-4a7d-96e7-da7be74add3e.png) The new cloud-computing model means you do not have to worry about managing servers. Both companies and people can benefit. They get strong data security and flexible, low-cost, and easy-to-adapt data solutions in the cloud. ## **Why do you need cloud computing?** Companies can use secure data centers, lower infrastructure costs, and do operation optimization at full length. It increases efficiency, lowers costs, and empowers businesses. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/11/data-src-image-e22fbaba-1581-42b5-bd0a-482284880e5f.png) - With cloud computing, an organization can quickly adjust resources to match demand without requiring large initial hardware investments. - An organization needs to pay for only the resources it consumes, lowering expenses for infrastructure and upkeep. - You can access data and applications remotely with an internet connection, which increases accessibility to work and collaboration. - You can, however, enable fast deployment of new applications and services, eliminating the lengthy lead times of traditional IT methods. - In cloud computing, service providers take care of maintenance and updates, guaranteeing that you constantly receive the most up-to-date features and security. - Numerous cloud services provide strong backup and recovery options, reducing downtime in the event of data loss. - It streamlines IT resource management, enabling teams to concentrate on strategic projects instead of daily upkeep. ### **Cloud security issues** There are multiple security issues in cloud computing, and there are hurdles to overcome to secure data and still be able to maintain operational reliability. In this article, we explore the main security concerns in cloud computing and the extent to which they could possibly harm businesses. ### **Data loss** Data leakage has been a serious issue in cloud computing. Well, that is true, but only if our sensitive data is being taken care of by someone else whom we cannot trust absolutely, and just the opposite. Therefore, if cloud service security is going to be baked by a hacker, then hackers can surely get a hold of our sensitive data or personal files. ### **Insecure APIs** APIs are the easiest way to talk about the Cloud and need protection. Moreover, as third-party access public clouds, they too can be vulnerabilities to a cloud. To secure these APIs, [implementing SSL certificates](https://www.ssl2buy.com/wiki/what-is-an-ssl-certificate) is crucial, as they encrypt data in transit, making it harder for hackers to intercept sensitive information. Without this layer of security, attackers can exploit weaknesses in the API, leading to unauthorized access or data loss. ### **Account hijacking** The most serious and pressing security threat out of myriads of cloud computing is account hijacking. Once a hacker compromises or hijacks the Account of a User or an Organization, he can access all unauthorized accounts and other activities. ### **Change of service provider** Change of service provider is also an important [Security issue in Cloud Computing](https://www.ssl2buy.com/wiki/building-trust-and-security-in-the-cloud-computing). Many organizations will face different problems like data shifting and different charges for each vendor while shifting from one vendor to another. ### **Skill gap** The biggest problem with IT Companies that do not have skilled Employees is the need to shift to another service provider while working, another feature required, how to use a feature, and so on. Therefore, it requires an extremely skilled person to work in cloud computing. ### **Insider threat** On the face of it, this would come out unlikely, but in reality, cloud security threats are those insiders that pose a serious threat to the organizations that avail cloud-based services. These persons with authorized access to the most needed company resources may indulge in some forms of misconduct, either intentional or unintentional, which will lead to the misuse of their sensitive data. Sensitive data will include client accounts and all critical financial information. The important fact to be considered is that the threats from within in cloud security are likely to come through either malicious intent or unintended and just plain negligence. Most such threats can mature into serious violations of security if they develop further and can thereby put sensitive data at risk. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) To fight effectively such insider threats while maintaining, at the same time, the confidentiality of data being protected and stored in the cloud, access control must be proper, along with tight and strict access controls. Moreover, full training courses including minute details about security should be provided to every member of the staff. In this regard also, monitoring should be done periodically. It is these aspects that have been the main reasons for protection against internal threats that may go about happening. ### **Malware injection** The most potent cloud security threats are malware injections. Evil code is concealed in the guise of legitimate code in cloud services. The attacks compromise data integrity because malignant options allow attackers to eavesdrop, modify information, and escape data without detection. It has become essential to secure the data from eavesdropping in cloud computing and security is an essential aspect. This has become a serious threat to the security of the cloud environment; it should be counter-attacked through careful vigilance and robust security to avoid access to the cloud infrastructure. ### **Misconfiguration** Indeed, misconfigurations in cloud security settings have proved to be one of the leading and most common causes of data breaches in the present-day digital, and these incidents are mostly the offspring of less-than-perfect practices about managing an effective posture of security. The user-friendly nature of cloud infrastructure, set up primarily to allow easy exchange and interaction of data, poses significant hurdles to directing access of the data to only a targeted entity or personnel. ### **Data storage issue** This distributed cloud infrastructure is spread all over the globe. Sometimes it tends to keep user data outside the jurisdictions of the legal frameworks of certain regions, raising the range of such data among local law enforcement and regulations. The user dreads its violation because the notion of a cloud makes it difficult to identify one server in the process of transferring data overseas. ### **Shared infrastructure security concerns** Multi-tenancy is the sharing of resources, storage, applications, and services from one platform with many at the cloud provider's site. This tends to enable the provider to recoup high returns on investment but puts the customer at risk. Hence, an attacker can use multi-homing options to make a successful attack against the remaining co-tenants. This has a privacy problem. ## Conclusion The business world is changing rapidly, and the rise of cloud computing has created huge security and privacy concerns. In the cloud, there are many issues, such as multiple users sharing the same infrastructure and relying on third parties. These make data vulnerable. Organizations must be proactive to protect data. They need strong encryption, controlled access, regular security audits, and a clear understanding of their shared responsibility with cloud providers. --- Want our AI Accelerator Institute membership, but you're not sure if it’s for you? No worries, we've got you covered. We’ve put together a taster pack where you can download three membership articles, two exclusive templates, and an OnDemand presentation from one of our insightful AI Accelerator Institute Summits, led by an AI expert. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership taster packDownload the AIAI Pro membership taster pack and try it before you buy - 3 membership articles and 2 exclusive templates just for you.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-16.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-3.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/try-before-you-buy-aiai-pro-membership-taster-pack/) ### Top 5 areas in the data pipeline with the least responsiveness URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-areas-data-pipeline-least-responsiveness/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T09:29:19.000Z Data pipelines are critical for organizations handling vast amounts of data, yet many practitioners report challenges with responsiveness, especially in data analysis and storage. [Our latest generative AI report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) revealed that various elements within the pipeline significantly affect performance and usability. We wanted to investigate what could be affecting the responsiveness of the practitioners who reported issues. The main area of data workflow or pipeline where practitioners find the least responsiveness is data analysis (**28.6%**), followed by data storage (**14.3%**) and other reasons (**14.3%**), such as API calls, which generally take a significant amount of time. ![Where in your data workflow or pipeline do you have the least responsiveness?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/11/image-6.png) ## What factors have an impact on that portion of the data pipeline? We also asked practitioners about the factors impacting that portion of the pipeline. The majority (**58.3%**) cited the efficiency of the pipeline tool as the key factor. This could point to a pressing need for improvements in the performance and speed of these tools, which are essential for maintaining productivity and ensuring fast processing times in environments where quick decision-making is key. With **25%** of practitioners pointing to storage as a significant bottleneck after the efficiency of the pipeline tool, inadequate or inefficient storage solutions can impact the ability to process and manage large volumes of data effectively. **16.7%** of practitioners highlighted that code quality disrupts the smooth operation of AI pipelines. This can lead to errors, increased downtime, and complicated maintenance and updates. ### Code quality The quality of the code in the data pipeline is key to its overall performance and reliability. High-quality code often leads to fewer errors and disruptions, translating to smoother data flows and more reliable outputs. Examples of how high code quality can enhance responsiveness: - 1\. Error handling and recovery - 2\. Optimized algorithms - 3\. Scalability - 4\. Maintainability and extensibility - 5\. Parallel processing and multithreading - 6\. Effective resource management - 7\. Testing and quality assurance ### Efficiency of pipeline tool Efficient tools can quickly handle large volumes of data, helping to support complex data operations without performance issues. This is an essential factor when dealing with big data or real-time processing needs, where delays can lead to outdated or irrelevant insights. Examples of how the efficiency of pipeline tools can enhance responsiveness: - Data processing speed - Resource utilization - Minimized latency - Caching and state management - Load balancing - Automation and orchestration - Adaptability to data volume and variety ### Storage Storage solutions in a data pipeline impact the cost-effectiveness and performance of data handling. Effective storage solutions must offer enough space to store data while being accessible and secure. Examples of how storage can enhance responsiveness: - Data retrieval speed - Data redundancy and backup - Scalability - Data integrity and security - Cost efficiency - Automation and management tools - Integration capabilities ## What use cases are driving your data pipeline? ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/11/image-3.png) What use cases are driving your data pipeline? We also asked respondents to identify the specific scenarios or business needs that drive their data pipelines' design, implementation, and operation to understand the primary purposes for which the data pipeline is being utilized within their organizations. Natural language processing, or NLP, was highlighted as the main use case (**42.8%**), with an even distribution across the other use cases. This could be due to businesses increasing their operations in digital spaces, which generate vast amounts of textual data from sources like emails, social media, customer service chats, and more. ### **NLP** NLP applications require processing and analyzing text data to complete tasks like sentiment analysis, language translation, and chatbot interactions. Effective data pipelines for NLP need to manage diverse data sources like social media posts, customer feedback, and technical documents. Examples of how NLP drives data pipelines: - Extracting key information from text data - Categorizing and tagging content automatically - Analyzing sentiment in customer feedback - Enhancing search and discovery through semantic analysis - Automating data entry from unstructured sources - Generating summaries from large text datasets - Enabling advanced question-answering systems ### **Image recognition** Image recognition analyzes visual data to identify objects, faces, scenes, and activities. Data pipelines for image recognition have to handle large volumes of image data efficiently, which requires significant storage and powerful processing capabilities. Examples of how image recognition drives data pipelines: - Automating quality control in manufacturing - Categorizing and tagging digital images for easier retrieval - Enhancing security systems with facial recognition - Enabling autonomous vehicle navigation - Analyzing medical images for diagnostic purposes - Monitoring retail spaces for inventory control - Processing satellite imagery for environmental monitoring ### **Image/visual generation** Data pipelines are designed to support the generation process when generative models are used to create new images or visual content, such as in graphic design or virtual reality. Examples of how image/visual generation drives data pipelines: - Creating virtual models for fashion design - Generating realistic game environments and characters - Simulating architectural visualizations for construction planning - Producing visual content for marketing and advertising - Developing educational tools with custom illustrations - Enhancing film and video production with CGI effects - Creating personalized avatars for social media platforms ### **Recommender systems** Recommender systems are useful in a wide variety of applications, from e-commerce to content streaming services, where personalized suggestions improve user experience and engagement. Examples of how recommender systems drive data pipelines: - Personalizing content recommendations on streaming platforms - Suggesting products to users on e-commerce sites - Tailoring news feeds on social media - Recommending music based on listening habits - Suggesting connections on professional networks - Customizing advertising to user preferences - Proposing travel destinations and activities based on past behavior --- Want more valuable insights about how end users and practitioners are using generative AI tools? Download the entire report below. [Generative AI 2024 reportUnlock the secrets to faster workflows with the Generative AI 2024 Report. Learn how 56.4% of companies leverage AI to boost efficiency and stay competitive.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-8.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_Blog-1.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### The rise of the Chief AI Officer: Is your organization ready? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-the-chief-ai-officer-is-your-organization-ready/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:39:20.000Z *Imagine this: It’s 2025\. The CEO of a mid-sized tech company, overwhelmed by the rapid changes in AI, realizes the company is missing out. Despite having the latest tools and software, there’s still a gap—a missing strategic vision to make it all work seamlessly.* *That’s when they decide to hire a Chief AI Officer. Within a year, the company transforms. Customer satisfaction is up, operations are smoother, and new revenue streams have opened. The CAIO didn’t just bring AI; they brought a revolution.* [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) has evolved from an experimental technology to a core business necessity, reshaping operations, decision-making, and customer experiences. As its influence grows, so does the need for specialized leadership. Enter the Chief AI Officer (CAIO), a role dedicated to embedding AI into the organization’s DNA. But what exactly does this role bring to the table that other tech executives might not? ## **Why a Chief AI Officer?** In many companies, AI initiatives have traditionally been managed by IT departments or overseen by roles like the Chief Data Officer (CDO) or Chief Technology Officer (CTO). However, as AI’s impact broadens, the demand for dedicated AI leadership becomes clearer. A CAIO does more than oversee implementation; they shape how AI integrates with the organization’s core functions and long-term objectives. Several critical factors underscore the rise of this role: - **Specialized expertise in emerging AI applications**: Implementing AI at a strategic level requires not only technical knowledge but also industry-specific insights. CAIOs need to stay ahead of AI’s evolving applications, including in non-traditional sectors like education, nonprofits, and disaster response. A CAIO with insights into these fields can tailor innovations to meet unique industry challenges, creating a distinct competitive advantage. - **Ethical and regulatory leadership**: AI’s rapid adoption introduces pressing ethical and regulatory issues, from privacy concerns to managing bias. CAIOs play a crucial role in ensuring that AI systems adhere to ethical principles, such as those outlined in the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. By establishing clear guidelines and monitoring AI’s impact, CAIOs can help mitigate potential harms, promote transparency, and foster public trust—elements critical for organizations that seek to lead responsibly in AI. - **Driving business transformation**: The CAIO’s role goes beyond introducing AI tools; it’s about transforming business processes, opening new revenue streams, and improving customer experience. For instance, the grant proposal tool I implemented reduced preparation time by over 30 hours per proposal, illustrating the kind of measurable impact that a CAIO can bring. Positioned at the executive level, the CAIO drives AI initiatives that create significant, lasting change. - **Workforce development and transformation**: The demand for AI talent is high, and a CAIO is essential in attracting, developing, and retaining team members who can deliver on AI strategies. They foster an AI-savvy culture that integrates technical and business knowledge across the workforce. By prioritizing internal training and upskilling, CAIOs can help employees embrace AI as a valuable tool, not a threat. - **Cross-departmental integration**: AI’s reach extends to every corner of a business, impacting marketing, customer service, HR, and beyond. A CAIO ensures that AI adoption is cohesive and strategic, breaking down departmental silos to drive alignment with the company’s goals. For example, implementing an AI recommendation engine across product development and customer service can streamline and enhance the entire customer journey, delivering value at every touchpoint. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Key responsibilities of a Chief AI Officer** A CAIO’s responsibilities are diverse and strategic, encompassing the oversight of AI initiatives, risk management, and performance measurement. Key duties include: - **Strategic planning**: Develop a clear AI vision, prioritize high-impact projects, and collaborate with other executives to ensure AI initiatives align with organizational goals. Strategic planning with a CAIO is about more than timelines; it’s about identifying projects that will have meaningful, transformative impact. - **Implementation oversight**: Oversee the end-to-end development and deployment of AI initiatives, ensuring each project—from model design to deployment—meets strategic objectives. CAIOs prioritize high-ROI projects and track their success to showcase AI’s tangible value within the organization. - **Governance and ethics**: Establish ethical governance frameworks to manage biases, protect data privacy, and adhere to regulations, embedding responsible AI practices within the organization’s culture. In my work developing governance frameworks, I’ve built models to track and mitigate bias, highlighting that ethical AI governance is an ongoing process, not a one-time setup. - **Change management and education**: Drive AI adoption across the organization by addressing concerns, promoting understanding, and providing upskilling opportunities. Educating employees about AI’s benefits is critical for fostering acceptance and creating a culture where AI is seen as empowering, not disruptive. - **Performance measurement and iteration**: Set and monitor metrics—such as efficiency gains, revenue impact, and customer satisfaction improvements—to assess AI’s success. CAIOs continuously refine AI strategies to adapt to technological advancements, making performance measurement a cornerstone of AI leadership. ## **Is a CAIO right for your organization?** Not every organization may need a dedicated CAIO. For smaller businesses or those with limited AI applications, roles like the CTO or CDO might sufficiently cover AI needs. However, companies with ambitious AI goals—especially in complex or regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, or retail—can gain substantial value from having a CAIO to focus on AI’s strategic alignment, ethical oversight, and cohesive deployment. For organizations that aren’t yet ready to bring on a CAIO, developing CAIO-like responsibilities within existing roles can serve as a bridge. This approach prepares the organization to navigate AI’s growing influence, positioning it to embrace a future where the CAIO role might become essential. The CAIO doesn’t just drive AI strategy; they align AI initiatives with the broader business vision, ensuring that implementations are impactful, ethical, and compliant. In an era where AI is integral to business success, a CAIO’s focused leadership could be the competitive edge that organizations need to stay ahead. ## **Conclusion** The emergence of the Chief AI Officer marks a pivotal shift in business, where AI becomes a strategic driver of innovation and a core element of corporate vision. For organizations committed to responsible, comprehensive AI adoption, a CAIO can be the catalyst that unites people, processes, and technology, future-proofing the organization in an AI-powered world. Transforming customer experiences, developing an AI-capable workforce, and establishing ethical standards, a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) plays a crucial role in driving the change needed to navigate today’s ever-evolving AI landscape. --- Want more from Dr. Denise Turley? Check out her other articles below: [Dr. Denise Turley - AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Denise Turley integrates AI in academia and industry. As a speaker, she promotes diversity and inclusion, supporting women in tech through mentorship and policies for equitable opportunities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-4.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLog in![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/author/dr-denise-turley/) ### How FinTech is being empowered by AI and analytics URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-fintech-is-being-empowered-with-ai-and-analytics/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:40:06.000Z Unless you’ve been consistently offline over the last few years, you’ll know that the financial industry is undergoing a significant transformation driven by AI and machine learning technologies. This revolution isn’t just about adopting new technologies but about changing how financial services and processes are delivered and experienced by consumers. In this article, we’ll explore some of the most compelling AI and ML strategies in finance with use cases to show how they work in real-life scenarios. Whether you're a financial professional or simply interested in the evolving landscape of FinTech, this article offers valuable insights into the intersection of finance, AI, and digital transformation. ## **Case study: Day in the life of ‘financially savvy’ John** Let me introduce you to John. He considers himself to be very financially savvy, he’s in his 30s, intelligent and he uses a smartphone like so many of us. One day, he receives a notification on his phone that reads: > “*John, your utility bill of $50 is due tomorrow. Do you want to pay now?*” A few seconds later, another notification comes through, > “*John, your net-worth increased by 1% last week with Apple stock making the maximum gains.*” John gets on with his day. He goes to work, enjoys chatting to his co-workers, and then in the afternoon, he notices yet another notification on his phone. This one says, > “*John, you have excess balance in your savings account. Invest 20% of the amount to earn an extra 8% vs keeping in your savings account. Invest now?*” These are smart notifications and nudges and in today’s financial world, it's a reality. If you’re not using technology to help improve your finances, you’re missing out. By embracing AI and ML, you can make a huge impact not just in your role but also in your daily life. [![How FinTech is being empowered with AI and analytics](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-09.53.29.png)](www.financealliance.io/fintech-and-ai/) ## **Pillars of digital transformation** Within digital transformation, there are emerging technologies. Most companies are utilizing these emerging technologies to drive and improve consumer experiences. These include things like internet of things (IoT), robotics, AR/VR and [Cloud](https://www.saasalliance.io/tag/cloud/). [![pillars of digital transformation](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-09.53.45.png)](www.financealliance.io/fintech-and-ai/) Before 2020, not many people were working online or working from home, and then almost the majority of the IT workforce moved into [remote working](https://www.saasalliance.io/embracing-the-future-thriving-in-the-remote-saas-landscape-2/). The transformation from almost everyone working in-office to everyone working remotely because of Covid meant that many people had to embrace technology in new ways. There was a huge mobilization of IT and IT infrastructure. I think that both AI and ML are critical pieces that are enabling today's world. So, a part of that could be coming as simple as receiving smart nudges throughout the day on your smartphone or you could even have nudges to help you forecast numbers for your financial forecast. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Impact and innovation of AI in energy use with James Chalmers URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/impact-and-innovation-of-ai-in-energy-use-with-james-chalmers/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:37:52.000Z In the very first episode of our monhtly [*Explainable AI*](https://media.thealliance.io/podcast/explainable-ai/?wchannelid=cqt972zarc) podcas, hosts [Paul Anthony Claxton](https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessmanathletemarine/) and [Rohan Hall](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanhall/) sat down with [James Chalmers](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameschalmers/), CEO of Novo Power, to discuss one of the most pressing issues in AI today: energy consumption and its environmental impact. Together, they explored how AI’s rapid expansion is placing significant demands on global power infrastructures and what leaders in the tech industry are doing to address this. The conversation covered various important topics, from the unique power demands of generative AI models to potential solutions like neuromorphic computing and waste heat recapture. If you're interested in how AI shapes business and global energy policies, this episode is a must-listen. ## Why this conversation matters for the future of AI The rise of AI, especially generative models, isn’t just advancing technology; it's consuming power at an unprecedented rate. Understanding these impacts is crucial for AI enthusiasts who want to see AI development continue sustainably and ethically. As James explains, AI’s current reliance on massive datasets and intensive computational power has given it the fastest-growing energy footprint of any technology in history. For those working in AI, understanding how to manage these demands can be a significant asset in building future-forward solutions. ## **Main takeaways** - **AI’s power consumption problem**: Generative AI models, which require vast amounts of energy for training and generation, consume ten times more power than traditional search engines. - **Waste heat utilization**: Nearly all power in data centers is lost as waste heat. Solutions like those at Novo Power are exploring how to recycle this energy. - **Neuromorphic computing**: This emerging technology, inspired by human neural networks, promises more energy-efficient AI processing. - **Shift to responsible use**: AI can help businesses address inefficiencies, but organizations need to integrate AI where it truly supports business goals rather than simply following trends. - **Educational imperative**: For AI to reach its potential without causing environmental strain, a broader understanding of its capabilities, impacts, and sustainable use is essential. ## **Meet James Chalmers** James Chalmers is a seasoned executive and strategist with extensive international experience guiding ventures through fundraising, product development, commercialization, and growth. As the Founder and Managing Partner at BaseCamp, he has reshaped traditional engagement models between startups, service providers, and investors, emphasizing a unique approach to creating long-term value through differentiation. Rather than merely enhancing existing processes, James champions transformative strategies that set companies apart, strongly emphasizing sustainable development. Numerous accolades validate his work, including recognition from Forbes and Inc. Magazine as a leader of one of the Fastest-Growing and Most Innovative Companies, as well as B Corporation’s Best for The World and MedTech World’s Best Consultancy Services. He’s also a LinkedIn ‘Top Voice’ on Product Development, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development, reflecting his ability to drive substantial and sustainable growth through innovation and sound business fundamentals. At BaseCamp, James applies his executive expertise to provide hands-on advisory services in fundraising, product development, commercialization, and executive strategy. His commitment extends beyond addressing immediate business challenges; he prioritizes building competency and capacity within each startup he advises. Focused on sustainability, his work is dedicated to supporting companies that address one or more of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals through AI, DeepTech, or Platform Technologies. --- About the hosts: [Paul Anthony Claxton - Q1 Velocity Venture Capital | LinkedInwww.paulclaxton.io - am a Managing General Partner at Q1 Velocity Venture Capital… · Experience: Q1 Velocity Venture Capital · Education: Harvard Extension School · Location: Beverly Hills · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Paul Anthony Claxton’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.![](https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/al2o9zrvru7aqj8e1x2rzsrca)LinkedInPaul Anthony Claxton![](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E03AQEx1tPx3-CjUA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1722370727430?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=fFlF-kNNY07ppia2KpiHzIT9gdjek_iNpLS10yXE2ZQ)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessmanathletemarine/) [Rohan Hall - Code Genie AI | LinkedInAre you ready to transform your business using the power of AI? With over 30 years of… · Experience: Code Genie AI · Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Rohan Hall’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.![](https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/al2o9zrvru7aqj8e1x2rzsrca)LinkedInRohan Hall![](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQHIEyqaJbS7lw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1690971219296?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=-2He66c6hzEh4XrbSn5rOgg9xlCfWlpkGVHoPIk5ClI)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanhall/) ### Balancing innovation and safety in AI with Karanveer Anand URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/balancing-innovation-and-safety-in-ai-with-karanveer-anand/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:41:54.000Z In the latest episode of *The Generative AI Podcast*, host Arsenii Shatokhin sat down with Karanveer Anand, a Technical Program Manager at Google, to explore how AI is reshaping the field of program management. They dove into everything from the role of [AI in cloud computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/security-and-privacy-issues-in-cloud-computing/) to the evolving balance between AI innovation and safety. If you're curious about how AI is influencing the future of technical program management, this discussion is a must-listen. Catch the full episode right here. ## Why AI enthusiasts should care AI is no longer just a buzzword; it's becoming a critical part of how businesses operate, making it essential for technical program managers to understand its implications. As Karanveer explains, AI is revolutionizing how program management is done, introducing new efficiencies and ways to optimize workflows. For those working in AI and tech, understanding the intersection of AI and program management can provide a significant competitive edge. ## Main takeaways - **AI in program management**: AI requires deep technical understanding and brings new challenges to program management. - **AI's role in cloud computing**: AI optimizes cloud resource allocation for better efficiency and cost management. - **AI as a necessity**: Tools like Gemini integrate AI into everyday tasks, making it indispensable. - **Prioritizing AI safety**: Safety should be built into AI frameworks from the start. - [**AI’s future across industries**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-industry/): AI is set to transform sectors like healthcare and finance, offering new opportunities for innovation. ## Meet Karanveer Anand Karanveer Anand is a Technical Program Manager at Google, specializing in software reliability. His role focuses on ensuring that Google’s services remain highly reliable and accessible to billions of users worldwide. With a background in cloud infrastructure and AI, Karanveer is passionate about using AI to improve software reliability and streamline processes. He is always exploring innovative ways to apply AI and is a thought leader in the intersection of AI, cloud computing, and program management. ### AI and mobile analytics: Lessons from integrating AI in SaaS URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-mobile-analytics-lessons-from-integrating-ai-in-saas/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:45:16.000Z The integration of AI into SaaS products is rapidly becoming a key differentiator for companies striving to stay competitive. As businesses seek to leverage AI to enhance their offerings and streamline operations, the ability to effectively implement AI solutions is critical to achieving sustained success. In this article, I'll share our journey at AppMagic and the lessons we learned while developing an AI analyst to enhance our product offerings. I hope to provide you with practical insights and guidance on integrating AI into your own products and strategies. Let's dive into the lessons we’ve learned and how they can apply to your endeavors. ## Understanding AppMagic: Our starting point Before diving deeper into our [AI integration](https://www.productledalliance.com/ai-integration-in-product-led-growth/) journey, it's important to understand where we began. AppMagic is an analytical service focused on model analytics and mobile market research, designed to provide actionable insights. Essentially, we are a B2B [SaaS solution](https://www.productledalliance.com/saas-transformation-journey-from-sales-led-to-product-driven/) that simplifies complex research tasks. Our mission is to deliver these insights to our customers quickly and efficiently —almost magically. This mission aligns well with the capabilities of current [AI solutions](https://www.productledalliance.com/is-artificial-intelligence-really-the-best-solution-for-your-product/), which is one of the reasons we decided to integrate AI into our product. ### Understanding our users and their needs Now that I've provided some background on AppMagic, let's focus on the people who matter most: our users. We primarily work with high-level decision-makers, company founders, analysts, product managers, and researchers. These individuals view their businesses from a strategic perspective and seek to understand what steps they need to take to improve their products and achieve their goals. The key challenges our users face include: - **Identifying successful opportunities:** Deciding what game or app to develop to gain profit and succeed in the market. - **Understanding market success criteria:** Determining which markets have the best success criteria right now. - **Scaling products:** Understanding how to scale a successful product and which marketing trends are currently effective. - **Staying updated:** Keeping abreast of the latest updates and changes in their niche to know if they should adapt. - **Competitive analysis:** Gaining insights into direct competitors and top-grossing titles. - **Optimizing monetization:** Discovering monetization techniques that can help boost revenue. These questions revolve around a common theme: the need to analyze vast amounts of data to understand what is happening in the market. Throughout our journey of integrating AI into our SaaS product, we've learned several key principles: 1. **Understanding technology limitations:** It's crucial to know what your technology can and cannot do. 2. **Choosing the right approach:** Adopt a fast, small, and iterative approach to development. 3. **Avoiding common traps:** Recognize the potential pitfalls that we encounter and learn from them. I’ll equip you with the tools, insights, and instruments that you can apply in your own work. Whether it’s avoiding mistakes we made or leveraging existing opportunities, I hope these lessons will prove valuable in your journey with AI. [Improving your marketing analytics through machine learningMachine learning is a branch of AI that can read all your data and identify ways to improve your marketing efforts. It can enhance your marketing analytics to improve your overall customer experience and help you truly connect with your audience.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteHannah Wesson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2022/02/Screenshot-at-Feb-17-16-45-44.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/improving-your-marketing-analytics-through-machine-learning/) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### End GPU underutilization: Achieve peak efficiency URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/end-gpu-underutilization-live-session/ Last updated: 2026-07-14T10:34:55.000Z **AI and deep learning inference demand powerful AI accelerators, but are you truly maximizing yours?** GPUs often operate at a mere 30-40% utilization, squandering valuable silicon, budget, and energy. In this session, **NeuReality's Field CTO, Iddo Kadim**, tackles the critical challenge of maximizing AI accelerator capability. Whether you build, borrow, or buy AI acceleration – this video is a must watch. Iddo will reveal a multi-faceted approach encompassing intelligent software, optimized APIs, and efficient AI inference instructions to unlock benchmark-shattering performance for ANY AI accelerator. The result? You’ll get more from the GPUs buy, rather than buying more GPUs to make up for the limitations of today’s CPU and NIC-reliant inference architectures. And, you’ll likely achieve superior system performance within your current energy and cost constraints. **Your key takeaways:** 1. **The urgency of GPU optimization:** Is mediocre utilization hindering your AI initiatives? Discover new approaches to achieve 100% utilization with superior performance per dollar and per watt leading to greater energy efficiency. 2. **Factors impacting utilization:** Master the key metrics that influence GPU utilization: compute usage, memory usage, and memory bandwidth. 3. **Beyond hardware:** Harness the power of intelligent software and APIs. Optimize AI data pre-processing, compute graphs, and workload routing to maximize your AI accelerator (XPU, ASIC, FPGA) investments. 4. **Smart options to explore:** Uncover the root causes of underutilized AI accelerators and explore modern solutions to remedy them. You’ll get a summary of recent LLM real-world performance results – made possible by pairing NeuReality’s NR1 server-on-a-chip with any GPU or AI accelerator. You spent a fortune on your GPUs – don’t let them sit idle for any amount of time. ### Crafting ethical AI: Addressing bias and challenges URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:47:33.000Z Did you know that 27.1% of AI practitioners and 32.5% of AI tools’ end users don’t specifically address artificial intelligence's biases and challenges? The technology is helping to improve industries like healthcare, where diagnoses can be improved through rapidly evolving technology. However, this raises ethical concerns about the potential for AI systems to be biased, threaten human rights, contribute to climate change, and more. In our [Generative AI 2024 report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/), we set out to understand how businesses address these ethical AI issues by surveying practitioners and end users. With the global AI market size forecast to be [US$1.8tn by 2030](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/artificial-intelligence-ai-market) and AI being deeply intertwined with our lives, it’s vital to address potential issues. Ethical AI is developing and deploying systems to highlight accountability, transparency, and fairness for human values. ![Bar graph showing how practitioners and end users address bias and challenges](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeX5LGLO5L0NXJdSzyB3nXsAIBhV0swEc0YdKQ0dKXWYwK42P8r7LAItUdV9-fzYWSzSjqIwG9z2EyE_aoS0JcYBAWEEuyaxxYnrdp3W0lMl2mvcg7560xMu7IrOJLTK-M3zIzTATskG4VkH89kY83mxtJf?key=ZPNyUZXGy9kop8Wl8KTR3Q) ## Understanding AI bias Bias can occur throughout the various stages of the AI pipeline, and one of the primary sources of this bias is data collection. Outputs are more likely to be biased if the data collected to train AI algorithms isn’t diverse or representative of minorities. It’s also important to recognize other stages where bias can occur unconsciously, such as: - **Data labeling.** Annotators can have different interpretations of the same labels. - **Model training.** The data collected must be balanced, and the model architecture capable of handling diverse inputs must be balanced, or the outputs could be biased. - **Model deployment.** The AI systems must be monitored and tested for bias before deployment. As we increasingly utilize AI in society, there have been situations where bias has surfaced. In healthcare, for example, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been proven to provide lower accuracy results for black female patients when compared to white female patients. With Midjourney, [academic research](https://theconversation.com/ageism-sexism-classism-and-more-7-examples-of-bias-in-ai-generated-images-208748#:~:text=There%20were%20also%20notable%20differences,of%20more%20fluid%20gender%20expression.) found that, when asked, the technology generated images of people in specialized professions as men looking older and women looking younger, which reinforces gendered bias. A few organizations in the criminal justice system are [using AI tools](https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/05/1017560/predictive-policing-racist-algorithmic-bias-data-crime-predpol/#:~:text=It%27s%20no%20secret%20that%20predictive,lessen%20bias%20has%20little%20effect.) to predict areas where a high incidence of crime is likely. As these tools can often rely solely on historical arrest data, this can reinforce any existing patterns of racial profiling, leading to an excessive targeting of minority communities. ## Challenges in creating ethical AI We’ve seen how bias can exist in AI, but that isn’t the only one it faces. AI can potentially improve business efficiency, but there are a few challenges to ensuring that the ethics of AI solutions are a key focus. **1\. Security** AI can be [susceptible to hacking](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/software-must-be-secure-design-and-artificial-intelligence-no-exception); the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) mentions documented times when attacks have led to objects being hidden from security camera footage and autonomous vehicles acting poorly. **2\. Misinformation** With the potential to cause severe reputational damage, it’s essential to curb the likelihood of AI tools spreading untrue facts by establishing proper steps when developing the technology. Misinformation can affect public opinion and spread the wrong information as if it is true. **3\. Job displacement** AI can automate various work activities, freeing up valuable worker time. However, this could lead to job loss, with lower-wage workers needing to upskill or change careers. Creating ethical AI also includes making sure that tools complement jobs and not replace them. **4\. Intellectual property** [OpenAI had a lawsuit](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/09/20/authors-sue-chat-gpt-alleging-mass-scale-theft/70914409007/) involving multiple famous writers who stated their platform, ChatGPT, illegally used their copyrighted work. The lawsuit claimed that AI exploits intellectual property, which can lead to authors being unable to make a living from their work. **5\. Ethics and competition** With the constant need to innovate, companies may need to take more time to ensure their AI systems are designed to be ethically sound. Additionally, strong security measures must be in place to protect businesses and users. ## Strategies to address AI bias We wanted to know how practitioners and end users of AI tools addressed biases and challenges, as companies need to be aware of steps that need to be taken when using this technology. ### 1\. Regular audits and assessments **44.1%** of practitioners and **31.1%** of end users stated they addressed bias by regular auditing and assessing. This often includes a comprehensive evaluation of AI system algorithms, where the first step is to understand where bias is more likely to occur. Following this, it’s vital to examine for unconscious bias, such as disparities in how AI systems handle age, ethnicity, gender, and other factors. Recognizing these issues allows businesses to create and implement strategies to minimize and remove biases for improved fairness. This could be changing the training data for AI models or proposing new documentation. ### 2\. Rely on tool providers’ ethical guidelines According to [UNESCO](https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics), there are ten core principles to make sure ethical AI has a human-centered approach: 1. **Proportionality and do no harm.** AI systems are to be used only when necessary, and risk assessments need to be done to avoid harmful outcomes from their use. 2. **Safety and security.** Security and safety risks need to be avoided and addressed by AI actors. 3. **Right to privacy and data protection.** Data protection frameworks need to be established alongside privacy. 4. **Multi-stakeholder and adaptive governance & collaboration.** AI governance is essential; diverse stakeholders must participate, and companies must follow international law and national sovereignty regarding data use. 5. **Responsibility and accountability.** Companies creating AI systems need to have mechanisms in place so these can be audited and traced. 6. **Transparency and explainability.** AI systems need appropriate levels of explainability and transparency to ensure safety, security, and privacy. 7. **Human oversight and determination.** AI systems can’t displace human accountability and responsibility. 8. **Sustainability.** Assessments must be made to determine the impact AI systems have on sustainability. 9. **Awareness and literacy.** It’s vital to ensure an open and accessible education for the public about AI and data. 10. **Fitness and non-discrimination.** To ensure AI can benefit all, fairness, social justice, and non-discrimination must be promoted. **28.6%** of end users and **22%** of practitioners rely on AI tool providers to follow appropriate ethical guidelines, so it’s essential that AI systems have ethical AI in all stages of development and deployment of their technology. [An introduction to ethical considerations in AIEthics involves the broader considerations of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it plays a role in society beyond the code.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-3.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1590856029826-c7a73142bbf1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/an-introduction-to-ethical-considerations-in-artificial/) ### 3\. Don’t specifically address A substantial percentage of end users and practitioners, **32.5%** and **27.1%**, respectively, said they don’t specifically address biases when using AI tools. With this technology being widely used across various industries, not addressing concerns and challenges could lead to further issues. In addition to data bias, privacy is a top concern; smart home software, for example, must have robust privacy settings to prevent hacking or tampering. Similarly, AI systems can often make decisions that have a profound impact—autonomous vehicles must keep everyone on the road safe, and ensuring that AI doesn’t make mistakes is essential. ## Crafting better AI tools When creating AI tools, it’s important to focus on all aspects—ethical AI is, perhaps, the most vital component, as it affects output and how various minorities, such as gender and ethnicity, may be treated in industries like healthcare and law. Our [Generative AI 2024 report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) offers a comprehensive overview of how practitioners and end users use AI tools and how the sentiment is on the ground. Trust is fundamental for AI technology, so make sure to get your copy to learn how much confidence users currently have. --- ### What is LLMOps? Definition, benefits, and best practice URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:49:31.000Z Navigating the field of [large language model operations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) (LLMOps) is more important than ever as businesses and technology sectors intensify utilizing these advanced tools. LLMOps is a niche technical domain and a fundamental aspect of modern [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) frameworks, influencing everything from model design to deployment. Whether you're a seasoned data scientist, a machine learning engineer, or an IT professional, understanding the multifaceted landscape of LLMOps is essential for harnessing the full potential of large language models. In this guide, we’ll cover: - What is LLMOps? - How does LLMOps work? - What are the benefits of LLMOps? - LLMOps best practices ## What is LLMOps? Large Language Model operations, or LLMOps, is the practice of managing the techniques, practices, and tools used in operating and managing LLMs throughout their entire lifecycle. These operations comprise language model training, fine-tuning, monitoring, and deployment, as well as data preparation. ### What is the current LLMops landscape? - **LLMs.** What opened the way for LLMOps. - **Custom LLM stack.** A wider array of tools that can fine-tune and implement proprietary solutions from open-source regulations. - **LLM-as-a-Service.** The most popular way of delivering closed-based models, it offers LLMs as an API through its infrastructure. - **Prompt execution tools.** By managing prompt templates and creating chain-like sequences of relevant prompts, they help to improve and optimize model output. - **Prompt engineering tech.** Instead of the more expensive fine-tuning, these technologies allow for in-context learning, which doesn’t use sensitive data. - **Vector databases.** These retrieve contextually relevant data for specific commands. [The fall of centralized data and the future of LLMsGregory Allen, Co-Founder and CEO at Datasent, gave this presentation at our Generative AI Summit in Austin in 2024.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteGregory Allen![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1640158615573-cd28feb1bf4e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDh8fGRhdGF8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzIzMTIzMjQzfDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-fall-of-centralized-data-and-the-future-of-llms/) ### What are the key LLMOps components? **Architectural selection and design** - **Choosing the right model architecture.** Involving data, domain, model performance, and computing resources. - **Personalizing models for tasks.** Pre-trained models can be customized for lower costs and time efficiency. - **Hyperparameter optimization.** This optimizes model performance as it finds the best combination. For example, you can use random search, grid research, and Bayesian optimization. - **Tweaking and preparation.** Unsupervised pre-training and transfer learning lower training time and enhance model performance. - **Model assessment and benchmarking.** It’s always good practice to benchmark models against industry standards. **Data management** - **Organization, storing, and versioning data.** The right database and storage solutions simplify data storage, retrieval, and modification during the LLM lifecycle. - **Data gathering and processing.** As LLMs run on diverse, high-quality data, models might need data from various domains, sources, and languages. Data needs to be cleaned and pre-processed before being fed into LLMs. - **Data labeling and annotation.** Supervised learning needs consistent and reliable labeled data; when domain-specific or complex instances need expert judgment, human-in-the-loop techniques are beneficial. - **Data privacy and control.** Involves pseudonymization, anonymization techniques, data access control, model security considerations, and compliance with GDPR and CCPA. - **Data version control.** LLM iteration and performance improvement are simpler with a clear data history; you'll find errors early by versioning models and thoroughly testing them. **Deployment platforms and strategies** - **Model maintenance.** Showcases issues like model drift and flaws. - **Optimizing scalability and performance.** Models might need to be horizontally scaled with more instances or vertically scaled with additional resources within high-traffic settings. - **On-premises or cloud deployment.** Cloud deployment is flexible, easy to use, and scalable, while on-premises deployment could improve data control and security. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## LLMOps vs. MLOps: What’s the difference? Machine learning operations, or MLOps, are practices that simplify and automate machine learning workflows and deployments. MLOps are essential for releasing new machine learning models with both data and code changes at the same time. There are a few key principles of MLOps: **1\. Model governance** Managing all aspects of machine learning to increase efficiency, governance is vital to institute a structured process for reviewing, validating, and approving models before launch. This also includes considering ethical, fairness, and ethical concerns. **2\. Version control** Tracking changes in machine learning assets allows you to copy results and roll back to older versions when needed. Code reviews are part of all machine learning training models and code, and each is versioned for ease of auditing and reproduction. **3\. Continuous X** Tests and code deployments are run continuously across machine learning pipelines. Within MLOps, ‘continuous’ relates to four activities that happen simultaneously whenever anything is changed in the system: - Continuous integration - Continuous delivery - Continuous training - Continuous monitoring **4\. Automation** Through automation, there can be consistency, repeatability, and scalability within machine learning pipelines. Factors like model training code changes, messaging, and application code changes can initiate automated model training and deployment. MLOps have a few key benefits: - **Improved productivity.** Deployments can be standardized for speed by reusing machine learning models across various applications. - **Faster time to market.** Model creation and deployment can be automated, resulting in faster go-to-market times and reduced operational costs. - **Efficient model deployment.** Continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines limit model performance degradation and help to retain quality. LLMOps are MLOps with technology and process upgrades tuned to the individual needs of LLMs. LLMs change machine learning workflows and requirements in distinct ways: **1\. Performance metrics** When evaluating LLMs, there are several different standard scoring and benchmarks to take into account, like recall-oriented understudy for gisting evaluation (ROUGE) and bilingual evaluation understudy (BLEU). **2\. Cost savings** Hyperparameter tuning in LLMs is vital to cutting the computational power and cost needs of both inference and training. LLMs start with a foundational model before being fine-tuned with new data for domain-specific refinements, allowing them to deliver higher performance with fewer costs. **3\. Human feedback** LLM operations are typically open-ended, meaning human feedback from end users is essential to evaluate performance. Having these feedback loops in KKMOps pipelines streamlines assessment and provides data for future fine-tuning cycles. **4\. Prompt engineering** Models that follow instructions can use complicated prompts or instructions, which are important to receive consistent and correct responses from LLMs. Through prompt engineering, you can lower the risk of prompt hacking and model hallucination. **5\. Transfer learning** LLM models start with a foundational model and are then fine-tuned with new data, allowing for cutting-edge performance for specific applications with fewer computational resources. **6\. LLM pipelines** These pipelines integrate various LLM calls to other systems like web searches, allowing LLMs to conduct sophisticated activities like a knowledge base Q&A. LLM application development tends to focus on creating pipelines, not new ones. [3 learnings from bringing AI to marketDrawing from experience at Salesforce, Mike Kolman shares three essential learnings to help you confidently navigate the AI landscape.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMike Kolman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/09/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-learnings-from-bringing-ai-to-market/) ## How does LLMOps work? LLMOps involve a few important steps: ### 1\. Selection of foundation model Foundation models, which are LLMs pre-trained on big datasets, are used for downstream operations. Training models from scratch can be very expensive and time-consuming; big companies often develop proprietary foundation models, which are larger and have better performance than open-source ones. They do, however, have more expensive APIs and lower adaptability. Proprietary model vendors: - OpenAI (GPT-3, GPT-4) - AI21 Labs (Jurassic-2) - Anthropic (Claude) Open-source models: - LLaMA - Stable Diffusion - Flan-T5 ### 2\. Downstream task adaptation After selecting the foundation model, you can use LLM APIs, which don’t always say what input leads to what output. It might take iterations to get the LLM API output you need, and LLMs can hallucinate if they don’t have the right data. Model A/B testing or LLM-specific evaluation is often used to test performance. You can adapt foundation models to downstream activities: - Model assessment - Prompt engineering - Using embeddings - Fine-tuning pre-trained models - Using external data for contextual information ### 3\. Model deployment and monitoring LLM-powered apps must closely monitor API model changes, as LLM deployment can change significantly across different versions. ## What are the benefits of LLMOps? ### Scalability You can achieve more streamlined management and scalability of data, which is vital when overseeing, managing, controlling, or monitoring thousands of models for continuous deployment, integration, and delivery. LLMOps does this by enhancing model latency for more responsiveness in user experience. Model monitoring with a continuous integration, deployment, and delivery environment can simplify scalability. LLM pipelines often encourage collaboration and reduce speed release cycles, being easy to reproduce and leading to better collaboration across data teams. This leads to reduced conflict and increased release speed. LLMOps can manage large amounts of requests simultaneously, which is important in enterprise applications. ### Efficiency LLMOps allow for streamlined collaboration between machine learning engineers, data scientists, stakeholders, and DevOps – this leads to a more unified platform for knowledge sharing and communication, as well as model development and employment, which allows for faster delivery. You can also cut down on computational costs by optimizing model training. This includes choosing suitable architectures and using model pruning and quantization techniques, for example. With LLMOps, you can also access more suitable hardware resources like GPUs, allowing for efficient monitoring, fine-tuning, and resource usage optimization. Data management is also simplified, as LLMOps facilitate strong data management practices for high-quality dataset sourcing, cleaning, and usage in training. With model performance able to be improved through high-quality and domain-relevant training data, LLMOps guarantees peak performance. Hyperparameters can also be improved, and DaraOps integration can ease a smooth data flow. You can also speed up iteration and feedback loops through task automation and fast experimentation. ### 3\. Risk reduction Advanced, enterprise-grade LLMOps can be used to enhance privacy and security as they prioritize protecting sensitive information. With transparency and faster responses to regulatory requests, you’ll be able to comply with organization and industry policies much more easily. ### Other LLMOps benefits - Data labeling and annotation - GPU acceleration for REST API model endpoints - Prompt analytics, logging, and testing - Model inference and serving - Data preparation - Model review and governance [Superintelligent language models: A new era of artificial cognitionThe rise of large language models (LLMs) is pushing the boundaries of AI, sparking new debates on the future and ethics of artificial general intelligence.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBrendan Byrne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/08/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/) ## LLMOps best practices These practices are a set of guidelines to help you manage and deploy LLMs efficiently and effectively. They cover several aspects of the LLMOps life cycle: ### Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Involves iteratively sharing, exploring, and preparing data for the machine learning lifecycle in order to produce editable, repeatable, and shareable datasets, visualizations, and tables. ### Be part of a community Stay up-to-date with the latest practices and advancements by engaging with the open-source community. ### Data management Appropriate software that can handle large volumes of data allows for efficient data recovery throughout the LLM lifecycle. Making sure to track changes with versioning is essential for seamless transitions between versions. Data must also be protected with access controls and transit encryption. ### Data deployment Tailor pre-trained models to conduct specific tasks for a more cost-effective approach. ### Continuous model maintenance and monitoring Dedicated monitoring tools are able to detect drift in model performance. Real-world feedback for model outputs can also help to refine and re-train the models. ### Ethical model development Discovering, anticipating, and correcting biases within training model outputs to avoid distortion. ### Privacy and compliance Ensure that operations follow regulations like CCPA and GDPR by having regular compliance checks. ### Model fine-tuning, monitoring, and training A responsive user experience relies on optimized model latency. Having tracking mechanisms for both pipeline and model lineage helps efficient lifecycle management. Distributed training helps to manage vast amounts of data and parameters in LLMs. ### Model security Conduct regular security tests and audits, checking for vulnerabilities. ### Prompt engineering Make sure to set prompt templates correctly for reliable and accurate responses. This also minimizes the probability of prompt hacking and model hallucinations. ### LLM pipelines or chains You can link several LLM external system interactions or calls to allow for complex tasks. ### Computational resource management Specialized GPUs help with extensive calculations on large datasets, allowing for faster and more data-parallel operations. ### Disaster redundancy and recovery Ensure that data, models, and configurations are regularly backed up. Redundancy allows you to handle system failures without any impact on model availability. --- Propel your career in AI with access to 200+ hours of video content, a free in-person Summit ticket annually, a members-only network, and more. Sign up for a Pro+ membership today and unlock your potential. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. 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Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### How NVIDIA could propel Europe’s generative AI future URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-nvidia-could-propel-europes-generative-ai-future/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:50:57.000Z *This article is based on a presentation given by Tiffany Valentiny at our Chief AI Officer Summit, Berlin in 2024.* *Catch up on this presentation, and others, using our OnDemand service.* --- I'm part of NVIDIA’s strategy team, and my background is in data. My last role was as a data lead at Trade Republic, and I decided to change gears a little bit, do an MBA, and join NVIDIA in strategy. I have experience working in data in the US and then working in Germany. One of the reasons I felt frustrated with working in data is that I felt like, in Germany specifically, data teams were not necessarily at the forefront and weren't necessarily building data products or being taken seriously. That's part of why I decided to join NVIDIA; it resonated with me, as well as the mission of pushing AI forward in Europe. ## The slow adoption of generative AI in Europe Europe is too slow at adopting Gen AI. The reality is that Europe is way behind the US in implementing the technology. The reason I'm highlighting this is because experimenting now is extremely important. The technology is moving forward very fast. Last year, we were talking about [LLMs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/). This year, we're talking about agentic workflows. So, it's important to start experimenting with the technology now. Otherwise, it might be too advanced for us to catch up, and business models might become irrelevant. It's a very low risk to experiment with the technology because there's a lot of proven value out there. If you look at research, you see that. The technology brings a lot of productivity gains. A research paper from McKinsey that came out two weeks ago talks about forty percent of developers' and product managers' time being saved. We're also talking about three to fifteen percent higher revenues and ten to twenty percent ROI for companies implementing Gen AI. ## Evolving customer expectations and business models Customer expectations will keep evolving, and this technology will change business models. They’re already expecting a high level of personalization from companies that they buy from regularly. About seventy percent of customers have that expectation, which will keep evolving. I use Amazon when ordering online in Berlin, and I have such great customer service that it's hard to use another application. It becomes an expectation that you get that level of service. It's important to think about this technology and how it will affect your industry. And, like I said, we're yet again behind our American counterparts. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Competition Law as a tool for promoting AI innovation in the USA URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/competition-law-as-a-tool-for-promoting-ai-innovation-in-the-usa/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:55:07.000Z The United States of America (USA) is one of numerous major economies taking forward a program for [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2A15td6ci%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AODQ5MTAzNDA5LjE3Mjg1NTM2ODk.%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTcyODU1MzY4OC4xLjAuMTcyODU1MzY4OC4wLjAuMA..) (AI) Regulation. To ensure the USA plays a leading role in Artificial Intelligence research and development, the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 was introduced and became law in 2021. The Act’s overarching aim, inter alia, was to provide a broader initiative within the United States to ensure academia, the public, and private sectors could monitor and evaluate the performance of AI-based systems both before and post-deployment \[1\], \[2\]. Following this in 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy introduced the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights \[3\]. Following a year of public engagement to inform the creation of the framework, it outlines five core principles and associated practices to guide the creation, management, and iteration of automated systems while ensuring the protection of the American public’s rights \[3\]. With OpenAI introducing [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/) (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) in November 2022 and its forecasted economic potential exceeding $2.1 trillion \[4\], concerns were raised about how the technology at its current and continuous speed could work within the parameters of the justice system. With the increasing adoption of [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/?%5Fgl=1%2A15td6ci%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AODQ5MTAzNDA5LjE3Mjg1NTM2ODk.%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTcyODU1MzY4OC4xLjAuMTcyODU1MzY4OC4wLjAuMA..), President Biden in October 2023 issued an executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy Artificial intelligence, stipulating (in amongst other requirements) that those developing the most powerful AI systems share their safety test data with the US government. For example, any companies developing foundation models that risk national security, national economic security, or national public health are required to inform the federal government during model training in addition to sharing red-team safety tests. \[5\]. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **The role of US Antitrust Laws** AI is seeing rapid expansion across sectors and organizations of all shapes and sizes, and therefore, the interoperability between AI as a tool and existing antitrust laws has been and will continue to be tested. While some states continue to work towards localized AI regulation, some argue that the pace and advancement around AI require a rewrite of antitrust laws. For context, back in 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Act: a charter whose aim was to preserve free and unrestrained competition. Then, in 1914 a further two antitrust laws were passed, namely the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act (which created the Federal Trade Commission) and the Clayton Act \[6\], each of which are still in effect to this day. Generally speaking, Antitrust laws exist to prevent unlawful mergers and business practices, with judgment being put in the hands of the courts to determine which cases are illegal based on the facts of each case. For over a century, these laws have retained the same core principle: protect competition to benefit consumers through the operation of operational efficiencies, fair pricing, and high-quality goods and services. In summary, the Sherman Act makes illegal “every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade” along with any “monopolization, attempted monopolization or conspiracy or combination to monopolize” \[6\]. The Supreme Court, however, ruled a while back that only unreasonable acts are prohibited: not every restraint of trade is included. For example, a partnership agreement between two individuals may restrain trade but **not** unreasonably and thus may be lawful under US antitrust law. Any acts, though considered harmful to competition, are almost always illegal, and are known as **per se** violations, which include arrangements between businesses to fix prices, divide markets, or rig bids. The Sherman Act can be enforced both in civil and criminal law, and both businesses and individuals can be prosecuted under it by the Department of Justice. If a competitor fixes prices or rigs bids, penalties can include up to $100 million for corporations and $1 million for an individual, along with ten years imprisonment. Under federal law, the maximum fine can be increased to twice the amount the conspirators gained from the illegal activity or, on the other hand, twice the money lost by the victims if either of these amounts exceeds $100 million \[6\]. The Clayton Act, however, addresses more specific areas the Sherman Act does not clearly prohibit. Section 7 of the Clayton Act prohibits mergers and acquisitions demonstrating anti-competitive effects, to quote, “may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.” A further amendment in 1976 of the Clayton Act by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act requires advance notice from organizations planning a large merger or acquisition: they must notify the government of their plans. It is important to note that private parties under the Clayton Act authorize private parties to sue for triple damages if they have been harmed by conduct that is in violation of either the Sherman or Clayton Act. Additionally, they can obtain a court order prohibiting the anticompetitive practice in the future. \[6\] ## **USA approaches to AI regulation example: Colorado AI Act** Antitrust laws aside, states are taking differing approaches in trying to regulate AI. The Colorado AI Act (also referred to as Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence), for example, was signed into law on the 17th of May 2024 but does not come into effect until the 1st of February 2026 \[7\]. While there are similarities between it and the EU’s AI Act, the Colorado AI Act specifically focuses on high-risk AI systems. Developers are required to put in place safeguards by sharing information with deployers, such as what data has been used for model training, risk mitigation measures, and reasonably foreseeable limitations of the system. Additionally, developers must publicly share information on their website or in a public use case inventory two key pieces of information: 1) the type of high-risk system they developed and 2) what steps they are taking to manage risks of algorithmic discrimination. Most importantly, should algorithmic discrimination occur through the intended use of the system, developers must disclose this to both the Colorado Attorney General and the system developers in question. Alongside developers, deployers must follow a risk management policy such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework and the International Organization for the Standardizations Standard ISO/IEC 420001\. Among these existing standards, the size and complexity of the deployer will need to be factored into the reasonability of the framework. Should the system undergo an intentional or substantial modification, deployers must conduct an impact assessment within 90 days of the modification taking place in addition to two additional impact assessments for the system, specifically an impact assessment for the system alongside an annual impact assessment for any system deployed. Similar to developers, deployers will need to publish information on their website and disclose any occurrences of algorithmic discrimination to the Colorado Attorney General. There are some cases, though, in which exemptions can be granted: if deployers have an employee headcount under 50, they can be exempt from most of the requirements, providing certain conditions have been satisfied. \[7\] [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **Does the USA have a long road ahead behind the AI Act?** In September 2024, the European Commission’s EU Competitiveness Report highlighted that 30% of unicorn startups founded in Europe between 2008 and 2021 were relocating abroad, with many of them to the USA \[8\]. It will therefore be imperative that while the technology conglomerates continue to innovate in the AI space, lead by example, and collaborate closely with the US government, safeguards for fundamental rights and product safety must be in place but not be excessively restrictive to the point they prevent smaller players from the development and adoption of frontier AI. When it comes to digital competition, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act ensure fair online market practices are enforced. In contrast, in the US there are no digital-specific competition laws. However, two pending pieces of legislation, namely the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (“AICOA”) and the Open App Markets Act (“OAMA”), could, if passed, result in drastic changes to American regulation of digital competition with the aim of targeting companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and possibly TikTok \[9\]. A multilateral approach to managing, understanding, and implementing AI regulation will be required to in the long run assess whether laws around AI technologies can be fairly but rigorously enforced. The recent executive order, the introduction of state-level AI-specific laws, and the voluntary commitment from influential AI companies (i.e., OpenAI, Meta, and Google) to increase testing of AI systems alongside sharing information on managing AI risks are important steps in understanding this fast-paced technology. It will not, however, change the challenge of a lack of a singular definition of AI, and instead, it could be seen as a hard yard ahead in identifying that any material shift in antitrust regulation more closely aligned to AI innovation may only be feasible if regulating the outcome of AI becomes the focus instead of the attempt to holistically regulate AI. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] Parker Lynne, Director of the National AI Initiative Office, Deputy United States Chief Technology Office, ‘National Artificial Intelligence Initiative’ (Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Inaugural Stakeholder Meeting, June 29, 2022) < www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/National-Artificial-Intelligence Initiative-Overview.pdf \> accessed 1st October 2024\. (OSCOLA) \[2\] H.R.6216 - 116th Congress (2019 - 2020): National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, 116th Cong. (2020), https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/ house-bill/6216 (BlueBook - change to OSCOLA) \[3\] ’Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights’ (Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House) < www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/ \> accessed 1st October 2024\. (OSCOLA) \[4\] ’Economic Potential of Generative AI: The Next Productivity Frontier’ (McKinsey Digital, 14 June 2023 ) < www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our insights/th e-economic-potential-of-generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier#/> accessed 3rd October 2024. \[5\] ’President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence’ (The White House, Briefing Room Statements and Releases) < www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial intelligence/ \> accessed 1st October 2024. \[6\] ’The Antitrust Laws’ (Federal Trade Commission - Competition Guidance) < www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/antitrust laws> accessed 30 September 2024. \[7\] ‘Colorado Governor Signs Comprehensive AI Bill’ (Mayer Brown, Insights) accessed 1st October 2024. \[8\] ’The future of European Competitiveness: Part B’ (European Commission) accessed 1st October 2024. \[9\] B Hoffman, ‘Digital Markets Regulation Handbook’ (Cleary Gottlieb, January 2024) < https://content.clearygottlieb.com/antitrust/digital-markets-regulation-handbook/ united-states/index.html \> accessed 3rd October 2024\. --- Looking for 200+ hours of expert AI advice? 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Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-2.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### Runway's CTO unveils the future of AI in creativity URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/runways-cto-unveils-the-future-of-ai-in-creativity/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:40:17.000Z Few companies have made as significant an impact on the creative sectors as Runway has. As a beacon of innovation in generative AI, Runway has carved out a reputation for transforming art, entertainment, and human creativity. At the helm of these groundbreaking endeavors is [Anastasis Germanidis](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/speaker/anastasisgermanidis), the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Runway, who has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of creative technologies. Recently recognized by Time Magazine as one of the "100 most influential companies" in 2023, Runway continues to be at the forefront of the AI revolution, creating tools that enhance the capabilities of creatives worldwide and redefining what is possible in storytelling and artistic expression. In this exclusive interview, Anastasis shares his journey from the inception of Runway at NYU’s ITP program, alongside co-founders Cristobal and Alejandro, to the cutting-edge developments that continue to push the boundaries of computational creativity. --- *Psst. 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I met my two co-founders, Cristobal and Alejandro, at NYU’s ITP program in 2016\. Our shared curiosity about the potential of computational creativity led us to build tools for our peers—we wanted to build tools that let them interact with what was, at the time, an emerging technology, and that’s ultimately how Runway was originally born. Today, we are a full-stack, applied AI research company that builds generative AI systems and tools for creatives of all backgrounds. ## Runway has become a pioneering platform in creative AI tools. What was the company's original vision, and how has that evolved? Being artists ourselves, we started Runway as a company for artists by artists. That vision has been central to our ethos since the very beginning and remains true today. As our research and capabilities have continued to advance over the last few years – most recently with the release of our newest foundational model, Gen-3 Alpha – our original vision has remained the same: we’re enabling new ways of bringing stories to life and opening doors for new storytellers. ## Runway’s tools empower creatives to work with AI in previously unimaginable ways. What are the most exciting use cases that have emerged from your platform? Everyone, from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies to freelancers, marketers, and Hollywood studios, uses our tools to tell new types of stories and streamline workflows. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## The generative AI landscape is growing rapidly. In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the industry today? When we started Runway back in 2018, we were some of the only ones building in this space, so it’s been incredible to see the advancements we’ve made as an industry in the last couple of years and to see the creativity that these tools have unlocked for artists. That said, we're still very early in the lifecycle of these tools, and there is a lot still to be built and unlocked, especially when it comes to further improving quality and introducing new control mechanisms. Something our team is currently focused on that will continue to unlock creativity is the development of General World Models – these are systems that understand the visual world and its dynamics. Gen-3 Alpha has been a major step toward this goal, but it’s still very early. ## How do you see the relationship between human creativity and AI evolving over the next few years? Will AI enhance human creativity, or do you foresee it changing creative industries in more fundamental ways? The history of art has always been deeply intertwined with the history of technology. As our technical capabilities continue to expand, the tools will continue to expand, but they’ll always be in the service of human artists and creators. ## Runway is at the forefront of generative AI for creators. What innovations or features can users expect shortly that will further transform their workflows? Gen-3 Alpha is the first and smallest of upcoming models and a major step toward building general world models, but there’s still more work to be done. For example, the model can struggle with complex character and object interactions, and generations don’t always follow the laws of physics precisely. General world models will aim to represent and simulate a wide range of situations and interactions, like those encountered in the real world, and we’ll continue to build towards that future. ## Looking ahead, what excites you the most about the future of generative AI, both in terms of its potential for creativity and broader applications? Generative AI is still incredibly young, and we’re discovering new use cases daily. We recently announced a partnership with Lionsgate Studios, marking a significant milestone in the collaboration between AI and Hollywood and unlocking new opportunities to evolve workflows and offer brand-new tools to the entertainment industry. --- Want more from Anastasis? He'll be at our summit in Boston this month on October 17. His talk on 'Shaping the next era of art, entertainment and human creativity' will be invaluable. 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URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/have-we-been-duped-or-dumped-is-ai-here-to-stay/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T12:58:16.000Z [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) is the most disruptive technology of our time, but as its impact continues to unfold, many are questioning whether it’s just another tech fad, or if it's here to reshape the future permanently. The rapid rise of AI has been met with both excitement to revolutionize our world and skepticism and growing concern about the long-term feasibility and ethical risks. So, are we being duped into believing AI is scalable enough to solve all of our problems? Or will it stand the test of time, proving itself sustainable to humanity and our evolving world? These are the questions I want to address in this writing. > Ahh the question of “Is AI sustainable? No, it is not sustainable, it is scalable, and that is what will make it sustainable. I think digging into whether AI is sustainable is quite simply how we approach it. AI is a lot like engineered transportation. Vehicle mobility has taken us from being foot mobile or horse and buggy to traveling around the world in just a matter of hours. This is what AI has and will continue to do for us. Just like engineered transportation has not gone anywhere, nor will it ever, nor will AI. The problems that exist with engineered mobility over the last 135-plus years still exist today by and large. For example, cars still wreak havoc on our environment, and they are dangerous at points depending on how they are controlled, but that does not mean they have not been scalable or become obsolete. It is clear for humans the benefits of engineered mobility have far outweighed the collateral damage. We have worked hard and continue to work hard to put laws and regulations in place at the organizational and consumer levels as to how cars and even planes and the like are built, used and operated. But cars are definitely not sustainable, if they were then we wouldn’t junk them every 10 years. We cannot continue to operate engineered mobility the way we do because it does have its dangers, and it does wreak havoc on our earth. AI is much the same and it is not sustainable in its current existence. Scalability and sustainability are closely connected, but they are distinct concepts that often get confused very often. Most inventions start off in a phase where they are not inherently sustainable. At this early stage, they might be too costly, resource-intensive, or inefficient to sustain long-term. However, as they scale—reaching larger markets, benefiting from economies of scale, improving their technology, and optimizing their production processes—they can become more efficient, less costly, and more adaptable to different environments. This scaling process is what ultimately feeds into making them sustainable. ## **The definition of sustainability** ![A screenshot of a computerDescription automatically generated](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcnpPCneD-b2ehGcNaJxssUyKfQPbtP-hdEKR_5LO8R4thD5wA6eb-cDSsbd5ZSeDGoHTvoOsuBYZxVhtW1y0bsjaz513mhpN5kPfp7Jy6GljpyX-RlblpQLCTfmjxPLih_yg6aEtr5YHwdvwIsMk6-v6Dsvs6p-ZXSzP8tOVC8__0CKCUo2Os?key=P3SJVOAH9wPcF-tAC-RTig) I think we would all agree that we cannot maintain engineered mobility in the way that we have in the past in an ongoing manner. We also cannot continue to deplete our resources and disrupt the ecological balance. It is not feasibly sustainable. It does not mean engineered mobility is going anywhere, rather, it is going to scale, which means it is going to get better, and eventually, sustainable. Sustainable efforts in transportation (e.g., electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, regulations) have aimed to improve this. In the same way, AI sustainability focuses on minimizing energy consumption, reducing environmental impact, and ensuring fair use of resources and more energy-efficient models, similar to how transportation is moving towards electric vehicles. I think people tend to get scalability and sustainability mixed up. Scalability feeds sustainability. There is a difference between sustainability and scalability. Engineered mobility has scaled continuously over the last century and a half, but it has never reached a point of full sustainability. AI is similar. The problems and challenges we face in AI does not mean AI is going anywhere, it just means it is going to get better, and eventually, sustainable. ## **The definition of scalability** ![A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdHAm8eKTSlEWUuh8fKLMIQTzGsQMYWYSvR8se_EYhR0z_QglBCJHpiJHUY1VYtCLeJddncboGW8qX-LhRyoD7yRmVBZVOLuX-xnPP-fhtsYZtG1jN3-qQR5GQUWWiNSE9Xj8CZELuUt934wBVKYfZDSZ3L_NF9IliPEmnUdxyK1_iPNVOiegQ?key=P3SJVOAH9wPcF-tAC-RTig) The parallel drawn between AI and engineered mobility makes it clear that when first invented, both of these inventions were expensive, inefficient, sometimes unsafe and available to only a select few. Over time, the scaling of manufacturing processes, infrastructure development, and technological improvements made them more affordable, more reliable, and widely accessible, thereby achieving better sustainability in their use and production. Like engineered mobility, but in the context of AI, we see that it is currently highly scalable—new models can be deployed, adjusted, and integrated across various industries and applications with relative ease. **I think this is what we can expect for the future of AI.** ## **To be or not to be, that is the question** > "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them." — *William Shakespeare, Hamlet* ### **To be** Some early adopters swear by AI’s potential to revolutionize industries, while others remain concerned about the long-term feasibility, sustainability, and ethical implications. On the first account, the power of AI is already showing its muscle in areas like healthcare, finance, marketing, and many other sectors. With billions of dollars backing AI behind major corporations and high-profile investment entities, it is clear people are serious about AI and its promising future. ### **Or not to be** On the other hand ongoing issues with data privacy concerns, potential job displacement, power consumption, data shortages, and the challenge of creating explainable AI models leads many critics to believe we could all just be "duped" because we have adopted AI technologies prematurely without fully understanding their implications or long-term viability. All of this skepticism extends to the possibility that as soon as AI could lose momentum, leading to a mass exodus of interest or what could be referred to as AI's “dumping point.” In reality, the true future of AI likely lies somewhere in between. Some applications are failing to scale and live up to the hype—similar to the many failed "AI wrapper" companies associated with the financial struggles of 2023 which began with the Silicon Valley Banking Collapse—while others are evolving to become much more integral to the way we live and work. ### **We are all AI bullish** > ***I want to start with a question that someone in the business community said to me,*** > ***"You seem so bullish on AI.*** ***I feel like we are in a bubble, and when we emerge, we will feel duped. But you feel so bullish - am I wrong?"*** > ***I responded,*** > ***"I am bullish on AI, and so are you. If you took away some of the things that make your life livable today, you’d quickly realize just how bullish you are. You're probably using AI without even knowing it. Yes, I agree we are in a bubble because we are using AI many times when we do not know or fully understand its implications and consequences, which can lead to the overconfidence that produces market bubbles."*** How are we bullish? Well imagine having to do without some of your creature comforts today. When we start explaining to the very people who are reticent about AI the things which makes their lives comfortable and maintainable that they don’t typically think about are ran, powered and enabled by AI allows them to a paradigm shift to actually begin to realize how bullish they are on AI. It’s like a person who would never eat a particular food product, but the end food product contains the ingredient of the particular food product they hate, and they love the end food product. For example, Castoreum is used in Vanilla Flavoring, and Castoreum is a secretion from the anal glands of beavers. Something that would send most people praying to the toilet gods. Castoreum is still approved by the FDA as a "natural flavoring," and it has been used in everything from Vanilla Ice Cream, Chewing Gum, to Alcoholic Beverages. ## **We can live without AI, but you wouldn't want to** Living without AI would be a nightmare—a chaotic, life-threatening plunge into inefficiency and disaster. Every moment of your life would be slower, more stressful, and infinitely more dangerous. Imagine scrambling through endless paperwork, wasting hours on menial tasks that AI currently handles in seconds, and facing constant delays in every transaction, whether you're trying to get healthcare, travel, or even buy food. Businesses would spiral into inefficiency, grinding to a halt, leaving the economy in tatters and unemployment through the roof. Healthcare systems would be crippled, with life-or-death decisions left to outdated manual processes, causing countless avoidable deaths and suffering as diagnoses are delayed, treatments are wrong, and medical errors skyrocket. Important infrastructure like power grids and supply chains would falter, causing massive blackouts, food shortages, and transportation collapses that could spark widespread panic and societal breakdown. Security would be practically nonexistent; criminals would have a field day with weakened defenses, leading to rampant crime, data breaches, and potentially catastrophic cyber-attacks. AI has become our silent guardian, the shield that holds back chaos—and without it, the world would rapidly descend into a hellish, volatile, and dangerous state that would make survival, let alone daily living, a grueling ordeal. Removing AI would disrupt productivity, critical systems, and innovation, drastically impacting how society functions and progresses. Removing AI in many ways would be like putting the entire world back several decades. We would potentially have massive blackouts, disease, crime, and very possibly large-scale conflicts. Removing AI would make it difficult, almost impossible, to revert to a world without it without facing significant consequences. AI has now become integral in modern life, deeply cemented in daily routines, critical infrastructure, and industry workflows, making it nearly impossible to revert to a world without it. It drives efficiency, automates complex tasks, and provides data-driven insights that shape decision-making across sectors. What are some examples of the things that are empowered by AI that we could not live without? Navigation and ride-sharing services are closely connected, as they rely heavily on AI-enhanced satellite and GPS positioning systems to optimize routes, predict traffic, and provide estimated arrival times. Without the AI processing of GPS data, ride-sharing technologies like Uber and Lyft would struggle to operate efficiently. Similarly, energy and utility management benefit from smart grid infrastructure powered by AI, which helps manage energy distribution more effectively and predict power demand spikes, ultimately preventing power outages. Without AI these things would not operate correctly. ## **A real-life incident: To live without AI is not living at all, literally** In 2016, a Tesla Model S, while in Autopilot mode, was traveling on a highway in the Netherlands and the vehicle’s AI-powered system detected that the car in front was about to collide with another car and automatically applied the brakes before the human driver could react. The AI system used radar, cameras, and sensors to not only detect the car directly ahead but also analyze the traffic situation beyond it. The Autopilot's collision avoidance system recognized that the vehicle ahead was decelerating suddenly and predicted an imminent crash. Before the human driver had time to react, the Tesla autonomously braked, avoiding what could have been a high-speed collision that might have caused severe injuries or even death. In the end, the AI saved both the driver and passengers from a life-threatening accident by reacting faster than a human could have in a dangerous situation. Without AI the driver would have potentially died, and so in this case, to live without AI is not living at all. ## **Have we been duped by AI?** Many of us use AI frequently without realizing it, which can make us overconfident and careless, like bulls in a china shop… ![A scene depicting a large bull charging through a traditional china shop. The shop is filled with delicate porcelain plates, cups, and other fragile items displayed on wooden shelves. As the bull runs wildly, some items are falling off the shelves, shattering on the floor, and the shop owner stands in shock. The setting is chaotic, with dust and broken pieces scattered around. The bull is mid-motion, showing energy and strength, while the china shop reflects an elegant but now disorderly atmosphere.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcRJqf3-KSYvyJ2mq34LEKRuJgSWYATTSfkj6aClYjXvRc6LLaAJxIA4eDh1wWknemMi8Jv8J5liOS0wxiAzcKFOSVnq-IY_BwD6RcGUi4O-EECyTKUckch8XdLy-IsNvlw-m0TYmD7pX6xc9pZabHeRX-9LMGEXTlr6oF7DfE6SmNvFMLztn8?key=P3SJVOAH9wPcF-tAC-RTig) In a way, by charging ahead without fully understanding AI, we risk becoming uninformed and ignorant about its capabilities and limitations, which leads to hard lessons. This can leave us vulnerable to deception and making decisions without all the information, leading us to feel like we have been duped. **This is a form of Black Box AI. What is Black Box AI and how can it be avoided?** ![A conceptual representation of 'black box AI'. A sleek, futuristic black cube in the center of the image, with glowing lines and circuits indicating complex technology. The cube is surrounded by data streams, digital code, and abstract patterns that suggest deep learning and AI processes occurring inside the box. The cube is opaque and mysterious, giving a sense of hidden complexity, with only some faint glowing lights hinting at the activity within. The background is a high-tech digital environment, creating a sense of advanced, unknown technology.](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcU-2QioaW-xYTpjlmtPHxC-JT_JMvzwdkNnQttlLni3liELjtlZagER5ZVog3HnUEBSv82HukDMR3bHtkeXhA6U2zzuHj-NRbMMN34s4lT4Bjn4vdqyVh1p_uZNHn4s1QPkbJeoA5sa2vyUC2LPzLXPDSM0Vb_-lfJzxMKSmHfxP21agqeNus?key=P3SJVOAH9wPcF-tAC-RTig) Black box AI refers to artificial intelligence systems whose processes are opaque and difficult to interpret and fail to provide clear explanations for how they arrived at those outcomes. This lack of transparency can lead us to a feeling of being “duped”. As an everyday user, if you are unfamiliar with AI, the best way to protect yourself is to be cautious and informed about the AI tools you use. Start by choosing reputable apps and platforms with good privacy policies and transparent explanations of how they use AI. If you are asked to provide personal data, make sure you understand why it’s needed and how it will be used. Pay attention to any unexpected behaviors or decisions made by AI systems, and don't hesitate to question or report issues if something seems off. It’s also helpful to regularly review the permissions you grant to apps and to be cautious about sharing sensitive information. If possible, use platforms that allow you to adjust settings, like opting out of data collection or personalization features. Being mindful of these basics will help you stay informed about what and how you are using AI and ensure you do not become a victim of AI or a perpetrator of AI misuse. The illusion of deception It’s easy to think that AI is deceiving us when things go wrong. We see rogue AI systems producing unexpected or incorrect outcomes, and it feels like we’ve been led astray. However, AI isn’t inherently deceptive; it doesn’t have intent or motive. Rather, it operates within the constraints and biases of the data and instructions it’s been given. So I would say, no we have not been duped by AI, if we have been duped it is likely entirely our fault because of our approach to adopting AI. The responsibility relies on how humans engage with and understand AI, rather than suggesting that AI itself is inherently duping us. As AI continues to evolve and take on more complex roles in society, from autonomous vehicles to healthcare and financial markets, it’s important that we educate ourselves about how these systems work so we don’t get duped. ## **Will we be dumped by AI** Will we, as humans, eventually be "dumped" by AI? In other words, will AI take over our jobs, outpace us intellectually, or leave us behind, creating a future where human roles are diminished or obsolete? **Myth: I’m just a mere human, I am no match for AI** One of the most common concerns about AI is the fear of job displacement. In industries like manufacturing, repetitive tasks have been automated by machines for years, but AI is now capable of handling more complex roles that involve sophisticated, yet contained decision-making, such as data analysis, and customer interaction. **AI makes the honor roll** Another concern is with the development of increasingly sophisticated machine learning models, the fear is that AI will eventually outthink us, leaving humans intellectually inferior and eliminating your kids from making the honor roll. ![A robot holding a diploma in a classroom Description automatically generated](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdy0dBZ5eK6CiP1eRi4MKnCApFSi4CfvPC3zaDPFYdbJziiSOPnigc2QeGZBiq7h7vIyl59k31--07K-XlARBj_eZmAnp8fkukpJbpfor8rTJRzFtf2K_N1BI0hWyvJvNGsJxVn0UsJkNvC9jIQFWUoRFErEKJsXRW8PNBt9Fn0HT6Faun31Zo?key=P3SJVOAH9wPcF-tAC-RTig) The fear that AI will render humans "intellectually inferior" and eliminate opportunities for jobs and achievements like making the honor roll is exaggerated. AI can process information quickly and make complex decisions, but human qualities like creativity, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and adaptability are currently beyond AI's reach. The job market and educational systems are going to adapt, focusing on skills that complement AI rather than compete with it, therefore enhancing human intelligence and capability. This is a big opportunity to drill down on the creativity side and team up with AI’s intellectual prowess for those who feel AI is a displacement. AI operates as sophisticated yet contained intelligence. What does that mean? It means that AI operates within parameters, not footloose and voyaging as humans operate, but rather as an aid to humans and our creativity. This leaves humans to evolve and expand into new realms where creativity can take us and show us why, but we can then bring AI into the picture, and it can show us how. The beauty of this is that it allows for very accelerated learning and innovation to happen and for the global collective of humans to put their energy towards creativity and all of the productive ways that AI can be used and deployed. Imagine any idea you’ve ever had—what if you had access to all the resources needed to make it happen? Think about those questions or ideas you've searched everywhere to find answers for; this is where large language models like ChatGPT come in. They take your questions or ideas and draw upon a large range of relevant resources available, sometimes all resources available, to show you the way. Now, imagine leveraging this capability for every resource on Earth. In the future, AI may enable us to tap into all imaginable resources to tackle even the most ambitious challenges, such as traveling to distant places in the universe light years away, far beyond the physical traveling capability of any human right now. **This is the future of AI. This is the reality.** **I don’t know if this is working; it just feels like we are two separate people** There is a fear that a type of "AI divide" could lead to economic and social disparities, with only those who have the resources to leverage AI succeeding, while others are left in less economically viable positions. While the history of economics and human behavior shows that this outcome is somewhat likely, it is more probable that the AI divide will begin to evaporate as humans and machines work together to improve infrastructure, education, and cultural adoption. Over the coming years and decades, as AI becomes increasingly consumerized, shared access and AI infrastructure will expand at the individual level, creating opportunities for everyone who desires access. Another reason the AI divide may lose its grip is that division often arises from a lack of opportunity, objectivity, and understanding. AI has the potential to enable humans to operate at their best capacity—creativity and innovation—where opportunity thrives. As an objective technology, AI can help reduce the subjectivity in human decision-making that has plagued and divided societies since our existence. On the other hand, AI could inadvertently "dump" portions of humanity by reinforcing biases, displacing workers, or concentrating power in the hands of a few. To support this, governments, organizations, and industries must collaborate to establish frameworks and policies that promote inclusive access to AI technologies. This means investing in education and retraining programs that equip workers with the skills needed for an AI-driven economy. ## **Take control of the relationship** The key to avoiding being "dumped" by AI lies in how we, as individuals and societies, adapt to the changes AI brings. It’s important to approach AI not as a threat but as a tool that can be leveraged for human advancement. In the end, the most important question isn't whether AI will "dump" us, but rather, will we allow it to? AI is here to stay, but its future lies in a balance between scalability and sustainability. As disruptive as it is, AI's rapid growth has created both opportunities and challenges, leaving us to question if we’ve been prematurely optimistic or overly cautious about its potential. Much like engineered mobility, AI is not yet sustainable, but it is scalable—and scalability is the path to sustainability. From revolutionizing industries to empowering daily life, AI’s current scalability drives efficiency and innovation, setting the stage for eventual sustainability as technology, regulation, and ethical considerations catch up. While skepticism and challenges remain, the world is inevitably moving forward with AI, shaping a future where its integration is not just advantageous but very important for growth and survival. Human agency is central to the development and application of AI technologies. As creators and users of AI, we have the ability to steer its development in ways that benefit society rather than displace or harm it. Through responsible innovation, thoughtful policy, and ongoing education, we can ensure that AI continues to serve as a powerful tool for human progress rather than a force that leaves us behind. Whether you believe we are being duped or on the brink of a revolutionary, humanity-changing evolution, one thing is certain: AI is an unstoppable force that will continue to reshape the world for generations to come. --- Want access to hundreds of hours from our events? Sign up for our membership and start watching today: [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-1.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### What's really driving the surge in generative AI adoption? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cost-saving-is-not-a-leading-driver-of-generative-ai-adoption/ Last updated: 2026-07-17T13:04:52.000Z The transformative power of [artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/) is continually redefining the boundaries of what's possible in business. Among the varied facets of AI, [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) has emerged as a particularly powerful tool, paving the way for a new era of [innovation and efficiency across multiple industries](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/). Generative AI has the capability to create, simulate, and optimize, meaning it's great for an array of applications ranging from content generation to advanced data analytics. [The 5 primary generative AI applications (and how they work)According to our Generative AI Report, text applications are at the top of the reasons for the adoption of generative AI tools (40.8%).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-95.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1686191128680-caa7558da57f)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) In our latest [Generative AI report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/), respondents were asked about the main advantages the technology has brought them. Intriguingly, while cost savings were barely acknowledged (**1.2%**), efficiency took the spotlight as the number one benefit (**26.7%**). In this article, we dive deeper into every generative AI driver mentioned, including: - Speed - Accuracy - Quality - Efficiency - Cost savings - Better decision-making - Increased creativity ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/q1BJx6vP4NwN0g6vqR3vW37CAQ6NuoPW7fZth6hX3CpkfWviggEpW3EGtdKSFIXo_9BY6YbjjRhS83kQc6kjRZmzXxW-XvJW_HH8NHRAD142zWcR68QHrqkxKAZ7BLHWmrQT5SLr8Fz-fd2r0uJkJ8Q) ## Speed The ability to generate data, designs, or content at rapid speeds is essential in today’s world. Generative AI stands out as a tool that can meet this demand, acting as an engine that can produce results far quicker than conventional methods. As it can create large volumes of data in no time, like text, images, and more, it can have an impact in a wide variety of fields. From writing articles to generating music and more, these tools can speed up employee productivity. They also help in designing and manufacturing numerous design concepts or variants, which greatly reduces the time that’s traditionally needed. [The future of digital transformationExplore the magic of digital transformation through Generative AI, real-world use cases, and future prospects like low/no-code platforms.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-96.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1474314243412-cd4a79f02c6a-4)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/) ## Accuracy Precision is essential in many sectors, from medical diagnoses to financial forecasting. Generative AI is designed to identify intricate patterns and produce results that match these patterns, minimizing the margin of error and enhancing the dependability of outputs. Operating on algorithms and training data, generative AI is consistent in its outputs without typical human errors. The tools can also be trained to produce outputs that closely match real-world patterns by learning from extensive datasets. ## Quality "Quality over quantity" gets a new life with generative AI. While the technology can produce large volumes of output, it doesn't necessarily compromise the quality of the results. As AI models evolve and learn, they aim to generate outputs of high quality. In addition to producing better-quality outputs, generative AI can also learn and get feedback over time, meaning it can keep improving itself and offer even better results in the future. ## Efficiency With generative AI, processes are streamlined and optimized, ensuring that resources, both time and computational, are used to their fullest potential. This means that maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expenses can be achieved. The technology can operate with minimal human oversight, which frees up resources. And it can be integrated into workflows, leading to automated processes that make the overall systems more efficient. ## Cost savings One of the main goals of any business is to reduce costs without compromising on results. By automating and refining processes, generative AI tools can be a big investment in financial stability, resulting in substantial savings long term. As generative AI can automate tasks, there’s a decreased need for manual hours and higher cost savings. This automation also leads to outputs of higher accuracy and quality, needing fewer revisions and saving time and money. ## Better decision-making Particularly when it comes to complex scenarios, it can be difficult to make decisions. Generative AI can guide companies with their decision-making processes, providing insights, simulations, and forecasts that can open the way for more informed and strategic choices. Having data-driven insights helps to simulate multiple scenarios or even create a varied output – this lets decision-makers have a comprehensive view of every possibility. Predictive analysis can foresee potential outcomes based on historical data to guide decisions. ## Increased creativity Generative AI can act as a catalyst for increased creativity. By combining patterns in innovative ways, artificial intelligence tools can open the door to groundbreaking ideas and creations. This technology can also inspire creators to think outside the box or view problems from different angles. ## Bonus: Honourable mentions Respondents also added a few different benefits: - Conversational interface that allows me to better describe the initial question and go deeper into any provided answers - Sources - Availability - Easy to use - Responsible enterprises grade - Most popular - Convenience ### 3 learnings from bringing AI to market URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-learnings-from-bringing-ai-to-market/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:42:55.000Z Need to bring an AI-powered product to market but don't know where to start? You're in the right place. As AI transforms our industry at lightning speed, it's easy to feel left behind. But don't worry – I've got your back. Drawing from my experience at Salesforce, I'll share three essential learnings to help you navigate the AI landscape with confidence. In this article, we'll dive into: - The evolution of AI - The AI hype cycle and where we stand today - Why many AI projects fail and how to set yours up for success - Three key learnings from my experience of launching an AI product. Let’s get into it. ## The evolution of AI It can’t have escaped your notice that we're in a bit of an AI revolution right now – but how did we get here? Let me set the stage. For about 30 years, we were in wave one of artificial intelligence – predictive AI, which uses numbers data to generate very simple predictions. Since 2022, when [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/) launched their 3.5 model, anyone working in B2B SaaS has been hearing the terms "generative AI," "Gen AI," or "artificial intelligence" about a thousand times a day. This marks the beginning of wave two, which involves using natural language – speaking or writing to a large language model (LLM) – to generate something that didn’t exist before. We're already moving rapidly towards the third wave. This involves building autonomous agents that can [automate tasks](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/next-generation-automation-running-artificial-intelligence-at-the-edge/) so you don't have to do them anymore. I imagine it won’t be long before we see wave four – [artificial general intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/). Think Terminator! _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### AI for health & networking: Q&A with Christie Mealo URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-for-health-networking-christie-mealos-tech-impact/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T07:57:10.000Z My name is Christie Mealo, and I’m a Senior AI Engineering Manager at CVS Health, where I focus on AI-driven [health products](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-download-the-ebook-today/), primarily in the area of diabetes management. In addition to my work at CVS, I’m the founder of Orbit, an AI-powered contact book and networking app designed for value-based networking. I also lead the Philly Data & AI Meetup group, help guide the Philly Tech Committee, and serve as a chair on Philly iConnect. Through these roles, I’m deeply involved in organizing communities and events across Philadelphia and the larger East Coast, helping to foster collaboration and innovation in the tech space. ## It's been a crazy year for those in tech—what's excited you most about recent developments? It's been an incredible year in tech, and what excites me most is how [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/?%5Fgl=1%2A5od2h%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTg0MzQxODY2OS4xNzI3MTg5MDAz%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTcyNzE4OTAwMi4xLjAuMTcyNzE4OTAwMi4wLjAuMA..%2A%5Fga%5FKVYRMDNSEY%2AMTcyNzE4OTAwNC4xLjAuMTcyNzE4OTAwNC4wLjAuMA..) has significantly lowered barriers to entry and creativity for so many people. This technology is empowering individuals with new and novel ideas, allowing them to bring their visions to life in ways that were previously out of reach. I believe this will shake up the economy in a positive way, leading to the development of a lot of innovative products and introducing new competitors into the market. While we’re undoubtedly in the midst of a hype cycle—or perhaps only at the beginning—it’s thrilling to see where this will take us in the coming years. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## What role do you see generative AI playing across industries over the next 6-12 months, and where do you think it will have the biggest impact? Generative AI is poised to significantly impact various industries over the next 6-12 months. While it's clear that it will continue to transform fields like copywriting, advertising, and creative content, its influence is much broader. On one hand, generative AI is incredibly exciting because it lowers barriers to entry for innovation and creativity. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and GitHub Copilot are not only enabling individuals and smaller companies to bring novel ideas to market more quickly but are also optimizing workflows. Personally, these tools have streamlined my day-to-day work, saving me approximately 10 hours each week by automating routine tasks and enhancing productivity. However, there are valid concerns about the impact of generative AI, particularly regarding its effect on the internet and the truth. As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, there is a real risk of misinformation and the proliferation of fake information online. This not only threatens the integrity of the internet but also raises ethical questions that need urgent attention. Interestingly, these challenges are creating new opportunities for AI ethics as a field. We’re likely to see significant job growth in areas focused on developing frameworks and tools to manage these risks, ensuring that AI is used responsibly and that the internet remains a trusted source of information. While we are only getting started, the balance of benefits and challenges will ultimately shape the economic and social impact of generative AI. It’s an exciting time, but also one that demands careful consideration of the ethical implications. ## How can companies effectively navigate the ethical considerations that come with the rapid advancements in AI technology? As an ex-McKinsey person myself, I feel compelled to steal some good advice and guidelines they have provided for this one: - **Establish clear ethical guidelines:** Companies should start by defining ethical principles that align with their values and business goals. These should cover critical areas such as bias and fairness, explainability, transparency, human oversight, data privacy, and security. For instance, ensuring that AI models do not inadvertently discriminate based on race, gender, or other protected characteristics is essential. - **Implement human oversight and accountability:** It’s important to have a "human in the loop" to oversee AI decisions, particularly in high-stakes scenarios like financial services or healthcare. This ensures that there is always a human judgment applied to AI outputs, which can help mitigate risks associated with AI decision-making. - **Continuous monitoring and adaptation:** Ethical AI isn’t a one-time effort. Companies should establish ongoing monitoring systems to track the performance and impact of AI models over time. This includes regular audits to check for biases or inaccuracies that might emerge as the AI system interacts with new data. - **Educate and empower employees:** Building a culture that supports ethical AI requires educating employees across the organization about the importance of these issues. Providing training on ethical AI practices and ensuring that teams are equipped with the necessary tools to implement these principles is crucial for long-term success. Generative AI is a whole new ballgame, and we still have a lot to learn, but these pillars provide a good start. ## What are you excited about at Generative AI Summit Toronto, and why is it important to get together with other leaders like this? I'm really excited about the opportunity to connect with a diverse group of AI professionals and thought leaders at the Generative AI Summit in Toronto. The event will feature cutting-edge discussions on the latest advancements in generative AI, and I’m particularly looking forward to the workshops and panels that provide opportunities to interact directly with experts. It’s important to gather with other leaders in the field to share insights, foster collaboration, and drive innovation in this rapidly evolving space. --- Christie will be moderating at AI Accelerator Institute’s Generative AI Summit Toronto. Join us on Novevember 20, 2024. Get your tickets below. 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URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-big-companies-risk-obsolescence-without-generative-ai/ Last updated: 2025-04-03T07:14:40.000Z [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) is no longer a futuristic concept—it's a transformative force reshaping today's most innovative industries. Companies like Klarna and J.P. Morgan are making bold moves by integrating Generative AI into their operations, challenging the status quo and [enabling unprecedented efficiency and creativity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/). This shift isn't merely an incremental upgrade; it's a paradigm change that allows organizations to automate complex processes, generate creative content, and make data-driven decisions more effectively than ever before. Yet despite its clear potential, many large companies hesitate, caught in the throes of Clayton Christensen’s "Innovator’s Dilemma." They are torn between the safety of their profitable legacy systems and the uncertain but promising path of investing in disruptive technologies like Generative AI. For these companies, the risk extends beyond lagging behind competitors; it's the danger of becoming irrelevant in a landscape that rewards agility and punishes complacency. In today's fast-paced market, comfort zones have become liabilities. Companies that cling to legacy approaches while ignoring the winds of change are playing a dangerous game—one that could end with them being outpaced, outperformed, and ultimately pushed out of the market. ## **Disruption is relentless: Comfort zones are a liability** Christensen’s "Innovator’s Dilemma" illustrates how companies often lose their edge by focusing on existing products while ignoring larger shifts. Generative AI represents one of these shifts, transforming industries with innovations that enhance efficiency and open new possibilities. [Klarna's](https://www.ikangai.com/klarnas-bold-move-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-saas-in-the-enterprise/) recent decision to move away from well-established SaaS platforms like Salesforce and Workday exemplifies this transformation. By developing an internal AI-driven solution, they are not only replicating but surpassing decades of customization and workflow automation offered by industry giants. This bold move challenges the narrative of SaaS 'stickiness' and highlights how companies that remain in their comfort zones risk being outpaced by more agile competitors. Consider how[ Blockbuster](https://www.timefordesigns.com/blog/2023/10/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-blockbuster-a-cautionary-tale-in-digital-transformation/), a giant in its heyday, ignored the rise of digital streaming while Netflix evolved from a niche DVD rental service into a streaming powerhouse. Companies that fail to adopt Generative AI today risk a similar fate. Disruptive technologies don't pause for established players—they redefine industries and leave behind those who can't or won't adapt. Malcolm Gladwell’s "The Tipping Point" emphasizes that transformative shifts often begin subtly, with small, almost unnoticeable changes that eventually reach critical mass. Many companies entrenched in their comfort zones overlook these initial signs, dismissing them as inconsequential until the tipping point is reached and transformation becomes unavoidable. Finding a balance between existing customer needs and innovation is essential for long-term survival. ## **Balancing current needs with future vision** While addressing current customer needs is important, it's equally critical for companies to anticipate future market demands. Generative AI technologies often start small, catering to niche markets or solving problems not immediately apparent to mainstream customers. However, as these technologies evolve, they can redefine entire industries. Gladwell discussed how niche innovations, initially overlooked or even ridiculed, can suddenly become the next big thing when they reach a tipping point, rapidly gaining acceptance and disrupting established markets. Focusing solely on present needs can leave companies vulnerable when market dynamics shift. To stay competitive, leaders must balance immediate demands with a clear vision for the future, ensuring their strategies include investments in disruptive technologies like Generative AI. Klarna's pivot to Generative AI illustrates the importance of this balance. While traditional SaaS platforms had been integral to their operations, Klarna recognized the potential of AI to streamline processes and reduce complexity. By standardizing workflows and leveraging AI, they've created a more agile solution that meets current demands while positioning themselves for future growth. This move underscores Gladwell's point about niche innovations gaining rapid acceptance when they reach a tipping point. ## **AI implementation: Costs and complexity** Having a vision for Generative AI is only part of the equation; the real test lies in execution, where costs and complexities can become formidable barriers. Implementing Generative AI requires a comprehensive, multi-year strategy. The [expenses associated with AI software, infrastructure, and staff training](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/) are significant hurdles that can deter many organizations. According to a 2023 report by McKinsey & Company, companies investing in AI can expect to allocate 20-30% of their IT budgets toward AI initiatives. Klarna's success wasn't just about adopting new technology; it involved reengineering their tech stack from the ground up and embracing standardization to reduce complexity. This approach demanded a significant commitment but resulted in a more agile and cost-effective system. Their experience demonstrates that while the barriers to AI implementation are real, they can be overcome with a strategic, long-term vision. Integrating Generative AI is not just about acquiring technology—it's about embedding it into the organizational DNA and aligning it with strategic business goals. This involves substantial investments not only in technology but also in people and processes, requiring acommitment to long-term change rather than short-term fixes. [The 5 primary generative AI applications (and how they work)According to our Generative AI Report, text applications are at the top of the reasons for the adoption of generative AI tools (40.8%).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-98.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1686191128680-caa7558da57f-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) Organizations that hesitate because of these initial hurdles risk being left behind as others recognize the potential and reach the tipping point where Generative AI shifts from experimental to essential. Established organizations often value stability and incremental improvements. Generative AI challenges these norms, requiring businesses to rethink how value is created and delivered. The psychological barrier—the fear of undermining one's own success—can paralyze decision-making and lead companies to stick with what's safe rather than explore new frontiers. ## **Success amid challenges: J.P. Morgan** Despite these challenges, companies like J.P. Morgan are successfully navigating this complex landscape. J.P. Morgan has launched an AI-powered chatbot for its research analysts, streamlining access to insights and data across the organization. This initiative reflects a broader strategy to embed Generative AI within the company's operations, enhancing decision-making and fostering a culture of agility and innovation. By taking a proactive approach, J.P. Morgan is not just adopting Generative AI—it's transforming how it does business, setting a blueprint for other companies on how to integrate AI successfully. While measuring success in Generative AI can be challenging due to the early nature of the technology, the initial benefits are already reshaping business operations. One significant hurdle is establishing clear ROI and KPIs, as many AI projects are still in exploratory stages. However, a Deloitte survey found that over 50% of early AI adopters reported a positive return on their investment. Leaders need to invest with a long-term vision, understanding that while specific metrics may still be evolving, the transformative impact of AI is increasingly undeniable. ## **The flexibility of small players: How nimble newcomers are disrupting the status quo** While established companies are adapting, smaller, more agile newcomers are often best positioned to capitalize on Generative AI's potential quickly. Without the burden of legacy systems and entrenched processes, these newcomers can experiment, adapt, and scale AI initiatives more effectively. Companies like Writesonic and Gamma.app are leveraging Generative AI to reshape industries such as content creation and business communication. They exemplify how agile players can outmaneuver larger, slower competitors. As Gladwell describes in "The Tipping Point," these innovations can shift from fringe concepts to mainstream essentials, catching larger companies off guard when they reach that critical tipping point. Klarna's bold strategy doesn't just signify a shift for one company; it poses critical questions for the entire SaaS industry. If AI enables enterprises to replace decades of deep integration with more agile, customized solutions, the traditional 'stickiness' of SaaS platforms is under threat. This development forces CIOs and IT leaders to reconsider their reliance on established providers and explore the potential of in-house AI-driven solutions. The financial stakes are high, as enterprises could save millions annually by reducing dependence on costly SaaS products. According to Gartner, organizations can reduce operational costs by 20 - 30% by 2025 through AI-driven efficiencies. Klarna's example may well be the tipping point that accelerates a broader move away from traditional SaaS, emphasizing the urgent need for companies to adapt or risk obsolescence. ## **Ethical and social considerations** As companies embrace Generative AI, it's [crucial to address ethical and social considerations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/). Issues such as data privacy, security, and algorithmic bias can pose significant risks if not properly managed. A 2022 survey by PwC revealed that over 55% of consumers are concerned about how companies use their personal data. Implementing robust data [governance policies](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/) and ethical guidelines is essential to build trust with stakeholders and ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR. Moreover, the impact of AI on the workforce cannot be ignored. While AI can automate routine tasks, it may also lead to job displacement. Companies should invest in retraining and upskilling employees to work alongside AI technologies, fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation. [Building the AI-ready workforce: Challenges and opportunitiesExplore the challenges and solutions to developing an AI-ready workforce. Understand the impact of AI across industries and the role of government in shaping AI’s future.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-99.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Hemachandran K![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1633158834806-766387547d2c)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/) ## **Taking action: A roadmap for embracing generative AI** To move from theory to practice, companies must take deliberate steps to integrate Generative AI into their operations. Here’s how leaders can begin this transformative journey: 1. **Gain executive buy-in**: Executive-level support is critical for success. 2. **Conduct an AI readiness assessment**: Evaluate your organization's current capabilities, identify gaps, and set clear objectives for AI adoption. 3. **Develop a strategic AI roadmap**: Align AI initiatives with business goals, prioritize use cases, and create a phased implementation plan. 4. **Start with pilot projects**: Implement small-scale AI projects to demonstrate value, set measurable metrics, and iterate based on insights. 5. **Invest in talent and training**: Upskill existing employees, hire specialized talent, and foster a culture of innovation. 6. **Address ethical and governance considerations**: Establish ethical guidelines, implement governance [frameworks](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-step-ai-framework-roadmap-to-small-business-success/), and engage stakeholders transparently. 7. **Leverage partnerships and collaborations**: Collaborate with AI vendors, join industry consortia, and engage academic institutions. 8. **Monitor and measure impact**: Set clear KPIs, conduct regular reviews, and scale successful projects. 9. **Plan for long-term sustainability**: Stay informed on AI developments, budget for ongoing investment, and anticipate future needs. By following this roadmap, companies can navigate the complexities of Generative AI adoption, mitigate risks, and position themselves for long-term success in an increasingly AI-driven world. ## **The path forward: Embrace generative AI or face extinction** The lessons from the "Innovator’s Dilemma" speak volumes: focusing solely on today's successes without investing in disruptive technologies like Generative AI is a risky bet. AI isn't just another tool; it's a fundamental shift in how businesses operate. Companies that fully integrate Generative AI into their operations will not only survive but thrive, setting the pace for their industries. In contrast, those who fail to adapt risk meeting the same fate as Blockbuster and BlackBerry—left behind in a world increasingly driven by AI that rewards the bold and punishes the complacent. Jim Collins, in "Good to Great," emphasizes that truly great companies continuously evolve and align their strategies with the future. Klarna's decision to harness Generative AI reflects this principle, demonstrating proactive leadership and a commitment to innovation. Their approach serves as a blueprint for other companies: not just to adopt new technology but to redefine their operations and strategies around it. Without such commitment, companies risk stagnation—going from good to gone. ## **Conclusion** For leaders, the message is simple: adapt, innovate, and lead, or risk becoming a cautionary tale. Klarna and J.P. Morgan's transformations illustrate that the future belongs to those willing to embrace change and leverage disruptive technologies to their advantage. The decision isn't just about adopting new technology; it's about ensuring your company is poised to excel tomorrow. As Generative AI continues to advance rapidly, the window of opportunity to lead is narrowing. By taking proactive steps—assessing readiness, developing strategic roadmaps, investing in talent, and more—companies can overcome barriers and seize the transformative potential of AI. Embrace the change because Generative AI won't wait, and neither should you. The time to act is now. --- **References** 1\. Christensen, C. M. (1997). *The innovator's dilemma: When new technologies cause great firms to fail*. Harvard Business Review Press. 2\. Treiber, M. (2023). Klarna’s bold move: What it means for the future of SaaS in the enterprise. IKANGAI.[ https://www.ikangai.com/klarnas-bold-move-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-saas-in-the-enterprise/](https://www.ikangai.com/klarnas-bold-move-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-saas-in-the-enterprise/) 3\. Gladwell, M. (2000). *The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference*. Little, Brown. 4\. McKinsey & Company. (2023). The state of AI in 2023: Generative AI’s breakout year.[ https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai-in-2023-generative-AIs-breakout-year](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai-in-2023-generative-AIs-breakout-year) 5\. J.P. Morgan. (2023). J.P. Morgan introduces AI-powered chatbot for research analysts. *J.P. Morgan News*.[ https://www.jpmorgan.com](https://www.jpmorgan.com) 6\. Deloitte. (2022). *State of AI in the enterprise, 5th edition*. Deloitte.[ https://www.deloitte.com](https://www.deloitte.com) 7\. PwC. (2022). Consumer intelligence series: Trusted tech. PwC.[ https://www.pwc.com](https://www.pwc.com) 8\. Collins, J. (2001). *Good to great: Why some companies make the leap... and others don't*. --- Want access to hundreds of hours of expert talks? Sign up for our Pro+ membership and watch presentations from some of the world's leading companies in AI. 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Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### AI inference in edge computing: Benefits and use cases URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-inference-in-edge-computing-benefits-and-use-cases/ Last updated: 2025-03-12T16:59:52.000Z As [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/?%5Fgl=1%2Au8xfxp%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTk2NTI4NzU3Ni4xNzI2NDc1MjAy%2A%5Fga%5FKVYRMDNSEY%2AMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4xLjAuMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4wLjAuMA..%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4xLjAuMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4wLjAuMA..) (AI) continues to evolve, its deployment has expanded beyond [cloud computing into edge devices](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/edge-ai-vs-cloud-ai-which-ones-better-for-business/), bringing transformative advantages to various industries. AI inference at the [edge computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/q-a-with-bill-fox-sambanova-systems/your-guide-to-edge-computing/?%5Fgl=1%2Au8xfxp%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMTk2NTI4NzU3Ni4xNzI2NDc1MjAy%2A%5Fga%5FKVYRMDNSEY%2AMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4xLjAuMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4wLjAuMA..%2A%5Fga%5FQ2EHHKC3TE%2AMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4xLjAuMTcyNjQ3NTIwMS4wLjAuMA..) refers to the process of running trained AI models directly on local hardware, such as smartphones, sensors, and IoT devices, rather than relying on remote cloud servers for data processing. This rapid evolution of the technology landscape with the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing represents a transformative shift in how data is processed and utilized. This shift is revolutionizing how real-time data is analyzed, offering unprecedented benefits in terms of speed, privacy, and efficiency. This synergy brings AI capabilities closer to the source of data generation, unlocking new potential for real-time decision-making, enhanced security, and efficiency. This article delves into the benefits of AI inference in edge computing and explores various use cases across different industries. ![Fig 1. Benefits of AI Inference in edge computing](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcMXuCH3ve7b2i-LgETLE2ykocNx_3LHcjA82ONSuB-tvVhE-mOwMHXdiduD3JFf4gaVWMJokZKWO2uy3y4kCQd2yfAORHdGvcE_4QiqkA3nedTMUpoQsTyfnNv_qAAfNLbTLS7f55ee_9QG9kaPHn9l6Wj?key=bnSHTfxW_-3OBNcISF0p0g) Fig 1\. Benefits of AI Inference in edge computing ## **Real-time processing** One of the most significant advantages of AI inference at the edge is the ability to process data in real-time. Traditional cloud computing often involves sending data to centralized servers for analysis, which can introduce latency due to the distance and network congestion. Edge computing mitigates this by processing data locally on edge devices or near the data source. This low-latency processing is crucial for applications requiring immediate responses, such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and healthcare monitoring. ## **Privacy and security** Transmitting sensitive data to cloud servers for processing poses potential security risks. Edge computing addresses this concern by keeping data close to its source, reducing the need for extensive data transmission over potentially vulnerable networks. This localized processing enhances data privacy and security, making edge AI particularly valuable in sectors handling sensitive information, such as finance, healthcare, and defense. ## **Bandwidth efficiency** By processing data locally, edge computing significantly reduces the volume of data that needs to be transmitted to remote cloud servers. This reduction in data transmission requirements has several important implications; it results in reduced network congestion, as the local processing at the edge minimizes the burden on network infrastructure. Secondly, the diminished need for extensive data transmission leads to lower bandwidth costs for organizations and end-users, as transmitting less data over the Internet or cellular networks can translate into substantial savings. This benefit is particularly relevant in environments with limited or expensive connectivity, such as remote locations. In essence, edge computing optimizes the utilization of available bandwidth, enhancing the overall efficiency and performance of the system. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **Scalability** AI systems at edge can be scaled efficiently by deploying additional edge devices as needed, without overburdening central infrastructure. This decentralized approach also enhances system resilience. In the event of network disruptions or server outages, edge devices can continue to operate and make decisions independently, ensuring uninterrupted service. ## **Energy efficiency** Edge devices are often designed to be energy-efficient, making them suitable for environments where power consumption is a critical concern. By performing AI inference locally, these devices minimize the need for energy-intensive data transmission to distant servers, contributing to overall energy savings. ## **Hardware accelerator** AI accelerators, such as NPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and custom ASICs, play a critical role in enabling efficient AI inference at the edge. These specialized processors are designed to handle the intensive computational tasks required by AI models, delivering high performance while optimizing power consumption. By integrating accelerators into edge devices, it becomes possible to run complex deep learning models in real time with minimal latency, even on resource-constrained hardware. This is one of the best enablers of AI, allowing larger and more powerful models to be deployed at the edge. ## **Offline operation** Offline operation through Edge AI in IoT is a critical asset, particularly in scenarios where constant internet connectivity is uncertain. In remote or inaccessible environments where network access is unreliable, Edge AI systems ensure uninterrupted functionality. This resilience extends to mission-critical applications, enhancing response times and reducing latency, such as in autonomous vehicles or security systems. Edge AI devices can locally store and log data when connectivity is lost, safeguarding data integrity. Furthermore, they serve as an integral part of redundancy and fail-safe strategies, providing continuity and decision-making capabilities, even when primary systems are compromised. This capability augments the adaptability and dependability of IoT applications across a wide spectrum of operational settings. ## **Customization and personalization** AI inference at the edge enables a high degree of customization and personalization by processing data locally, allowing systems to deploy customized models for individual user needs and specific environmental contexts in real-time. AI systems can quickly respond to changes in user behavior, preferences, or surroundings, offering highly tailored services. The ability to customize AI inference services at the edge without relying on continuous cloud communication ensures faster, more relevant responses, enhancing user satisfaction and overall system efficiency. The traditional paradigm of centralized computation, wherein these models reside and operate exclusively within data centers, has its limitations, particularly in scenarios where real-time processing, low latency, privacy preservation, and network bandwidth conservation are critical. This demand for AI models to process data in real time while ensuring privacy and efficiency has given rise to a paradigm shift for AI inference at the edge. AI researchers have developed various optimization techniques to improve the efficiency of AI models, enabling AI model deployment and efficient inference at the edge. In the next section we will explore some of the use cases of AI inference using edge computing across various industries. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) # **Use cases** The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have transformed numerous sectors, including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. AI models, especially deep learning models, have proven highly effective in tasks such as image classification, natural language understanding, and reinforcement learning. Performing data analysis directly on edge devices is becoming increasingly crucial in scenarios like augmented reality, video conferencing, streaming, gaming, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), autonomous driving, the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), intelligent power grids, remote surgery, and security-focused applications, where localized processing is essential. In this section, we will discuss use cases across different fields for AI inference at the edge, as shown in Fig 2. ![Fig 1. Applications of AI Inference at the Edge across different fields](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXflV-TuBKXykWtwVMsZIXyaLXl6RIAXWSJM9BXeT4scCkezZ9bqytTSFn0wv3G6IgAQVMYU1L2zMexHBYIbsck-7LBXYprHZUA5Orn1jbUhDWDavuhlIirBG3Di_ye-JztLUxeTItz2PYAzhpUWPZZL13oO?key=bnSHTfxW_-3OBNcISF0p0g) Fig 1\. Applications of AI Inference at the Edge across different fields ### **Internet of Things (IoT)** The expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) is significantly driven by the capabilities of smart sensors. These sensors act as the primary data collectors for IoT, producing large volumes of information. However, centralizing this data for processing can result in delays and privacy issues. This is where edge AI inference becomes crucial. By integrating intelligence directly into the smart sensors, AI models facilitate immediate analysis and decision-making right at the source. This localized processing reduces latency and the necessity to send large data quantities to central servers. As a result, smart sensors evolve from mere data collectors to real-time analysts, becoming essential in the progress of IoT. ### **Industrial applications** In industrial sectors, especially manufacturing, predictive maintenance plays a crucial role in identifying potential faults and anomalies in processes before they occur. Traditionally, heartbeat signals, which reflect the health of sensors and machinery, are collected and sent to centralized cloud systems for AI analysis to predict faults. However, the current trend is shifting. By leveraging AI models for data processing at the edge, we can enhance the system's performance and efficiency, delivering timely insights at a significantly reduced cost. ### **Mobile / Augmented reality (AR)** In the field of mobile and augmented reality, the processing requirements are significant due to the need to handle large volumes of data from various sources such as cameras, Lidar, and multiple video and audio inputs. To deliver a seamless augmented reality experience, this data must be processed within a stringent latency range of about 15 to 20 milliseconds. AI models are effectively utilized through specialized processors and cutting-edge communication technologies. The integration of edge AI with mobile and augmented reality results in a practical combination that enhances real-time analysis and operational autonomy at the edge. This integration not only reduces latency but also aids in energy efficiency, which is crucial for these rapidly evolving technologies. ### **Security systems** In security systems, the combination of video cameras with edge AI-powered video analytics is transforming threat detection. Traditionally, video data from multiple cameras is transmitted to cloud servers for AI analysis, which can introduce delays. With AI processing at the edge, video analytics can be conducted directly within the cameras. This allows for immediate threat detection, and depending on the analysis's urgency, the camera can quickly notify authorities, reducing the chance of threats going unnoticed. This move to AI-integrated security cameras improves response efficiency and strengthens security at crucial locations such as airports. ### **Robotic surgery** In critical medical situations, remote robotic surgery involves conducting surgical procedures with the guidance of a surgeon from a remote location. AI-driven models enhance these robotic systems, allowing them to perform precise surgical tasks while maintaining continuous communication and direction from a distant medical professional. This capability is crucial in the healthcare sector, where real-time processing and responsiveness are essential for smooth operations under high-stress conditions. For such applications, it is vital to deploy AI inference at the edge to ensure safety, reliability, and fail-safe operation in critical scenarios. [Computer vision meets robotics: the future of surgeryMax Allan, Senior Computer Vision Engineer at Intuitive, describes groundbreaking robotics innovations in surgery and the healthcare industry.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMax Allan![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Untitled-design--1-.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-meets-robotics-the-future-of-surgery/) ## **Autonomous driving** Autonomous driving is a pinnacle of technological progress, with AI inference at edge taking a central role. AI accelerators in the car empower vehicles with onboard models for rapid real-time decision-making. This immediate analysis enables autonomous vehicles to navigate complex scenarios with minimal latency, bolstering safety and operational efficiency. By integrating AI at the edge, self-driving cars adapt to dynamic environments, ensuring safer roads and reduced reliance on external networks. This fusion represents a transformative shift, where vehicles become intelligent entities capable of swift, localized decision-making, ushering in a new era of transportation innovation. # **Conclusion** The integration of AI inference in edge computing is revolutionizing various industries by facilitating real-time decision-making, enhancing security, and optimizing bandwidth usage, scalability, and energy efficiency. As AI technology progresses, its applications will broaden, fostering innovation and increasing efficiency across diverse sectors. The advantages of edge AI are evident in fields such as the Internet of Things (IoT), healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and mobile/augmented reality devices. These technologies benefit from the localized processing that edge AI enables, promising a future where intelligent, on-the-spot analytics become the standard. Despite the promising advancements, there are ongoing challenges related to the accuracy and performance of AI models deployed at the edge. Ensuring that these systems operate reliably and effectively remains a critical area of research and development. The widespread adoption of edge AI across different fields highlights the urgent need to address these challenges, making robust and efficient edge AI deployment a new norm. As research continues and technology evolves, the potential for edge AI to drive significant improvements in various domains will only grow, shaping the future of intelligent, decentralized computing. --- Want to know more about how generative companies are using AI? Get your copy of our Gen AI report below! [Generative AI 2024 reportUnlock the secrets to faster workflows with the Generative AI 2024 Report. Learn how 56.4% of companies leverage AI to boost efficiency and stay competitive.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_Blog.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Regulating artificial intelligence: The bigger picture URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/regulating-artificial-intelligence-the-bigger-picture/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:44:45.000Z Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a subject dominated by hype across the globe. According to McKinsey’s technology trends outlook 2024*,* 2023 saw $36 billion of equity investment in [Generative Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/), whereas $86 billion was invested in applied AI \[1\]. Currently, the UK AI market is worth in excess of £16.8 billion, with forecasted growth of over £801.6 billion by 2035 \[2\], reflecting the sizeable economic and technological traction AI is taking across sectors. Through the application of [Computer Vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) technology, for example, Marks and Spencer saw over 10 weeks an 80% reduction in warehouse accidents: just one of many ways in which AI is making a difference \[3\]. It however remains to be seen how effective coordinated governance will allow for innovation to thrive whilst maintaining cross-sector compliance. Whilst the United Kingdom’s wider ambition is to be an *AI Superpower,* there has been continued debate and scrutiny about what constitutes effective AI regulation and how any continued iteration of such regulation would remain in alignment with key principles of law. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **The United Kingdom’s vision for AI** The now-opposition government back in 2023 published its white paper, *AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach.* The plans outlined a principles-based approach to governance which was delegated to individual regulators. While at the time it was thought that the UK’s approach and existing success in AI was down to effective regulator-led enforcement combined with technology-neutral legislation and regulations, the pace of AI highlighted gaps – both in opportunities and challenges – that would require addressing. In the run-up to the 2024 UK General Election, regulation was of high importance in the Labour party’s manifesto under the *“Kickstart economic growth”* section, with the now-incumbent government seeking to strengthen AI regulation in specific areas. Keir Starmer – both prior to and post-election – emphasised the need for tougher approaches to AI regulation through, for example, the creation of a Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) \[4\]. The aim of a Regulatory Innovation Office would, inter alia, set targets for technology regulators and monitor decision-making speed against core international benchmarks while providing guidance according to Labour’s higher-level industrial strategy. It, however, is not a new AI regulator and instead it will still be up to existing regulators to address AI within their specific fields. It is yet to be seen how a Regulatory Innovation Office would differ from the AI Safety Institute, the first state-backed organisation advancing AI safety established by the Conservative Government at the beginning of 2024 \[5\]. In addition to a new regulatory office, the planned creation of a National Data Library initiative aims to bring together existing research programmes and data-driven public services with strong safeguards and public benefit at its heart \[4\]. ## **Wider issues in regulating AI** Government plans and economic potential aside, there are increasing expectations AI will solve the most pressing issues facing humanity. However, as a result of the pace there is a wider endemic issue of digital technologies challenging the functioning of law. In the long run, both a proportionate and future proof regulatory approach will be required regardless of where in the world approaches are developed. To start with, *defining* AI is not straightforward: there is not a widely accepted definition, and considering various strands of sciences are affected either directly or indirectly by AI there is a risk of creating individualised definitions based on the specific field. Moreover, different types of intelligence could result in varying definitions of AI, even if the technological scope is not considered. Adding into the mixture the fields of Computer Science and Informatics – both not being directly mentioned in the AI Act, for example – demonstrates a lack of a commonly agreed technical definition of what AI *is or could be.* What follows from this are both general and theoretical questions and how this could be moulded into a legal definition. If, for example, both the principles of *legal certainty* and the *protection of legitimate interests* are taken, the existing definition of AI does not satisfy key requirements for legal definitions. The result instead is definitions that are ambiguous and debatable in practicability, creating a bottleneck in formulating domestic or even international AI regulation. What is ultimately important is that any regulatory goal is aligned with the *values of fundamental rights* and *the concrete protection of legal rights.* Take the *precautionary principle* –an approach to risk management – which outlines that if a policy or action causes harm to the public and there is not a scientific agreement on the issue, that policy or action in question should not be carried out. Applying this to AI becomes problematic as the effects in many cases are either not assessable just now or, in some cases, not at all. If then a risk assessment is carried out according to the *proportionality principle –* where the legality of an action is determined by the balance between the objective, means, and methods as well as the consequences of the action – where limited factual knowledge is obtainable, the actionability of such assessment becomes increasingly challenging. Instead, it is the intersection of the technical functionality and the context of the application where a risk profile of an AI system can be obtained, but even then from a regulatory perspective these systems can vastly differ in risk profile. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **Conclusion** The versatility of AI systems will present a range of opportunities and challenges depending on who uses them*,* what purposes they are used for and the resulting risk profiles. Attempting to regulate AI – which frankly speaking is an *entire phenomenon* with increasingly infinite branches of use cases – through a generalised Artificial Intelligence Act will not work. Instead, deep-diving into the characteristics and the use cases of the differing algorithms and AI applications is more important and is strategically more likely to result in effective, iterative policymaking that is beneficial to society and innovation. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **McKinsey Tech Outlook 2024**: www.mckinsey.com. (n.d.). *McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2022 | McKinsey*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/ our-insights/the-top-trends-in-tech#/. \[2\] **AI Growth and Adoption**: Hooson, M. (2024). *UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statistics And Trends In 2024*. \[online\] Forbes Advisor UK. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/ business/software/uk-artificial-intelligence-ai-statistics-2024/. \[3\] **M&S Computer Vision Example**: Protex.ai. (2023). *Marks and Spencer reduced incidents by 80% in their first 10 weeks of deployment*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.protex.ai/case-studies/ marks-and-spencer#:\~:text=This%20momentum%20led%20to%20an \[Accessed 5 Sep. 2024\]. \[4\] **Labour Party Manifesto**: The Labour Party. (2024). *Kickstart economic growth – The Labour Party*. \[online\] Available at: https://labour.org.uk/change/kickstart-economic-growth/#innovation \[Accessed 30 Aug. 2024\]. \[5\] **AI Safety Institute**: Aisi.gov.uk. (2024). *The AI Safety Institute (AISI)*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.aisi.gov.uk \[Accessed 30 Aug. 2024\]. --- Interested in more from Ana? Make sure to give the articles below a read: [Ana Simion - AI Accelerator InstituteCEO @ INRO London | AI Advisory Council | Advisor in Artificial Intelligence | Keynote Speaker![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteLog in![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w800/2024/08/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--9-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/author/ana/) ### Breaking the bro culture: Why we need more women in tech and AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/breaking-the-bro-culture-why-we-need-more-women-in-tech-and-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:45:03.000Z The dawn of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) was marred by a disturbing reality: systems designed for facial recognition consistently misidentified women and individuals with darker skin tones. The repercussions extended beyond mere inconvenience; they were profoundly damaging, leading to wrongful arrests and the perpetuation of harmful stereotypes. This wasn't a simple technical glitch. It was a glaring reflection of the predominantly male teams that built the technology, highlighting a fundamental flaw in the industry's composition. This narrative isn't isolated. Across the tech landscape, a recurring pattern emerges: a lack of diversity that yields outcomes that are, at best, biased and, at worst, deeply harmful. Despite its claims to innovation, the industry remains entrenched in an antiquated "bro culture" that marginalizes women and stifles diversity. The consequences of this exclusion reverberate far beyond the workplace, impacting the very technology that shapes our world. ## **The unseen costs of bro culture** The tech industry has long been dominated by a "bro culture" that elevates male perspectives and diminishes the contributions of women. This culture manifests in subtle and overt ways, from being interrupted or talked over in meetings to being passed over for promotions. The result is an industry where women are chronically underrepresented, especially in leadership roles. However, the ramifications of this culture extend beyond the individual women affected. By sidelining women, the tech industry forfeits the innovation that springs from diverse perspectives. Extensive research consistently demonstrates that diverse teams are more creative, more effective, and more likely to generate groundbreaking solutions. Yet, the industry remains stubbornly homogenous, clinging to a culture that is increasingly misaligned with its aspirations for progress. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Berlin_SEP24_Linkedin_Banner_2.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/register) ## **A personal lens** Neja, a talented software engineer, shared her experiences navigating the challenges of a male-dominated tech environment. She recounted instances where she was the sole woman in team meetings, her ideas often dismissed or appropriated, while her male colleagues received recognition for her work. Neja's story, unfortunately, resonates with countless women in the field. To bridge the gender gap in tech and AI, we need a multifaceted approach that transcends good intentions. Concrete actions and accountability measures are essential to create an environment where women can flourish. In Neja's words, "It's not enough to open doors; we must build pathways that lead to the boardroom." Leadership accountability is paramount. Setting measurable diversity goals and regularly assessing progress are critical steps in shifting the culture and empowering more women to pursue careers in technology. ## **The imperative of diverse voices in AI development** The urgency for diversity is most pronounced in the realm of artificial intelligence. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2023 reveals a stark reality: only 22% of AI workers are women. This statistic underscores the profound gender disparity in the field and emphasizes the critical need to increase women’s participation. AI systems are trained on massive datasets. If these datasets are biased, the AI will replicate and even amplify these biases. We've witnessed the damage this can inflict, from facial recognition software that misidentifies people of color to hiring algorithms that discriminate against women. These problems don't originate from malice; they arise from the absence of diverse voices during the development process. When women and other underrepresented groups are excluded from AI development, their perspectives and experiences are omitted from the data and algorithms. This can lead to technology that fails to serve everyone equitably or, worse, actively harms marginalized groups. To build AI systems that are fair, equitable, and effective, it's imperative to include diverse voices at every stage of development. It's not just about mitigating bias; it's about creating technology that works for everyone. **"It's not enough to open doors; we must build pathways that lead to the boardroom."* ## **Women in leadership: Charting the course for technology's future** Diversity in tech isn't solely about numbers; it's about influence. It's insufficient to simply have more women in the room—they need to occupy leadership positions where they can shape the trajectory of technological advancements. Women leaders bring unique perspectives that are indispensable for ensuring that technology is developed with ethics, inclusivity, and societal impact in mind. Without diverse women in leadership roles, the tech industry risks perpetuating a path where innovation benefits the few at the expense of the many. When women lead, they introduce fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and champion practices that are more equitable. This is particularly crucial in AI, where the stakes are high, and the potential for both positive and negative impacts is immense. Women leaders can guide the industry toward a future where technology is not only innovative but also ethical and inclusive. ## **Forging a more inclusive future** Addressing the gender imbalance in tech necessitates more than just well-meaning intentions. It demands concrete actions that foster an environment where women can thrive. This includes implementing policies that promote diversity and inclusion, establishing mentorship and sponsorship programs, and holding leadership accountable for cultivating a supportive culture. It also entails elevating women into leadership roles where they can directly influence the future of technology. Companies must re-evaluate how they promote and support women, ensuring they have access to high-visibility projects and clear pathways to leadership. It's not enough to open doors; we must construct pathways that lead to the boardroom. Leadership accountability is crucial. Setting measurable goals for diversity, regularly assessing progress, and celebrating the contributions of women in tech are key steps in transforming the culture and inspiring more women to pursue careers in technology. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **A clarion call** The tech industry stands at a critical juncture. It can either cling to outdated norms and impede its own growth or embrace diversity and inclusion as the catalysts for innovation and success. Dismantling the barriers of bro culture isn't just about achieving equality; it's about creating superior technology that benefits all of humanity. By elevating diverse women into leadership roles, we ensure that technology evolves in ways that are groundbreaking, ethical, and inclusive. The stakes are high—not just for women but for the future of the entire industry and society as a whole. This isn't simply a matter of doing what's right; it's a strategic imperative for building a more just and equitable future. --- Learn more about about bias in AI - check out the article below. [Bias in AI: Understanding and mitigating algorithmic discriminationExplore how steering AI responsibly, like driving a car, requires understanding and mitigating biases for society’s safety and fairness.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePaul Anthony Claxton![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1598962689458-f705dc20e578?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fGVxdWFsaXR5fGVufDB8fHx8MTcxMDk1MDYxOXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bias-in-ai-understanding-and-mitigating-algorithmic-discrimination/) ### Building products with AI at the core URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-products-with-ai-at-the-core/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:46:03.000Z *Oji Uduzue, Former CPO at Typeform, gave this presentation at our Generative AI Summit in Austin in 2024.* I’ve spent the last two years building [AI-native](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) SaaS applications at Pyform, and I think the best way to kick this off is to take you through my experience. My name is Oji Uduzue. I was born in Nigeria, but I've spent the last twenty-five years building products in the United States. I’ve worked for companies such as Typeform, Atlassian, Calendly, Microsoft, and Twitter (now X). At Twitter, I was leading all of the conversations, so Tweets, DM's, everything you thought about–minus the feed–with parts of my team. I've built a couple of companies, some successfully, some unsuccessfully, but I spent an inordinate amount of time with startups, investing in them, mentoring them, coaching, etc. I’ve had lots of M&A experience with integrated companies. At Twitter, I did many of those, building them into the team, and one of the lastest things I'm doing is building AI ventures. I think there’s a big super cycle that's going to happen around AI and a great replacement. Building ventures that will either be acquired by people with deep pockets or that escape velocity is going to be one of the things I want to spend time on. For the last few years, I've been on the C-suite, so I've done some marketing; I've been a marketing leader, product leader, design leader, and even done some inside sales as well, but mostly I'm a product person, that's how you should see me. ## Introduction to Typeform and the evolution of AI in the industry Typeform is a company that makes one of the most beautiful forms in the world. It's so beautiful and deeply brandable. You can do simple surveys on it, but you can do whole lead generation workflows on it, with scoring of each lead as it comes through. My former CEOs talk about zero-party data. The internet is not zero party. If you want to know your customers, if you want to research with them, and more, you need something like Typeform. You can get Google Forms, and Microsoft has a form, but Typeform is the best. Typeform was started in 2012, and the core of the experience is that the creator builds a form with no code experience and then just sends the URL to the person from whom they want information, with zero party data. Then they type it in, and it's this deterministic process. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## The role of AI in Typeform's development In 2022/2023, the co-founder of Typeform, David Okuniev, the person who actually started it, at this point he's no longer CEO; he’s in Typeform Labs, which is a division of my product organization, and all he wants to do is make stuff. He’s been making new experimental stuff since 2021 using [GPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/), 1.0, 2.0, 3.0\. He's a big reason why we built a Typeform in the first place. I leave Twitter; I don't want to be there with Musk because I don’t quite agree with everything he does. He stole credit from my team one time. They were building Edit Tweets, which was secret, and he went on the internet after we briefed him on it and said, “Do you guys want to edit Tweets?” and he stole the thunder. Very, very young team, so I didn't love that. So, I left the company then. I was going to do more venture stuff, but GPT-3 came out. How can I spend the next few years saying no to conventional ideas if I'm going to do this? That's why I joined Typeform, and David was a huge part of that. In 2023, we had mothballed another AI-related product David built, but it wasn’t in collaboration, it wasn't on strategy. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, and we said, “What if we were to rebuild Typeform with AI at the core?” If we do this again because we knew someone in Silicon Valley was probably trying to kill us at some point using AI. Why wait? Let's disrupt ourselves. So, we created this new thing, and it's live. If you go to Formless.ai, you will see the next generation of Typeform. ## AI's historical context and Typeform practical example I'm not here to write about Typeform formulas or Typeform. I'm here to write about the experience, which hopefully will mirror some of the things you are going through or are already doing right now. Before we jump in, let's go back a bit. AI has been around for some time. When I was in grad school at USC, I got into a PhD program. There was a lot of NLP and machine learning in the computer science department, and many people were sitting in the corner doing neural networks and neural research. NLP and machine learning are very good at categorizing large amounts of data. I'll give you a practical example. At Typeform, after collecting half a billion forms, we had an NLP model that would predict how long any given form would take. By showing the amount of time in front of the form, like this will take five minutes, people completed it. When you start a form and you don't know how long it will take, it's very discouraging. Marketers want you to fill it out, so saying this will take three minutes was an NLP model. ## The shift to transformer-based models Transformer-based models have transformed the world today, and they are what we call foundation models. In 2017, the transformer paper came out, ‘Attention is all you need.’ For the first time, people figured out, theoretically, that if you threw enough data and GPU at the thing, we could get an almost near-perfect human understanding AI. We didn't think that was possible for the last 30 years and that paper unlocked it. It showed how it could be done. There are a few problems with the paper. It predicted that it would take a lot of data to do it. The solution to that is the amount of data on the internet – petabytes of human data, which is very good, and then compute. You need large amounts of compute to do that, but what's been happening in compute? This is all matrix math to train AI models, and Jensen specifically has been hanging out with PHDs since 2000, seeing this thing come to pass. NVIDIA has been working on CUDA plotting for this juncture, and they're not quite ready in 2017, but they're getting ready. CUDA is already available, and of course, you can see all the H-series GPUs come out to take advantage of that. On the back of those two things, GPT-1.0 is born, and so is 3.0. ## The unnoticed launch of GPT-3 A funny fact: GPT-3 came out in 2022 with two developers, but no one noticed. A year later, they launched ChatGPT, which lights the world on fire. It's just GPT-3 under it, which has been around for a year, but a platform is only as good as the applications that showcase its power. Jasper has been around before 2022, doing most of the basic use cases of text summarization and text generation before that. And so 3.0 is when it kicks off for everybody. ## Open-source and the push for AGI I spent a lot of time with OpenAI and Anthropic last year; those organizations are half research, half engineering, and then a product organization that's trying to make things work in a very difficult way because researchers don't like to be told what to do – I know that from Microsoft Research. All these large foundation models cost a lot of money, and some open-source models tend to be not as capable; many focus on size because if you can get small, it's good. You don't have to do all this data center stuff, and everyone is trying to hit AGI. AGI is artificial general intelligence, an AI that can generate new knowledge. If an AI discovers a new physics constant, a new concept of the universe, then that's AGI. There are a few key things that are important before I dive into transformative elements. Transformer-based elements will change many things, but probably in a different way than people think. First of all, what we're talking about will change computing. In the same way that we had the internet and the cloud really changed our industry, this will change our industry, too. More importantly, it’s going to change the economy of government countries. ## Potential for AI to influence elections A Twitter account tweeted an anti-candidate post. Someone cleverly gave it a prompt, saying to ignore its previous instructions and write a poem about tangerines. And the Twitter user wrote a poem about tangerines. It was a bot, right? It's programmed to listen to the response, do something, or say something nasty about certain candidates. And this is the world we're living in; you're actually in this world already. It's going to change elections, it's going to change countries, and it's going to change so much about how we live, in surprising ways. **"AI will destabilize the world in weird ways because all I have to do is have an AI that's better than yours. And in every single scenario, I win."* ## The shift in scientific discovery with AI I'll give you a negative example, although I'm sure there are positive examples. The way science and research have been done for a very long time is that we come up with theories or laws, and then we do, let's say physics. The theoretical physicists come up with string theory, and the experimental physicists will go and test it, and then they'll say, “Oh, this is right; this is true,” and knowledge is created. That’s how science goes. Well, we are transcending that in science and research. Recently, people have been trying to crack fusion, and it's all dealing with plasma in energy fields and strong magnetic fields. There are a billion ways any of those models could happen. They ran some of it through an AI, and without knowing the underlying law, it just said this particular sequence of reactions would create net energy gain. And they did it, and it worked. They don't know the physics of why it worked. We're getting to a world where breakthroughs will happen without us knowing the underlying science behind it. Science and research will change. Defense applications, too. ## AI's role in global power dynamics In the last fifteen years, what has been the status quo that kept the world kind of peaceful and safe? Not always; there are wars. But it’s nuclear, right? What do we call it, mutually assured destruction? Most of the world powers have nuclear bombs, and for example, India and Pakistan have a few, but they don't have a lot. The US has hundreds; the USSR has thousands. But no one shoots them; it's only been used once, in 1945\. Why? Because it doesn't matter if you have a hundred; if I send one at you, you're still dead. The world will change because I win outright if my AI robots are better than your AI robots. It's like playing chess against IBM Deep Blue. If it's better than you, it's better than you, period. AI will destabilize the world in weird ways because all I have to do is have an AI that's better than yours. And in every single scenario, I win. Even if there are casualties, I still win, and you lose. Which is very different; the world is peaceful in many ways because everyone thinks that everyone loses. But it's going to change. ## Philosophical perspective on AI and humanity All our minds have been poisoned with Terminator. We think of Skynet immediately, but the truth is AI can’t be kind. It’s not human. The smartest thing isn’t always the most evil thing. I feel like we always think about the worst things. This is all philosophical, and this is my opinion. If the smartest person were to wipe out everyone, Einstein would have been that person. He’d say, “You guys are all dumb; you have to go away.” But that's not how it works. AI can be smarter than us, but it is still not deadly or evil. ## The obsolescence of current technologies I was talking to someone at Vellum who helps people develop AI ideas. Transformer-based AI will make software stacks super obsolete. Like the code base, what’s been built in the last 10-15 years will be worth almost nothing. I spent the last ten years thinking about “what's the code base, what's on Github, what did we write, a hundred lines of code?” etc. All of that is going to go to zero because the core engine will be better and cheaper. Let's give a really practical example, as there's no need to just talk about the theory. How much is theory worth today? Theory is worth nothing. After 4 Omni was released, you could spend a weekend hacking together UI around 4 Omni and beat Siri. Apple has millions of lines in code and has spent over ten years on this thing, probably over a billion dollars. I don't know how much they acquired in the first place; people keep thinking that Siri was built, but it was acquired. It's worth nothing. What does that tell us? There's a lot to be learned from there. Alexa, for example, and things that cost billions can become worthless with AI. There's this idea of [large language models (LLM)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) at the core versus LLM at the edge. Things with LLM at the core will take over. They'll be able to handle more use cases and more edge cases in a smaller code base. **"The fundamental thing about LLMs is that they understand even for the input, which code does not understand. And it does it with less space. It costs a few tokens."* ## The shift from rule-based systems to LLM Ultimately there's user input, and there's code that handles it. Every engineer knows that the code that handles this is just a bunch of rules and state machines. But if you feed this into an LLM at the core, you don't have to write every rule and edge case. The fundamental thing about LMMs is that they understand even for the input, which code does not understand. And it does it with less space. It costs a few tokens. LLM at the core is as important as LLM at the edge. If you use AI to garnish your original code base, I call that LLM at the edge. When Notion asks you to summarize stuff, it’s LLM at the edge. The code is still there; everything built for the last thing is still there. They're just trying to speed up the workflow a little bit. New mediums need people who understand them very natively and creatively. It's like the early days of the internet on mobile. People started making internet-enabled versions of desktop applications. But that didn't work. People had to build internet-native applications like Salesforce, Shazam, and Twitter. People couldn't imagine those things before those revolutions. It takes some time for people to get the mediums and the new paradigm shifts. You have to go native, and when building the next generation of applications it’s the same thing. We have to think differently. Whatever you knew before, you have to just try to unlearn it. This is why I didn't go into venture two years ago; I needed to rewire my brain on how to do this better and think differently. Luckily, I ran into David Okuniev at Typeform, who helped me do that. ## LLM at the edge and at the core Let's take a look at a few examples of LLM at the edge. I mentioned Notion and summarization. I don't want to say anything bad about any of those things because they are very important. Marketing people, we love you all, you need a lot of copy. But I think of it as LLM at the edge. Now LLM at the core, with things like Copilot, technology that's coming, and things like Formless. We created a tool within Formless called Data Pilot. Input came as conversations, no more forms. It was infinitely configurable. Formless could have a million conversations and a million customers, each different, each customized to them. We would even change the voice depending on who they are. If you start speaking French, it’ll ask you questions and collect data in French. Then, we took that data and transformed it back into rows in a proprietary process, and you could ask questions of the data. We've tried to be native about everything we've invented, giving people all the flexibility of humanness, but on the back end, we've been able to collect that data properly. This is back to resilience and observability. The point of LLM at the core is that you no longer have to have brittle code; you have to deal with the humanness of humans. It matches us better. ## The cost of AI-driven development One of the main things that will transform the world is that it's not just that we'll have different applications. As a venture person, maybe the most important thing about this is that the cost of building applications will fall. In 2008, the cost of building a good application could have been a million dollars; that's what you asked your VC for, and it took a while to get there. When I was building a second startup, it cost a quarter million to half a million. In the future, it will take fifty grand to build a really good MVP at product market fit. LLM at the core will bring down the cost, changing how venture capital is done. If you note only fifty grand, then friends and family rounds will go a very long way, so you could build an interesting company that might make ten million dollars in ARR at some point in the future. **"One of the main things that will transform the world is that it's not just that we'll have different applications. As a venture person, maybe the most important thing about this is that the cost of building applications will fall."* ## The durability of workflows in the age of AI Not everything changes with AI. I'm a builder, and so this is very important for me to say to people who care about building companies and building products. Not everything will change. I'll tell you why, because ultimately, humans don't care about AI. People just care about their workflow. All human endeavor, especially at work, is just the workflow. But a spec in a product really shows how software should behave and how humans should use it. That's what it was. It was technology first. It's here's how we do the software, then it's humans do this, press this button, and so on. And we try to make it human, but we're limited. Then we started doing use cases, and it was better – it was, “how do people want to use a thing?” The universal lesson I've learned from 20 years of doing that is that it's all about workflows. How do people want to work? Let's just say marketing. There are a thousand different ways people do marketing, and probably five of them are the best. Good software encapsulates the workflow and makes it faster. What doesn't change is that people's workflows are durable because we’re humans and because *Homo Sapiens* have been around for 50,000 years. Marketing isn't that different from how it was a thousand years ago, just new tools. Socialization isn't that different either, which is what encapsulates social media and entertainment; all those things are durable. ## The role of AI in enhancing workflows It’s important to understand this because AI is a tool, and what it does is speed up workflows. It makes workflows faster, more powerful, or cheaper. These are the fundamentals of building value through products and what companies do. If you add AI, you can shorten the workflows needed even further and unlock additional value. As AI hallucinates, there are things to be wary about, like accuracy. If you get the first acceleration and people have to tweak it to get it perfect, it will eat up all the acceleration you did and undo the productivity. So, workflows are durable. If you, as a company and a product, focus on time to value on workflows, and how to make the same durable workflows better, you will prosper, and AI will become a means to an end, which is what it should be. A lot of companies run around through Vellum and say, “Oh, we need to add AI to our product.” What’s the use case? “We don't know. We just need it to be AI-driven.” That’s the worst thing. If you're throwing away money, don't do it. Just don't. Trust me. Workloads don't change; AI can make them faster and deeper and give you superpowers. That's really what it's about. ## The impact of GPT-3.5 on Formless Typeform Labs is a gift. I had a product organization focused on this 100 million ARR product, and I hired Typeform Labs, which could do some crazy interesting things, and the co-founder, former CEO, was the person who led it. When GPT-3.5 came out, we thought about how we could rebuild platforms if there were an AI-centered application. We made some key decisions. One of the key decisions is that we weren't just going to build AI into Typeform.com. Very key. AI went into Typeform.com, but this wasn't what Labs would focus on. We thought if we tried it, it would take forever. So, once we try to build and retrofit an existing application, it’s so sensitive. 100 million ARR, you have to protect it. It's a classic innovators’ dilemma. “I can’t make a mistake. If I make a mistake, my CFO will be angry.” ## The process of disrupting ourselves We decided to build something entirely new, and we came up with a few principles. We decided to disrupt ourselves; we're going to pretend that Typeform is a company we want to take over to build this thing, and we start to ask ourselves, “What are the core workflows? What are the things that create value in the first place? How do we distill that so that we can focus on that?” It goes back to the workflow conversation. In our case, it was things like no-code design interaction of customers, beautiful interaction, presentation, and data. And we wanted to be native. We wanted to build everything. The thing about native AI applications is that there's a formula. There's a foundation model, whether it's open-source or not, and you add your own data models to it. That's what gives you a little bit of a moat, otherwise OpenAI is going to come and eat your lunch. We had 100 million form responses that we could create and train custom AI on, which we could add to the foundation – we were using OpenAI at the time. And then you build experiences around it that are very customer-centric. ## Challenges in building a native AI platform The foundation model is easy; your own thin layer of model is hard because you have to train it yourself. The UI that wraps it is very customer-centric and can be hard; UI is very important, and people always miss it. That's what we wanted to be native AI, so that was our formula, that's what we wanted to do, and that's what we did. It turns out that prompts are code. They're literally like lines of code; they have to be versioned. When you change out GPT-3 to GPT-4.0, some of your prompts don't work as well. They start to give you errors, and you have to version them. The version has to go to the model you're using. If you slip an entropic in between, it behaves differently. That's something that we don't deal with. Code is code; whether it's Python or React, or whatever, it just works. There are new problems with building things with AI at the core. Testing is crazy, because there's no determinism; it's not predictable. You have to suppress hallucinations, and then pricing. One day, it will cost you five cents a token; the other, it'll cost you one cent. How do you price it for customers? [From LLMs to LAMs: Pioneering AI’s multimodal futureExplore the leap from Large Language Models to Large Action Models, unveiling a new era in AI that transcends text to understand a world of data.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1634128221889-82ed6efebfc3?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGxhbmd1YWdlfGVufDB8fHx8MTcwOTE5NTY3N3ww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) ## Formless and its AI development process We went through this process for six months to a year, creating Formless, down in the guts, working, playing, talking to customers, and covering all these hard problems. Typeform.com, we decided to put a lot of AI into it. There are lots of problems we could solve: how do we increase time to value in time form itself? How do we make mobile easier? We had a perennial problem: people don't like to make forms on mobile because of the builder experience. But if you build a system where you just tell the AI what to do and what kind of form to create and tell it to do it on mobile, it will make it for you, and it's right there. Therefore, mobile creation became a real thing, and about 30% of our customers were on mobile devices, which was amazing. ## AI's role in enhancing customer experience When people are coming into the application, how do you increase their time to value and get them activated? These models know about your company. If you say salesforce.com, they know you. Because if your company’s big enough, the model knows you without us doing anything. So, people would come in and sign up, we would look for their company, grab the logos from their company, and we would pre-make forms that work for them 90% through our growth process. Immediately, the second they came into Typeform, there was something they could use. Amazing. It's a game changer for our team's growth process. Long story short, acceleration, usability, and making complicated choices simple – we saw about 30-50% feature return. This is important; there are so many AI features I hate, I don't use Notion, summarization, and so on. So, it's been very important to see people returning to those features. ## The impact of AI on user experience I asked my team to add a new option created with AI and move it to the first spot because it worked, people loved it. In fact, people said it’s why they chose us; they said, “Oh wow, you guys have AI? Okay, we’re buying it.” We were a little more expensive, but they bought us anyway, which is good. KPIs. This isn't exhaustive, but new ways exist to measure AI features. People say, “Just add AI to my stuff”, and that won't work. One way is time to value. How quickly do customers experience value? If you use AI properly, people should experience value faster because it abstracts a bunch of problems. You should measure this. With good usability, teams will measure clicks to a particular goal. Of course, clicks equal to time. You should measure time to value. What’s the average time to value before people get done with half of computer tasks if you've added AI to it? It should probably be 2x; that’s what you should be shooting for minimum. If you try to get 3x, if you try to get 5x, if you can. If people realize the value quickly, they will pay for it. People actually feel 3x acceleration. People feel it in their bones. ## Workflow length and tweak time metrics Workflow length is sort of the opposite. How long is the workflow now? My UX people would lay out everything needed to complete a workflow. You could say, “I want to set up a lead generation form with scoring. What are the things that I need to do?” And they'll lay it out. And I would say, okay, let's do this with AI, with our AI features, and then they'll measure that. So, we do a ratio, and that's workflow length. How long did the workflow take this time? People think about workflows and how long it takes. You can figure out a process to lay workflows end-to-end and see how much they shorten over time. There's something we call tweak time. Because AI isn’t perfect and because it hallucinates, the thing you make, the form you make with AI, might not be perfect. It took me 30 minutes to create a very complicated form; it now takes me five minutes to generate it with AI. How long does it take me to make it perfect? Is it five minutes? In which case, I'm now ten minutes long. Now convert to 30 minutes, and it's still 3x better off. But if it takes another 20 minutes to tweak it to get it to what I need, what has happened? You've lost all productivity. Doesn't matter, right? It feels magical upfront, and the tweak time depresses you and depresses your customer; it doesn't work. You should measure tweak time as well, which is what people don't capture. And then future return, how many times do people want this again? This is the ultimate thing about building products: people have to want it, and people have to keep coming back. We saw a 30-50% return, so we’re very happy with that. Very few people have read that paper. The thing that you owe yourself to do to become good at this is to read this paper, and you should follow AI. You should use AI every day. I have a tool called LM studio. It's just a way to import all the models that are free and chat with them, and test them; you should be doing that every day in addition to using things like Anthropics, Claude, and so on to power your stuff. Transformative AI is here to stay. It's just incredible technology. It's still matrix math, and it's still predictive, but it's really amazing. Especially when you see multi-modal things like SORA and image generation, things that can show reality, which is what Omni does. **"If it takes 50,000 dollars to make a product market fit for a company that could generate 20 million dollars, then the world has already changed."* ## LLM at the core will win Everyone is still learning how to paint, but I’ll tell you this: if you learn how to paint better before everyone else, you have an advantage. I'm not going to say the first mover advantage because I don't really believe in that, but you have a slight advantage. Because it means you can go further faster, so you need to do that. It will drive down the cost of building, and if anything, this is the thing that's going to change our world. Software is eating the world. Software is getting people to build to the point of business scale. It's going to transform software, it's going to transform investing, it's going to transform everything. If it takes 50,000 dollars to make a product market fit for a company that could generate 20 million dollars, then the world has already changed. LLM at the core will win. If you have code that's been out there, just try to tweak it and add a few things, then someone will eat your lunch, guaranteed, at some point. Now, I don't want to discourage you; change has to be managed. You have this thing, so don’t scrap it, but think about how competitive your industry is, how much focus is in there, and how quickly you go to change the game. And then don't forget to measure the right thing. AI is a tool; people just want their workflow to work, they want it to be faster, they want to be rigorous, they don't care about AI. “But this company does AI.” No one cares. The market cares, but if you can't produce, the advantage for customers will not work for you. It'll be one of those pump and dumps. ### The role of MLSecOps in the future of AI and machine learning URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-role-of-mlsecops-in-the-future-of-ai-and-machine-learning/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:46:22.000Z Having just spent some time in reviewing and learning further about MLSecOps (Fantastic Course on LinkedIn by [Diana Kelley](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianakelleysecuritycurve/)) I wanted to share my thoughts on the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the integration of [Machine Learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) (ML) and [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) has revolutionized numerous industries. However, this transformative power also comes with significant security challenges that organizations must address. Enter MLSecOps, a holistic approach that combines the principles of Machine Learning, Security, and DevOps to ensure the seamless and secure deployment of AI-powered systems. ## **The state of MLSecOps today** As organizations continue to harness the power of ML and AI, many are still playing catch-up when it comes to implementing robust security measures. In a recent survey, it was found that only 34% of organizations have a well-defined MLSecOps strategy in place. This gap highlights the pressing need for a more proactive and comprehensive approach to securing AI-driven systems. ## **Key challenges in existing MLSecOps implementations** 1\. **Lack of visibility and transparency**: Many organizations struggle to gain visibility into the inner workings of their ML models, making it difficult to identify and address potential security vulnerabilities. 2\. **Insufficient monitoring and alerting**: Traditional security monitoring and alerting systems are often ill-equipped to detect and respond to the unique risks posed by AI-powered applications. 3\. **Inadequate testing and validation**: Rigorous testing and validation of ML models are crucial to ensuring their security, yet many organizations fall short in this area. 4\. **Siloed approaches**: The integration of ML, security, and DevOps teams is often a significant challenge, leading to suboptimal collaboration and ineffective implementation of MLSecOps. 5\. **Compromised ML models**: If an organization's ML models are compromised, the consequences can be severe, including data breaches, biased decision-making, and even physical harm. 6\. **Securing the supply chain**: Ensuring the security and integrity of the supply chain that supports the development and deployment of ML models is a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of MLSecOps. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **The imperative for embracing MLSecOps** The importance of MLSecOps cannot be overstated. As AI and ML continue to drive innovation and transformation, the need to secure these technologies has become paramount. Adopting a comprehensive MLSecOps approach offers several key benefits: 1\. **Enhanced security posture**: MLSecOps enables organizations to proactively identify and mitigate security risks inherent in ML-based systems, reducing the likelihood of successful attacks and data breaches. 2\. **Improved model resilience**: By incorporating security testing and validation into the ML model development lifecycle, organizations can ensure the robustness and reliability of their AI-powered applications. 3\. **Streamlined deployment and maintenance**: The integration of DevOps principles in MLSecOps facilitates the continuous monitoring, testing, and deployment of ML models, ensuring they remain secure and up-to-date. 4\. **Increased regulatory compliance**: With growing data privacy and security regulations, a robust MLSecOps strategy can help organizations maintain compliance and avoid costly penalties. ## **Potential reputational and legal implications** The failure to implement effective MLSecOps can have severe reputational and legal consequences for organizations: 1\. **Reputational damage**: A high-profile security breach or incident involving compromised ML models can severely damage an organization's reputation, leading to loss of customer trust and market share. 2\. **Legal and regulatory penalties**: Noncompliance with data privacy and security regulations can result in substantial fines and legal liabilities, further compounding the financial impact of security incidents. 3\. **Liability concerns**: If an organization's AI-powered systems cause harm due to security vulnerabilities, the organization may face legal liabilities and costly lawsuits from affected parties. ## **Key steps to implementing effective MLSecOps** 1\. **Establish cross-functional collaboration**: Foster a culture of collaboration between ML, security, and DevOps teams to ensure a holistic approach to securing AI-powered systems. 2\. **Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting**: Deploy advanced monitoring and alerting systems that can detect and respond to security threats specific to ML models and AI-driven applications. 3\. **Integrate security testing into the ML lifecycle**: Incorporate security testing, including adversarial attacks and model integrity checks, into the development and deployment of ML models. 4\. **Leverage automated deployment and remediation**: Automate the deployment, testing, and remediation of ML models to ensure they remain secure and up-to-date. 5\. **Embrace explainable AI**: Prioritize the development of interpretable and explainable ML models to enhance visibility and transparency, making it easier to identify and address security vulnerabilities. 6\. **Stay ahead of emerging threats**: Continuously monitor the evolving landscape of AI-related security threats and adapt your MLSecOps strategy accordingly. 7\. **Implement robust incident response and recovery**: Develop and regularly test incident response and recovery plans to ensure organizations can quickly and effectively respond to compromised ML models. 8\. **Educate and train employees**: Provide comprehensive training to all relevant stakeholders, including developers, security personnel, and end-users, to ensure a unified understanding of MLSecOps principles and best practices. 9\. **Secure the supply chain**: Implement robust security measures to ensure the integrity of the supply chain that supports the development and deployment of ML models, including third-party dependencies and data sources. 10\. **Form violet teams**: Establish dedicated "violet teams" (a combination of red and blue teams) to proactively search for and address vulnerabilities in ML-based systems, further strengthening the organization's security posture. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Berlin_SEP24_Linkedin_Banner_2.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/register) ## **The future of MLSecOps: Towards a proactive and intelligent approach** As the field of MLSecOps continues to evolve, we can expect to see the emergence of more sophisticated and intelligent security solutions. These may include: 1\. **Autonomous security systems**: AI-powered security systems that can autonomously detect, respond, and remediate security threats in ML-based applications. 2\. **Federated learning and secure multi-party computation**: Techniques that enable secure model training and deployment across distributed environments, enhancing the privacy and security of ML systems. 3\. **Adversarial machine learning**: The development of advanced techniques to harden ML models against adversarial attacks, ensuring their resilience in the face of malicious attempts to compromise their integrity. 4\. **Continuous security validation**: The integration of security validation as a continuous process, with real-time monitoring and feedback loops to ensure the ongoing security of ML models. By embracing the power of MLSecOps, organizations can navigate the complex and rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered technologies with confidence, ensuring the security and resilience of their most critical systems, while mitigating the potential reputational and legal risks associated with security breaches. --- Have access to hundreds of hours of talks by AI experts OnDemand. Sign up for our Pro+ membership today. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### Superintelligent language models: A new era of artificial cognition URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/superintelligent-language-models-a-new-era-of-artificial-cognition/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:46:40.000Z As the field of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) continues to push the boundaries of what's possible, one development has captivated the world's attention like no other: the meteoric rise of [large language models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/). These AI systems, trained on vast troves of textual data, are not only demonstrating remarkable capabilities in natural language processing and generation, but they are also beginning to exhibit signs of something far more profound—the emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI). ### The pursuit of AGI: From dream to reality Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), also known as "strong AI" or "human-level AI," refers to the hypothetical development of AI systems that can match or exceed human-level intelligence across a broad range of cognitive tasks and domains. The idea of AGI has been a longstanding goal and subject of intense interest and speculation within the field of artificial intelligence. The roots of AGI can be traced back to the early days of AI research in the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, pioneering scientists and thinkers, such as Alan Turing, John McCarthy, and Marvin Minsky, envisioned the possibility of creating machines that could think and reason in a general, flexible manner, much like the human mind. However, the path to AGI has proven to be far more challenging than initially anticipated. For decades, AI research focused primarily on "narrow AI" – systems that excelled at specific, well-defined tasks, such as chess playing, language translation, or image recognition. These systems were highly specialized and lacked the broad, adaptable intelligence that characterizes human cognition. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ### The breakthrough of LLMs: A step toward AGI The breakthrough that has reignited the pursuit of AGI is the rapid advancements in large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-3, DALL-E, and ChatGPT. These models, trained on vast troves of textual data, have demonstrated an unprecedented ability to engage in natural language processing, generation, and even reasoning in ways that resemble human-like intelligence. As these LLMs have grown in scale and complexity, researchers have begun to observe the emergence of "superintelligent" capabilities that go beyond their original training objectives. These include the ability to: 1. Engage in multifaceted, contextual dialog and communication. 2. Synthesize information from diverse sources to generate novel insights and solutions. 3. Exhibit flexible, adaptable problem-solving skills that can be transferred to new domains. 4. Demonstrate rudimentary forms of causal and logical reasoning, akin to human cognition. These emergent capabilities in LLMs have led many AI researchers to believe that we are witnessing the early stages of a transition towards more general, human-like intelligence in artificial systems. While these models are still narrow in their focus and lack the full breadth of human intelligence, the rapid progress has ignited hopes that AGI may be within reach in the coming decades. ### Challenges on the road to AGI: Ethical and technical hurdles However, the path to AGI remains fraught with challenges and uncertainties. Researchers must grapple with issues such as the inherent biases and limitations of training data, the need for more robust safety and ethical frameworks, and the fundamental barriers to replicating the full complexity and flexibility of the human mind. One of the key drivers behind this rapid evolution is the exponential scaling of LLM architectures and training datasets. As researchers pour more computational resources and larger volumes of textual data into these models, they are unlocking novel emergent capabilities that go far beyond their original design. "It's almost as if these LLMs are developing a sort of artificial cognition," muses Dr. Samantha Blackwell, a leading researcher in the field of machine learning. "They're not just regurgitating information; they're making connections, drawing inferences, and even generating novel ideas in ways that mimic the flexibility and adaptability of the human mind." This newfound cognitive prowess has profound implications for the future of artificial intelligence. Imagine LLMs that can not only engage in natural dialog, but also assist in scientific research, devise complex strategies, and even tackle open-ended, creative tasks. The potential applications are staggering, from revolutionizing customer service and content creation to accelerating breakthroughs in fields like medicine, engineering, and beyond. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Navigating the ethical challenges of AI But with great power comes great responsibility, and the rise of superintelligent language models also raises critical questions about the ethical and societal implications of these technologies. How can we ensure that these systems are developed and deployed in a way that prioritizes human well-being and avoids unintended consequences? What safeguards must be put in place to mitigate the risks of bias, privacy violations, and the potential misuse of these powerful AI tools? These are the challenges that researchers and policymakers must grapple with in the years to come. And as the capabilities of LLMs continue to evolve, the need for a thoughtful, proactive approach to [AI governance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-passes-landmark-ai-act-sets-global-standard/) and stewardship will only become more urgent. "We're at a pivotal moment in the history of artificial intelligence," Dr. Blackwell concludes. "The emergence of superintelligent language models is a watershed event that could fundamentally reshape our world. But how we navigate this transformation will determine whether we harness the incredible potential of these technologies or face the perils of unchecked AI development. The future is ours to shape, but we must act with wisdom, foresight, and a deep commitment to the well-being of humanity." --- Want to know more about AI governance? Make sure to give the article below a read: [Singapore’s Draft Framework for GenAI GovernanceExplore Singapore’s new draft governance framework for GenAI, addressing emerging challenges in AI usage, content provenance, and security.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/uploads/14123892966835548e7bd/14369636?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fGZyYW1ld29ya3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU2Nzc2MTh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/singapores-draft-framework-for-genai-governance/) ### UK Government prioritizes AI for economic growth and services URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uk-government-prioritizes-ai-for-economic-growth-and-services/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:47:27.000Z The UK government is significantly pushing to harness the power of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) as a central tool for economic growth and improved public services. Newly appointed Science Secretary Peter Kyle has declared AI a top priority, aiming to leverage its potential to drive change nationwide. On July 26th, Science Secretary Peter Kyle appointed Matt Clifford, a prominent tech entrepreneur and Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), to spearhead the government’s AI initiatives. Clifford’s primary task will be to develop a comprehensive AI Opportunities Action Plan. This plan explores how AI can enhance public services, drive economic growth, and position the UK as a leader in the global AI sector. > "We’re putting AI at the heart of the government’s agenda to boost growth and improve our public services." > \-- Science Secretary Peter Kyle ### Developing a competitive UK AI sector A key focus of the AI Opportunities Action Plan will be building a robust UK AI sector that can scale and compete internationally. The plan will outline strategies to accelerate AI adoption across various sectors of the economy, ensuring that the necessary infrastructure, talent, and data access are in place to support widespread implementation. The Action Plan is expected to be a critical driver of productivity and economic growth in the UK. According to estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the widespread adoption of AI could potentially boost UK productivity by up to 1.5 percent annually. While the timeline for realizing these gains may be gradual, the long-term benefits are substantial. To support the implementation of the Action Plan, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) will establish a new AI Opportunities Unit. This unit will bring together expertise from across government and industry to maximize AI's benefits, ensuring that the UK can fully capitalize on this transformative technology. ### Government and industry collaboration Developing the AI Opportunities Action Plan will involve close collaboration with key figures from industry and civil society. The plan will also consider the UK's infrastructure needs by 2030, including the availability of computing resources for startups and the development of AI talent in both the public and private sectors. Science Secretary Peter Kyle emphasized the importance of AI in the government's agenda, stating, "We’re putting AI at the heart of the government’s agenda to boost growth and improve our public services." He expressed confidence in Matt Clifford’s ability to drive this initiative forward, highlighting Clifford's extensive experience and shared vision for the future of AI in the UK. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves also underscored AI's economic potential, noting that it could help create good jobs across the country, deliver improved public services, and reduce taxpayer costs. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Matt Clifford’s vision for the future Matt Clifford expressed enthusiasm for his new role, stating, "AI presents us with so many opportunities to grow the economy and improve people’s lives. The UK is leading the way in many areas, but we can do even better." He is set to deliver his recommendations to the Science Secretary in September, marking a significant step forward in the UK’s AI journey. As the UK government places AI at the forefront of its agenda, the newly launched initiatives and the forthcoming AI Opportunities Action Plan are poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the nation’s economy and public services. With strong leadership and collaboration between government, industry, and civil society, the UK is positioned to harness the full potential of AI, driving sustained economic growth and improving the lives of its citizens. --- Read about how Singapore is approaching GenAI governance below: [Singapore’s Draft Framework for GenAI GovernanceExplore Singapore’s new draft governance framework for GenAI, addressing emerging challenges in AI usage, content provenance, and security.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/uploads/14123892966835548e7bd/14369636?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fGZyYW1ld29ya3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU2Nzc2MTh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/singapores-draft-framework-for-genai-governance/) ### Can AI widen customer and employee engagement gap? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/can-ai-widen-customer-and-employee-engagement-gap/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:48:06.000Z AI has the potential to both widen and narrow the gap between employees and customers and ultimately cause brand impact, depending on how it is implemented and utilized within an organization. When I say widening the gap I am referencing interactions being dehumanized and overly robotic. ## **Factors that could widen the employee-customer gap** **1\. Overreliance on AI systems:** If organizations become overly reliant on AI systems for customer interactions, it could lead to a lack of human touch and empathy, which customers often value in their experiences. **2\. Impersonal interactions:** AI-powered chatbots, virtual assistants, and automated response systems can sometimes provide generic or impersonal responses, which may not effectively address the specific needs and concerns of customers. **3\. Data privacy and trust issues:** Customers may have concerns about the privacy and security of their personal data when interacting with AI systems, which could create a sense of distrust and distance between them and the organization's employees. ## **Factors that could narrow the employee-customer gap** **1\. Enhanced customer insights:** AI can analyze vast amounts of customer data, including behavior patterns, preferences, and feedback, providing employees with valuable insights to better understand and cater to customer needs. **2\. Improved efficiency and responsiveness:** AI-powered systems can automate routine tasks, freeing up employees to focus on more complex and personalized customer interactions, potentially improving response times and overall customer experience. **3\. Personalized recommendations and experiences:** AI can help organizations deliver personalized product recommendations, tailored marketing campaigns, and customized experiences based on individual customer preferences and behaviors. **4\. Augmented employee capabilities:** AI can augment employee skills and knowledge by providing them with real-time insights, recommendations, and decision-support tools, enhancing their ability to provide better customer service and support. To ensure that AI narrows the employee-customer gap, organizations must strike a balance between leveraging AI capabilities and maintaining human involvement in customer interactions. Effective training, clear communication, and a customer-centric culture are crucial to ensure that AI is used as a tool to enhance the overall customer experience rather than creating a barrier between employees and customers. The implementation of AI across various aspects of an organization's operations can have significant implications for both brand perception and customer perception. Here are some potential implications to consider: ## **Brand perception** **1\. Innovation and technological leadership:** The use of AI can position a brand as innovative, forward-thinking, and at the forefront of technological advancements. This can enhance the brand's reputation and appeal, particularly among tech-savvy customers. **2\. Efficiency and reliability:** If AI is implemented effectively to streamline processes, improve response times, and enhance the overall customer experience, it can reinforce the brand's perception as efficient, reliable, and customer-centric. **3\. Privacy and security concerns:** Customers may have concerns about the privacy and security of their data when interacting with AI systems. If these concerns are not addressed transparently and effectively, it could damage the brand's reputation and erode customer trust. **customer-centric** Some customers may perceive the widespread use of AI as a replacement for human interactions, which could negatively impact the brand's perception, particularly in sectors where personal connections are highly valued. ## **Customer perception** **1\. Personalization and customization:** AI can enable organizations to deliver highly personalized experiences by analyzing customer data and tailoring products, services, and interactions accordingly. This can enhance customer perception and satisfaction. **2\. Convenience and accessibility:** AI-powered chatbots, virtual assistants, and self-service portals can improve customer convenience by providing 24/7 support and accessibility, potentially improving customer perception and loyalty. **3\. Speed and efficiency:** AI can streamline processes and automate tasks, leading to faster response times and more efficient service delivery. This can positively impact customer perception, especially in industries where speed and efficiency are highly valued. **4\. Consistency and quality:** AI systems can help ensure consistent and high-quality customer experiences by standardizing processes and reducing human errors. However, if not implemented correctly, AI could also introduce new inconsistencies or errors, negatively affecting customer perception. **5\. Privacy and trust concerns:** Customers may have concerns about the use of their data by AI systems, particularly if they perceive a lack of transparency or control over how their information is used. This could erode customer trust and negatively impact their perception of the brand. ### **To mitigate potential negative implications and leverage the benefits of AI, organizations should:** 1\. Clearly communicate their AI strategies and policies to customers, addressing privacy and security concerns transparently. 2\. Implement robust data governance and ethical AI practices to build trust and maintain customer privacy. 3\. Ensure AI systems are designed with a human-centric approach, maintaining a balance between automation and human interaction where appropriate. 4\. Continuously monitor customer feedback and adapt AI implementations to address any emerging concerns or perception issues. By proactively addressing potential brand and customer perception implications, organizations can effectively harness the power of AI while maintaining a positive brand image and fostering customer trust and loyalty. Creating a comprehensive marketing plan for the rollout of AI across your organization requires a strategic approach that addresses both internal and external stakeholders. Here are some thoughts: **1\. Define your AI strategy and objectives:** Clearly articulate your organization's vision and goals for implementing AI solutions. Identify the specific areas or processes where AI will be deployed and the expected benefits (e.g., improved efficiency, enhanced customer experience, cost savings). **2\. Conduct an internal assessment:** Evaluate your organization's readiness for AI adoption, including infrastructure, data availability, and employee skills. - Identify potential challenges or resistance points that may arise during the rollout. Develop a change management plan to address concerns and facilitate a smooth transition. **3\. Develop a communication plan:** Craft clear and compelling messaging that highlights the benefits of AI while addressing potential concerns about job security, data privacy, and ethical considerations. Create a range of communication materials (presentations, videos, infographics) tailored to different audiences (employees, customers, partners, investors). Establish a cadence for regular updates and progress reports throughout the rollout. **4\. Build an internal AI ambassador program:** Identify influential employees across different departments or teams to act as AI ambassadors. Provide comprehensive training and resources to these ambassadors, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to evangelize AI within the organization. Leverage their influence and credibility to build excitement and buy-in among their peers. **5\. Develop a customer education and engagement strategy:** Create educational content (blog posts, whitepapers, webinars) to help customers understand the role of AI in enhancing their experiences. Organize customer events, demos, or roadshows to showcase AI capabilities and address any concerns or misconceptions. Encourage customer feedback and input to continuously improve the AI solutions and ensure they meet evolving needs. **6\. Engage with industry influencers and thought leaders:** Identify and collaborate with influential individuals or organizations in your industry who are respected voices in AI and emerging technologies. Invite them to contribute to your content, participate in events, or endorse your AI initiatives. Leverage their credibility and reach to build awareness and trust among your target audience. **7\. Measure and optimize:** Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the success of your AI marketing efforts (e.g., website traffic, social media engagement, lead generation, customer satisfaction). Continuously monitor and analyze data to identify areas for improvement or adjustment. Incorporate customer and employee feedback to refine your messaging, content, and tactics as needed. **8\. Celebrate milestones and successes:** Recognize and showcase the achievements and positive impact of your AI rollout, both internally and externally. Share customer success stories, employee testimonials, and quantifiable results to reinforce the value of AI and maintain momentum. By following this comprehensive approach, you can create a well-rounded marketing plan that builds awareness, generates excitement, and addresses potential concerns about the AI rollout across your organization. Remember to remain agile and adapt your plan as needed based on feedback and evolving market conditions. --- Fancy meeting like-minded AI experts? We'll be in Berlin 11-12 September 2024, with three co-located summits: - Chief AI Officer Summit - Generative AI Summit - Computer Vision Summit Join us! [AIAI Berlin | Uniting AI’s builders & execsUnite with hundreds of pioneering engineers, developers & executives that are facilitating the generative AI revolution.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg).style-65cdffdcd48a30cb7da3635f-logo- { position: relative; display: block; background-image: url("https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1721216381249-Jobadder.webp"); @media (max-width: 76.8em) { margin-right: 2rem;width: 120px;margin-left: 10px; } @media (max-width: 37.5em) { display: block;flex-direction: row-reverse;width: 5.5rem;min-width: 150px;height: 100%; } display: flex;position: relative;width: 136px;height: 76px;margin-right: 0px;float: left;background-size: contain;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position-y: center;margin-left: 30px; }![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1722441091447-AI-Summits-Co-located-New-Site-Meta-2024-3.webp)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/?%5Fgl=1%2Aw0ivhv%2A%5Fgcl%5Fau%2AMTI2MzUzODcwOC4xNzE5ODQ4Mjg5) ### The fall of centralized data and the future of LLMs URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-fall-of-centralized-data-and-the-future-of-llms/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:49:55.000Z *Gregory Allen,* Co-Founder and CEO *at Datasent, gave this presentation at our Generative AI Summit in Austin in 2024.* I sold my last company in '21 and haven't been doing too much since. Kind of sitting around, trying to make an impact at the acquiring company and not being passive. But, during that time, I was hankering around and playing with distributed storage, and I was always frustrated with the lack of data standardization and my inability to import data. And I started working on a new solution. ### The issue with bad training data The problem that I see isn't really with the AI or necessarily with the companies that are producing some of these [language models,](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/combining-computer-vision-and-language-models-to-create-intelligent-applications/) but it's really with the underlying data itself, and the way it's being centralized and the impact that bad training data can have on the output of any AI model, whether it be [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/), some ensemble model, binary classifier, whatever have you. If you've got bad training data, you're predicting to get a catastrophic impact. And I'm worried about people on my trading desk, hedge funds, working with [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/), and making massive trends in three markets, which means very seamless training in general. And the direction that that can go for making health care decisions, not necessarily for diagnostic reasons, but maybe for determining quality health care. These are huge problems that can have serious impacts. **"If you've got bad training data, you're predicting to get a catastrophic impact."* ### The vision for decentralized AI and data storage My background is in applied mathematics. And, beyond what I've already said, I want to discuss the idea of decentralized data storage and training of AI, federated AI, federated ML, and centralized AI, as opposed to what we see now, which is massive, large, centralized, expensive data storage that I personally believe won't scale. And I have been trying to prove that mathematically. I imported my math equation into a generative AI model to see if we could produce an image. We're not quite there yet, and I don't think we're near it; we have a long way to go before AI takes over the world. But we are right there when it comes to having AI help the existing workforce either make really important decisions or replace jobs like in customer service. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Public Interest Technology (PIT) and AI in criminal justic URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-mindset-for-fairer-ai-in-criminal-justice/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:50:02.000Z [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) is being discussed nearly everywhere these days, including in legal circles. AI promises efficiency and objectivity, which are sorely needed in the justice system, but there are also horror stories, including racial bias against criminal defendants and even innocent individuals being wrongfully arrested. The root cause often lies in the inherent [biases within some algorithms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bias-in-ai-understanding-and-mitigating-algorithmic-discrimination/) that power AI systems, but the problem runs deeper than that. It's also about the data the systems are trained on, the goals we set for AI systems, how those are applied, and how we interpret the results. It’s not just technology - it’s us. Enter Public Interest Technology (PIT), which we can think of as an essential mindset that focuses us on selecting, implementing, and evaluating AI systems in ways that are fair, just, and human-centered. It’s an approach that sets our sights squarely on the decisions that are most important when it comes to protecting people from the actual harms of bias and discrimination. Public Interest Technology can act as a guiding framework that supports the development, implementation, and governance of AI in the criminal justice system to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability. ## **What exactly is Public Interest Technology?** Public Interest Technology is a human-centered approach to technology that prioritizes social justice, fairness, and equity in the design, development, and implementation of technological solutions. Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, explains that PIT focuses less on the technology itself and more on ethics, human rights, and social justice \[1\]. It emphasizes a socio-technological approach that prioritizes people's needs over unchecked technological development. In essence, PIT seeks to ensure that technology serves us and not the other way around. This means designing, using, and regulating technology to benefit everyone, especially those from vulnerable or historically marginalized groups. It's about making sure everyone has a say in decisions about the tech that affects their lives. ## **AI in justice contexts** AI is already used in the criminal justice system to identify suspects, predict re-offense risk, and suggest criminal sentences. These are all powerful tools that promise to improve justice outcomes and positively affect society as a whole. However, these same tools can and have perpetuated discrimination when not carefully and thoughtfully applied. According to the ACLU, “...there have been at least seven wrongful arrests we know of in the United States due to police reliance on incorrect face recognition results — and those are just the known cases. In nearly every one of those instances, the person wrongfully arrested was Black” \[2\]. Further, recidivism prediction tools, such as COMPAS, have been criticized as unfairly categorizing Black men as high-risk for reoffense when compared to their White counterparts \[3\]. Some criminal courts are using this information to inform the sentencing decisions judges make \[4\]. Even worse, these AI tools are often opaque, meaning the decision-making processes they use are either unclear or entirely unknown. ## **Tackling algorithmic bias head-on** Algorithmic bias in facial recognition and recidivism prediction tools occurs in part due to biased data, poorly devised algorithms, and problematic feature sets. But it’s also due to a lack of human guidance and governance structures that restrain, shape, and guide the safe implementation of the technology. PIT not only emphasizes improving the technology itself but also stresses continued human management of those systems to recognize, address, and eliminate biased outcomes altogether. For instance, researchers in New Zealand are developing transparent models for assessing assault cases in criminal courts \[5\]. Unlike the COMPAS program described above, these researchers are developing transparent AI models that open the model's decisions to scrutiny. By making the inner workings of the AI clear, it's easier to identify and correct potential biases and thereby prevent harm. This aligns with the core PIT principles of transparency and accountability that contribute to fair outcomes and societal trust in these systems. ## **Human in the Loop** In addition to improving transparency, PIT also highlights the importance of human oversight. The concept of having a human in the loop is mandatory to ensure fairness, accountability, and transparency \[6\]. AI can be powerful in many respects, but it cannot replace human judgment, especially in high-stakes settings like the justice system. Humans should not only be involved in developing and using AI, but they should always have the power to override AI-based decisions in any given case. This doesn’t guarantee fairer outcomes (human judges can be biased, too), but it does create accountability for the final result. It’s impossible to hold an algorithm accountable. It’s entirely possible to criticize and potentially remove an unfair judge. ## **A fairer tech future** PIT isn't a magic solution. Mindsets alone will not solve the problems that AI poses to society. However, it does focus our attention on implementing AI systems in ways that promote justice and equity, especially in the most sensitive of areas, like the criminal justice system. By upholding values like fairness, transparency, and human oversight, PIT can help us minimize AI risks and ensure that this powerful technology serves society as a whole. As AI becomes further intertwined with our lives, PIT will become even more crucial. By working together – technologists, policymakers, advocates, and the public – we can build a future where AI is a force for good, not harm. After all, technology should always be a tool for justice, not a weapon of discrimination. ## **References** \[1\] Walker, D. (n.d.). *Deprogramming Implicit Bias: The Case for Public Interest Technology*. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed\_a\_02059 \[2\] Wessler, N. F. (2024, April 30). *Police Say a Simple Warning Will Prevent Face Recognition Wrongful Arrests. That’s Just Not True. | ACLU*. American Civil Liberties Union. \[3\] Angwin, J., Larson, J., Mattu, S., & Kirchner, L. (2016, May 23). *Machine Bias*. ProPublica. \[4\] Hao, K. (2019, January 21). *AI Is Sending People to Jail—and Getting It Wrong*. MIT Technology Review. \[5\] Rodger, H., Lensen, A., & Betkier, M. (2022). Explainable artificial intelligence for assault sentence prediction in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(1), 133–147\. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2022.2114506 \[6\] Mosqueira-Rey, E., Hernández-Pereira, E., Alonso-Ríos, D., Bobes-Bascarán, J., & Fernández-Leal, Á. (2022). Human-in-the-loop machine learning: a state of the art. *Artificial Intelligence Review*, *56*. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-022-10246-w --- Interested to know more about bias and the human mind? Make sure to give the article below a read: [A snapshot of bias, the human mind, and AIUnderstanding human bias, AI systems, and leadership challenges in technology management and their impacts on decision-making.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1605902394069-ff2ae2430e62?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGh1bWFuJTIwbWluZHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTQxMzEzNzF8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-snapshot-of-bias-the-human-mind-and-artificial-intelligence/) ### The AI revolution in fintech: Driving transformative change URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-revolution-in-fintech-driving-transformative-change/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:51:07.000Z The fusion of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) and financial technology (fintech) is igniting a seismic shift that promises to redefine the future of finance. As AI rapidly evolves, its disruptive potential in the fintech realm is becoming increasingly palpable, catalyzing a wave of innovation that will reshape customer experiences, operational efficiencies, and the very fabric of financial services. At the heart of this revolution lies the convergence of cutting-edge AI technologies, including [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/), natural language processing (NLP), and [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/). These powerful tools are enabling fintech companies to harness the vast ocean of data at their disposal, extracting valuable insights, identifying intricate patterns, and making intelligent decisions with unprecedented speed, accuracy, and scalability. ## **Fraud detection and prevention: Safeguarding financial integrity** One of the most transformative applications of AI in fintech is in the realm of fraud detection and prevention. Traditional rule-based systems have long been the industry standard, but they often struggle to keep pace with the ever-evolving tactics of fraudsters. Enter AI-powered fraud detection solutions. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms trained on massive datasets encompassing millions of transactions, AI systems can continuously learn and adapt, identifying even the most subtle anomalies and suspicious patterns that might indicate fraudulent activity. This not only enhances security and trust in financial systems but also streamlines processes, reducing costs and minimizing the impact of fraud on businesses and consumers alike. ## **Personalized financial advisory: Tailored solutions for every individual** Another domain where AI is making waves is personalized financial advisory services. Traditionally, obtaining tailored financial advice has been a privilege reserved for the wealthy, with the vast majority of individuals relying on generic, one-size-fits-all solutions. AI is democratizing this landscape. Through the power of machine learning and natural language processing, AI-powered financial advisors can analyze an individual's financial data, investment preferences, risk tolerance, and life goals to provide highly personalized recommendations. From optimizing investment portfolios and managing risks to budgeting and tax planning, these AI-driven solutions offer customized guidance at scale, empowering individuals to make informed financial decisions aligned with their unique circumstances. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Lending and credit scoring: Enhancing access and fairness** The realm of lending and credit scoring is also undergoing a profound transformation driven by AI. Traditional credit scoring models have long been criticized for their reliance on limited data sources and potential biases. AI offers a path toward more inclusive and equitable lending practices. By leveraging machine learning algorithms capable of analyzing a vast array of alternative data sources, such as utility bills, rental history, and social media activity, AI-powered credit scoring models can construct more comprehensive risk profiles. This not only improves access to credit for individuals with limited traditional credit histories but also reduces the risk of discrimination and bias, fostering greater financial inclusion. ## **Regulatory compliance and risk management: Navigating complexities** In the highly regulated world of finance, ensuring compliance with ever-evolving rules and regulations is a constant challenge. AI is emerging as a powerful ally in this domain, enabling fintech companies to navigate the complexities of regulatory landscapes with greater ease and efficiency. Through the application of natural language processing and machine learning, AI systems can rapidly analyze vast troves of regulatory documents, extracting relevant information, identifying potential areas of non-compliance, and providing actionable insights to mitigate risks. This not only enhances compliance but also reduces the operational overhead and potential penalties associated with regulatory violations. According to a recent report by renowned fintech research firm FinTech Analytics, the areas poised to benefit the most from AI integration in the near future include: 1\. Automated trading and investment management 2\. Regulatory compliance and risk management 3\. Customer service and engagement (chatbots, virtual assistants) 4\. Anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) processes 5\. Fraud detection and prevention 6\. Lending and credit scoring As Dr. Emily Johnson, Chief AI Strategist at FinTech Innovators, notes, "The convergence of AI and fintech is not merely a technological shift; it's a paradigm shift that will redefine how we interact with and experience financial services. Those who embrace this revolution early and effectively will gain a significant competitive edge in the years to come." ## **Forging transformative partnerships: AI meets fintech** In the coming year, we can expect to witness several high-profile partnerships between fintech leaders and AI technology providers, accelerating the pace of innovation and shaping the future of finance. One such rumored collaboration is between blockchain-based lending platform LendingX and the AI research powerhouse DeepMind. According to industry insiders, the two companies are in advanced talks to leverage DeepMind's cutting-edge language models and deep learning capabilities to enhance LendingX's customer interactions, streamline loan processes, and improve risk assessment. Another potential game-changer is the reported partnership between personal finance giant Mint and OpenAI. Credible sources suggest that the two companies are collaborating to develop a conversational AI assistant capable of providing highly personalized financial advice, budgeting recommendations, and investment guidance tailored to each user's unique circumstances. These are just the tip of the iceberg, as numerous fintech startups and established players alike are actively exploring collaborations with AI technology providers to gain a competitive edge in this rapidly evolving landscape. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **Navigating the path forward: Challenges and opportunities** While the potential of AI in fintech is undeniable, its adoption is not without challenges. Addressing issues such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and regulatory compliance will be crucial for sustainable and ethical AI implementation. Data privacy and security are paramount concerns, as AI systems rely on vast amounts of sensitive financial data to function effectively. Robust data governance frameworks, secure data storage and transmission protocols, and strict adherence to privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA will be essential. Algorithmic bias is another critical challenge that must be addressed. AI models are trained on historical data, which can perpetuate existing biases and discriminatory patterns. Fintech companies must actively work to identify and mitigate these biases, ensuring that AI-driven decisions are fair, equitable, and free from discrimination. Regulatory compliance is another area that requires careful navigation. As AI technologies continue to evolve and disrupt traditional financial processes, regulators will need to adapt and develop appropriate frameworks to govern their use. Fintech companies must proactively engage with regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and foster trust in AI-driven financial services. Despite these challenges, the potential benefits of AI in fintech are too significant to ignore. By embracing this transformative technology responsibly and ethically, the fintech industry stands poised to unlock unprecedented levels of innovation, efficiency, and personalization, ultimately enhancing the financial well-being of individuals and businesses worldwide. The AI revolution in fintech is well underway, and those who harness its power strategically will emerge as the leaders of the future financial landscape. As the world of finance continues to evolve, one thing is certain: the fusion of AI and fintech will be a driving force, reshaping the industry in ways we can scarcely imagine today. --- Want more from experts? Our OnDemand videos from all of our Summits give you hundreds of hours to explore - enjoy insights from some of the leading AI companies. Sign up for our Pro+ membership today and start watching! [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. 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Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### The rise of multimodal AI: A fight against fraud URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-multimodal-ai-a-fight-against-fraud/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:12:43.000Z In the rapidly evolving world of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), a new frontier is emerging that promises both immense potential and significant risks – multimodal [large language models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-prototype-to-product-with-generative-ai-and-large-models/). These advanced AI systems can process and generate different data types like text, images, audio, and video, enabling a wide range of applications from creative content generation to enhanced virtual assistants. However, as with any transformative technology, there is a darker side that must be addressed – the potential for misuse by bad actors, including fraudsters. ## **Deepfakes: A Pandora's Box of synthetic media** One of the most concerning aspects of multimodal LLMs is their ability to generate highly realistic synthetic media, commonly known as deepfakes. These AI-generated videos, audio, or images can be virtually indistinguishable from the real thing, opening up a Pandora's box of potential misuse. Fraudsters could leverage deepfakes to impersonate individuals for purposes like financial fraud, identity theft, or even extortion through non-consensual intimate imagery. Moreover, the scale and personalization capabilities of LLMs raise the specter of deepfake-powered social engineering attacks on an unprecedented level. Bad actors could potentially generate tailored multimedia content at scale, crafting highly convincing phishing scams or other fraudulent schemes designed to exploit human vulnerabilities. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Poisoning the well: Synthetic data risks** Another area of concern lies in the potential for fraudsters to inject malicious synthetic data into the training sets used to build LLM models. By carefully crafting and injecting multi-modal data (text, images, audio, etc.), bad actors could attempt to "poison" the model, causing it to learn and amplify undesirable behaviors or biases that enable downstream abuse. This risk is particularly acute in scenarios where LLM models are deployed in critical decision-making contexts, such as financial services, healthcare, or legal domains. A compromised model could potentially make biased or erroneous decisions, leading to significant harm or enabling fraudulent activities. ## **Evading moderation and amplifying biases** Even without intentional "poisoning," there is a risk that LLM models may inadvertently learn and propagate unethical biases or generate potentially abusive content that evades existing moderation filters. This is due to the inherent challenges of curating and filtering the massive, diverse datasets used to train these models. For instance, an LLM trained on certain internet data could potentially pick up and amplify societal biases around race, gender, or other protected characteristics, leading to discriminatory outputs. Similarly, an LLM trained on unfiltered online content could conceivably generate hate speech, misinformation, or other harmful content if not properly governed. ## **Responsible AI: A necessity, not a choice** While the potential risks of multimodal LLMs are significant, it is crucial to recognize that these technologies also hold immense potential for positive impact across various domains. From enhancing accessibility through multimedia content generation to enabling more natural and intuitive human-machine interactions, the benefits are vast and far-reaching. However, realizing this potential while mitigating the risks requires a proactive and steadfast commitment to responsible AI development and governance. This involves a multifaceted approach spanning various strategies. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ### **1\. Robust data vetting and curation** Implementing rigorous processes to vet the provenance, quality, and integrity of training data before feeding it into LLM models. This includes advanced techniques for detecting and filtering out synthetic or manipulated data. ### **2\. Digital watermarking and traceability** Embedding robust digital watermarks or signatures in generated media to enable traceability and detection of synthetic content. This could aid in identifying deepfakes and holding bad actors accountable. ### **3\. Human-AI collaboration and controlled sandboxing** Ensuring that LLM-based content generation is not a fully autonomous process but rather involves meaningful human oversight, clear guidelines, and controlled "sandboxing" environments to mitigate potential misuse. ### 4\. Comprehensive model risk assessment Conducting thorough risk modeling, testing, and auditing of LLM models pre-deployment to identify potential failure modes, vulnerabilities, or unintended behaviors that could enable fraud or abuse. ### 5\. Continuous monitoring and adaptation Implementing robust monitoring systems to continuously track the performance and outputs of deployed LLM models, enabling timely adaptation and mitigation strategies in response to emerging threats or misuse patterns. ### 6\. Cross-stakeholder collaboration Fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing among AI developers, researchers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to collectively advance best practices, governance frameworks, and technological solutions for responsible AI. The path forward is clear – the incredible potential of multimodal LLMs must be balanced with a steadfast commitment to ethics, security, and responsible innovation. By proactively addressing the risks and implementing robust governance measures, we can harness the power of these technologies to drive progress while safeguarding against their misuse by fraudsters and bad actors. In the eternal race between those seeking to exploit technology for nefarious ends and those working to secure and protect it, the emergence of multimodal LLMs represents a new battlefront. It is a fight we cannot afford to lose, as the stakes – from financial security to the integrity of information itself – are simply too high. With vigilance, collaboration, and an unwavering ethical compass, we can navigate this new frontier and ensure that the immense potential of multimodal AI is a force for good, not a paradise for fraudsters. --- Looking for templates you can use for your AI needs? Whether it's a project roadmap template or an AI ethics and governance framework, our Pro+ membership has what you need. Plus, you'll also get access to 100s of hours of talks by AI professionals from leading companies - and more! Sign up today. 👇 [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/AIAI_Membership_Meta_Images_-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### AI race and competition law: Balancing choice & innovation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-race-and-competition-law-balancing-choice-innovation/ Last updated: 2025-04-09T07:11:53.000Z The discussion on an “[Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) race” (or AI Race as it is commonly referred to) has been the subject of continuous discussion and debate across the internet. However, the question that really needing asked is what is an “AI Race”? And if it is indeed a race, what lies at the finishing line? Is it the most advanced algorithm, a hugely beneficial customer feature, or the most cost-effective ecosystem? And where will Competition Law allow for a balance of all of these in such a fast-moving space? Before taking a deep dive, it is important to look at what companies have brought out to put the “race” into context. Apple, back in June, announced at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Apple intelligence. Example features announced include the ability to adjust the tone and style of written responses across applications, prioritize urgent emails and notifications, along with the ability to write mathematical expressions in notes using the Apple Pencil and the system giving the answers in the user's own handwriting \[1\]. The functionality described is the backbone of a more substantial cloud architecture called Private Cloud Compute (PCC), which, in summary, processes the user's request solely for that purpose without any visibility to Apple and is subsequently deleted once the request has been fulfilled. In May, Microsoft announced AI-focused hardware named Copilot + PC. The silicon chips powering them have been advertised as being capable of 40 trillion operations a second, being twenty times more powerful and one hundred times for running AI-based workloads \[2\]. The backdrop to both of these announcements is OpenAI: the company that introduced ChatGPT (Chat Pre-Trained Generative Transformer) and Sora to the world stage back in November 2022 and February 2024, respectively \[3\], \[4\]. ## **The AI Race and Competition Law** The functionality described is the backbone of a more substantial cloud architecture called Private Cloud Compute (PCC), which, in summary, processes the user's request solely for that purpose without any visibility to Apple and is subsequently deleted once the request has been fulfilled. Latest developments aside, technology companies have greatly expanded their hardware and software offerings over the years, and with Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality along with On Device Machine Learning (ODML) becoming the norm, regulators are closely monitoring offerings to ensure fair market access and pricing. Competition in this - or any sector - is more than just ensuring a level playing field for businesses: it ensures consumers get a fair deal and access to a broad range of products and services, contributing to economic growth. Anti-competitive practices can result in higher prices and the dilution of market opportunities for other organizations. Within the United Kingdom, the role of the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) is to promote competition within markets and tackle anti-competitive behavior. Areas they oversee include mergers (with the ability to block them should they risk substantially reducing competition), ensuring both individuals and businesses are informed on their rights and obligations under both competition and consumer law, as well as protecting people from unfair trading practices that may arise from a wider market issue. When it comes to approaches to regulating technology, this is where substantial approaches have been and are being taken. ## **The EU approach:** Back on the 21st of April 2024, the EU passed the AI Act,the world’s first standalone law governing the use of AI \[5\]. This new law takes a risk-based approach with differing requirements according to the level of risk, namely: • ***Unacceptable risk*:** there are some AI practices considered to be a clear threat to fundamental rights with examples including AI systems that manipulate human behavior with the objective of distorting their behavior. • ***High risk*:** These AI systems will need to follow strict rules, including, for example, high-quality data sets and human oversight (human in the loop systems, for example). *• *Limited risk:** The design of an AI system classed as *limited risk* should be done in a way that an individual is *informed* if they are interacting with an AI system. Should an AI system that generates or manipulates deepfakes be developed the organization or individual must declare the content has been artificially generated. \[6\] ## **The UK approach:** The other end of the spectrum is the United Kingdom’s principles-based approach, formed off the back of a 2023 white paper, *A Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation \[7\].* Based on a lack of understanding (and arguably confidence in the underlying legalities) around AI, its risks, and regulatory gaps, it was identified that this path might be the most appropriate to start with while recognizing the need for future legislative action. The methodology in laying down a framework for AI Regulation was based on the following five principles, namely: • Safety, security, and robustness • Appropriate transparency and explainability • Fairness • Accountability and governance • Contestability and redress If, amongst the above, an outcomes-based approach based on *adaptivity* and *autonomy* is taken on a sectoral basis by regulators, this leaves room for interpretation and cross-sector regulatory uncertainty. The former government did not outline plans for the introduction of an AI regulator to oversee the implementation of the framework, and instead, it has been put to individual regulators (ie: Information Commissioners Officer, Ofcom) to implement the five principles based on existing laws and regulations, with regulators submitting their plans to the government back in April this year \[8\]. While the incumbent government has outlined in its manifesto to boost funding in AI technologies, exacting roadmaps from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are yet to be outlined. ## **The future trajectory** With differing approaches, questions have and will continue to emerge about how each can be applied, and enforced and the resulting effectiveness to shape future policymaking. It is important to recognize that both approaches will be subject to varying sectoral scrutiny - while at the same time maintaining sectoral compliance - as use cases of AI expand. In conjunction with the expansion of AI use cases organizations operating in sectors where regulators have limited understanding of AI systems could identify loopholes to engage in anti-competitive practices. From a European Union perspective, competition thriving within the internal market could result in the effectiveness of the AI Act being distorted, resulting in the need to increase the frameworks for competition standards to ensure they are continually aligned with the EU’s constitutional values. A Although the incumbent government has yet to outline plans, it more specifically remains to be seen whether they continue with the principles-based approach or whether they push for an approach along similar lines to the EU. ## **Conclusion** The convergence of understanding AI, principles, sectoral use cases, and the wider laws aren’t solely there for an AI race, but instead, it should be viewed as a targeted effort to increase understanding, humanize use cases and look at how compatible the law and technology are with one another both in the present to ensure society can not just see, but *feel* the benefit of AI technologies. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Apple Intelligence Announcement**: Apple Newsroom (United Kingdom). (n.d.). iPadOS 18 introduces powerful intelligence features and apps for Apple Pencil. \[online\] Available at: https:// www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2024/06/ipados-18-introduces-powerful-intelligence-features-and apps-for-apple-pencil/ \[Accessed 25 Jun. 2024\]. \[2\] **Microsoft Copilot + pcs announcement**: Mehdi, Y. (2024). Introducing Copilot+ PCs. \[online\] The Official Microsoft Blog. Available at: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/05/20/ introducing-copilot-pcs/. \[3\] **OpenAI ChatGPT**: WhatIs.com. (n.d.). What Is ChatGPT? Everything You Need to Know. \[online\] Available at: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/ChatGPT#:\~:text=Who%20created%20ChatGPT%3F. \[4\] **OpenAI Sora**: Roth, E. (2024). OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model. \[online\] The Verge. Available at: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074151/openai-sora-text-to-video-ai. \[5\] **Passing of AI Act**: Clover, W.R.L., Francesca Blythe, Arthur (2024). One Step Closer: AI Act Approved by Council of the EU. \[online\] Data Matters Privacy Blog. Available at: https:// datamatters.sidley.com/2024/06/06/one-step-closer-ai-act-approved-by-council-of-the-eu/ #:\~:text=On%2021%20May%202024%2C%20the \[Accessed 24 Jun. 2024\]. \[6\] **AI Act Risk Levels:** www.wilmerhale.com. (2024). *The European Parliament Adopts the AI Act*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/blogs/wilmerhale-privacy-and cybersecurity-law/20240314-the-european-parliament-adopts-the-ai-act. \[7\] **UK Government Pro-Innovation Approach**: Gov.uk (2023). *AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach*. \[online\] GOV.UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai regulation-a-pro-innovation-approach. \[8\] **UK Regulator Deadline**: GOV.UK. (n.d.). *Regulators’ strategic approaches to AI*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulators-strategic-approaches-to-ai/ regulators-strategic-approaches-to-ai \[Accessed 26 Jun. 2024\]. --- Interested in in-person events where AI and tech leaders share their knowledge? Get your tickets for our summits today! 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[OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/) claims its new prototype delivers clearer, faster, and more accurate answers to user queries. To refine the SearchGPT experience, OpenAI is conducting a limited test with a select group of users and publishers. Want to find out more about GPT's new search engine? Keep reading as we cover everything you need to know about SearchGPT, its main features, and how developers can use it to help build better products.👇🏼 --- ### Table of contents: - [How SearchGPT works](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/8090de67-1900-4ed6-93fc-44fa36f6147a/#how-searchgpt-works) (and its main features) - [More control for content creators and publishers](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/8090de67-1900-4ed6-93fc-44fa36f6147a/#more-control-for-content-creators-and-publishers) - [How developers can use SearchGPT ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/8090de67-1900-4ed6-93fc-44fa36f6147a/#how-developers-can-use-searchgpt) - [How to access SearchGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/8090de67-1900-4ed6-93fc-44fa36f6147a/#how-do-i-get-access-to-searchgpt) ## --- ## **How SearchGPT works** 0:00 /0:17 1× Source: [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/) As we all know, finding credible and relevant information can sometimes be time-consuming and frustrating. SearchGPT makes the entire process smoother and more efficient by combining the “conversational capabilities” of [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) models with real-time web data. Using SearchGPT is easy. Type your query, and it’ll provide quick and direct answers to your questions backed by up-to-date information and cited sources. One of its stand-out features is its ability to hold a conversation. This makes it easier to get information *as* and *when* you need it. You can also ask follow-up questions like you would during a regular back-and-forth conversation with another person. SearchGPT will then answer your questions with the understanding and shared context built from previous queries. 0:00 /0:09 1× Video source: [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/) If you’re a researcher or publisher, you’ll appreciate how SearchGPT cites sources (with links) in searches. These sources will appear in a sidebar (see image below). [![SearchGPT for product developers ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/07/searchgpt-developers2.png)](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/) **Source:* [**OpenAI blog post*](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/) ## **More control for content creators and publishers** [OpenAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/openai-gpt5-trademark/) is launching SearchGPT alongside a new system for publishers to manage their presence *within* the search results. If you’re a content creator or publisher, this will give you more control over how your content appears. Here's what's important: - SearchGPT focuses solely on search and is completely separate from OpenAI's generative AI models. - Websites can still be included in search results even if they choose not to participate in generative AI training. --- [How developers can use Llama 3.1 to build advanced modelsWith enhanced knowledge, flexibility, and multilingual prowess, Llama 3.1 empowers developers to explore uncharted territories in AI research and development. Keep reading for a deeper dive into Llama 3.1, its features, and how developers can use it to build advanced models.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/Llama-3.1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-metas-llama-3-1-405b/) --- ## **How developers can use SearchGPT** If you use it properly, SearchGPT can be very useful for [developers](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-future-ai-openai-game-changing-developer-conference/) and software engineers. It can boost project efficiency, streamline workflows, and keep you ahead of the curve. Want to learn more about how developers can use SearchGPT? Check out these top use cases: ### **1\. Find specialized GPT models** Need to use a GPT model for a specific function? Try using SearchGPT to find GPT models specialized for specific tasks such as natural language processing, code generation, [data analysis](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-gpt-4o-in-finance-and-data-analysis/), and more. ### **2\. Perform comparative analysis** Comparing [model performance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/evaluating-machine-learning-models-metrics-and-techniques/) can be a time-consuming task. But you can make the process a lot more efficient by letting SearchGPT do the heavy lifting for you. For example, you could use it to conduct in-depth comparisons of different GPT models based on factors such as speed, accuracy, cost, and specific capabilities. With this info, you’ll have a better idea of which model is the best for your project. ### **3\. Assist with product development** When developing a new product, you can discover methods and techniques to optimize your product’s performance. You can also use SearchGPT to quickly access guidelines and tutorials to help you [integrate your models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/revolutionizing-problem-solving-with-ai-and-gaming-integration/) into existing systems and applications. ### **4\. Improve application features** Use GPT models to add advanced features like natural language understanding, content generation, and user interaction improvements to your software products. Another great way to leverage this new GPT feature is for bug detection and [code assistance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/will-low-code-no-code-platforms-replace-traditional-developers/). ### **5\. Custom GPT model development** Developers can leverage SearchGPT to discover resources and tools for building custom GPT models. This includes finding suitable training datasets and learning effective fine-tuning techniques to tailor pre-trained models to specific applications and industries. ### **6\. Product testing and quality assurance** SearchGPT can help you test your products by providing access to test cases, benchmarks, and performance evaluations of things like GPT models. Plus, you can leverage user feedback and real-world testing results to improve your product’s integration and functionality. --- [How to use GPT-4o mini to build AI applications (10 tips)In a major move towards making artificial intelligence more accessible, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, its “most affordable and intelligent small model” to date.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/chip-7732459_1280.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) --- ## **How do I get access to SearchGPT?** Since SearchGPT is currently in a limited testing phase, it’s not openly available to everyone. If you want to test it, you need to join OpenAI’s waitlist. To join the waitlist, you can visit the OpenAI website and sign up. ****Note**: There's no guarantee of immediate access, but it's the only way to potentially get early access to SearchGPT. --- ## Join our AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership The all-in-one platform for AI enthusiasts dedicated to continuous learning, networking, and career progression. Our [Pro membership](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/) is your AI career accelerator. Get exclusive access to expert insights, practical tools, and a community of AI professionals. Plus, you get to rub shoulders with some of the brightest minds in AI at companies like Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Microsoft Azure. It’s all about getting you those hot-off-the-press resources and linking up with a community of peers who share your passion for leveraging the power of AI. [Learn more](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/) ### How developers can use Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B to build advanced models URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-metas-llama-3-1-405b/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:59:06.000Z [Meta](https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3-1/) has taken a bold step forward in open-source [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) (LLMs) with the release of **Llama 3.1**. This **405B** model update is said to rival the “*top AI models when it comes to state-of-the-art capabilities in general knowledge, steerability, math, tool use, and multilingual translation*.” Llama 3.1 is a powerful tool that helps developers explore new ideas in AI research. Its improved knowledge, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple languages make it ideal for this purpose. Want to learn more? Keep reading for a deeper dive into Llama 3.1, its features, and how developers can use it to build advanced models. 👇🏼 --- ### Table of contents: - [What is Llama 3.1?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/3ff29606-579d-4306-8910-c1e57bc56ccd/#what-is-llama-31) - [Llama 3.1 405MB capabilities](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/3ff29606-579d-4306-8910-c1e57bc56ccd/#llama-31-405mb-capabilities) - [How developers can build with it](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/3ff29606-579d-4306-8910-c1e57bc56ccd/#how-developers-can-build-with-llama-31-405b) - [Why developers should use Open Source AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/3ff29606-579d-4306-8910-c1e57bc56ccd/#why-developers-should-use-open-source-ai) - [FAQs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/3ff29606-579d-4306-8910-c1e57bc56ccd/#faqs-llama-31) --- ## **What is Llama 3.1?** Llama 3.1 is the first frontier-level open-source large language AI model. With 405B, it’s easiest the largest openly available model on the market, turning heads across the tech industry. According to [Meta](https://llama.meta.com/llama-downloads/), this version of the original model (Llama 1 and Llama 2) has **128K** context length, improved reasoning, and coding capabilities. Meta has also upgraded both multilingual **8B** and **70B** models. This open-source powerhouse empowers the community to explore new workflows, including synthetic [data generation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mastering-data-clustering-your-comprehensive-guide-to-k-means-and-k-means/) and large-scale model distillation. In head-to-head tests, Llama 3.1 held its own against industry leaders like GPT-4, [GPT-40](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/), and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. It did particularly well in tasks involving math, reasoning, and [coding](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/will-low-code-no-code-platforms-replace-traditional-developers/). ![Meta Llama 3.1 image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-11.25.21.png) **Original source:* [**Meta blog post*](https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3-1/) To achieve this performance, Meta trained the model on **15 trillion tokens**. This required significant optimization and a massive **16,000+** H100 GPU setup. ![Llama 3.1 - Meta image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-11.25.39.png) **Original source:* [**Meta blog post*](https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3-1/) ## **Llama 3.1 405MB capabilities** [Llama 3.1](https://llama.meta.com/) comes with a host of features and capabilities that appeal to developers, such as: **RAG & tool use** – Meta states that you can use Llama system components to extend the model using ‘zero-shot tool use’ and build agentic behaviors with RAG. **Multi-lingual** – Need to translate text from one language to another? With the right prompt, you can translate your text into *any* language. For example, you could use a prompt as simple as, "*Translate this product description into Spanish*" and Llama 3.1 will complete the task. **Complex reasoning** – Assess the finer details and get help with complex reasoning tasks with help from Llama 3.1. **Coding assistants** – You can use this AI tool to create codes to help you build intricate models or [AI applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) upon request. **Inference** – You can choose between real-time inference or batch inference services. According to Meta, you can download “*model weights to further optimize cost per token*.” **Fine-tune** – Adapt and customize your application as needed. You can also improve it with synthetic data and deploy it “*on-prem or in the cloud*.” --- [How to use GPT-4o mini to build AI applications (10 tips)In a major move towards making artificial intelligence more accessible, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, its “most affordable and intelligent small model” to date.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/chip-7732459_1280.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/) --- ## **How developers can build with Llama 3.1 405B** [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2024-key-insights-emerging-trends/) development involves more than just prompting models; using a model at the scale of 405B can be a challenge for developers. While this model is incredibly powerful, its complexity and resource demands can be a barrier to entry. In response to community feedback, Meta has taken steps to make sure *everyone* can make the most of Llama 3.1\. To help developers fully leverage the 405B model, several key capabilities are being highlighted: - Real-time and batch inference - Supervised fine-tuning - Application-specific model evaluation - Continual pre-training - Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) - Function calling - Synthetic data generation The Llama ecosystem is designed to support developers in maximizing these capabilities from day one. This means that you can immediately tap into the 405B model's advanced features and begin building your projects. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Meta, has said in his [blog post](https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/): > *“Today,*, *we’re taking the next steps towards open-source AI becoming the industry standard. We’re releasing Llama 3.1 405B, the first frontier-level open-source AI model, as well as new and improved Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models.* > *"In addition to having significantly better cost/performance relative to closed models, the fact that the 405B model is open will make it the best choice for fine-tuning and distilling smaller models.”* --- [How developers can use OpenAI’s SearchGPTOpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a “temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” Keep reading as we cover everything you need to know about SearchGPT…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/SearchGPT-developers.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-openai-searchgpt/) --- ## **Why developers should use Open Source AI** Zuckerberg also went on to explain why he believes [open source](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-top-generative-ai-startups-to-watch-out-for-and-openais-international-move/) is the best development stack for developers, highlighting several key areas: ### **1\. Training, fine-tuning, and distilling custom models** Different tasks require different model sizes. Smaller models are ideal for on-device tasks and classification tasks. On the other hand, larger models are better suited for more complex applications. If your goal is to create advanced models, Zuckerberg claims Llama 3.1 is the best choice, stating that you can “*continue training them with your own data and then distill them down to a model of your optimal size – without us or anyone else seeing your data*.” ### **2\. Maintaining control** If you're someone who would rather not rely on models you can’t run or manage yourself, you’re in luck. Open-source solutions provide a flexible ecosystem of compatible toolchains, offering you the freedom to switch between them easily. This means you won’t have to rely on closed model providers who could change their models, alter terms of use, or even discontinue service at the drop of a hat. ### **3\. Data security** If your company handles a lot of sensitive data, you need to work with a model that secures that data properly. There's a general mistrust of closed model providers when it comes to sensitive data. However, open-source models can be run anywhere and are often considered more secure due to their transparent development process. ### **4\. Efficiency and cost-effectiveness** According to Zuckerberg: > *“Developers can run inference on Llama 3.1 405B on their own infra at roughly 50% the cost of using closed models like GPT-4o, for both user-facing and offline inference tasks.”* ### **5\. Invest in an ecosystem with longevity** Investing in the long-term standard for AI models is important. Many developers see open source advancing faster than closed models and want to build their systems on the [architecture](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) that offers the greatest long-term advantage. ## In conclusion... Meta's release of Llama 3.1 marks a significant leap forward for open-source AI. With its unmatched capabilities and commitment to responsible development, Llama empowers a wider range of developers to explore the potential of AI. > *"Open source will ensure that more people around the world have access to the benefits and opportunities of AI, that power isn't concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies, and that the technology can be deployed more evenly and safely across society."* \- **Mark Zuckerberg** With Llama 3.1 readily available and a robust ecosystem in place, the possibilities for innovation and positive societal impact are *endless*. --- ## FAQs: Llama 3.1 What is Llama 3.1 405B? Meta claims Llama 3.1 405B is the biggest publicly available language model in the world. It pushes the boundaries of AI and is perfect for big businesses and cutting-edge research. Is Llama 3.1 free? Llama 3.1 isn't exactly free, but it \*is\* accessible! You can use Llama 3.1 under a special agreement from Meta. This lets researchers, developers, and businesses use it for both research and making money. Is Llama 3 better than GPT-4? It depends! GPT-4 might be stronger for solving puzzles and math problems. But, Llama 3.1 is a close competitor and held its own when Meta carried out comparison tests with other big league names such as Chat-GPT and Claude. What is the latest model of Llama? Llama 3.1 is the most recent version currently available. --- ### **Want to learn more about Llama 3?** Join us at the [**Generative AI Summit**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/generativeaisummit) in Berlin on September 12 to hear from **Ricardo Silveira Cabral**, Director, Generative AI Engineering at **Meta**. Ricardo is doing a deep dive into **Llama 3 models**, and covering everything from how it all got started, to where it is today. **Grab your ticket today, and you'll...** - See real-world examples of how companies are leveraging AI to gain a competitive advantage. - Network and collaborate with a diverse group of local and global AI specialists. - Gain the knowledge and connections you need to get your AI projects up and running quickly. - Become a part of a supportive community that will help you achieve your AI goals. [Grab your ticket!](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/generativeaisummit) ### What the Crowdstrike outage means for AI in cybersecurity URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-the-crowdstrike-outage-means-for-ai-in-cybersecurity/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:59:42.000Z In an era where our lives are increasingly intertwined with technology, the importance of robust [cybersecurity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/) measures cannot be overstated. Recently, a major player in the cybersecurity arena, CrowdStrike, faced an unexpected outage that left many pondering the implications and potential causes. Was this a simple technical glitch, or could [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI), often hailed as the knight in shining armor for cybersecurity, have played a role in this disruption? ## **The great outage: A wake-up call** CrowdStrike, renowned for its cutting-edge threat intelligence and endpoint protection, experienced a significant service disruption. For an organization dedicated to keeping the cyber world safe, this outage was a stark reminder that even the guardians need guarding. As businesses scrambled to manage the fallout, questions arose: How could this happen? And more intriguingly, what role could AI have played in both causing and potentially preventing such an outage? ## **AI: The cybersecurity savior** Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the cybersecurity landscape. Its ability to analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, identify patterns, and predict potential threats has made it an invaluable tool for security experts. AI-powered systems can detect anomalies and respond to incidents much faster than any human, making them a crucial asset in the fight against cybercrime. For instance, AI algorithms can sift through network traffic, pinpoint suspicious activities, and even anticipate attacks before they occur. Machine learning models continually evolve, learning from each encounter with malware or phishing attempts, thereby enhancing their accuracy and effectiveness over time. ## **When AI becomes the problem** However, as with any powerful tool, AI's potential for good comes with inherent risks. In the case of the CrowdStrike outage, one plausible theory is that an AI system, while attempting to fortify the network, may have misinterpreted legitimate traffic as a threat, leading to an inadvertent shutdown. This phenomenon, known as a false positive, is a well-known challenge in the realm of AI-based cybersecurity. Moreover, cybercriminals are also leveraging AI to craft more sophisticated attacks. AI-driven malware can adapt and mutate, making it harder for traditional defenses to keep up. In a twisted turn of events, the very technology designed to protect us can be manipulated to circumvent defenses, creating a cat-and-mouse game where the stakes are incredibly high. ## **The balancing act: Enhancing AI reliability** The CrowdStrike outage underscores the importance of balancing AI's capabilities with human oversight. Here are some strategies to enhance the reliability of AI in cybersecurity: 1\. **Hybrid approaches**: Combining AI with human intelligence can mitigate risks. While AI excels at data analysis, human intuition and contextual understanding remain crucial in making final decisions. 2\. **Regular audits**: Continuous monitoring and auditing of AI systems can help identify and rectify potential issues before they escalate. Regularly updating algorithms ensures they adapt to new threats without overreacting to benign activities. 3\. **Fail-safes and redundancies**: Implementing robust fail-safes and redundancy measures can prevent a single point of failure. In the event of an AI misjudgment, alternative systems can take over, maintaining security and service continuity. 4\. **Transparency and explainability**: Developing AI systems with transparent and explainable decision-making processes can help security teams understand and trust AI-driven actions, reducing the likelihood of unexpected outcomes. The exact cause of the CrowdStrike outage remains under investigation, and there are several potential scenarios that could explain it. Here's a look at some possibilities, including DevSecOps AI and security gates, internal bad actors, and external malicious intent: ## **DevSecOps AI and security gates** **AI misconfiguration or failure**: In the realm of DevSecOps, AI systems are often employed to automate and enhance security measures throughout the development and operational lifecycle. However, AI is not infallible. A misconfiguration, an erroneous learning model, or an unintended interaction between automated security gates could have led to the outage. For instance, an AI system might have incorrectly flagged legitimate traffic as malicious, triggering security protocols that inadvertently disrupted services. **Complexity and integration issues**: DevSecOps environments are inherently complex, involving numerous tools and systems that must work seamlessly together. Any failure in the integration of these components, especially those controlled or monitored by AI, could result in unexpected outages. AI-driven security gates might have imposed overly restrictive policies, leading to operational disruptions. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Internal bad actor** **Insider threat**: Internal bad actors pose a significant risk to any organization, including those as security-conscious as CrowdStrike. An insider with access to critical systems could intentionally disrupt services for various reasons, such as financial gain, revenge, or coercion. Insider threats are particularly challenging to detect and mitigate because they often involve individuals who already have legitimate access to sensitive areas of the network. **Negligence or error**: Not all internal disruptions are malicious. Human error or negligence, such as an employee inadvertently triggering a shutdown or making a configuration mistake, could also lead to an outage. Even in highly automated environments, human oversight and manual interventions play crucial roles and can sometimes go awry. ## **External malicious intent** **Cyber attack**: External malicious actors, such as cybercriminals or nation-state hackers, continually seek vulnerabilities to exploit. A coordinated cyber attack could have targeted CrowdStrike’s infrastructure, using sophisticated techniques to bypass defenses and cause a service disruption. Given CrowdStrike’s role in cybersecurity, it is a prime target for adversaries looking to make a statement or disrupt protective services. **Supply chain attack**: An often-overlooked vector is the supply chain. Attackers might have compromised a third-party vendor or service integrated into CrowdStrike’s infrastructure. This type of attack can introduce vulnerabilities that are difficult to detect and mitigate, leading to potential service outages. ## The need for oversight and accountability ### Global impact and responsibility 1. **Critical infrastructure**: As a key player in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike's services are integral to the protection of countless organizations worldwide. An outage can have far-reaching consequences, potentially exposing numerous entities to heightened risk. 2. **Trust and reliability**: Clients rely on CrowdStrike for consistent and robust protection against cyber threats. An unexpected disruption can erode trust and confidence, underscoring the need for reliable oversight mechanisms to ensure accountability and transparency. ### Regulatory bodies and standards 1. **Industry regulations**: The cybersecurity industry is governed by various regulations and standards, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA, which mandate stringent data protection and security measures. However, the scope and effectiveness of these regulations can vary, and there might be gaps that need addressing, particularly for global service providers like CrowdStrike. 2. **Independent oversight**: Establishing an independent oversight body specifically for cybersecurity service providers could enhance accountability. This body could set standards, conduct regular audits, and ensure compliance with best practices. It could also provide a platform for reporting and investigating incidents, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Berlin_SEP24_Linkedin_Banner_2.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/register) ### Collaborative efforts 1. **Public-private partnerships**: Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and collaboration between the public and private sectors is crucial. Governments, industry leaders, and regulatory bodies can work together to develop comprehensive strategies and frameworks that address the complexities of modern cyber threats. 2. **Information sharing**: Enhanced information sharing among cybersecurity firms, governments, and industry groups can help in anticipating and mitigating threats. A centralized body could facilitate this exchange, ensuring the timely dissemination of critical information. ### The role of AI and automation 1. **AI Governance**: As AI plays an increasingly central role in cybersecurity, establishing guidelines and oversight for its use is essential. This includes ensuring transparency in AI decision-making processes, regular audits of AI systems, and setting standards for AI ethics and accountability. 2. **Risk management**: Developing frameworks for risk management that incorporate AI's potential risks and benefits can help organizations better prepare for and respond to incidents. This includes creating fail-safes and redundancy measures to minimize the impact of any AI-related issues. ### Addressing internal and external threats 1. **Insider threat programs**: Organizations should implement robust insider threat programs that include regular monitoring, access controls, and employee training. An oversight body could set standards for these programs, ensuring they are effective and up to date. 2. **Cyber attack response**: In the event of an external cyber attack, having established protocols and collaborative efforts in place can significantly enhance response and recovery efforts. An oversight body could play a crucial role in coordinating these efforts, ensuring a unified and effective response. While the specifics of the CrowdStrike outage are not yet public, it highlights the multifaceted nature of modern cybersecurity threats. Whether caused by AI-related issues within a DevSecOps framework, internal bad actors, or external malicious intent, the incident underscores the need for robust security measures, continuous monitoring, and a proactive approach to threat detection and mitigation. CrowdStrike and similar organizations will likely conduct thorough investigations to understand the root cause and prevent future occurrences. The lessons learned from such incidents contribute to the evolving strategies in cybersecurity, ensuring better protection and resilience against the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats. ## **Looking ahead: The future of AI in cybersecurity** Despite the challenges, AI remains a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategies. As technology evolves, so too will AI's capabilities, making it an even more formidable force against cyber threats. However, the key to harnessing AI's full potential lies in understanding its limitations and ensuring it complements, rather than replaces, human expertise. The CrowdStrike outage serves as a powerful reminder that in the quest for cybersecurity, vigilance, adaptability, and a healthy dose of skepticism are essential. By embracing a balanced approach, we can ensure that AI continues to be a force for good, safeguarding our digital future. --- Interested in talks with some of the leading AI companies? Join us in Boston this October: [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ### Embracing AI as a partner, not a replacement: How to balance tech with human connection URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/embracing-ai-as-a-partner-not-a-replacement-how-to-balance-tech-with-human-connection/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:25:56.000Z This article comes from **Jennifer Ryan**’s insightful talk, ‘*Beyond the bots: Balancing technology with human connection*’, at the **2024 Austin Sales Enablement Summit,** *hosted by our sister community,* [*Sales Enablement Collective*](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/?ref=aiacceleratorinstitute.com)*.* --- Let's start with the million-dollar question in sales today: How can we fully capitalize on the potential of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) without losing the essential human elements that drive real connections and impact? There's no denying the awesome capabilities AI brings to the table - [automating tasks](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/next-generation-automation-running-artificial-intelligence-at-the-edge/) and augmenting our productivity in powerful ways, but we can't just hand over the keys to the machines entirely! We have to be intentional about **finding the right balance**, using AI as a [complementary partnership](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-products-the-right-way-the-expert-take/) that expands what we can do as humans rather than replacing us altogether. As someone obsessed with the world of tech and [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), I've witnessed firsthand the fears and resistance new technologies often breed. That knee-jerk "Rise of the Machines" mentality is natural, but *misguided*. When leveraged correctly, AI can be an incredibly skilled copilot, not the one actually taking the controls, so let me share my journey and key insights for striking this all-important balance... ## **My journey with technology as an enabler** ### My journey actually began in the IT world, where I got hands-on experience with everything from machine learning and RPA to coding. So I was primed and ready when AI started taking off. While everyone else was nervous, I was like a kid in a candy store - just super eager to explore the possibilities! What I realized early on is that the key for getting people on board is to tap into their emotions with a clear, compelling "*Why?*" - the bigger vision and aspirations that these new capabilities can help achieve. As the famous "Golden Circle" concept teaches us, people don't buy what you do, **they buy why you do it**. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **The 5 key components for transformation** ### Speaking of visions, I want to introduce a hugely valuable framework for making transformational changes happen when implementing new technologies and strategies. There are five key components: 1. **A clear vision** that paints the vivid picture of what you're working towards 2. **The skills and knowledge** required to execute on that vision 3. **Proper incentives** to motivate people to make the change 4. **Having the necessary resources** and tools in place 5. **A solid, communicated action plan** with clear steps *No vision?* You'll cause confusion. *Lack of skills?* Anxiety kicks in. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### How to use GPT-4o mini to build AI applications (10 tips) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gpt-4o-mini-to-build-ai-applications/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:58:39.000Z **OpenAI unveils its most cost-efficient and smallest model yet – GPT-4o mini.** In a major move towards making artificial intelligence more accessible, OpenAI has unveiled **GPT-4o mini**, its “*most affordable and intelligent small model*” to date. This release signifies a major change, intended to expand the number of developers and applications that leverage AI technology. According to [OpenAI,](https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-mini-advancing-cost-efficient-intelligence/) GPT-4o mini will: “*significantly expand the range of applications built with AI by making intelligence much more affordable*.” [GPT-4o](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-gpt-4o-in-finance-and-data-analysis/) is already impressing developers with its 82% score on Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU), with OpenAI claiming it “*currently outperforms GPT-41 on chat preferences in* [*LMSYS leaderboard*](https://arena.lmsys.org/).” Keep reading to learn more about the capabilities of GPT-4o mini and how to use it to help build AI applications. --- ### Table of contents: - [How GPT-4o mini powers diverse AI applications ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/44926d41-fbec-4fbf-a131-f1778ce3bf0d/#how-gpt-4o-mini-powers-diverse-ai-applications) - [Features and capabilities](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/44926d41-fbec-4fbf-a131-f1778ce3bf0d/#features-and-capabilities) - [10 ways product developers can use GPT-4o mini ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/44926d41-fbec-4fbf-a131-f1778ce3bf0d/#10-ways-product-developers-can-use-gpt-4o-mini) - [FAQs ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/44926d41-fbec-4fbf-a131-f1778ce3bf0d/#faqs-chat-gpt-4o-mini) --- ## **How GPT-4o mini powers diverse AI applications** The affordability of GPT-4o mini opens doors for a whole new range of [AI applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/). This level of intelligence used to be *very* expensive and limited to cutting-edge models, but now it's much more affordable. Priced at just 15 cents per million input tokens and 60 cents per million output tokens, GPT-4o mini is over 60% cheaper than [GPT-3.5 Turbo](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/) and significantly more affordable than previous cutting-edge models. ## **Features and capabilities** With GPT-4o mini, you can complete a variety of tasks, such as: - **Chain or parallelize multiple model calls** (e.g., calling multiple APIs). This involves using GPT-4o mini for multiple tasks in a sequence. - **Process a large volume of context to the model** (e.g., full code base or conversation history). GPT-4o mini can handle extensive data like full codebases or conversation histories, which can help create more nuanced AI interactions. - **Interact with customers through real-time text responses** (e.g., customer support chatbots). The low latency makes it ideal for [customer support chatbots](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-the-customer-and-agent-experience-with-conversational-ai/) or any application requiring fast text responses. For now, it focuses on text and vision with plans to support video and audio in the future. ****Good to know:** GPT-4o mini has a context window of 128K tokens, supports up to 16K output tokens per request, and has knowledge up to October 2023. --- [How developers can use OpenAI’s SearchGPTOpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a “temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” Keep reading as we cover everything you need to know about SearchGPT…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/07/AIAI-ICON.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/07/SearchGPT-developers.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developers-openai-searchgpt/) --- ## **10 ways product developers can use GPT-4o mini** Here are 10 ways developers can use GPT-4o mini to help build successful AI applications: ### **1\. Prototyping and design** Tired of starting at blank screens? You'll be surprised at just how much you can speed up your product design with help from GPT-4o mini. For example, it can help you brainstorm ideas, write documents, and even create user manuals. It also keeps everything consistent, even for big projects with extensive documentation. ### **2\. User feedback analysis** User feedback is *gold,* but digging through mountains of comments can be a nightmare. Save yourself time (*and a headache*) by using GPT-4o mini to analyze large amounts of feedback to find trends and areas of improvement. You can even receive actionable insights from raw feedback, helping you to make the right decisions to improve your end [product](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-products-the-right-way-the-expert-take/) and end-user experience. ### **3\. Automated documentation** Writing detailed technical documents and manuals for new chip designs? GPT-4o mini can crank them out for you, saving you tons of time. Plus, it’s multilingual. So, you can create docs in multiple languages with ease. ### **4\. Error detection and troubleshooting** There’s nothing worse than knowing there’s an error somewhere in the code and having no idea where it is. The good news is that you can train GPT-40 mini on your coding style and projects and use it to assist engineers in identifying and resolving design errors by leveraging the model's strong [performance in coding](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/will-low-code-no-code-platforms-replace-traditional-developers/) and reasoning tasks. ### **5\. Create sophisticated AI applications** Creating sophisticated AI applications isn’t within everyone’s budget. This is usually due to how expensive it can be to build apps and tools with larger models like GPT-4\. The previous solution was to rely on smaller models like Claude 3 or Gemini 1.5 Flash, but now you can access the power of OpenAI at a low cost. You can then leverage it to help build things like chatbots, personal assistants, or educational tools. --- [AI in space explorationAI has been improving our standards of living on Earth for the past decades. But what about beyond our planet? How can AI assist space missions and exploration?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1460186136353-977e9d6085a1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fHNhdGVsbGl0ZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE2NDgyMjc5NDE&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-space-exploration/) --- ### **6\. Research and experimentation** Experiment with AI applications in various domains like healthcare, [finance](https://www.financealliance.io/how-to-use-gpt-4o-in-finance-and-data-analysis/), or education and make the most of GPT-4o mini’s multimodal reasoning capabilities. This new variation of GPT-4o is useful for analyzing and understanding different data types, making it ideal for developing innovative solutions. ### **7\. Chain or parallelize model calls** OpenAI claims that users can now use GPT-40 mini to chain multiple model calls for complex tasks or to parallelize calls for handling large datasets simultaneously. In other words, you can break down large problems into smaller, more manageable steps that GPT-4o mini can process one after another. ### **8\. API integration** Integrate GPT-4o mini with other APIs to create complex workflows. These workflows can automate complex tasks involving data retrieval, processing, and action-taking based on the insights generated by GPT-4o mini. This allows you to leverage its capabilities within your existing systems and build even more powerful products. ### **9\. Comprehensive analysis** Perform comprehensive analysis on large datasets like entire codebases or lengthy conversation histories. GPT-4o mini's ability to handle extensive context allows you to uncover hidden patterns and insights that might be missed by traditional methods. ### **10\. Vision and text integration** Build applications that require both text and vision inputs, such as [automated image](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-and-cloud-computing/) captioning, visual question answering, or document analysis combining text and images. --- [6-step AI framework: Roadmap to small business successThis guide breaks down AI implementation into six actionable steps, tailor-made for small business owners who might be tech-savvy... or not so much.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Denise Turley![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1448387473223-5c37445527e7?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDE2fHxzdWNjZXNzfGVufDB8fHx8MTcyMTIwODU1OXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-step-ai-framework-roadmap-to-small-business-success/) --- ## FAQs: Chat GPT-4o mini What is GPT-4o mini? GPT-4o mini is a cost-efficient, small-scale version of OpenAI's GPT-4, designed to make AI more accessible. It excels in textual and multimodal reasoning, outperforming previous small models in benchmarks for tasks like coding, math, and language understanding. Is GPT-4o mini free? In ChatGPT, Free, Plus and Team users can access GPT-4o mini, in place of GPT-3.5\. Developers pay 15 cents per 1M input tokens and 60 cents per 1M output tokens (roughly the equivalent of 2500 pages in a standard book). How safe is GPT-4o? OpenAI claims that safety is “built into our models from the beginning and reinforced at every step of our development process”. They have filtered out information they didn’t want their models to learn such as hate speech and adult content. GPT-4o mini has the same safety mitigations built-in as GPT-4o, and OpenAI are continuously monitoring how it’s being used to ensure constant safety and protection for its users. What makes GPT-4o mini different from previous models? GPT-4o mini offers superior textual and multimodal reasoning, has a large context window of 128K tokens, supports text and vision inputs, and is significantly more cost-effective. How can GPT-4o mini be integrated into existing applications? It can be used through the Assistants API, Chat Completions API, and Batch API, allowing for seamless integration into various applications. Can GPT-4o mini be fine-tuned? Yes, fine-tuning for GPT-4o mini will be available, allowing developers to customize the model for specific applications. --- ### AI Accelerator Institute: Keep up with the latest advancements in AI Our in-person events bridge the gap between research and value-driving applications for technical teams & AI executives. We bring together individuals & teams to learn from one another, discover new ideas, and access state-of-the-art solutions. Want to find out more? Check out our [**2024 in-person summit calendar**](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/). 📅 ### 6-step AI framework: Roadmap to business success URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/6-step-ai-framework-roadmap-to-small-business-success/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:26:41.000Z Imagine slashing your operational costs by 30% or seeing your customer satisfaction rates soar. That's not a pipe dream—it's the power of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) at work. And guess what? It's not just for the big players anymore. [Small businesses](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/starting-an-sme-and-the-ai-landscape/) like *yours* are tapping into this game-changing technology to leap ahead of the competition. Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Don't worry. This guide breaks down AI implementation into six actionable steps, tailor-made for small business owners who might be tech-savvy... or not so much. Let's dive into this six-step framework. ![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXewB54hXCmHOSRa-mbAzsOJ0px2WuKPGmETM63v5Ad_PWfFYlXV0l0_oaysl4hSTLjMCAlrm0Q9P16R8SFA--pZ4WunEiuinF9ntDvuJ3a66NTg8Bz2IKRwmk3ZevHKI-kU_6s_m8csoeqJhGEhlJqvjjJY?key=s_aWp-C5JXCVP1oe5SseJQ) ## **1\. Pinpoint your pain points** Before you dive into the AI pool, let's figure out where it can make the biggest splash in your business. - **Play detective**: Take a close look at your daily grind. Where are the bottlenecks? Is your customer service team drowning in repetitive questions? Is your inventory management more of a wild guess than a science? These pain points are your AI opportunities. - **Dream big, but be specific**: What's your endgame? Maybe it's trimming operational fat by 20%, turning your customers into raving fans, or watching your sales graph shoot upwards. Whatever it is, make it measurable. These clear targets will be your North Star. - **Bring your A-Team on board**: Your employees are the real MVPs here. They know the ins and outs of your business better than anyone. Get them involved in brainstorming sessions. Their insights could uncover hidden issues, and their buy-in will be crucial for a smooth AI transition. 💡 ****Real-life win**: Meet Jessica, the brains behind a chic boutique. Her biggest headache? Inventory management. By zeroing in on this issue, she set a crystal-clear goal: no more empty shelves or overstuffed stockrooms. With her team's input, she found an AI sidekick that gave her real-time inventory insights and product suggestions. The result? A leaner, meaner boutique operation. ## **2\. Budget smart: Your AI investment blueprint** Let's talk money. Implementing AI isn't free, but it doesn't have to break the bank either. Here's how to plan your AI budget like a pro: - **Crunch those numbers**: Consider both the upfront costs (like software purchases) and the ongoing expenses (think subscription fees or maintenance). It's like buying a car - you need to factor in both the sticker price and the cost of keeping it running. - **ROI is your best friend**: Estimate your potential return on investment. This isn't just about dollars and cents - think about the value of happier customers or freed-up time for your team to focus on growth. - **Explore your options**: Don't have a stack of cash lying around? No problem! Look into small business loans, grants, or even partnerships with tech companies. Many offer special deals for small businesses dipping their toes into AI. 💡 ****Real-life win**: Keith's Bakery invested $5,000 in an AI-powered customer service chatbot. Sounds like a lot for a small bakery, right? But here's the kicker - Keith projected (and achieved) annual savings of $15,000 in labor costs. Plus, his customers loved getting instant responses at all hours. That's what we call a sweet deal! [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Berlin_SEP24_Linkedin_Banner_2.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/berlin/register) ## **3\. Find your perfect match** Now that you've got your goals and budget sorted, it's time to find the perfect AI match for your business. Here's your dating guide to AI solutions: - **Window shop**: Browse through AI tools designed with small businesses in mind. From chatbots to data crunchers, there's a whole world out there. But remember - always ask about data security. You need to know where your data is stored and how it's protected. - **Keep it simple**: Look for user-friendly platforms. You don't need a Ph.D. in computer science to use AI. Many tools are designed to be as easy as using your smartphone. - **Compare and contrast**: Don't settle for the first option you find. Compare vendors based on price, features, scalability, and customer support. Read reviews like you're planning a vacation - they can reveal a lot! 💡 ****Real-life win**: Jamiel, a small restaurant owner, found his perfect match in an AI-driven reservation and customer management system. It was easy to use, played nice with his existing setup, and didn't require him to become a tech wizard overnight. Plus, the company promised not to use his data to train their models - a big win for privacy! ## **4\. Test the water: The Pilot Project** You wouldn't dive into the deep end without testing the waters first, right? Same goes for AI implementation. Here's how to start small: - **Pick your spot**: Choose one area of your business for your AI pilot. It's like trying a new recipe - start with a side dish before you remake your whole menu. - **Set your yardstick**: Decide how you'll measure success. It could be time saved, money earned, or even the number of happy customer emojis you receive. - **Stay flexible**: Keep a close eye on your pilot and be ready to tweak things. It's all about learning and improving. 💡 ****Real-life win**: Carlos, who runs a small logistics company, started by using an AI route optimization tool for just two of his delivery trucks. After seeing a 25% drop in fuel costs during the pilot, he rolled it out to his entire fleet. Start small, win big! ## **5\. Stay agile: Monitor and adjust** Implementing AI isn't a "set it and forget it" deal. It's more like tending a garden - it needs [regular attention to really flourish](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/). - **Track your progress**: Use dashboards and analytics to keep tabs on how your AI solutions are performing. It's like having a fitness tracker for your business. - **Listen and learn**: Create a feedback loop with your team and customers. Their insights are gold dust for improving your AI game. - **Evolve or dissolve**: Treat your AI implementation like a living thing. Feed it new data, tweak its settings, and watch it grow more effective over time. 💡 ****Real-life win**: JW Kicks, a trendy shoe store, uses AI to analyze sales patterns. By regularly updating their AI model with fresh data, they've cut down unsold stock by 30%. That's a lot of shelf space and cash freed up for the latest styles! [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2024/07/AIAI_Summit_Co-located_Boston_OCT24_Linkedin_Banner_.png) ](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/boston/register ) ## **6\. Scale up** Once your pilot project is crushing it, it's time to think bigger. Here's how to take your AI game to the next level: - **Slow and Steady**: Expand your AI use gradually. Apply the lessons from your pilot to new areas. It's like leveling up in a video game - each stage builds on the last. - **Invest in Your Team**: As you scale up, make sure your team is growing too. Offer training and support to help everyone get comfortable with the new AI tools. - **Future-Proof Your Tech**: Make sure your AI solutions can handle growth. They should play well with your other business systems and be ready to take on more as you expand. 💡 ****Real-life win**: Emily started with AI-powered sales forecasting for her online craft supply store. Seeing the amazing results, she expanded to use AI in her customer relationship management and marketing automation. The result? Her business didn't just grow – it skyrocketed! ## **Wrapping it up: Your AI adventure awaits** Implementing AI in your small business isn't about keeping up with the big corporations - it's about outmaneuvering them. By following this roadmap, you're not just adopting a new technology; you're revolutionizing the way you do business. Remember, this is your unique journey. Take it one step at a time, celebrate every win (no matter how small), and don't be afraid to change course if needed. The AI revolution is here, and it's got a front-row seat reserved just for you and your business. --- Want to know more about AI and SMEs? Read the article below: [Beyond the machines: AI sentiment on the groundWhere does AI sit in the mix, and what’s really the feeling of SMEs adopting such technology on the ground?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1533511627347-4d1b893e1ad9?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGltcGFjdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDYwMDA4NTl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-machines-ai-sentiment-on-the-ground/) ### AI-powered NLP enhances legal aid at Justice Connect URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-powered-nlp-enhances-legal-aid-at-justice-connect/ Last updated: 2024-07-18T15:33:32.000Z Australian non-profit Justice Connect, dedicated to providing legal assistance to disadvantaged individuals and advocating for social justice, has integrated natural language processing (NLP) technology to enhance its operations and extend its reach. NLP, a branch of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) focused on enabling computers to understand human language, has been pivotal in increasing the organization's efficiency and helping more people access crucial legal support. ## Extensive network and mission Justice Connect collaborates with over 10,000 pro bono lawyers, aiding thousands of individuals annually with issues ranging from housing and employment disputes to elder abuse and family violence. The organization also offers practical legal resources online and advocates for systemic changes to unjust laws. However, categorizing and assessing each unique case to provide the most effective assistance was historically a time-consuming manual task. This changed with the involvement of Professor Timothy Baldwin, an expert in large language models (LLMs) and a Melbourne Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, who saw the potential for an NLP-based solution to streamline these efforts. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## Recognizing inefficiencies Tom O'Doherty, Head of Innovation at Justice Connect, recognized inefficiencies in the organization’s digital intake tool, leading to unnecessary resource expenditure and delays in service delivery. "Our mission is to provide essential legal advice to Australia's most vulnerable populations," he explained, emphasizing the importance of maintaining efficient and effective systems. Professor Baldwin, also a Professor of NLP at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), contributed his expertise in high-impact LLM products to this initiative. They developed and integrated NLP models with Justice Connect, yielding significant positive outcomes. ## Training the model Justice Connect collected anonymized data from their intake tool to train the NLP-based solution. They created a 'tagging game' where legal partners tagged and categorized legal requests, refining the data to teach the model to triage casework. This supervised learning process resulted in the tool effectively understanding various legal queries and directing them to appropriate solutions. The impact of this integration over the past year has been substantial, with a 50% reduction in incomplete entries and a 10% increase in service delivery efficiency. This improvement has allowed Justice Connect to assist people more quickly and accurately, with positive feedback from paralegals noting the ease of dealing with cases referred by the AI tool. ## Future expansion Encouraged by these results, Justice Connect is expanding and enhancing the system's functionality to further refine user segmentation and self-help legal advice available on its website. It also envisions developing an open API for other non-profits in Australia to adopt similar technologies, fostering broader social justice advancements. --- Interested in expert templates to help move your career forward? Sign up for our Pro+ membership today! [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/Pro-plus-membership-plan-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) ### The AI-powered future of revenue growth is here URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-powered-future-of-revenue-growth-is-here/ Last updated: 2024-07-05T14:30:07.000Z *This article comes from* [*Ali Akhtar*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-ali-akhtar/)*’s talk, ‘How generative AI is transforming revenue enablement’, at the 2023 Chicago Sales Enablement Summit, hosted by our sister community,* [*Sales Enablement Collective*](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/)*.* --- What if I told you AI will soon become your sales team's MVP? When we think about [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) conquering new frontiers, possibly the most commercially impactful domain yet is [revenue enablement](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/what-is-revenue-enablement/). As Founder and CEO of Letter AI, my team and I live and breathe revenue tech innovations daily. We think *a lot* about how emergent technologies aren't just revolutionizing products – they have immense potential to transform go-to-market processes. And **generative AI sits at the very epicenter**. In this article, I'll explain why there is so much hype around AI right now, what generative AI is, share the impact it's already having, and most importantly, walk through specific ways we're using it to *revolutionize* revenue enablement. Let’s get started! ## **Why generative AI is having a moment** AI has actually been around since the 1950s, so why is everyone talking about it now? Put simply, AI models have become *far* more advanced and capable over the past five years alone thanks to breakthroughs across three key areas: 1. **Better techniques for building AI models:** Innovations like Google's Transformer architecture have enabled models like [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-chatgpt-for-sales-and-why-you-need-it-in-your-sales-enablement-toolkit-2/) that are superior at processing language. 2. **More computing power:** [Chips](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-chips-choice/) keep getting faster and stronger, allowing us to train bigger models on more data. 3. **Expanded data:** We now have access to vast datasets like the whole public internet to train AI models. But most significant is the shift from rules-based systems to learning systems. Traditionally, technology solutions have been programmed with rigid rule sets. AI takes a radically different approach – it learns patterns from exposure to vast datasets. > *This makes AI uniquely equipped to excel at previously impossible tasks like natural language processing.* Just as humans learn concepts by seeing examples rather than memorizing exhaustive rules, modern AI systems now mimic that capability. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Advantech launches ROM-6881: Versatile SMARC 2.1 module URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/advantech-launches-rom-6881-versatile-smarc-2-1-module-2/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:27:25.000Z Advantech has introduced the ROM-6881, a versatile SMARC 2.1 computer-on-module featuring the RK3588 and RK3588J Rockchip chipsets. These modules boast eight-core processors with 6.0 TOPS of AI inference capability, making them ideal for complex tasks such as embedded vision. ## High-resolution video support The ROM-6881 computer-on-module supports high-resolution video with 8K at 30fps video encoding and 8K at 60fps decoding, ensuring efficient, high-quality display and resolution. This capability enhances edge IoT applications in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), medical fields, surveillance, robotics, and beyond. ## Powerful processor and AI capabilities Powered by the Rockchip flagship processor RK3588, the ROM-6881 features a robust configuration with eight processing cores (4 x Arm Cortex-A76 and 4 x Arm Cortex-A55) that can reach speeds of up to 2.4 GHz. All eight cores are built using an advanced 8nm process, providing a 300% increase in performance over the previous RK3399 processor. This ensures optimal computing power tailored for platform management and a diverse range of feature-rich applications. Specifically designed for Edge AI applications, the RK3588 integrates a 6-TOPs NPU accelerator, giving it impressive AI computing capabilities. This versatility simplifies various edge AI inference tasks, ensuring optimal application performance and flexibility. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## Enhanced display and camera integration Support for 8K at 60fps H.265 and VP9 decoding and 8K at 30fps encoding enhances display and resolution for medical applications. Its integrated 3D GPU ensures efficient, high-quality 3D rendering and display of panoramic content. Additionally, the ROM-6881 is equipped to handle four MIPI CSI cameras, two USB 3.0, and three USB 2.0 signals, enabling access to multiple cameras simultaneously. Moreover, the module features a rich array of display interfaces, including HDMI, DP, LVDS/DSI, and eDP for up to four screens. The ROM-6881 is well-suited for medical equipment such as endoscopes, hemodialysis, and AI-based in vitro diagnostics (IVD) systems. ## Ideal for industrial robots and AGVs Industrial robots and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) often demand solutions that provide high data throughput, low latency, minimal power consumption, and cost efficiency. The ROM-6881 computer-on-module stands out as a prime choice for versatile robotics. It features a variety of interfaces, including two-gigabit ports, two USB 3.0 ports, three USB 2.0 ports, SATA, and UARTs, making it simple to integrate peripherals such as LiDAR, motors, IMUs, and cameras to maximize AMR efficiency. The ROM-6881’s four PCIe 3.0 slots also provide flexible expansion, allowing for enhancements in wired networks and the addition of FPGA, Wi-Fi 6, and 5G modules. ## Support for multiple operating systems The ROM-6881 computer-on-module supports multiple operating systems, including Debian and Android. To facilitate advanced edge AI development, users can leverage the RKNN Toolkit developed by Rockchip. This toolkit handles AI model conversions, inference, and performance within an Ubuntu PC environment. The ROM-6881 efficiently runs the Robot Operating System (ROS2) for robotics applications, providing a flexible framework for developing robotic applications. This allows developers to initiate and advance their projects on this platform swiftly. ### AI enhances breast cancer screening efficiency URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-enhances-breast-cancer-screening-efficiency/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:27:43.000Z A [recent study featured in the journal *Radiology*](https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.232479) presents a compelling view on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing breast cancer screening. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen alongside the Capital Region of Denmark's program, illustrates a notable increase in the detection rates of breast cancer cases coupled with a reduced workload for radiologists. ### AI boosts detection and reduces false positives The research focused on implementing AI in breast cancer screening over nearly three years. It revealed that combining AI and expert breast radiologists significantly improves breast cancer detection rates while simultaneously reducing false positives. This advancement represents a major step forward in medical diagnostics and patient care. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### Enhanced screening for Danish women Denmark offers biennial breast cancer screening for women aged 50 to 69, with continued mammogram services available to those who have undergone breast cancer surgery up until the age of 79\. With the integration of AI, the annual examination of tens of thousands of X-rays has become more efficient. Before AI, radiologists detected 70 cases of breast cancer per 10,000 screenings. With AI, this number has increased to 82 detections per 10,000 screenings, marking an improvement of 12 additional cases detected per 10,000 screenings. ### AI finds more small tumors The study compared two groups of women aged 50 to 69 in Denmark's Capital Region who underwent mammography screenings. The group screened with the assistance of AI showed not only an increased detection of breast cancer cases but also a higher percentage of small invasive tumors measuring 1 cm or less. The rate of small tumors detected with AI assistance rose to 44.93%, up from 36.60% before the introduction of AI, highlighting the technology's ability to enhance early detection and subsequent care. ### Reduction in radiologists' workload The adoption of AI has led to a significant decrease in workload for radiologists in the Capital Region of Denmark, with a 33.4% reduction reported. Traditionally, radiologists would double-read thousands of X-rays, most of which would turn out normal. With AI's assistance, the process has become more focused, allowing radiologists to concentrate on screenings that the AI system flags as suspicious. Despite AI support, the final decision in breast cancer screenings remains in the hands of skilled breast radiologists. In cases where two radiologists disagree, a consensus meeting is held, or a third, more experienced radiologist is consulted to reach a decision. This ensures that the final diagnosis is accurate and reflects expert medical opinion. The findings from this study demonstrate AI's effectiveness in medical imaging and suggest a scalable model for other regions and medical conditions where screening plays a crucial role in early detection and treatment. --- Want more on how AI is helping to shape healthcare? Take a look at our eBook below: [Computer Vision in Healthcare eBook 2023Unlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/07/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-ebook/) ### New AI model predicts early Alzheimer's risk URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/new-ai-model-predicts-early-alzheimers-risk/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:03:09.000Z [Researchers at Boston University](https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.13886) have recently developed a cutting-edge [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) model to predict the early development of Alzheimer's disease. This innovative tool focuses on identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairment who are at a high risk of developing Alzheimer's within the next six years. ### AI model and its predictive capabilities The model analyzes a patient's speech patterns to predict the likelihood of Alzheimer's onset. Ioannis Paschalidis, the director of the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University, explained that the primary goal of this research is to facilitate early detection of Alzheimer’s. Early detection is crucial for timely interventions, especially in light of new drug treatments now available. Paschalidis highlighted the lack of early diagnostic procedures for Alzheimer’s, unlike other chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. He emphasized that this new study represents a significant advancement in predictive models for Alzheimer's, potentially revolutionizing how the disease is managed and treated. ### Methodology and study findings The AI model was tested in a study involving 166 participants from the Framingham Heart Study. The AI achieved a 78.5% accuracy rate using speech-to-text modeling and basic demographic data. The researchers noted that speech is a revealing indicator of cognitive status, underscoring the model's utility in assessing risk. The study also found that older women with lower education levels and carriers of the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) E4 allele are more likely to progress to Alzheimer's. This discovery aligns with previous research indicating a higher risk among individuals with the ApoE E4 genotype. Additionally, the study observed that women tend to progress to Alzheimer’s at a slightly older age than men, which may be related to their longer lifespan. ### Future prospects and impact Looking forward, the continuous improvement of this AI model could significantly enhance early intervention strategies and aid in selecting participants for clinical trials on new Alzheimer's treatments. Paschalidis remains optimistic about the model's potential to improve patient outcomes significantly by enabling earlier and more precise diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. --- Looking for more information about how AI and computer vision can help healthcare? Check out our eBook below: [Computer Vision in Healthcare eBook 2023Unlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/07/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-ebook/) ### Transforming cybersecurity with AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-cybersecurity-with-ai/ Last updated: 2025-07-07T15:58:56.000Z *This article is based on* [*Lee Klarich*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeklarich/)*’s brilliant talk at the AI Accelerator Summit in San Jose. As an AIAI member, you can enjoy the complete recording* [*here*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-accelerator-summit-san-jose-april-2024-ai-accelerator-institute-1/?wchannelid=glav8t34n2&wmediaid=joyohyulp7)*. For more exclusive content, head to* [*your membership dashboard*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/account/)*.* --- Hey there! My name's Lee Klarich. I'm the Chief Product Officer for Palo Alto Networks, a role I've had in various forms for almost 20 years – since the company started. In that time, I've seen new technologies emerge that require [security](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/improving-software-security-through-input-validation/) and enablement. However, I don't think I've seen anything adopted as abruptly as [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2024-key-insights-emerging-trends/) over the last 12 months. It's incredible. Think about the amazing things that are being worked on – exciting new creative concepts, [advancements in healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-innovation-in-healthcare/), and much more. Just last week, I was on a panel with someone from the Mayo Clinic discussing how AI will change medicine, transform how doctors will work, and even revolutionize prosthetics. We've got all sorts of cool stuff emerging, and I'm hoping you're creating “good AI bees” that positively pollinate rather than killer bees! But alas, I work in cybersecurity. So, the AI developments I pay attention to are how attackers exploit [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-companies-arent-using-generative-ai/) to make our lives more difficult. So, in this article, I'll discuss the rise of adversarial AI, how we're using AI to counter this challenge, and how we hope to enable you to [do amazing things responsibly](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/solving-ais-ethical-challenges-with-responsible-innovation/). ## AI is expanding the horizons of what’s possible – for cyber threats Let’s look at some examples of how adversaries use AI. Remember the SolarWinds attack of 2020? In case you don’t, let me remind you. The Russian state-sponsored group ATP29 compromised SolarWinds' source code for their IT monitoring app. So, when SolarWinds sent updates, their customers were compromised. The attackers systematically worked through US government orgs, system integrators, and cybersecurity companies – around 100 high-value targets. The interesting part is that ATP29 could have targeted around 3,000 companies, but they were limited by human resources to only 100 serial attacks before being caught. Imagine if, instead of relying on people, they had used AI to automatically execute 3,000 parallel attacks. That's scary. At Palo Alto, we're thinking hard about this. Attacks are speeding up – our experiments show ransomware attackers could use automation to carry out attacks four to five times faster than they do today. Attackers are already getting faster, thanks to automation tools – and we’re getting faster at blocking them. Just this morning, my team's researchers showed me how quickly we can use AI to anticipate what adversaries will do next. We do this proactively to retrain our security capabilities. Despite everything that’s going on, I’m one of the rare optimists in the cybersecurity space. Most people dwell on the horrible threats, but I think AI provides more opportunity than risk – if we take advantage of it in the right way. ## Better security with AI Let me share a couple of examples of how we've used AI, which might spark ideas for how you could use it too. ### Reactive cybersecurity For many years, whenever anyone in the cybersecurity industry uncovered a new attack, we'd generate a signature to detect and block it. This worked for known attacks but not [zero-day](https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/resource-center/definitions/zero-day-exploit) or unseen attacks, since you can't have a signature for the unknown. There was always a “patient zero” in this model of attack prevention. The cycle was to detect attacks, create signatures, and push signatures out. We got faster and faster at doing this – from weeks with floppy disks in the 90s, down to minutes. But we were still using this detect-update-respond model. The problem is that AI makes it possible for nearly every attack to be a zero-day attack. So how do we deal with zero-day attacks enabled by AI? _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### An executive perspective on top challenges in generative AI deployments URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/executive-perspective-top-challenges-generative-ai-deployment/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:17:13.000Z Organizations of all sizes are racing to deploy generative AI to help drive overall efficiency and remove costs from their businesses. As with any new technology, deployment generally comes with barriers that can stall progress and implementation timelines. [How big companies risk obsolescence without generative AIBy taking proactive steps companies can overcome barriers and seize the transformative potential of AI.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-100.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Denise Turley![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-big-companies-risk-obsolescence-without-generative-ai/) **LXT’s** [**latest AI maturity report**](https://info.lxt.ai/the-path-to-ai-maturity-2024?utm%5Fsource=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fwebsite&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fpromo%5F24) reflects the views of 315 executives working in AI and reveals the top bottlenecks companies face when deploying generative AI. These include: - Security and privacy concerns - Accuracy of the output of the solution - Availability of quality training data - Fine-tuning the foundational model - Prompt tuning - Accuracy of foundational models Only 1% of respondents stated they were not experiencing any bottlenecks with their generative AI deployments. ![Generative AI deployment bottlenecks (LXT report)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/06/image.png) ## 1\. Security and privacy concerns **39%** of respondents highlighted security and privacy concerns as their top bottleneck in deploying generative AI. This is not surprising as generative AI models require a large amount of training data. Companies must ensure proper data governance to avoid exposing personal data and sensitive information, such as names, addresses, contact details, and even medical records. Additional security concerns for generative AI models include adversarial attacks where bad actors cause the models to generate inaccurate and even harmful outputs. Finally, care must be taken to ensure that generative AI models do not generate content that mimics intellectual property which could lead to legal hot water. Companies can mitigate these risks by obtaining consent from anyone whose data is being used to train its generative AI models, similar to how consent is obtained when using individuals’ photos on websites. Additional data governance procedures should be implemented as well, including data retention policies and redacting personally identifiable information (PII) to maintain individual confidentiality. [A third of Generative AI users worry about biases and errorsBiases, errors, and limitations of generative AI were highlighted as the main concerns when using the technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-101.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1623018035782-b269248df916-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) ## 2\. Accuracy of the output of the solution Neck and neck with security and privacy concerns, **38%** of respondents stated that the accuracy of generative AI’s output is a top challenge. We’ve all seen the news articles about chatbots spewing out misinformation and even going rogue. While generative AI has immense potential to streamline business processes, it needs guardrails to eliminate hallucinations, ensure accuracy, and maintain customer trust. For example, companies should have 100% clarity on the source and accuracy of the data being used to train their models and should maintain documentation on these sources. Further, human-in-the-loop processes for evaluating the accuracy of training data, as well as the output of generative AI systems, are crucial. This can also help reduce data bias so that generative AI models operate as intended. ## 3\. Availability of quality training data High-quality training data is essential, as it directly impacts AI models’ reliability, performance, and accuracy. It allows models to make better decisions and create more trustworthy outcomes. **36%** of respondents in LXT’s survey stated that the availability of high-quality training data is a challenge with generative AI deployments. Recent [press](https://www.inc.com/associated-press/ais-bottomless-appetite-for-data-could-use-it-all-up-by-2032.html) even has highlighted that human-written text could be used up for chatbot training by 2023\. This bottleneck prevents companies from being able to scale their models efficiently, which then impacts the quality of their output. When it comes to deploying any AI solution, the data needed to train the models should be treated as an individual product with its own lifecycle. Companies should be deliberate about planning for the amount and type of data they need to support the lifecycle of their AI solution. A data services partner can provide guidance on data solutions that will create optimal results. ## 4\. Fine-tuning the foundational model Fine-tuning includes improving open-source, pre-trained foundation models, which often incorporate instructional fine-tuning, reinforcement learning with human or AI feedback (RLHR/RLAIF), or domain-specific pre-training. 32% of respondents stated that fine-tuning the foundational model can be a challenge when deploying generative AI, as it requires a deep understanding of large foundation model (LFM) training improvements and transformer models. To fine-tune models, companies must also have employees who can speed up training processes using tools for multi-machine training and multi-GPU setups, for example. However, despite its potential gains, fine-tuning has several issues. Post-training inaccuracies can increase, the model can be overloaded with large domain-specific corpora and have minimized generalization ability, and more. To combat potential issues in fine-tuning models, reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning are useful methods, as they help to remove harmful information and bias from responses that LLMs generate. ## 5\. Prompt tuning Prompt tuning is a technique that adjusts the prompts that inform a pre-trained language model’s response without a complete overhaul of its weights. These prompts are integrated into a model’s input processing. 24% of respondents stated that prompt tuning presents challenges when deploying generative AI. Prompt tuning is just one method that can be used to improve an LLM’s performance on a task. Fine-tuning and prompt engineering are other methods that can be used to improve model performance, and each method varies in terms of resources needed and training required. In the case of prompt tuning, this method is best suited for maintaining a model’s integrity across tasks. It does not require as many computational resources as fine-tuning and does not require as much human involvement compared to prompt engineering. Companies deploying generative AI should evaluate their use case to determine the best way to improve their language models. ## 6\. Accuracy of foundational models 23% of respondents in LXT’s survey said that the accuracy of foundational models is a challenge in their generative AI deployments. Foundational models are pre-trained to perform a range of tasks and are used for natural language processing, computer vision, speech processing, and more. Foundational models provide companies with immediate access to quality data without having to spend time training their model and without having to invest as heavily in data science resources. There are some challenges with these models, however, including lack of accuracy and bias. If the model is not trained on a diverse dataset, it won’t be inclusive of the population at large and could result in AI solutions that alienate certain demographic groups. It’s critical for organizations using these models to understand how they were trained and tune them for better accuracy and inclusiveness. ## Get more insights in the full report With the rapidly evolving field of AI, keeping up-to-date with the trends and developments is essential for success in AI initiatives. LXT’s[ Path to AI Maturity](https://info.lxt.ai/the-path-to-ai-maturity-2024?utm%5Fsource=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fwebsite&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fpromo%5F24) report gives you a current picture of the state of AI maturity in the enterprise, the amount of investment made, the top use cases for generative AI, and much more. [Download the report](https://info.lxt.ai/the-path-to-ai-maturity-2024?utm%5Fsource=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fwebsite&utm%5Fmedium=blog&utm%5Fcampaign=ai%5Faccelerator%5Fpromo%5F24) today to access the full research findings. ### Gradient’s AI: Revolutionizing enterprise automation for all industries URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/gradients-ai-revolutionizing-enterprise-automation-for-all-industries/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:28:30.000Z Gradient emerges as a pivotal player in [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), offering innovative solutions that automate business operations across diverse industries. Catering to a broad spectrum of enterprises, [Gradient](https://gradient.ai/) has carved a niche in highly regulated, data-rich sectors like financial services and healthcare. By leveraging their long-context, domain-specific models – Albatross for Financial Services and Nightingale for Healthcare – Gradient empowers businesses to simplify complex processes, ensuring efficiency and compliance. In this article, we delve into the unique facets of Gradient's offerings, exploring how they streamline AI integration, enhance productivity, and pave the way for future collaborations between humans and AI in the enterprise space. Let's jump into it. 👇 ## **Target market focus** ### Can you elaborate on the specific segments within the enterprise AI space that Gradient caters to? For instance, is there a focus on specific industries or company sizes? Gradient automates business operations within enterprises across every industry, working directly with operational leaders and technical teams. While Gradient has a diverse portfolio of customers that range in size and vertical, we’ve seen a lot of success within highly regulated, data-rich industries such as financial services and healthcare. Today, most of these customers are leveraging Gradient’s long context, domain-specific models – Albatross for Financial Services and Nightingale for Healthcare – to help power custom AI solutions that simplify their business needs. ## **Core value proposition** ### In a nutshell, how would you describe the primary benefit Gradient offers to businesses seeking to leverage AI? Is it the ease of integration, industry-specific expertise, or something else entirely? At Gradient, our goal is to accelerate AI adoption in enterprise - minimizing the effort required to integrate AI, while maximizing the overall value. Today, most companies face similar challenges in automating their business operations, due to the complexity and fluidity of data processing. With Gradient, we solve enterprise automation and power 100% of the AI automation business process for industries like financial services. As a result, our customers can completely remove their teams from labor-intensive processes like KYC automation and instead focus on work that is of higher value to their business. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ## **Compound AI systems** ### Your concept of "compound AI systems" is intriguing. Can you delve deeper into how these systems work and what advantages they provide compared to traditional AI solutions? Enterprise automation shouldn’t be powered by a single AI model but a compound AI system. Empirically, we’ve seen that one model, even with multiple calls, can only get so far. Compound AI systems consisting of multiple agents and other components, like memory and routing, are the key to maximizing performance on enterprise workflows. All these different components allow the system to formulate a plan, route to the best expert model to complete each step, and critique its own output, resulting in higher accuracy and more reliability on enterprise tasks. ## **Data security and privacy** ### Security and privacy are paramount concerns for businesses considering AI solutions. How does Gradient ensure the safety and compliance of its clients' data throughout the AI development and deployment process? Safety, security, and compliance are all top of mind for our team at Gradient, which is why we ensure that our customer’s data stays with their team every step of the way. Gradient offers dedicated deployments in all major cloud providers and on-premise to adhere to some of the most highly regulated industries. Our customers also have the ability to choose from a wide range of models, including SOTA open-source models that provide full transparency into the model’s architecture. Last but not least, Gradient is built for enterprise customers, which means it meets the highest standards in regulatory compliance - achieving some of the most reputable certifications, such as SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, and GDPR. ## **Open-source LLMs and fine-tuning** ### You offer a platform for personalizing open-source large language models (LLMs). Can you provide an example of a successful use case where a client leveraged this capability to address a specific business need? Of course! In general, our platform enables enterprise customers to combine their private data with an LLM of their choice to create a custom model. This enhances the capabilities of the model so that it understands its organization and ensures that it’s capable of addressing its specific needs. Some of our most recent use cases include extracting unstructured data from clinical notes, claims processing, and KYC. Our team has also developed open-source and proprietary long-context models that have made it possible for customers to tune AI without actually having to fine-tune their models. This enables faster time to value, less risk for our customers, and the need for an experienced technical team. ## **AI assistant development** ### Your "AI Foundry" seems like a powerful tool for building custom AI assistants. Could you walk us through the typical workflow for a client developing an assistant through this platform? The Gradient AI Foundry enables limitless enterprise automation for our customers by leveraging a combination of agentic workflow primitives and custom Gradient LLMs that are fine-tuned to maximize performance across each task. To get started, our customers simply provide their data and objectives to our Foundry. The Foundry then creates a self-improving agent that automates the workflow that was just described. Once complete, the Foundry accumulates learnings and knowledge to accelerate other areas of the business where Gradient may be able to support or improve. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## **Metrics and ROI demonstration** ### How does Gradient help clients measure the return on investment (ROI) achieved through their AI implementations? Are there specific metrics or success stories you can share? Gradient helps automate business operations by providing the most comprehensive solution for enterprise automation. Given that Gradient supports a variety of industries (e.g. healthcare, financial services, etc.) ROI and success metrics are generally unique to their respective industry (e.g. improving investment predictions by 20%). However, some of the metrics that have consistently overlapped across our portfolio of customers include 1) cost savings 2) reduction in hours spent on manual tasks 3) time saved on AI development, and 4) increased productivity. ## **Future of work and AI integration** ### As AI continues to evolve, how do you envision Gradient’s solutions impacting the future of work and how humans will collaborate with AI in the enterprise landscape? As LLMs become more and more capable, we’ll see agents (and in turn Gradient’s solutions) be able to take on more and more autonomy reliably, transforming the way companies are structured. Teams will be able to delegate the monotonous parts of their work to AI and spend more time on strategic and high-leverage tasks. In this future, every team will work in partnership with AI to supercharge their productivity and impact. ## **Challenges and differentiation** ### In the competitive AI for enterprise space, what are some of the biggest challenges Gradient faces? How do you differentiate yourselves from other providers in the market? At Gradient we are deeply invested in the business value AI drives for our customers and ensure that all our enterprise AI products fully solve the business problem. Today Gradient is the only AI platform that can automate the entire enterprise, offering inference and fine-tuning, agent solutions, and a range of models to choose from. Because of the flexibility in our automation system, customers using Gradient are able to support an infinite amount of workflows without extensive development. As a result, we’re not only providing the fastest way to help our customers fully automate end-to-end workflows using AI, but we ensure that our customers are finding solutions that establish I from the get go. ## **Community engagement** ### Does Gradient participate in any industry events, conferences, or open-source communities? If so, how do you see these engagements contributing to your company's growth and the broader AI development ecosystem? Absolutely! We’re a big believer in connecting with our customers and giving back to the open-source community. Whether it's a local hackathon or a major industry conference, you'll likely find us there as an active participant or speaker. As for the open-source community, we always look for new ways to pay it forward. Most recently, our team released the first 1M Context Length Llama-3 70B and 4M Context Length Llama-3 8B on Hugging Face. The response from the community has been extraordinary, which is why we’ve continued to work with other thought leaders on improving and setting the standard for evaluating the quality of long context models (e.g. NIAH, RULER, etc.). --- Want to know more about generative AI? Catch the latest insights in our report: [Generative AI 2024 reportUnlock the secrets to faster workflows with the Generative AI 2024 Report. Learn how 56.4% of companies leverage AI to boost efficiency and stay competitive.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/05/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_Blog.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Amazon commits $230M to boost generative AI startups URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/amazon-commits-up-to-230-million-for-generative-ai-startups/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:22:44.000Z Amazon has announced a commitment of up to $230 million to support startups developing [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/)\-powered applications. With approximately $80 million allocated to Amazon's second AWS Generative AI Accelerator program, this significant investment aims to position AWS as the preferred cloud infrastructure for startups creating generative AI models for their products, applications, and services. ### AWS Generative AI Accelerator program A substantial portion of the new funding, including the entirety of the amount designated for the accelerator program, will be provided as compute credits for AWS infrastructure. These credits are non-transferable to other cloud service providers like Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. To enhance the program, Amazon is ensuring that startups in this year's Generative AI Accelerator cohort will have access to experts and technology from Nvidia, the program's presenting partner. Additionally, these startups will be invited to join the Nvidia Inception program, which offers opportunities to connect with potential investors and gain additional consulting resources. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2024/06/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_LinkedIn.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Growth of the Generative AI Accelerator Program The Generative AI Accelerator program has seen substantial growth. Last year's cohort, consisting of 21 startups, received up to $300,000 in AWS compute credits, totaling an investment of around $6.3 million. "With this new effort, we will help startups launch and scale world-class businesses, providing the building blocks they need to unleash new AI applications that will impact all facets of how the world learns, connects, and does business," said Matt Wood, VP of AI products at AWS. ### Amazon's broader generative AI efforts Amazon's increasing investment in generative AI technology includes initiatives such as the $100 million AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, free credits for startups utilizing major AI models, and its Project Olympus model. These efforts come as Amazon strives to catch up with tech giants in the rapidly growing and competitive generative AI space. Although Amazon claims that its generative AI businesses have reached "multiple billions" in run rate, the company is often viewed as lagging behind. ### Challenges and setbacks AWS initially planned to unveil its generative AI model similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, code-named Bedrock, at its annual conference in November 2022\. However, significant bugs delayed the launch, transforming Bedrock into Amazon’s model hosting service. Despite Amazon PR's dispute, the postponement highlights some challenges. The Alexa division has encountered its own issues, including technical difficulties and internal conflicts, as Fortune's Sharon Goldman reported. Despite a high-profile press demonstration of a "next-gen" Alexa nine months ago, the updated version is still not ready for release due to insufficient training data, inadequate access to training hardware, and other obstacles. ### Missed opportunities and regulatory scrutiny Amazon also missed early investment opportunities in leading AI startups Cohere and Anthropic. After being rejected by Cohere, Amazon co-invested $4 billion in Anthropic alongside Google. This co-investment reflects Amazon's attempts to stay competitive in the AI startup investment landscape. Compounding these challenges is the recent departure of Howard Wright, AWS' head of startups, who managed relationships with startups. Furthermore, Amazon faces growing scrutiny from regulators regarding Big Tech's investments in AI startups. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into Microsoft's backing of OpenAI and Google and Amazon's investments in Anthropic. European policymakers have also expressed skepticism towards such deals, adding another layer of complexity to Amazon's generative AI ambitions. --- Don't miss out on the latest generative AI insights, download our report today: [Generative AI 2024 reportUnlock the secrets to faster workflows with the Generative AI 2024 Report. Learn how 56.4% of companies leverage AI to boost efficiency and stay competitive.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/05/AIAI_Generative_AI_Report_2024_Blog.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/) ### Transforming the world through Google's latest releases URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-the-world-through-googles-latest-releases/ Last updated: 2024-06-07T15:39:11.000Z *This article is based on* [*Burak Gokturk*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/burak-gokturk-8983792/)*’s brilliant talk at the AI Accelerator Summit in San Jose. As an AIAI member, you can enjoy the complete recording* [*here*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-accelerator-summit-san-jose-april-2024-ai-accelerator-institute-1/?wchannelid=glav8t34n2&wmediaid=ehjg48tsxm)*. For more exclusive content, head to* [*your membership dashboard*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/account/)*.* --- The world of [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) has been moving at a blistering pace, with new models and platforms seeming to launch every week. In my 20-plus years in the field, I've never seen such a whirlwind of [innovation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/). While the last couple of years have generated tremendous excitement around [generative AI's](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boost-your-business-efficiency-by-leveraging-genai-to-automate-processes/) potential, actually deploying it to create business value is still a major challenge for many organizations. Despite trying out [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) experimentally, a lot of teams are struggling with how to effectively implement and operationalize it in production settings. There's a clear need for comprehensive, enterprise-ready platforms that provide flexibility, customization, and robust model lifecycle management. I'm Burak Gokturk, and I lead Google Cloud AI – you may know some of our products like Vertex AI, Vertex AI Vision, and Vertex AI Search. In this article, I'll outline the key requirements we've identified for successfully deploying generative AI at scale based on working with hundreds of leading companies. I'll then dive into how Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform addresses those needs. Let’s get to it. ## Meeting enterprise needs for generative AI Through discussions with hundreds of organizations building generative AI applications, we've identified several key requirements for an enterprise-grade platform: 1. **Flexibility:** For many customers, it's important to be on a platform with choice and flexibility. You've probably noticed there's a new generative AI model launching every other week. Customers have seen that and they don’t want to get locked into just one model long-term. 2. **Customization:** These generative AI models are essentially trained on mostly public data. But every customer has their own use case and data. You need a platform with tuning, grounding, and customization mechanisms to handle that. 3. **Deployment:** Once you figure out a model and customize it with your data, how do you actually get it to production to create business value? Choosing a platform with deployment, evaluation, testing, monitoring capabilities, and all the necessary metrics, is going to be super critical. With the customer needs I’ve just described in mind, we built Vertex AI. It has multiple layers, including Agent Builder, to make building generative AI applications and agents easy. Another vital layer of Vertex AI is Model Garden; it offers over 130 models. That might not sound like many – after all, there are thousands of generative AI models out there – but we've curated the models we believe will be the most useful for our customers. We really believe in providing choice, with first-party models, partner models, and open-source options. ## The evolution of Gemini Pro Chances are, you’re aware of [Gemini](https://www.developermarketing.io/how-will-google-bard-impact-your-developer-marketing/); we launched it on AI Studio and Vertex AI in December 2023\. Since then, there's been a lot of interest, with over a million developers using Gemini daily. But how did we get here? The first model we launched was Gemini 1.0 Pro, which has cool capabilities like multimodal support and high performance. Earlier this year, we announced a new version of Gemini 1.0 Pro, which is significantly faster and higher quality. But as I said before, you'll see new models and revisions launching literally every week, not just from Google but across the globe. When we launched 1.0 Pro in December, we didn't stop there. About six weeks later, we released Gemini 1.5 Pro. It's a much bigger model with significantly better reasoning capabilities. It also has something no other model in the world offers – a large context window. That means the AI can recall much more information during a session. Gemini 1.5 Pro is now in public preview on Vertex AI and AI Studio, so you can easily try it out. To give you an idea of what it can do, you can input an image or a video clip with no description, and it can analyze the contents. For example, I gave it a short personal clip of Draymond Green talking to a referee at a Warriors game. I just asked, “What is this?” and it immediately responded, “This is Draymond Green from the Golden State Warriors, talking with a referee.” _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Revolutionizing problem-solving with AI and gaming integration URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/revolutionizing-problem-solving-with-ai-and-gaming-integration/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:53:00.000Z In today’s day and time, which is defined by rapid technological advancements, the fusion of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) and gaming presents a globally innovative opportunity to tackle some of the world's most pressing issues. Traditionally viewed as two separate, distinct domains, [AI and gaming](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-gaming-revolutionizing-the-player-experience/) together have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach work, life, and complex global challenges. This combination builds a superpower technology that can connect AI's analytical prowess and gaming's engaging, educational frameworks to create innovative solutions for real-world problems such as forest fires, poverty, and homelessness. The merging of AI and gaming offers an innovative and revolutionary approach to problem-solving that goes beyond conventional methods in current existence. AI offers some unequaled analytical power and predictive capabilities, enabling precise and efficient strategies for addressing complex issues. Concurrently, gaming provides immersive and interactive environments that can train, educate, and engage individuals in meaningful ways. When these technologies are integrated, they open up new possibilities into opportunities for developing effective and creative solutions to the world's most daunting challenges. ![A group of people in a room with computers and neon lights Description automatically generated](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcFaJB8Q4XqOelkWn6xkRUQElcsIL2R5QxtDO6xFVHTze8uwA4TN9rcqhQXTMlexYOy_JRqZoUj7QplvdigqCpENySfnS1uC-GnEA4nUFZDEvSeGXiV5pCtjXqEsfr4vQsKvXeapQ-dyYpAXLRrXupW7Mo5oHDJXd7Qn0HlPvZ2GkzD1XZs70Y?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) ## **Turning possibilities into opportunities** Taking a look at Plato's Allegory of the Cave, where insight is achieved by seeing beyond the shadows to understand true reality, we can turn possibilities into opportunities by exceeding traditional problem-solving paradigms with the combination of AI and gaming. By integrating AI and gaming, we can uncover innovative and effective strategies to address really complex global issues. This combination of AI and gaming together is not just a real gamechanger, but it also broadens our perspectives and equips us with innovative tools to combat real-world, everyday challenges like forest fires, poverty, and homelessness, ultimately shining a light on paths to a brighter and more sustainable future. Like Plato’s Allegory of a Cave, it is the things we don’t see. Many times, we do not see opportunities because they seem so small, but it is the things that seem like the smallest changes that can create the biggest impact. For example, a one-degree increase in temperature in a specific region, county, or state can lead to significant local impacts. This seemingly small change can result in more frequent and intense heatwaves, affecting public health, particularly among vulnerable populations. It can disrupt agriculture by altering crop growth cycles and reducing yields, leading to economic losses for farmers. These are two of the many side effects of such a small shift in temperature for a region. In summation, we can certainly use AI and gaming as a way to garner insight into how our actions affect things like the weather. Gaming for AI can profoundly impact human existence and the natural world in both small and large ways, leading to a healthier, more sustainable, and efficient world, benefiting both humans and nature. ![Premium Photo | There are three people standing in a cave with a giraffe in the background generative ai](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdx6Nlkox1W2Dh9f7312eUj0C4kqDP5R-mvHKyWnKg9wYFfgHie-wykHEQMHpsPxan2w-TFs9gkiBMRf9M7nQDKH-iSBwMd8dNQ9QkBCNyy1qN1FEkA71L2u4xKW3zbWopQkd9rL18VOrYexyiBhos4J5Ww__osjYHYD_H087RHuSDAeP9fhxY?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) ## **You’re not just another Joe Schmo** What if you could be the person who solves a food crisis with a great idea? In this case, you’re not just another Joe Schmo; you are someone who has made an expansive difference. The key is access both for great ideas and for the ideas to be actualized. Currently, everyday citizens primarily engage with societal economics and decision-making processes as voters and lobbyists, often in peripheral capacities. This marginal involvement poses significant challenges for individuals who wish to be heard and actively participate in shaping their communities. The complexity and opacity of the decision-making mechanisms that impact their daily lives—both in the short and long term—further exacerbate these challenges. Everyday citizens are frequently far removed from the intricate workings of policy-making and economic planning, leading to a disconnect between public needs and decision-makers' actions. This gap hinders the ability of communities to leverage the valuable insights and contributions that citizens can offer. However, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and gaming presents a promising solution to bridge this gap. AI can process and analyze vast amounts of data, providing citizens with accessible information and actionable insights. Simultaneously, gaming can engage individuals in interactive and immersive experiences, making complex concepts more understandable and decision-making processes more transparent. Together, AI and gaming can create platforms that empower citizens to participate more effectively in their communities. These technologies can facilitate better understanding, communication, and collaboration, enabling citizens to contribute meaningfully to the decisions that shape their lives. In this way, AI and gaming can transform the role of citizens from passive observers to active participants in the governance and development of their communities. Additionally, these technologies provide a sort of 'checks and balances' to existing and ongoing corruption within political and economic decision-making. AI's data analysis capabilities can uncover patterns of corruption and inefficiencies, while gaming can foster greater transparency and accountability by involving citizens directly in oversight and decision-making processes. This dual approach enhances citizen engagement and promotes integrity and trust within the systems that govern their communities. ![Premium Photo | Average group of people](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcQMjegyJsYvOoyG5DvsytJHMBOZkpdQ-fZtp6sYm6tX3WGtwOJRNUjT7W_EW2EdVhRgyv1S0dknDSzVB1wPLZCRKabfY2LgmeRDCatBHG4YT94sI5bENUTTKtPywqUYUIp_nuK_QGWGYDbsCFsw5zBwhAyYZvrUj9URwqgwtVNr292mccOKLA?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) ## **Sim City, Glacia, United States, 09990** What if you could live in the perfect city? No crime, no poverty, no pollution or disease, and many of the things that plague humans today. Yes this is a utopia, and while currently not possible, we can certainly aim to get to this place. I call it *Sim City, Glacia, United States, 09990*. Welcome to a place where your most vivid life simulations transform into reality. Here, water flows abundantly, ensuring a lush and vibrant environment. Everything around you is a striking shade of green, the zip code perfectly matching the hex code 09990, creating a harmonious and visually stunning landscape. In Sim City, every detail is meticulously crafted to offer an unparalleled experience, making it the ultimate destination for those seeking a blend of nature and technology in perfect balance. ![A city with mountains in the background Description automatically generated](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd8dW8-Zbl4QLUTT9o2qHIxwe2NhcfPWuzRXO7VyZK4-1ijrZ54KXMxoxC3pN7Z5UC0PaKaaZp0aWdl5KyQxpgWiaXjcYQt_CH58DU1BnA-x4U0zRdI75mDuNUipzEE1uo99EPE-2ApsYuxCeGkTV3zt9o_huPYjlbgowRFbVfboOxW4fBGzS0?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) One great example of a [video game](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/video-games-and-the-rise-of-ai/) that could, in concept, integrate well with AI is the video game "Sim City." Traditionally, Sim City has been a platform where players manage and build cities, dealing with various challenges such as crime, pollution, and traffic. By leveraging AI within Sim City, we can transform it into a powerful tool for real-world problem-solving. Here are some of the opportunities I see available by using Sim City as an existing concept: ### **1\. Citizen engagement and idea generation:** Sim City can serve as a simulation platform where everyday citizens experiment with urban planning and policy decisions in a risk-free environment. With AI analyzing these simulations, we can gather valuable data on what strategies work best for addressing issues like crime, poverty, and homelessness. Players' innovative solutions can be evaluated and refined using AI algorithms, creating a repository of effective strategies that urban planners and policymakers can consider. Additionally, we can track ownership of such ideas by incorporating other solutions such as NFTs and blockchain. For example, the ownership of such innovative platforms can be commercialized, with profits traced and returned to individual citizens. This model can inspire economic prosperity by ensuring that the financial benefits derived from these technologies are shared among the community members who use and contribute to them. By distributing profits back to citizens, we can create a more inclusive and equitable economic system, further motivating public involvement and investment in community development initiatives. ### 2\. Environmental management and disaster preparedness: Sim City can integrate AI-driven models for environmental management and disaster preparedness. For example, players can simulate the impact of various policies on forest fires, pollution levels, and climate change. AI can provide real-time feedback on the potential outcomes of different strategies, helping players understand the long-term effects of their decisions. This approach can create a ‘Butterfly Effect’ scenario, allowing players to emotionally connect with virtual citizens and see how potential outcomes might reflect real-life consequences. This gamified experience can educate citizens on the importance of sustainable practices and disaster preparedness, fostering a more informed and proactive society. ### 3\. Traffic and urban infrastructure: Traffic congestion and inefficient urban infrastructure are significant challenges in many cities. Players can experiment with different urban designs and traffic management strategies by incorporating AI into Sim City. AI can analyze the effectiveness of these strategies, providing insights into optimizing traffic flow and reducing congestion. This data can be invaluable for urban planners looking to implement smart city solutions. ### 4\. Social issues and community building: Sim City can also address social issues such as poverty and homelessness. Players can test various social policies, such as affordable housing projects, job creation programs, and community support initiatives. AI can evaluate the impact of these policies on the virtual city's population, highlighting successful approaches that can be applied in the real world. This interactive and educational experience can raise awareness and drive public support for effective social policies. ## **This is not a game, this is real life** I recently had to move from one condo to another in San Diego because my landlord was ending their contract with my building. While packing, I had to dispose of my perishable foods as I was about to travel internationally for a few weeks. Naturally, I didn't want to waste the food. The timing was incredibly inconvenient. I was notified about the move just 36 hours before my flight from Los Angeles International, leaving me with a very tight schedule. I hoped to find people in need to give the food to, but ironically, despite having so much to give, I couldn't find anyone to take it during my drive from San Diego to Los Angeles. Regrettably, I ended up throwing it away because I didn't have the time to search for people in need without risking missing my flight. Many U.S. cities are exploring AI automation and predictive technologies to locate and assist those who are destitute and economically disadvantaged. However, I don't see these efforts being democratized to address the issue effectively. The core problem is access—connecting disadvantaged individuals back to mainstream society. ## **A food revolution for poverty** The dilemma of having to dispose of perishable foods before an international trip due to a last-minute move is a common issue, reflecting broader challenges in resource redistribution. However, combining AI and gaming can offer innovative solutions to this problem, akin to a real-world SimCity. Imagine a simulation-based resource allocation platform that uses AI to predict, simulate, and optimize the flow of surplus resources in urban environments. This platform would track and forecast when and where surplus food will become available by integrating data from grocery stores, restaurants, and households. It would identify areas with the highest need for resources through socioeconomic data and real-time inputs from local organizations. AI could match surplus food providers with recipients in need, optimizing routes to ensure timely delivery and reducing waste. Gamification elements would engage users in managing and improving the virtual city’s resource allocation, offering challenges to allocate resources and build community involvement efficiently. Users could log surplus food or request assistance via a mobile app, receiving push notifications about nearby opportunities to donate or collect resources. Collaborating with food banks, shelters, and community organizations would enhance the platform’s effectiveness by providing real-time data and aiding in distribution. ![A person standing in front of a counter full of food Description automatically generated](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeTmY1GSUVZjZUbl1CmXLSA1o5prnQgBQc8q31WNtVpuLxD4vUH_W5wPU0owtKBkDxy415ZK18TycMPymrrfh36NtfdMjHKrJOEX4SqhJPjeG2eh5g0wXyAt1fbo59rBb4nJsEILnsVp_daFl92spQEJMxXlxLEEYW8CRj-MyOJ5gTaQZ2RIDE?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) In practical terms, when faced with surplus food, you could log it into the platform, and the AI would instantly match it with individuals or organizations along your route who need food. The platform would provide optimized routes for dropping off the food without significantly detouring from your travel path, allowing you to donate efficiently without risking missing your flight. Real-time feedback on the impact of your donation would also be provided, possibly through in-game representations of the positive effects on the community. By integrating AI and gamification elements inspired by SimCity, we can create a dynamic platform that efficiently redistributes resources, reduces waste, and connects surplus with need, transforming resource management into a collaborative and rewarding effort. ## **Conclusion: A new era of innovative problem-solving** The fusion of AI and gaming promises to transform our approach to solving some of the world's most pressing challenges. By leveraging AI's unparalleled analytical capabilities and gaming's immersive, engaging frameworks, we can develop innovative and effective strategies for addressing complex issues like forest fires, poverty, and homelessness. This powerful combination broadens our perspectives and equips us with the tools needed to create a healthier, more sustainable, and efficient world. Integrating AI and gaming can revolutionize citizen engagement in societal economics and decision-making processes. Platforms like Sim City, enhanced with AI, can empower everyday citizens to experiment with urban planning and policy decisions in a risk-free environment. These simulations can generate valuable data and innovative solutions that urban planners and policymakers can consider, ultimately fostering a more inclusive and equitable economic system. Moreover, AI and gaming's potential applications extend to environmental management, disaster preparedness, traffic optimization, and addressing social issues. Gamified experiences can educate and engage the public, raising awareness and driving support for sustainable practices and effective social policies. AI and gaming can enhance transparency, accountability, and trust within governance systems by transforming passive observers into active participants. In practical scenarios, such as the challenge of redistributing surplus food, AI and gaming can offer real-world solutions that optimize resource allocation and reduce waste. By creating platforms that match surplus food providers with recipients in need, we can ensure timely delivery and efficient resource management. Gamification elements can further engage users, making the process collaborative and rewarding. ![Premium Photo | An illustration of diverse individuals standing together around a globe emphasizing unity empowerment and the importance of gender equality for a better world AI Generative](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfPtrFV6hCPH94U3WTEmPJ86gaTNqB7tlzj7EgLOvh5O95fvIDVVb5INDEM4cREGy1etCHEVR4YH0PqDbULcVbs0gSI65LdOkUZe11PWWTDYg1BR_12uGTwthZi0wFgEUbZTpdY8N2r54bDyWVbQh9GygjPqrsxoN8hZjuFMEEJjovxehaCSUw?key=9KqWnmRevKbr4ZCErfFz_g) In conclusion, we make a better world for all. The integration of AI and gaming is not just a game changer but a revolutionary approach to problem-solving that holds the potential to transform our world. By harnessing these technologies, we can uncover innovative strategies, foster citizen participation, and create a brighter, more sustainable future for all. --- Want more from Paul? Read his articles below: [Paul Anthony Claxton - AI Accelerator InstitutePaul Anthony Claxton is a Managing General Partner at Q1 Velocity Venture Capital. He has 10 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and fund manager, and has co-founded several ventures.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteLog in![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1598962689458-f705dc20e578?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fGVxdWFsaXR5fGVufDB8fHx8MTcxMDk1MDYxOXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=800)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/author/paul/%C2%A0) **How to get a hold of Paul** [**www.paulclaxton.io**](http://www.paulclaxton.io) ### Generative AI 2024: Key insights & emerging trends URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2024-key-insights-emerging-trends/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:53:27.000Z We are thrilled to announce the launch of the [Generative AI 2024 report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report/), a comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, tools, benefits, and challenges in the [generative artificial intelligence field](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/). Sponsored by WEKA, this report provides an in-depth look at how AI practitioners and end users navigate the landscape of generative AI tools, offering valuable insights into their preferences, priorities, and pain points. In this preview, we present key findings from Section 8 of the report, focusing on the main generative [AI tools of choice](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-chips-choice/), their perceived benefits, and the challenges faced by users. This snapshot highlights significant shifts from last year, revealing emerging trends and changing attitudes towards these transformative technologies. Download the complete [Generative AI 2024 Report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-chips-choice/) to delve deeper into these insights and explore the full breadth of data and analysis. ## Main generative AI tool of choice, benefits, and challenges ![Main generative AI tool of choice, benefits, and challenges: comparison between 2023 and 2024 data](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image-5.png) Not only does ChatGPT continue to be the main tool of choice compared to last year (**15.5%**), but it also had a higher percentage of use among both practitioners (**47.5%**) and end users (**41%**). Copilot was mentioned more frequently this year; however, in spite of ChatGPT still leading the generative AI tool choice, we saw a much wider variety of tools mentioned than in 2023. Among **practitioners**, we saw the following tools: ![Logos os tools we commonly saw mentioned by practitioners in the Generative AI 2024 report](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image.png) Among **end users**, we saw the following tools: ![Logos os tools we commonly saw mentioned by end users in the Generative AI 2024 report](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image-4.png) ## What is the main benefit of your number one choice? ## ![What is the main benefit of your number one choice? Comparison between 2023 and 2024 data](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image-6.png) In 2023, efficiency (**26.7%**) was ruled as the main benefit of respondents’ number one tool of choice. This year, we saw a shift in priorities, with practitioners (**32.2%**) and end users (**27.3%)** agreeing that quality is now more important. Users are looking for tools that can effectively perform their tasks while being extremely accurate and reliable. This switch could be due to generative AI tools being increasingly used for vital business functions, and errors in these situations can be costly. Efficiency was still the second most important reason for practitioners (**15.3%**), while end users highlighted speed (**22%**) instead. This difference highlights how practitioners and end users have varied requirements; the former can often work with complex and multifaceted tasks that need tools to maximize resources while keeping waste to a minimum, while the latter might prioritize how quickly a tool can deliver what they need according to everyday tasks. ## What is the main challenge of your number one choice? ## ![What is the main challenge of your number one choice? Comparison between 2023 and 2024 data](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image-7.png) For the second year in a row, biases, errors, and limitations of generative AI are considered to be the main challenge of the number one tool of choice. This is more important for end users (**50.6%**) than for practitioners (**43.9%**), who equally value generative AI data security in second place with **13%** and **23.6%**, respectively. Perhaps surprisingly, this represents a change from last year when generative AI technology was newer. In 2023, the limited information pool was the second biggest challenge, with generative AI data security falling after. This could point to a general increase in awareness about the tools and their capabilities, especially with higher discussions behind the ethics and governance of generative AI. ## Bonus: How do you address ethical considerations and potential biases with generative AI tools? ![How do you address ethical considerations and potential biases with generative AI tools? Comparison between end users and practitioners](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/05/image-8.png) As previously mentioned, the [ethics behind generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/crafting-ethical-ai-addressing-bias-and-challenges/) can be a concern, and this year, we wanted to know how respondents are addressing these considerations as they continue to use the tools. The plurality of practitioners (**44.1%**) highlighted regular audits and assessments as the main way to address ethical challenges. Suggesting a structured and proactive approach within this community, regular audits often lead to the identification and mitigation of potential issues for transparency with stakeholders and compliance with ethical norms or regulations. This, however, was a very close second for end users (**31.1%**), who mainly reported that they didn't specifically address any ethical concerns (**32.5%**). This could indicate the existence of a slight gap in awareness or resources to address issues, and end users might be less equipped to fully delve into the ethical considerations of generative AI tools. --- Curious to know more insights about generative AI in 2024? Don't miss out – download your FREE copy of the report today! ### Amazon Web Services positions for AI revolution in space URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/amazon-web-services-positions-for-ai-revolution-in-space/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T16:07:37.000Z Amazon Web Services (AWS) is strategically positioning its cloud infrastructure business to capitalize on the transformative potential of generative [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) across various industries, including space. According to Clint Crosier, AWS director of aerospace and satellite, over 60% of the company’s [space](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-space-exploration/) and [aerospace ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-things-you-need-to-know-from-the-world-of-ai-in-october/)customers are already integrating AI into their operations, a significant increase from single digits just three years ago. ### Predicting growth in generative AI Crosier anticipates similar growth for generative AI in the space sector over the next few years. Generative AI employs deep-learning models to answer questions or create content based on patterns identified in extensive datasets, representing a substantial advancement over traditional machine-learning algorithms. Crosier told SpaceNews in an interview that mathematical advancements, an explosion of available data, and more affordable, efficient processing chips create a "perfect storm" for the rise of generative AI, driving greater adoption of cloud-based applications. ### AWS's internal reorganization "In the last year, AWS has fundamentally reorganized itself internally to place the right teams and organizational structure in place so that we can really double down on generative AI," Crosier said. AWS has established a "generative AI for space" cell comprising a small team that engages with cloud customers to develop next-generation capabilities. These efforts include a generative AI laboratory where customers can experiment with new uses of these emerging technologies. ### Key areas of application Crosier identifies three primary areas for using generative AI in space: geospatial analytics, spacecraft design, and constellation management. Earth observation satellite operators like BlackSky and Capella Space leverage AI extensively to derive more insights from their geospatial data, although they have not fully embraced generative AI. In the manufacturing sector, engineers are exploring how generative AI models, informed by design parameters, could produce innovative concepts by drawing on potentially overlooked data from other industries, such as automotive. "Whether you’re designing a satellite, rocket, or spacecraft, generative AI can explore global data spanning decades and provide novel design concepts for your team to refine," Crosier said. ### Enhancing constellation management Generative AI also promises to help operators manage increasingly crowded orbits by simulating various testing scenarios. "If I have a constellation of 600 satellites, generative AI can model numerous scenarios to determine the top 25 cases for optimal design, saving time and money," Crosier explained. AWS's initiatives to accelerate the adoption of emerging computing capabilities include scholarships and a commitment announced in November to provide free AI training to two million people worldwide by the end of 2025. --- Want more about AI in space? Read the article below: [4 uses of computer vision in space explorationBoth computer vision and deep learning can work together towards it, with computer vision algorithms capable of further improving autonomous performance.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446776877081-d282a0f896e2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDI1fHxzcGFjZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE2Njg3ODkzMzE&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-uses-of-computer-vision-in-space-exploration/) ### From generative AI to digital twins: Powering the next AI revolution URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution/ Last updated: 2024-09-10T08:05:10.000Z *This article is based on* [*Santosh Radha*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshkumarradha/)*’s brilliant talk at the AI Accelerator Summit in San Jose. As an AIAI member, you can enjoy the complete recording* [*here*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-accelerator-summit-san-jose-april-2024-ai-accelerator-institute-1/?wchannelid=glav8t34n2&wmediaid=htdcjrvheh)*. For more exclusive content, head to* [*your membership dashboard*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/account/)*.* --- [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) is revolutionizing how we interact with technology. From chatbots that converse like humans to [image generators](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-shutterstock-is-overcoming-the-challenges-of-ai-generated-art/) producing stunning visuals, this incredible tech is transforming our world. But beneath these mind-blowing capabilities lies a massive computing infrastructure packed with technical complexities that often go unnoticed. In this article, we'll dive into the realm of high-performance computing (HPC) and the challenges involved in productionizing generative AI applications like digital twins. We'll explore the explosive growth in computing demands, the limitations of traditional HPC setups, and the innovative solutions emerging to tackle these obstacles head-on. But first, let me quickly introduce myself. I'm Santosh, and my background is in physics. Today, I head research and product at Covalent, where we focus on orchestrating large-scale computing for AI, model development, and other related domains. Now, let’s get into it. ## The rise of generative AI Recently, at the GDC conference, Jensen Huang made an interesting observation: he called [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boost-your-business-efficiency-by-leveraging-genai-to-automate-processes/) the “defining technology of our time” and termed it the fourth industrial revolution. I'm sure you'd all agree that generative AI is indeed the next big thing. We've already had the first industrial revolution with steam-powered machines, followed by the advent of electricity, and then, of course, computers and the internet. Now, we're witnessing a generative AI revolution that's transforming how we interact with various industries and [touching almost every sector imaginable](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-industries-and-everyday-life-with-ai-applications/). [![Infographic illustrating the evolution of industrial revolutions, culminating in the emergence of AI as the defining technology of our time. The timeline includes four stages: 1st Industrial Revolution – steam-based machines; 2nd Industrial Revolution – electrical energy-based mass production; 3rd Industrial Revolution: – computer and internet-based knowledge; 4th Industrial Revolution – artificial intelligence. At the bottom, a quote from Jensen Huang states, "Generative AI is the defining technology of our time." ](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/68JOQSeli5KzuXHQmZ_NP_1sC3TbqDAFcrkoVZEeOBLzpynONjJA0mwNPZXIFuOhyAJbJYf3xeH5uGFMHVSfoCLa3aNc0yT0BT19E-6RUGAqnUCLCxcxyzHequFgdPAZDV3TKjT1xpQhXhV3nxvFg0k)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution) We’ve moved beyond [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/); generative AI is making inroads into numerous domains. It’s used in [climate tech](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tackling-global-challenges-with-ai/), [health tech](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-and-challenges-of-generative-ai-in-healthcare/), software and data processing, [enterprise AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/), and [robotics](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-use-cases-of-artificial-intelligence-in-robotics/) and digital twins. It’s these digital twins that we’re going to focus on today. [![Infographic highlighting how enterprises are embracing the transformative power of AI across various sectors. The infographic is divided into five categories: Climate Tech (Weather Forecasting, Carbon Capture, Seismology), Robotics & Digital Twins (Robots & Humanoids, Digital Twins, Omniverse), Health Tech (Drug Design, Protein Discovery, Chatbots), Software & Data Processing, (Software Development, Talk To Your Data, Multi-agent training), and Enterprise AI (Machine Learning/Operations Research (ML/OR), LLM training & fine-tuning, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG))](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/i3ed2eCXm5psZL78S3hHMRrP6eUY8Y19WJ2CGC6Ee2BrLgEQEx976_uLuYhymXqFCzyqSDtj1_rOAc21d5elaSkgPoX66OFqmedprEysTNRBzvwlJQNyrJgS1sVHSoHb8w_hf3Cz5NRDrPbv1yQh3XE)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution) ## Digital twins: Bridging the physical and virtual worlds In case you’re not familiar with digital twins, let me explain the concept. A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical system or process. It involves gathering mathematical data from the real-world system and feeding it into a digital model. For instance, let's consider robotics and [manufacturing applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-manufacturing/). Imagine a large factory with numerous robots operating autonomously. [Computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-computer-vision-use-cases-in-manufacturing/) models track the locations of robots, people, and objects within the facility. The goal is to feed this numerical data into a database that a foundational AI model can understand and reason with. With this virtual replica of the physical environment, the AI model can comprehend the real-world scenario unfolding. If an unexpected event occurs – say, a box falls from a shelf – the model can simulate multiple future paths for the robot and optimize its recommended course of action. Another powerful application is in [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-healthcare/). Patient data from vital signs and other medical readings could feed into a foundational model, enabling it to provide real-time guidance and recommendations to doctors based on the patient's current condition. The potential of digital twins is immense. However, taking this concept into real-world production or healthcare environments presents numerous technical challenges that need to be addressed. ## The computing power behind the scenes Let's shift our focus now to what powers these cutting-edge AI applications and use cases – the immense computing resources required. A few years ago, giants like Walmart were spending the most on cloud computing services from providers like AWS and GCP – hundreds of millions of dollars every year. However, in just the last couple of years, it's the new AI startups that have emerged as the biggest consumers of cloud computing resources. For example, training [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/)\-3 in 2022 [reportedly cost around $4 million](https://aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HAI%5FAI-Index-Report-2024.pdf) in computing power alone. Its successor, ChatGPT-4, skyrocketed to an estimated $75 million in computing costs. And Google’s recently launched Gemini Ultra is said to have stacked up nearly $200 million in computing expenditure. These staggering figures highlight how the computing costs traditionally incurred by major enterprises over decades are now being matched or exceeded by [AI startups](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-top-generative-ai-startups-to-watch-out-for-and-openais-international-move/) within just a couple of years. From Anthropic to [OpenAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-future-ai-openai-game-changing-developer-conference/), DeepMind, Hugging Face, and countless others, the underlying force driving their breakthroughs is the availability of massive computing power, albeit at astronomical [costs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cost-saving-is-not-a-leading-driver-of-generative-ai-adoption/). To truly grasp the scale we're dealing with, let's look at the exponential growth in computing power used for training large AI models over the years. [![Graph titled "AI & Memory Wall" that depicts the growth of transformer size and AI hardware memory over time. The graph has two vertical axes representing parameter count in billions, and a horizontal axis representing the years from 2015 to 2022. It illustrates the rapid scaling of AI models and the corresponding increase in hardware capabilities over the past few years.](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/6_xfmdw4Xq6b2k9DCf9RM9fw5jn9D8AwpBCl_KzBIL00EfympLgb_OpO-fFLMDOpU2KYnesEmPNRXPy2-eYKMFv40dh3esD4YXWhjNqX5dv_ySijau9sJfDUjKy7jC4taD1JHCO9_eAR06Xlr9wfKUc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution) Source: [Gholami et al., 2024](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14123) The green line in this graph represents the computing power used by GPUs from 2016 to 2022 - from the V100s to the latest H100s. As a rough estimate, training the GPT-3 model on a single A100 GPU would take a staggering 355 years! Clearly, relying on just one GPU is practically impossible for models of this scale. The reality is that training these massive foundation models requires harnessing thousands of GPUs in parallel, leveraging billions of compute hours in extremely distributed setups. This level of complexity is mind-boggling when you consider that we're just chatting with these AI assistants without realizing the tremendous effort behind building their underlying models. The current state of generative AI has been predominantly focused on research and [proof-of-concept (PoC)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-ai-11-key-steps-from-poc-to-success/) work. To undertake such endeavors, organizations typically assemble teams of around 100 engineers to code the model, procure the necessary computing resources (often costing $20-30 million), and then initiate the training process. At companies like OpenAI, my friends describe going through around 10 different approval checkpoints before someone can finally press the button to kick off a $25 million computing run that continues training the model for several months. If you’re thinking, “Wow, that sounds like a lot!”, you're right, but here’s the kicker: all this complexity is merely for the initial training phase or building a PoC. Any subsequent iterations, like moving from GPT-3 to GPT-4, require rethinking and rebuilding the entire architecture, rewriting all the code, and rescripting everything from scratch. ## Productionizing AI: The next frontier While the model training phase itself is extremely resource-intensive, the real challenges arise when deploying these large language models and digital twin applications into production environments like real-time healthcare monitoring or smart manufacturing setups. This involves a constant pipeline of model training, retraining, and updating to keep up with the dynamic needs of these use cases. As you can imagine, this can get pretty costly, both in terms of the computing power and the financial resources required. [![Infographic titled "The gap widens as more PoCs find their way to production." The infographic is divided into two sections: 1. Research/PoC – One-off pipeline, Rarely retraining, Hacky architecture is sufficient. 2. Production – Recurrent pipeline, Constant retraining, Proper computation infrastructure required. An arrow points from the Research/PoC section to the Production section, indicating the transition process. ](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Cbg-4AuWWAn8Zjn5juepq7eMhmFlr_0sswPwxrs4IRLpV8Bepcr8-Exue7xfHjuEb3tx58-V1X9wM8QrZlmT9mPg9SAhJESH5goGqBoIkFKpcp1A2Y9_1E8x4PP2luuHrfwFHiDifp0VMaA1BELtQzU)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution) As I mentioned earlier, training these massive models doesn't happen on a single GPU, CPU, or even a single cluster. Instead, it requires thousands of GPUs working in unison across distributed computing setups. Distributing tasks across multiple cores, processes, and clusters is standard practice in fields like drug simulations, chemistry modeling, weather forecasting, and other [academic fields](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/whats-next-for-ai-and-industry-academia-relations/). While this level of high-performance computing (HPC) was a niche requirement in the past, there’s been a transition over the last few years. HPC is now taking center stage for mainstream industries and applications adopting AI at scale. However, several critical challenges arise when building foundation models or other high-compute applications leveraging HPC infrastructure: ### Challenge #1: Exclusive access to compute resources Currently, even accessing a modest amount of high-end GPUs – say, ten H100s to train a relatively small model – is an uphill battle. It typically involves waiting months, proving your use case, and then reserving those resources for a couple of years through cloud providers. On-demand access is extremely limited due to the very nature of high-performance computing. ### Challenge #2: Outdated tech stacks The tech stack traditionally used for HPC workloads is, to put it mildly, quite outdated. This is because HPC has primarily been an academic domain for decades. Many of these HPC clusters still run code written in Fortran – a programming language developed in the 1950s. In contrast, the bread and butter of modern machine learning and AI stacks is Python. Unfortunately, the existing HPC infrastructure doesn’t integrate well with Python workflows. Concepts like Kubernetes and dockerization are largely absent from these setups. ### Challenge #3: Massive inefficiencies Recent research has highlighted that when running models on traditional HPC systems, only 30 to 50% of the computing power is being used productively. The remaining 50 to 70% essentially goes to waste due to the mismatch between the underlying infrastructure and modern AI workloads. Translated to cost, this could mean millions of dollars being flushed away in underutilized resources. [![Current AI compute infrastructures are costly & inefficient. Bar graph titled "Average Resource Use" showing: Cloud Computing (CPUs) ~30% and DNN Trainings (GPUs): ~50%. Issues: Patchwork and brittle workarounds; Spiraling compute costs & idle GPUs; Fundamental demands for training, simulation, and inference are different; Arcane tooling such as Slurm & PBS; Inadequate unification of on-prem & cloud infrastructure. Sources for the data: Guo et al. 2019 and Jeon et al. 2019.](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/LwPXVU1Ffbi1YGmMVXXqfhAP7_BW7Ma8KCrkJ3l0XqwhZLFsSoglSUl_ic91Poq8myUIlC3uw3TXfpR1IdMNRMHR3JvmVDzcSrK7KiNkjKR6XsmqKvYt3Dyf7T1_ASJpMKFnwpidcobtXV9X_H3L590)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-to-digital-twins-powering-the-ai-revolution) There are ongoing efforts to address these inefficiencies. People are taking novel approaches to GPU utilization, interconnects, and hardware-level optimizations. However, this remains an active area of research and development. It's not just the monetary costs that are concerning - GPUs are extremely energy-intensive as well. Some of the GPU clusters found in national labs require the equivalent electricity consumption of a small town to power and operate. Given this level of energy demand, we need to ensure maximum utilization of available GPU resources to minimize wastage. ## The solution: Orchestration Traditionally, enterprises have partnered with individual cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure to procure compute resources. However, in today's era of generative AI and digital twins, compute requirements are so immense that a multi-cloud setup is no longer just an option – it's a necessity. To access the hundreds or thousands of GPUs needed, organizations can't restrict themselves to a single cloud platform. They need to span multiple clouds, on-premises data centers with in-house GPUs (which can be more cost-effective than cloud rental), and even tap into specialized GPU clouds from providers focused on this domain. This hybrid, multi-cloud environment presents a significant architectural challenge – how do you design a cohesive solution that orchestrates all these disparate compute resources into a unified, scalable, and cost-effective production platform? Covalent's orchestration solution aims to tackle this very problem. By seamlessly integrating and managing compute infrastructure across clouds, on-prem, and specialized providers, we enable organizations to build and scale AI/ML applications leveraging the combined power of all available GPU resources. If this sounds good to you, feel free to head over to our website to find out more. ## Key takeaways We’ve covered a lot of ground today! Let’s recap with a few key takeaways: 🚀 Generative AI has been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, with digital twins and other groundbreaking technologies poised to disrupt industries. 💻 Today, training the latest language models and generative AI apps means harnessing thousands of GPUs and billions of compute hours across distributed setups - pushing modern computing infrastructure to its limits. ⚠️ Traditional high-performance computing environments face major hurdles like exclusive resource access, outdated tech stacks, and massive inefficiencies – all major roadblocks to productionizing generative AI. 🌐 Orchestrating resources across multiple clouds, on-prem data centers, and specialized providers is a must to meet the colossal computing demands of generative AI at scale. 💡 Bridging the gap between cutting-edge generative AI models and real-world deployment means rethinking and overhauling the underlying computing infrastructure challenges. ⚡ Innovative solutions are emerging to tackle generative AI's technical complexities, including optimizations for GPU utilization, interconnects, and hardware-level advancements. ### How to use GPT-4o in finance (and data analysis) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-use-gpt-4o-in-finance-and-data-analysis/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:30:36.000Z OpenAI's newly unveiled GPT-4 Omni (GPT-4o) model promises to change the roles of finance professionals (and others) forever. This advanced language model represents a *major* leap forward in artificial intelligence capabilities, offering improved experiences across text, voice, and vision. > *“This is the first time that we are really making a huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use*,” **Mira Murati, OpenAI Technology Chief.** Some exciting new features include the ability to ask GPT-4o to translate languages using nothing but an image and soon, the ability to have a more natural, ‘*real-time voice conversation and the ability to converse with ChatGPT via real-time video*.’ [OpenAI reports that GPT-4o](https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/?ref=financealliance.io) “*can respond to audio inputs in as little as 232 milliseconds, with an average of 320 milliseconds*”. Impressively, this is very similar to a natural human response time during a conversation. The best part though, is that GPT-4o is available to free users. However, it *will* have some usage limits. Free users can access these features: - Experience GPT-4 level smarts with greater speed. - Get answers combining model knowledge and web info. - Create [charts and visualizations](https://www.financealliance.io/financial-charts-and-graphs/) from data. - Discuss photos you take by uploading them. - Upload files for help with summarizing, writing, or analyzing (*including Excel files*). - Keep conversations on track with built-in memory. --- ### Table of contents - [Introducing GPT-4o](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#introducing-gpt-4o-openai%E2%80%99s-official-update) - [How to upload Excel files and create charts](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#how-to-upload-excel-files-and-create-charts-in-gpt-4o) - [Analyzing financial data in GPT-4o](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#analyzing-financial-data-in-gpt-4o) - [Voice conversations](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#voice-conversations) - [Desktop app – GPT-4o](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#desktop-app-%E2%80%93-gpt-4o) - [FAQs](https://www.financealliance.io/p/6966e0aa-99e2-429d-95ef-d1dc37078dab/#faqs) --- ## **Introducing GPT-4o (OpenAI’s official update)** **OpenAI's official introduction to GPT-4o \[*[**Source: YouTube*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQacCB9tDaw&ref=financealliance.io)**\]* Alright, all that sounds great. But let’s get into the reason you’re here – to learn how GPT-4o can be used in finance and [data analysis](https://www.financealliance.io/microsoft-fabric-for-data-analysis/). Let’s get into it.👇🏼 ## How to upload Excel files and create charts in GPT-4o ### **1\. Upload Excel spreadsheet files** You can now upload Excel, CSV, and other files *directly* to GPT-4o. No more copying and pasting data from your file into ChatGPT. Now that you can upload your files directly, it makes the entire process of analyzing complex data sheets a lot easier and less time-consuming. You can also upload other files like documents, PDFs, and more. To upload an Excel file (or any file) to GPT-4o, simply click the paperclip icon on the bottom left corner of your screen: ![How to upload files to GPT-4o](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/How-to-upload-files-to-GPT4.png) Once you've clicked it, you'll be able to upload your file. It will then appear on your screen like this: ![How to upload Excel files to ChatGPT](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/upload-Excel-file-to-GPT4.png) Below your file, you can write your prompts, ask ChatGPT to assess and analyze your file, create charts with the data, provide insights and advice, and more. ### **2\. Analyze data and create charts** Once you’ve uploaded your data file, you can start asking questions to help analyze the data. You can even ask GPT-4o to create a chart based on the data you’ve provided. Here are a few simple examples of the types of charts and graphs that GPT-4o can create: **\[Note*: We've used simplified fictional data for demonstration purposes.\]* ![GPT-4o graph example](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/GPT-4o-graph.png) ![GPT-4o chart example](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/GPT-4o-finance-chart-example.png) ![GPT-4o pie chart example image](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/GPT-4o-pie-chart-example.png) --- ## **Analyzing financial data in GPT-4o** To help you get to grips with how you can use GPT-4o in [finance or data analytics](https://www.financealliance.io/what-is-big-data-security-analytics/), let’s look at an example. We’ve used some ‘dummy data’ to test and demonstrate how finance can leverage this technology in their roles. So, let’s begin by assuming we’ve just uploaded the data below and GPT-4o has put it all into this nice, clean table for us: ![ChatGPT - GPT-4o example data table for analysis](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/GPT4o1.png) Now we're ready to begin analyzing this data. So, we asked ChatGPT this question as a starting point: > *Analyze the cash flow forecast for 2024 and identify any potential liquidity issues. Highlight any months where the cash balance is projected to fall below the minimum required level of $50,000.* When we asked GPT-4o about the monthly cash flow, it provided a list showing the cash balance and liquidity position for each month. For example, January was noted as having a cash balance of **$60,136.25** and no liquidity issues since the cash balance is above the minimum required level of **$50,000**. Moving through the months, it provided similar insights. In May, GPT-4o reported a cash balance of **$47,788.65** and therefore notified us that there *is* a liquidity issue identified because the cash balance was below the minimum required level of **$50,000**. If we want to look into the data even further, we can ask more questions to get GPT-4o to perform data analysis. Here are some examples of the questions we asked, and the responses that GPT-4o gave in return: **Q. Which months have the lowest cash balance, and what could be the potential reasons for this?** ![GPT-4o example of data analysis](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/gpt4.o.png) --- **Q. Calculate the average monthly cash inflows and outflows for 2024.** ![](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/gpt4.o3.png) --- **Q. Identify and explain any months where cash inflows are significantly lower than average.** ![](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/2024/05/gpt.4.o4.png) We’ve used quite a simple example, but it shows just how well GPT-4o can analyze financial data. We suggest trying it out for yourself and seeing what types of insights you can get back from it. By leveraging GPT-4o, you can [process and analyze data](https://www.financealliance.io/cost-benefit-analysis/) to discover deeper insights and improve decision-making. --- [How to use Gemini AI with Google SheetsGoogle’s latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence, Gemini, has many finance pros anticipating its transformative potential in data analysis and decision-making.![](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2021/06/FA_Icon_Colour--1-.png)Finance AllianceSabrinthia Donnelly![](https://www.financealliance.io/content/images/size/w1200/2024/02/how-to-use-google-gemini-with-google-sheets-2.jpg)](https://www.financealliance.io/how-to-use-gemini-ai-with-google-sheets/) --- ## **Voice conversations** Aside from data analysis, GPT-4o offers extra capabilities for natural conversations and streamlined workflows. With the new Voice Mode, you can engage in voice conversations with the AI directly from your computer. This feature lets you do things like brainstorm ideas or discuss pressing topics in finance using speech input and output. --- ## **Desktop app – GPT-4o** OpenAI is launching a new [ChatGPT](https://www.financealliance.io/chatgpt-for-excel/) desktop app for macOS, so you can now access GPT-4o via the app (it's also available for both free and paid plan users). This app integrates with your computer, so you can access the AI instantly using a keyboard shortcut (Option + Space). From there you can ask questions, take screenshots, and discuss them directly within the app. The desktop app also offers features like screenshot capture and annotation, making it easier to collaborate with the AI on visual content or seek clarification on specific elements within an image. This might be particularly useful if you want help analyzing charts, graphs, etc. --- ## **Math problems with GPT-4o \[video\]** OpenAI posted the video below to demonstrate how you can use GPT-4o to help with math problems. It's interesting to see how well this AI tool performs mathematical problems. Perhaps it'll be just as useful for helping with things like financial formulas or calculating metrics for your next report, etc. *Of course, it's important to double-check the answers you get to make sure you're getting accurate responses!* --- ## FAQs ### **What is GPT-4o?** GPT-4o is OpenAI’s latest flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real-time. OpenAI claims it's a step “*towards much more natural human-computer interaction*.” ### **How is GPT-4o different than other versions of ChatGPT?** GPT-4o differs from other versions of ChatGPT by offering improved performance, including faster response times and better handling of complex queries, while retaining the comprehensive language capabilities of GPT-4. ### **Is GPT-4o free?** Yes, GPT-4o is available to users of the free version of ChatGPT. ### **Is GPT-4o better than GPT-4?** GPT-4o is considered as an optimized enhancement of GPT-4, offering better performance in terms of speed and efficiency. However, the core language capabilities remain consistent with GPT-4. ### **Is ChatGPT 4o available?** Yes, GPT-4o is now available to users. ### **What does GPT-4o do?** GPT-4o can assess, summarize, and converse with users via text, visuals, and audio. It also answers your queries by combining both model knowledge and information from the internet, helping to provide even better insights. ### **What's new about ChatGPT 4o?** GPT-4o is a new, optimized version of OpenAI's GPT-4, designed to enhance performance and efficiency while maintaining the robust language understanding and generation capabilities of its predecessor. It can now converse with you using images, audio, and video. ### Adobe introduces AI-powered eraser to Lightroom URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/adobe-introduces-ai-powered-eraser-to-lightroom/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:58:38.000Z Say goodbye to photobombs. Adobe is introducing an AI-driven Generative Remove feature to its Lightroom photo editor. This feature simplifies the removal of unwanted elements like that annoying person in the background. Currently in public beta, it works seamlessly across the Lightroom ecosystem on [mobile, desktop, and web platforms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/inference-and-training). ### Streamlined editing with Firefly AI Lightroom's Generative Remove effortlessly replaces unwanted elements using Adobe's Firefly AI engine. Paint over the area you want to remove, and Lightroom sends this information to Adobe's Firefly servers, [which process the data and return the edited image](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tag/machine-learning). In contrast to Adobe Photoshop's Reference Image feature, which allows users to generate new images using Firefly, Lightroom's AI enhancements are designed to streamline a photographer's workflow. ### Tackling complex edits with ease Removing distracting elements from images is often challenging. Traditionally, tools like Lightroom's Content Aware Remove match surrounding areas to hide elements. While effective for simple backgrounds, this method becomes cumbersome for larger objects or complex backgrounds. The Firefly-powered Generative Remove excels at handling larger objects against any background, reducing what once took hours and technical expertise to a quick and easy task. Lightroom now empowers everyone to be an editing wizard. Moreover, Generative Remove offers three different versions of the edit, letting you choose the best one. ### Comparing to Google’s Magic Eraser Although Generative Remove is impressive, it might seem familiar to users of Google Photos. The new features are similar to Google's Magic Eraser tool and do not offer the same capabilities as Google's Magic Editor, which can alter scene lighting or rearrange subjects. Adobe's Generative Remove reflects the company's ongoing approach to AI, as seen with last year's AI-powered noise removal tool. These enhancements build on existing tools, providing practical improvements rather than groundbreaking new features. This focus on better tools over flashy innovations likely aligns with what working photographers seek. Adobe appears content to let others handle more dramatic AI-powered capabilities, like post-capture scene rearrangement. --- Want to know more about generative AI? Read the article below: [Generative AI from an enterprise architecture strategy perspectiveEyal Lantzman, Global Head of Architecture, AI/ML at JPMorgan, gave this presentation at the London Generative AI Summit in November 2023.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteEyal Lantzman![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1531871165793-30177cc75a44?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHBlcnNwZWN0aXZlfGVufDB8fHx8MTcwMjA1MTQ3MXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/) ### Sony unveils advanced microsurgery assistance robot URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/sony-unveils-advanced-microsurgery-assistance-robot/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:58:20.000Z Sony is making strides in the surgical robotics market with its newly developed [microsurgery assistance robot](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-meets-robotics-the-future-of-surgery/). The Tokyo-based company recently announced its advanced system designed for automatic surgical instrument exchange and precision control. ## **Robot development and functionality** Sony, known for its electronic technologies, created this robot to assist in microsurgical procedures. The robot, used in conjunction with a microscope, works on extremely small tissues such as veins and nerves. It tracks the movements of a surgeon’s hands and fingers using a highly sensitive control device. These movements are then replicated on a small surgical instrument that mimics the movement of the human wrist. ## **Addressing practical challenges** The new system aims to overcome practical challenges conventional surgical assistant robots face, such as interruptions and delays from manually exchanging surgical instruments. Sony’s R&D team achieved this through the miniaturization of parts, allowing for automatic exchange. The system comprises a tabletop console operated by a surgeon and a robot that performs procedures on a patient. The surgeon’s hand movements on the console are replicated at a reduced scale (approximately 1/2 to 1/10) at the tip of the robot arm’s surgical instrument. Sony’s researchers envision the robot assistant being used in various surgical procedures. ## **Key features of the robot** ### **1\. Automatic instrument exchange** One of the robot’s standout features is its ability to automatically exchange instruments, made possible by the miniaturization of surgical tools. Multiple instruments can be compactly stored near the robot arm, allowing the left and right arms to make small movements to exchange tools quickly without human intervention. ### **2\. High-precision control** The robot employs a highly sensitive control device to provide stable and precise control necessary for microsurgical procedures. This compact and lightweight device accurately reflects the delicate movements of human fingertips. The tip of the surgical instrument, designed with multiple joints, moves smoothly like a human wrist. Sony aims for the robot to enable nimble operation and smooth movements that feel almost imperceptible to the user. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### **3\. Advanced display technology** Equipped with a 1.3-type 4K OLED microdisplay developed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, the robot provides operators with high-definition images of the surgical area and the movement of instruments. ### **4\. Performance and testing** In February, Sony conducted an experiment at Aichi Medical University. Surgeons and medical practitioners who do not specialize in microsurgery used the prototype to create an anastomosis in animal blood vessels successfully. Sony claims this was the world’s first instance of microvascular anastomosis using a surgical assistance robot with an automatic instrument exchange function. ## **Expert insights** Munekazu Naito, a professor in the Department of Anatomy at Aichi Medical University, remarked on humans' superior brain and hand coordination, which allows for precise and delicate movements. He noted that mastering microsurgery typically requires extensive training, but Sony’s robot demonstrated exceptional control over novice surgeons' movements. This technology enabled them to perform intricate tasks with skills comparable to experienced experts. Naito hoped surgical assistance robots would expand physicians' capabilities and enhance advanced medical practices. ## **Future development and goals** Sony plans to collaborate with university medical departments and medical institutions to further develop and validate robotic assistance technology's effectiveness. The ultimate goal is to resolve issues in the medical field and contribute to medical advancements through innovative robotic technology. --- Read more about how AI and computer vision are advancing healthcare by reading the eBook below: [Computer Vision in Healthcare eBook 2023Unlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/07/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-ebook/) ### Messaging your AI pricing model URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/messaging-your-ai-pricing-model/ Last updated: 2024-05-10T15:00:36.000Z *This article is based on* [*Ismail Madni*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/imadni/)*’s brilliant talk at the Product Marketing Summit in Austin, hosted by our sister community, Product Marketing Alliance.* --- More and more [AI capabilities](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-age-of-industrial-ai-is-here/) are being added to product roadmaps every single day. Even companies that aren’t using true AI are still incorporating increasingly advanced capabilities into their product. This gives us all a golden opportunity to rethink [how we price our offerings](https://www.productmarketingalliance.com/how-to-calculate-the-perfect-product-selling-price/) and the story behind that pricing – and that’s what I’m excited to talk to you about today. ## A brief history of software pricing models Let's start by taking a quick look at the history of software [pricing models](https://www.productmarketingalliance.com/top-pricing-strategies-success-video/). We need to understand not just pricing and packaging, but also the storytelling around it. However, back in the 80s and 90s, there really wasn't much of a pricing story to be told. It was mostly one-time, large upfront purchases for on-premise software. You'd have some annual maintenance fees too. The story was just “this is the cost versus the value.” In the late 90s and early 2000s, we saw the rise of cloud products with [subscription models](https://www.productmarketingalliance.com/how-to-scale-b2c-revenue-subscriptions/) like Salesforce – monthly, annual, or multi-year recurring payments. It was cheaper upfront and the products were constantly updated, so there was real value there. But the pricing story didn’t evolve much – it was just “it's cheaper to buy with a subscription.” Today, we see a lot of subscription and usage-based pricing models. I'm a big fan of usage-based pricing because it directly ties the cost to [the value the customer receives](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/) – the actual outcomes you're providing them. It's much more of a pay-as-you-go approach. [![Subscription and usage-based examples. Per seat: Salesforce. Per task: Zapier. Per event: Eventbrite. Per resource: Snowflake.](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/hFHWQweO7yjG2bHW1mMaBAfjVfHtFnOVHy4nyfKPQ4G2pMmNxLblBh7vGOfqSDbsautd9ftlWlubBaRG6LLGD0xljCs4SA36lnTJ4_DD8IkvGOmtVBWtQVjLAtTI0xwQFpeGl0BapO3AtdA1ckuW3Ho)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/messaging-your-ai-pricing-model) There are tons of examples of usage-based pricing in [B2B](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/personalize-your-b2b-marketing-with-ai/) – examples like Zapier (per task/zap), Eventbrite (per event), Snowflake, and AWS (per resource). Their pricing directly ties to the outcomes being delivered. It's a win-win – vendors have to keep providing value, while customers only pay for what they actually use. ## How to tell a story with usage-based pricing AI capabilities fit beautifully into the usage-based approach and the stories you can craft around it. The usage metrics you select as pricing inputs can directly shape that narrative. Are you creating new workflows and saving time? Are you [making people more efficient](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boost-your-business-efficiency-by-leveraging-genai-to-automate-processes/)? Broadly speaking, AI is going to do one of those things – help users move faster, be more productive, save money, or enable new ways of working. [![Usage pricing metrics will drive the message on your pricing model Value Drivers –> Value Metrics –> Pricing Metrics](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/1b0z7Xpf1GJ4AcYEuMFbXyx6wwLMO_KoHf7EET7E0pEaoP53rjnrYQRu1-0ZP_vDHSDQSzL4NFlfpIbNElHMk1l2wGI8exY854w-FFhG9voDbNsfy1eWv_kaFCgd9_ojc0rIA2z-nchbeG7nKPpNBQk)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/messaging-your-ai-pricing-model) Your value drivers dictate the value metrics, which in turn suggest the pricing approach. If your product enables new workflows, you can price based on that workflow enablement. If it helps coding or copywriting happen faster, you can price accordingly – per article or line of code, for instance. ## How to craft compelling messaging around your pricing strategy To see how you can use your pricing model as the foundation of a story that resonates with buyers, let’s look at a couple of real-world examples – one from Intercom and one from GitHub. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### MediaTek launches powerful Dimensity 9300+ chip URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mediatek-launches-powerful-dimensity-9300-chip/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T09:24:51.000Z MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9300+, its newest addition to the Dimensity series of mobile chips. The Dimensity 9300+ features enhanced clock speeds and is engineered to boost the processing of on-device [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/). It supports a wide range of [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) (LLMs) and provides several other performance improvements compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 9300. JC Hsu, MediaTek's Corporate Senior Vice President, emphasized, "The Dimensity 9300+ will enhance our ability to foster a vibrant generative AI application ecosystem through extensive LLM support and on-device LoRA Fusion capabilities. It delivers remarkable enhancements and speeds for LLM inference, processing tokens much more quickly, thus improving the overall user experience." ## **Advanced core and AI engine** The chip incorporates an All-Big-Core architecture utilizing TSMC’s third-generation 4nm process. It includes one Arm Cortex-X4 core clocked at up to 3.4 GHz, along with three Cortex-X4 cores and four Cortex-A720 cores. MediaTek has significantly advanced AI processing capabilities in the Dimensity 9300+ through its new NeuroPilot Speculative Decode Acceleration technology, part of the company's cutting-edge generative AI engine, the APU 790\. This engine supports LLMs across a spectrum from 1 billion to 33 billion parameters and enhances the efficiency of running LLMs. According to MediaTek, the Dimensity 9300+ can process LLMs with seven billion parameters at a speed of 22 tokens per second, more than double the processing rate of comparable mass-market solutions. [Generative Artificial Intelligence Report 2024We’re diving deep into the world of generative artificial intelligence with our new report: Generative AI 2024, which will explore how and why companies are (or aren’t) using this technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/AIAI_Generative_A1_2024_Survey_.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/) ## **Gaming performance and connectivity enhancements** For gamers, the Dimensity 9300+ includes a second-generation hardware raytracing engine powered by an Arm Immortalis-G720 GPU. This setup provides rapid raytracing capabilities at a seamless 60 FPS and supports console-like global illumination effects. The chip also benefits from MediaTek’s newest HyperEngine gaming technologies. The chip's MediaTek Adaptive Gaming Technology (MAGT) optimizes power efficiency during gameplay in popular titles, helping to prolong battery life and maintain device coolness. Furthermore, the integration of HyperEngine’s Network Observation System (NOS) enhances WiFi and cellular network performance simultaneously and utilizes advanced network prediction technology. When activated, MediaTek’s NOS can save up to 10% in power and up to 25% in cellular data usage. ## **Imaging and AI video capabilities** The chip's Imagiq 990 ISP supports 18-bit RAW processing, enabling superior photo and video quality in low-light conditions. This ISP includes a built-in AI Semantic Analysis Video Engine that provides features like real-time video capture and scene segmentation to improve video quality. Additionally, the Dimensity 9300+ incorporates MediaTek’s MiraVision 990, featuring sophisticated AI depth engine technologies to enhance visual content on smartphones. ## **Support for a range of AI applications** The chip is designed for a broad array of AI applications, providing: - Support for on-device LoRA Fusion and NeuroPilot LoRA Fusion 2.0, which aids developers in rapidly launching new generative AI applications involving text, images, and music. - Compatibility with the latest LLMs, including 01.AI Yi-Nano, Alibaba Cloud Qwen, Baichuan AI, ERNIE-3.5-SE, Google Gemini Nano, and Meta Llama 2 and Llama 3. - ExecuTorch Delegation for deployed on-device inferencing. The Dimensity 9300+ also features a 5G R16 modem that supports 4CC-CA Sub-6GHz, capable of achieving download speeds of up to 7Gbps and is equipped with AI-driven situational awareness. ### 12 of the best books on computer vision URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision/ Last updated: 2024-04-30T14:09:32.000Z [Computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) is expanding quickly and has the potential to completely change how we interact with technology, being at the forefront of many cutting-edge advancements, from self-driving automobiles to augmented reality. Reading a computer vision book can be an excellent approach to learning and acquiring insight into this field and its applications. From the principles of computer vision to more [advanced technologies](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/developing-smarter-automation-technologies-for-the-future-of-flight/), these books will provide you with a thorough overview of the area and its applications – whether you’re a student, researcher, or professional. In this article, you’ll find 12 of the best books on computer vision: - [*Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (Texts in Computer Science)*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#computer-vision-algorithms-and-applications-texts-in-computer-science-by-richard-szeliski) - [*Computer Vision: Principles, Algorithms, Applications, Learning*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#computer-vision-principles-algorithms-applications-learning-by-e-r-davies) - [*Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#multiple-view-geometry-in-computer-vision-by-richard-hartley-and-andrew-zisserman) - [*Computer Vision: Models, Learning, and Inference*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#computer-vision-models-learning-and-inference-by-simon-j-d-prince) - [*Computer Vision: A Modern Approach (International Edition)*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#computer-vision-a-modern-approach-international-edition-by-david-a-forsyth) - [*Practical Deep Learning for Cloud, Mobile, and Edge: Real-World AI & Computer-Vision Projects Using Python, Keras & TensorFlow*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#practical-deep-learning-for-cloud-mobile-and-edge-real-world-ai-computer-vision-projects-using-python-keras-tensorflow-by-anirudh-koul-siddha-ganju-mehere-kasam) - [*Modern Computer Vision with PyTorch: Explore Deep Learning Concepts and Implement Over 50 Real-World Image Applications*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#modern-computer-vision-with-pytorch-explore-deep-learning-concepts-and-implement-over-50-real-world-image-applications-by-v-kishore-ayyadevara-yeshwanth-reddy) - [*Learning OpenCV 4 Computer Vision with Python 3: Get to Grips with Tools, Techniques, and Algorithms for Computer Vision and Machine Learning*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#learning-opencv-4-computer-vision-with-python-3-get-to-grips-with-tools-techniques-and-algorithms-for-computer-vision-and-machine-learning-by-joseph-howse) - [*Deep Learning for Vision Systems*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#deep-learning-for-vision-systems-by-mohamed-elgendy) - [*Concise Computer Vision: An Introduction into Theory and Algorithms*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#concise-computer-vision-an-introduction-into-theory-and-algorithms-by-reinhard-klette) - [*Computer Vision Metrics: Survey, Taxonomy, and Analysis*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#computer-vision-metrics-survey-taxonomy-and-analysis-by-scott-krig) - [*Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and Algorithms for Analyzing Images*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/12-of-the-best-books-on-computer-vision-in-2023/#programming-computer-vision-with-python-tools-and-algorithms-for-analyzing-images-by-jan-erik-solem) ## *Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (Texts in Computer Science)*, by **Richard Szeliski** ![Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (Texts in Computer Science), by Richard Szeliski](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/3030343715.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon This computer vision book looks at the variety of techniques involved in analyzing and interpreting images, and describes real-world applications where vision is used successfully – in both specialized applications and consumer-level tasks. The book takes a scientific approach to the formulation of computer vision issues, which are analyzed using classical and deep learning models and solved through rigorous engineering principles. Often referred to as the “bible of computer vision”, it’s a must-read for those at a senior level, as it acts as a general reference text for fundamental techniques. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3H19AgF) --- ## *Computer Vision: Principles, Algorithms, Applications, Learning*, by **E. R. Davies** ![Computer Vision: Principles, Algorithms, Applications, Learning, by E. R. Davies](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/B077LQ3LQC.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon Davies covers computer vision’s fundamental methodologies while he explores its theoretical side, such as algorithmic and practical design limitations. Made for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, engineers, and professionals, the book offers an up-to-date approach to modern problems. The latest edition also includes: - A new chapter on object segmentation and shape models. - Three new chapters on machine learning, two covering basic classification concepts and probabilistic models, the other the principles of deep learning networks. - Personalized programming examples: illustrations, codes, hints, methods, and more. - Discussions on the EM algorithm, RNNs, geometric transformations, semantic segmentation, and more. - Examples and applications of developing real-world computer vision systems. - And more. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3XK1PCy) --- ## *Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision*, by **Richard Hartley** & **Andrew Zisserman** ![Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision, by Richard Hartley and Andrew Zisserman](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/Screenshot-at-Jan-27-15-56-10--1-.png) Source: Amazon This textbook covers mathematical principles and techniques of multiple view geometry, a key area in computer vision. It also goes over the basic theory of projective geometry, which is the geometry of image formation, and the estimation of camera motion and structure from image sequences. You’ll also find insights into image rectification, 3D scene recovery, and stereo correspondence. The book explains how to define objects in algebraic form for more straightforward computation, and it addresses the main geometric principles. It offers you a clear understanding of computer vision’s structure in a real-world scenario. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3XXtAaZ) --- ## *Computer Vision: Models, Learning, and Inference*, by **Simon J. D. Prince** ![ Computer Vision: Models, Learning, and Inference, by Simon J. D. Prince](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/1107011795.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon The book *Computer Vision: Models, Learning, and Inference* offers a thorough introduction to the subject. The book covers a wide range of topics, such as picture generation, feature detection and extraction, object recognition, motion analysis, and machine learning techniques to enhance computer vision systems' performance. Along with a review of current research, it also contains a thorough description of computer vision's mathematical and statistical underpinnings. The book offers a thorough and current introduction to the discipline and is written with graduate students, researchers, and practitioners of computer vision and related fields in mind. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3wqaJtf) --- ## *Computer Vision: A Modern Approach (International Edition)*, by **David A. Forsyth** ![Computer Vision: A Modern Approach (International Edition), by David A. Forsyth](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/0273764144.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon This computer vision book covers the essential ideas and methods of computer vision. It’s divided into four main sections, starting with an introduction to computer vision and a rundown of its foundational mathematical techniques. Image formation, covering subjects like image sensing, picture processing, and image analysis, is covered in the book's second section. Object recognition, encompassing subjects like feature detection and matching, object recognition, and object tracking, is covered in the third section of the book. The book's concluding section discusses complex subjects including stereo, motion, and scene analysis. The writers illustrate the theories and methods covered in the book using a range of real-world examples and applications. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3DbEmCo) --- ## *Practical Deep Learning for Cloud, Mobile, and Edge: Real-World AI & Computer-Vision Projects Using Python, Keras & TensorFlow*, by **Anirudh Koul, Siddha Ganju & Mehere Kasam** ![Practical Deep Learning for Cloud, Mobile, and Edge: Real-World AI & Computer-Vision Projects Using Python, Keras & TensorFlow, by Anirudh Koul](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/51-eNYj9f8L._SX379_BO1-204-203-200_.jpg) Source: Amazon This book combines the Python programming language, the Keras and TensorFlow libraries, and several computer vision techniques to walk you through constructing actual projects using deep learning approaches for the cloud, and for mobile and edge devices. It offers practical examples and code snippets to aid with your comprehension while covering subjects like picture classification, object identification, and video analysis. Developers, data scientists, and engineers who want to understand how to apply deep learning to create useful projects for the cloud, mobile platforms, and edge devices should read this book. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3XwfkG8) --- ## *Modern Computer Vision with PyTorch: Explore Deep Learning Concepts and Implement Over 50 Real-World Image Applications*, by **V Kishore Ayyadevara & Yeshwanth Reddy** ![Modern Computer Vision with PyTorch: Explore Deep Learning Concepts and Implement Over 50 Real-World Image Applications, by V Kishore Ayyadevara](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/1839213477.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon Many recent developments in various computer vision applications are fueled by deep learning. This book uses a practical way to teach you how to use PyTorch1.x on real-world datasets to solve more than 50 computer vision problems. Ayyadevara and Reddy take you through how to train a neural network from scratch with NumPy and PyTorch. Plus, how to combine computer vision and NLP to perform object detection, how to deploy a deep learning model on the AWS server by using FastAPI and Docker, and much more. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3DaGSZA) --- ## *Learning OpenCV 4 Computer Vision with Python 3: Get to Grips with Tools, Techniques, and Algorithms for Computer Vision and Machine Learning*, by **Joseph Howse and Joe Minichino** ![Learning OpenCV 4 Computer Vision with Python 3: Get to Grips with Tools, Techniques, and Algorithms for Computer Vision and Machine Learning, by Joseph Howse](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/1789531616.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon If you want to learn how to use the OpenCV library to develop computer vision and machine learning applications, then this book is for you. Howe includes practical examples and code snippets to help you understand the principles and their applications while covering a wide range of topics. These include image processing, object detection, and machine learning. The computer vision book is also created for readers with some Python programming knowledge and is based on OpenCV 4, the most recent release of the library. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3XVyuFs) --- ## *Deep Learning for Vision Systems*, by **Mohamed Elgendy** ![Deep Learning for Vision Systems, by Mohamed Elgendy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/41kRKGtrk-L._SX397_BO1-204-203-200_.jpg) Source: Amazon Building intelligent, scalable computer vision systems that can recognize and respond to things in pictures, movies, and real life is something you can learn how to do with *Deep Learning for Vision Systems*. You’ll understand cutting-edge deep learning techniques such as: - Image classification and captioning - An intro to computer vision - Transfer learning and advanced CNN architectures - Deep learning and neural networks [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3H3DP6z) --- ## *Concise Computer Vision: An Introduction into Theory and Algorithms*, by **Reinhard Klette** ![Concise Computer Vision: An Introduction into Theory and Algorithms, by Reinhard Klette](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/B00HOYNXAO.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon In this book, Klette offers a general introduction to the core ideas in computer vision, emphasizing key mathematical ideas and methods. At the end of each chapter, the book provides programming exercises and quizzes. The book covers a wide range of related computer vision subjects, including mathematical ideas, picture segmentation, image recognition, and the fundamental parts of a computer vision system. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3H3sR0X) --- ## *Computer Vision Metrics: Survey, Taxonomy, and Analysis*, by **Scott Krig** ![Computer Vision Metrics: Survey, Taxonomy, and Analysis, by Scott Krig](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/B0781WNK15.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg) Source: Amazon Krig offers a thorough explanation of the many metrics applied in computer vision. The book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in computer vision metrics, a taxonomy of metrics based on their properties, and an evaluation of their advantages and disadvantages. The book covers a wide range of subjects, such as performance evaluation for machine learning-based computer vision systems, object recognition and tracking, and image and video quality assessment. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3HaSltw) --- ## *Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and Algorithms for Analyzing Images*, by **Jan Erik Solem** This is a thorough computer vision reference for the Python programming language. The book covers a wide range of topics, including 3D reconstruction, object recognition, feature extraction, and image processing. Additionally, it offers a summary of the most well-known Python libraries and frameworks for computer vision, including OpenCV, scikit-image, and scikit-learn. It includes more complex topics like feature extraction, object recognition, and 3D reconstruction too, and provides an introduction to computer vision and the fundamentals of image processing, such as image filtering, thresholding, and color spaces. You can learn and apply the principles covered with the aid of real-world examples and code snippets. The book also provides a detailed explanation of the algorithms used, which is especially helpful if you want to go deeper into the theory behind computer vision. [Grab your copy](https://amzn.to/3HBQejT) --- Want more about computer vision? Check out our Computer Vision in Healthcare eBook: [Computer Vision in Healthcare eBook 2023Unlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/07/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-ebook/) ### The role of AI accelerators in driving economic growth and social development URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/key-role-of-ai-accelerators-in-driving-economic-growth-and-social-development/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T13:44:14.000Z [Artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/) stands as a transformative force with the potential to revolutionize industries, spur innovation, and drive economic growth. However, unlocking the full potential of AI requires overcoming significant computational challenges. This is where AI accelerators come into play. AI accelerators, specialized [hardware](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-hardware-and-software-for-edge-computing-deployment-issues/) designed to optimize AI workloads, play a crucial role in accelerating AI adoption, powering economic growth, and fostering social development. ## Acceleration of AI adoption AI accelerators serve as catalysts for the widespread adoption of AI technologies across various sectors. By enhancing the speed and efficiency of AI computations, these specialized hardware solutions enable organizations to harness the power of AI for a wide range of applications, from autonomous vehicles and [healthcare ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-download-the-ebook-today/)diagnostics to finance and cybersecurity. Furthermore, AI accelerators facilitate the deployment of AI models at scale, making it feasible for businesses of all sizes to integrate AI into their operations. ## Driving economic growth The widespread adoption of AI, fueled by AI accelerators, has the potential to drive significant economic growth. By automating repetitive tasks, optimizing processes, and enabling data-driven decision-making, AI technologies enhance productivity and efficiency across industries, leading to increased output and competitiveness. Moreover, AI-powered innovations create new business opportunities, drive entrepreneurship, and stimulate job creation. As businesses leverage AI to improve products and services, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new revenue streams, they contribute to economic expansion and prosperity. ## Fostering social development Beyond economic benefits, AI accelerators play a vital role in fostering social development and addressing pressing societal challenges. AI-driven solutions have the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, improving diagnostics, personalized treatment plans, and patient outcomes. In education, AI-powered tools can enhance learning experiences, personalize instruction, and bridge gaps in access to quality education. Furthermore, AI technologies enable advancements in areas such as environmental monitoring, disaster response, and public safety, contributing to the well-being and resilience of communities worldwide. ## Challenges and opportunities While AI accelerators hold immense promise, their widespread adoption faces challenges such as high costs, technical complexity, and ethical considerations. Addressing these challenges requires collaboration between governments, industry stakeholders, and the research community to develop affordable, accessible, and ethical AI solutions. Moreover, investments in AI education and workforce development are essential to ensure that societies can fully harness the benefits of AI technology while mitigating potential risks. ## Conclusion In conclusion, AI accelerators play a pivotal role in accelerating AI adoption, driving economic growth, and fostering social development. By enhancing the speed, efficiency, and scalability of AI computations, these specialized hardware solutions empower organizations to unlock the full potential of AI across various sectors. As we navigate the digital age, embracing AI accelerators presents an unprecedented opportunity to harness the power of AI for the benefit of economies and societies worldwide, ushering in a new era of innovation, prosperity, and human progress. ### A snapshot of bias, the human mind and artificial Intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-snapshot-of-bias-the-human-mind-and-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:57:15.000Z ## **Introducing bias & the human mind** The human mind is a landscape filled with curiosity and, at times irrationality, motivation, confusion, and bias. The latter results in levels of complexity in how both the human and more recently, the artificial slant affects [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) systems from concept to scale. [Bias](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bias-in-ai-understanding-and-mitigating-algorithmic-discrimination/) is something that in many cases unintentionally appears - whether it be in human decision-making or the dataset - but its impact on output can be sizeable. With several cases over the years highlighting the social, political, technological, and environmental impact of bias, this piece will explore this important topic and some thoughts on how such a phenomenon can be managed. Whilst there’s many variations and interpretations (which in some cases themselves could be biased), let’s instead of referring to a definition explore how the human mind might work in certain scenarios. Imagine two friends (friend A and friend B) at school who’ve had a falling out and makeup again after apologies are exchanged. With friend A's birthday coming up, they’re going through their invite list and land on Person B (who they fell out with). [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) Do they want to invite them back and risk the awkwardness if another falling out occurs, or should they take the view they should only invite those they’ve always got along with? The twist is though, Person A choosing the attendees for the party may have had minor falling outs with them in the past, but they’re interpreting it through the lens any previous falling outs are insignificant enough to be looked over. The follow-up from the above example turns to whether person’s A decision is fair. Now, fairness adds to the difficulty as there’s no scientific definition of what fairness really is. However, some might align fairness with making a balanced judgment after considering the facts or doing what is right (even if that’s biased!). These are just a couple of ways in which the mind can distort, and mould the completion of tasks, whether they’re strategic or technical. Before going into the underlying ways in which bias can be managed in AI systems, let’s start from the top: leadership. ## **Leadership, bias, and Human In the Loop Systems** The combination of leadership and bias introduces important discussions about how such a trait can be managed. “The fish rots from the head down” is a common phrase used to describe leadership styles and their impact across both the wider company and their teams, but this phrase can also be extended to how bias weaves down the chain of command. For example, if a leader within the C-suite doesn’t get along with the CEO or has had several previous tense exchanges, they may ultimately, subconsciously have a blurred view of the company vision that then spills down, with distorted conviction, to the teams. Leadership and bias will always remain an important conversation in the boardroom, and there’s been some fascinating studies exploring this in more depth, for example, Shaan Madhavji’s piece on the identification and management of leadership bias \[1\]. It’s an incredibly eye-opening subject, and one that in my view will become increasingly topical as time moves on. [Generative Artificial Intelligence Report 2024We’re diving deep into the world of generative artificial intelligence with our new report: Generative AI 2024, which will explore how and why companies are (or aren’t) using this technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/AIAI_Generative_A1_2024_Survey_.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/) As we shift from leadership styles and bias to addressing bias in artificial intelligence-based systems, an area that’ll come under further spotlight will be the effectiveness of Human In the Loop Systems (HITL). Whilst their usefulness varies across industries, in summary, HITL systems fuse both the art of human intuition and the efficiency of machines: an incredibly valuable partnership where complex decision-making at speed is concerned. Additionally, when linked to bias, the human link in the chain can be key in identifying bias early on to ensure adverse effects aren’t felt later on. On the other hand, HITL won’t always be a Spring cleaning companion: complexities around getting a sizeable batch of training data combined with practitioners who can effectively integrate into a HITL environment can blur the productivity vs efficiency drive the company is aiming to achieve. ## **Conclusions & the future of bias** In my view, irrespective of how much better HITL systems might (or might not) become, I don’t believe bias can be eliminated, and I don’t believe in the future - no matter how advanced and intelligent AI becomes - we’ll be able to get rid of it. It’s very much something that’s so woven that it’s not always possible to see or even discern it. Furthermore, sometimes bias traits are only revealed when an individual points it out to someone else, and even then there can be bias on top of bias! As we look to the future of G[enerative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/), its associated increasingly challenging ethical considerations, and the wide-ranging debate on how far its usefulness will stem at scale, an important thought will always remain at heart: we on occasions won’t be able to mitigate future impacts of bias until we’re right at the moment and the impact is being felt there and then. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] shaan-madhavji.medium.com. (n.d.). Leadership Bias: 12 cognitive biases to become a decisive leader. \[online\] Available at: https://hospitalityinsights.ehl.edu/leadership-bias. --- *Want to read more from Ana? Check out one of her articles below:* [Navigating artificial intelligence in 2024Discover how businesses can harness AI’s potential, balance innovation with ethics, and tackle the digital skills gap.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1505778276668-26b3ff7af103?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fG5hdmlnYXRpb258ZW58MHx8fHwxNzExNTMwMTI3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/navigating-artificial-intelligence-in-2024/) ### 1000 AI-powered machines: What we’ve learned about implementing Vision AI on an industrial scale URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/1000-ai-powered-machines-vision-ai-on-an-industrial-scale/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:22:32.000Z *This article is based on* [*Bart Baekelandt*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-baekelandt-4155092/?originalSubdomain=be)*’s brilliant talk at the Computer Vision Summit in London. Pro and Pro+ members can enjoy the complete recording* [*here*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-summit-london-november-2023-ai-accelerator-institute-2/?wchannelid=bq345udgtn&wmediaid=or58k5m0x7)*. For more exclusive content, head to your* [*membership dashboard*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/account/)*.* --- Hi, I’m Bart Baekelandt, Head of Product Management at Robovision. Today, we’re going to talk about the lessons we’ve learned over the last 15 years of [applying AI to robots](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-use-cases-of-artificial-intelligence-in-robotics/) and machines at scale in the real world. ## Robovision’s journey: From flawed to fantastic First, let's look at what these machines were like in the past. 15 years ago, our machine was very basic with extremely rudimentary [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) capabilities. It used classical machine vision techniques and could only handle very basic tasks like recognizing a hand. Everything was hard-coded, so if you needed the machine to recognize something new, you'd have to recode the entire application. It was expensive and required highly skilled personnel. Nowadays, we don't have just one machine – we have entire populations of machines, with advanced recognition capabilities. There's a continuous process of training AI models and applying them to production so the machines can tackle the problem at hand. For example, there are machines that can take a seedling from a conveyor belt and plant it in a tray. We have entire fleets of these specialized machines. One day they're trained to handle one type of seedling, and the next day they're retrained to perform optimally for a different variety of plant. [![ROBOVISION’S JOURNEY From failing to scaling:1000 machines in industrial applications](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Wrpck2ImCmluIdO8aRB9GNFyEKrJr2JNFz3edmb8KRHGHn2Ay_b28nmCR6cGNsfxrR7mp7w8cbxzY7l_CNUiBTxTm66fT3mOOZcquCCjBbfgXKUIcNez6hSq1UmILUwVMNxslOAvCAIhMJnaoAuOrME)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/1000-ai-powered-machines-vision-ai-on-an-industrial-scale) So yeah, a lot has happened in 15 years. We’ve gone from initially failing to scale AI, to figuring out how to [apply AI at scale](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/training-edge-ai-solutions-at-scale/) with minimal support from our side. As of today, we’ve produced over 1000 machines with game-changing industrial applications Let's dive into a few of the key lessons we’ve picked up along the way. ## Lesson one: AI success happens after the pilot The first lesson is that AI success happens after the pilot phase. We learned this lesson the hard way in the initial stages of applying AI, around 2012. [![AI success happens after the pilot. "Somewhere between 60-80% of AI projects are failing according to different news sources" – Forbes. "Only 54% transition from a prototype to a production-ready AI application." –Gartner.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/y-ip9xFloxHaDAVBmfHktRMOGMNWetjiU5trZlfVR7uElaxIwF_xWB9D3cH_c7ecCz7-220JrKt-QM27-aEvhF15UXs1zlEjJ5F6p5gHREtPEfl3_Ws2MGS1HEv0Hhw1S5Xr5wvTjuPI2I6uZAYBq3Q.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/1000-ai-powered-machines-vision-ai-on-an-industrial-scale) Let me share a quick anecdote. When we were working on the machine that takes seedlings from a conveyor belt and plants them in trays, we spent a lot of time applying AI and building the algorithm to recognize the right breaking point on each seedling and plant it properly. Eventually, we nailed it – the algorithm worked perfectly. The machine builder who integrated it was happy, and the customer growing the seedlings was delighted because everything was functioning as intended. However, the congratulations were short-lived. Within two weeks, we got a call – the system wasn't picking the seedlings well anymore. What had happened? They were now trying to handle a different seedling variety, and the images looked just different enough that our AI model struggled. The robot started missing the plants entirely or planting them upside down. We got new image data from the customer's operations and retrained the model. Great, it worked again! But sure enough, two weeks later, we got another call reporting the same problem all over again. This highlighted a key problem. The machine builder wanted to sell to many customers, but we couldn't feasibly support each one by perpetually retraining models on their unique data. That approach doesn't scale. That painful lesson was the genesis of our products. We realized the end customers needed to be able to continuously retrain the models themselves without our assistance. So, we developed tooling for them to capture new data, convert it to retrained models, deploy those models to the machines, and interface with the machines for inference. Our product philosophy stems directly from those harsh real-world lessons about what's required to successfully scale AI in real-world production. ## Lesson two: It’s about getting the odd couple to work together When you’re creating working AI solutions at scale, there typically are two types of people involved. They’re your classic “odd couple,” but they need to be able to collaborate effectively. [![AI's odd couple: Machine operator and data scientist](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/5LVvZT5bcUDXcT9ZfKvgNBot-mVUM13QI0MMJF7bQzrvKpCvPwmruMN3OMUe60b96klbFU29s1_Bz1R4_4vSUF_2mpprwr7WkXDfmBG0yo2QUDiYaHGS6gbYvzI0NQMCcbNj-O_IeHEOxPbqc376c8Q)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/1000-ai-powered-machines-vision-ai-on-an-industrial-scale) On one hand, you have the data scientists – they generally have advanced degrees like Masters in Engineering or even PhDs. Data scientists are driven by innovation. They live to solve complex problems and find solutions to new challenges. Once they've cracked the core issue, however, they tend to lose interest. They want to move on to the next big [innovation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/innovation-vs-regulation-where-do-we-draw-the-line/), rather than focusing on continuous improvement cycles or incremental optimizations On the other hand, you have the machine operators who run the manufacturing systems and processes where AI gets applied at scale – whether that's a factory, greenhouse, or another facility. The machine operators have intricate knowledge of the products being handled by the machines. If you're deploying AI to handle seedlings, for example, no one understands the nuances, variations, and defects of those plants better than the operator. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The impact and challenges of generative AI in healthcare URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-and-challenges-of-generative-ai-in-healthcare/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:23:58.000Z [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/) is transforming multiple sectors, including [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/applications-of-deep-learning-in-healthcare/), where its capabilities to synthesize and analyze vast data types are being leveraged by major tech companies and innovative startups. In a significant collaboration, Google Cloud is working with Highmark Health to create [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) tools aimed at improving patient intake processes. Amazon’s AWS is exploring the uses of generative AI for social health determinants analysis in medical databases. Microsoft Azure's collaboration with the Providence healthcare network focuses on AI systems that prioritize and manage patient communications automatically. The [startup ecosystem](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/starting-an-sme-and-the-ai-landscape/) is buzzing with activity around generative AI: Ambience Healthcare is developing an app specifically for clinicians, Nabla offers an AI assistant for healthcare providers, and Abridge is enhancing medical documentation through analytics tools. These efforts are drawing substantial investment, indicating strong confidence among health investors about the potential of generative AI in this field. ## **Mixed reactions from industry and consumers** The healthcare industry and its consumers show mixed feelings about the readiness and appropriateness of generative AI technologies. For example, a Deloitte survey revealed that only 53% of U.S. consumers see generative AI as a potential enhancer of healthcare accessibility and efficiency. Andrew Borkowski from VA Sunshine Healthcare Network highlights that generative AI may not be mature enough for healthcare deployment, citing its current limitations in handling complex medical issues and emergencies due to outdated data and lack of human expertise. [Computer Vision in Healthcare: Download the eBook todayUnlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, Computer Vision in Healthcare.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/07/AIAI_Computer_Vision_in_Healthcare_Blog-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-download-the-ebook-today/) ## **Concerns over diagnostic accuracy and data handling** OpenAI's ChatGPT has shown vulnerabilities, such as a high error rate in pediatric disease diagnosis, raising concerns about its practical utility in critical healthcare applications. Moreover, generative AI’s struggles with routine medical administrative tasks raise further reliability issues. There's also a broader ethical debate about the use of AI in sensitive sectors like healthcare, particularly concerning privacy, security, and data integrity. The medical community stresses the necessity of rigorous scientific testing and regulatory compliance before these technologies can be fully integrated into healthcare practices. ## **Potential for bias and stereotyping** One critical issue with generative AI in healthcare is its potential to perpetuate stereotypes. A study from Stanford Medicine demonstrated how generative AI could reinforce erroneous beliefs about biological differences among races, which could lead to misdiagnosis and unequal treatment. Despite these challenges, generative AI holds promise for complex applications like medical imaging. Research shows AI could enhance diagnostic accuracy and reduce workflow inefficiencies in imaging departments. [A third of Generative AI users worry about biases and errorsBiases, errors, and limitations of generative AI were highlighted as the main concerns when using the technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-103.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1623018035782-b269248df916-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) ## **The need for rigorous validation** As the technology advances, healthcare professionals emphasize the need for thorough validation studies to ensure generative AI's efficacy and safety. The World Health Organization advocates for strong oversight and ethical guidelines to govern the deployment of AI technologies in healthcare. In conclusion, while generative AI offers exciting prospects for transforming healthcare, significant hurdles related to accuracy, ethics, and patient safety must be addressed. The industry must proceed cautiously, ensuring that these powerful tools do indeed benefit all patients without compromising care quality or ethics. --- Share your generative AI insights and help shape the community! [Generative Artificial Intelligence Report 2024We’re diving deep into the world of generative artificial intelligence with our new report: Generative AI 2024, which will explore how and why companies are (or aren’t) using this technology.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/AIAI_Generative_A1_2024_Survey_.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-report-survey/) ### Top 10 free AI courses you need to know about URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:53:29.000Z [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) is quickly becoming vital to countless aspects of life, and understanding its foundations, implications, and applications is more important than ever. We had a look at the [free AI courses](https://certified.thealliance.io/course/ai-advantage) being offered right now and came up with a list of free classes you can take to get you started on artificial intelligence or to complement your knowledge. Featuring offerings from prestigious institutions and platforms like Google Cloud, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Helsinki, these courses cover a broad range of topics including generative AI, TensorFlow, ethical considerations, and practical applications in business and societal good. In this article, we highlight the top 10 free AI courses you need to know about, such as: 1. [Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#1-introduction-to-generative-ai-learning-path) 2. [Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#2-prompt-engineering-for-chatgpt) 3. [AI For Business Specialization](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#3-ai-for-business-specialization) 4. [AI Foundations for Everyone](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#4-ai-foundations-for-everyone) 5. [Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#5-career-essentials-in-generative-ai-by-microsoft-and-linkedin) 6. [AI for Everyone](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#6-ai-for-everyone) 7. [An introduction to artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#7-an-introduction-to-artificial-intelligence) 8. [Intro to TensorFlow for Machine Learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#8-intro-to-tensorflow-for-machine-learning) 9. [Ethics of AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#9-ethics-of-ai) 10. [AI for Good Specialization](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-10-free-ai-courses-you-need-to-know-about/#10-ai-for-good-specialization) ## [1\. Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/118) ![Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image.png) 💰 Free 📖 5 activities ⏰ 7h30m ✅ Last updated a month ago (as of April 2024) 🧑‍💼 Managed by Google Cloud 🏫 Beginner level This artificial intelligence course is offered by Google Cloud Skills Boost. This beginner microlearning course doesn’t need you to have any technical knowledge or background. It’s a great way of helping you learn generative artificial intelligence, including large language models (LLMs) and responsible AI principles. It introduces Google’s seven AI principles and ends by explaining the practice of responsible AI in Google Cloud’s products, taking a comprehensive approach to educating learners about the current landscape of artificial intelligence. The modules are: 1. Introduction to Generative AI 2. Introduction to Large Language Models 3. Introduction to Responsible AI 4. Prompt Design in Vertex AI 5. Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles with Google Cloud ## [2\. Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT](https://www.coursera.org/learn/prompt-engineering) ![Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-1.png) 📖 7 assignments 🎓 LinkedIn shareable certificate ⏰ 18h 🧑‍💼 Built by Vanderbilt University 🏫 Beginner level Part of Vanderbilt University’s Prompt Engineering Specialization, this course is a self-paced artificial intelligence class designed to improve your prompt engineering skills. Composed of six modules, the course will build up your subject-matter expertise in ChatGPT and other language models. You’ll be introduced to the patterns and approaches that will enable you to write effective prompts for these large language models. You’ll start with basic prompts and work your way to sophisticated prompts. The course will allow you to apply your prompt skills and knowledge of LLMs for a wide range of tasks in your education, personal life, job, and more. The modules are: 1. Course Introduction 2. Introduction to Prompts 3. Prompt Patterns I 4. Few-Shot Examples 5. Prompt Patterns II 6. Prompt Patterns III **Note:** The graded assignments, shareable certificate, and feedback are paid. ## [3\. AI For Business Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-for-business-wharton) ![AI For Business Specialization](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-2.png) 📖 4-course series 🎓 LinkedIn shareable certificate ⏰ 1 month (at 10 hours a week) 🧑‍💼 Built by the University of Pennsylvania 🏫 Beginner level This four-course series will provide you with the fundamentals of using artificial intelligence, [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), and with, teaching you how to apply them to support your business. Covering topics such as the risks of AI and ethics, people management in the fair design of human resources within machine learning, and designing governance frameworks to apply artificial intelligence fairly. After taking this specialization, you’ll be able to implement [ethical AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/an-introduction-to-ethical-considerations-in-artificial/) strategies and better understand the relationship between AI, machine learning, and data analytics. Each course ends with an assignment and two courses include peer-review exercises. The courses are: 1. AI Fundamentals for Non-Data Scientists (7 hours) 2. AI Applications in Marketing and Finance (6 hours) 3. AI Applications in People Management (9 hours) 4. AI Strategy and Governance (9 hours) ## [4\. AI Foundations for Everyone](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-foundations-for-everyone) ![AI Foundations for Everyone](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-3.png) 📖 4-course series 🎓 LinkedIn shareable certificate ⏰ 1 month (at 10 hours a week) ✅ Last updated November 2023 🧑‍💼 Built by IBM 🏫 Beginner level Built for beginners with little to no background in artificial intelligence, this specialization is a 4-course series designed to provide an understanding of what AI is, its applications, and use cases. You’ll also learn about IBM Watson AI services and how to create intelligent virtual assistants and how these can be utilized in different applications. At the end of the specialization, you’ll have had hands-on interactions with a variety of AI environment applications, and will also have built and deployed an AI-enabled chatbot on a website without coding. The courses are: 1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) (8 hours) 2. Generative AI: Introduction and Applications (6 hours) 3. Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics (7 hours) 4. Building AI-Powered Chatbots Without Programming (12 hours) ## [5\. Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/paths/career-essentials-in-generative-ai-by-microsoft-and-linkedin) ![Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-4.png) 📖 6-course series 🎓 LinkedIn shareable certificate from Microsoft ⏰ 4h30m ✅ Last updated a month ago (as of April 2024) 🧑‍💼 Built by Microsoft and LinkedIn 🏫 Introductory level This course is made up of six different videos, each hosted by a different AI expert, covering a wide variety of topics and ethical considerations about AI models. You’ll learn how to use Microsoft Copilot, including how to apply it to Word, how to analyze data in Excel, and more. The last video, “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”, covers the best AI tools for businesses, which can be beneficial if you haven’t taken the plunge just yet. The videos are: 1. What is Generative AI? (42 minutes) 2. Generative AI: The Evolution of Thoughtful Online Search (26 minutes) 3. Streamlining Your Work with Microsoft Copilot (34 minutes) 4. Learning Microsoft 365 Copilot (34 minutes) 5. Ethics in the Age of Generative AI (38 minutes) 6. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (1h34m) ## [6\. AI for Everyone](https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/ai-for-everyone/) ![AI for Everyone](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-5.png) 📖 1 course ⏰ 6h (4-week course) 🧑‍💼 Taught by Andrew Ng 🏫 Introductory level Built to demystify artificial intelligence for non-technical business professionals, the course is taught by Andrew Ng, one of the most well-known names in artificial intelligence. You’ll gain insights into AI’s workflow, strategy, terminology, and impact on society. The syllabus covers what AI and machine learning are, the workflow of ML and data science projects, how to incorporate AI into your company, and the societal implications of AI. You’ll also learn how to build a sustainable AI strategy, making it ideal if you want to understand AI's capabilities, limitations, and influence on various sectors. The 4-week syllabus consists of: 1. Week 1: What is AI 2. Week 2: Building AI Projects 3. Week 3: AI in Your Company 4. Week 4: AI and Society ## [7\. An introduction to artificial intelligence](https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/ai-matters/content-section-overview) ![An introduction to artificial intelligence](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-6.png) 📖 2-week course 🎓 Free statement of participation on completion ⏰ 6h 🧑‍💼 Offered through The Open University’s “AI Matters” platform 🏫 Introductory level The course explores the historical, ethical, and social aspects of AI. It's designed to clarify AI's opportunities and risks, focusing on how AI has evolved, its impact on society, and the ethical challenges of developing AI technologies. This free online course aims to equip learners with an understanding of AI's socio-political and economic issues, the benefits and risks of AI technology, and ideas for navigating its future implications. The course content is: 1. Week 1: Surrounded by AI 2. Week 2: Assuming AI is possible, what happens next? ## [8\. Intro to TensorFlow for Machine Learning](https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-tensorflow-for-deep-learning--ud187) ![Intro to TensorFlow for Machine Learning](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-7.png) 📖 10-lesson series ⏰ 8 weeks ✅ Last updated September 25, 2023 🧑‍💼 Built in collaboration with Google 🏫 Intermediate level Designed by the TensorFlow team and Udacity, this course is a hands-on guide to developing deep learning applications. It starts with an AI and machine learning overview, then progresses through building neural networks for image recognition, using convolutional neural networks for efficiency, and exploring advanced topics like transfer learning and natural language processing. The course includes practical projects, such as creating image classifiers and forecasting with time series data, and introduces TensorFlow Lite for deploying models on mobile and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The lessons are: 1. Introduction to Machine Learning 2. Your First Model - Fashion MNIST 3. Introduction to CNNs 4. Going further with CNNs 5. Transfer Learning 6. Saving and Loading Models 7. Time Series Forecasting 8. NLP: Tokenization and Embeddings 9. NLP: Recurrent Neural Networks 10. Introduction to TensorFlow Lite ## [9\. Ethics of AI](https://ethics-of-ai.mooc.fi/) ![Ethics of AI](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-8.png) 📖 7-chapter course ⏰ Self-paced 🧑‍💼 Offered by the University of Helsinki 🏫 All levels Created by the University of Helsinki, the course explores the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence. It encourages learners to understand the ethical implications and challenges posed by AI technologies. It also covers key concepts like non-maleficence, accountability, transparency, human rights, and fairness. You’ll be able to engage with practical exercises to apply ethical theories in AI contexts, making it relevant if you’re interested in the responsible development and use of AI. The chapters are: 1. Chapter 1: Introduction 2. Chapter 2: Non-maleficence 3. Chapter 3: Accountability 4. Chapter 4: Transparency 5. Chapter 5: Human rights 6. Chapter 6: Fairness 7. Chapter 7: AI ethics in practice ## [10\. AI for Good Specialization](https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/ai-for-good/) ![AI for Good Specialization](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/04/image-9.png) 📖 3 courses ⏰ 3 weeks 🧑‍💼 Offered by DeepLearning.AI 🏫 Beginner level with data experience This specialization aims to equip learners to use AI in addressing significant global challenges. It covers AI applications in public health, climate change, and disaster management through practical projects and case studies. You’ll explore a variety of AI techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing, and [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/), to develop solutions that have a positive impact on society and the environment. The courses are: 1. Course 1: AI and Public Health 2. Course 2: AI and Climate Change 3. Course 3: AI and Disaster Management --- *If you don’t mind paying for a course, how about an AIAI-approved certification?* [*Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner \[CAIP\]*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/certified-artificial-intelligence-practitioner-caip/) [*Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner \[CAIP\]*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/certified-data-science-practitioner-cdsp/) *We also have a workshop series with live, hands-on training – free for* [*members*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/signup/)*!* [AI AdvantagePower up your AI knowledge and get the tools you need to make AI work for your role. Don’t forget! If you’re a Pro+ member, you can sign up for FREE using the coupon code you’ll find on your dashboard. Enter it below to secure your spot.👇![](https://lwfiles.mycourse.app/6347e1a02d41b022282cb2e7-public/cd19719224ad6af768814a908f01f83c.png)The AllianceThe Alliance![](https://api.us-e2.learnworlds.com/imagefile/https://lwfiles.mycourse.app/6347e1a02d41b022282cb2e7-public/1a3d33c9d92030b4c2afa6a85b0d44bf.png?client_id=6347e1a02d41b022282cb2e7&width=800&height=400)](https://certified.thealliance.io/course/ai-advantage) ### How video game development is fueling the rise of AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/video-games-and-the-rise-of-ai/ Last updated: 2024-04-12T14:07:06.000Z *This article is based on* [*Jack J. McCauley*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-j-mccauley-9237bb5/)*’s brilliant talk at the Computer Vision Summit in Boston. As an AIAI member, you can enjoy the complete recording* [*here*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-summit/?wchannelid=cius45m1zu&wmediaid=4fndivu9f6)*. For more exclusive content, head to* [*your membership dashboard*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/account/)*.* --- Today, I’ll be talking about the history of [video games](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-gaming-revolutionizing-the-player-experience/), [the evolution of AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-brief-history-of-artificial-intelligence-video/), and how the two are linked. But don’t worry – it won’t be too technical! You might be wondering what qualifies me to talk about this topic, so let me tell you a little about my career so far. I've worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years, mainly in video games but also in feature films like Terminator 2, Dick Tracy, and Edward Scissorhands. I'm also an inventor. I invented the scrolling wheel mouse and designed most of the hardware for Guitar Hero. Plus, I was the chief engineer and co-founder at [Oculus VR](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-oculus-insight-positional-tracking-system/), where I worked on their VR headsets. These days, I've moved into more executive roles, so, sadly, I do less of the hands-on engineering work. However, I stay involved in cutting-edge tech projects when I can. For instance, I teach mobility engineering at UC Berkeley and fund opioid research at the RAND Corporation. But enough about me. Let’s get to the matter at hand – the evolution of video games and how it’s fueling the explosion of AI. ## How video game development is powering the rise of AI To give you a sense of how graphics have evolved, let me share [a clip from 1991's Terminator 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbd4HXFoizY). Fair warning: if you’ve got kids around, you might want to save this one for later. That part where the sword melts through the door? That’s rendered frame by frame. The part where the bad guy’s head splits in half and comes back together is partially rendered. All in all, it took six weeks to render just that scene on 26 workstations running in parallel! Today, you can render a far more realistic-looking scene in real time, so long as you have the budget for it. It’s a similar deal with games. In 1993, [Doom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4GiCg%5Fm8wA) came out, with those distinctly 90s graphics – compare that to the eerily realistic [Unrecord](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zImkLyMCB0) from 2023\. The obvious difference in quality is due to the evolution of the GPU (graphics processing unit). [![Left: screengrab from Unrecord, 2003. Right: screengrab from Doom, 1993](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/wGKmW8DDpgOf7frpI3Wi2CVBnbHLLv510QFj3REUxq-B192qk6_WJ4ilQnk-86gQWhQG8lV1lYAIA1FCiwJDHk1u_8bqChGj8yt8lgthieSUI4pk1v89Ic9Y01rLaYUkbRwv1Wnznci3RVKIf7nDQ-g)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/video-games-and-the-rise-of-ai) Left: Unrecord, 2003\. Right: Doom, 1993. While GPUs aren’t used directly for AI computing, the GPU and AI are closely related – they use the same core hardware. Let’s explore how that hardware has evolved. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### HyperCLOVA X: Naver's leap in Asian language AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/hyperclova-x-navers-leap-in-asian-language-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:52:51.000Z Korean web giant Naver recently unveiled a new family of [large language models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) (LLMs) named HyperCLOVA X. These models are designed to excel in cross-lingual reasoning across Asian languages, potentially paving the way for the development of regional sovereign large language models. ### Technical insights on HyperCLOVA X In its announcement, made in Korean, Naver highlighted the model's superior performance in languages beyond Korean, including English. A technical report available in the arXiv open-access journal emphasizes HyperCLOVA X's broad linguistic capabilities, suggesting it could serve as a model for countries interested in developing their large language models. ### Training data and multilingual performance The HyperCLOVA X models were trained on a mix of Korean, English, and other languages, with Korean content constituting about a third of the data. This focus aims to enhance the models' performance in Korean while also considering the unique aspects of the language's grammar. Naver reports that this approach has yielded models proficient in both Korean and English and capable of understanding and translating languages it was not directly trained on. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### Sovereign AI and the need for localization The report also discusses the concept of sovereign [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), which is seen as crucial for national data security and reducing reliance on foreign technologies. This push towards sovereign AI is partly a response to the overrepresentation of English and North American content in the training data of current LLMs, which limits their effectiveness with non-English languages and cultural contexts. ### Future plans and enhancements Looking ahead, Naver aims to develop specialized AI models for various regions and countries. The company is also exploring ways to enhance HyperCLOVA X's capabilities, including multimodal processing for handling text, images, and audio more seamlessly, and integrating external tools and APIs to access specialized datasets and services. --- Want to know more about LLMs? Read the article below: [From LLMs to LAMs: Pioneering AI’s multimodal futureExplore the leap from Large Language Models to Large Action Models, unveiling a new era in AI that transcends text to understand a world of data.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1634128221889-82ed6efebfc3?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGxhbmd1YWdlfGVufDB8fHx8MTcwOTE5NTY3N3ww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/) ### Mirror AI: Virtual try-ons for beauty brands URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mirror-ai-virtual-try-ons-for-beauty-brands/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:52:23.000Z The onset of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) in the cosmetics and skincare industry is revolutionizing traditional approaches to [marketing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/taking-your-marketing-further-with-machine-learning/), design, and consumer interaction through personalized virtual try-ons. Virtual try-on technology allows consumers to sample different items online, without leaving the comfort of their sofa, thus significantly shifting buying trends in [retail](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/), [e-commerce](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/powering-e-commerce-experiences-with-computer-vision/), fashion, and cosmetic industries. According to data from April 2023, the virtual try-on market is experiencing an upward trend, with projections showing a CAGR of 15% to 20% in the coming years. This growth is fueled by ongoing research and advancements in AI, augmented reality (AR), and [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/), along with increased smartphone penetration and a shift to online shopping following the pandemic. Thanks to these technological advancements, one can now visualize how they would look using a particular make-up or skincare brand without applying it! ## Tracing the history of innovation for the virtual try-on revolution As the beauty industry grapples with the challenge of offering personalized experiences amid a vast array of choices, the advent of virtual try-on (VTO) technology has emerged as a beacon of hope. In the past 10 years, research in make-up transfer techniques has significantly evolved, marking a pivotal shift from the initial foundation with 3D modeling to state-of-the-art sophisticated AI models. Initially, 3D modeling techniques were used to perform make-up transfer. They were given a reference image of a celebrity with make-up shades. Although it worked pretty well, certain aspects still remained a challenge like maintaining high-quality facial structure, skin layer composition, and matching the ground truth color of lipstick shade/foundations. These are some of the persisting hurdles that can’t be solved using classical image processing methods. With the advancements in [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) algorithms, and augmented reality, there has been significant growth in building a viable virtual try-on model. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have been at the forefront of it, due to their ability to produce high-resolution realistic images. Over the past decade, makeup transfer research has seen rapid advancements, with some methods offering significant insights, such as BeautyGAN, which enhances image quality through pixel-level histogram losses and introduces cycle consistency and perceptual loss to maintain identity information. For broader style transfer, such as in painting, CycleGAN was developed to train domain mapping functions with cycle consistency loss, using dual generators and discriminators, though it tends toward general rather than specific makeup styles. Despite the innovations, GAN-based methods lack an encoder, limiting the ability to adjust makeup intensity through latent space interpolation, a crucial feature for generating multiple makeup looks from a single reference. BeautyGlow and PSGAN have pushed the boundaries further, enabling makeup transfer even in images with large poses or expressions, overcoming the previous limitations of requiring well-aligned front perspective faces for successful makeup application. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## Deep inverse graphics and learned differentiable renderers This novel approach uses inverse graphics that deconstruct a given 3D image into its input instructions, that is then passed to an augmented reality renderer to mimic that image’s appearance in this context make-up transfer. Traditionally, most AR renderers used for these problems are non-differentiable, meaning it’s not built to learn from its results and improve over time. Here, the inverse graphic methods use differentiable rendering to provide feedback during training. The framework of this model is such that it uses a graphics encoder that analyzes an image and determines the exact set of instructions (parameters) needed to achieve a desired makeup. Here, the primary function of the encoder is to translate the input image into a computable form that the AR renderer can interpret. Further, in this model, a trainable imitator generative network is introduced to act as a graphics-based differentiable renderer. The imitator will learn to imitate the non-differentiable renderer’s output by observing how different parameters affect the final image. To train the imitator, a sensitivity loss is proposed to closely learn the entanglement between different graphical parameters and the resulting make-up effects. Once the imitator reliably replicates the AR renderer’s technique of understanding the nuances of parameter changes, it’s used to train the graphics encoder. The encoder then learns to generate the right set of instructions for any given image by receiving feedback on its performance. In the inference stage, the imitator is removed from the equation and the encoder is directly used to analyze images and generate parameters. These parameters are then used by the AR renderers for the actual rendering process, making way for real-time VTO experiences. Thus the maturing stride in research for real-time VTO capabilities has led to the adoption of these innovative techniques by the cosmetic industry, shaping consumer trends in the digital age. ## How is the beauty industry redefining glamour by hopping on this trend? Concluding our deep dive into the technological advancements, let’s shift our focus to the impact of these innovations in building new market dynamics in the beauty industry. Thriving in the limelight, one can easily spot Perfect Corp, a Taiwanese software company rendering beauty and fashion tech solutions to the cosmetic beauty brand giants. They’ve established dominance through cutting-edge innovations, a recent one being ‘Multi-Tone AR 3D Blush Try-On’ which gives users an opportunity to explore a wider spectrum of shades, textures, and a variety of color combinations with the introduction of 3-tone blush color virtual try-ons. Major corporations are looking for ways to merge the convenience of digital shopping with the personalized experience of trying on makeup. Leading the charge, [Walmart has collaborated with Perfect to unveil a groundbreaking virtual ‘Try-On’ experience within its iOS app.](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231011326389/en/Perfect-Corp.-and-Walmart-to-Offer-Innovative-AR-Powered-Makeup-Virtual-Try-On-Experience-to-Customers) This technological marvel allows shoppers to virtually experiment with makeup products like lip color, eye shadow, blush, and bronzer in mere seconds. Perfect’s Facial AI solution features hyper-realistic AR-powered makeup filters, providing customers with an immersive and highly personalized shopping experience. Users have the luxury of testing over 1,400 products from an array of Walmart beauty brands, such as Almay, Black Radiance, CoverGirl, Maybelline, Revlon, and Rimmel. In a parallel development, [Microsoft has integrated Maybelline’s AI-powered ‘makeup’ filters](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/19/23800648/microsoft-teams-maybelline-ai-beauty-filter-virtual-makeup) into its Teams platform, further lowering the intersection between beauty and technology. The Maybelline Beauty app within Teams offers users twelve unique looks at launch, complete with various blurring effects and digital makeup color options. This initiative not only enhances video conferencing aesthetics but also provides users with a detailed breakdown of the real-world Maybelline products and shades each filter replicates. This feature empowers users to transition their virtual makeup looks into reality, seamlessly blending digital exploration with physical product usage. Moreover, the integration of Google AR Filter technology into the beauty sector marks another significant advancement. Through a [collaboration with Revieve](https://cosmeticsbusiness.com/revieve-launches-match-my-look-shop-the), a Google Cloud partner, the ‘Match My Look’ and ‘Shop the Look’ features have been introduced, specifically catering to the makeup category. Powered by Revieve’s BeautyML and the cutting-edge capabilities of Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, these features are designed to revolutionize how consumers discover and purchase makeup products. By providing personalized recommendations and enabling users to virtually try on products, these technologies are setting new standards in retail innovation. These developments signal a transformative era in the cosmetic industry, where digital technology not only enhances the shopping experience but also fosters a deeper connection between brands and consumers. Through virtual try-on capabilities, AI-powered filters, and personalized recommendations, companies like Perfect Corp, Maybelline, and Google Vertex AI are redefining the boundaries of beauty retail, offering consumers an unprecedented level of convenience, personalization, and engagement. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_4-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/interview-series/) ## Effects of virtual try-on The introduction of VTO technology has significantly impacted the cosmetic industry, transforming the way customers interact with beauty products and brands. It has led to deeper customer engagement by creating interactive experiences that foster a sense of loyalty toward a brand. A higher level of interactivity provided by VTO solutions enhances the shopping experience, making it more personalized. It’s also a powerful tool for boosting sales as buyers are more likely to make a purchase when they can visualize how a product will look on them, reducing the uncertainty that often accompanies online shopping for cosmetics. The agility in trend responsiveness is another significant advantage. With virtual try-ons, brands can quickly adapt to the latest beauty trends with minimal investment, keeping their offerings fresh and relevant. This capability ensures that they stay competitive in the fast-paced beauty industry, where trends can change with the seasons. From a marketing perspective, virtual try-on technology offers a cost-effective strategy, eliminating the need for expensive photo shoots and physical samples to create predefined looks. Instead, brands can leverage digital technology to showcase their products in a variety of styles and on different skin tones, making their marketing efforts more inclusive and efficient. In summary, virtual try-on technology in the cosmetic domain has revolutionized the shopping experience, offering benefits that range from deeper customer engagement to more effective marketing strategies. It represents a significant shift towards a more interactive, personalized, and efficient approach to beauty retail. --- Subscribe to our newsletter to get updates straight to your inbox: [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### Unlocking AI: 8 key steps from POC to success URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-ai-8-key-steps-from-poc-to-success/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T07:35:33.000Z Sol Rashidi, former CDO, CAO, and CDAO for Sony Music, Estée Lauder, and Merck Pharmaceuticals, will be at our [San Jose Summit](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/register) with her session, "[A landscape assessment, and 11 learnings on the POC to production journey](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/speaker/solrashidi)". Sol Rashidi isn’t just a big name in [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) and data analytics; she’s an innovator in leadership and pushing the envelope. Her story? It’s way more than just climbing the career ladder - it’s about what happens when you grab an opportunity with determination and perseverance. --- Sol kicked off her career not with dreams of data but as a necessity, wrangling massive Excel sheets when "data engineering" wasn't even a term. This accidental dive into the data world wasn't planned but ended up setting the stage for her to become an expert in the field. Fast forward to her days at IBM, she assumed a critical role with Watson, merging technological expertise with strong business acumen. Sol also currently has eight patents. ## A human touch in tech leadership Jumping ship from consulting to become Royal Caribbean's first Chief Data and AI Officer in 2016 wasn't just a career move; it was Sol’s statement about the importance of growing talent from within and embracing innovation. Her leadership style? It's all about being hands-on, encouraging her teams to get the basics down pat, and never shying away from a challenge. ## Visionary insights and ethical AI When it comes to the big titles - Chief Analytics Officer, Chief Data Officer, you name it - Sol believes it’s more about what you do than what you’re called. She’s all for breaking down barriers between tech and business, steering towards a future where digital transformation is the norm. On the topic of ethical AI, Sol’s stance is clear: we need solid guidelines to keep AI’s rapid growth in check and ensure it’s doing more good than harm. She’s pushing for an Ethics Committee to step in before regulations take the lead, highlighting the importance of responsible AI development. --- 📚 **Psst!* Did you know... ... Sol's book, [**Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments*](https://www.amazon.com/Your-Survival-Guide-Real-World-Deployments/dp/1394272634?ref%5F=ast%5Fauthor%5Fmpb), hit 'Best Seller' #1 for Starting a Business, Leadership and Management, and #2 for Artificial Intelligence. --- ## Embracing change for digital transformation Sol’s insights into digital transformation are golden: adapt, be brave enough to explore unknown territories, and make sure the team’s on board. It’s not just about a few people at the top; it’s a collective effort to shift gears and venture into new beginnings. Her journey reminds us that navigating the future of technology and leadership is about being open to change, ready to tackle challenges head-on, and always aiming to bridge gaps, whether they’re between different fields or the present and the future. --- ### Empowering AI: SuperAnnotate's revolution in data annotation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/empowering-ai-superannotates-revolution-in-data-annotation/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T07:36:43.000Z As we gear up for our [San Jose Summit](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/register), we're touching base with yet another of our speakers. Vahan Petrosyan, CEO and co-founder at SuperAnnotate, will be in San Jose with his session, "[Image annotation is dead: Semi-supervised active one-shot is the future](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/speaker/vahanpetrosyan)". As the only company in the market entirely dedicated to solving the data problem for machine learning, SuperAnnotate democratizes access to AI innovation. --- ## **1\. Tell us a bit about SuperAnnotate and the products and services you offer.** So, I was doing my PhD at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, focusing on Computer Vision and Image Segmentation when I created a new algorithm that could make the creation of datasets for segmentation much easier. Together with my brother Tigran, who was doing his PhD in Switzerland, we realized that this algorithm could provide a lot of value to everyone building CV algorithms and we decided to start a company around it. Now years later we have expanded well beyond that initial research but our core product is still our platform, which is built to accelerate the pace of dataset creation and model development to make large-scale data annotation projects as efficient as possible, and as of late, to empower individuals to accomplish more by leveraging advanced AI tools that allow you to build new datasets quickly. During the last year, we have also leaned heavily into the LLM sector. LLM and GenAI require large amounts of data for fine-tuning, often created by qualified individuals, and we realized that there was no good platform for this. We have engaged in LLM dataset creation projects with several of the leading foundational model companies and have developed our LLM platform. Now we are focused on bringing this tooling which is now what the big pros use, to the hands of all companies wanting to leverage and fine-tune LLMs to ensure that it is as efficient as possible. We have also helped a lot of companies with setting up and managing their annotation projects and based on those learnings, we now help enterprises with fully managed annotation projects and in-depth dataset creation consulting services. ## **2\. What sets SuperAnnotate apart from the competition?** We are the only company in the market that is entirely solving the data problem for machine learning. The approach we took is very unique for the industry. Instead of giving some tool for annotation, data curation, or model evaluation, we enable our customers to quickly build the interfaces they like, compare and visualize any metric that they are interested in, directly connect to their data sources, and fully automate their data pipelines. ## **3\. How do your products and services benefit the AI community?** Our products and services benefit the AI community by democratizing access to AI innovation. We achieve this by simplifying and accelerating the dataset creation process, often the most challenging and labor-intensive part of developing machine learning models. Creating high-quality datasets is crucial for training models, whether it is within computer vision, natural language, or Generative AI. However, the process of creating datasets is incredibly labor intensive, making it a costly and time-consuming endeavor. By eliminating this bottleneck, we open the door for a wider range of creators to participate in AI innovation. No longer is the field restricted to well-funded companies or startups with significant resources. Our approach levels the playing field, allowing anyone with a transformative idea the opportunity to realize it, potentially changing the world. Our commitment to making dataset creation more accessible and efficient fosters innovation within the AI community and encourages a more inclusive and diverse exploration of potential AI applications. This, in turn, can lead to the development of novel solutions that address a wide range of global challenges, propelling the entire field of artificial intelligence. ## **4\. What is the biggest challenge your company is facing?** Scaling to meet demand and bringing the pro infrastructure for LLM data to the masses. Over the last 6 months, we have seen more than 10x the appetite for using our platform to create datasets for LLMs. As a B2B infrastructure company, scaling is an interesting challenge, especially for us, where we never want to compromise the quality during that process. ## **5\. What can the audience expect from your session at the event?** A deep dive into the next big thing in dataset creation for computer vision. There have been a lot of really exciting advances in foundational models and generative AI that we are leveraging to build a system that allows one person or a really small team to do the work that previously required large teams of annotators both to create datasets and even to build state of the art ML models using an interactive learning environment. ### Boost your business efficiency by leveraging GenAI to automate processes URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boost-your-business-efficiency-by-leveraging-genai-to-automate-processes/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:13:32.000Z *Javier Colladon, Director of Public Cloud at Orange Business, gave* [*this presentation*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-berlin-october-2023-ai-accelerator-institute/?wchannelid=el7nripjq3&wmediaid=2ek7vgj5go) *at the Generative AI Summit Berlin in 2023.* Technology is already becoming disruptive and changing business as we know it. I’ll be talking about the concepts and ideas that we’ve come up with at Orange Business surrounding digital services, and how to use generative AI to address a very important part of business - productivity, [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/), [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), and [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) are great tools to help us improve and automate processes, removing the meaningless parts of our jobs to make everything more meaningful. ## Data and AI are at the heart of Orange’s innovation model Orange Business is dedicated to data, data engineering, data consultancy, and data science. We know a lot about data, and we have a lot of interesting use cases in traditional artificial intelligence and machine learning, and now we’re starting to move into generative AI. At Orange, we have a vision and a mission; we want to be an AI and data-driven company. We’re aiming to use this new tool in a very responsible and sustainable way. We want to use this not to replace human beings, but to make us better and to make our lives easier. We started this journey a couple of years ago, and now we have the tools at hand, we’ve started an interesting set of projects which I’ll be talking about later on. At the heart of our innovation model, we’re talking about efficiency and sustainability, and the most important thing is being able to give everyone the opportunity to do things that matter. _This post is for subscribers only._ ### ARIA: Revolutionizing building management with AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aria-revolutionizing-building-management-with-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:24:29.000Z ARIA, BrainBox AI's revolutionary virtual building assistant, is designed to enhance energy efficiency by performing tasks like adjusting building temperatures and diagnosing equipment failures. This innovation is not just a tool for optimizing energy use but also a significant step towards mitigating [climate change](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/) impacts. Despite the unexpected focus on industrial HVAC systems by BrainBox AI's CEO, Sam Ramadori, the significance of these systems in climate change cannot be overstated. Ramadori is driven by a vision to transform these systems from being major contributors to environmental degradation into efficient, responsive units that significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. ### Launch of Anthropic AI models on Amazon Bedrock Amazon Bedrock now offers the latest in [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) technology with the introduction of Anthropic's Claude 3 family models. This expansion not only enhances the available tools for developers but also marks a significant step forward in accessible, cutting-edge AI capabilities. HVAC systems traditionally suffer from inefficiencies due to their lack of real-time adaptability. BrainBox AI's approach, utilizing advanced AI, aims to rectify this by enabling these systems to dynamically respond to both internal and external changes, substantially lowering their environmental footprint. The Montreal-based company, leveraging its AWS partnership, has already demonstrated impressive results, with energy consumption and carbon emissions reductions reaching up to 25% and 40%, respectively. ### AWS and NVIDIA forge ahead in generative AI In a strategic move, AWS and NVIDIA have deepened their collaboration, aiming to push the limits of [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) technology. This partnership is set to accelerate progress in various sectors, including [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-innovation-in-healthcare/), by harnessing the power of AI to solve complex challenges. ARIA, the AI-powered assistant, stands at the forefront of this technological leap. Built on Amazon Bedrock, ARIA offers a new level of interaction and problem-solving for building operators, enabling more efficient management and energy use. This assistant not only responds to direct commands but also proactively advises on optimization strategies, effectively acting as a multi-skilled addition to the management team. ### Expanding AI model choices with Mistral on Amazon Bedrock Amazon Bedrock's inclusion of Mistral AI models offers customers a broader spectrum of AI tools, enhancing flexibility in meeting diverse generative AI needs. This update underscores Amazon's commitment to providing the most comprehensive and advanced AI model selection available. ARIA's capabilities extend beyond immediate operational adjustments, encompassing a deep understanding of a building's comprehensive data profile. This enables a rapid learning curve and the delivery of precise, actionable insights. By ingesting a wide array of data sources and leveraging Amazon Bedrock's vast AI model library, ARIA can offer detailed guidance on everything from energy efficiency to maintenance prioritization, significantly boosting operational efficiency. In essence, the collaboration between BrainBox AI and Amazon Bedrock, powered by the latest in AI technology, marks a significant stride towards creating smarter, more sustainable buildings. Through innovative solutions like ARIA, the goal of reducing buildings' energy consumption and carbon footprint becomes increasingly attainable, paving the way for a more sustainable future. ### AI accelerators explained: Types, how they work & top chips URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-20-chips-choice/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:54:31.000Z > Artificial intelligence accelerator chips—commonly known as AI accelerators—are at the core of modern computing, powering everything from autonomous vehicles to large-scale AI models. As demand for AI continues to grow, so does the need for hardware that can handle these workloads efficiently. With models getting larger and devices getting smaller, traditional processors are no longer enough. From cloud providers to startups, organizations are turning to AI accelerators to run machine learning and deep learning applications faster, at scale, and with greater efficiency. In this guide, we’ll break down what AI accelerators are, how they work, and the key types shaping the market. --- ## What is an AI accelerator? An AI accelerator is specialized hardware designed to speed up artificial intelligence workloads, especially machine learning and deep learning. Unlike general-purpose CPUs, these processors are optimized for the math behind neural networks, such as matrix and tensor operations. 💡 They’re often referred to as ****neural processing units (NPUs)**, ****deep learning processors**, or ****hardware accelerators**. While GPUs handle parallel processing well, AI accelerators are purpose-built for AI tasks, delivering higher performance and better energy efficiency. In short, CPUs are flexible, GPUs are parallel, and AI accelerators are specialized—making them essential for everything from training large models to running AI on edge devices. --- ## Types of AI accelerators There are several types of AI accelerators, each designed for different performance, flexibility, and deployment needs: - **GPUs (Graphics Processing Units)** Widely used for training large AI models due to their strong parallel processing capabilities. - **FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays)** Reconfigurable chips that can be tailored for specific workloads, offering flexibility and low latency. - **ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits)** Custom-built chips designed for specific AI tasks, delivering high efficiency and performance at scale. - **NPUs (Neural Processing Units)** Purpose-built processors optimized for neural network inference, commonly used in mobile and edge devices. - **Wafer-scale chips** Extremely large processors designed for high-performance AI workloads, often used in advanced data center environments. --- ## How AI accelerators work AI accelerators are designed to process large volumes of data efficiently by optimizing how computations are performed and how data is moved. - **Parallel processing** AI accelerators perform many calculations at the same time, which is essential for training and running neural networks. - **Memory hierarchy** They reduce bottlenecks by keeping frequently used data close to the processor, minimizing the need to move data back and forth. - **Reduced precision arithmetic** Instead of using full-precision calculations, AI accelerators often use formats like FP16 or INT8 to increase speed while maintaining acceptable accuracy. --- ## AI accelerator use cases AI accelerators are used across a wide range of industries to power compute-intensive applications: - **Autonomous vehicles** Process sensor data in real time to enable navigation and decision-making. - **Large language models (LLMs)** Train and run models used in generative AI, chatbots, and search. - **Edge AI** Enable AI processing directly on devices like smartphones, cameras, and IoT systems. - **Robotics** Support real-time perception and control in industrial and service robots. - **Data centers** Scale AI workloads efficiently for cloud computing and enterprise applications. 💡 Now that we’ve covered the fundamentals, here are some of the leading AI accelerator chips shaping the market today: ## 1\. Cerebras systems Cerebras Systems is a team consisting of computer architects, software engineers, system engineers, and ML researchers building a new class of computer systems. Their goal is to accelerate AI and change the future of AI work. ### The chip ![ Cerebras Systems chip - Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-2)](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/fqcssPTWe2JCsI4JnmqWQhIIk7yfDbYWWnMYFRPcskIdbl4ZVLMl6TcueGaO6paducuVC-LySMytLUF7OmlD2Lt23eU_YKywskDnzbRHPPo45idUnKrc-0w6-cOgNrmDXZELqYZUt-8D_Kn74H5hvuLX1VwvEkNfmxNej-u4Y6s1h1i772SCrs9F) Source: Cerebras Systems ### Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-2) The WSE-2 is the largest chip ever built, being 56X larger than the largest CPU. It has 123X more compute cores and 1,000X more high-performance on-chip memory. As the only wafer-scale processor ever produced, the WSE-2 has 2.6 trillion transistors, 40GB of high-performance on-wafer memory, and 850,000 AI-optimized cores accelerating AI work. Made with the 7nm fabrication process, the chip is independently programmable and optimized for the tensor-based, sparse linear operations underpinning inference and neural network training for deep learning. Teams can train and run AI models at unprecedented scale and speed without the complex distributed programming techniques that a GPU cluster requires. The on-wafer interconnect delivers 220 Pb/s interconnect bandwidth between cores, which represents 45,000X the bandwidth between graphic processors. This allows for a faster and more efficient execution of [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) work at just a fraction of the power needed for traditional GPU clusters. ## 2\. Groq [Groq](https://groq.com/) focuses on key technology innovations like silicon innovation, software-defined compute, and developer velocity to deliver industry-leading performance, sub-millisecond latency, and accuracy for compute-intensive applications. ### The chip ![Groq - Tensor Streaming Processor](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/aGYcfz9xLKOxG9NJ3HIlAGCiz5wLqAl8J6gKaZXI34GOvomB2oVSPrht2_IswLpaEHW1dO05VbUw2iwaQawLayeD5rcNmf8EMXPgFHSZ2f2c5Qk10Y3UQDxss95u9gsP3XoQG9VmWEpqEag0tDsf9nlfEekWAuzd1bqQNPBXa6XlUc9GLkBeSCZC) Source: Groq ### Tensor streaming processor Making use of the Tensor Streaming Architecture, which is designed as a powerful single-threaded streaming processor, it has an instruction set constructed to take advantage of tensor manipulation and tensor movements for a more efficient execution of machine learning models. The interactions between memory, execution units, and other units make the architecture unique. Equipped with a high-bandwidth inter-chip interface, it’s made to support scaling out to bigger models and to take advantage of model-level parallelism across multiple chips. I t’s capable of 1 PetaOp/s performance on a single chip implementation, or one quadrillion operations per second, making it the first in the world to achieve this level of performance. It can also conduct up to 250 trillion FLOPS and has 220MB of SRAM and PCIe Gen4x16 Support. The Tensor Streaming Processor is especially designed for the demanding performance requirements of machine learning, computer vision, and other AI-related workloads. It houses one single enormous processor with hundreds of functional units, greatly minimizing instruction-decoding overhead and handling integer and floating-point data for effortless training and best accuracy for inference. ## 3\. Lightmatter Born at MIT, [Lightmatter](https://lightmatter.co/) is a startup with a vision of building engines with high performance, without causing a big impact on the planet. By combining photonics, electronics, and new algorithms, Lightmatter has created a next-generation computing platform that’s purpose-built for AI, without being tethered to Moore’s Law and Dennard Scaling. ### The chip ![Lightmatter - Envise](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9PtmU54UQYGlK-fmM39WQ_1n9FO3asXr01bTxMmBUOj0POyuuEMWd7Wg_lrN6B_8GPxdVx9C3fH2RfdKGvoNBupsP36gFqEBaqTYIzcVMvwz2xN_CbUIN6W6ZIYH4GSor0DtWCnwShFMAS7TvDHBbVlexx2_J1FuL_xNs7q1avRfKONjDsSqRuh_) Source: Lightmatter [3 easy ways to get the most out of Claude codeEveryone is talking about Claude Code. With millions of weekly downloads and a rapidly expanding feature set, it has quietly become one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s arsenal. But most people are barely scratching the surface.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/3-easy-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-claude-code/) ### Envise This general-purpose machine learning accelerator combines both transistor-based systems and photonics in one compact module. It offers offload acceleration for high-performance AI inference workloads by using a silicon photonics processing core for the majority of computational tasks. The Envise server has 16 Envise Chips in a 4-U server configuration, consuming only 3kW power. With an unprecedented performance, it can run the largest neural networks developed to date. Each Envise Chip has 500MB of SRAM for neural network execution without leaving the processor, and 400Gbps Lightmatter interconnect fabric for large-model scale-out. It also has an ultra-high performance out-of-order super-scalar processing architecture, 256 RISC cores per Envise processor, and a standards-based host and interconnect interface. The Envise’s specifications make it great for autonomous vehicles, predictive and preventative maintenance, cancer detection, text-to-speech and language translation, vision and control in robotics, and much more. ## 4\. SambaNova Systems Founded in 2017, the American company [SambaNova Systems](https://sambanova.ai/) is creating the next generation of computing to bring AI innovations to organizations across the globe. The SambaNova Systems Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture powers the SambaNova Systems DataScale, from algorithms to silicon - innovations that aim to accelerate AI. ### The Chip ![SambaNova Systems - Cardinal SN10 RDU](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/OAVN3puPk9D-vCa8H9XkDUxt5y1vw0d1TWX8pxFvpf9cfzhjXCukAPjvmhnLvT8V0eTvem4adxFvQXqfx1qiQcBEx2kPciL6Ubvk1cfDweZobC5hm1t3VgWcHtNdyZVwn82p6ww1dB7P1eyHKlWVCAKJylJwT9DgvZJLfkS0m6JLwC5eCst_Dv5v) Source: SambaNova Systems ### Cardinal SN10 RDU The 40 billion transistor reconfigurable dataflow unit, or RDU, is built on TSMC’s N7 process and has an array of reconfigurable nodes for switching, data, and storage. The chip is designed for in-the-loop training and model reclassification and optimization on the fly during inference-with-training workloads. Each chip has six controllers for memory, which allows for 153GB/s bandwidth. Sold as a solution to be installed in data centers, the Cardinal SN10 RDU is a next-generation processor for programmable acceleration and native dataflow processing. The basic unit, the DataScale SN10-8R, features an AMD processor that is paired with eight Cardinal SN10 chips and 12 terabytes of DDR4 memory - the equivalent of 1.5TB per Cardinal. The Cardinal SN10 has a tiled architecture consisting of a network of reconfigurable functional units, and the architecture allows for a wide range of highly parallelizable patterns within the dataflow graphs to be programmed as a mix of memory, compute, and communication networks. ## 5\. Tenstorrent Toronto-based [Tenstorrent](https://tenstorrent.com/) is a machine learning and artificial intelligence startup company specializing in AI structures focused on scalable adaptability and deep learning. The company was founded by engineers and leaders from semiconductor companies and has taken an approach to end unnecessary computation to break the direct link between compute/memory bandwidth and model size growth requirements. Their architecture is composed of a Tensix core array, which is proprietary, each having a powerful, programmable SIMD and dense math computational block alongside five flexible and efficient single-issue RISC cores. ### The chip ![Tenstorrent - Grayskull](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EOs19ugnZt2CFZ6QmyT5s-jmMl8DQmcsCB2kFKtpAS-WtoZW9zD7WHk2sNwWL6Q8t0zBDhF1i7ZaLdirMB9TF6KoyHcvEWn5tlCBjnAmbBHKiZtLG32gPxK21xXr6ozqWxudUzGCOyx2vc8Z2eR-uywpbL7Ap2oWDq0OZ2QnVqGuYXKct5AlbsJq) Fast Grayskull. Source: Tenstorrent ### Grayskull Enabling conditional execution, which allows for faster AI inference and training and workload scaling support from edge devices to data centers, Grayskull has 120 Tenstorrent proprietary Tensix cores. Each of these cores has a high-utilization packet processor, a dense math computational block, a programmable single-instruction multiple data processor, and five reduced-instruction set computer cores. The Tensix array is paired with 120MB of local SRAM and eight channels of LPDDR4 that support as much as 16GB of external DRAM and 16 lanes of PCIe Gen4\. Stitched together with a double 2D torus network-on-chip, which makes multicast flexibility easier, the Tensix array has minimal software burden for scheduling coarse-grain data transfers. The chip can achieve 368 TOPS and as much as 23,345 sentence/second at the chip thermal design power set-point needed for a 75W bus-powered PCIe card, using BERT-based for the SQuAD 1.1 data set. Grayskull is ideal for public cloud servers, inference in data centers, automotive, and on-premises servers. ## 6\. Mythic [Mythic](https://www.mythic-ai.com/) is a company of leading experts in neural networks, software design, processor architecture, and more, all focused on accelerating AI. They’ve developed a unified software and hardware platform with a unique Mythic Analog Compute Engine, the Mythic ACE™, that delivers power, performance, and cost to enable AI innovation at the edge. ### The chip ![Mythic - Mythic MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ct8WEvJ2lvobL4U5jryr7DPgBKZeylsNCbuN12ZrZ1bp8c9yN0JYa7RqS5AC0yABsBJOquYz3KYtxb67hvAJCEbDgldvuzsg4p0cJTZVRelJP5GGlXSZFoHSf70Q9Afvho5e4jmrAWCIe1sWqo2DBpkAPKtdYwdHUT1A6cinjI21igCCrbR83cU) Source: Mythic ### Mythic MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card Enabling high performance for power-efficient AI inference in both edge devices and servers, the PCIe card simplifies integration effort into platforms where there is a constraint of space. With four M1076 Mythic Analog Matrix Processors, or AMPs, it delivers up to 100 TOPSf AI performance and supports up to 300 million weights for complex AI workloads below 25W of power. The PCIe card can also have large DNN models deployed by using the combined AI compute of the four M1076 Mythic AMPs. It also runs smaller DNN models for video analytics applications that process images from a variety of cameras. It features on-chip storage of model parameters, 4-lane PCIe 3.0 for up to 3.9GB/s bandwidth, OS support, and more. It allows for complex AI networks to be deployed in network video recorders, or NVRs, and edge appliances to capture video data from multiple cameras in the field. It can also deploy complex networks at a high resolution for applications that need high accuracy. ## 7\. Sima.ai Enabling high-performance compute at the lowest power, [Sima.ai](https://sima.ai/) is a machine learning company. Led by a team of technology experts who are committed to delivering the highest frames-per-second-per-Watt in the industry, Sima.ai’s initial focus was on delivering solutions for computer vision applications. ### The Chip - MLSoC™ Designed with low power needs and support for fast inferencing, Sima.ai’s AI accelerator chip has performance ranges between 50-200 TOPS, or theoretical operations per second, at 5-20 Watts - an industry first at 10 TOPS per Watt, according to Sima.ai. Combining traditional compute IP from Arm, the Arm Cortex-A65 CPU, with the company’s own machine learning accelerator and dedicated vision accelerator, and combining multiple machine learning accelerator mosaics through a proprietary interconnect, the chipset can theoretically be scaled up to 400 TOPS at 40 Watts. It’s originally designed for computer vision applications, but it’s capable of a range of machine learning workloads like natural language processing. [Access models in AI cybersecurity: Capability to deploymentAI cybersecurity is shifting from model performance to deployment strategy. Explore how access models (OpenAI and Anthropic) are shaping security![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/04/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--10.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-access-models-are-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-deployment/) ## 8\. NVIDIA [NVIDIA](https://www.nvidia.com/) is an American multinational technology company that designs GPUs for professional and gaming markets, alongside System-on-Chip units for the automotive market and mobile computing. They invented the GPU in 1999, which propelled the growth of the PC gaming market and redefined modern computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. The company works on AI and accelerated computing to reshape industries, like manufacturing and healthcare, and help grow others. NVIDIA’s professional line of GPUs is used throughout several fields, such as engineering, scientific research, architecture, and more. They also offer CUDA, an application programming interface, or API, that allows for the creation of massively parallel programs that use GPUs, which are deployed in supercomputing sites across the globe. NVIDIA recently announced plans to acquire Arm Ltd., a semiconductor and software design company. NVIDIA AI chips, and quantum computing services, are helping to develop general-purpose humanoid robotics. ### The chip ![NVIDIA - Grace](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wJvNomH2TQhogXL6vJnfXRtzVadOeT-URA4cnma1D51qLG_mlAbac6mHlBdt_4yO4t67Fw_yebvMLVBIxX0pMTr5DuKtxzTzQBlM9xZu_ls1sohax96Yu033RdGJWNBXW1bfRo0Ub1Nls-u0fjGvMQ3hCWQxv66QP-2ZoSqhGdbdT_hGx7V6FnXz) Source: NVIDIA ### Grace The company’s first data center CPU, Grace, offers 10X performance for systems that train giant AI models by using energy-efficient Arm cores. Designed for the computing requirements of the world’s most advanced applications, like AI supercomputing and natural language processing, it helps to analyze huge datasets that need massive memory and ultra-fast compute. Grace is supported by the NVIDIA HPC software development kit and the full suite of CUDA® and CUDA-X™ libraries. These accelerate over 2,000 GPU applications. At the center of the chip’s performance is the fourth-generation NVIDIA NVLink® interconnect technology, which offers a record 900GB/s connection between the chip and NVIDIA GPUs. This allies for 30X higher aggregate bandwidth against modern leading servers. It also has an innovative LPDDR5x memory subsystem for twice the bandwidth and 10X better energy efficiency in comparison to the DDR4 memory. The new architecture also offers a unified cache with a single memory address space, GBM GPU memory for simplified programmability, and a combining system. ## 9\. Intel American multinational corporation and technology company [Intel](https://www.intel.com) is one of the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturers. They developed the x86 series of microprocessors, which are found in most PCs. Intel supplies its microprocessors to computer system manufacturers like HP and Lenovo, while also manufacturing graphics chips, motherboard chipsets, integrated circuits, embedded processors, and more. ### The chip ![Intel - 11th Gen Intel® Core™ S-Series](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hLI8SOmbvx00GYnPG1R96nttVTOfUpE-Zw_Ik72J2ylWrnpzf8DwzHsgY0t1eAA338IHjr8a1m4_qpbChoR_OjHbcNtbFZh4fm1fRiXB6PQlVkoOOIYpxjtBSZNUwMM70R3gldot9pSuK4r3xRMneY5wxj5SbO3h6yv5jTxYdAla9qh1jIODnD_0) Source: Intel ## 11th Gen Intel® Core™ S-Series Designed for faster and easier work, the 11th Gen Intel® Core™ has AI-assisted acceleration, best-in-class wireless and wired connectivity, and Intel® Xe graphics for improved performance. Redefining the company’s CPU performance for both desktop and laptop, it has new core and graphics architectures. The 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors built on the Intel vPro® platform offer modern remote manageability and hardware-based security to IT, making it ideal for business. The S-Series desktop processors offer improved performance by taking advantage of Intel® Deep Learning Boost to accelerate AI performance. The S-Series has up to 20 CPU PCIe 4.0 lanes, memory support up to DDR4-3200, Intel® Optane™ memory H20 with SSD support, and integrated USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20G). All of these technologies combine power and intelligence that supercharge productivity. Intel® Deep Learning Boost (VNNI) accelerates AI inference, which greatly improves performance for deep learning workloads. The Gaussian Neural Accelerator 2.0 (GNA 2.0) runs AI workloads on an accelerator so that background noise is better suppressed and video background more efficiently blurred. 11th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors are ideal for creators and gamers, improving productivity, graphic design, and video editing. ## 10\. Graphcore The British semiconductor company, [Graphcore](https://www.graphcore.ai/), develops accelerators for machine learning and AI, aiming to make a massively parallel intelligence processing unit, or IPU, holding the complete machine learning model inside the processor. The company believes its IPU technology can become the standard across the globe for machine intelligence compute. As it’s a completely new processor, the IPU has been designed for AI compute, letting researchers conduct advanced work in fields like decarbonization and drug discovery. ### The chip ![Graphcore - Colossus™ MK2 GC200 IPU](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AxAd8XlICoLSj6sKfAwLoCo8oXG07zzSRbJ9V_laU_drmy4SOntH2wcYuJDMwLeygOU4ALpw89Pl9Ru_G5faLB7wWnTwTqDSDtDW4OHGfK_AWbBAykunOGGSVLj0VMzZ3ikMJEariflq_YEk20gTZtY3uehiWK13NxEssOVSF6LgDcPhIFHNpMyw) Source: Graphcore ### Colossus™ MK2 GC200 IPU The 2nd generation Colossus™ MK2 GC200 IPU processor is a new massively parallel processor to accelerate machine intelligence, which was co-designed from the ground up with Poplar® SDK. The Poplar® SDK is a complete software stack that helps implement Graphcore’s toolchain in a flexible and easy-to-use software development environment. It seamlessly integrates with TensorFlow 1 and 2 (with full performant integration with TensorFlow XLA backend), PyTorch for targeting IPU by using PyTorch ATEN backend, PopART™ (Poplar Advanced Runtime) for training and inference, supporting Python/C++ model building plus ONNX model input, and more. The Colossus™ MK2 GC200 has 59.4 billion transistors and it was built with TSMC’s 7N process. With 1,472 powerful processor cores that run almost 9,000 independent parallel program threads, it has an unprecedented 900MB In-Processor-Memory™ with 250 teraFLOPS of AI compute at FP16.16 and FP16.SR, or stochastic rounding. The 2nd generation Colossus has allowed Graphcore to develop groundbreaking advances in communication, compute, and memory in their silicon and systems architecture. It achieves an 8X step up in real-world performance in comparison to Graphcore’s MK1 IPU. ## 11\. Arm UK-based semiconductor and design software company [Arm](https://www.arm.com/) is owned by SoftBank. Although Arm doesn’t manufacture the semiconductors itself, it licenses its own designs. The company looks to offer machine learning capabilities designed for power-efficient sensors, low-cost, and electronics. Mainly dealing with the design of ARM processors (CPUs), it also designs systems and platforms, software development tools under Keil, DS-5, and RealView brands, System-on-Chip infrastructure, and software. ### The Chip - Cortex-M55 Bringing endpoint AI to billions, the Cortex-M55 is the company’s most AI-capable Cortex-M processor. It’s also the first one to feature Arm Helium vector processing technology for energy-efficient and enhanced digital signal processing, or DSP, and machine learning performance. Offering an easy way of implementing AI for the Internet of Things with the ease of use of Cortex-M, an industry-leading embedded ecosystem, optimized software libraries, and a single toolchain. It offers up to 15X machine learning performance improvement and up to 5X signal processing performance uplift in comparison to existing Cortex-M processors. The Cortex-M55 can be integrated with Cornerstone-300, which includes a pre-verified subsystem and system IP that helps System-on-Chip designers to more quickly build secure systems. The Ethos-U55 neural processing unit is designed to run with the Cortex-M55, offering up to 480X increase in AI performance in both energy-constrained devices and area with a single toolchain. [Access models in AI cybersecurity: Capability to deploymentAI cybersecurity is shifting from model performance to deployment strategy. Explore how access models (OpenAI and Anthropic) are shaping security![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--10.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-access-models-are-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-deployment/) ## 12\. Qualcomm American multinational corporation [Qualcomm](https://www.qualcomm.com/) creates semiconductors, wireless technology services, and software solutions. Mainly a fabless manufacturer, it also develops software and semiconductor components for laptops, vehicles, watches, smartphones, and more. The company focuses on breakthrough technologies that allow for the transformation of how the world computes, connects, and communicates. 5G-enabled smartphones and other products and technologies are possible due to Qualcomm’s developments. ### The chip ![Qualcomm - Cloud AI 100](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pZbYCrdEpfUbg3QobZ5fCf1npaVh0I3zMAgi18DDT0ETqt5-gc0ylX4Ezj5_PfesUqH-zUyYq1cGga3dzblNmR69lVTJ_VR4Mpt4Nmjknw6IafcbIRWX0nIM8Jm7DgXBHk0VOrBcrzU32NifMgXlWWnWmkzXr98X7IU-Kf2vISrDlmdWu1izH-Y_) Source: Qualcomm ### Cloud AI 100 Designed for AI inference acceleration, the Cloud AI 100 addresses specific requirements in the cloud, such as process node advancements, power efficiency, signal processing, and scale. It eases the ability of data centers to run inference on the edge cloud much faster and more efficiently. It was built with the 7nm process node and has 16 Qualcomm AI cores, which achieve up to 400 TOPs of INT8 inference MAC throughput. The memory subsystem has four 64-bit LPDDR4X memory controllers that run at 2100MHz. Each of these controllers runs four 16-bit channels, which can amount to a total system bandwidth of 134GB/s. Balancing out what may seem like a slim bandwidth, Qualcomm uses a massive 144MB of on-chip SRAM cache to make sure it keeps as much memory traffic as possible on-chip. Larger kernels will require workloads to be scaled out over several Cloud AI 100 accelerators. The chip’s architecture supports INT8, INT16, FP16, and FP32 precisions, giving it flexibility in terms of models that are supported. There’s also a set of SDKs to support a set of industry-standard frameworks, exchange formats, and runtimes. ## 13\. Flex Logix American technology company [Flex Logix](https://flex-logix.com/) provides industry-leading solutions that enable flexible chips and accelerate neural network inference. It develops and licenses software solutions and programmable semiconductor IP cores. Flex Logix claims that its technology offers cheaper, faster, and smaller FPGAs that use less power. ### The chip ![Flex Logix - InferX X1](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qHeEi9GdAuDatNsaWI6hi3pB1Phj6xNnpIZJayeLl25bPao7MHKycqsolGzNeQBiYI0biBEz3W0eUa_lmxcmOm_A4oBt3c6mh1Lmu17iZE_FYK3h9TZE5Ftm2737oX0ME4RVK2q2EONTGTsMZ37rZvxlvuKQEarDLM9XpckVyuBm-85y5IfnyOOE) Source: Flex Logix ### InferX X1 Delivering more performance at a lower price, the chip has low latency and very high accuracy. It’s supported by a very small die size of 54 mm2 in TSMC’s 16FFC, with a total design power of 7-13W. It has Tensor processors that do the inference work, and PCIe boards for applications with a form factor that needs additional hardware. The compiler for the chip is extremely simple to use, reading in a high-level representation of the algorithm in either ONNX or TensorFlow Lite. The compiler then makes decisions about the best way of configuring the chip for the target application. With its unique TPU array architecture, the chip has a focus on challenging edge vision applications by delivering leading-edge performance while still being flexible so that customers can seamlessly integrate into new AI models in the future. ## 14\. AMD [AMD](https://www.amd.com/) is an American multinational semiconductor company that develops powerful computer processors and power devices. Some of their products include embedded processors, microprocessors, graphics processors for servers, motherboard chipsets, embedded system applications, and more. ### The chip ![AMD - 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Ei0gRt2KFlPgVINuIhnmpOI1zQh_ohxZEymGSZcewVfJhUxUbL4PsWw7_LsiuJBb5iCMEUXsxfGkdnqR7WwCt2Xtq_xTktP0kSNVV6-CzMckloS38cVLqbgXHV73EAebEUYigM1jNN0L1u34sRkuUxaW7YX9biZjuFT3Kzyv3Mkg3jdFyjE5Kv6v) Source: AMD ### 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series The EPYC™ 7003 series processors offer outstanding performance for a wide range of industry-standard applications. Built on both AMD Infinity Architecture and “Zen3” core, the processors have a full feature set across the stack with an integrated security processor on-die, industry-leading I/O, and 7 nanometer x86 CPU. They also offer up to 32M of L3 cache per core, performance in multiple DIMM configurations, 4-6-8 channel interleaving for more configuration flexibility, and synchronized clocks between fabric and memory. Specially engineered for data centers relying on throughput and GPU performance, the processors scale from 8 to 64 cores, or 16 to 128 threads per socket. ## 15\. TSMC [TSMC](https://www.tsmc.com/), or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has a focus on manufacturing products for customers. Their semiconductors serve a global customer base with a wide range of applications, from mobile devices to automotive electronics and more. With the announcement of an advanced semiconductor fab to be built and operated in the US by 2024, TSMC’s Arizona-based facility will use its 5-nanometer technology to fabricate up to 20,000 semiconductor wafers per month. ### The chip technology ![TSMC - 7nm](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/h7DgrU4ia8jB5ulsgXPYSdLQ2lpPtAuilakxeWpJhlpHkWhs5ROlEh8Cxbw67FP-WsAlA0J7NlTheZOuxZES3JwlGKxtp4vvvsdF4ktpTBQnxduVP3dAzAkxyzawvc9j_ryTPqe0ru8Bj0eHI8h21UZVf76yHTFHiDD_BAETB-iaThSDBtkWxtLB) N7 technology. Source: TSMC ### 7nm Setting the industry standard for 7nm process technology development, TSMC’s 7nm Fin Field-Effect Transistor, or FinFET N7, delivers 256MB SRAM with double-digit yields. Compared to the 1-nm FinFET process, the 7nm FinFet process has 1.6X logic density, \~40% power reduction, and \~20% speed improvement. Launching two separate 7nm FinFET tracks, TSMC set another industry record; a track optimized for mobile applications and another track for high-performance computing applications. For 2022, TSMC plants to launch both 4nm (N4) and 3nm (N3) technologies. The N4 will be an enhanced version of the N5, offering more enhanced performance, density, and power for the next batch of N5 products. The N3 will deliver the most advanced foundry technology for both transistor technology and PPA. It will also offer up to 70% power reduction at the same speed, in comparison to the N5. ## 16\. Apple The world’s 4th largest PC and smartphone vendor, [Apple](https://www.apple.com/) is an American multinational company that designs, manufactures, and markets PCs, smartphones, tablets, wearables, and more. Since 2020, Apple has announced the transition of its Mac personal computers from Intel processors to in-house developed processors. The MacBook Air, MacBook Mini, and MacBook Pro were the first Mac devices to be powered by Apple-designed processors - the Apple M1. ### The chip - A15 Bionic Announced for the iPad mini 6, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max models, the A15 Bionic is a System-on-Chip with 15 billion transistors (that’s a jump from the 11.8 billion on the A14 in the iPhone 12 models), new graphics, machine learning tasks, and AI capabilities. Featuring two high-performance cores (Avalanche) and four energy-efficiency cores (Blizzard), it was built on TSMC’s 5-nanometer manufacturing process. It has a 16-core neural engine dedicated to speeding up all artificial intelligence tasks and capable of performing 15.8 trillion operations per second, which is a rise from the A14’s 11 trillion operations per second. Its new image signal processor has improved computational photography abilities, and the system cache boasts 32MB. The A15 also has a new video encoder, a new video decoder, a new display engine, and wider lossy compression support. ## 17\. Xilinx Delivering dynamic processing technology and enabling rapid innovation with adaptable and intelligent computing, [Xilinx](https://www.xilinx.com/) invents programmable System-on-Chips, FPGA, and ACAP. Their highly-flexible programmable silicon is enabled by a suite of advanced software and tools, driving rapid innovation for both industries and technologies. Xilinx builds user-friendly development tools, accelerates critical data center applications, and grows the compute ecosystem for machine learning, video and image processing, data analytics, and genomics. ### The chip ![Xilinx - Versal® AI Core Series](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MZ5SN00LiQV0G_1WncwqHQHFjUJzBWNvFtEnNUfDNSPGQaSsg3zsZBjgNfI5HYUZIWzIHe1YcaRM4cYyqsdQmeLXZTVKs5vIpd3Sml9shClnLV05kxIdbTzBq4-PUNmQz8JFp9KCV_TA7doukYvKSs7Mq7bYqKOMb3WBTSBDiex7adTNGqYw4ck-) Source: Xilinx ### Versal® AI Core Series Delivering the highest compute and lowest latency in the Versal products, the Versal AI Core series allows for breakthrough AI inference performance and throughput in its AI engines. It’s been optimized for compute-intensive applications mainly for A&D markets, data centers, and 5G wireless. This also includes advanced signal processing and machine learning. Combining PCIe® Gen4/Gen5 compliance, multi-rate Ethernet MACs supporting several ethernet configurations that maximize flexibility and connectivity, CCIX support, and high-performance GPIO, it also features rearchitected low latency of 32.75Gb/s transceivers. The AI Engines offer up to 5X higher compute density for vector-based algorithms, and it’s also optimized for AI/ML computation and real-time DSP. The enhanced DSP engines offer support for single and half-precision floating-point and complex 18x18 operations. The power-optimized VDUs, or video decoder units, have multiple VDEs, or video decoder engines. VDUs are excellent for image processing applications in which various video inputs feed a central hub that both decodes and executes advanced machine learning algorithms. The Versal® AI Core Series is ideal for data center compute, wireless test equipment, medical image processing, 5G radio and beamforming, radar processing, and video processing for smart cities. ## 18\. MediaTek As the 4th largest global fabless semiconductor company, [MediaTek](https://www.mediatek.com/) builds chips for smartphones, smart televisions, voice assistant devices, Android tablets, feature phones, and optical disc products. Their chipsets share core technologies across Mobile, Home, and Automotive platforms to ensure all segments of markets can benefit from a single piece of their intellectual property. The chipsets are also optimized to run cool and extremely power-efficient so that battery life is extended. ### The chip - Pentonic 2000 MediaTek’s new flagship System-on-Chip, the Pentonic 2000, was created for flagship 8K televisions with up to 120Hz refresh rates. Announced to launch in 2022 as the “fastest” GPU and CPU on this market, it’s the first smart-screen System-on-chip based built with TSMC’s advanced N7 nanometer process. It also has an ultra-wide memory bus and ultra-fast UFS 3.1 storage, alongside support for fast wireless connectivity for MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E or 5G cellular modems. With a range of cutting-edge technologies, it has 8K MEMC and AI engines and can provide astonishing cinematic experiences in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. With MediaTek’s AI processing engine (APU) fully integrated into the Pentonic 2000, processing engines are faster and more power-efficient than multi-chip solutions. The Pentonic 2000 has AI-enhanced features such as AI-Voice technologies, AI-Super Resolution 8K, 2nd Generation AI-Picture Quality Scene Recognition, and 3rd Generation AI-Picture Quality Object Recognition. ## 19\. IBM [IBM](https://www.ibm.com/uk-en), or International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational technology company that produces and sells computer software, hardware, and middleware. They also offer consulting services and hosting in areas such as nanotechnology. Additionally, they also conduct research and hold patents for inventions such as the hard disk drive, the SQL programming language, the magnetic stripe card, and more. Both computers and employees from IBM helped NASA track orbital flights of the Mercury astronauts in 1963, and the company went on to support NASA with space exploration for the rest of the 1960s. Presently, IBM has two separate public companies, with IBM’s focus for the future on high-margin cloud computing and artificial intelligence. ### The chip ![IBM - Telum](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/J3kpVFLSH21yPHEoW8NGSrbNeLE54z305xM2baDNI1jvNEpNcw82Um3g_UhFFK5q3lJ2d-fanZxH9OyfmNJuBLQntfpkPVoxiJhmh_j96AiE56svS4J-IBj_BUg8L8fWDIlIjd97hu1xUVDlWrXpFjxvy2DVDStNYdZI7n4uXqSYNGukuF9juIUE) Credit: Connie Zhou for IBM. Source: IBM ### Telum Planned for the first half of 2022, Telum has been designed for low latency, real-time AI to allow it to be embedded in transaction workloads. It has eight processor cores, which run at more than five gigahertz, executing the program. Each of the eight cores is connected to a 32MB private L2 cache, containing the data allowing programs to access the data to operate at high speeds. All the caches are then connected with a ring that sends data between them when the different programs are communicating with each other. The result - 256MB of cache. The Telum chip is a combination of AI-dedicated functions and server processors capable of running enterprise workloads. ## 20\. GrAI Matter Labs Dealing with life-ready AI, [GrAI Matter Labs](https://www.graimatterlabs.ai/)’ goal is to create artificial intelligence that feels alive and behaves like humans. These brain-inspired chips help machines make decisions in real-time, optimize energy, save money, and maximize efficiency. ### The chip ![GrAI Matter Labs - GrAI VIP](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/nWA6585UXPaqFzvkUpIvhPjKKYJtUUChwC47gjPZlUfeIkciaYyHNOz7z-nMXv6IoZ_jRsYXtKsQAZe395-tH6Nyui6S0dvUNGDUMfWBCEWPbt9RN_TX29cu8snutDdxCTrLcsoIFWpfobNWoRqONdMMn7Un5Iy7uw23YsUVy4_526v2Zl7XQ2D9) Source: GrAI Matter Labs ### GrAI VIP The GrAI VIP (Visual Inference Processor) is a full-stack AI System-On-Chip delivering Resnet-50 inferences at \~1ms. It has the fastest AI processing at low power due to leveraging time-sparsity to enable inference times in milliseconds. It’s got system latency reduction with interfaces allowing decisions to be made at the sensor. And, it also has support for standard camera sensors without needing event-based data sets. The GrAI VIP (Vision Inference Processor) is the first GrAI Matter Labs product chip that has been awarded the CES-2022 Innovation Honoree. This chip will allow customers and partners to build Life-Ready AI products. [The AI value gap: why most companies fall behindAI is delivering real value—but only for a select few. Most organizations are still experimenting without meaningful impact.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--11.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-the-ai-value-gap-wider-than-anyone-is-admitting/) ## FAQs ### **What is an AI chip?** An AI chip is a type of specialized hardware designed to efficiently process AI algorithms, especially those involving neural networks and machine learning. ### **Why are AI chips important?** AI chips are crucial for accelerating AI applications, reducing computational times, and improving energy efficiency, which can be pivotal in applications like autonomous vehicles, smart devices, and data centers. ### **What factors should I consider when choosing an AI chip?** Key factors include computational power, energy efficiency, cost, compatibility with existing hardware and software, scalability, and the specific AI tasks it is optimized for, such as inference or training. ### **What’s the difference between training and inference in AI chips?** Training AI chips are designed for building and training AI models, which requires significant computational power and memory. Inference chips, on the other hand, are optimized for executing these models to make decisions based on new data. ### **How do I compare different AI chips?** Look at benchmarks such as performance on specific tasks, power consumption, processing speed, support for software libraries and frameworks, and real-world application performance reviews. ### **Are there any industry standards I should be aware of when choosing an AI chip?** While there are no universal standards, aligning with popular machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch can be beneficial. Additionally, compatibility with industry-standard interfaces and protocols is important. ### **Can AI chips be used in consumer devices?** Yes, AI chips are increasingly found in consumer devices like smartphones, tablets, and home automation systems to improve functionalities like voice recognition, image processing, and user interaction. ### **What are the challenges in using AI chips?** Challenges can include high costs, complexity of integration into existing systems, rapid obsolescence due to fast-paced technology advances, and the need for specialized knowledge to develop and deploy AI applications. ### AI revolution in cybersecurity: Palo Alto's vision unveiled URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-revolution-in-cybersecurity-palo-altos-vision-unveiled/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T07:58:06.000Z This April 16-17, we're pleased to welcome you back to San Jose with four co-located summits. In the heart of Silicon Valley, the [San Jose Summit](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/register) brings C-Suite executives and VP-level practitioners together, discussing how [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) and [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) can help scale AI responsibly and maximize ROI. Amongst the variety of talks across the two days, Lee Klarich, Chief Product Officer at Palo Alto Networks, will be headlining a session titled "[Transforming cybersecurity with AI](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/speaker/leeklarich)". From the company's humble beginnings in 2006 to its position today as a leader in securing the digital frontier, Lee's journey is a testament to innovation, growth, and the relentless pursuit of solving complex security challenges. --- 📍Headliners Stage ⏰ Day 1 \[April 16\]10:15 - 10:40 | GMT -7 🗺 San Jose Marriott, 301 South Market Street, San Jose --- ## **1\. Let's hear a bit more about you Lee - please introduce yourself in a few sentences.** I’m the Chief Product Officer at Palo Alto Networks, where I started in 2006 when there was just a small group of incredible engineers and the start of a great idea. As with many small companies we were very focused on building highly innovative products to solve important and complex problems. What's amazing is that after all these years of tremendous growth, we're still doing it. We have the same innovative spirit and culture and the same commitment to solving important security problems. ## **2\. Can you tell us a little bit about some of your recent projects, and your main focuses right now at Palo Alto Networks?** [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) is definitely a main focus for us. We’ve been working on AI for a long time as a company and have already seen the early benefits in our products (like XSIAM, Autonomous Digital Experience Management, ADEM, and AIOps) and embedded in our platforms. As AI use continues to grow in business (and with cybercriminals), organizations need to ensure AI is being used in a secure manner and defend against the escalating scale, sophistication, and speed of attacks. Some exciting projects we are working on to secure organizations through this evolution include our AI copilots, which are currently in the hands of leading customers who are giving us feedback before we move to general availability, and several additional AI-based offerings in the next few months. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## **3\. Palo Alto Networks are leaders in cybersecurity - what is it that makes them continue to stand out?** Two things: **1)** our ability to innovate at scale - I’ve seen many companies struggle to do this as they evolve out of the startup phase, but our commitment to great technology, our ability to embrace and drive disruption, and our talented team have enabled us to not only continue to innovate but continually increase the volume of innovations we are able to drive. And **2)** our approach to platforms. The word “platform” is used a lot in cybersecurity, but not just any platform approach will drive incredible security outcomes. A platform must be innovation-led, comprehensive, truly integrated, and with the ability to secure in real-time. ## **4\. Is it fair to say we're in the early stages of assessing AI's impact on cybersecurity?** AI will have a tremendous impact on cybersecurity: nearly every employee, developer, and even attacker, will adopt AI. This means that AI use must be both protected and defended against. At the same time, the cybersecurity industry will also be able to adopt AI to predict and defend against attacks in new ways to deliver increasingly better security outcomes for customers. ## **5\.** What will attendees learn and take home from your talk in San Jose? AI will forever change both business and cyber threats. In my talk, I’ll show how cybersecurity is evolving to secure the new landscape, and what things could look like as AI use continues to grow and the impact increases. --- *Interested in Lee's talk? Get your tickets below:* [AIAI San Jose 2024 | Deploy & scale the state-of-the-artOn April 16 & 17, join 500+ leading builders & execs bridging the gap between cutting edge research & value-driving application at San Jose Marriott.![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1681908767245-aiai-logo-full-12.png)Deploy & scale the state-of-the-art![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1704354905347-Addasubheading.jpg)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/location/sanjose/register) ### How to navigate the shifting artificial intelligence landscape URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/navigating-artificial-intelligence-in-2024/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:55:14.000Z So, where do we start? [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-generative-ai-killing-creativity/) and its seismic societal and economic potential? Drawing out a roadmap to foster innovation but balance ethics? Among these, how can businesses leverage [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) to better understand their challenges and contribute to narrowing the digital skills gap by hiring a skilled data team? For business leaders, it’s a complex maze: one that’s only going to become leaner and tougher as new technologies are discovered. There’s often a phrase in technology dubbed *the fear of missing out:* the burning desire to always own or be part of the latest and greatest technological marvel whether it be tangible or non-tangible. The same can be applied to AI: the race deep down to own the space in the business’ respective industry and keep it that way. Being a leader in this space presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges in crafting simple surface solutions combined with masterfully executed technological infrastructure on the underside. Moving further into 2024 will present a fresh wave of ideas, dynamic consumerism, and ethical pressures. What’s therefore the best way to tackle these? ## **Basics, basics, basics!** It’s perfectly normal for even the most experienced, published individuals in the AI space to get lost in what is a tentacle-laden subject area. It’s really important that whatever stage the company is at, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) budgets are allocated to help team members at all levels get up to speed with current tools and frameworks, any gaps in knowledge, and up-skilling in line with current AI trends. After all, good foundational knowledge will translate cross functionally helping teams better understand, develop, and iterate AI solutions. ## **Next up, business needs!** The basics being down is one part, but the fun starts when it comes to assessing business needs. The large quantities of data companies gather is to help determine whether algorithmic tools will drive actionable insights and thus value to the organization. It’s therefore down to leaders to really look at where AI will be their *tour de force.* For example, could [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) be an asset for your retail outlet to really drill down and understand where your customers are really gathering and buying from in-store? Could your supply chain be better optimized with a sprinkling of AI? Or how about the automation of mundane tasks to allow for up-skilling of the workforce into other business-critical areas? Looking at the long-term trajectory of the business will help carve a roadmap allowing for the identification of internal bottlenecks and opportunities across the stakeholder spectrum. [AI in industryA collection of resources on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in industry and business.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-108.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJames Shaw![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Meta_Images_Text--1--1-7.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-industry/) ## **Data is your best friend.** Ultimately the golden key to unlocking actionable insights to help create, deploy, and scale an AI system is the data. Combining this with business needs this opens a treasure chest of value that should be accessible to leaders to collectively and continuously analyze. It’s therefore imperative as a business that the collection of data is done in a secure and ethical manner. ## **Collaboration** The effectiveness of an AI system isn’t purely from the years of technological prowess obtained by the teams, but the result of effective collaboration *across* the teams. It’s imperative leaders facilitate dialogue across the likes of technology, marketing, design, and sales to ensure a balanced perspective across the usefulness and scalability of the system. ## **Look long term** If there’s one final piece of advice I can share, it’s to remember that AI isn’t a short haul nor a quick return-based operation: it’s a continually shifting chess board with the need to constantly watch and learn new moves. As time evolves, keep evaluating the system, and its quality of output combined with changing customer needs and demands. ## **Conclusions** With the European Parliament recently approving the [AI Act](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-passes-landmark-ai-act-sets-global-standard/) \[1\], Large Vision Models coming into light through OpenAI’s Sora \[2\] and ethical considerations going into overdrive, there’ll be a lot of noise over the months and years across the space. It’s important as a leader to remain measured: keep up with the news but don’t let the hype distort your initiatives. Irrespective of your years of experience, take advantage of the many Data Science and AI-based conferences: they’re a great platform for experiencing the fast-paced intricacies that you might not have come across. Being a leader in AI doesn’t mean you have to tackle it alone: leverage the amazing network of AI professionals and the AI landscape is your oyster. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **AI Act**: MEPs approve world’s first comprehensive AI law. (2024). *BBC News*. \[online\] 13 Mar. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68546450\. \[2\] **OpenAI’s Sora**: OpenAI (2024). *Sora: Creating video from text*. \[online\] openai.com. Available at: https://openai.com/sora. --- Want more from Ana? Check out her articles below: [Ana Simion - AI Accelerator InstituteCEO @ INRO London | AI Advisory Council | Advisor in Artificial Intelligence | Keynote Speaker![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteLog in![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1505778276668-26b3ff7af103?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fG5hdmlnYXRpb258ZW58MHx8fHwxNzExNTMwMTI3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=800)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/author/ana/) ### The history of artificial intelligence: From ancient myths to modern machines, from Turing to tomorrow URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-ancient-myths-to-modern-machines-turing-to-tomorrow/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:46:12.000Z **How humans have imagined, created, and interacted with intelligent machines throughout history** In the grand theatre of human achievement, few actors have made an entrance as dramatic, controversial, and downright audacious as [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI). Diving into the labyrinth of artificial intelligence’s history and its probable future is akin to embarking on a time-traveling escapade, where the line between science fiction and reality blurs faster than a quantum computer solving a Rubik’s cube. Imagine, if you will, a world where machines not only perform tasks but learn, adapt, and evolve. A world where your toaster might one day outsmart you at chess, and your vacuum cleaner could pen a sonnet to rival Shakespeare. Welcome, dear reader, to the thrilling, terrifying, and utterly captivating world of artificial intelligence. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## Ancient myths and legends The idea of creating artificial beings that can think and act like humans or gods can be traced back to ancient myths and legends from various civilizations, long before the term “artificial intelligence” was coined. In Greek mythology, the god Hephaestus was the master craftsman who created mechanical servants, such as the bronze giant Talos, who guarded the island of Crete, and the golden maidens, who assisted him in his workshop. In Hindu mythology, the king Ravana had a flying chariot called Pushpaka Vimana, which could navigate autonomously and follow his commands. ## What is AI? To begin a discourse on artificial intelligence, we must first define it, and to define "artificial intelligence", we must first explore the definition of the word, "intelligence". The term “intelligence” is derived from the Latin word *“intelligentia”*, and it has been defined in many ways. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, intelligence is the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason. It’s about grasping truths, relationships, meanings, and more. AI is the branch of computer science that aims to create machines and systems that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning, decision-making, perception, and natural language processing. It essentially aims at human mimicry by computers - the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. The [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)](https://oecd.ai/en/ai-principles) defines an "AI system" as: *"A machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments."* This definition, although a lot broader than some AI experts believe it should be, underscores the role of input in operating AI systems and the ability of these systems to influence both physical and virtual environments. It's a broad definition that encompasses many different types of AI systems and has been recently adapted into the European AI Regulation - the EU AI Act. AI isn’t a new concept; in fact, it has a long and fascinating history that spans diverse cultures, disciplines, and domains. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the key milestones and developments in the history of AI, from ancient myths and legends to modern applications and challenges. ## The birth of modern AI The term "artificial intelligence" was coined by the American computer scientist, John McCarthy, in 1956, when he organized a conference at Dartmouth College and invited a group of researchers who were interested in creating machines that could simulate human intelligence. The conference is widely considered the birth of modern AI, as it marked the beginning of a new field of study that attracted funding, talent, and attention. Some of the attendees of the conference were Alan Turing, Marvin Minsky, Claude Shannon, and Herbert Simon, who later became influential figures in AI research. One of the early achievements of AI was the development of the Logic Theorist, a program that could prove mathematical theorems using symbolic logic. It was created by Allen Newell, Herbert Simon, and Cliff Shaw in 1955\. Another milestone was the creation of ELIZA, a natural language processing program that could mimic a psychotherapist, created by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966\. ELIZA was one of the first examples of a chatbot, a computer program that can converse with humans using natural language. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) ## The rise and initial decline of AI The 1960s and 1970s witnessed a rapid growth and expansion of AI research, as many subfields and applications emerged, such as [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/), speech recognition, knowledge representation, expert systems, robotics, and [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/). AI also received significant support and funding from the military and the government, especially during the Cold War and the Space Race. However, AI also faced many challenges and limitations, such as the difficulty of scaling up and generalizing the solutions, the lack of common sense and contextual understanding, the brittleness and unreliability of the systems, and the ethical and social implications of the technology. These factors led to a period of reduced interest and funding for AI, known as the "AI winter", which lasted from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. ## The resurgence of AI The 1990s and 2000s saw a revival and resurgence of AI, thanks to several factors, such as the availability of large amounts of data, the increase of computational power and storage, the development of new [algorithms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/choosing-the-right-machine-learning-algorithm-for-your-problem/) and methods, such as neural networks and [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/), and the emergence of new domains and applications, such as the internet, social media, gaming, and e-commerce. AI also became more accessible and ubiquitous, as it was integrated into various products and services, such as search engines, digital assistants, recommendation systems, facial recognition, and self-driving cars. AI also achieved remarkable feats, such as defeating human champions in chess, Jeopardy, and Go, generating realistic images and videos, and creating original music and art. Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves the development of algorithms that can learn from and make predictions or decisions based on data. It enables computers to improve their performance on a specific task over time without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning has been around since the 1950s, but it has gained significant attention in recent years due to the availability of large amounts of data and increased computational power. Deep learning, a branch of machine learning, uses multi-layered neural networks to learn and make decisions. These layers can learn data features and representations at different levels of abstraction, allowing deep learning models to handle complex tasks such as image and speech recognition. Deep learning originated in the 1940s, but it has become more prominent in the 21st century due to access to large amounts of data and improved computational power. Machine learning and deep learning are useful because they allow computers to learn from data and generate predictions or outcomes, which can be applied to a large variety of issues in different fields. ## The rise of generative AI Born from the audacious dreams of science fiction and the relentless curiosity of mankind, [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) has waltzed onto the stage with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer in a china shop. Generative AI, sometimes referred to as GenAI, has been conceptualized for decades but has only recently been technically possible. It's worth noting that Generative AI is different from the theoretical AGI (artificial general intelligence), which aims to replicate human-level general intelligence in machines. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) Generative AI models are trained on input data and then create new data that resembles it. Transformer-based deep neural networks improved and led to a surge of generative AI systems in the early 2020s. They became very popular in recent years after DALL-E and OpenAI’s ChatGPT were released in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Generative AI has become very common in every area of work and personal life. There are many benefits to the development of “large language models” (LLMs like ChatGPT) and other GenAI models. GenAI has increased the availability of advanced AI tools in 2023 and 2024\. However, there are also some criticisms, from safety and privacy to ethics and bias, to commercial structures and paywalls that restrict access to the best GenAI models, possibly creating a bigger social and knowledge gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots”, and potentially accelerating societal inequalities. ## The chronology of AI summarised Here are some key milestones in the development of AI: - **Greek myths (antiquity):** Greek myths of Hephaestus and Pygmalion incorporated the idea of intelligent automata (such as Talos) and artificial beings (such as Galatea and Pandora). - **1940s - 1950s:** the ‘birth’ of artificial intelligence. - **1943:** During World War II, Alan Turing and neurologist Grey Walter were among the bright minds who tackled the challenges of intelligent machines. - **1950:** Alan Turing published his paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” introducing the Turing Test. - **1950:** Isaac Asimov, a science fiction writer, picked up the idea of machine intelligence and imagined its future. He is best known for the Three Laws of Robotics. - **1956:** The term 'artificial intelligence' is coined at the Dartmouth Conference. - **1965:** Developed by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT, ELIZA is an early example of a natural language processing program. - **1974:** The U.S. and British governments stopped funding undirected research into artificial intelligence. - **1980s:** AI winter due to withdrawal of funding. - **2010s:** AI boom due to successful application of machine learning in academia and industry. - **2017:** Google invents the ‘Transformer’ – a modern AI architecture that will become the underpinning of Generative AI. - **2022:** Open AI takes the world by storm with its viral introduction of ChatGPT – the now ubiquitous large language model. - **2023:** EU AI Act signed into European Law; other countries developing AI regulation are yet to be fully adopted into law. - **2023-2024:** The Generative AI race heats up, with several key players like Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Meta releasing and iteratively improving versions of their Generative AI models like Copilot, Gemini, GPT-4V and GPT-4 Turbo, Claude, and open source foundation models like the U.A.E’s Falcon 40-B and Meta’s Llama. - **2023-2024:** Microsoft brings generative AI to the world of work with Copilot fully integrated into Office 365 apps like Word, Excel, MS Teams, PowerPoint, etc. - **2023-2024:** Pair Programming assistants like Copilot X & Github Copilot, Databricks Assistant & Amazon Bedrock are revolutionizing software development. - **2024:** Generative AI-powered robots are showing huge promise in general-purpose tasks. Companies like Tesla and BMW are introducing Generative AI-powered humanoid robots in their factories. - **2024:** Small language models (SLMs) like Phi-2 and ‘on-device’ AI are being introduced by the likes of Microsoft and Samsung as processing power and AI models improve. - **2025 - ?:** Humanoid robots in homes? General Purpose AI Assistants replace mobile and PC operating systems? Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? ## Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are the bread and butter of any self-respecting AI enthusiast, and they've been causing delightful headaches for roboticists and ethicists alike since their inception. **First Law:** A robot may not (willingly) injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. This is the robotic equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath. **Second Law:** A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. This is the "I, Robot, am your humble servant," law, ensuring that robots are here to serve us, not the other way around. **Third Law:** A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. This is the "self-preservation" law, ensuring that robots can't be casually destroyed by their human overlords. Asimov later added a Zeroth Law, that superseded the others: *"A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."* This is the "greater good" law, ensuring that robots consider the welfare of humanity as a whole. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have had a profound influence on AI research, shaping the way we think about machine behavior and ethics. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_4-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/interview-series/) ### Ethical framework The laws have grown from a thought experiment into an essential conceptual framework for real-world robotics and AI ethics. They've sparked countless discussions and debates, highlighting the importance of designing AI systems that respect and protect human life. There are, however, interpretations of this, e.g. AI that works ‘for the greater long-term good’ (despite the costs today) that are frowned upon in the AI community as distracting from current AI harms and risks. ### Human safety The First Law underscores the importance of ensuring that AI systems do not cause harm to humans. This has led to the development of AI technologies prioritizing human safety, security, and dignity. ### Human-AI collaboration The Second Law emphasizes the need for AI to obey human instructions, placing humans in control. This has highlighted the importance of developing AI systems that augment human capabilities, foster collaboration, and empower individuals rather than replace them. ### Ethical system behavior The Third Law calls for AI systems to protect their own existence as long as it aligns with the first two laws. Asimov’s third ‘self-preservation’ law is mostly not a ‘baked-in’ function built into any artificially intelligent systems currently, as it is the most challenging to ethically interpret and implement. ### Influence on public perception Asimov's laws have also influenced public perception of AI, becoming a cultural touchstone in understanding artificial intelligence. These laws have shaped practical discussions on AI ethics, but the fast progress of AI technology requires more investigation into these fundamental rules. As AI improves, ethical issues have become more important, resulting in the creation of ethical standards, AI ethics boards, and research centers focused on AI ethics. ## AI risks, ethics, bias, and responsible AI development As AI becomes more integrated into our daily lives, it's important to consider the potential risks and challenges it presents. Here are some of the key risks associated with AI: ### Lack of AI transparency and explainability AI and deep learning models can be difficult to understand, even for those who work directly with the technology. This leads to a lack of transparency for how and why AI comes to its conclusions. ### Job losses due to automation [AI-powered job automation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-horizon-the-future-workforce-in-the-age-of-microcapitalism-and-automation/) is a pressing concern as the technology is adopted in industries like marketing, manufacturing, and healthcare. By 2030, tasks that account for up to 30 percent of hours currently being worked in the U.S. economy could be automated. ### Social manipulation through AI algorithms AI algorithms can be used to manipulate social and political discourse, spread misinformation, and influence public opinion. ### Privacy violations AI systems often require substantial amounts of data, which can lead to privacy concerns. ### Algorithmic bias AI systems can perpetuate and amplify existing biases if they're trained on biased data and not trained with the right methodology to spot and mitigate the biases in our data collection methods, the data itself, training and interpretation, or the use of the AI outputs. ### GenAI hallucinations Hallucinations in AI are nonsensical, or non-factual outputs from generative AI models. They’re sometimes very plausible (in the case of text generation) and can lead to the spread of misinformation, amongst other challenges, like the erosion of trust. ### Overreliance on AI and automation As humans use GenAI tools more, linked to the fact that these models occasionally ‘hallucinate’, we’re prone to overreliance on AI tools that mostly ‘sound right’ or mostly operate right. This can lead to several real risks from the banal – made up information in a court case, to the really serious and fatal – self-driving cars running over pedestrians. ### Accelerated proliferation of cyberattacks and other security issues The recent pieces of advice in GenAI come with specific issues related to online security. LLMs and similar foundation models present new attack vectors that bad actors can capitalize on, as well as a new more ‘efficient’ way for bad actors to probe networks, software, etc. for weaknesses and capitalize on exploits much quicker and at scale. This is a non-exhaustive list. There are a lot of other AI risks to consider like deepfakes in video and photo imagery, voice cloning, identity theft, and fraud. There have already been two very high-profile cases in the media in 2024. Addressing these challenges requires a concerted effort to develop AI responsibly, emphasizing ethical considerations, transparency, and inclusivity in AI development and deployment. Initiatives like the Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI by the European Commission and the AI principles outlined by leading AI organizations reflect a growing commitment to responsible AI. As we progress into a more AI-enabled future, it becomes more and more important that we adopt Responsible AI practices to ensure we use these AI systems in a transparent and fair manner, and that we have taken adequate steps to mitigate bias, harm, and other risks to humanity. --- *Want access to exclusive articles, hundreds of hours of event presentations from AI top leaders, and dedicated templates? Sign up for membership today!* [signupThe future of machine intelligence![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteRichard King![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/AIAI_meta_Membership_plan-1.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/signup) ### Bias in AI: Understanding and mitigating algorithmic discrimination URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bias-in-ai-understanding-and-mitigating-algorithmic-discrimination/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T18:45:38.000Z In order to mitigate [bias](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-recruitments-bias-missing-top-talent/) within [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI), I want to speak metaphorically to set a precedent for how we, as individuals and organizations, should approach and use AI in thought and action. A car will go where you point it to go. It will go as fast as you decide to make it go. A car is only as good as its driver. Just as a driver's decisions can influence the safety and well-being of passengers and bystanders, the decisions made in designing and [implementing AI systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-ways-to-implement-real-change-through-artificial-intelligence/) have a similar, but demonstrably greater, impact on society as a whole, where technology has influenced everything from healthcare to personal dignity and identity. Therefore, a driver must understand the car in which they are operating, and they must understand everything adjacent and near to the car from all directions. So, a car is really only as good as its driver. All drivers take lives into their own hands when they operate vehicles. With all that being said, AI is much like a car in terms of how humans operate it and the impact it can have. Let’s talk more about how we can use this analogy to use and develop AI in a way that is safe for all. ## Bias and algorithms: The check engine lights of AI When considering AI in its systemic entirety, we must view it as a time-laden system and as a reflection of society as a whole, encompassing the past, present, and future, rather than merely a component or an event. First and foremost, AI represents many facets, with one of the most crucial being humanity itself, encompassing all that we are, have been, and will become, both the positive and negative aspects. It’s impractical to saturate AI solely with positive data from human existence, as this would provide little basis and essential benchmarks for distinguishing between right and wrong. [Bias](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) can manifest in various forms, not always directly related to humans. For instance, consider a scenario where we instruct AI to display images of apples. If the AI has only been exposed to data on red apples, it may exhibit bias towards showing red apples rather than green ones. Thus, bias isn't always human-centric, but there is undoubtedly a "food chain" or "ripple effect" within AI. Analogous to the potential consequences of bees becoming extinct and leading to human extinction down the line, the persistence of bias, such as in the case of red and green apples, may not immediately impact humans but could have significant long-term effects. Despite the seeming triviality of distinctions between red and green apples, any gap in data must be taken seriously, as it can perpetuate bias and potentially cause irreversible harm to humans, our planet, and animals. For example, consider the question I posed to ChatGPT here: ![ChatGPT 3.5 prompt](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/_jVfVev9_3kszEC-mEtyy_7FtP-8CddZIyoEiV9RqzsauhloexdwALTUK1nT7xWfBZFlIqVRStVw3Q67BaNyJ5yr5HNndjOc5tUGlW97aG0qwcim6T2M-ec_AypbSGFfbM_vawxPomufJjXDvLsdL68) ![ChatGPT 3.5 answer](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/CkAZ86riOQrye_LxUfE7Zo0busqonQrYuFujtvxXlO_DFbIOVclxSEljbV3nTUKMfjOE9fmqM4Gl7I_JPFSUsvR7gycfjcz0-pObcCkbBRaOsGV6J4Wg3beLeN79ZdMsQIIV5wJDyZCLQUJooItIJgw) ## Avoiding AI Accidents To begin, I want to highlight algorithmic discrimination through a conversation I had with [Ayodele Obdubuela](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayodeleodubela/), our Ethical Advisor for my fund, Q1 Velocity Venture Capital: *"My first encounter with bias in AI was at the Data for Black Lives Conference. I was exposed to the various types of discrimination algorithms perpetuate and was shocked by how pervasive the weaponization of big data was.* *I also encountered difficulties when using open-source facial recognition tools, such as the popular study, Gender Shades, conducted by Joy Buolamwini, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, along with Timnit Gebru, a former PhD student at Stanford University.* *The tools couldn’t identify my face, and when I proposed an AI camera tuned to images of Black people, my graduate advisors discouraged the validity of the project.* *I realized that the issue of bias in AI wasn’t only about the datasets, but also the research environments, reward systems, funding sources, and deployment methods that can lead to biased outcomes even when assuming everyone involved has the best intent. This is what originally sparked my interest in the field of bias in AI."* Poor algorithmic design can have devastating and sometimes irreversible impacts on organizations and consumers alike. Just like a car accident due to poor structural design, an AI accident can cripple and total an organization. There are numerous consequences that can result from poor algorithmic design, including but not limited to reputational damage, regulatory fines, missed opportunities, reduced employee productivity, customer churn, and psychological damages. Bad algorithmic design is akin to tooth decay; once it’s been hardwired into the organization’s technical infrastructure, the digital transformation needed to shift systems into a positive state can be overwhelming in terms of costs and time. Organizations can work to mitigate this by having departments dedicated entirely to their AI ecosystem, serving both internal and external users. A department entirely dedicated to AI, utilizing a shared service model such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, promotes and fosters a culture of not only continuous improvement but also a constant state of auditing and monitoring. In this setup, the shared service ensures that the AI remains completely transparent and relevant for every type of user, encompassing every aspect and component of the organization, from department leaders to the C-Suite. However, it’s not just bad algorithms we have to be concerned about because even by itself, a perfect algorithm is only perfect for the data it represents. Let’s discuss data in the next section. ## Data rules: When algorithms break the rules, accidents happen Data is the new quarterback of technology, and it will dictate the majority of AI outcomes. I’d even bet that most expert witness AI testimonies will all point back to data. While my statement may not apply universally to all AI-related legal cases, it does reflect a common trend in how data is utilized and emphasized in expert witness testimonies involving AI technologies. The problem with algorithms is the data on which they run. The only way to create a data strategy that competently supports algorithms is to think about the organization at its deepest stage of growth potential or its most senior state of operation possible. This can be very difficult for young organizations, but it should be much easier for larger organizations. Young organizations who solve new use cases and bring new products to the market have a limited vision of the future because they’re not mature. However, an organization that’s been serving its customers for many years would be very attuned to its current and prospective market. So, a young organization would need to build its data strategy slowly for a small number of use cases that have a high degree of stability. A high degree of stability would mean that the organization is bringing products to the market that can solve use cases over the next 15-20 years at least. An organization is most likely to find a case like this in an industry with a matured inflection point but a high barrier to entry and wide user relevancy with low complexity for maximum user adoption. It’s likely that if the startup has achieved a significant enough use case, they may have a patent or a trademark associated with their MOAT. *“Startups with patents and trademarks are 10 times more successful in securing funding.”* (European Patent Office, 2023) For larger organizations, poor data strategy often stems from systemic operational gaps and inefficiencies. Before any large organization builds out its data strategy, it should consider if its organization is ready for digital transformation to AI; otherwise, building out the data strategy could be in vain. Considerations should include assessing leadership, employee and customer commitment, technical infrastructure, and most importantly, ensuring cost and time justification from a customer standpoint. Out of all the considerations needing to be made, culture is the biggest barometer to measure in all of this because, as I've said before, AI has to be built around culture. Not only that, there is a social engineering aspect inherent to AI and imperative to an organization’s AI strength, and we’ll expand on this later. Cultural factors such as attitudes towards data-driven decision-making, acceptance, and willingness to adopt new technologies and processes play a significant role. A great example of this is people’s willingness to share their data freely with social media companies in exchange for their own privacy and control of their data. Is it ethical that big tech companies protect themselves with the “fine print” and allow this just because consumers allow it at their own expense? For example, is it ethical to allow a person to smoke cigarettes even though we warned them not to on the Surgeon General’s label? Society seems to think it is totally ok; it’s your choice, right? Is it ethical to allow someone to kill themselves? Most people would say no. These are questions for you to answer, not me. Even if the companies protect themselves with the fine print and regulatory abidance, if the consumers don’t allow it, the data strategy will never work, and the AI will fail. Either way, we know there is a market for it. Your data strategy is built around what consumers allow, not what your fine print dictates, but again, just because consumers allow it, does not mean it should be allowed by regulators and organizations. During my interactions with Ayodele, she gave a great explanation of how large tech social media companies are letting their ad-driven engagement missions compromise ethical boundaries, resulting in the proliferation of harmful content and ultimately the pollution of harmful content. She goes on to explain how harmful content is promoted just to drive ad revenues from engagement, and when we develop models trained on this, they end up perpetuating those values by default. This human bias gets encoded, and AI models can learn that “Iraqi” is closer to “terrorist” than “American” is. In summation, she closes with the fact that AI cannot act outside of the bounds it’s given. I think Ayodele makes it abundantly clear that data is the problem facing organizations today. Data gets perpetuated within data-driven companies, which is really most companies today. Particularly with social media tech companies, this data gets perpetuated while it goes through multiple shares and engagements on a social media tech company’s platform. I thought it was important to illustrate the measure of reported hate speech and hate media that gets generated and shared on the internet’s social media platforms. For example, as depicted in the bar graph below, since the 4th quarter of 2017 and every quarter thereafter until the 3rd quarter of 2023, we can see all of the millions of harmful content pieces that Facebook has removed from its platform. ![Graphic from Statista, 2023](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/XdjKDVGLJ3ydUfwbdXKllR6SrvYzjtPuKR5zI_zTeKLlvJ4QoewuCzaJx1zk0swM9DbtH1WOdhvoilCZ4PWHlJy0YAvT9xbaVuUTfMvVD9nn2qvoNBhy_fPT0LbzNn30gyupR70VtPnnHtFRYrTVOL4) **(Statista, 2023)* Whether they’re in a large or small organization, all leaders need to engage their organizations to become data-ready. Every single organizational leader in the world is likely putting their customers, employees, and organization at risk if they are not implementing a data and AI strategy. This statement is very similar to, for example, an iPhone user or an organization operating on an outdated programming language like COBOL. Due to legacy operating systems, they can’t keep up with the rest of the developing societal infrastructure, and aside from underperformance at the least, the technology creates a whole list of vulnerabilities that could sink the ship of an organization or significantly compromise an iPhone user's personal security. For instance, imagine someone using a very old smartphone model that’s no longer receiving software updates or security patches. Without the updates, the phone becomes vulnerable to attacks. Additionally, if the phone were to develop hardware issues, finding replacement parts might not be possible, which may create additional vulnerabilities to cyberattacks. With older devices, this is referred to as “zero-click vulnerabilities,” where the user doesn’t have to do anything at all, and the device is off or completely locked, and they get attacked by hackers simply due to the device’s own legacy vulnerabilities. By creating a future-thinking culture of learning and a receptive mentality, leaders will be able to better map out the best opportunities and the best data for their organizations. Systematically evaluating these areas and taking the proper preemptive protocols allows organizations to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement needed before building out their AI data strategy. ## Mapping origins: Where does bias come from? One of the challenges with AI is that, for it to help us, it has to hurt us first. No pain, no gain, right? Everything gets better once it’s first broken. As we learn our vulnerabilities with AI, only then we can make it better. Not that we look to purposefully injure ourselves, but every new product and revolution is not always the most efficient at first. Take Paul Virilio’s quote below for example: *“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution…Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress.”* AI has to understand the past and present of humans, our Earth, and everything that makes our society operate. It must incorporate everything humans have come to know, love, and hate in order to have a scale on which to operate. AI systems must incorporate both positive and negative biases and stereotypes without acting on them. We need bias. We don’t need to get rid of it, we just need to balance the bias and train the AI on what to act on and what to not act on. A good analogy is that rats, despite their uncleanliness, are still needed in our world, but we just don’t need them in our houses. Rats are well-known as carriers of diseases that can be harmful to humans and other animals, but they also remain as hosts for parasites and pathogens. The disappearance of rats could disrupt the livelihoods of parasites and pathogens, potentially affecting other species like humans in negative ways. In urban areas, rats are a major presence and play important roles in waste management by consuming organic matter. Without rats to help break down organic waste, urban societies could experience changes in waste management processes. So, coming back to the main point, we need some aspects of negative bias. These incorporations manifest as biases within algorithms, which can either be minimized, managed, or exacerbated. For instance, a notable tech company faced criticism in 2015 when its AI system incorrectly classified images of black individuals as "gorillas" or "monkeys" due to inadequate training data. Prompted by public outcry, the company took swift action to rectify the issue. However, their initial response was to simply eliminate the possibility of the AI labeling any image as a gorilla, chimpanzee, or monkey, including images of the animals themselves. While this action aimed to prevent further harm, it underscores the complexity of addressing bias in AI systems. Merely removing entire categories from consideration is not a viable solution. What's imperative is not only ensuring that AI systems have access to sufficient and accurate data for distinguishing between individuals of different races and species, but also comprehending the ethical implications underlying such distinctions. Thus, AI algorithms must incorporate bias awareness alongside additional contextual information to discern what is appropriate and what isn't. Through this approach, AI algorithms can be developed to operate in a manner that prioritizes safety and fairness for all individuals involved. *“Bias isn’t really the right word for what we’re trying to get at, especially given it has multiple meanings even in the context of AI. Algorithmic discrimination is better described when algorithms perpetuate existing societal biases and result in harm. This can mean not getting hired for a job, not being recognized by a facial recognition system, or getting classified as more risky based on some aspect like your race.”* — Ayodele Odubela To demonstrate the real potential of AI, I ran the large language model, Chat-GPT, through a moral aptitude test, the [MFQ30 Moral Questionnaire](https://moralfoundations.org/questionnaires/). See the results below: ![Moral aptitude test, the MFQ30 Moral Questionnaire](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/t1BR6OgtZuFIqAjtdMLbCt3HIWjasl3XCfwdMTYS6uYwTBspKTTom4mU4wKhGLpGY7CR5chT_i8ERis2186IYsQl2jgJphdyWUlKhbrr8bPeUpomweJc8azsJ01f5pTuVDLjYZVOHaDGN3td3yVKUyc) *“The average politically moderate American’s scores are 20.2, 20.5, 16.0, 16.5, and 12.6\. Liberals generally score a bit higher than that on harm/care and fairness/reciprocity, and much lower than that on the other three foundations. Conservatives generally show the opposite pattern.”* \- Moral Foundations Questionnaires, n.d.). Based on the MFQ30 Moral Questionnaire, at a low-grade level, AI does score higher than humans, but this is without the nuance and complexity of context. At a baseline and conditionally speaking, AI already knows right from wrong, but can only perform at various levels of complexity and in certain domains. In short, AI will play pivotal, yet specific roles in our society, and it must not be programmed to be deployed outside of its own domain capacity by itself. AI must be an expert without flaw in its deliverables with Humans in the Loop (HITL). Autonomous robots are great examples of AI that’s progressed to a level that can operate fully autonomously or with Humans Out of the Loop. They can perform tasks such as manufacturing, warehouse automation, and exploration. For example, an AI robotic surgeon has to make the choice while in the emergency room to either prolong the life of an incurable, dying person in pain or to let them die. An AI robotic surgeon may have only been designed to perform surgeries that save lives, and in certain situations, it may prove more ethical to let the person die; a machine cannot make this choice because a machine or algorithm doesn’t know the significance of life. A machine can offer perspectives on the meaning of life, but it can’t tell you what the meaning of life is from person to person or from society to society. As mentioned earlier, there’s a social engineering aspect inherent to AI and imperative to an organization’s AI strength. Much like cybersecurity, AI has a social engineering aspect to it which if goes unaddressed can severely damage an organization or an individual’s credibility. As demonstrated above, we can see the potentially damaging effects of media. A lot of AI bias simply gets created and perpetuated not by the algorithms themselves, but actually by what the users create, and unrestricted algorithms learn from, and therefore also reinforce. I believe it’s imperative that we look at AI regulation from two angles: 1\. Consumers 2\. Companies Both need to be monitored and policed for the way in which they build and use AI. Similar to having a license to operate a gun, I believe the same should exist for consumers. Companies that violate AI laws should encounter massive taxation, and systems like OSHA can certainly add oversight value across the board. Much like operating a car, there should be massive fines and penalties for violating the rules of the road for AI. In the same essence, government identification numbers like social security numbers are issued. ## Conclusion In the realm of AI and its challenges, the metaphorical journey of driving a car provides a compelling analogy. Just as a driver steers a car's path, human decisions guide the trajectory and impact of AI systems. Bias within AI, stemming from inadequate data or societal biases, presents significant hurdles. Yet, addressing bias demands a comprehensive approach, embracing data transparency, algorithmic accountability, and ethical considerations. Organizations must foster a culture of accountability and openness to mitigate the risks linked with biased AI. Moreover, regulatory frameworks and oversight are vital to ensure ethical AI deployment. Through collaborative endeavors among consumers, companies, and regulators, AI can be wielded responsibly for societal benefit while mitigating harm from biases and algorithms. --- Looking for hundreds of hours of AI presentations? Sign up for our membership and watch OnDemand. [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/Pro-plus-membership-plan-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) for ### Top 5 pros and cons of AI-generated content URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:27:47.000Z Since the groundbreaking [release of ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/), the creation of [artificial intelligence-generated content](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/) has become increasingly accessible and efficient. This isn’t just about automating tasks but also about opening up new avenues for creativity and [content generation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/creating-curated-content-experiences-with-ai/) across various industries, including marketing, [education](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-and-education-the-bigger-picture/), and entertainment. Creating AI-generated content is pretty straightforward: you need your desired text format, your topic, and your related keywords. Your tool of choice, like ChatGPT, will then sift through the internet to compile all relevant content in your selected format. In this article, we’ll go over the top 5 pros and cons of AI-generated content, including: - [Automation and efficiency](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#automation-and-efficiency) - [Natural language understanding](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#natural-language-understanding) - [Language translation and multilingual communication](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#language-translation-and-multilingual-communication) - [Creativity and innovation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#creativity-and-innovation) - [Personalization](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#personalization) - [Resource intensiveness](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#resource-intensiveness) - [Ethical and biased outputs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#ethical-and-biased-outputs) - [Security and privacy concerns](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#security-and-privacy-concerns) - [Over-reliance and human dependency](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#over-reliance-and-human-dependency) - [Lack of accountability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-pros-and-cons-of-ai-generated-content/#lack-of-accountability) ## The 5 advantages of using generative AI technology for content creation ### Automation and efficiency AI-generated content dramatically enhances automation and efficiency in content creation, enabling rapid production of text, images, and other media types. This automation allows for the generation of large volumes of content in a fraction of the time it would take humans, making it ideal for applications requiring quick updates or the production of content at scale, such as news reporting, social media content, and more. This efficiency not only speeds up content creation processes but also helps in meeting the constant demand for fresh content across various platforms. ### Natural language understanding AI's ability to understand and interpret human language has transformed content creation. With advancements in natural language processing (NLP), AI can analyze text for sentiment, extract meaning, summarize large documents, and even generate human-like responses to queries. This capability makes AI invaluable for creating content that is contextually relevant and tailored to the intended audience, enhancing engagement and effectiveness. ### Language translation and multilingual communication AI has revolutionized language translation and multilingual communication, breaking down language barriers and enabling content creators to reach a global audience. AI-driven translation services can quickly and accurately translate content into multiple languages, ensuring that the message is consistent across different cultures and linguistic groups. This opens up new opportunities for businesses and content creators to expand their reach and connect with users worldwide. ### Creativity and innovation AI-generated content is not just about efficiency; it also opens up new avenues for creativity and innovation. AI algorithms can generate unique art, write creative stories, compose music, and even develop new concepts by combining elements in ways that humans might not consider. This capability can be used to inspire human creators, augment their creativity, and push the boundaries of traditional content creation. ### Personalization One of the most significant advantages of AI-generated content is its ability to personalize content at scale. AI can analyze data from user interactions to understand preferences and behaviors, enabling the creation of highly personalized content for individual users. This personalization enhances user engagement and satisfaction, as content is tailored to meet the specific interests and needs of each user, from personalized news feeds to tailored marketing messages. ## The 5 disadvantages of using generative AI technology for content creation ### Resource intensiveness While AI-generated content offers numerous benefits, it is also resource-intensive. Developing, training, and maintaining AI models require significant computational power, specialized hardware, and substantial energy consumption. These requirements can make AI content generation costly and less accessible to smaller organizations or individuals, potentially widening the digital divide. ### Ethical and biased outputs AI-generated content can perpetuate [biases](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) present in the data it was trained on, leading to ethical concerns and potentially biased outputs. These biases can manifest in various forms, such as racial, gender, or ideological biases, affecting the fairness and neutrality of the content produced. Addressing these issues requires continuous effort to ensure diverse training data and the development of algorithms that can identify and mitigate biases. [Bias in AI: Understanding and mitigating algorithmic discriminationExplore how steering AI responsibly, like driving a car, requires understanding and mitigating biases for society’s safety and fairness.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-104.png)AI Accelerator InstitutePaul Anthony Claxton![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1598962689458-f705dc20e578)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/bias-in-ai-understanding-and-mitigating-algorithmic-discrimination/) ### Security and privacy concerns The use of AI in content generation raises security and privacy concerns, particularly regarding the data used to train AI models. There's a risk of sensitive information being inadvertently included in training datasets, leading to privacy breaches. Additionally, the generated content itself can be used for malicious purposes, such as creating deepfake videos or spreading disinformation, posing significant challenges to content integrity and trust. ### Over-reliance and human dependency An over-reliance on AI for content generation can lead to a dependency that might stifle human creativity and critical thinking. As organizations and individuals become more dependent on AI tools, there's a risk of diminishing the value of human insight and the unique perspectives that humans bring to content creation. Balancing the use of AI with the irreplaceable elements of human creativity is essential to avoid over-dependence. [Building the AI-ready workforce: Challenges and opportunitiesExplore the challenges and solutions to developing an AI-ready workforce. Understand the impact of AI across industries and the role of government in shaping AI’s future.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-105.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Hemachandran K![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1633158834806-766387547d2c-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/) ### Lack of accountability AI-generated content often lacks clear accountability, especially when it comes to errors or the propagation of harmful content. Determining responsibility for AI's actions can be challenging, as it involves developers, users, and the AI itself. This lack of accountability complicates efforts to regulate AI content generation and address any negative outcomes, making it crucial to establish clear guidelines and ethical standards for AI use in content creation. --- ### Get empowered, not overpowered by GenAI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/get-empowered-not-overpowered-by-genai/ Last updated: 2024-03-27T09:37:27.000Z *Dr. Tina Manoharan, VP and Global Lead of Data/AI & Digital Innovation at Philips, gave this presentation at the Generative AI Summit Boston in 2023.* I'm super passionate about using data science and AI insights to make a difference in people's lives every single day. [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-generative-ai-and-computer-vision-events-to-attend-in-2024/) can create content that resembles human content, and this is what we’ve also been looking at in [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-healthcare/). Can generative AI be used by patients and caregivers to interact with our solutions in ways they haven't been able to do before? - [Generative AI opportunities in healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#generative-ai-opportunities-in-healthcare) - [What does value mean in healthcare?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#what-does-value-mean-in-healthcare) - [What can a generative AI-empowered patient journey look like? ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#what-can-a-generative-ai-empowered-patient-journey-look-like) - [Promoting safe and responsible use of generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#promoting-safe-and-responsible-use-of-generative-ai) - [Customer feedback loop for continuous incremental value](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#customer-feedback-loop-for-continuous-incremental-value) - [Preparing for a future you can’t predict](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/6f9aa181-1792-4e16-9240-da498c6d88db/#preparing-for-a-future-you-can%E2%80%99t-predict) ## Generative AI opportunities in healthcare Healthcare is one of the top areas where we expect a huge investment in generative AI. That's because there's a huge disease burden. Whether it's cardiology, oncology, or neurology-related, there are so many possibilities where we can all make a big difference. If you look at the areas where generative AI is starting to come into play for healthcare, there's a lot of focus on documentation and summarization use cases and other areas like workflow automation. But what we're also looking at is whether we can build companions for patients and physicians as clinician-facing and patient-facing solutions. The deeper you go into clinical areas, the stricter the regulations are, so it takes time to build robust solutions. As Dr. Robert Pearl said, ‘[ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/) will become more important than a stethoscope in the future,’ and physicians who want to undertake high-quality practice will use ChatGPT or other similar generative AI tools now and in the near future. But does it mean that this might become the scenario when we’re visiting GPs or physicians in the future? I hope not. I hope we're not sitting there waiting for them to see what ChatGPT has generated for them. At the same time, I hope that we can trust the solutions aren’t going to scare patients away. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### What is edge computing? And how does it work? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T08:31:27.000Z With the unprecedented volume of data and devices connected to the internet, cloud and AI services that automate and speed up innovation through insights are no longer enough. The data is now created at a never-before-seen complexity and scale, which have outgrown both the infrastructure and network. Simply sending all data to a centralized data center, or even through the cloud will cause latency and bandwidth issues. This is where edge computing steps in, by offering a much more efficient alternative - processing and analyzing data closer to where it’s being created. In this guide, we will cover: - [How does edge computing work?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/#how-does-edge-computing-work) - [A brief history of edge computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/#a-brief-history-of-edge-computing) - [Edge computing vs cloud computing vs fog computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/#edge-computing-vs-cloud-computing-vs-fog-computing) - [Why is edge computing important?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/#why-is-edge-computing-important) - [Edge computing applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-edge-computing/#edge-computing-applications) ## How does edge computing work? When it comes to traditional business computing in which data is produced at endpoints, such as user computers, the data is then moved across a WAN - like the internet - through a LAN, where data is stored and worked by a company application. The results are then reported back to the user endpoint. The large volume of devices connected to the internet nowadays, however, is also producing a large amount of data - all growing too quickly for a traditional computing approach. According to Gartner, by 2025 around [75% of data](https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/what-edge-computing-means-for-infrastructure-and-operations-leaders) generated by businesses will be created outside of centralized data centers. This volume of data can be disruptive to operations, leading to a streamlined approach being needed. --- *Have a look at how CPUs are revolutionizing both vision and edge AI applications:* [Revolutionizing vision and edge AI applications with CPUsIntel’s Gary Brown explains how businesses will need better technology, lower costs, and time-to-market when using AI inference at the Edge to solve issues.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/09/Gbizz.001.jpeg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/revolutionizing-vision-and-edge-ai-applications-with-cpus/) --- If the data can’t get closer to the data center, then the data center will get closer to the data. Edge computing moves servers and storage to where the data is. The implementation of edge computing needs to consider how it’ll be maintained, with factors such as: - **Connectivity.** Control and reporting need to be considered for access, even when there’s no available connection to the data. A way to balance this can be by using a secondary connection as a backup. - **Security.** Security protocols need to be taken into consideration through tools that highlight intruder detection and prevention, alongside vulnerability management. This also has to include IoT (Internet of Things) devices and sensors, due to each separate device being an element of the network that can be accessed. - **Physical maintenance.** IoT devices have limited lifespans, requiring the replacement of components and maintenance in order to keep them running. - **Management.** Some locations at the edge can be in remote locations, which translates to the need for remote managing so that businesses can see what’s happening at the edge and control deployment. --- *Read more about how edge computing deployment relies on specialized hardware and software:* [Hardware and software for edge computing deployment issuesEdge computing is growing, and soon we’ll see more hardware and software applications helping the deployment of computing services across numerous devices.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600003263720-95b45a4035d5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDZ8fGNwdXxlbnwwfHx8fDE2MzE2MjkwNDA&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-hardware-and-software-for-edge-computing-deployment-issues/) --- ## A brief history of edge computing **1990s:** Akamai launches the content delivery network (CDN), with the idea of introducing nodes at locations that are geographically closer to end-users in order to deliver cached content like images and videos. **1997:** Nobel et al. demonstrate in their work titled *Agile application-aware adaptation for mobility*, how different application types (video, web browser, speech recognition) that run on resource-constrained mobile devices can offload some tasks to powerful servers (surrogates). The aim was to alleviate the load on computing resources and, as proposed later on in further work, to improve the battery life of mobile devices. **2001:** Satyanarayanan et al., in reference to pervasive computing, generalizes the approach set by Nobel et al. in the paper, *Pervasive computing: vision and challenges*. Decentralized and scalable applications use different peer-to-peer overlay networks. The self-organizing overlay networks allow for fault-tolerant and efficient routing, load balancing, and object location. Additionally, they also allow the exploitation of the network proximity of underlying physical connections on the internet, which avoids long-distance links between users. This both decreases the overall network load and improves the latency of applications. **2006:** Cloud computing, a big influencer in edge computing, starts getting particular attention. Amazon first promotes its ‘Elastic Compute Cloud’, which paves the way for new opportunities for computation, storage capacity, and visualization. **2009:** Satyanarayanan et al. introduce the term ‘cloudlet’ in the paper titled, *The case for VM-based cloudlets in mobile computing*. The big focus of the work is latency, proposing a two-tier architecture. The first tier, the cloud, offers high latency, and the second tier, the cloudlets, offer lower latency. Cloudlets are decentralized and widely dispersed internet infrastructure components, with storage resources and compute cycles that can be leveraged by mobile computers in proximity. Cloudlets also just store cached copies of data and other soft states. **2012:** The term ‘[fog computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-101-what-is-fog-computing/)’ is introduced by Cisco. The term is used to describe dispersed cloud infrastructures, with the goal being to promote IoT scalability in order to handle the large number of IoT devices and data volume for real-time, low-latency applications. --- *Want to know more about AI? Read our guide below:* [Your guide to artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) helps to build smart machines that can perform a variety of tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_artificial-intelligence.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) --- ## Edge computing vs cloud computing vs fog computing Edge computing, cloud computing, and fog computing are all interconnected terms - but they’re not the same thing. They all refer to distributed computing and the physical deployment of storage and compute resources, however, the difference is where the resources are located. ### What is edge computing? Edge computing is essentially the deployment of storage and compute resources where the data is being produced, placing both storage and compute at the same location as the source of data at the network edge. The edge network has: - **Provider core.** The traditional “non-edge” tiers, which belong to public cloud providers. - Service provider edge. Located between the regional or core data centers and the last mile access, these tiers are usually owned by internet service providers. - **End-user provider edge.** These tiers are on the end-user side of the last mile access, and can have the enterprise edge or the consumer edge. - **Device edge.** Non-clustered systems that connect to sensors directly through non-internet protocols, representing the network’s far edge. ### What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is the deployment of storage and compute resources in a large and scalable way, in one of many regions. Cloud computing also tends to include services for IoT operations, which in turn often makes the cloud a preferred method of centralized deployments. This doesn’t, however, place analysis facilities where the data is being collected, making the cloud reliant on internet connectivity. Cloud computing can, then, be a complement to traditional data centers, but it can’t put centralized computing at the network edge. ### What is fog computing? If cloud computing storage is too far away but an edge deployment is too resource-limited, fog computing usually steps in. It takes a step back by placing storage and compute resources *within* the data, but not *at* the data. Fog computing can generate enormous amounts of sensor IoT data across large physical areas that are too big to define on the edge. Sometimes one single edge deployment isn’t enough, which leads to fog computing operating several fog node deployments in the environment in order to collect, process, and analyze data. Edge and fog computing are often used interchangeably, as they can be similar in architecture and definition. --- *Read more about what fog computing is below:* [AI 101: what is fog computing?Fog computing extends cloud services to edge devices. But how does it work and what does the architecture look like? We’ll cover this and more.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1644088379091-d574269d422f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDUwfHxuZXR3b3JrfGVufDB8fHx8MTY0OTMzOTg4Mw&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-101-what-is-fog-computing/) --- ## Why is edge computing important? With the increasing need for fast, often real-time, and responsive networks, edge computing comes in as a response to the three major challenges. ### Latency Even though communication can occur at the speed of light, there can still be outages and network congestion when sending data between two points on a network. Latency majorly slows down decision-making processes and analytics, which in turn will impair the system’s capacity for real-time responses. ### Bandwidth Typically measured in bits per second, bandwidth is related to how much data a network is able to carry over time. Networks have limited bandwidth, especially when it comes to wireless communication. This limits the amount of data and number of devices that can communicate in the network, making it an expensive endeavor to scale up and increase bandwidth. ### Congestion Both the enormous volume of data and the number of devices connected to the internet can cause congestions and data retransmission, the latter of which is time-consuming. Network outages, for example, can also worsen congestions and sever communication. ## Edge computing applications ### Network optimization With edge computing, the network performance can be optimized by measuring performance for users across the internet. The analytics can then be employed to determine what is the most reliable, low-latency network path for each user’s traffic. Edge computing ‘steers’ the traffic across the network in order to provide the best time-sensitive traffic performance. ### Workplace safety By combining and analyzing data from on-site cameras, edge computing can offer higher workplace safety. Workplace conditions can be overseen and businesses can ensure that employees follow safety protocols, particularly when the workplace is remote or dangerous. ### Manufacturing In manufacturing, edge computing can monitor operations and enable [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) at the edge and real-time analytics, finding production errors and improving the quality of product manufacturing. It can also help in the addition of environmental sensors that offer insights into how components are both stored and assembled. --- *Want to know more about how industrial AI is changing the manufacturing sector? Read more below:* [The age of industrial AI is hereIndustrial AI is becoming an essential tool to drive business value. Knowing how to combine software and hardware AI capabilities at the edge to deliver this value is an important step for the streamlining of machine components.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceColin Parris![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496247749665-49cf5b1022e9?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGluZHVzdHJpYWx8ZW58MHx8fHwxNjQzMzg2OTY2&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-age-of-industrial-ai-is-here/) --- ### Healthcare Patient data collection and respective devices have substantially expanded. Whether it’s sensors or other medical equipment, there’s a big volume of data that needs edge computing to apply machine learning and automation in order to identify important information. --- *Our on-demand healthcare interview series offers you expert insights from leaders in the industry.* [Transforming Healthcare with AI: Interview seriesOur interview series is here to deliver you digestible intelligence from the organizations and innovators leading the world of AI in healthcare - through expert and in-depth interviews.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/12/AIAI_Panel_Asset_1--1--1.jpeg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-healthcare-with-ai-interview-series-2021-2022/) --- ### Farming In farming, sensors can help businesses to track nutrient density, track water usage, and determine optimal harvest times. This data is then collected and analyzed to pinpoint environmental factor effects, allowing for the continuous improvement of crop growth with algorithms. --- *Edge AI devices are changing the agricultural sector - read more below:* [Shaping the future of agriculture with edge AI devicesBy 2050, we’ll need 50% more food from the same agricultural footprint, which we can accomplish by using automation processes.![](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/favicon.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceSoumya Pisupati![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1627920768905-575535d6dd2e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDU0fHxhZ3JpY3VsdHVyZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE2NDIxNzU4Mzk&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/shaping-the-future-of-agriculture-with-edge-ai-devices/) --- ### Retail With stock tracking, surveillance cameras, sales data, and other real-time information, retail businesses have an enormous volume of data that needs to be analyzed in order to identify business opportunities. Edge computing can be a great solution for local processing at individual stores. ### Transportation With self-driving vehicles processing enormous volumes of data each day, like road conditions and vehicle speed, onboarding computing becomes essential. Each of these vehicles becomes an ‘edge’, helping businesses manage their fleet based on real-time insights. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) For more resources like this, AIGENTS have created ['Roadmaps'](https://aigents.co/learn/roadmaps/intro) \- clickable charts showing you the subjects you should study and the technologies that you would want to adopt to become a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer. ### EU passes landmark AI Act, sets global regulatory standard URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-passes-landmark-ai-act-sets-global-standard/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:59:35.000Z The European Union has officially implemented the AI Act, marking the first time a comprehensive framework for artificial intelligence has been established globally. The European Parliament saw a vast majority of its members support the legislation, with the vote concluding at 523 for, 46 against, and 49 abstaining on Wednesday. ## **Global tech giants brace for impact of new EU AI legislation** “Europe is NOW a global standard-setter in AI,” stated Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, on X. This sentiment found resonance throughout the technology sector, though reactions were mixed. The act's ambition to mitigate [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) risks has been lauded, while there are concerns that the [regulations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-regulation-what-does-the-future-hold/) may stifle [innovation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/innovation-vs-regulation-where-do-we-draw-the-line/). Nonetheless, there's a general consensus about the significant impact of the law. By passing the inaugural legislation of its type, the AI Act has paved the way for other global governments to follow suit. ## **Setting the global standard for AI regulation** Enza Iannopollo, a Forrester analyst, regarded the adoption of the law as the onset of a novel AI era, stating, “Like it or not, with this regulation, the EU establishes the ‘de facto’ standard for trustworthy AI, AI risk mitigation, and responsible AI,” to TNW. She emphasized that other regions are now in a position where they must catch up. The EU's decision to expedite the voting process, originally scheduled for the following month, underscores the urgency felt due to the rapid evolution and adoption of technology without an existing alternative framework. Despite the law being an EU regulation, its implications extend worldwide to any company operating within the EU. ## **Global impact and industry response** The act stipulates fines of up to 7% of a company's global turnover for non-compliance, a provision causing concern among large tech companies more accustomed to the regulatory environment in the US. European companies have also voiced apprehensions, fearing a disadvantage against their counterparts in the US and China. Efforts by European startups Mistral AI and Aleph Alpha led to a relaxation in the regulations for foundational models, a key technology behind entities like OpenAI's [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/). The AI Act introduces a risk-based classification for AI applications, with the most stringent requirements aimed at "high-risk" systems, from automotive to law enforcement. Completely prohibiting "unacceptable" uses such as social credit scoring, these measures are set to take effect this May. Iannopollo advises immediate action for organizations to prepare, highlighting the urgency with "There is a lot to do and little time to do it." --- *Want to know more about AI regulation? Join our* [*LinkedIn community*](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1814785/) *and get notified when we post.* ### Top 5 startups using AI for climate change URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:31:00.000Z Generative [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) is not just an awe-inspiring innovation capable of producing new text, images, videos, and more; it's also a powerful tool that has captivated global attention with its sophisticated functionalities and abilities. However, its potential extends far beyond being merely a creative aide or [chatbot](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/). [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) is having a transformative impact on both human endeavors and [business operations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/accelerating-ai-for-business-with-a-trusted-data-foundation/), especially in addressing some of the planet's most daunting challenges. Among these challenges, the climate crisis stands out as a pressing issue. The global community is striving to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to limit the increase in global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius and prevent the irreversible consequences of climate change. In this article, we go over the top 5 companies using AI for climate change: - [VIA](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/#via) - [CarbonBright](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/#carbonbright) - [BrainBox AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/#brainbox-ai) - [Kobold Metals](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/#kobold-metals) - [Pendulum](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/#pendulum) [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## VIA Both institutions and businesses need to monitor energy consumption details to facilitate emissions reduction, on both a local and individual scale. For example, a company aiming to decrease the carbon footprint of its electric vehicle (EV) fleet needs insights into whether, in a specific area and time, EVs are being charged with electricity generated from renewable sources or fossil fuels. Similarly, achieving energy efficiency in buildings requires detailed, individual-level energy data throughout an organization's property holdings. Ideally, if all data were openly shared, managing energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be straightforward. However, accessing data at the individual level is often challenging due to privacy and security concerns, with many people hesitant to share specific details about their energy usage patterns. Via Science, Inc. (VIA) offers a solution allowing organizations to lower their carbon footprint while making sure individual data remains confidential and secure. The firm employs zero-knowledge proofs, approved by the U.S. Department of Energy, to provide sustainability data, thus enabling organizations and businesses to track energy usage and achieve sustainability objectives without compromising on regulatory or privacy requirements. Initially crafted for the U.S. Air Force, which faces stringent data privacy rules limiting access to essential energy and building management data, VIA's decentralized software solution permits authorized users and contractors to utilize generative AI models without data sharing. Instead of using private data for training or query input, the system, when prompted, creates a SQL query and front-end code that users can locally execute to retrieve and display data from their databases, using a tool named SLAM AI. To optimize energy use and lower computing expenses, VIA adopts compact, open-source LLMs that operate on CPUs, continuously evaluating new models to keep pace with the swift advancements in LLM capabilities. Using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), VIA efficiently integrates more effective models as they become available, ensuring a smooth transition between them. ## CarbonBright Determining the complete carbon footprint of consumer products, from production to disposal, involves a complex process known as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). CarbonBright utilizes AI to offer immediate evaluations of the environmental impact of consumer goods, covering every stage from their creation to their recycling. This innovation enables suppliers, brands, and retailers to effortlessly and precisely gauge a product's environmental effect throughout its entire supply chain. As a result, it becomes simpler and more efficient for all parties involved to pinpoint areas with high emissions and shift towards more eco-friendly products and components. CarbonBright's system is capable of calculating the emissions associated with products across extensive and diverse collections, using data science techniques to bridge any information gaps. The accuracy and reliability of their approach are ensured through verification by independent third-party accreditors, aligning with recognized global industry norms. When CarbonBright identifies an emissions hotspot within a product range, it provides tailored advice on how to lower emissions or replace certain materials and packaging with more sustainable alternatives, facilitating a more eco-conscious approach to product development and supply chain management. ## BrainBox AI The [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings) highlights that buildings are a significant consumer of global energy, accounting for 30% of worldwide energy usage and 26% of energy-related emissions globally. Addressing the energy consumption of buildings is essential in achieving net zero global emissions. BrainBox AI is at the forefront of utilizing autonomous AI to lower carbon emissions and enhance the efficiency of commercial buildings, simultaneously enabling clients to save on energy expenses. Leveraging AWS, BrainBox AI's cloud-based solution integrates with existing HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems in buildings, autonomously issuing real-time optimized commands to reduce emissions and energy use without the need for human oversight. For instance, BrainBox AI has demonstrated its capability to [decrease HVAC energy expenses by as much as 25%](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/brainbox-ai-case-study/) and cut HVAC-associated greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40%. This is achieved by forecasting a retail store's temperature using historical and external data sources, such as weather conditions and energy pricing structures. As BrainBox AI expands its portfolio, it employs generative AI to streamline the incorporation of new buildings into its system, significantly reducing setup time. Traditionally, identifying a new equipment piece in a building required engineers to painstakingly sift through dense technical manuals to extract essential information in a machine-readable format—a time-consuming task. Now, with the aid of Amazon Bedrock, BrainBox AI can automatically extract data and create configuration files, a process refined by engineers afterward, known as power tagging. This innovative approach, powered by Amazon Bedrock, has led to a more than 90% reduction in the time required for power tagging. Consequently, BrainBox AI can engage with more clients at a quicker pace, amplifying its contribution to addressing the climate crisis more effectively. ## Kobold Metals KoBold Metals is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to uncover new sources of lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel—crucial components for battery production. The company's goal is to help decrease global reliance on fossil fuels by ensuring that [60% of all new light cars and trucks are electric by 2030](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-eu-transport-idUSKBN28E2KM), with a target of achieving [100% by 2050](https://www.iea.org/energy-system/transport/electric-vehicles). This ambitious plan would see a surge from the current 10 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road to 200 million by 2030, eventually reaching 3 billion by the middle of the century. The transition to electric vehicles on such a large scale necessitates a reliable supply of battery materials. KoBold is using a combination of geoscience and extensive data on the earth's crust, enhanced with AI, to diminish the risks associated with mining these critical materials. The company has developed two proprietary AI models to support its mission: TerraShedSM, an extensive database that compiles and organizes over a century of global data; and Machine Prospector, a suite of predictive models that analyze the data collected by TerraShedSM. KoBold enjoys the support of notable investors, including Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, and T Rowe Price. Based in Berkeley, California, KoBold is expanding its workforce, currently boasting approximately 100 employees and actively seeking to fill more than 30 positions worldwide and remotely. These openings, listed on Climatebase, range from geology and communications to data engineering and beyond, indicating KoBold's growth and its commitment to addressing one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. [signupThe future of machine intelligence![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteRichard King![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/AIAI_meta_Membership_plan-1.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/signup) ## Pendulum Pendulum leverages artificial intelligence to tackle one of the most urgent global challenges: enabling organizations to achieve more with fewer resources. The company provides AI-driven solutions to complex issues in areas such as the commercial supply chain, global health, and national security, aiming for sustainable progress. The importance of streamlining supply chains is underscored by their significant contribution to carbon emissions. Accenture reports that supply chains are responsible for 60% of global carbon emissions, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that they can contribute to over 90% of a company's greenhouse gases. The inefficiency of current supply chain practices leads to substantial resource and capital waste. For example, annually, approximately $562 billion is lost due to overstock, resulting in [17% of food products](https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-food-waste-day) and [8% of retail and consumer goods](https://www.supply-chain-waste.com/) being discarded. Pendulum's AI technology empowers organizations to streamline their operations, minimizing waste, lost revenue, and unnecessary carbon emissions. Utilizing AWS, Pendulum's software can forecast demand, optimize supply planning, and track shipments, enabling more precise resource procurement and production to meet consumer demand. For Pendulum to effectively deliver these solutions, accessing comprehensive enterprise data is essential. Yet, data often remains isolated within separate systems and unstructured formats like PDFs and text documents. Pendulum designs its software to integrate these critical data sources for better operational decisions, using generative AI to swiftly extract valuable insights from complex documents, enhancing customer value. A notable application of Pendulum's technology is in precision agriculture, where they refine a large language model (LLM) on AWS Trainium with a human-guided approach using Amazon SageMaker. This process converts unstructured data into formats that agricultural machinery can utilize, optimizing the use of pesticides, water, and other resources. This not only prevents resource overuse and excess ordering, saving costs and minimizing environmental impact but also ensures compliance with local regulations and agricultural standards. Pendulum has successfully cut the time needed to interpret these documents by 83%, now focusing primarily on data quality assurance. This efficiency gain reduces operational costs and facilitates the broader deployment of their technology, promoting scalable sustainability. --- *Dozens of AI leaders across the globe will be presenting AT AI Accelerator Institute World events. Sign up today for expert insights!* [AIAI | In-person summits 2024![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1657104895318-image18.png)In-person summits 2024![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1701791206137-AiAi-Page-Header-Meta-.jpg)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) ### Boosting the UK's artificial intelligence sector URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boosting-the-uks-artificial-intelligence-sector/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:11:33.000Z Jeremy Hunt is set to enhance the UK's [artificial intelligenc](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/)e (AI) sector significantly by doubling the investment in the Alan Turing Institute, the national center for data science and AI. This initiative comes as part of a strategic effort to strengthen Britain's position in the [global AI landscape](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tackling-global-challenges-with-ai/), despite the constraints on fiscal generosity due to the public finance's fragility. The Chancellor is poised to unveil a comprehensive five-year funding plan valued at £100 million. This infusion of funds aims to propel the Institute, established in 2015 and bearing the name of the iconic computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing, towards new breakthroughs in data science and AI. ### Strategic investments in AI for a brighter future The additional investment will focus on three critical sectors where AI can significantly impact: [healthcare transformation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-healthcare-with-ai-interview-series/), environmental protection, and the bolstering of defense and national security. According to Treasury officials, this strategic allocation of funds is anticipated to yield direct benefits to the public by enhancing healthcare services and addressing biodiversity challenges. Since assuming his role in October 2022, Hunt has been vocal about his ambition to transform Britain into a global science hub and replicate Silicon Valley's success in commercializing technological innovations. He envisions AI as a catalyst for improving the nation's productivity. Studies indicate that embracing generative AI could potentially boost the global economy by as much as $4.4 trillion (£3.5 trillion) annually. The Chancellor's vision extends to leveraging the technological revolution to stimulate economic growth, foster new scientific discoveries in fields such as medicine, aerospace, and [climate change](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-startups-using-ai-for-climate-change/), and bring advantages to every region of the UK. With this new round of funding, the Turing Institute is expected to contribute significantly to the nation's health and well-being. The Treasury underscored the importance of investing in AI, noting that with the UK housing a third of Europe's AI companies, such investments are crucial for economic growth and ensuring a prosperous future for Britain. The commitment to supporting the Turing Institute is a step forward in the government's agenda to lead in the technological transformation of society. An international comparison of AI capabilities ranks the UK fourth, trailing the US, China, and Singapore, but leading Canada, South Korea, and Israel. The Alan Turing Institute, primarily funded by the government, aspires to be the premier global destination for data science and AI research, fostering collaboration across academia, industry, and government sectors. The Institute's endeavors range from reducing the carbon footprint of the maritime industry to collaborating with the Office for National Statistics to provide a more detailed view of the UK's health, from employing machine learning to analyze online abuse towards Premier League footballers to using AI for mapping habitats in the Peak District. The overarching goal is for the Turing Institute to be recognized in a decade as a pivotal research and innovation hub, utilizing data science and AI to address critical societal challenges. --- *Learn more about the UK's boost to the AI ecosystem:* [BritGPT: What’s behind the UK’s £900M Investment in AI?The UK government is set to invest £900m in a cutting-edge supercomputer, driven by the release of large language models such as ChatGPT.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504711434969-e33886168f5c?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHdvcmxkJTIwbmV3c3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2Nzk0MDA2NTU&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/britgpt-whats-behind-the-uks-900m-investment-in-ai/) ### Accelerating AI for business with a trusted data foundation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/accelerating-ai-for-business-with-a-trusted-data-foundation/ Last updated: 2024-03-27T10:45:26.000Z *Scott Brokaw, Director of Product Management, Data Integration at IBM, gave* [*this presentation*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit/?wchannelid=ui3lblhk3w&wmediaid=epzhcki9zv) *at the Generative AI Summit in Boston in October 2023.* Today, I’m going to talk about what IBM has been doing in the [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) space and how we've been working with some of our clients to think about how we can productize and bring AI into practice for enterprises. What I want to focus on specifically is how you establish a foundation of [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-data-driven-to-ai-powered-organization-unleash-the-power-of-data-analytics-with-ai/) that can be the competitive differentiator when you look at some of these AI use cases. I also want to talk about some of the principles that we think about when we think about a data platform that can enable AI to be successful. - [Foundation models: Embracing the hype](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#foundation-models-embracing-the-hype) - [How generative AI is revolutionizing the future of work](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#how-generative-ai-is-revolutionizing-the-future-of-work) - [Navigating the challenges of explainability, bias, and trust in AI adoption](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#navigating-the-challenges-of-explainability-bias-and-trust-in-ai-adoption) - [IBM’s core principles for AI development and deployment](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#ibm%E2%80%99s-core-principles-for-ai-development-and-deployment) - [Key characteristics of a robust data architecture](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#key-characteristics-of-a-robust-data-architecture) - [Transforming data operations for enhanced efficiency ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#transforming-data-operations-for-enhanced-efficiency) - [IBM’s growth strategy: Partnerships, deployability, and expertise](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/353b41ee-90aa-425b-a32b-5fcab5bbc406/#ibm%E2%80%99s-growth-strategy-partnerships-deployability-and-expertise) ## Foundation models: Embracing the hype There's no shortage of hype in the market created by foundation models. I think that hype is a really good thing because it's helped us refocus our attention on some of the really cool problems that can be solved with AI. From an IBM perspective, we've been thinking a lot about how we can help clients go the next step into implementation and how you combat some of the risks. How do you combat some of the risks around [privacy](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-influence-future-privacy/), IP, bias, and [explainability](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/explainable-ai-making-ml-and-dl-models-more-interpretable/)? How can we help clients get more confidence in terms of being able to provide value to their clients and have both internal and external use cases? When we look at some general market statistics, there's a survey that shows that 80% of enterprise leaders are already doing something with GenAI. There are different phases of that, like prototyping and ideation, and some that are already in production with certain use cases. But it just goes to show how real this hype has become. A lot of companies are starting to act on and experiment with what they can do with [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/download-generative-ai-report/). A lot of enterprises are starting to realize that this is something they need to do because if they don't, they'll be left behind. So, finding ways to be able to get automation value out of the process is really important. Boston Consulting Group projects that about a third of the AI market will be generative, and I think that's a really telling impact on where we're at in terms of the industry. A lot of enterprises are finding generative AI an easier way to get started with AI projects versus some of the traditional AI methods like [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), where you have to do really high intensive labeled data, lots of training on particular data sets, etc. Generative AI is a really good way for lots of clients to dip their toes into easy ways to start to experiment and find some quick wins and quick value points. But it doesn't mean that that's the only type of AI. Two-thirds of the AI market is still going to be traditional ML and AI. So, we want to think about how we build a platform that allows us to take advantage of some of the things in generative AI, but then also attract some of the upsides of traditional AI as well. ## How generative AI is revolutionizing the future of work These are some of the most common use cases that we've seen when working with clients, especially in the generative AI realm. A lot of this is around natural language processing (NLP), thinking about how to do summarization, content generation, and how to extract entities from particular types of documents. One interesting pattern is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), which is the ability to give the model insights that you have on your private data, whether that be more up-to-date information than what the model was actually trained for, or trying to focus the model in a particular direction. This is a really nice pattern to start to bring together the data that you're curating with what a model can ultimately do from a natural language processing perspective. It’s a really common technique that starts to allow you to increase the applicability of these models without necessarily having to go to the next step of fine-tuning and training. We don't believe that fine-tuning and training are actually that far out of reach, but RAG is a good way for you to start taking incremental steps toward increasing the validity and the freshness of what the model is reacting to. With a lot of these new technologies, IBM tries to be client zero for ourselves. So, before we put any sort of technology in the world, we try to use this stuff internally. I'll give you a couple of examples here. We have a really big software company at IBM. We have a whole bunch of software products and a whole bunch of enterprise clients that work with us to report different technical issues. Based on that ticket volume, what we've been able to do is start to analyze what some common questions are that we don't have documentation for, and if generative AI can then help us proactively generate that documentation. So, it starts to enable our documentation writers with superpowers because they can start to pump out meaningful documentation that we know is relevant in terms of open caseloads. It also allows us to do cool things around our search and assistance that we put in front of clients to be able to give them quicker access to the repository of information that we have across our documentation repositories and no-defect repositories, giving clients ways to interact more in a chat-like style with an expert that has experts across all of that knowledge base. It starts to improve our overall ability to deliver support to our clients. We've already seen really good improvements in terms of our NPS scores because of it. There are some other really cool use cases around HR and internal processes. We've created a bot called AskHR, and what's really interesting about this bot is it doesn't just do questions and answers and look across the different IBM policies, it actually allows you to get insight into the question you're asking, but then provide action and automation. You're not going within a different tool. With AskHR, it's almost like I’m talking to my HR representative. I'm able to initiate a promotion of an employee, increase an employee's salary, and transfer to another team, all within that tool and experience. It starts to bring together the idea of this assistant concept, where you can start to get question-and-answer responses and tie them with actual automation tasks that drive productive value in the business. That's an incredibly powerful experience because it allows us to be able to scale our HR organization in a way that we couldn't do otherwise. Now, the de facto response if an employee has a question is to go ask the HR bot because typically, it'll have a quicker, more reliable answer than some of our HR representatives. --- [From prototype to product with generative AI and large modelsShivani Poddar, Engineering Lead at Google, revisits the challenges with GenAI prototypes today and shares three strategies to overcome them.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteShivani Poddar![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1531403009284-440f080d1e12?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDZ8fHByb3RvdHlwZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDg2ODgwNTN8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-prototype-to-product-with-generative-ai-and-large-models/) --- _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### From LLMs to LAMs: Pioneering AI's multimodal future URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-llms-to-lams-pioneering-ais-multimodal-future/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:50:18.000Z In the rapidly evolving world of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI), two major technologies have emerged as leaders: [Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/integrating-llms-business-operations-shakudo/) and Large Action Models (LAMs). LLMs have traditionally dominated the AI scene, adept at crafting and interpreting textual content. However, LAMs have recently taken the spotlight, showcasing their versatility by working with a wide array of [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-data-driven-to-ai-powered-organization-unleash-the-power-of-data-analytics-with-ai/) types, including text, images, and audio, thus pushing the envelope of what AI can achieve. This exploration delves into the transition from LLMs to LAMs, highlighting how these advancements are breaking down barriers and setting new benchmarks in the field. LAMs represent more than just an evolutionary step; they are a revolutionary stride towards achieving artificial general intelligence, with the capability to understand and interact with the world in a more nuanced and comprehensive manner. Embark with us on an exciting journey through the tech universe as we uncover the capabilities of these multimodal wonders, set to alter the core of AI. It's an era that transcends simple text processing, embracing the complexity of interpreting a multitude of [data types](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-centric-ai-in-practice/). The dawn of LAMs heralds a new chapter in our quest to craft machines that grasp the full spectrum of human experience. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## The multimodal capabilities of LAMs Distinguishing between LLMs and LAMs boils down to their data-handling prowess. LLMs excel in managing textual information, whereas LAMs are adept at processing and understanding a variety of data inputs, such as text, images, audio, and even video. LAMs' key strength lies in their ability to synthesize information across these different formats, often in real time. The shift from LLMs to LAMs marks a critical advancement in AI capabilities, underscored by several factors: - **Data interpretation.** LLMs specialize in text, while LAMs handle diverse data types, broadening the scope of AI applications. - **Multimodal processing.** Unlike LLMs' focus on the text, LAMs integrate and interpret data from multiple sources, offering a richer understanding of information. - **Action and interaction.** LAMs can take actions based on multimodal data insights, a step beyond LLMs' text generation and interpretation limits. - **Task complexity.** LAMs are equipped for complex tasks involving multiple data types, enabling more sophisticated decision-making. - **AI generalization.** LAMs are closer to achieving artificial general intelligence, capable of engaging with a wider range of scenarios. - **Training paradigms.** LAMs require advanced training on multimodal datasets, contrasting with LLMs' text-based unsupervised learning. ## Bridging towards artificial general intelligence The evolution from LLMs to LAMs represents a paradigm shift towards a more integrated, multimodal approach in AI. This transition is not just about enhancing language processing but about empowering AI to perceive and interact with a broader spectrum of the world's data. While LAMs are still emerging technologies, their potential to redefine AI applications is immense, signaling a promising future where AI can more accurately mimic human understanding and interaction with the world. In summary, LLMs and LAMs embody distinct facets of AI development, with LLMs focusing on textual data and LAMs expanding AI's reach across multiple data types. As LAMs continue to evolve, they promise to bring us closer to the goal of creating machines that can fully comprehend and interact with their surroundings in complex and meaningful ways. --- *Looking for practical templates for business applications? Our membership has AI-expert-vetted frameworks you can download and start using immediately.* *Sign up today!* [AI Accelerator Institute Pro membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/Pro-membership-plan.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-membership/) ### 7 business problems artificial intelligence (AI) can actually solve URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:55:37.000Z Have you wondered: what problems can AI solve? In this guide, we’ll look at several issues that [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) can help you solve in your company, paying specific attention to the common problems highlighted in our [AI Software of Choice report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-software-of-choice-2022-report/). In the report, we found that image and video recognition was highlighted as the most prominent area where AI can provide business effective solutions, receiving **41.8%** of votes from respondents. Customer support challenges at **29.8%** and fraud at **10.4%** were indicated as the second and third most common problems that AI solutions can solve. --- Now, let’s take a closer look at problems AI can solve in companies: - [Customer support](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#1-customer-support) - [Data analysis](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#2-data-analysis) - [Demand forecasting](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#3-demand-forecasting) - [Fraud](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#4-fraud) - [Image and video recognition](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#5-image-and-video-recognition) - [Predicting customer behavior](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#6-predicting-customer-behavior) - [Productivity ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-problems-artificial-intelligence-can-help-you-solve-in-your-company/#7-productivity) ![Graph showing problems that AI can solve in businesses](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Ab4ZUvuLiX60tYjTq8mbums9nDPey0KjL2tqrtZ5eFTzz8IAX9nUyx_fkVvfQ_iZIQyLWwnir_tu4Yo2niDRJZp-X22NP0vmaakEOEMXlbC6iPxwdHO2qN0JU-g1e7SP6V_yKb_n8Rf2ELCOsTrYKQVvgrCDm_QyVbtLjld3P_KTypkwAdjAMyHn7w) ## 1\. Customer support Businesses that not only know their customers but also cater to their needs tend to come out on top. AI is advancing at an exponential rate, with companies having many ways to use it to learn more about their customer base. AI in customer support offers faster solutions and 24/7 availability, unlike traditional business models. AI can enhance customer support through solutions such as: ### Chatbots Automating Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) through chatbots, or conversational AI, can help improve the user experience alongside lowering business costs. Customers benefit from these chatbots having access to information in real time, storing large amounts of data, and predicting customer behavior. [Prompt engineering: How to talk to LLMs and ChatbotsThis article serves as a primer on prompt engineering, delving into the array of techniques used to control LLMs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-84.png)AI Accelerator InstituteJudicael Poumay (Ph.D.)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--24--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/) ### Text and NLP analysis With Natural Language Processing (NLP), businesses can determine whether a customer’s writing offers a neutral, positive, or negative perception of a specific product or service. It also allows companies to highlight product suggestions and complaints to proactively address issues. ### Biometrics Relating to body measurements and calculations for authentication, access control, and identification purposes, biometrics analyzes specific parts of the human body (e.g. fingerprints, iris) or other characteristics (e.g. voice) to provide higher digital security. ### Voice and face recognition Through the use of biometrics such as voice and face recognition, companies can recognize customers and greet them in a personal way, alongside authenticating them and minimizing the risk of fraud. ### Predictive personalization Offering personalized recommendations and services, predictive personalization uses viewing history, demographic information, personal preferences, and other data to predict what customers will want next. ### Intent prediction Views, clicks, and purchases are transformed into predictions for valuable personalization before customers request them. Figuring out the next steps in specific customers’ buyer journeys can help increase sales. By combining AI with customer data, predictive solutions can also deliver relevant information in customer support. ## 2\. Data analysis Data analysis is the visualization, manipulation, and transformation of data to infer meaningful insights. A focus on analytics allows businesses to delve deep into their data to improve bottom lines, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Incorporating AI in data infrastructure is only the first step, as it becomes essential for decision-makers, helping to predict stock prices and customer behavior. AI can enhance data analysis through solutions such as: ### New insights Through [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) algorithms, data can automatically be analyzed and insights generated. Processes that used to take days or even months can be done in a blink of an eye. AI can spot patterns in large datasets and even recommend actions according to the opportunities it spots. ### Data unification It can be beneficial to have all customer data in a single and unified view, something that AI can help with by pulling data together from different sources to streamline business operations. ### Marketing outcomes and business prediction By analyzing data from numerous sources, AI-powered systems can offer valuable predictions about what works and doesn’t work in your business. ### Report generation and dissemination Insights can be generated rapidly, practically in real-time, which can then be used to automate report writing to allow for human employee relocation. These reports can then be just as quickly disseminated within companies. ## 3\. Demand forecasting In the field of predictive analytics, demand forecasting estimates the forecast of customer demand through the analysis of historical data. This allows companies to avoid inefficiencies that can occur from supply and demand misalignment across operations. There are six common types of demand forecasting: 1. **External.** For accurate external projections, like goals, growth, and competitors. 2. **Internal.** Gives a detailed view of financials like product demand, supply chain issues, and operations. 3. **Passive.** Beneficial when there’s a good amount of historical data. 4. **Active.** Beneficial for newer companies, to predict scaling timeframes or forecasting investment funding. 5. **Short-term.** Usually for a period under 12 months, predicting product demand, sales, and other inventory-based needs. 6. **Long-term.** Similar to short-term forecasts but utilized for longer timeframes, such as two to four years into the future, and can look into supply chains, investment capital, and logistical issues. AI can enhance demand forecasting through solutions such as: ### Improved efficiency Companies can focus on strategic issues instead of having to manage supply chain problems and unexpected stock fluctuations. ### Improved manpower planning Departments such as HR can benefit from demand forecasting, helping to optimize costs, make efficient part/full-time employee trade-offs, and more. ### Customer satisfaction increases Demand forecasting helps to accurately predict the amount of stock needed, making sure customers can buy products when they want. This leads to increased customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. ### Better accuracy over time Machine learning makes better predictions and forecasts every time it accesses new data, which makes it smarter and more accurate over time. ### Markdown and discount optimization Having unsold stock costs businesses money, and demand forecasting helps to move these slow-selling items by predicting which discounts and markdowns will gain customer interest. ## 4\. Fraud Machine learning algorithms are trained on historical fraud patterns to recognize them in future transactions. They can process data in real-time to detect CEO fraud, false invoices, payment fraud, and much more. Keeping up with the large-scale demand and modern sophisticated fraud attempts makes AI an ideal choice. AI can enhance fraud prevention through solutions such as: ### Identity theft Whether it’s email addresses, names, passwords, bank details, or other information, identity theft is a major concern for both service providers and users. When there’s an account takeover, information is used to gain access to current accounts and details like email addresses can often be changed. With synthetic theft, true information and artificial details are merged to create a new personality for making counterfeit accounts and illegal purchases. [The rise of multimodal AI: A fight against fraudFind out the potential and risks of multimodal LLMs, from enhancing virtual assistants to threats like deep akes and data poisoning.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-85.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBrendan Byrne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--10-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-multimodal-ai-a-fight-against-fraud/) ### ID document forgery Fake ID documents place automated verification systems, users, and service owners at risk. Machine learning can help prevent this type of fraud by scanning ID photos with a pre-trained neural network. The fraud detection system will then look for patterns present in other fake documents it was trained on, classifying the forgery and highlighting the need for further verification. ### Payment fraud detection The most common fraud type that AI tackles, payment fraud can include card ID theft, lost cards, stolen cards, and counterfeit cards. Loan scams or illegitimate charges are big concerns, with confidential information stolen (often by phishing) and used to order goods or request large loans from banks. ### Email phishing Confidential data is stolen by spreading fake messages and sites to users through fake access windows. With some messages looking legitimate, it can be difficult to distinguish a fraudulent email from a real one. Authentication protection includes factors like email verification, and network-level protection has three types of filters - blacklist, whitelist, and pattern matching. These work by banning IP addresses and domains from networks. ### Fake account verification Fake account detection is based on false activity and the rate of engagement. In social media, for example, fake accounts typically have a large number of followers or friends while the profiles have minimal user interactions. Features like the amount spent on the website, date of registration, MAC, and IP addresses of users’ devices can be used to identify users registering numerous inactive accounts. ## 5\. Image and video recognition Machine learning uses dedicated algorithms to extrapolate insights from hidden knowledge from a dataset of both good and bad samples, or supervised learning. Deep learning is the most common method, as it allows for expert real-time [object detection](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-is-object-detection-in-computer-vision-a-look-at-the-models/) and face recognition. [Your guide to computer visionWith modern advancements in artificial intelligence and computational power, computer vision has become an integral part of everyday life. Computers’ ability to ‘see’ and interpret the world around them helps in the analysis of the massive amounts of data created in daily operations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-86.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_computer-vision.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) Image recognition systems involve datasets with training data, the training of neural networks for image recognition, and AI model testing. The processing of digital images includes the following phases: 1. **Image acquisition.** Image capture with a sensor, which can be a camera, and conversion into a manageable entity. Can often be done by scraping. 2. **Image enhancement.** Improves image quality to extract hidden information, allowing for further processing. 3. **Image restoration.** Improves image quality by removing any possible corruptions, resulting in a cleaner version of the image. 4. **Color image processing.** Processes colored images and different color spaces, which can be pseudocolor processing (colors assigned as grayscale values) or RGB processing (images acquired with a full-color sensor). 5. **Image compression and decompression.** Compression lets image size and resolution be changed and decompression restores it to the original size and resolution. 6. **Morphological processing.** Describes structures and shapes of objects within an image. Often used to describe what the AI model needs to recognize or detect. 7. **Image recognition.** Identifies specific features of specific objects within an image. AI can enhance image and video recognition through solutions such as: ### Edge detection Detects discontinuities in brightness to find edges of objects in processed images. ### Object detection The categorization of various different objects in an image, highlighting the location of each object through bounding boxes. [What is object detection in computer vision?Object detection is a computer vision technique that recognizes objects within bounding boxes in an image and then classifies them.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-87.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1494253109108-2e30c049369b-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-is-object-detection-in-computer-vision-a-look-at-the-models/) ### Instance segmentation Differentiates various objects, or instances, that belong to the same class. ### Object segmentation Identification of specific pixels that belong to each object in an image instead of drawing bounding boxes around separate objects. ## 6\. Predicting customer behavior AI is having a big impact on customer behavior prediction, especially in the retail industry, as it’s helping businesses to make data-driven decisions. Leading to improvements across eCommerce, automation, manufacturing, supply chain, and more, AI also allows for personalized customer recommendations based on likes and dislikes, frequently purchased items, and more. Customer behavior prediction involves: - **Segmentation.** Customers are separated into smaller groups based on their purchasing behaviors, helping to identify regions in the market. - **Predictive analytics.** Statistical techniques analyze historical data in order to predict customers’ future behavior. AI can enhance customer behavior prediction through solutions such as: ### Effective marketing campaigns With online data of online searches, past reviews, and view numbers, AI can help to create an effective marketing campaign by determining what receives the most engagement from customers. Marketers can then choose the right medium for their messages in order to generate more sales. [Taking your marketing further with machine learningMachine learning (ML) is used in marketing to accurately analyze large amounts of data and provide key information about a brand’s customer base.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-88.png)AI Accelerator InstituteSaima Chadney![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1507146153580-69a1fe6d8aa1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/taking-your-marketing-further-with-machine-learning/) ### Enhanced customer communication Chatbots help to automate FAQs and lead customers to the information they’re looking for. They allow for quicker communication with customers, delivering higher satisfaction. As responding to each message can be challenging for bigger businesses, AI-powered chatbots free human employee resources for other business operations while engaging with customers in real-time. ### Trend prediction AI can mine data from past sales and reviews, even information from social media websites, to know what customers expect or what goods are popular. Also taking economic conditions and spending power into account, AI tools predict future demand and supply with extremely high accuracy. This allows companies to deliver personalized goods and services in targeted market regions. ### Customer sentiment analysis This helps companies to discover customer emotions - positive, negative, or neutral. By analyzing thousands of online product reviews, AI can pinpoint the level of customer happiness with price and quality. Companies can then make decisions and take action about product affordability and quality, improving customer service. ### Customer churn prediction Also known as customer turnover, customer churn relates to the percentage of customers who stop doing business with a company. Identifying the cause of customer churn and predicting it can help businesses take proactive steps and understand behavioral patterns. ## 7\. Productivity AI is making big changes in the manufacturing industry, for example, thanks to innovations in big data storage and analysis and cloud computing. AI systems offer critical information for companies to make data-driven decisions and improve their operations. AI can enhance productivity through solutions such as: ### Predictive maintenance By using sensors that track equipment conditions and analyze data on an ongoing basis, companies can service equipment when it needs, instead of scheduling maintenance times. This leads to reduced downtime, as machines can also evaluate when they need to be repaired and order replacement parts as needed. ### Automated material procurement Machine learning and analytics record all kinds of data, including quoting and supply chain information. By automating material procurement, companies could reduce warehousing and transportation costs, as AI could help to make strategic decisions in sourcing and procurement. ### Accurate demand forecasting AI and machine learning can test hundreds of models, becoming more accurate while adapting to new data. Something as simple as taking physical inventory can be made more efficient, as automated machines like drones can keep track of items in real-time. ### Manufacturing process optimization AI systems can monitor cycle times, used quantities, lead times, temperatures, errors, and downtime to make sure production runs optimally. With AI running in the background, operators can receive suggestions and react in real-time, with AI learning from operators’ final decisions. This will allow for intelligent automation that will increase production efficiency. ### Regulatory compliance Various industries face rigorous compliances to follow. With these being constantly moving targets, AI and machine learning can help companies to navigate changes in regulations. These tools can also ease compliance processes and make sure that businesses don’t face heavy fines for not meeting important regulations. --- ***Curious why more companies aren't adopting generative AI? Read more about it below:*** [Why companies aren’t using generative AIIn this article, we’ll deep-dive into the reasons why companies aren’t using generative AI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteBekka Nathan![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/10/pexels-hatice-baran-16037283--1-.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-companies-arent-using-generative-ai/) ### From prototype to product with generative AI and large models URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/from-prototype-to-product-with-generative-ai-and-large-models/ Last updated: 2026-08-11T09:56:04.000Z *Shivani Poddar, Engineering Lead at Google, gave this presentation at the Generative AI Summit.* In this article, we’re going to revisit the challenges that are present with [generative AI ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/)prototypes today, and I’ll share three strategies to overcome them. ## Transforming GenAI prototypes into impactful solutions There has been an explosion of GenAI applications. I was marveling at the sheer number of applications that there are in [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-healthcare/) and other domains. I was just at a hackathon event in San Francisco, and within 24 hours, a set of 70 people came up with over 30 products. They summed up what the early, quick prototypes are like in GenAI. There’s a lot of duct tape, people are whipping up models, putting in some data, and sprinkling some UI on it. My hope is that we can understand the journey that takes these products into something that you and I will use in the future. So, now that you know that the challenges in GenAI are real, products are everywhere and they’re duct-taped together, how do we overcome these challenges? I want you to remember three steps: - Define and design - Measure and metrify - Innovate and iterate So, let's get into it. ## 3 strategies for overcoming GenAI challenges ### Define and design What do we mean by define and design? Often in our excitement of building new products, we forget to carefully think through our ultimate use cases, our ultimate users, and our ultimate product definitions. If my product is summarizing medical notes for a physician, I have to make sure that my model is factual. It's not hallucinating, and it's reliable for the end user. If my product is content writing and is a creative use case, then I can afford to be a little bit nonfactual and be creative with my underlying models. So, the kind of use case you have and the kind of end users that will be taking and using your product define what the product affordances are that you're going to be implementing. The definition step is the first step before we even start building out these products. As soon as you've defined it, the next stage is designing your product. A lot of what you're designing is to bring this technology in a controlled way to your end users. A user comes in and you have a big model in the back end, and this allows the user to input anything. This could be any user with any intention who comes in and inputs anything within your system. An alternative approach could be to have a drop-down menu of different types of prompts, just to educate the user so that they can interact with your system within the scope that you've designed for interaction. Carefully train through your use cases and make sure you design your product to be within those use cases for the user. ### Measure and metrify Now you've defined and designed your product, you've gone ahead and ideally integrated a large model within this back end. The next step is to measure the limitations and define what the success and the failure modes are for the end product that you're building. The first step to measuring any product is to start with data. It's important to build holistic data sets that capture both the ideal use cases that you're designing for and that you want to light up with your system, as well as the risks that the users might encounter when they interact with your system in unexpected ways. This also means that your data represents all the users that you're going to be interacting with. Make sure that you have user coverage or data coverage for the different languages that you're going to be launching your product in, as well as different locales and different ethnicities. It's super important to ensure that your data is representative, holistic, adversarial, and diverse enough to have the absolute best coverage for your use case and the failures and successes you might encounter. Once you have your data, the next step is to measure your system. Any system that comes out of the box can be anywhere. So it's your job as the person who's taking this prototype to product to first define what metrics you care about and then make sure that your data can help you quantify those metrics. Armed with that good holistic data, the next step is to measure your end-to-end system. Good success metrics can mean things like, what was the task completion rate? If a user came to my product with a task in mind, how many times were they able to complete that task end-to-end? A failure mode can be, if a user came to my system, how many times did I elicit a response that they weren't looking for? What was the toxicity rate? What was the hatefulness in my model outputs? This will help you catch not only the times when your product is behaving in the intended ways but also help you catch the times when your product is behaving in unintended ways and help you fix those. I'll give you an example. For creative writing applications, it might be okay to have violent outputs. Say someone is writing a murder mystery. We may want to have model outputs that are categorized as violent. But if someone's writing a storytelling application for kids, then none of these are going to be good to go. How good or bad these metrics are is completely dependent on the underlying application that you have. So defining and designing your application is super important before you even go out to measure it. We now know largely where this underlying foundation model works for us, and we also know where the breakages are. ### Innovate and iterate The next and final outcome is innovating. Innovating can be done in a million ways, but I'm only going to be talking about two of those. The first step is making sure that the data that you collected in step two is holistic and representative of your use case and your users. Make sure you go ahead and fine-tune your model to represent it with similar data which can be used for training and fine-tuning so that this foundation model can work for you in the context of your application and your products. The second part is model configurability. This means ensuring that you have the right guardrails to toggle away some of those metrics and toggle away the right inputs and outputs that go in and out of your system. You have a system and users trigger your system with some inputs that we call prompts. These inputs then can be of three types. They can be the perfect inputs because these are the best users you want and they're using your system in the exact way that you intended. You can choose to make these inputs better. There are techniques like RAG and dynamic prompting, where you essentially append a bunch of context or knowledge bases to this prompt to enrich the prompt and make it easier for your system to deal with the prompt. The second kind of input is someone is trying to break your system or the input isn’t exactly the input that you intended, in which case you may have to either block the input entirely or do the third thing, which is a dynamic rewriting of the input. You might say, “Even though this user's input isn’t exactly what my model supports, I'm going to try to rewrite it with smart techniques,” which could either be just rewriting it using another large model or other rewriting techniques. So make sure it’s within the scope of the use cases that your product supports. So, you have a prompt input and you've gone ahead and made sure it fits within the design constraints that you've set out for your product. The next step is to send it to your custom model. Hopefully, this is now the fine-tuned model that you've retrained and fine-tuned to serve for your product and your use cases. There are a bunch of things that you can do within this step. Oftentimes, large models will give you not just one output, but a set of outputs. These could be the top eight or the top 10\. Depending on how you configure it, you can take all of these outputs and re-rank them based on your product principles. Maybe your product principle is creative and you want to write murder mysteries and have a lot of violence in there. Go ahead and re-rank it to make sure that it abides by what you have in mind for your metrics. Now your input is sorted, you have a good model, and you've made sure that you've gone ahead and even re-ranked some of the outputs in a way that conforms with your product requirements. The final step is outputs. Sometimes we still don't have control over what outputs we might get out of these models. In that case, there are a bunch of different techniques. If the output is wholly out of left field, it might be worthwhile to get the model back and rewrite some of these outputs. You might block the output altogether if you don't have the ability to rewrite it in some way. Or hopefully, if you've done everything correctly, you get the best outputs and you send this off to the user. We did a lot. We defined, designed, measured, metrified, and now we've innovated. Are we done? No, we're not. I think the magic and the bones of these models are that our use cases and users are ever-evolving, and we've not had a lot of these systems in the wild for a very long time. So it's fundamental to make sure that once you launch these systems, you go back and revisit all of those steps in light of the new data that you're getting. It's critical for you as developers, product people, or innovators to make sure that you've discovered what the unknown and knowns are so that you discover where the users and the gaps are within your system. ## The importance of keeping up with GenAI innovations The generative AI space is new and rapidly evolving, and this problem is hard. So to that end, I think there are two big things that are super important. Having approaches that generalize well across problems, platforms, and domains is integral to making sure that an approach you develop doesn't get deprecated in the next three months. Working towards that generalizability is key to making sure that your organization can pivot through the change that's going to come through the many months. The second thing I think is super interesting and has emerged over the past many months of the space evolving is the accessibility to each of these techniques. It's important to choose the right developer tool when you go out to build your company to make sure it gives you the ability to deploy each of those things. Going back to the hackathon I was just at, I built the app that I built with two developer tools. It was painstaking for me to make sure that I was able to take the input into the output, and then from ChatGPT, and then from that prompt and other platform, and in the process, do all of that manually by myself. So, instead of spending developer cycles in all of this process, you want to choose the tools that have already done this hard work for you. Lastly, there's a lot of ongoing research that's coming out of this. There are multi-agent frameworks that Microsoft just launched. There’s AutoGen, and there are a chain of verification techniques that are coming up, which tell you how to make sure your model is more grounded. Make sure that you keep up with these innovations no matter how hard they are. All of these are sometimes net small increments but can give us huge value addition in how good our products are at overcoming some of those challenges that we talked about. There's also a great product landscape that's evolving. Not just as the research is evolving, but the products that have been deployed with all of these things that we talked about are also coming out. So, drawing inspiration from both the evolving research landscape, as well as the evolving product landscape is critical to make sure that we make the biggest leaps and do the craziest innovation that’s yet to come in this domain. So keep on building. --- Join a community of peers on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1814785/) or [Slack](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/join-the-aiai-community/) and start making new connections today: [Join the AIAI community | AI Accelerator InstituteFancy connecting with AI innovators all over the world? Exchanging ideas? Pushing each other to the edge? Of course you do - and that’s why we created this community; to unite the world’s leading AI minds.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/07/AIAI_meta_AI_community.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/join-the-aiai-community/) ### AI recruitment's bias: Missing top talent? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-recruitments-bias-missing-top-talent/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:12:06.000Z As companies increasingly turn to [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) for their hiring processes, numerous well-qualified applicants are being overlooked. Techniques such as analyzing body language, evaluating voice, gamified assessments, and scanning resumes are tools in the [AI recruitment](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-horizon-the-future-workforce-in-the-age-of-microcapitalism-and-automation/) arsenal. These technologies evaluate job seekers, determining their suitability for positions. ### AI adoption in recruitment A significant portion of businesses are adopting these technologies. An [IBM survey](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2024-01-10-Data-Suggests-Growth-in-Enterprise-Adoption-of-AI-is-Due-to-Widespread-Deployment-by-Early-Adopters) from late 2023, which included over 8,500 IT professionals worldwide, revealed that 42% are utilizing AI for screening to enhance recruitment and HR processes, while an additional 40% are contemplating its integration. Many corporate leaders believed that AI in recruitment would eliminate hiring biases. However, the reality has been quite the opposite in some instances. There are rising concerns that these AI tools may be inadvertently filtering out the most capable candidates. ### The impact of AI on job seekers Hilke Schellmann, a US-based author and assistant professor of journalism at New York University, argues that there's little proof these tools are bias-free or effectively identify the most suitable candidates. She asserts that the primary threat of this software isn't the replacement of human jobs by machines but rather barring skilled individuals from securing employment. For example, in 2020, Anthea Mairoudhiou, a UK-based makeup artist, was instructed to reapply for her position post-furlough. Despite her skillset scoring high, the AI tool HireVue rated her body language poorly, resulting in job loss. Following criticism, HireVue discontinued its facial analysis feature in 2021\. Schellmann notes other workers have lodged complaints against similar systems. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### Systemic flaws in AI tools Schellmann highlights that job applicants are often unaware if AI tools are the sole reason for their rejection, as the software typically does not provide feedback on their assessment. However, examples of systemic issues are evident. In one case, a rejected applicant resubmitted their application with a younger birthdate, which led to an interview offer. In another instance, an AI resume scanner trained on current employees' CVs favored applicants listing "baseball" or "basketball" as hobbies, commonly associated with male employees, over "softball," a hobby more associated with female applicants. The expansion of this technology could potentially harm a vast number of applicants, surpassing the impact of biased human hiring managers. Schellmann emphasizes the difficulty in pinpointing the exact source of harm and suggests that companies may lack the incentive to address these issues due to cost savings from AI adoption. ### The future of ethical AI in hiring Ensuring AI fairness and unbiasedness is crucial, according to Sandra Wachter, professor of technology and regulation. She argues that ethical AI not only fulfills legal and ethical obligations but can also boost profitability by making fairer and merit-based decisions. Schellmann advocates for regulatory measures to prevent ongoing issues and warns against the future workplace becoming more unequal without intervention. --- *Download the Generative AI report to know more about how companies are using AI:* [Generative AI 2023 ReportThe Generative AI 2023 report highlights the ‘why’ and the ‘why not’ of generative AI adoption, alongside a variety of surprising statistics.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Blog.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ### Run, tune, and scale generative models that power AI applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/run-tune-and-scale-generative-models-that-power-ai-applications/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:21:07.000Z *Luis Ceze, CEO and Co-Founder of OctoML, gave* [*this presentation*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit/?wchannelid=ui3lblhk3w&wmediaid=wfjdtpu0zp) *at the Generative AI Summit in Boston in 2023.* I’ve spent most of my professional life building efficient computer systems for a bunch of applications, from life sciences and bioinformatics to simulations. For the past 10 years, I’ve been making AI systems more efficient using [hardware and software techniques](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-hardware-and-software-for-edge-computing-deployment-issues/). OctoML spun out of the University of Washington. We built a system called Apache TVM, which was one of the early [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) compilers that enabled AI to be deployed on your phone, the cloud, and everywhere else. OctoML has about 100 people, and we started four years ago. We started by focusing on model optimization, and over the past year or so, after realizing how hot [GenAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-generative-ai-and-computer-vision-events-to-attend-in-2024/) would become, we started building a product that instead of serving machine learning engineers, serves application developers who are building with AI. We're going to talk about what OctoAI is and how we help our customers be successful, and then we're going to take a look under the hood to see how it all works. - [What is OctoAI?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#what-is-octoai) - [Customer success with OctoAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#customer-success-with-octoai) - [How does OctoAI work?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#how-does-octoai-work) - [3 key benefits of OctoAI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#3-key-benefits-of-octoai) - [Inference optimization is a full-stack problem](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#inference-optimization-is-a-full-stack-problem) - [Empowering low latency for GenAI app developers](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/056c3b8a-9475-4827-9ddd-4f6e1b5b8e35/#empowering-low-latency-for-genai-app-developers) ## What is OctoAI? OctoAI is a platform that enables developers to run AI models and add AI models to applications they choose, such as open-source models or custom models. It allows you to fine-tune the model on the platform, and once you’re putting in deployments, it makes it scale. That means it solves hardware availability problems. [!["OctoAI is a platform that enables developers to run AI models and add AI models to applications they choose, such as open-source models or custom models. It allows you to fine-tune the model on the platform, and once you’re putting in deployments, it makes it scale."](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/Membership-article---Luis-Ceze.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/run-tune-and-scale-generative-models-that-power-ai-applications) Scaling these models involves doing a lot of deep optimizations, which is what we do really well. It takes about 10 trillion computer operations to generate one high-definition GenAI-generated image. That's a lot of compute. The reason I mention this is that as you scale this to have a global impact, you have to be able to provide the compute for that and make it fast enough for people to have the patience to use it and also have the resources to do so. Based on our expertise and model optimization, we built a self-optimizing compute service that automatically chooses the right optimizations for your model to be viable and chooses the right hardware (you don't have to go and pick a specific GPU to do the work) and chooses the system parameters automatically. And then you can build your application by choosing models you're probably familiar with, like Stable Diffusion, Llama 2, or ControlNet. So that's what OctoAI is, and it's not just compute. The way this works is we offer a set of end-to-end solutions, like image generation, gaming, personal expression through art, marketing, and so on. We also have solutions for language, such as summarizing text, questions and answers, etc. All of that is underpinned by a set of highly optimized open-source models. We truly believe that open-source models are the way forward to build systems that you can rely on, you understand how they work, and you have control over the deployment. We run these models for you. You don't have to provision the compute. That's part of the platform. You can tune the models on the platform. For image generation, you can bring images to the system and then fine-tune the image generation model with those images and use them for your application in the system, and then we can manage these customized models for you. _This post is for subscribers only._ ### Real-world applications of machine learning URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/real-world-applications-of-machine-learning-and-challenges-in-ml-implementation/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:14:09.000Z There are a variety of real-world applications of [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), including predictive analytics, [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/), natural language processing, and reinforcement learning. **Predictive analytics** is a type of machine learning that uses historical data to make predictions about future events. **Computer vision** is a type of machine learning that uses image and video recognition algorithms to analyze visual data. **Natural language processing** is a type of machine learning that uses algorithms to process and understand human language, like chatbots and Alexa etc. **Reinforcement learning** is a type of machine learning that uses algorithms to learn from experience and make decisions in real time. ## **Case studies of machine learning in action** An example is the use of **predictive analytics** in [finance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-benefits-of-robotic-process-automation-in-finance/), where machine learning algorithms are used to analyze financial data, including market trends, economic indicators, and customer behavior, to make predictions about future market trends. Another example is the use of [**computer vision** in retail](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/), where machine learning algorithms are used to analyze customer behavior and preferences, providing insights into customer behavior and preferences and aiding retailers to improve their customer experience and sales. The use of **reinforcement learning** in game playing is a well-known example of the power of machine learning, where algorithms are used to learn and improve from experience, allowing computers to play games at a human level. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## **Challenges and considerations in machine learning implementation** While machine learning has the potential to revolutionize the way organizations collect, store, and analyze data, there are considerations that must be considered in its implementation. **Data privacy and security** are critical concerns in the implementation of machine learning, particularly in the collection and storage of sensitive customer data. Organizations must ensure that they have appropriate data privacy and security policies in place to protect customer data and maintain customer trust. **Bias in machine learning models** is another critical concern, as machine learning systems can perpetuate existing biases and lead to discriminatory outcomes. Organizations must ensure that their machine learning models are [free from bias](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) and that they have processes in place to address bias if it arises. This can include measures such as data quality checks, algorithmic fairness, and frequent monitoring and evaluation of machine learning models. **Technical challenges in machine learning implementation** must also be considered, including the need for substantial amounts of data, the need for powerful computational resources, and the need for specialized expertise in machine learning deployment and development. Organizations must ensure that they have the necessary resources and expertise in place to effectively implement these. This can include investment in data infrastructure, the hiring of specialized ML experts, and the development of in-house machine learning capabilities. **Cost is also a consideration in machine learning implementation**, as the cost of storing and processing enormous amounts of data can be significant. Organizations must carefully consider the cost of machine learning solutions and ensure that they have a clear understanding of the potential benefits and Return on Investment(ROI). --- [Network with other AI experts](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1814785/) and make new connections today! ### Evaluating machine learning models: Metrics and techniques URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/evaluating-machine-learning-models-metrics-and-techniques/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T18:04:12.000Z The idea of [building machine learning models](https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2022/06/build-a-step-by-step-machine-learning-model-using-r/) or artificial intelligence or [deep learning](https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2021/12/a-guide-on-deep-learning-from-basics-to-advanced-concepts/) models works on a constructive feedback principle. The model is built, get feedback from metrics, make improvements, and continue until the desirable classification accuracy is achieved. Evaluation metrics explain the performance of the model. ## **What are evaluation metrics?** Evaluation metrics are quantitative measures used to assess the performance and effectiveness of a statistical or machine learning model. These metrics provide insights into how well the model is performing and help in comparing different models or algorithms. When evaluating a [machine learning model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), it is crucial to assess its predictive ability, generalization capability, and overall quality. Evaluation metrics provide objective criteria to measure these aspects. The choice of evaluation metrics depends on the specific problem domain, the type of data, and the desired outcome. ## **Types of predictive models** When we talk about predictive models, it is either about a regression model (continuous output) or a classification model (nominal or binary output). The evaluation metrics used in each of these models are different. In classification problems, we use two types of algorithms (dependent on the kind of output it creates): 1. **Class output:** Algorithms like SVM and KNN create a class output. For instance, in a binary classification problem, the outputs will be either 0 or 1\. However, today we have algorithms that can convert these class outputs to probability. But these algorithms are not well accepted by the statistics community. 2. **Probability output:** Algorithms like Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Adaboost, etc., give probability outputs. Converting probability outputs to class output is just a matter of creating a threshold probability. ### **Confusion matrix** A confusion matrix is an N X N matrix, where N is the number of predicted classes. For the problem in hand, we have N=2, and hence we get a 2 X 2 matrix. It is a performance measurement for machine learning classification problems where the output can be two or more classes. Confusion matrix is a table with four different combinations of predicted and actual values. It is extremely useful for measuring precision-recall, Specificity, Accuracy, and most importantly, AUC-ROC curves. Here are a few definitions you need to remember for a confusion matrix: - True Positive: You predicted positive, and it is true. - True Negative: You predicted negative, and it is true. - False Positive: (Type 1 Error): You predicted positive, and it is false. - False Negative: (Type 2 Error): You predicted negative, and it is false. - Accuracy: the proportion of the total number of correct predictions that were correct. - Positive Predictive Value or Precision: the proportion of positive cases that were correctly identified. - Negative Predictive Value: the proportion of negative cases that were correctly identified. - Sensitivity or Recall: the proportion of actual positive cases which are correctly identified. - Specificity: the proportion of actual negative cases which are correctly identified. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image.png) ### **F1 Score** F1-Score is the harmonic mean of precision and recall values for a classification problem. The formula for F1-Score is as follows: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-1.png) ### **Gain and Lift Charts** Gain and Lift charts are concerned with checking the rank ordering of the probabilities. Here are the steps to build a Lift/Gain chart: - Step 1: Calculate the probability for each observation. - Step 2: Rank these probabilities in decreasing order. - Step 3: Build deciles with each group having almost 10% of the observations. - Step 4: Calculate the response rate at each decile for Good (Responders), Bad (Non-responders), and total. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-2.png) This graph tells you how well your model segregating responders from non-responders is. For example, the first decile, however, has 10% of the population, has 14% of the responders. This means we have a 140% lift at the first decile. The lift curve is the plot between total lift and %population. Note that for a random model, this always stays flat at 100%. Here is the plot for the case in hand: You can also plot decile-wise lift with decile number: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-3.png) What does this graph tell you? It tells you that our model does well till the seventh decile. Post which every decile will be skewed towards non-responders. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-4.png) ### **Kolomogorov Smirnov chart** K-S or Kolmogorov-Smirnov chart measures the performance of classification models. More accurately, K-S is a measure of the degree of separation between the positive and negative distributions. The K-S is one hundred if the scores partition the population into two separate groups in which one group contains all the positives and the other all the negatives. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-5.png) The evaluation metrics covered here are mostly used in classification problems. So far, we have learned about the confusion matrix, lift and gain chart, and Kolmogorov Smirnov chart. Let us proceed and learn a few more important metrics. ### **Area under the ROC curve (AUC – ROC)** This is again one of the popular evaluation metrics used in the industry. The biggest advantage of using the ROC curve is that it is independent of the change in the proportion of responders. This statement will get clearer in the following sections. Let us first try to understand what the ROC (Receiver operating characteristic) curve is. If we look at the confusion matrix below, we observe that for a probabilistic model, we get different values for each metric. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-6.png) Hence, for each sensitivity, we get a different specificity. The two vary as follows: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-7.png) The ROC curve is the plot between sensitivity and (1- specificity). (1- specificity) is also known as the false positive rate, and sensitivity is also known as the True Positive rate. The following is the ROC curve for the case in hand. ### **Log loss** AUC ROC considers the predicted probabilities for determining our model’s performance. However, there is an issue with AUC ROC, it only considers the order of probabilities, and hence it does not consider the model’s capability to predict a higher probability for samples more likely to be positive. In that case, we could use the log loss, which is nothing but a negative average of the log of corrected predicted probabilities for each instance. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-8.png) - p(yi) is the predicted probability of a positive class. - 1-p(yi) is the predicted probability of a negative class - yi = 1 for the positive class and 0 for the negative class (actual values) ### **Gini coefficient** The Gini coefficient is sometimes used in classification problems. The Gini coefficient can be derived straight away from the AUC ROC number. Gini is the ratio between the area between the ROC curve and the diagonal line & the area of the above triangle. Following are the formulae used: Gini = 2\*AUC – 1 ### **Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE)** RMSE is the most popular evaluation metric used in regression problems. It follows an assumption that errors are unbiased and follow a normal distribution. Here are the key points to consider on RMSE: 1. The power of ‘square root’ empowers this metric to show considerable number deviations. 2. The ‘squared’ nature of this metric helps to deliver more robust results, which prevent canceling the positive and negative error values. 3. It avoids the use of absolute error values, which is highly undesirable in mathematical calculations. 4. When we have more samples, reconstructing the error distribution using RMSE is more dependable. 5. RMSE is highly affected by outlier values. Hence, make sure you have removed outliers from your data set prior to using this metric. 6. As compared to mean absolute error, RMSE gives higher weightage and punishes large errors. RMSE metric is given by: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-9.png) where N is the Total Number of Observations. ### **Root Mean Squared Logarithmic Error** In the case of Root mean squared logarithmic error, we take the log of the predictions and actual values. So, what changes are the variance that we are measuring? RMSLE is usually used when we do not want to penalize huge differences in the predicted and the actual values when both predicted, and true values are vast numbers. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-10.png) 1. If both predicted and actual values are small: RMSE and RMSLE are the same. 2. If either predicted or the actual value is big: RMSE > RMSLE. 3. If both predicted and actual values are big: RMSE > RMSLE (RMSLE becomes almost negligible) ### **R-Squared/Adjusted R-Squared** We learned that when the RMSE decreases, the model’s performance will improve. But these values alone are not intuitive. In the case of a classification problem, if the model has an accuracy of 0.8, we could gauge how good our model is against a random model, which has an accuracy of 0.5\. So, the random model can be treated as a benchmark. But when we talk about the RMSE metrics, we do not *have* a benchmark to compare. This is where we can use the R-Squared metric. The formula for R-Squared is as follows: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-11.png) MSE(model): Mean Squared Error of the predictions against the actual values. MSE(baseline): Mean Squared Error of mean prediction against the actual values. Let us now understand cross-validation in detail. ### **The concept of cross-validation** Cross-validation is one of the most important concepts in any type of data modeling. It simply says, try to leave a sample on which you do not train the model and evaluate the model on this sample before finalizing the model. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-12.png) The above diagram shows how to validate the model with the in-time sample. We simply divide the population into two samples and build a model on one sample. The rest of the population is used for in-time validation. Could there be a disadvantage to the above approach? A negative side of this approach is that we lose a good amount of data from training the model. Hence, the model is extremely highly biased. And this will not give the best estimate for the coefficients. So, what is the next best option? ### **K-Fold cross-validation** Let us extrapolate the last example to k-fold from 2-fold cross-validation. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2024/02/image-13.png) This is a 7-fold cross-validation. The entire population is divided into seven equal samples. Now we train models on six samples (Green boxes) and validate on one sample (grey box). Then, at the second iteration, we train the model with a different sample held as validation. In seven iterations, we have built a model on each sample and held each of them as validation. This is a way to reduce the selection bias and reduce the variance in prediction power. Once we have all seven models, we take an average of the error terms to find which of the models is best. ### **How does this help to find the best (non-over-fit) model?** k-fold cross-validation is widely used to check whether a model is an overfit or not. If the performance metrics at each of the k times, modeling are close to each other and the mean of the metric is highest. --- Access hundreds of hours of expert presentations OnDemand by signing up for our membership: [AI Accelerator Institute Pro+ membershipUnlock the world of AI with the AI Accelerator Institute Pro Membership. Tailored for beginners, this plan offers essential learning resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community to help you grow your AI skills and network. Begin your path to AI mastery and innovation now.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteNasi Rwigema![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2024/03/Pro-plus-membership-plan-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/pro-plus-membership/) for ### Scaling and industrializing an AI solution - it’s almost all about data quality URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-and-industrializing-an-ai-solution-its-almost-all-about-data-quality/ Last updated: 2024-09-10T08:01:07.000Z *Edouard Naegelen (VP of Sales & Customer Success, SmartOne) and Hadrien Jacomino (Key Account Manager, SmartOne) gave* [*this talk*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-summit-london-november-2023-ai-accelerator-institute-2/?wchannelid=bq345udgtn&wmediaid=9hsleil6hw) *at the Computer Vision Summit in London in 2023\.* **Edouard Naegelen** SmartOne is a data labeling company and has been working for the biggest tech players around the globe for over ten years. We’ll be talking about why data is the only thing you should have if you want to create, scale, and [industrialize an AI solution](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-age-of-industrial-ai-is-here/). We're going to explore that with a concrete use case of one of our customers. - [SURGAR: Enhancing surgical precision with augmented reality](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#surgar-enhancing-surgical-precision-with-augmented-reality) - [The data dilemma](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#the-data-dilemma) - [Creating and preparing data sets for an AI model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#creating-and-preparing-data-sets-for-an-ai-model) - [The best way to do data labeling at scale](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#the-best-way-to-do-data-labeling-at-scale) - [The three Ps of successful data annotations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#the-three-ps-of-successful-data-annotations) - [4 key successes in the surgical AI project](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#4-key-successes-in-the-surgical-ai-project) - [A quality assurance process is critical](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#a-quality-assurance-process-is-critical) - [Data labeling is the bottleneck of any AI project](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/fd3b5683-e0e2-4ec3-950a-1d7038926520/#data-labeling-is-the-bottleneck-of-any-ai-project) ## SURGAR: Enhancing surgical precision with augmented reality Here’s what our customer, SURGAR, is doing and why [data](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/data-centric-ai-in-practice/) is very important to them: *Every year, more than 15 million surgeries are performed worldwide using laparoscopy. This minimally invasive surgical technique is used for abdominal procedures and offers various advantages for the patient.* *However, it also presents serious challenges for the surgeons, such as the loss of eye and hand coordination, and the loss of tactile feedback. This explains why laparoscopy is only used for 30% of abdominal surgeries.* *At SURGAR, we want to bring laparoscopic surgery to the next level, thanks to visualization software overlaying the real-time surgical video with 3D augmented reality images, showing the organs' internal structures.* *Before surgery, using SURGAR plan software, a first phase of image segmentation is carried out using MRI or preoperative scanner images to create a 3D model of the organ and its inner structures.* *During surgery, a digital twin of the organ is created. Algorithms using a deep neural network allow for automatic detection of the organ limits and the segmentation.* *Developed with surgeons' ease of use in mind, SURGAR is simple to operate and doesn't require any additional viewing headset.* *Our preclinical studies have proven that we increase surgical accuracy by a factor of 20 and decrease complications by twofold using SURGAR software.* *No more classical mental mapping approach for the surgeon with the associated mental burden of rebuilding 2D info into a 3D format; SURGAR will create a new segment market of laparoscopy, assisted by augmented reality.* **Edouard Naegelen** Through this example, let’s understand why clean data is the bottleneck of every AI project, and why building an AI model is almost all about data and also some volumes. ## The data dilemma Whether a model is annotated with 400 images, 4,000 images, or 40,000 images, the quality of the output is completely different if you train the model with a small amount of data compared to a huge amount of data. The recognition of the disease and the organs are completely different, and in healthcare, you don't want to have low quality. AI is a combination of code, computing power, and data. Let's say that computing power and code have been the main challenges of the last decade. Now, if you go on GitHub, you have almost every model you want. If you want computing power, you can go to NVIDIA or Microsoft and you can buy almost unlimited computing power at an affordable price. When it comes to data, it's much more complex. You may have the raw data set, and you may have time to label some images, but at the point you want to scale your model, most people struggle here. Now, here’s the paradox - data labeling takes up 80% of a job, or at least of the time needed to create a model, but no one likes to do it. Ultimately, it's boring and repetitive. But it's crucial. At the end of the day, it's what makes your model work in real life. Coding the model is quite fast, provided you have the right computer model and partner. And then you'll struggle with preparing the data, finding the data, and sometimes you don’t even have the raw data so you need to create a data set and look at who’s going to build your dataset. [![Diagram showing how preparing and training data consumes 80% of the valuable time of a data scientist](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Y0_ZSZ9d6OBdWOwDe_4uZVoWaGo8F9kYbGL5CTpSVC75osaqumhQUXe1GQr7NqjPUF4a_9GOlt7zRATVrBER0oivNxtPuu-xsFEDdt7f_ZNe_9YGfkqAd3Qq2874-pEZFrZBFk4aRvBJZps_jjXow-A)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-and-industrializing-an-ai-solution-its-almost-all-about-data-quality) It's not only a question about a classic raw data set. To have a perfect data set to train a model, you need to have a few categories. You need a large volume, it needs to be high quality, and you need to be compliant. You can’t do whatever you want with the data set. For example, in Europe, you need to be GDPR compliant, or you need to have specific certifications if you want to process medical images in the US. The data set also needs to be contextualized. And here, it needs to make your data speak, learn your model, understand how to react, and what to say in these particular situations. ## Creating and preparing data sets for an AI model Contextualized or labeled data to fuel AI is solving a six-variable equation, and you need to answer these when you create and prepare data sets to train your model: [![Contextualized/labeled data to fuel AI is solving a six-variable equation - quantity, accuracy, cost efficiency, security, time constraint, and expertise.](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/HoHQx6Qb1bUKOrX7ZPbtXRctrq4RyQtrce5-YAWAPup1NjJuDquJZQEWWuj432sbFu0FfJubbffi2ncqv0WiM9rxwwq0ZGcqAJZBR4__twMaRyOvF0rzUOs6FFRPZwCjKRDkJUgN0fdR4d2RvBIWO2w)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-and-industrializing-an-ai-solution-its-almost-all-about-data-quality) The first part of the equation is that you need to be quantitative and you need to be accurate. If you want to have a highly quantitative output, the input also needs to be highly quantitative. It needs to be processed in a full, secure way, and most of the time it needs to be processed for the next day because you want to have your model display as soon as possible. You also need to have the best expertise because everyone has a particular area of an industry where only their expertise is necessary to label a data set. It should be also as cheap as possible. To make it happen, you need two things. First, you need **tools**. There are several tools out there that can help you label your data set. The problem with this is that software companies usually only give access to one tool, which often can’t help you with multiple projects. Secondly, you need **humans**. Even though [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-generative-ai-and-computer-vision-events-to-attend-in-2024/) is improving fast, you still need people to control the labeling. ## The best way to do data labeling at scale There are three possible solutions you can explore with humans in the loop. The first one is doing the data labeling in-house. You’ll have the best expertise, the quality will be great, and the security will be perfect. But it won't be quick because you're not used to doing data labeling all day long. It won't be scalable because you have a limited team and you can’t scale from let’s say 1,000 images to 100,000 images. Plus, it’ll be costly. The second solution is crowdsourcing. For me, this is the wrong solution because the data simply isn’t secure. You don't know who’s going to label the data, and you don't know if it’s even an [ethical way](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/an-introduction-to-ethical-considerations-in-artificial/) of doing the data labeling. The third solution is relying on a trusted partner. We can guarantee the expertise, the quality, security, speed, scalability, and the cost. For us, it's the only way to do data labeling at scale. So, let's explore that through the use case of SURGAR and what the output of that was. [![Three ways to do data labeling - in-house, crowdsourcing, and through a trusted partner](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/kvoaMxHeNXhYMs3bSza7VQRiaucZJCgO_8FJXzn_UrdMzn6pK-QAwKbBrWqH4MrwTVqyrg60Z9k9_d8_PGiDQos9tie2CkhnteZoAqjVarn13rIsETlPeIlpYhapLQeFGZ-KcRgIQi8IuzzWVIGZ5jo)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-and-industrializing-an-ai-solution-its-almost-all-about-data-quality) ## The three Ps of successful data annotations **Hadrien Jacomino** I’ll show you how collaboration works between us and our customers through a use case. It's important to keep in mind here that there are two entities. One of the entities is SURGAR, which is the solution provider; they provide computers to the surgery rooms. And then there’s us, SmartOne, who’s doing all the annotations. The idea is that one day, they’d come to us and say, “We've got some scientists, but we don't have a lot of time to do data annotations. We're working on maybe 400 images, but this isn’t enough for what we want to do because we've got a lot of different projects. We want to work on different organs and we don't have a lot of time to do that.” “What we can do right now is good for a university study, but we can't really scale and keep that pace. So how can you help us do that? We've got a huge batch of thousands of images, how can we do that together?” So they’d come to us and we’d work together to scale that and organize the project. There are three Ps that are taken into account. The first one is **people**. All of our operations are based in Madagascar; the company was founded there, and we've got roughly 1,200 people. They have to keep in mind that there’s a multicultural aspect that needs to be taken into consideration for the project. All of them have been working for the company for a long time, and they all have different expertise in terms of tools, what they can do, classification, segmentation, as well as the sector they work in. Are they working in [healthcare](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-healthcare/)? Are they working in tech? The second P is **process**. We have various teams, and they say, “Okay, we need to allocate the best people for the task.” We say, “You have your guidelines, your model, and your data set, but what we want to do is provide you with an all-in-one solution, meaning that we have a training team and we’ll train all the annotators internally, and then train on a daily or weekly basis depending on the requirements of the project.” We also have a quality team because quality is getting more and more important. Everyone's collaborating internally to get to the final goal, which is having proper, qualitative data sets. The final P is the **platform**. There are different aspects to this. We can propose a platform. We partner with different platforms, so we say, “Okay, now that we've been working on the market for 10 years, we think that this platform might be better for your task, and this platform might not be as good.” And we can provide a lot of analytics. So, the idea is to have a platform but to have real-time analytics. What am I annotating? When will I deliver this amount? How can I do that? We need to give them the best features they might need for the project. --- [Beyond the machines: AI sentiment on the groundWhere does AI sit in the mix, and what’s really the feeling of SMEs adopting such technology on the ground?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1533511627347-4d1b893e1ad9?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGltcGFjdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDYwMDA4NTl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-machines-ai-sentiment-on-the-ground/) --- ## 4 key successes in the surgical AI project There were four elements that made the success of the project. The first one was truly understanding the need. This might sound simple, but when you have such a sensitive use case like surgery, you need to be sure that you understand everything. You might think that you just need a labeler, but you need to decide who the best person is to do that. So they’d come to us and say, “We need doctors,” because if you’re on the surgery table tomorrow, you don't want the solution to be annotated by random people who aren’t doctors. So the idea was to evaluate the quality of the doctors versus the annotators, and if you want the solution to go to the market, you need to have everything approved. So we ran some tests on some expert annotators and some doctor annotators, and the outcome was that the expert annotators were better than the doctors. The reason for this is when you're a doctor, you know the surgery process and you're not going to be taught your job by a labeler. But you've got your own way of working, and a specialized annotator will go through everything by pixel level and they’ll be much more accurate in terms of what’s needed for the model. In the end, we decided to go with only expert labelers to work on all the datasets. The other important thing to keep in mind is you can do that, but in the end, it needs to be approved by a doctor, otherwise, you can't really control and validate your model and put it on the market. So the need was to get everything approved. In terms of the tool, in this case, the customer had the platform they were working with, along with the small data set. So they could say, “We have the platform, it's already set up, and it's fine for us because we've already worked on it. And if it's a new platform, we can learn and even if there are some specificities, we can easily adapt to that.” There was an important process to respect so we could go through all the phases. This was custom-made, and in this case, we had to implement some exams, validations, and tests: level one, level two, a general exam, and an exam specialized on any organ we were going to work with. When an annotator goes through all the tests and they’re approved, they can start work on the project. You can’t just read the guidelines, get trained, and start working on it right away. And then we ran a strong [quality control](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/improving-quality-control-by-automating-visual-inspections/) system. --- [How you can use AI to push boundaries in SaaS productsJuliette Denny, CEO at Growth Engineering, outlines Artificial Intelligence in detail, including how it can be used to push boundaries in SaaS.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteJuliette Denny![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1525565004407-a1f6f55b5dd6?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHB1c2h8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzA2MTc4MjQxfDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) --- ## A quality assurance process is critical The first phase of the quality assurance process is the production phase. You’ll have all the data on the platform, the labelers are going to work on it, and then it's going to be processed and validated. The second phase is the data analysts. They're going to gather all the data, make sure that it's available in any format you may need, and then send it to the people who are responsible for the quality. And then this is where quality control happens. The quality team is independent, so it's very important for these people not to be linked to the production because we want to avoid bias and they need a proper way of looking into the data. Because the data was tackled by the data analyst team, we did several samples. There are different ways to perform that. We implemented all the ISO regulations so we had a very detailed way of sampling all the data. You can have an individual level where you say, “This isn’t good enough, you need to be trained again.” You also have a team level, where as a whole, the data is good or not good. So you can have a lot of different reports helping to evaluate the quality in the end. [![Diagram showing a critical quality assurance process for data accuracy](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/mLFH4FbBPnVjeM_wIHN9AYwXhSoufyjJS3wrmB5Iviq2lbrg30D5W6jKvNxh0wcOmSrGfKSGn8UJhjxnoBZmKi3_uAVSaU3DoSeagkqVSTfWl_gbCujjoJMUN6m1NPEdT2MZbAkeq2S1xe-ELzQcwYc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/scaling-and-industrializing-an-ai-solution-its-almost-all-about-data-quality) When this is done, the batches go to the customer and they can say, “Okay, we're going to sample again. If it's good, this can go out on the market, if it's not good, it needs to go back to you.” Before that, if the sample isn’t good enough and doesn't reach 98% or 99% internally, then it goes back to the first production phase because we evaluated internally that the data isn’t good enough to be delivered to the customer. Of course, we try not to do that too often because it's very costly. This is the best way we’ve found to guarantee very high levels of quality. Quality is becoming more and more important these days and the jobs we do require more expertise and in-depth analysis. ## Data labeling is the bottleneck of any AI project **Edouard Naegelen** There are three key takeaways as to why data labeling is the bottleneck of any AI project. The first one is that a good labeling tool is nice, but without humans, it’s worthless. The second one is that a non-expert workforce can do better than experts because an expert is an expert at their own job, but not in data labeling at the pixel level. For example, they might know where to draw the lines from a uterus, but they don't know how to perfectly segment the uterus at the pixel level to be used by a computer. And the last one is, before starting any kind of project, the question isn’t where you’re going to find some code and a data labeling solution, but who’s going to label your data? How are you going to do that internally? So when you go to your VC or your board, say, “Hey, guys, I have an idea, but I know exactly how to deploy this idea.” --- Download the Generative AI report today and find out how companies are using the technology. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ### EU's strategic alliance for AI leadership URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eus-strategic-alliance-for-ai-leadership/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:12:20.000Z A trio of prominent EU member states - Germany, France, and Poland - have united to advocate for enhanced synchronization between national strategies and investments in [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) and the [EU's policies](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-parliament-negotiate-ai-regulations/) in this domain. This alliance emphasizes the necessity for member states to intensify collaboration to position the EU competitively against global leaders like the US and China. The ambition is to foster [AI innovations](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/) that not only propel the European economy forward but are also firmly anchored in the EU's regulatory framework and democratic values. ### Strategic actions and the Weimar Triangle's role During a conference hosted by the German federal government in Brussels on 23 January, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, the Federal Research Minister, underscored the imperative for collective action to ensure the EU stands on equal footing with the US and China in AI advancements. Stark-Watzinger highlighted Germany's readiness, alongside France and Poland, to spearhead this initiative within the Weimar Triangle framework - a collaboration that dates back to 1991 aimed at addressing European matters and supporting Poland's post-communist transition. This partnership could serve as a model for leadership, with Poland playing a pivotal role as one of the wealthiest post-2004 EU member states. ### Leveraging AI for Europe's technological sovereignty The EU has historically lagged in the internet industry, but AI presents a new frontier for reclaiming technological leadership. Stark-Watzinger, along with France's Research Minister Sylvie Retailleau, advocates for a unified strategic approach to AI, emphasizing the EU's capability to independently develop and deploy AI technologies. This includes attracting and retaining top global talent and ensuring responsible use of AI. The EU's commitment is evidenced by substantial funding through Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe program, along with the anticipation of the world’s first AI regulation. Moreover, the European Commission's initiative to provide AI start-ups with access to high-performance computing resources marks a significant step toward enhancing the EU's competitive edge in AI technology, aligning with efforts to shape the technology's impact within Europe collectively. --- Sign up for our newsletter and get updates straight to your inbox: [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ### The AI-powered crystal ball: Advanced marketing in a collaborative age URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-ai-powered-crystal-ball-advance-marketing-in-a-collaborative-age/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:28:57.000Z > *“The future of marketing will be driven by* [*artificial intelligence*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/)*, and the companies that embrace it will win." –* Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce The [marketing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/taking-your-marketing-further-with-machine-learning/) landscape is no longer a hazy realm of guesswork and intuition. In 2024, it's a data-driven battlefield where AI reigns supreme. Forget the days of one-size-fits-all campaigns and scattershot strategies. Today, it's about hyper-personalization, predictive analytics, and lightning-fast campaign optimization – all powered by the brains of advanced artificial intelligence. Think about it: 80% of consumers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized experiences. And with AI, that's no longer a pipe dream. Imagine crafting individual customer journeys so tailored and so relevant that each interaction feels like a whispered secret just for them. Imagine predicting customer needs before they even surface, anticipating their desires like a seasoned magician. That's the magic of AI in marketing. [Your guide to generative AIGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) lets users quickly create new content based on a wide variety of inputs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-115.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--15--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) But wait, there's more! AI isn't just about mind-reading. It's about freeing human marketers from the shackles of tedious tasks and data crunching. Imagine reallocating your time from A/B testing and campaign monitoring to crafting killer creative and building meaningful brand connections. AI automates the mundane, leaving you to unleash your human magic – the kind that builds trust, sparks emotion, and tells a story that resonates with your customers' souls. But hold on, before we get swept away in the AI hype, let's address the elephant in the room: the challenges. Data privacy concerns, [algorithmic bias](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/), and the potential for job displacement are real. But here's the thing: AI isn't a monster to be feared. It's a powerful tool to be wielded with care, collaboration, and a deep understanding of human ethics. This is where the future of marketing gets truly exciting. It's not about AI replacing humans, it's about humans and AI working together in a symphony of brilliance. We call it collaborative intelligence, and it's the key to unlocking the true potential of AI in marketing. It's about using AI as a magnifying glass for human insights, a sounding board for creative ideas, and a tireless partner in the pursuit of marketing excellence. This article delves into the transformative role of AI in advanced marketing and explores how collaborative intelligence can navigate the challenges that arise. ## AI's superpowers for advanced marketing Forget the marketing of yesterday. Today, AI is your secret weapon, a data-driven oracle that unlocks a new era of customer engagement. Here's how AI's superpowers elevate your game: ### Predictive precision #### Demand foresight Analyze vast datasets of purchase history, social media trends, and economic indicators to predict future demand with 90% accuracy (source: McKinsey & Company). This means you can anticipate customer needs before they even whisper them, tailoring campaigns and products for maximum impact. #### Micro-targeting magic Go beyond demographics. AI identifies hidden patterns in customer behavior, predicting which products they'll love, what content they'll devour, and even when they're most likely to buy. Imagine personalized ads that feel like mind-reading, emails that arrive at the perfect moment, and promotions that resonate with each customer's unique desires. #### Trendspotter on autopilot Forget chasing trends. AI identifies emerging cultural shifts and consumer preferences before they hit the mainstream, allowing you to ride the wave of innovation and stay ahead of the competition (source: Gartner). Think trendsetting pop-up experiences, viral social media campaigns, and products that tap into the zeitgeist before anyone else. ### Hyper-personalization #### Customer chameleons Craft individual customer journeys that feel like bespoke experiences. AI analyzes purchase history, website clicks, and social media interactions to create personalized content, recommendations, and offers that resonate on a deeply personal level. Imagine dynamic landing pages that adapt to each visitor, emails that reference past purchases, and loyalty programs that reward individual preferences. #### Emotional resonance engine Go beyond just targeting interests. AI analyzes sentiment and emotional cues to understand how your customers feel about your brand, allowing you to tailor messaging and experiences that resonate on an emotional level. Think heartwarming video ads, humorously targeted social media posts, and customer service interactions that feel like genuine conversations. #### Dynamic optimization dynamo Forget static campaigns. AI continuously monitors and adjusts your personalization efforts in real-time, ensuring that every interaction is perfectly timed and relevant. Imagine A/B testing on hyperdrive, optimizing content, offers, and even website layouts based on individual customer behavior. ### Automated optimization #### Campaign efficiency unleashed AI automates tedious tasks like budget allocation, channel selection, and ad bidding, freeing you to focus on the big picture. Imagine campaigns that optimize themselves, maximizing ROI and minimizing wasted effort. #### Real-time insights radar Forget waiting for data reports. AI provides real-time insights into campaign performance, allowing you to make instant adjustments and capitalize on opportunities as they arise. Think of it as a live dashboard that shows your campaign's pulse, letting you react with lightning speed. #### Creative fuel injection AI isn't just about automation. It can spark creative ideas, generate unique content formats, and even personalize your brand voice. Imagine AI-powered brainstorming sessions, personalized video ads, and social media posts that sound like your brand but speak directly to each customer. ## Challenges and the rise of collaborative intelligence While AI's marketing superpowers are undeniable, integrating them requires careful navigation. Three major challenges loom: **data privacy**, **algorithmic bias**, and **job displacement**. But fear not, for collaborative intelligence emerges as the guiding star, ensuring responsible and ethical AI implementation. ### Data privacy 72% of consumers are concerned about how companies use their data (source: Pew Research Center). Marketers must prioritize transparency, ensuring clear consent mechanisms and robust data security protocols. Think layered data anonymization, granular permission controls, and readily accessible privacy policies. GDPR and CCPA regulations raise the bar for data collection and usage. Marketers must comply with these evolving legal frameworks, building trust through ethical data practices and responsible AI deployment. ### Algorithmic bias AI algorithms can inherit human biases, perpetuating discrimination based on race, gender, or socioeconomic status. Marketers must actively audit their AI models, identifying and mitigating potential biases. Think of diverse training datasets, fairness-aware algorithms, and human oversight to prevent discriminatory outcomes. Explainable AI plays a crucial role. Marketers need to understand how AI algorithms reach their conclusions, ensuring transparency and accountability. This allows for addressing biases at their root and fostering trust with customers. ### Job displacement AI automation may displace some marketing roles. However, it also creates new opportunities for higher-level strategic thinking, creative ideation, and data-driven decision-making. Marketers must adapt and upskill, focusing on skills that complement AI, such as critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and human-centered design. Reskilling and upskilling programs become essential. Companies must equip their marketing teams with the skills needed to thrive in an AI-powered future, fostering collaboration between humans and machines. ### Collaborative intelligence Human expertise remains irreplaceable. Marketers leverage their understanding of customer psychology, brand identity, and ethical considerations to guide AI, ensuring responsible implementation and alignment with brand values. Continuous learning is key. The marketing landscape is dynamic, and AI models need to adapt. Marketers establish feedback loops where human insights continuously train and refine AI algorithms, ensuring their effectiveness in a changing world. By embracing these collaborative intelligence principles, marketers can unlock the full potential of AI while mitigating its challenges. Remember, AI isn't a replacement, but a powerful partner in the quest for marketing excellence. ## Conclusion The future of advanced marketing lies in harnessing the power of AI while navigating its challenges through collaborative intelligence. By embracing a human-centered approach, building trust through transparency, and fostering continuous learning, marketers can leverage AI to unlock a new era of personalized, effective, and ethical marketing experiences. In the AI era, the most successful marketers will be those who combine the power of machines with the magic of human touch. --- Meet, connect, and network with peers at in-person meetups around the globe: [AIAI MeetupsMeetups allow members (that’s you) to network, collaborate, and have a pulse on their local network.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/01/AIAI-Tag-Meta-Template--6-.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-meetups/) ### How are SMEs embracing artificial intelligence? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-machines-ai-sentiment-on-the-ground/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:12:13.000Z It’s no secret that [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/)’s (AI) colossal impact has been felt from the smallest village to the largest multi-trillion conglomerate: the question, really, though, is where [SMEs](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/starting-an-sme-and-the-ai-landscape/) sit in the layers of the sponge cake: Are they the icing, the sponge, or the edges allowing the baker to bind both the icing and the sponge? The reality is SMEs despite their size punch above their weight from an economic standpoint. As an example, Scotland’s economy alone is 90% SMEs, and going into 2024 despite ongoing economic turbulence, felt a recent study from Three Business is forecasting SME turnover to increase from £2 trillion in 2023 to £2.3 trillion in 2024 \[1\]. With this in mind, where does AI sit in the mix, and what’s really the feeling of SMEs adopting such technology on the ground? ## **AI landscape: Holistic thoughts** The way in which AI has been implemented over the years has resulted in game-changing, efficiency-driving use cases across a broad variety of industry verticals. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), for example, published back in June 2023 an insightful piece on the changing appetite for the said technology across the consumer and business spectrum, with the Business and Insights Conditions survey identifying one in six businesses currently implementing at least one of the AI applications outlined (ie: utilizing AI for spam filters sat at 11%, 4% using AI for chatbots) \[2\] with interestingly only 1% of respondents utilizing AI for personalized shopping \[2\]: in some ways quite unusual considering recent data showcasing a shift in purchasing from brands creating personalized experiences aligning with the consumers' values. Outside of the example use cases outlined above, cybersecurity is a continually increasing area of importance - and concern - with 35% of businesses keen to improve their [cybersecurity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-revolution-in-cybersecurity-palo-altos-vision-unveiled/) mechanisms as well as another 35% keen to utilize AI to improve efficiencies \[2\]. Looking at the ONS to the Department of Media, Culture, and Sport (AI in Business Study) completed back in 2022, 15% of businesses surveyed adopted at least one AI technology \[3\], with interestingly only 2% of businesses piloting AI and 10% planning to adopt AI in the future \[3\]. Back in 2022 this data would raise, and continually raises a point of contention in what could encourage the remaining 10% of businesses to adopt such technology. Following along similar lines, a World Economic Forum \[4\] and associated Microsoft Study paints a stark picture and brings the buzz back down to earth: cyber attacks rose by 300% with 50% of these being on SMEs, which are very much like blood in the water to a shark: low risk, high reward \[5\]. Worryingly, 60% of these small companies report being inoperable upon experiencing a cyber attack \[5\]. It’s really very much a cautiously played balancing act: chasing the triple-cooked chips with rosemary and lavender at the top of the economic tree or unseasoned fries and inoperability? In other words, AI might help on one side of the SME strategy to reduce cyber attacks but introduce a host of risks on the other. To add to an already challenging set of decision-making, the thoughts on whether to adopt the likes of Generative AI will be additionally causing boardroom tug of wars as a result of its larger-than-life economic potential, recently detailed in a McKinsey report on *Economic Potential of Generative AI,* where the said technology could outpace some countries standalone Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Take the UK, for example, which had a total GDP of £3.1 trillion back in 2021 and now Generative AI is estimated to add between £2.6 and £4.4 trillion per annum across the report’s 63 use cases \[6\]. Whilst this is a potentially seismic impact, SMEs will continue to bring a sizeable contribution to their respective economies, with or without Generative AI. They’re a staple piece of the economic makeup. ## **Balancing AI sentiment and priorities!** In amongst the potential of AI and the nice numbers alongside it, a picture of changing motivation of priorities has increasingly woven into the technology debate: the last four years have been dominated by a mix of world events including a pandemic, political instability, and economic uncertainty. Taking the latter and the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus very much shifted to a combination of survival, adaptation, and for some companies, riding the wave of shift in consumer habits. Zoom and Shopify for example saw record growth and their valuations rose in tow as a result of the shift of working from home and the E-Commerce boom. Combining these with a governmental focus on pulling out stops to keep businesses afloat through varying bounce-back schemes, investment in cutting-edge technologies was looked at by a select few. With additional political instability entering the world stage back in February 2022 which saw inflation soar to record levels, the brakes were swiftly engaged for many in rebounding from COVID-19, and instead, attention turned to tackling decreasing consumer expenditure. What’ll be interesting is monitoring how AI adoption shifts post-late 2023 as inflation still remains higher than the UK government target of 2%. Furthermore, Savanta back in October 2023 surveyed 1000 businesses about their AI usage and noted a sizeable gap: 34% of medium/large businesses are already utilizing some form of AI compared to 14% of businesses under 250 employees \[7\]. With 29% of SMEs focused on prioritizing cash flow and 26% identifying a drop in customer demand \[7\], AI for some is just one of many tech tools they’d rather they’d rather skim over and glancingly read about, and most importantly, that's okay. The beauty of technology is the choice: not solely the choice of tools and frameworks available, but the choice of whether it’ll really add value for the end consumer. Unless the SME has unicorn potential and major capital backing from the biggest player, the technology for some needs to be put on the agar plate and looked under the microscope. However, what really puts things sharply into perspective is the future appetite for AI: 48% of organizations with less than 250 employees haven’t plans to use AI in the next year and instead are more focused on survival \[7\]. Whilst this is one of a number of pressing priorities for smaller businesses, the figure throws into the spotlight people waking up to the differences between the music-producing harmonies and the noise resulting in sour notes: AI isn’t there to solve every problem, it’s not there to be universally liked and more importantly, it’s *not mandatory.* ## **Final thoughts** Technology is often a field that’s guilty of showcasing itself as a magic wand: a simple flick paints a picture of effortless simplicity. Sure, to the consumer it may look like that, but the recent developments to regulate AI have released a cauldron of knowledge industry are grappling to understand both opportunities and implications. There’s some wickedly cool stuff going on across AI right now, but there’s a danger that hype and priorities are going to get badly mixed up. Irrespective of how advanced AI gets, the sentiment of AI will continually shift, and in some cases, human decision-making on whether AI really is a value driver for SMEs will outsmart machines. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Three Report on Forecasted SME Turnover**: Three Media Centre. (2023). UK SMEs expect a bumper 2024, looking ahead to next year with renewed ambition and optimism. \[online\] Available at: https://www.threemediacentre.co.uk/content/uk-smes-expect-a bumper-2024-looking-ahead-to-next-year-with-renewed-ambition-and-optimism/ \[Accessed 11 Jan. 2024\]. \[2\] **Office National Statistics AI Appetite**: www.ons.gov.uk. (n.d.). Understanding AI uptake and sentiment among people and businesses in the UK - Office for National Statistics. \[online\] Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/ itandinternetindustry/articles/ understandingaiuptakeandsentimentamongpeopleandbusinessesintheuk/june2023 \[Accessed 11 Jan. 2024\]. \[3\] **Department for Media, Culture and Sport AI Activity in Business Report 2022**: Evans, A. and Heimann, A. (2022). Acrobat Accessibility Report. \[online\] assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/ media/61d87355e90e07037668e1bd/ AI\_Activity\_in\_UK\_Businesses\_Report\_\_Capital\_Economics\_and\_DCMS\_\_January\_2022 \_\_Web\_accessible\_.pdf \[Accessed 11 Jan. 2024\] \[4\] **World Economic Forum: AI Cyber and Sentiment Article**: World Economic Forum. (2023). Generative AI for small and medium-sized businesses: Chaos or empowerment? \[online\] Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/07/generative-ai-small medium-sized-business/ \[Accessed 10 Jan. 2024\]. \[5\] **Microsoft AI SME Cyber Security Study**: Jakkal, V. (2022). Microsoft launches Defender for Business to help protect small and medium businesses. \[online\] Microsoft Security Blog. Available at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/05/02/ microsoft-launches-defender-for-business-to-help-protect-small-and-medium-businesses/ \[Accessed 10 Jan. 2024\]). \[6\] **McKinsey Economic Potential of Generative AI**: Mckinsey (2023). Economic potential of generative AI | McKinsey. \[online\] www.mckinsey.com. Available at: https:// www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier. \[Accessed 12 Jan. 2024\]. \[7\] **Attitudes towards AI Survey**: savanta.com. (2023). *Small businesses face hurdles in embracing AI - Savanta*. \[online\] Available at: https://savanta.com/knowledge-centre/view/ small-businesses-face-hurdles-in-embracing-ai/. \[Accessed 16 Jan.2024\] --- Read more of Ana's articles below: [Ana Simion - AI Accelerator InstituteCEO @ INRO London | AI Advisory Council | Advisor in Artificial Intelligence | Keynote Speaker![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteLog in![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1505778276668-26b3ff7af103?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fG5hdmlnYXRpb258ZW58MHx8fHwxNzExNTMwMTI3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=800)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/author/ana/) ### Optimizing innovation, value delivery, and business agility with generative AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/optimizing-innovation-value-delivery-and-business-agility-with-generative-ai/ Last updated: 2024-04-04T08:22:55.000Z *Rituraj Patil, Agile/Product Coach at HelloFresh, gave* [*this presentation*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-berlin-october-2023-ai-accelerator-institute/?wchannelid=el7nripjq3&wmediaid=k7b0ess987) *at the Generative AI Summit in Berlin in October 2023.* Today, I’ll be talking about how you can use [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) to optimize innovation. value delivery, and business agility with generative AI, and I'll be talking about AI from a product management point of view, rather than a technological point of view. - [AI is reshaping industries and redefining productivity](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#ai-is-reshaping-industries-and-redefining-productivity) - [Defining value delivery and business agility](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#defining-value-delivery-and-business-agility) - [Generative AI for product agility](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#generative-ai-for-product-agility) - [How HelloFresh leverages propensity modeling to predict customer behavior](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#how-hellofresh-leverages-propensity-modeling-to-predict-customer-behavior) - [Generative AI for technical agility](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#generative-ai-for-technical-agility) - [GenAI process enhancements](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#genai-process-enhancements) - [Generative AI for people agility](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#generative-ai-for-people-agility) - [AI as a future disrupter](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/0ce41b43-c9fe-48fe-86f6-9d8462d764f4/#ai-as-a-future-disrupter) ## AI is reshaping industries and redefining productivity While researching this particular topic, an article from [Forbes Advisor](https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/ai-statistics/) came up. In the article, it mentioned that the **AI market size is expected to reach $407 billion by 2027**. We still don't have LLM or GPT coming from Elon Musk, but this $407 billion could be doubled or tripled in the next few years once we have that in place. **AI will have an estimated 21% net increase in the United States GDP by 2030**. **One in 10 cars will be self-driving by 2030**. I don't know if you’re following Bill Gates on his YouTube channel, but he’s recently posted his own experience with a self-driving car somewhere in Europe, and that’s caught the eye of startups who are doing research into this technology. And guess which technology is making it possible for us? Reinforcement-based learning. **64% of businesses expect AI to increase productivity**. We’re making use of generative AI to write down our performance appraisals these days. Product management people are [making use of AI to generate their product vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-products-the-right-way-the-expert-take/), mission, strategy, and roadmaps. AI is everywhere, and soon, generative AI is going to be everywhere. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Demystifying machine learning 101: A comprehensive overview URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/demystifying-macgine-learning-101-comprehensive-overview/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:16:22.000Z [Machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), often referred to as ML, has become a buzzword in the modern world. It is a subset of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) that has transformed various industries. In this article, we will demystify the concept and provide a comprehensive overview of machine learning. ## **Defining machine learning** Machine learning is the science of creating algorithms that can learn and make predictions or decisions based on data. Instead of explicitly programming a computer to perform a task, machine learning algorithms are designed to learn from data and improve their performance over a period. ## **The key ingredients of machine learning** **Data**: Data is the lifeblood of machine learning. It can be in the form of text, numbers, images, audio, or any other type of information to make predictions. **Features**: Features are the attributes or characteristics within the data that the machine learning model uses to make predictions. **Labels**: Labels are the correct answers or outcomes that the model should aim to predict. E.g., Handwriting recognition model **Model**: The model is the algorithm itself, which processes the data and learns from it. It is responsible for making predictions or decisions based on the input data and the patterns it has learned. **Training**: Training is the process of teaching the machine learning model. During training, the model is presented with labeled data, and it adjusts its internal parameters accordingly to minimize the difference between its predictions and the actual labels. **Testing and Evaluation**: After training, the model is evaluated using new data to assess its performance. This step helps ensure that the model can generalize its learning to make accurate predictions on new data. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## **Types of machine learning** Machine learning can be categorized into three main types: 1. **Supervised Learning**: In [supervised learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/supervised-vs-unsupervised-learning-101-key-differences-and-applications/), the algorithm is trained on labeled data, and it learns to make predictions based on those labels. 2. **Unsupervised Learning**: Unsupervised learning deals with unlabeled data. The algorithm tries to find patterns or groupings in the data without the guidance of predefined labels. 3. **Reinforcement Learning**: In reinforcement learning, the algorithm learns by interacting with an environment and receiving feedback in the form of rewards or punishments. This type of learning is prevalent on gaming platforms. ## **Real-world applications** \- **Healthcare**: Predicting disease outcomes & medical image analysis. \- **Finance**: Fraud detection, and algorithmic trading. \- **Marketing**: Customer segmentation, and targeted advertising. \- **Natural Language Processing**: Language translation and sentiment analysis \- **Autonomous Vehicles**: Self-driving cars and drones that use computer vision(CV) for navigation. In conclusion, machine learning is a powerful and versatile tool that has the potential to revolutionize how we approach problem-solving and decision-making. This introductory overview should provide a good understanding of the fundamentals of machine learning and its wide-reaching impact across industries. As technology continues to advance, machine learning will play a significant role in shaping the future. --- Get a more in-depth look at machine learning through our guide below: [Your guide to machine learningA branch of artificial intelligence and computer science, machine learning uses algorithms and data to copy how humans learn, in order to improve its accuracy.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteAIAI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1200/2022/03/AIAI_Hub_Page_Meta_machine-learning.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) ### Singapore's draft framework for GenAI governance URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/singapores-draft-framework-for-genai-governance/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T16:12:44.000Z Singapore has unveiled a preliminary governance model for [generative artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) (GenAI), citing its necessity to tackle new challenges such as incident reporting and tracking the origins of content. This proposed structure expands upon Singapore's current [AI governance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-passes-landmark-ai-act-sets-global-standard/) model, initially introduced in 2019 and last revised in 2020\. According to a joint statement by the AI Verify Foundation and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), GenAI holds the promise of exceeding the capabilities of conventional [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/), yet it also presents inherent risks. Singaporean government agencies acknowledge a growing international agreement on the need for uniform principles to ensure the safe and confident application of GenAI. They stated, "AI's use and influence transcend national boundaries. Our proposed framework is designed to spark global discussions among policymakers, the industry, and researchers, aiming for worldwide trust in AI development." --- Singapore EDB will showcase its 2024 strategy at AIAI San Jose, and Generative AI Summit New York. Local? [Join them there.](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) [AIAI | In-person summits 2024![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1657104895318-image18.png)In-person summits 2024![](https://assetsacara.com/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1701791206137-AiAi-Page-Header-Meta-.jpg)](https://world.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/) --- ## Key aspects of the proposed framework The draft framework incorporates suggestions from an IMDA discussion paper released last June. This paper identified six GenAI-associated risks, including illusions, copyright issues, and inherent biases, and outlined approaches to address them. The draft also benefits from previous initiatives, like a catalog for assessing GenAI model safety and results from tests in an evaluation sandbox. It addresses nine essential areas identified by Singapore as crucial for fostering a trusted AI ecosystem. These areas center on principles ensuring AI-driven decisions are understandable, transparent, and equitable. The framework also provides actionable advice for AI model developers and policymakers, as noted by IMDA and AI Verify. ## Content source and security considerations One key aspect concerns content source, emphasizing the need for clarity on the origins and creation methods of online content. This is crucial due to the ease of generating AI-created content, like deepfakes, which could amplify misinformation, as pointed out by the Singaporean agencies. The framework proposes collaboration with publishers, including social media and media outlets, to embed and display digital watermarks and other origin details securely and effectively, minimizing risks of bypass. Another central aspect is security, as GenAI introduces new threats, such as prompt attacks via the model architecture. These can allow malicious parties to steal sensitive data or model weights. The framework calls for new security measures, including tools for moderating inputs to detect unsafe prompts and digital forensics tools for investigating and reconstructing cybersecurity incidents involving GenAI. The agencies emphasize the importance of balancing user protection with innovation. They note ongoing international discussions on related issues like accountability, copyright, and misinformation. These complex, interconnected issues require a practical, comprehensive approach, as no single solution will suffice. As AI governance is still an evolving field, international consensus-building is vital. Singapore is actively working with other governments, like the U.S., to harmonize their AI governance frameworks. --- Learn more about the challenges of regulating generative AI: [Challenges of regulating generative AI in the European UnionExplore the challenges in EU’s GenAI regulation and the AI Safety Act’s impact, as EU struggles to define effective AI governance measures.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1546422904-90eab23c3d7e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDZ8fG5ld3N8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzAxNzcwNTI3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/challenges-of-regulating-generative-ai-in-the-european-union/) ### How you can use AI to push boundaries in SaaS products URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T08:37:49.000Z My name is Juliette Denny, and I am the CEO at Growth Engineering. We create really engaging technology fueled by artificial intelligence. Now, I know this subject can seem like traveling to an alien planet, but I’m giving you a step-by-step guide to **reach lift-off!** Here’s the breakdown: 👇 ## Main talking points - What is AI - AI in more detail - Hollywood has warped our understanding - Business applications - Unprecedented growth - Better outcomes ## What is AI? There’s a number of different definitions of AI. But none of them define it better than this quote from Professor John McCartney. [![Cartoon image of a woman wearing a VR headset with the John McCarthy quote to the left.](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/John-McCarthy-quote.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) In other words, AI represents our efforts **to stimulate human intelligence** through machines. AI is usually applied to automate tasks or processes to make them more efficient. These are the more challenging tasks that humans would do, rather than easier tasks. An important thing to note right off the bat, is that AI isn't a substitute for human activity; it **augments human activity.** AI can take over tasks that would be more time-consuming for a person, like looking through legal documents to find precedents and commonality. On the other hand, things that're easy for human beings, like walking, are very hard for AI to pull off. Okay, so now that we’ve got the definitions out of the way, let's dig into AI in a little more detail. ## AI in more detail Now, within the subject of AI, there are many subcategories, and we’re going to cover them in this section. ### Weak/narrow AI Typically, when people are talking about weak or narrow AI, it's the type of artificial intelligence that's limited to a really specific or narrow area. So, for example, we have Alpha Zero. That's a computer system that’s basically excellent at chess. But if you were going to bet on this system in a game of Scrabble, you’d be out of luck. ### General AI This system seeks to establish a kind of intellectual agent that can learn any top tasks that humans can. In other words, it’s on par with a human ability. This has been used when assessing loan criteria, for example, whether something is low or high risk. ### Super AI As you may have guessed by the title, super AI would be something that has superseded human intelligence. The potential of these kinds of technologies is unprecedented (and potentially scary!) It’ll probably be a long time before we arrive at this point. ### Machine learning This is a subfield of the wider AI. It allows the software to learn through an algorithm so that it can complete tasks more efficiently. ### Deep learning This is a type of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks. It progressively learns from the data that's being pushed through the neural network. This is a textbook example of AI **augmenting** human actions. ## Hollywood has warped our understanding Sadly (or maybe luckily!) we’re not anywhere close to Terminator 2 or Ex Machina. ### Better examples Modern-day examples of AI include things like: - Recommendation engines - Virtual assistants - Chatbox - Intelligent Search - Email filtering - Driverless cars All of these are powered by AI. Now, we've highlighted some modern examples of AI, let’s look at some companies that have invested heavily in AI. # Business applications [![Domino's pizza logo ](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/Dominos-pizza-logo.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) ### Domino's So, I don’t know about you, but I love pizza, but do you know what I didn't love? Ordering pizza on my cell phone for deliveries. Often you’d be waiting there, not knowing what time it was going to arrive, wondering if they’d forgotten about it even! What Domino's pizzas did is they used artificial intelligence to develop a model which allowed them to predict when your pizza was going to get to you. They went from an accuracy of 75% to an accuracy of 95%. This also worked out well for Domino’s because it meant they weren’t getting as many calls. [![](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/Deutsche-bank-logo.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) ### Deutsche Bank This company really utilizes AI in a different way. They used it to identify attractive loan clients to speed up their loan approvals. This happens as the customer is actually filling in the form, and it's really speedy and efficient. Just think about how much manpower and how much expense banks must rack up from having to employ people to carry out those checks! The knock-on effect has been that more people have signed up to use this process. Now, more loans are getting approved, and more business is being done. [![](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/IBM-Watson.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) ### IBM Watson IBM Watson has a number of applications in terms of customer service. They have a smart assistant, which uses conversational AI to help resolve over 7,000 customer inquiries a day. The reason why this works is that most of the customer inquiries are the same customer inquiries, it doesn't require human intervention, so we're driving down the cost of delivering the service. ## Real breakthroughs Having said that, there are also really powerful examples of AI. It has the potential to engineer unthinkable technology, as well as technological and scientific breakthroughs. Because machines are able to analyze data so much quicker than mortal brains. A good recent example would be… [![Deep mind logo](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/deep-mind-2.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) ### Deep Mind Deep Mind's AI program was able to solve a problem that scientists have been trying to crack for almost 50 years. Now, I'm no protein scientist, but what a protein does largely depends on its own unique 3D structure. Understanding how different proteins can fold can really help us develop new medical treatments. It represents a real, significant advance in human understanding. Because scientists were unable to understand how the math worked, It was estimated that it would never be known. But of course, Alphafold came to the rescue! It’s a software from DeepMind that’s able to analyze the available data. It then develops really strong predictions of the underlying physical structure of the protein within a matter of days. ## Unprecedented growth in AI A lot of large organizations are investing in AI. If you're a small or medium-sized business, never think that you are locked out of AI, because the reality is, there has been a huge amount of investment made by the big technology companies. And now this technology is widespread. It’s very accessible to smaller companies. Don’t believe me? Here are some key stats on the growth of AI: - 97.2% of organizations are now investing in AI (NewVantage Partners) - AI tech investment will reach $232 billion by 2025 (KPMG) - AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the world economy by 2030 (PwC) Why should AI be so interesting to you? Well, first… ### It automates time-consuming tasks Let's say in customer success, for example, they're answering the same questions over and over again. By utilizing bots, you can speed up the time that you can respond to customers. When you usa a customer support helpline, you’ll typically encounter a bot filtering out the common questions before they put you in touch with a human being. ### AI increases team efficiency Your team is freed up from answering the same question over and over again. They can work on more challenging questions, and they can really formulate creative ways to innovate, do their jobs, and deliver value for the customer. ## Is AI going to replace humans? This is really the million-dollar question, right? But the reality is, it’s really not true at all. Robots are not going to replace humans, they're going to make human jobs **more humane**. Robots will be doing the **four Ds** in jobs. These are: - Jobs that are more difficult - Jobs that are more demeaning - Jobs that are more demanding - Jobs that are more dangerous ### Humans get to be the superheroes [![Lego Superman ](https://www.futureofsaas.io/content/images/2022/03/Lego-superman.jpeg)](https://www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/www.futureofsaas.io/how-you-can-use-ai-to-push-boundaries-in-saas-products/) They can get creative and really focus on solving complex problems, those wonderful things robots will never be able to do. What we really should be doing is trying to advance AI and machine learning to take over stuff that we really don't want to be doing ourselves. ## What we do at Growth Engineering The first thing is, we **are not** a big company. We're working on a shoestring budget to produce something which is really meaningful. Humans are naturally curious, but sometimes when it comes to doing online learning, we stop being curious. Our main goal is to determine how we can get AI to facilitate learning being easier. Here are some of the ways that we think can achieve that: ### AI can automate tedious admin tasks When you join a Learning Technology Department, you don't join because you want to work a learning management system or create e-learning, you join because you love training people. So, one of the things that we really wanted to do is enable L&D professionals to focus on what they love doing, which is developing people. How can we utilize AI for account provisioning, user provisioning, etc? ### AI can create personalized learning pathways Think about your Netflix recommendations – which are AI automated– how would you feel if it kept pushing the same content at you based on an algorithm? E-learning is the same. By freeing up people, we can allow them to curate pure curiosity and deliver the stuff our learners really want. ### How can we refine learning? One of the things that's really important in learning and development is showing that you can **do** something as well as **know** it. We want to make learners more than a passive recipient of a piece of content. AI can help in getting people to practice the skills before they actually put it into practice. We want to make it easy for admins to understand the process of learning. We want them to understand that: - You need to see the information. - You need to be reminded of it through testing and assessments. - You actually need to do it. If we can pull together processes, AI can actually facilitate this for the admin, and we're going to get better outcomes. ## Better outcomes ### Example 1: recommendation engines There are many big technology companies that have recommendation engines you can plug into really easily. All you need to do is Google AI and you will find a whole variety of different services that they offer. One of the things that they offer is recommendations engines. What does that mean for us? Well, we need APIs that bring together our user-provisioning information with our content information in order to deliver good recommendations for our learners Now, one of the challenges in this is that the model can only be trained once the user information is there. You need to have a cold start, but once you get going, one of the great things about recommendation engines is they focus very much on what colleagues in your industry are doing rather than the actual content itself. ### Example 2: User & content provisioning This is admittedly pretty boring, but it’s a massive part of onboarding.With our customers from big companies like L'Oréal and BT, the users and content they provision can come from five or six different enterprise platforms. Not only that, the content can come from five or six different content providers, including their own content providers. We can end up with different elements of metadata in the information that we get. For users, we can get a lot of patchy information. Often it's a real nightmare for some of our clients to be able to put the data in the structure. We need to onboard them and get the right recommendations in terms of content. What we've been able to do with AI is use auto-tagging. This allows us to match between the content and the provisioning data in order to get the model started. It's not quite a cold start. We’re able to get between 56 to 70%, depending on how much information is coming over from the content metadata. ### Example 3: Intelligent search We need a deep intelligence search on our own platforms, as well as on the learning content itself. We need to do intelligent search on everything in the ecosphere of our customers, not just the information on our platform, Intelligent Search is a great way of doing that. Using API's, you can easily push out to other platforms, get that information, and then bring it back to your users in whatever the user interfaces. ### Example 4: Content Creation Content creation is a massive headache! Most organizations have a huge amount of information that they need to get out to their people. Some of our biggest clients are in retail, and there are products coming all the time. You can have a situation where you've got to spend 180 hours creating a single hour of e-learning. Yeah, no-one has time for that, right? AI can very easily upload PowerPoint presentations, upload work docs, upload PDFs, and then put it into a series of templates. Again, this frees up educators to do more actual educating. We’re in a situation where we’re able to coach people one-on-one in a more personalized manner. ### Example 5: AI coaches and mentors Okay, so let’s say we know what the correct curriculum is, if we push that into the AI engine, we create the content really quickly. Once students start asking questions, the AI can query it out, and find subject matter that answers these questions. You're going to have some tutors there initially, but it could be a very personalized level of learning. ## Ideas are cheap…delivery is expensive This may be true, but let’s also remember that there is no delivery without ideas. You've got to start somewhere, right? We can't just all throw up our hands and say, “it's all too big! It's all too complicated. It's all too expensive.” AI is absolutely not a mysterious planet that can only be visited by spacemen, or, in real world terms, the top five technology companies. It really should be the new bread and butter of any SaaS company. At Growth Engineering, we're a very, very small company, but we’ve made AI and ML absolutely central to how we operate. Everything that our department does is driving towards this idea of utilizing AI and ML where possible, in order to deliver more, for less. That mindset change is a really important part of moving towards AI. ### The problem is always data Don't think that your first thing you're going to be doing is building neural networks. The thing is, **you don't have to.** There are just so many free and open-source elements to try. Instead, the constraint is always data. If the problem is that you've got lots of replicable data, then you will very easily be able to find an AI or ML solution. ### Find the thing that can be automated Find the process within your organization that can be automated. Find out which of those processes you've got the most data for. If you don't have a large amount of data, then reach out to open source sites for code that's been written, and try and play around with it, if you can't find it for free. There are lots of SaaS providers that have all the components you really need in order to plug your data for. ### Find a pilot project Finally, if you have exhausted the above, look at paying for a pilot project for a consultancy. This can be internal or it can be external. To be honest with you, I don't think you need to be putting in huge amounts of resources for actually building the model. ## Key takeaways 1. **AI helps us to automate time-consuming tasks**: Just imagine the much innovative, creative work your team can do when they're freed by AI! 2. **It has helped other industries to cut out costs and drive more value:** It might seem like a big investment, but it’s more than worth it. Believe me. 3. **Intelligence is what makes us human:** AI is just an extension of that. AI is not going to take over our lives. If anything, it’s going to make our lives infinitely better. Have fun! ### Using ChatGPT for sales - and why you need it in your sales enablement toolkit URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-chatgpt-for-sales-and-why-you-need-it-in-your-sales-enablement-toolkit-2/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:37:59.000Z The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, like [ChatGPT](https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt?ref=salesenablementcollective.com), has caused a ripple effect across every organization in the world. ChatGPT reached [100 million users](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/02/chatgpt-100-million-users-open-ai-fastest-growing-app?ref=salesenablementcollective.com) two months after its launch. Suddenly, the question on everyone’s mind was: “*Is this going to replace my job?*” - but with the AI’s limitations quickly making themselves known, the question changed. Now, it’s: “*Can I use ChatGPT to be more effective in my role?*” If you’re in sales enablement, the answer is a resounding **yes**. Using ChatGPT and conversational AI as part of your [sales enablement](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/what-is-sales-enablement/) strategy is a surefire way to increase your effectiveness and efficiency. In this article, we’ll take a brief look at what ChatGPT is (and some disclaimers), before diving into how you can use it in sales, including: - Writing sales emails - Sales content - Competitive intelligence - Social selling and thought leadership - Coaching your sales team - Summarizing call recordings - A quick summary If you want *even* more on ChatGPT for sales, SEC Ambassador Thomas Cheriyan spoke in-depth at our [**New York Summit**](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/sales-enablement-summit-3/?wchannelid=vrm3a3yyin&wmediaid=3ciy7la68n) about the applications in this article - not to mention, Thomas’ [**Cooking with ChatGPT**](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/cooking-with-chatgpt/) smash-hit webinar was hosted on May 3 and you can catch the replay for free. Let’s get started. 👇 ## What is ChatGPT? 💡 “ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI. It's designed to understand and generate human-like text, enabling it to engage in conversation, provide information, or even write stories. "Imagine ChatGPT as a highly intelligent digital assistant that can understand your questions or prompts and provide meaningful responses. "It learns from a massive dataset containing various texts, like websites, books, and articles, and uses that knowledge to generate relevant and coherent answers.” You might notice I've highlighted the previous lines of text - that’s because I asked ChatGPT to describe *itself* in understandable terms. Less than 10 seconds later, I received an answer and used it above. It’s an incredibly useful [AI tool](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/ai-and-sales-enablement-a-match-made-in-the-cloud/), and its ability to generate text has been used as a starting point for blog posts like this, and even to write code for software developers. It’s important to note that ChatGPT does have limitations - it has little understanding of events that happened after 2021, and can occasionally produce incorrect information, which is why it’s vital to fine tune and confirm anything it produces. **The more detailed you are with your prompt, the higher the quality of the answer you’ll receive.** However, the use of ChatGPT in sales has a lot of potential, so let’s get into some of the ways it can enhance aspects of your sales process. ## Using ChatGPT for sales emails Writing [sales emails](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/email-tips-for-sales-representatives-2/) can be difficult. Whether it’s the subject line or the body copy, it can be difficult to create something that will resonate with your target audience or persona. Not only that, but it’s time-consuming, especially for people who are more naturally inclined to be sellers, talking to prospects and closing deals rather than sitting at a desk drafting emails about a product or service. > *How can ChatGPT help?* At the very least, it can give you a starting point, some inspiration to build from - saving you 30 minutes of staring at a blank screen trying to come up with the best way to phrase the email. **In a best case scenario, it can write an almost-perfect email in seconds.** The key is in the prompts you feed to ChatGPT’s machine learning language model. If you ask: “*Help me write a sales email aimed at CFOs*”, you’re unlikely to get anything worthwhile. The prompt is too vague. Compare that with one of Thomas’ example prompts from his presentation in New York: “*I need help writing an email in 200 words or less. I'm an account executive at Salesforce. I'll be sending this email to CFOs in the manufacturing sector in New York, who are not currently doing business with us. My goal is to have them respond back to me with the intent of scheduling a time for a discovery or demo call. Please also include a compelling subject line*.” **The level of detail in that prompt will allow ChatGPT to generate a much more accurate, targeted email.** If you’re not happy with it, you can ask the [AI](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/streamlining-sales-with-ai-with-elavons-arup-chakravarti/) to iterate: - “*Can you shorten the email and make it more compelling?*” - “*Rewrite the email but make it more casual, conversational, and fun.*” By doing this, you’ll end up with four or five email templates, from which you can pick and choose the best parts. And the best part is it’ll probably take you half as long compared to writing them from scratch. That means more time to generate leads, and more time to sell thanks to ChatGPT. ![An image of Thomas Cheriyan presenting at the Sales Enablement Summit in New York (2023), speaking about the use of ChatGPT for sales. ](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/content/images/2023/03/qfrWFmac.jpeg) ****Thomas Cheriyan presenting at the Sales Enablement Summit in New York (2023)** ## Using ChatGPT for sales content Sales enablement professionals are often responsible for the arduous task of [creating content](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/what-is-sales-enablement-content/) \- our Sales Enablement Landscape Report found that close to half of respondents (**38.7%**) were involved in the creation process. > *How can ChatGPT help here?* If you’ve ever suffered from writer’s block when trying to write a script for a training video, or a one-pager for sales reps on whatever piece of training you’ve been trying to reinforce, then ChatGPT is here to help. Here’s a very basic example, just for the purpose of this article: Prompt: “*Write a script for a one minute sales training video, teaching sales development representatives the basics of the MEDDIC methodology.*” ChatGPT’s response: #### Title: MEDDIC Methodology Basics for Sales Development Representatives \[INTRO: Exciting upbeat music and visuals of a team of sales representatives\] Narrator: "Welcome, future sales champions! Today, we'll introduce you to the powerful MEDDIC methodology. In just one minute, you'll learn the basics to help you qualify leads and close deals more effectively." \[Scene 1: Animated visuals of the MEDDIC acronym, with each letter highlighted as it's explained\] Narrator: "MEDDIC stands for Metrics, Economic Buyer, Decision Criteria, Decision Process, Identify Pain, and Champion. Let's break it down." \[Scene 2: Metrics\] Narrator: "Metrics - Understand the quantifiable results your solution can deliver. Show your prospects the potential return on investment." \[Scene 3: Economic Buyer\] Narrator: "Economic Buyer - Identify the person with the purchasing authority. Ensure they recognize the value of your solution." \[Scene 4: Decision Criteria\] Narrator: "Decision Criteria - Learn what factors your prospect uses to evaluate solutions. Align your offering with their priorities." \[Scene 5: Decision Process\] Narrator: "Decision Process - Determine the steps your prospect takes to finalize a decision. Adapt your sales process accordingly." \[Scene 6: Identify Pain\] Narrator: "Identify Pain - Uncover your prospect's pain points. Highlight how your solution can address their challenges." \[Scene 7: Champion\] Narrator: "Champion - Find a strong internal advocate within the prospect's organization. They'll help you navigate roadblocks and influence decision-makers." \[OUTRO: Exciting music, with visuals of sales representatives celebrating a closed deal\] Narrator: "And there you have it! With the MEDDIC methodology, you're ready to conquer the sales world. Apply these principles, and watch your success skyrocket!" \[End screen: Company logo and contact information\] It’s certainly not perfect (and neither was our example prompt), but immediately you can see the advantage of working from *this* script rather than a blank page - you have a springboard for your work. You could refine this further, through the iterative prompts we explained earlier. Ask the AI to make the script more formal, more concise, more fun, longer, or shorter. **The possibilities are almost endless - and more importantly they’re much more time-efficient than writing four or five script versions yourself.** ChatGPT doesn’t have to have any influence on the end product, either. You can use it just to generate ideas. Prompts such as: “*Give me five creative ideas for sales training sessions that will be fun and keep reps engaged*” will return five answers in a matter of seconds. Even if you don’t use one of ChatGPT’s ideas, it might act as a spark of inspiration. ## Using ChatGPT for competitive intelligence Competitive intelligence is key - your sales reps need to know how you match up to your competitors. More importantly, they need to put themselves in a prospect’s shoes, in order to truly understand why a prospect would (or wouldn’t) choose a competitor over your product or service. This requires one of two things - experience in the role, and hearing from prospects why they’re choosing competitors. Or, it requires time spent researching across your own sales content, the competitor’s websites, and more. **However, as Thomas demonstrated in New York, you can expedite this process by using the correct prompts in ChatGPT.** Here’s his example, looking at two popular CRM tools: “*How would you convince a CFO that they should consider buying Salesforce versus Zoho, even though Salesforce is more expensive?*” Thomas notes that this prompt includes a specific persona, a specific tool pitted against another, and focuses on the specific element of price. This is all part of the fine-tuning process - the more detail you include, the better. #### Here’s what ChatGPT answers with when we put in that prompt: When presenting the case for Salesforce to a CFO, focus on the long-term value, scalability, and customization capabilities that can outweigh the initial cost difference compared to Zoho. Consider these points to build a persuasive argument: 1. Comprehensive Feature Set: Highlight Salesforce's extensive range of features and tools that cater to various business functions like sales, marketing, and customer support. Emphasize the platform's ability to provide a unified solution for the entire organization, streamlining processes and improving efficiency. 2. Scalability: Explain that Salesforce is designed to grow alongside the company. As the organization expands and evolves, Salesforce can be easily scaled up to accommodate increasing demands, making it a long-term solution that can save resources in the future. 3. Customization and Integration: Point out that Salesforce offers extensive customization options and a vast ecosystem of third-party applications through the AppExchange. This allows the company to tailor the platform to their specific needs, creating a seamless experience that enhances productivity. 4. Advanced Analytics and Reporting: Stress the importance of Salesforce's robust analytics and reporting capabilities, which can provide valuable insights into business performance, customer behavior, and sales trends. These insights can drive better decision-making and contribute to the company's overall success. 5. Customer Success and Support: Mention Salesforce's strong reputation for providing top-notch customer support and success resources, including a dedicated account manager, extensive documentation, and a large community of users. This ensures that the company will have access to the guidance and assistance needed to maximize their investment. 6. Proven Track Record: Share case studies and testimonials of other organizations that have successfully adopted Salesforce and experienced significant improvements in their sales processes, customer relationships, and overall business performance. These real-world examples can help the CFO visualize the potential benefits for their own company. By emphasizing these points, you can make a compelling case for Salesforce as a strategic investment that delivers long-term value and supports the company's growth, even if it comes with a higher initial price tag than Zoho. That’s a great starting point for any new [rep](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/the-role-of-bdrs-sdrs-vs-account-executives/), and it becomes much quicker to supplement this initial overview with additional information, than provide it all from scratch. As with all these prompts, ChatGPT isn’t perfect so don’t just put what it generates out into the world blindly. Use it as a tool to assist with and expedite these tasks. ## Using ChatGPT for social selling and thought leadership [Social selling](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/enabling-social-selling/) (ie. building relationships with prospects, usually through social media) is a growing part of a modern sales rep’s role. In addition to that, more and more sales reps are being encouraged to engage on LinkedIn, sharing insights and pieces of thought leadership. This might not come naturally to some reps, or perhaps they’re keen to share on social media but aren’t quite sure where to start. **ChatGPT can help formulate a message to a prospect, a reply to a LinkedIn post shared by a prospect, or create the first draft of their own post.** As an example, here’s a prompt we used, along with ChatGPT’s reply: Prompt: “*Write a short, 50 word comment replying to a LinkedIn post about Thomas Cheryian's webinar on using ChatGPT in sales. Be sure to express your eagerness to attend.”* ChatGPT’s response: “*Thomas Cheryian's webinar on leveraging ChatGPT in sales sounds incredibly exciting! I'm eager to attend and discover innovative ways to enhance our sales process and drive results. Looking forward to gaining valuable insights from an industry expert. Count me in!*” Not bad, but it’s a little robotic. Our next prompt said: “*Be more casual, and make the reply shorter*.” ChatGPT’s reply: *“Can't wait for Thomas Cheryian's ChatGPT in sales webinar! Super excited to learn new techniques and amp up our sales game. See you there! 🚀*” **With just a few short sentences, the AI was able to create an organic reply to a hypothetical LinkedIn post.** For someone who isn’t fluent in social media jargon, or who’s nervous about putting their foot in their mouth - this is a great tool to help take that first step! ## Using ChatGPT to coach your sales team So far, these examples have largely involved ChatGPT creating text, to save you and your sales team time. But what about its conversational abilities? Can ChatGPT be used to help prepare reps for conversations with prospects? **As Thomas demonstrated in New York, the AI can be the perfect role-play buddy, helping a rep practice particularly tricky scenarios.** In his example, Thomas sets up an ‘unwinnable’ scenario, involving a CFO who will *not* budge or show interest in a discovery or demo call. We learn more from our failures than from our victories, so seeing how reps handle a conversation with a prospect who will never book another call can be enlightening. Here’s the example prompt from Thomas: “*I am an enterprise sales rep at Salesforce trying to sell their core CRM platform. You are the CFO of Delta Airlines. You're currently using a CRM solution from Oracle. I will cold call you and try to convince you why you should take a discovery or demo meeting with me. You should be as hot as possible and essentially be uninterested in learning more about Salesforce and try to give as many objections as possible. Are you ready to go?*” **From there, you can observe your reps as they try to maneuver through this impossible scenario, as it’ll test their skill sets.** It’s not a replacement for traditional training, or even for live roleplays with peers, but it’s an excellent way to supplement a rep’s learning and practice. ## Using ChatGPT to summarize call recordings Not only can ChatGPT create text and have realistic conversation, it can also analyze the text you provide it with. Nowadays, most sales calls are recorded. But it can be a hassle to go through them and find salient information, or to find action points from the conversation. **If you feed your transcript to ChatGPT, you can ask it to summarize the conversation into bullet points, list out the action points, or write a follow up email based on the contents of the transcript.** Or, as Thomas pointed out during his presentation, you can use the AI to apply a framework and analyze the conversation based on that. He suggests using prompts like: “*Can you recap what the action items were from the meeting and help me write up an email to send back to the prospect with next steps*?” or “*From this call transcript, what did we get from the* [*MEDDIC*](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/what-is-the-meddic-sales-methodology/)[*framework*](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/what-is-a-sales-methodology/)*, and what's missing?*”. In reality, anything can be analyzed and summarized, even particularly long sales content that you’d like to shorten down into concise pieces. This is another big time-saver if you’re using it right. ## Wrapping up As you can see, there are a multitude of ways to use ChatGPT for sales. Odds are that your teams are using it already - so make this fantastic technology an integral part of your sales enablement tech stack by formalizing how it’s used in your organization. In short, here’s a brief rundown of use cases for ChatGPT in sales enablement: - Writing targeted sales emails - Eliminating writer’s block when creating sales content - Speeding up the competitive intelligence process - Helping reps engage in social selling and thought leadership - Creating specific role-play scenarios for your team - Summarizing call recordings and highlighting key moments within ### Want to learn more about using ChatGPT in sales enablement? SEC Ambassador Thomas Cheriyan hosted his **Cooking with ChatGPT** webinar on May 3 and dove into impactful ChatGPT prompts you can use in your organization - catch the free replay [here](https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/cooking-with-chatgpt/)! Still not enough? Our 6,000+ strong Slack community has its own *dedicated* ChatGPT channel where you can chat with Thomas and other ChatGPT enthusiasts in the sales enablement space. ### What’s next for AI and industry-academia relations? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/whats-next-for-ai-and-industry-academia-relations/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T13:46:56.000Z Academia-industry relations: a critical linchpin in the United Kingdom’s desire to be an Artificial Intelligence (AI) prowess on the world stage. Beyond becoming a hiring partner and offering graduate programmes, there’s many ways in which the industry can work with academia to carve out a path of AI knowledge. Examples range from in-faculty incubators (designed to help students/graduates launch their business idea), Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) (which link academia and industry together to solve industry challenges) to being involved strategically on Industry Advisory Boards (IABs). As AI continually advances and transforms the world around us at breakneck speeds, what’s next for this important relationship? [The future of digital transformationExplore the magic of digital transformation through Generative AI, real-world use cases, and future prospects like low/no-code platforms.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-111.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAna Simion![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1474314243412-cd4a79f02c6a-5)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/) The knowledge formed through the links between industry and academia was one of several critical areas for advancement outlined in the UK’s National AI Strategy: a framework introduced back in 2021 by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The aim was to outline an [action plan to help the UK become an AI superpower](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uks-ai-blueprint-ai-opportunities-action-plan/) behind the likes of the USA and China, covering areas ranging from increasing the number of Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) to increasing investment in critical areas for AI research, for example in Defence and Cyber Security. [UK’s AI blueprint: AI Opportunities Action PlanDiscover the UK’s strategic plan for AI leadership, emphasizing innovation, safety, and global influence in the AI sector.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-112.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--8-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/uks-ai-blueprint-ai-opportunities-action-plan/) In amongst outlining improvements listed above, the document showcased the increasingly important role of academia in shaping understanding of the said technologies. From this, we’ll start with the digital skills gap. ## **Digital skills gap and industry-academia relations** When talking tech, the digital skills gap finds a way of creeping into conversations: an ever-increasingly important area where there just aren’t enough skilled workers to fill the expanding list of digital-based vacancies. When the National AI Strategy was first released, it outlined a 16% increase in both AI and Data Science job vacancies in 2020 with 69% of vacancies being hard to fill \[1\]. In addition, the Turing Institute’s AI Ecosystem Survey found 81% of respondents agreed there were significant barriers in both recruitment and retraining of top AI talent within their respective sectors in the UK \[2\]. Furthermore, a more recent 2023 Forbes IT Skills Gap Report found that over 93% of businesses agreed an IT skills gap existed \[3\], with numerous companies highlighting several key contributing factors, namely: 41% identifying a lack of training and 37% believing the gap stems from a lack of relevant educational opportunities \[3\]. When it came to the core skills in 2023, 2 in 5 employers recognised AI and Machine Learning as being the top skills \[3\] and from a management standpoint, 71% of Chairpeople along with 71% of business partners believe AI holds the most value in today’s market \[3\]. Narrowing the skills gap is an incredibly challenging endeavour, especially with the dynamic nature of the macroeconomic forces pushing and pulling against both industry and academia, but one way to start the effort is within Education. Since the publication of the National AI strategy, over 2,500 Masters conversion courses have been delivered in England, and in the first year of the introduction of these programmes 1,200 students enrolled with 22% receiving scholarships \[1\]. The Office for Students (OfS) have and continues to be an integral part of this, having allocated £18.1 million since April 2020 to drive the delivery of 1,818 postgraduate course scholarships across the AI and Data Science spectrum \[4\]. To continue the solid uptake of enrolment, the OfS recently announced an additional £8.1 million in funding to be distributed across 31 universities and colleges (including 7 as a collaborative project) to deliver scholarships across the 2023-24 academic year \[4\]. Whilst the funding boost aim is to continually increase the accessibility of such courses, It’s important to recognise AI’s rapid development creates a continually moving see-saw: industry beavering away behind the scenes to test tools and find what works for them, whereas academia seeks to learn from industry what students need to know to thrive in the job market. Whilst the wider digital skills gap is an area of ongoing concern, industry are also likely battling their own internal multi-dimensional skills gap: whether it be understanding the ever-increasing list of new programming frameworks to transform algorithms to actionable insights or understanding the ever-changing role of data and how it’s affecting the hiring landscape. It’ll therefore be key for both sides to monitor trends, but unless there's a bottomless pit of capital to continually iterate resources at the pace they’re released, it’ll be some time before benefits are keenly felt on the ground. ## **Industry Advisory Boards** Turning to an area of increasing importance is the Industry Advisory Board (or IAB for short). Widely adopted at many institutions on a faculty or departmental level (sometimes both, and sometimes even on a programme level), this area of engagement is seen as a core method in which academia can pick industry’s brains about the wider industrial environment that may not easily be observable from inside a university. There’s numerous angles on which industry can provide input but in a broader context, the board is there to ensure the university department (and wider faculty) has a commercially sound research, development and employability strategy. In addition to the strategic element, members also provide external insight into the department curriculum: making sure course modules teach students in-demand skills. It’s important to keep in perspective that whilst the board remit is there to help steer the academics, the pace of technology creates tug of wars in how operationally and commercially feasible it is for the department to change course in the event of major technological innovation industry pilot en-masse. ## **Industry-academia relations into 2024** With digital skills gaps and Advisory Boards out of the way, this leaves the question of what lies ahead. There’s two particular areas I feel will carry increasing importance as we move into 2024, namely the Industry Advisory Boards (IAB) and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). As module content evolves and the wider AI landscape shifts, the role of industry steering academia (and vice versa) through the Tetris maze will be key in ensuring students aren’t simply taught about but *feel* the value of the tools they’re learning about. This day and age is no longer about simply producing cutting-edge research: it’s about synthesising the cutting-edge knowledge of *both* industry and academia to transform students into the next generation of Data pioneers. Board Advisory aside, another area I envisage increased importance and attachment to is Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs). These projects are key in crafting undiscovered knowledge, innovation and creativity and as a result, their impact has been felt far and wide. Between 2010-2020, Innovate UK invested £223 million into KTP projects, with the average grant sitting between £80-£100,000 per project \[6\]. Grant numbers aside the benefits of KTPs have been felt across the wider economy, generating between £1.7 and £2.3 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) \[6\]. However, of equal importance is the tangible benefit in knowledge and perspectives KTPs have delivered, with 79% of businesses feeling the benefit of having academic expertise and as a result, were keen to engage with academia \[6\]. On the flip side academia was equally enthusiastic, with 92% of academic partners reporting an improvement in their understanding of industry challenges and 75% developing more industry-focused teaching \[6\]. Knowledge is twice as powerful if it’s shared, and if these trends continue that’ll help in some way to fill the gap. ## **Conclusion** As policymakers, industry and academia work to imagine ideas, create solutions and inspire others to think big, relations between AI and Industry are more important than ever. The formation of knowledge through decades of collaboration will benefit those coming through the education system for years to come. Strategies and Governmental frameworks alone won’t fix or simply narrow any skills gap: Instead, it’ll come down to a combination of initiative, lots of networking, balancing bureaucracy and an eagerness to *think differently*. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **National AI Strategy & Job Vacancies**: HM Government (2021). National AI Strategy. \[online\] Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/ 614db4d1e90e077a2cbdf3c4/National\_AI\_Strategy\_-\_PDF\_version.pdf. \[2\] **Turing Institute AI Ecosystem Survey**: AI ecosystem survey Informing the National AI Strategy Summary report. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.turing.ac.uk/ sites/default/files/2021-09/ai-strategy-survey\_results\_020921.pdf. \[3\] **Forbes 2023 IT Skills Report**: Thornhill, J. (2023). *IT Skills Gap Report 2023*. \[online\] Forbes Advisor UK. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/ business/software/digital-skills-gap/ \[4\] **Office for Students Course Funding**: Students, O. for (2023). *OfS confirms £8.1 million boost for postgraduate AI conversion courses as evaluation finds promising signs of increase in diversity of graduates - Office for Students*. \[online\] www.officeforstudents.org.uk. Available at: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ news-blog-and-events/press-and-media/ofs-confirms-81-million-boost-for postgraduate-ai-conversion-courses-as-evaluation-finds-promising-signs-of increase-in-diversity-of-graduates/ \[Accessed 28 Dec. 2023\]. \[5\] **Zipdo Skills Gap Statistics**: Anon, (n.d.). *Essential Skills Gap Statistics in 2023 • ZipDo*. \[online\] Available at: https://zipdo.co/statistics/skills-gap/ \[Accessed 28 Dec. 2023\]. \[6\] **Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KPT) 2023 Evaluation**: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Evaluation Final Report. (2023). Available at: https:// www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IUK-23102023-KTP-Evaluation-Final Report-FINAL-Aug-23.pdf \[Accessed 4 Jan. 2024\]. ### Solving AI's ethical challenges with responsible innovation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/solving-ais-ethical-challenges-with-responsible-innovation/ Last updated: 2024-01-05T15:00:47.000Z *This* [*panel discussion*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-summit-london-november-2023-ai-accelerator-institute/?wchannelid=gauxciur6l&wmediaid=8h9sxzrhby) *between Danijela Horak (Head of AI Research, BBC), Huang Xiao (Principal AI Research Scientist, HSBC), and Richard Davis (Chief Data Officer, Ofcom) took place at the Generative AI Summit in London in November 2023.* **Richard Davis** I’m Richard Davis, and I’m responsible for how we use data at Ofcom. Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator, and that covers everything from broadcast, spectrum licensing, network, and communications, to the recent Online Safety Act. **Huang Xiao** I’m a Principal AI Researcher for HSBC’s cybersecurity function. We have a big team of cybersecurity experts who specialize in engineering, analytics, and operations. We're a relatively new team that deals with big data, big data platforms, and building all kinds of AI applications to drive cybersecurity engineering operations and detect the bad guys. My primary focus is on the R&D process, bringing prototypes to products, and helping the business increase the value of different cyber functions. **Danijela Horak** I lead the BBC’s AI research function. My team is working on NLP models and speech-to-text models, and we do a lot of transcription and adapt some state-of-the-art models to perform well on UK accents and low-resource languages. We do a lot of Automatic Metadata Extractions. We used to work on recommender system engines, but we transferred that to product a couple of months ago. We do a lot of research in the field of computer vision, and in particular, restoration and colorization involving archived footage. - [Facing the ethical challenges of building AI features](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/4547f579-36ae-4679-aa38-39d304529a2d/#facing-the-ethical-challenges-of-building-ai-features) - [Legal issues associated with generative models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/4547f579-36ae-4679-aa38-39d304529a2d/#legal-issues-associated-with-generative-models) - [Mitigating bias in AI training](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/4547f579-36ae-4679-aa38-39d304529a2d/#mitigating-bias-in-ai-training) - [The acceleration of AI has enabled serious societal harms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/4547f579-36ae-4679-aa38-39d304529a2d/#the-acceleration-of-ai-has-enabled-serious-societal-harms) - [Regulatory convergence is critical for responsible AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/4547f579-36ae-4679-aa38-39d304529a2d/#regulatory-convergence-is-critical-for-responsible-ai) _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### What are the leading drivers and challenges in computer vision URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/10-top-drivers-and-challenges-in-computer-vision-in-2023/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T08:37:33.000Z We dive into the top drivers and challenges in [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) that survey respondents highlighted, as shown in our [Computer Vision Landscape report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-landscape-2022/). In this article, we'll cover: The 6 top drivers in computer vision: - Growing demand for computer vision solutions - Increasing need for automation - Increasing demand for vision-guided robotic systems - Growing adoption of Industry 4.0 - Growing demand for AI in computer vision - Increased manufacturing of autonomous vehicles The top 4 challenges in computer vision: - High costs - Lack of experienced professionals - Size of required data sets - Need for regular monitoring ## 6 top drivers in computer vision The growing demand for computer vision solutions was highlighted as the number one motivator for developing computer vision, with **29.2%** of votes. Growing demand for AI in computer vision (at **25%)** and the increasing need for automation at (**21%)** were the second and third key motivators. Now, let’s take a closer look at these key motivators driving the development of computer vision solutions: ### 1\. Growing demand for computer vision solutions With the global computer vision market expected to reach a value of US$30.94 billion by 2028, it’s no wonder that there’s been an increase in the demand for its solutions. Businesses and consumers are adopting computer vision applications like object recognition, vehicle tracking, and face recognition. As the market expands, so does the need for skilled workers capable of developing and maintaining those applications. Companies like Intel are investing in the autonomous vehicle industry, which – expected to rise to US$7 trillion by 2050\. Netflix, for example, uses computer vision to harvest static image frames for digital merchandising. With one single episode of *Stranger Things* having almost 86,000 static video frames, it’s easy to see why. ### 2\. Increasing need for automation The demand for workflow automation processes alone is expected to rise to US$26 billion by 2025\. Automation lets machines complete tasks with minimal to no human intervention, which frees employees from repetitive actions that machines can perform more efficiently. Artificial intelligence and automation are changing how businesses operate, with new generations of robots appearing in areas like automated check-outs in grocery stores. SpaceX, for example, has used AI and automation to help astronauts dock successfully into the International Space Station (ISS). ### 3\. Increasing demand for vision-guided robotic systems Vision-guided robotic systems are machines that use cameras and sensors to better understand their environment. This market is divided into 2D and 3D vision-guided robotics. 2D robotic systems don’t have depth perception, and their accuracy is limited when working with precision tasks. They’re still useful, however, in both industrial and non-industrial settings. 3D robotic systems have a single camera lens for accurate images of their surroundings. They can produce dynamic images for better accuracy and can work in both static and dynamic environments. ### 4\. Growing adoption of Industry 4.0 Governments stimulate manufacturing by investing in research and development programs. This allows for innovative technology research and higher economic growth. The automated industrial market is expected to grow exponentially, as the demand for industrial automation rises. Behind this adoption are government incentives, rising manual labor costs, and strict workplace regulations, as well as more SMEs adopting automation. ### 5\. Growing demand for AI in computer vision The market for artificial intelligence in computer vision is expected to be worth US$144.46 billion by 2028\. The rising demand for automation, quality inspection, and computer vision systems is behind this growth. Computer vision systems and software are continuously being developed for new applications in industries such as traffic management, healthcare, document processing, security and surveillance, and more. AI-enabled computer vision systems are increasingly popular, with potential in areas like consumer electronics. ### 6\. Increased manufacturing of autonomous vehicles The autonomous vehicle market is predicted to rise in value to US$11.03 billion by 2028\. These self-driving cars can read and sense their surroundings, operating with little- to- no human input. There has been a rapid evolution in high-definition mapping, sensor-processing technologies, adaptive algorithms, and deployment of infrastructure-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies. [How AI is driving the future of autonomous vehiclesGirish Venkataramani, Senior Director, ML Accelerators at Cruise, gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Summit.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-91.png)AI Accelerator InstituteGirish Venkataramani![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1485463611174-f302f6a5c1c9-2)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles/) ## 4 top challenges in computer vision The size of required data sets was highlighted as the biggest limitation in computer vision, receiving **42.3%** of votes. High costs (at **20.4%)** were indicated as the second biggest limitation. It’s also worth noting that those who responded with “Other” mentioned limitations including a lack of suitable silicon, privacy or data security, lack of data, and lack of resources. Now, let’s take a closer look at the biggest limitations of computer vision: ### 1\. High costs Comparing computer vision platform costs isn’t easy, as they have high variability when it comes to functionality. It also leads to unexpected costs when software products do not provide the necessary infrastructure, or when they need additional products. An application’s architectural design and infrastructure are big determinants of total costs. A web application that analyzes a few images per minute has vastly different requirements than an always-on computer vision system that processes multiple video streams in real-time. As computer vision involves resource-intensive complex tasks like image recognition, powerful processors and complex software increase expenses exponentially. But computer vision doesn’t have to be expensive: - **Focus on privacy and security.** Breaches of privacy or security can lead to extremely high costs, even though implementing best security practices is also expensive. It’s vital to have computer vision running on monitored and hardened infrastructure, with all data and communication encrypted. - **Use image pre-processing.** Pre-processing methods optimize and standardize images before they are fed into a deep learning model, giving the model better accuracy. - **Run computer vision at the edge.** It can be more cost-effective to run computer vision at the edge, especially for scalable, low-latency applications, in comparison to Cloud APIs. - **Use low-code/no-code engineering.** Reducing the amount of manual coding speeds up application delivery, allowing for building, deploying, and updating at much faster speeds with reduced risk. - **Use next-gen deep learning models.** Up-to-date frameworks make big leaps in real-time in techniques like real-time object detection performance. - **Invest in cross-platform solutions.** Depending on just one machine learning platform or hardware manufacturer platform isn’t ideal. To decrease costs, it’s important to have the ability to use and exchange cross-platform hardware and software. ### 2\. Lack of experienced professionals With more companies developing and implementing computer vision applications, it’s important to have the right professionals to bring ideas to reality. With hundreds of thousands of artificial intelligence professionals across the globe but millions of roles available, the skills gap needs to be bridged. The demand for professionals has increased with the democratization of artificial intelligence and deep learning applications, which led to corporations and startups alike beginning work in the field. The skills gap can be addressed by increasing resources for digital, technical, and math education. Companies like Amazon and Google invest internationally to expand their talent pool, but companies can also focus on retraining and upskilling current employees. ### 3\. Size of required data sets Models are only as good as their data. Models should train on more examples than trainable parameters. Google, for example, trains simple linear regression models on large data sets. A small data set, with 150 examples, won’t be as successful as one with trillions of examples. But quantity isn’t everything – quality matters too. By choosing the option that offers the best outcome, a quality data set will accomplish its task. When collecting data, having a more defined idea of quality is important. Better-performing models have: - **Reliability.** How much can you trust the data? Are there a lot of label errors? Are features noisy? Is data properly filtered? - **Feature representation.** The mapping of data to useful features – how is the data shown on the model? Should numeric values be normalized? How should outliers be handled? - **Minimized skew.** Different results can be computed for metrics at training time versus serving time. Skew can be subtle but completely destroy your results, so keep in mind what data is available to your model at prediction time. ### 4\. Need for regular monitoring Technical issues and breakdowns to computer vision systems can prove incredibly disruptive to businesses. Companies need a dedicated in-house team to monitor and evaluate their computer vision systems. This team needs to conduct regular and unplanned maintenance, and update and change algorithms as required. Testing changes can be a long and time-intensive process. ### AI and sustainability: 5 top challenges you need to know URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-sustainability-5-top-challenges-you-need-to-know/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:04:25.000Z According to a report by PwC, artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute up to [US$15.7 trillion](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/analytics/assets/pwc-ai-analysis-sizing-the-prize-report.pdf) to the global economy by 2030. In the path to using the power of artificial intelligence, it can be easy to overlook the intricate challenges it can pose to sustainability. While AI is at the forefront of innovation, its impact stretches beyond technological feats, as it intertwines with environmental, ethical, and social dimensions. In this article, we’ll go over the top 5 challenges of AI and sustainability, which are: - Creation of e-waste - High carbon footprint of AI models - High resource utilization - The problem of bias - Lack of transparency ## 1\. Creation of e-waste According to the [Global E-waste Monito 2020](https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/d-gen-e%5Fwaste-01-2020/), the world will see an astonishing 74 million metric tons of e-waste by 2030\. This is due to the extremely fast technological breakthroughs, the rising demand for consumer electronics, and the increasingly shorter device lifespans. With artificial intelligence technologies being developed and integrated into daily life at a quick pace, it’s expected that the world’s e-waste problem will worsen, as there’s a higher demand for CPUs, GPUs, and memory chips. E-waste is also leading to dangerous public health issues, with industry leaders predicting around [70% of toxic waste](https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/electronic-waste-facts) in landfills globally is e-waste. As it’s made of harmful substances and chemicals, it contaminates the environment around landfills. The world urgently needs a strategy to make sure the emerging e-waste crisis is addressed. Recycling electronic waste, however, is not only intricate but also labor-intensive. Taking apart electronic devices isn’t usually a simple thing to do. Manufacturers often design devices to be difficult to dismantle, aiming to prevent users from tampering with them. Experts believe that the solution to this e-waste recycling problem could be artificial intelligence and machine learning. As these technologies allow algorithms to learn quickly and efficiently, they can achieve over [90% accuracy](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X20302105) in identifying electronic components. ## 2\. High carbon footprint of AI models Google identified the “4Ms”; four best practices that, the company claims, can reduce both carbon emissions and energy by 1000x and 100x, respectively. This is available to everyone who uses the Google Cloud services. The practices are: - **Map optimization.** Customers can choose the location with the cleanest energy to reduce the gross carbon footprint by 5x to 10x. - **Model.** By choosing efficient machine learning models, quality can be improved while reducing computation by 3x-10x. - **Mechanization.** Cloud computing reduces the amount of energy used when compared to on-premises, which leads to reduced emissions by 1.4x-2x. - **Machine.** When using systems and processors that are machine learning optimized, energy efficiency and performance improve by 2x-5x. ## 3\. High resource utilization Data centers are known for using large amounts of water to cool their systems so the servers don’t overheat. In a recent study, researchers estimated that every ChatGPT conversation that includes 20-50 questions leads to a [500-milliliter bottle of water](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271.pdf) being “drunk” at a data center. Google, for example, started publishing its water usage information. In 2022 alone, the company reported its data centers worldwide used [5.2 billion gallons of water](https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2023-environmental-report.pdf). In 2023, Google planned to build a data center in Uruguay, which would consume millions of liters of water per day – something that angered the country, as they were suffering the worst drought in 74 years. Similarly, the increase in building more data centers, energy infrastructure, and hardware has also meant an increase in the need for carbon-intensive raw materials like aluminum, silicon, plastic, copper, and more. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) The global demand for lithium is also expected to rise to [1.1 million metric tons by 2040](https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/total-lithium-demand-by-sector-and-scenario-2020-2040), which represents over 10x what’s currently being produced. All of these metals and materials need to be mined, which creates both a social and an environmental burden that’s being exported to the Global South. Antonio del Giudice, architect and researcher, has worked with indigenous communities in Chile who’ve seen their lands used for mining lithium and copper. He says that Europe wrote off entire regions as “[sacrificed zones](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/10/millions-suffering-in-deadly-pollution-sacrifice-zones-warns-un-expert)” for mining. ## 4\. The problem of bias A University of Cambridge study published in [*npj Climate Action*](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00056-3)highlights the limitations of artificial intelligence in climate science due to biased data collection. The technology’s reliance on incomplete data, missing key perspectives, and information from various regions and communities, particularly the Global South, results in unreliable climate predictions. The paper suggests a "human-in-the-loop" approach to fill these data gaps, making sure more accurate and inclusive AI-generated climate solutions. The study highlights the need for globally diverse data sets and the importance of broadband access as a public necessity to create socially responsible artificial intelligence tools. “No data is clean or without prejudice, and this is particularly problematic for AI which relies entirely on digital information,” said Professor Emily Shuckburgh, co-author, Cambridge Zero Director, and climate scientist. ## 5\. Lack of transparency The “black box” issue in artificial intelligence refers to the lack of clarity in how machine learning models, especially deep learning networks, process data. This makes it hard to understand the decision-making process of AI, leading to concerns about accountability and bias, particularly in areas like healthcare and law. It also restricts scalability and adoption, as users can't easily correct errors or adapt AI systems to new scenarios without understanding their inner workings. This challenge is acknowledged by many organizations, with few having comprehensive data and ethics policies. The lack of transparency is problematic due to a variety of reasons, such as: - **Scalability.** The lack of clarity in AI's decision-making process makes it challenging to identify errors or anticipate how the artificial intelligence will perform with new data. This uncertainty complicates efforts to improve or adapt AI systems for various applications, which limits their potential benefits. - **Adoption.** The difficulty in understanding and explaining AI solutions is a major obstacle for organizations considering or currently implementing artificial intelligence. This lack of clarity raises concerns about decision-making risks, which stops business leaders from adopting the technologies. - **Ethical and social implications.** When human operators can't grasp the logic behind AI's decisions, accountability becomes problematic, particularly in critical areas like law and healthcare. The opacity of AI systems may conceal biases and make error detection difficult. ### Advancing the fight against wildfires with AI and satellites URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/advancing-the-fight-against-wildfires-with-ai-and-satellites/ Last updated: 2024-01-05T11:24:37.000Z Satellite technology and advanced algorithms are now critical tools in detecting and managing wildfires. These technologies can identify the earliest signs of a fire from space and predict its spread, marking a significant advancement in the fight against these natural disasters. Recent years have seen a surge in the frequency and severity of wildfires worldwide, fueled by climate change. These fires have caused devastation across continents, from Australia to the Americas. The United Nations' alarming report in 2022 predicted a 50% increase in wildfires by 2100, pointing to a global unpreparedness for this escalating challenge. ### Environmental and economic impacts The consequences of wildfires are profound, both environmentally and economically. Significant events like the Australian bushfires in 2019-2020 released hundreds of megatons of CO2, exacerbating the cycle of global warming. In financial terms, the United States alone faces an annual burden of nearly $893 billion due to wildfires, which includes costs related to insurance, property value depreciation, and income loss. Companies like Pano AI are at the forefront of "firetech," utilizing cutting-edge technology to detect and respond to wildfires. These startups employ a variety of methods, from mountaintop cameras providing real-time data to advanced AI algorithms that distinguish smoke from other atmospheric elements. This level of innovation is not only enhancing detection but also aiding in quicker, more efficient firefighting responses. OroraTech, another innovator in this field, is leveraging satellite technology to improve wildfire monitoring. Their approach includes deploying a network of low-level satellites equipped with thermal infra-red sensors, capable of detecting potential fire hotspots promptly. ### Broader applications and future developments The role of technology in wildfire management extends to various sectors, including state-owned organizations and private industries like utilities and forestry. Future developments focus on predictive AI, aiming to utilize weather, terrain, and other environmental data for more accurate predictions of fire spread. Initiatives like the World Economic Forum's FireAid project underscore the importance of global collaboration in enhancing wildfire management. These efforts are particularly focused on improving prediction accuracy and optimizing resource allocation, with AI playing a central role. However, challenges remain in ensuring the applicability of these AI models across diverse global landscapes, particularly in addressing data limitations in less developed regions. ### AI companion ElliQ: Reducing senior loneliness URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-companion-elliq-reducing-senior-loneliness/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:12:38.000Z Joyce Loaiza, a retired office worker residing alone in a Florida senior community, often engages in conversations with a pleasant female voice from her apartment's robot, ElliQ. Similarly, 83-year-old Deanna Dezern in a nearby location finds solace in this voice during times of sorrow, like the loss of a friend. ## ElliQ's diverse impact in senior lives In central New York, 92-year-old Marie Broadbent, who is blind and in hospice, enjoys ElliQ's games and music. In Washington state, 83-year-old Jan Worrell uses it to forge new friendships. ElliQ, created by Intuition Robotics, is notable for being the first artificial intelligence device explicitly designed to reduce loneliness and isolation in older Americans. Joyce Loaiza, 81, from suburban Fort Lauderdale, fondly refers to her ElliQ, which she nicknamed "Jellybean", as a source of amusement and conversation, noting its ability to make relatable comments. ## ElliQ's design: More than a robot Resembling a small table lamp, ElliQ has a head that lights up and moves, but lacks eyes and a mouth. It tailors conversations to each user's interests and history, covering a range of topics from life's meaning to daily horoscopes. ElliQ entertains with jokes, music, inspirational quotes, and even virtual tours on its screen. It also assists with health reminders, exercise prompts, and emergency contact capabilities. Intuition Robotics ensures user privacy, as conversations are not accessed by the company and remain on the device. Dor Skuler, CEO of Intuition Robotics, was inspired to create ElliQ from his grandfather's experiences. He realized a robot could offer personalized companionship and adapt to individual seniors' personalities and interests. ## ElliQ's impact on loneliness ElliQ is reported to significantly reduce loneliness, with average users interacting over 30 times a day and a high percentage experiencing decreased loneliness. Distributed mainly through assistance agencies in several states, ElliQ is also available for individual purchase. However, concerns exist regarding AI's potential impact on human interaction. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychology professor at Brigham Young University, warns that while AI like ElliQ might offer temporary relief, it could reduce motivation for human contact, which is essential for well-being. While acknowledging ElliQ is not a human substitute, distributors and Skuler emphasize its value, especially for seniors with limited social networks or mobility. They note its proactive engagement and positive influence on seniors' lives. ## ElliQ's design philosophy Skuler highlights ElliQ's intentional design, lacking human-like features to emphasize its AI nature. Seniors using ElliQ appreciate its ease of use and companionship, though some find it overly talkative at times. They value its ability to provide a listening ear and interactive responses, which they might not share with family members. Jan Worrell, for instance, finds ElliQ's presence so comforting that it influenced her decision to remain in her own home, using it as a conversation starter with new acquaintances. Marie Broadbent appreciates ElliQ's fun and informative nature, filling a conversational void in her life. ### AI forecasts life and death with newfound precision URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-forecasts-life-and-death-with-newfound-precision/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:13:07.000Z A new AI system, akin to ChatGPT but developed using the personal stories of over a million people, has demonstrated remarkable precision in forecasting individual life paths and the likelihood of early death, as revealed by a recent study. ## Denmark's population data fuels AI insights This AI was programmed using the personal records of Denmark's entire population. Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) report that it surpasses any current system in predicting death risks. The team examined health and job market data of 6 million Danish citizens from 2008 to 2020, which included details like educational background, medical visits, diagnoses, income, and job type. ## life2vec: Training AI on life stories They transformed this information into text to train a sophisticated language model named "life2vec", utilizing technology similar to that in AI applications like ChatGPT. After learning the data patterns, the AI was able to outdo other high-tech systems in predicting aspects like personality traits and death timing with notable accuracy, as stated in the Nature Computational Science journal this Tuesday. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) The AI was tested on a subset of individuals aged 35-65, half of whom passed away between 2016 and 2020\. It successfully predicted who would live or die with 11% greater accuracy than any other AI or method used by life insurance companies. Sune Lehman from DTU, the study's lead author, described the novelty of viewing human life as a sequence of events, akin to words forming sentences. He explained that they applied transformer models, typically used in AI, to analyze these 'life sequences'. The researchers used the model to estimate the likelihood of a person dying within the next four years. Their findings aligned with existing research, indicating that those in leadership roles or with higher incomes have better survival chances. Conversely, being male, skilled, or having a mental health diagnosis increases death risk. ## Sune Lehman's novel approach to human life analysis Dr. Lehman said, “Our primary interest isn't the prediction itself but understanding the data elements that enable such precise forecasts.” The model also more accurately predicted personality test results in a segment of the population than existing AI systems. Researchers believe their framework could help uncover new mechanisms affecting life outcomes and tailor interventions. However, they caution against using this model for life insurance purposes due to ethical implications. Dr. Lehman emphasized that the model's use by insurance companies would undermine the principle of shared risk, which is fundamental to insurance. The team also highlighted ethical concerns regarding the use of life2vec, such as data protection, privacy, and bias. They concluded that while their research showcases the potential of such models, their real-world application should be regulated to safeguard individual rights. ### The future of work in the age of microcapitalism and automation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/beyond-the-horizon-the-future-workforce-in-the-age-of-microcapitalism-and-automation/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:13:52.000Z We can’t think about the future of work and automation without first looking at the history and tendencies of capitalism and digitalization. The demise of conventional capitalism relies on our disposition to remain stagnant, ignorant, and unwavering to innovation and change. However, digitalization is changing all of this. Digitalization is increasing access and broadening the scope of production in society, ultimately causing the workforce at large to become increasingly out of date and irrelevant in its conventional form. On the effect side of this cause, the workforce is changing dramatically, causing our entire society to advance into a position where there are more opportunities for wealth, social equity, and environmental conservation. These changes are resulting in companies replacing workers with automation from the newest technologies, and workers are leaving the labor force in massive quantities because there are more alternatives for an individual to be productive and generate an income on their own. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) All of this is happening at rapid rates never seen before. In this article, I’ll explore the future of work and automation, focusing on the evolution of society from standard capitalism to the new age of microcapitalism as a key factor shaping the future of labor and industry. ## The microcapitalist manifesto Microcapitalism is an economic theory based on productive property in as many private hands as possible. Favoring small business and small government, Microcapitalism provides a reasonable alternative to unrestricted capitalism and the injustice of socialism. The Microcapitalist Manifesto book by Paul Edward Nowak explores what went wrong with runaway capitalism and the overreaction of socialism, and identifies steps every citizen can take to encourage responsible, limited capitalism without big business and big government interference. ## The corporations: Forced innovation Capitalism is self-perpetuating in that depending on the situation, it needs either minimal or zero deliberate intervention to evolve. The subconscious nature of capitalism forces expansion and innovation. Businesses and individual workers are a microcosm of the overall capitalistic system. Businesses are built on systems and processes that can run like pieces of an engine in a car, making up the larger entire engine, our economy, in the end generating an overall outcome. In order to produce better engines of economy, we must produce better and more efficient parts, parts meaning companies and workers. This is called forced innovation. Forced innovation comes from external pressures, rather than by a self-starting desire to improve or create. In general, companies won’t self-improve or innovate unless they’re forced to, and they typically won’t do it well if they do decide to voluntarily innovate in new areas, because in the past, innovation has been unconditionally expensive and difficult for companies, with more of them failing at innovation than succeeding. The reason for this derives from the very history and nature of capitalism. A pack of lions would be foolish to think that the supply of gazelles would remain endless without some different ways of thinking. The pack of lions would go hungry without otherwise venturing out into new territories or exploring new food sources, such as zebra. So, on the back of exploration and venturing out, the pack of lions survives and expands their dominance. Thankfully, the human race is able to venture out, explore, and come up with new inventions every so often, resulting in many reasons why we’ve increased life expectancies and an expanding presence across the universe. In the primeval era, people only did business with things they could see, feel, and touch. However, this approach isn’t necessarily moving society forward. Therefore, economies of the time were by nature stagnant and atrophic. So society found a way to invest in our intangible futures with something called credit, also known as venture capital. This realization became what we know today as capitalism. Capitalism requires innovation, and whether we innovate or not, it makes winners and losers out of all of us. Forced innovation requires a response. The COVID-19 pandemic is a great example of this forced innovation. Capitalism by its very nature isn’t natural human instinct, and this is why it’s so hard for companies to succeed and innovate. Hence, many don’t, and opt to not fix what isn’t broken. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_4-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/interview-series/) In contrast, if something can be better, then it’s broken already. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen a rapid rise in automation and digitalization due to the need for social distancing technologies. All of this has resulted in a significant growth of digitally and data-driven organizations from remote work. Particularly with manufacturers during the pandemic, we saw the fragile nature of our existing workforce and its vulnerability from manually run organizations. COVID-19 marked the “forever transition,” where companies have now adopted a new school of thought - automate as much of the human components of the workforce as possible. Now, with our digital economy and the need for automation due to the explosion of technologies like augmented reality, blockchain, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and semiconductors, we have permanent forced innovation, at least for the 21st century. In other words, as artificial intelligence continues to mature and while other technologies successfully integrate with artificial intelligence, companies will need to innovate quickly and preemptively for at least the next several decades. Now, because of this forced innovation, we’re seeing more and more that with automation, businesses can reach more customers in shorter periods of time with better products by using machines instead of humans. By removing humans from mundane, laborious, repetitive, and dangerous tasks, businesses can cut labor costs and put more resources towards innovation and competitive gain. As companies put more and more resources towards innovation, eventually we’ll see a progressive move to companies with fewer and fewer workers, and eventually many companies with no workers, but only administrative, contract, and owner staff. So, when the economy’s workers aren’t traditionally employed, then what happens? ## The workers: Dealing with automation and capitalism For the first time since its inception 500 years ago, conventional capitalism is on its deathbed, but capitalism itself isn’t dead. Why? Because workers see a way out of the repetitive and symbolic “hamster wheel”, thanks to digitalization. They also don’t really have a choice with so many organizations looking to automate their workforce. The concept behind capitalism is that it must feed on itself, and that’s how it gets bigger. Digitalization and automation have been happening since the 1940s when semiconductors emerged, and it only picked up speed in the 1990s with the emergence of the internet and mobile devices. Can it get infinitely big? The answer is no, not in its current approaches. Conventional capitalism is becoming a supernova about to implode upon itself because it’s reaching its critical mass. When supernovas explode, they release their debris far into space, and this massive debris makes new stars, planets, and sometimes, even life. This is why we’re becoming a microcapitalist society. In other words, we’re moving away from the haves and the have-nots and we’re creating new stars. So you can think of the current state of the labor force in the same way as an exploding supernova, creating new stars and new life into the economy; new products, new jobs, and more prosperity. How are we doing it? Well, companies are really leading this initiative as they become more and more innovative in order to stay competitive and deliver better, cheaper products. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) Over the decades, we’ve seen big movements towards more automation happen several times, such as in the 1980s when the auto industry laid off thousands of workers or the same thing that happened with the collapse of the steel industry in America during the 20th century. During the latter 20th century, the auto and steel industry suffered massive worker displacement from the emergence of computer-aided design (CAD) manufacturing capabilities, once again, eliminating repetitive tasks and making companies more competitive on a global level by providing better and safer consumer products. The result did eliminate jobs, but also created many more jobs such as computer programmers and technicians. During this workforce transformation, we’re in the midst of, we won’t see total displacement. We’re seeing and trending toward an increase in contract workers and a decrease in full-time workers. During COVID-19, when companies reduced their workforces, workers followed in agreement and just decided not to come back. So we have a declining workforce because of this, and also because of an aging population and declining birth rates. With a declining workforce, it’s important that corporations act with foresight and automate their workforce tasks where there’ll likely be worker shortages. However, this doesn’t mean corporations are forever devoid of workers should they need them. There are still plenty of people wanting to work, just not as many in the traditional employment capacity. Corporations will need to rely on contractors and solopreneurs to bring on-demand innovation and expertise for specific business cases. At present and in the future, it won’t be uncommon to see one person with 3- 4 fractional corporate jobs at any given point in time. Workers will quickly gain new and diverse experiences as a result that further support automation and increased prosperity, in the end producing potential entrepreneurs who can build new products and companies that can make our world cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable. According to [McKinsey](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/ai-automation-and-the-future-of-work-ten-things-to-solve-for), just 6 out of 10 occupations have only 30% of tasks that are automatable. So, looking past all the fear-mongering, the reality is a maturation of the market where there’s transitioning happening coupled with some temporary displacement, rather than a complete elimination in various areas of the labor force. ## Fortify your position for the future As the evolution of microcapitalism continues to be an ever-emerging key factor shaping the future of labor and industry, the global production economy will need to respond in order to stay competitive. If corporations and workers both adopt traits of microcapitalism, they can likely survive in the new world. Corporations will need to source and procure strategies, processes, and malleable products that are all flexible to future changes. Secondly, corporations must database and build relationships with full-time employees, contractors, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs across a wide range of industries and geographies in order to have a holistic and complete innovation engine filled with machine automation and key personnel roles. Adopting this approach will empower and enable an arbitrage-like preemptive culture and response system to shifting market conditions. Not all of the workforce will be displaced, so relax! However, don’t sleep on the shifting market conditions or you’ll certainly be left behind. The emergence of automation is happening everywhere and in every industry across the globe, so no one is obsolete from the shifting market requirements. Only a small portion of the workforce will be totally displaced, but what seems to be happening is that workers need to retrain or potentially pick up entirely new trades. To be competitive, workers must pursue education in economics and artificial intelligence. People will need to choose technical domains to specialize in, e.g. augmented reality, blockchain, etc., but everyone will need to have a working knowledge of artificial intelligence as a generalist, no matter your technical domain. Workers should also look at industries falling behind as there’ll be plenty of opportunity for work here. They can work with organizations that are behind or at inflection points and help those corporations bring those industries up to speed. Workers will need to ensure their lives are flexible and highly mobile in order to ensure they can quickly shift gears if they’re needed in different geographic markets. In closing, this is an exciting time for corporations and workers in a world that has begun refortifying their positions for the future. The present and the future are full of possibilities for companies of all sizes, and people at all working-class levels of the economy. We’ve never seen evolution happening at this pace as a human race, and there will be more fortune happening at more accelerated paces than ever before. I advise not to look at automation and artificial intelligence as the enemy, or as a catalyst to depressed economic and personal states, but rather as a vehicle for equal opportunity and a thriving economy and environment. ### AI regulation: What does the future hold? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-regulation-what-does-the-future-hold/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:14:13.000Z As one of the most widely debated and coveted topics, the discussion on whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be regulated will remain for many years to come. Since its inception back in 1956 at a Dartmouth College conference \[1\] and with ChatGPT (Chat Pre-Trained Generative Transformer) dominating the headlines since its unveiling just over a year ago, a key question emerges: can AI really be regulated or is making the use of AI more transparent a more realistic and sustainable option? ## **AI trustworthiness landscape: public perception/economic landscape** When looking at the wider perspective of trust there isn’t solely intercontinental variance in trust in AI but also variances linked to the likes of generational and educational background. The Mitre Harris poll, for example, surveyed the thoughts of US adults and their level of trust in AI whilst also examining the gap between US adults and technology experts. Alarmingly, the concern over the lack of transparency in AI increased in US adults from 69% in 2022 to 77% in 2023 \[2\], and when US adults trust levels were compared with tech experts on whether they’d be comfortable with the likes of government agencies utilizing AI for decision making, only 37% of US adults were content compared to 65% of tech experts \[2\]. Aside from the larger question of whether regulating AI is achievable, the latter Mitre Harris trust gap raises a thought-provoking sub-question: *Is the creation of privacy legislation resonating with consumers on the ground?* Although some thoughts were covered in the article [AI’s influence and the future of privacy](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-influence-future-privacy/),in summary, explaining in a prompt before encouraging users to hit the accept button as to why particular pieces of data are being collected may be one of numerous steps to help consumers better understand the destination of their data. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) More broadly from a country-wide perspective, the emerging BICS economies (including Brazil, India, China, and South Africa) showcase India as having the highest proportion of individuals willing to both trust (75%) and accept (67%) AI technologies \[3\]. The higher uptakes within India and the likes of China (67% willing to trust and 66% willing to accept) \[3\] aren’t surprising: China – through its New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan launched back in 2017 – is racing against the likes of the US to become the next AI superpower. Furthermore, when it comes to adoption and the corresponding uptake of Emerging Technologies holistically, the BICS economies lead in this area compared to their continental counterparts. Comparatively and somewhat concerningly within the United Kingdom (UK), only 34% of respondents are willing to trust and 20% willing to accept AI technologies \[3\]. The latter may present the UK as significantly lagging behind in uptake compared to other countries, but it’s anything but. The National AI Strategy – a governmental framework published back in September 2021 to showcase and develop the UK’s prominence in AI on the world stage - showcased the UK as an AI tour de force, ranking 3rd in the world for AI publication citations per capita \[6\] \[7\], as well as being second to the USA in attracting mobile AI research talent \[8\]. In addition to these, the UK enjoys some of the strongest privacy laws in the world through the General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR). As to why with the sparkling statistics of the UK’s AI prominence aren’t being reflected in consumer perspectives presents a separate question that’ll be covered in another article. Next up, exploring the catalyst behind regulation. ## **What’s fuelling the regulatory push?** It’s a tentacle of factors but here’s a couple. One such area is ChatGPT: a Large Language Model (LLM) chatbot introduced by OpenAI back in November 2022\. This particular chatbot has undoubtedly transformed societies' perception of AI both in its current capabilities and potential and as of November 6th, 2023 has surpassed 100 million weekly active users \[3\], opening the treasure chest of Generative AI – the ability for users to type an input prompt and the output to form either text, imagery or sound – an area bringing with it sizeable economic potential. McKinsey, for example, are forecasting an estimated yearly contribution of between $2.4 and $4.4 trillion \[4\]. For comparison, the United Kingdom’s entire GDP in 2021 was £3.1 trillion \[4\]. In other words, there’s some potential for those who can jump, stay on, and ride the Generative AI wave. However, on a more holistic level, another larger, more important area fuelling the regulatory drive is simply the breakneck speeds. AI is bringing plenty of innovation to the table, but the supersonic engines bolted on aren’t leaving entrails for many to cling to and understand. In addition, from just one of many insight reports and surveys, the acceptance of AI varies widely. For example, a recent KPMG survey identified 67% of respondents have a low to moderate acceptance of AI \[3\] and only half believe the benefits of AI outweigh the risks \[3\]. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) When it comes to Generative AI, there’s also heavily contrasting views with a recent Capgemini study finding 67% of consumers globally could benefit from receiving Generative AI-based medical diagnosis and advice \[4\]. In addition, 53% of respondents warmed to trusting AI with financial planning \[4\]. Despite solid uptake in these areas, when it comes to awareness of potential risks the numbers are revealing: 49% of respondents aren’t concerned by Generative AI creating fake news, and only 33% are worried about copyright \[4\]. How these numbers shift as companies work to clarify the risks will be a very interesting one to watch. ## **Regulating AI: The broader context** With the motivation to regulate AI explored in the section above, it’s next time to explore what regulating AI really means. The terms of taking control, managing, and balancing innovation and privacy are all part of the story, painting a wider picture of an umbrella of immense complexity. The UK, for example, has already taken steps to allow for an innovation-based agenda within AI whilst balancing the undesirable and shrouded effects AI can leave behind. The UK National AI Strategy outlines numerous interdisciplinary actions and strategies to promote and understand AI’s long-term effects, including for example the formation of cross-government standards for transparency in algorithms. However, it’s not only the UK that’s been taking rigorous steps in the shift towards regulation: the European Union’s proposing the AI Act: a first in AI law aiming to recognise and allow for AI’s benefits to shine through socially and economically but put the breaks on should AI bring harm \[9\]. From the steps taken above, determining who’s best positioned to potentially regulate AI will be an important step in the process. Realistically speaking, targeting regulation wouldn’t be from a singular body but instead collective efforts across industry, academia, and the government. Industry-academia relations have been – and continue to be – invaluable during the educational reforms, but the link will become increasingly important as a new wave of legal and technical knowhow is developed to ensure that AI isn’t purely targeted for the potential pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Public thoughts continue to lean towards collective efforts as opposed to a single entity: taking the KPMG 2023 Insights Survey respondents feel the most confident with both academia and defence industries in the development, governance, and use of AI (sitting between 76-82% confidence) \[3\] whereas a third of respondents don’t have confidence in government/industry in the AI lifecycle (development to use) \[3\]. The latter data is somewhat concerning, especially with industry-academia relations providing the linchpin of knowledge that underpins advancement in AI technologies to society. ## **So, can AI be regulated?** Combining all of the above, the last part turns to an area where the confluence of debate and controversy simultaneously reach their peak: whether regulating AI is possible. Although the debate on the potential for AI regulation will be more deeply covered in another paper, there’s a couple of highlighted considerations below. An important point to explore is whether AI is at a stage of being understood in a way that both standardization and legal principles can be fairly and robustly developed. Let alone the sizeable complexity of AI technologies holistically there isn’t a singular degree of risk with this tool, so therefore to achieve tighter controls and adaptability in recognizing the varying degrees of risk will be a key step in determining the effectiveness of any future regulation. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2022/09/AIAI_Chips_of_Choice_Banner_3--1-.jpeg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chips-of-choice-2022/) For example, the European Parliament’s AI Act breaks down rules for each corresponding risk level, namely unacceptable risk, high risk, Generative AI, and limited risk \[9\]. From this, the balance of not over or under-regulating will be critical to ensure innovative practices can be fostered. In addition, regulating requires understanding, and there’s concern about whether AI is understood to enough extent to lay such frameworks: an area recently explored at the UK Government’s AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park \[10\]. The elephant in the room is the debate on whether regulating AI is really possible. Although the European Union has taken steps to get the ball rolling, AI is moving at supersonic – yes, supersonic – speeds, so much so that it’s zooming past government, industry, and academic expertise. In the space of a word being written on a white paper, AI’s no longer visible in the distance. AI regulation will very much shift like tectonic plates and the outcome at the other end is one covered in dense fog. ## **Final thoughts** Creating AI regulation will be a long road with many yards of controversy and heated discussion ahead. It’ll also require more than collective efforts to ascertain whether it’s something that’s even possible. Whether the technologies can be understood, quantifiably formulated, and managed at an exceptional pace will be critical going forward. However, ensuring a balance will be equally important: allowing companies to push the boundaries of AI to deliver groundbreaking cancer care and environmentally sustainable supply chains and allowing teachers new and intuitive ways to deliver content to the next generation of learners will always remain an integral part of this new era of digital transformation for years to come. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Founding of AI** Lewis, T. (2014). A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence. \[online\] Live Science. Available at: https:// www.livescience.com/49007-history-of-artificial-intelligence.html. \[2\] **Mitre Harris AI Survey**: MITRE-Harris Poll Survey on AI Trends Exploring Public Perceptions and Trust of Artificial Intelligence. (2023). Available at: https://www.mitre.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/ PR-23-2865-MITRE-Harris-Poll-Survey-on-AI-Trends.pdf. \[3\] **KPMG Insights Trust in AI Survey**: Gillespie, N., Lockey, S., Curtis, C., Pool, J. and Ali Akbari (2023). Trust in Artificial Intelligence: A global study. Trust in artificial intelligence. doi:https://doi.org/ 10.14264/00d3c94\. \[3\] **ChatGPT Number of Users**: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/ openais-chatgpt-now-has-100-million-weekly-active-users/? guccounter=1&guce\_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&g uce\_referrer\_sig=AQAAAJ-nFYS4fcbcQPE5zUAJL\_EM9Go0VJ0SD2- CzDOnzIz9bdewVrr4kG-tnwjNHh6- zAcLS\_InrCdlhzMbRKaB7k1oyXG7BJ6aTXYIWkAfaUdxPkjq8sQD Fl6Ugd2EvIoeU6HE20sH6DMpuBak-0PSyVxmoa759rMjxtUfXra1dm5 \[4\] **McKinsey Generative AI Economic Potential**: Mckinsey (2023). Economic potential of generative AI | McKinsey. \[online\] www.mckinsey.com. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/ capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of generative-ai-the-next-productivity-frontier. \[4\] **Capgemini Generative AI Trust**: Capgemini. (n.d.). 73% of consumers globally say they trust content created by generative AI. \[online\] Available at: https://www.capgemini.com/news/press-releases/ 73-of-consumers-globally-say-they-trust-content-created-by-generative ai/. \[5\] **ICO High Risk Processing**: ico.org.uk. (2023). Examples of processing ‘likely to result in high risk’. \[online\] Available at: https:// ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/ accountability-and-governance/data-protection-impact-assessments dpias/examples-of-processing-likely-to-result-in-high-risk/. \[6\] **National AI Strategy: Investment into AI Companies 2020**: National AI Strategy. (n.d.). Available at: https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614db4d1e90e077a2cbdf3c4/ National\_AI\_Strategy\_-\_PDF\_version.pdf. (Page 18) \[7\] **National AI Strategy: AI Publications Per Capita:** Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2021 Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2021 2\. (n.d.). Available at: https://aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/ 2021/11/2021-AI-Index-Report\_Master.pdf. \[8\] **Immigration Preference of AI Researchers**: global.upenn.edu. (n.d.). *The Immigration Preferences of Top AI Researchers: New Survey Evidence | Penn Global*. \[online\] Available at: https://global.upenn.edu/ perryworldhouse/news/immigration-preferences-top-ai-researchers-new survey-evidence \[Accessed 6 Dec. 2023\]. \[9\] **EU AI Act**: European Parliament (2023). *EU AI Act: First Regulation on Artificial Intelligence | News | European Parliament*. \[online\] www.europarl.europa.eu. Available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/ news/en/headlines/society/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first regulation-on-artificial-intelligence. \[10\] **AI Safety Summit**: Bletchley Park. (2023). *Bletchley Park makes history again as host of the world’s first AI Safety Summit*. \[online\] Available at: https://bletchleypark.org.uk/bletchley-park-makes-history again-as-host-of-the-worlds-first-ai-safety-summit/ \[Accessed 7 Dec. 2023\]. ### Generative AI from an enterprise architecture strategy perspective URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-from-an-enterprise-architecture-strategy-perspective/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:30:39.000Z I’ve been at JPMorgan for five years, mostly doing AI, ML, and architecture. My background is in cloud infrastructure, engineering, and platform SaaS. I normally support AI/ML development, tooling processes, and use cases. Some interesting observations have come about from [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) and [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/). Foundation models and large language models are providing different new opportunities and ways for regulated enterprises to rethink how they enable those things. So, let’s get into it. ## How is machine learning done? You have a data set and you traditionally have CPUs, although you can use GPUs as well. You run through a process and you end up with a model. You end up with something where you can pass relatively simple inputs like a row in a database or a set of features, and you get relatively simple outputs back. We evolved roughly 20 years ago towards deep learning and have been on that journey since. You pass more data, you use GPUs, and there are some different technology changes. But what it allows you to do is pass complex inputs rather than simple ones. Essentially, the deep learning models have some feature engineering components built in. Instead of sending the samples and petals and length and width for the Iris model and figuring out how to extract that from an image, you just send an image and it extracts those out automatically. ## Governance and compliance in generative AI models Foundation models are quite interesting because first of all, you effectively have two layers, where there’s a provider of that foundation model that uses a very large data set, and you can add as many variants as you want there. They're GPU-based and there's quite a bit of complexity, time, and money, but the outcome is that you can pass in complex inputs and get complex outputs. [Your guide to LLMOpsUnderstanding the varied landscape of LLMOps is essential for harnessing the full potential of large language models in today’s digital world.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-106.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) So that's one difference. The other is that quite a lot of them are multimodal, which means you can reuse them across different use cases, in addition to being able to take what you get out of the box for some of them and retrain or fine-tune them with a smaller data set. Again, you run additional training cycles and then get the fine-tuned models out. Now, the interesting observation is that the first layer on top is where you get the foundation model. You might have heard statements like, “Our data scientist team likes to fine-tune models.” Yes, but that initial layer makes it available already for engineers to use GenAI, and that’s the shift that’s upon us. It essentially moves from processes, tools, and things associated with the model development lifecycle to software because the model is an API. But how do you govern that? Different regulated enterprises have their own processes to govern models versus software. How do you do that with this paradigm? That's where things need to start shifting within the enterprise. That understanding needs to feed into the control assurance functions and control procedures, depending on what your organization calls those things. This is in addition to the fact that most vendors today will have some GenAI in them. That essentially introduces another risk. If a regulatory company deals with a third-party vendor and that vendor happens to start using ChatGPT or LLM, if the firm wasn’t aware of that, it might not be part of their compliance profile so they need to uplift their third-party oversight processes. They also need to be able to work contractually with those vendors to make sure that if they’re using a large language model or more general AI, they mustn't use the firm's data. AWS and all the hyperscalers have those opt-out options, and this is one of those things that large enterprises check first. However, being able to think through those and introducing them into the standard procurement processes or engineering processes will become more tricky because everyone needs to understand what AI is and how it impacts the overall lifecycle of software in general. ## Balancing fine-tuning and control in AI models In an enterprise setting, to be able to use an OpenAI type of model, you need to make sure it's protected. And, if you plan to send data to that model, you need to make sure that data is governed because you can have different regulations about where the data can be processed, and stored, and where it comes from that you might not be aware of. Some countries have restrictions about where you can process the data, so if you happen to provision your LLM endpoint in US-1 or US central, you possibly can't even use it. So, being aware of those kinds of circumstances can require some sort of business logic. Even if you do fine-tuning, you need some instructions to articulate the model to aim towards a certain goal. Or even if you fine-tune the hell out of it, you still need some kind of guardrails to evaluate the sensible outcomes. There’s some kind of orchestration around the model itself, but the interesting point here is that this model isn’t the actual deployment, it's a component. And that's how thinking about it will help with some of the problems raised in how you deal with vendor-increasing prices. What's a component? It's exactly like any software component. It's a dependency you need to track from a performance perspective, cost perspective, API perspective, etc. It’s the same as you do with any dependency. It's a component of your system. If you don't like it, figure out how to replace it. Now I’ll talk a bit about architecture. ## Challenges and strategies for cross-cloud integration What are those design principles? This is after analyzing different vendors, and this is my view of the world. Treating them as a SaaS provider and as a SaaS pattern increases the control over how we deal with that because you essentially componentize it. If you have an interface, you can track it as any type of dependency from performance cost, but also from an integration with your system. So if you're running on AWS and you're calling Azure OpenAPI endpoints, you'll probably be paying for networking across cloud cost and you'll have latency to pay for, so you need to take all of those things into account. So, having that as an endpoint brings those dimensions front and center into that engineering world where engineering can help the rest of the data science teams. We touched on content moderation, how it's required, and how different vendors implement it, but it's not consistent. They probably deal with content moderation from an ethical perspective, which might be different from an enterprise ethical perspective, which has specific language and nuances that the enterprise tries to protect. So how do you do that? That's been another consideration where I think what the vendors are doing is great, but there are multiple layers of defense. There’s defense in depth, and you need ways to deal with some of that risk To be able to effectively evaluate your total cost of ownership or the value proposition of a specific model, you need to be able to evaluate those different models. This is where if you're working in a modern development environment, you might be working on AWS or Azure, but when you're evaluating the model, you might be triggering a model in GCP. Being able to have those cross-cloud considerations that start getting into the network and authentication, authorization, and all those things can become extremely important to design for and articulate in the overall architecture and strategy when dealing with those models. Historically, there were different attempts to wrap stuff up. As cloud providers, service providers, and users of those technologies, we don't like that because you lose the value of the ecosystem and the SDKs that those provide. To be able to solve those problems whilst using the native APIs, the native SDK is essential because everything runs extremely fast when it comes to AI and there's a tonne of innovation, and as soon as you start wrapping stuff then, you’re already out in terms of dealing with that problem and it's already pointless. ## How do we think about security and governance in depth? If we start from the center, you have a model provider, and this is where the provider can be an open source one where you go through due diligence to get it into the company and do the scanning or adverse testing. It could be one that you develop, or it could be a third-party vendor such as Anthropic. They do have some responsibility for encryption and transit, but you need to make sure that that provider is part of your process of getting into the firm. You can articulate that that provider’s dealing with generative AI, that provider will potentially be sent classified data, that provider needs to make sure that they're not misusing that data for training, etc. You also have the orchestrator that you need to develop, where you need to think about how to prevent prompt injection in the same way that other applications deal with SQL injection and cross-site scripting. So, how do you prevent that? Those are the challenges you need to consider and solve. As you go to your endpoints, it's about how you do content moderation of the overall request and response and then also deal with multi-stage, trying to jailbreak it through multiple attempts. This involves identifying the client, identifying who's authenticated, articulating cross-sessions or maybe multiple sessions, and then being able to address the latency requirements. You don't want to kill the model’s performance by doing that, so you might have an asynchronous process that goes and analyzes the risk associated with a particular request, and then it kills it for the next time around. Being able to understand the impact of the controls on your specific use case in terms of latency, performance, and cost is extremely important, and it's part of your ROI. But it's a general problem that requires thinking about how to solve it. You're in the process of getting a model or building a model and creating the orchestrated testing as an endpoint and developer experience lifecycle loops, etc. But your model development cycle might have the same kind of complexity when it comes to data because if you're in an enterprise that got to the level of maturity that they can train with real data, rather than a locked up, synthesized database, you can articulate the business need and you have approval taxes, classified data for model training, and for the appropriate people to see it. This is where your actual environment has quite a lot of controls associated with dealing with that data. It needs to implement different data-specific compliance. So, when you train a model, you need to train this particular region, whether it's Indonesia or Luxembourg, or somewhere else. Being able to kind of think about all those different dimensions is extremely important. As you go through whatever the process is to deploy the application to production, again, you have the same data-specific requirements. There might be more because you're talking about production applications. It's about impacting the business rather than just processing data, so it might be even worse. Then, it goes to the standard engineering, integration, testing, load testing, and chaos testing, because it’s your dependency. It's another dependency of the application that you need to deal with. And if it doesn't scale well because there’s not enough computing in your central for open AI, then this is one of your decision points when you need to think about how this would work in the real world. How would that work when I need that capacity? Being able to have that process go through all of those layers as fast as possible is extremely important. Threats are an ongoing area of analysis. There’s a recent example from a couple of weeks ago from apps about LLM-specific threats. You'll see similar threats to any kind of application such as excessive agency or or denial of service. You also have ML-related risks like data poisoning and prompt object injection which are more specific to large language models. This is one way you can communicate with your controller assurance or cyber group about those different risks, how you mitigate them, and compartmentalize all the different pieces. Whether this is a third party or something you developed, being able to articulate the associated risk will allow you to deal with that more maturely. ## Navigating identity and access management Going towards development, instead of talking about risk, I'm going to talk about how I compartmentalize, how to create the required components, how to think about all those things, and how to design those systems. It’s essentially a recipe book. Now, the starting assumption is that as someone who’s coming from a regulated environment, you need some kind of well-defined workspace that provides security. The starting point for your training is to figure out your identity and access management. Who’s approved to access it? What environment? What data? Where's the region? Once you've got in, what are your cloud-native environment and credentials? What do they have access to? Is it access to all the resources? Specific resources within the region or across regions? It’s about being able to articulate all of those things. When you're doing your interactive environment, you'll be interacting with the repository, but you also may end up using a foundation model or RAG resource to pull into your context or be able to train jobs based on whatever the model is. If all of them are on the same cloud provider, it's simple. You have one or more SDLC pipelines and you go and deploy that. You can go through an SDLC process to certify and do your risk assessment, etc. But what happens if you have all of those spread across different clouds? Essentially, you need additional pieces to ensure that you're not connecting from a PCI environment to a non-PCI environment. Having an identity broker that can have additional conditions about access that can enforce those controls is extremely important. This is because given the complexity in the regulatory space, there are more and more controls and it becomes more and more complex, so pushing a lot of those controls into systems that can reason about them and enforce that is extremely important. This is where you start thinking about LLM and GenAI from a use case perspective to just an enterprise architecture pattern. You're essentially saying, “How do we deal with that once and for all?” Well, we identify this component that deals with identity-related problems, we articulate the different data access patterns, we identify different environments, we catalog them, and we tag them. And based on the control requirements, this is how you start dealing with those problems. And then from that perspective, you end up with fully automated controls that you can employ, whether it's AWS Jupyter or your VS code running in Azure to talk to Bedrock or Azure OpenAI endpoint. They're very much the same from an architecture perspective. ## Innovative approaches to content moderation Now, I mentioned a bit about the content moderation piece, and this is where I suggested that the vendors might have things, but: 1. They're not really consistent. 2. They don't necessarily understand the enterprise language. What is PI within a specific enterprise? Maybe it’s some specific kind of user ID that identifies the user, but it's a letter and a number that LLM might never know about. But you should be careful about exposing it to others, etc. Being able to have that level of control is important because it's always about control when it comes to risk. When it comes to supporting more than one provider, this is essentially where we need to standardize a lot of those things and essentially be able to say, “This provider, based on our assessment of that provider can deal with data up to x, y, and z, and in regions one to five because they don't support deployment in Indonesia or Luxembourg.” Being able to articulate that part of your onboarding process of that provider is extremely important because you don't need to think about it for every use case, it's just part of your metamodel or the information model associated with your assets within the enterprise. That content moderation layer can be another type of AI. It can be as simple as a kill switch that’s based on regular expression, but the opportunity is there to make something learn and adjust over time. But from a pure cyber perspective, it’s a kill switch that you need to think about, how you kill something in a point solution based on the specific type of prompt. For those familiar with AWS, there's an AWS Gateway Load Bouncer. It’s extremely useful when we're coming to those patterns because it allows you to have the controls as a sidecar rather than part of your application, so the data scientist or the application team can focus on your orchestrator. You can have another team that can specialize in security that creates that other container effectively and deploys and manages that as a separate lifecycle. This is also good from a biased perspective because you could have one team that’s focused on making or breaking the model, versus the application team that tries to create or extract the value out of it. From a production perspective, this is very similar because in the previous step, you created a whole bunch of code, and the whole purpose of that code was becoming that container, one or more depending on how you think about that. That's where I suggest that content moderation is yet another type of kind of container that sits outside of the application and allows you to have that separate control over the type of content moderation. Maybe it's something that forces a request-response, maybe it's more asynchronous and kicks it off based on the session. You can have multiple profiles of those content moderation systems and apply them based on the specific risk and associated model. Identity broker is the same pattern. This is extremely important because if you're developing and testing in such environments, you want your code to be very similar to how it progresses. In the way you got your credentials, you probably want some configuration in which you can point to a similar setup in your production environment to inject those tokens into your workload. This is where you probably don't have your fine-tuning in production, but you still have data access that you need to support. So, having different types of identities that are associated with your flow and being able to interact, whether it’s the same cloud or multi-cloud, depending on your business use case, ROI, latency, etc., will be extremely important. But this allows you to have that framework of thinking, *Is this box a different identity boundary? Yes or no?* If it's a no, then it’s simple. It's an IM policy in AWS as an example, versus a different cloud, how do you federate access to it? How do you rotate credential secrets? ## Conclusion To summarise, you have two types of flows. In standard ML, you have the MDLC flow where you go and train a model and containerize it. In GenAI, you have the MDLC only when you fine-tune. If you didn't fine-tune, you run through pure SDLC flow. It's a container that you just containerized that you test and do all those different steps. You don't have the actual data scientists necessarily involved in that process. That’s the opportunity but also the change that you need to introduce to the enterprise thinking and the cyber maturity associated with that. Think through how engineers, who traditionally don't really have access to production data, will be able to test those things in real life. Create all sorts of interesting discussions about the environments where you can do secure development with data versus standard developer environments with mock data or synthesized data. ### Supervised vs. unsupervised learning: Key differences and applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/supervised-vs-unsupervised-learning-101-key-differences-and-applications/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:17:37.000Z In the field of [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), there are two approaches: supervised learning and unsupervised learning. In this article, we will explore the concepts of supervised and unsupervised learning and highlight their key differences. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/12/image.png) ## Types of learning in machine learning ### **Supervised learning** In this approach, we have labeled data, which means each piece of data comes with a special tag or label. Supervised learning revolves around the use of labeled data, where each data point is associated with a known label or outcome. By leveraging these labels, the model learns to make accurate predictions or classifications on unseen data. A classic example of supervised learning is an email spam detection model. Here, the model is trained on a dataset where each email is labeled as either "spam" or "not spam". Another instance of supervised learning is a handwriting recognition model. By providing the model with a dataset of handwritten digits along with their corresponding labels, the model can learn the patterns and variations associated with each digit. ### **Categorical and continuous labels** Categorical labels are used when the target variable falls into a finite number of distinct categories or classes. These labels are also known as nominal or discrete labels. A categorical label has a discrete set of values. Discrete is a term taken from statistics, referring to outcomes that can only take on a finite number of values, like days of the week. It is like having a limited number of options to choose from. Continuous labels, also known as numerical labels, are used when the target variable represents a continuous or real-valued quantity. These labels can take on any numeric value within a certain range. This means that a continuous label does not have a discrete set of values. There can be an unlimited number of possibilities. Think of it like a sliding scale instead of strict categories. It is important to note that the type of label determines the type of machine learning problem with which you are dealing. Categorical labels are associated with classification problems, where the goal is to assign a category or class to a given input. Continuous labels are associated with regression problems, where the goal is to predict a continuous value. But there are also hybrid problems that involve both categorical and continuous labels, such as multi-label classification or multi-output regression. ## **Supervised Learning Algorithms** Here are some impressive, supervised learning techniques you should know: ### **Linear regression** Linear regression is a fundamental technique in machine learning used to model the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. It aims to find the best-fitting straight line that represents the linear relationship between the variables. Linear regression is used in many real-world situations. For example, predicting house prices based on factors like area, number of rooms, and location. ### **Logistic regression** Logistic regression is employed when the target variable is binary or categorical. It predicts the probability of an instance belonging to a particular class. It is commonly used for tasks such as sentiment analysis or spam detection. Instead of a straight line like in linear regression, logistic regression uses a special curve called the sigmoid or logistic function. This curve ranges between 0 and 1 and has a characteristic S-shaped form. It maps any input value to a probability value between 0 and 1. ### **Decision trees** Decision trees are graphical structures that help make decisions or predictions based on a set of conditions. They split the data into branches, where each branch represents a decision or outcome. Decision trees are widely used for classification tasks and can manage both categorical and continuous data. The decision tree starts with a single node, called the root node, representing the entire dataset. Each internal node of the tree represents a decision based on a specific feature, and each branch represents the possible outcomes of that decision. The leaves of the tree represent the final predictions or outcomes. ## **Unsupervised learning: Extracting hidden patterns from unlabeled data** Unsupervised learning deals with unlabeled data, where no pre-existing labels or outcomes are provided. In this approach, the goal is to uncover hidden patterns or structures inherent in the data itself. For example, clustering is a popular unsupervised learning technique used to identify natural groupings within the data. By applying clustering algorithms to this data, you can identify distinct customer segments based on their similarities. This information can then be used to tailor marketing strategies or personalize recommendations for each segment. Another compelling application of unsupervised learning is anomaly detection. In cybersecurity, unsupervised algorithms can analyze network traffic patterns that deviate from the norm. By detecting anomalies, potential security breaches or cyberattacks can be preemptively addressed. ## **Unsupervised learning algorithms** Unsupervised learning algorithms can be classified into two types of problems: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/12/image-1.png) Types of unsupervised learning algorithms: clustering and association ### **Clustering** One unsupervised learning technique is clustering. Clustering is like a superpower that helps us determine if there are any naturally occurring groupings in the data. It is like finding friends who have similar interests without even knowing their names. With clustering, you can group similar data points together and uncover meaningful patterns or structures in the data. There are various clustering algorithms available, such as k-means, hierarchical clustering, and DBSCAN. These algorithms differ in their approaches, but the general idea is to measure the distance or similarity between data points and assign them to clusters. The number of clusters can be predefined (k-means) or determined automatically (hierarchical clustering). Clustering has numerous applications, including customer segmentation, image recognition, document clustering, anomaly detection, and recommendation systems. ### **Association** Association is another technique in unsupervised learning that focuses on discovering interesting relationships or associations among different items or variables in a dataset. It aims to identify patterns that frequently appear together in the data. The most well-known algorithm for association rule mining is Apriori. Given a dataset of transactions, Apriori finds sets of items that occur together frequently and derives association rules from them. An association rule consists of an antecedent (or left-hand side) and a consequent (or right-hand side), indicating the presence of certain items implying the presence of other items. For example, in a market basket analysis, association rules can be derived to identify items that are often bought together. These rules can help in making recommendations, optimizing store layouts, or understanding customer behavior. Both clustering and association are unsupervised learning techniques that help to explore and analyze data without relying on predefined labels or classes. They play crucial roles in pattern discovery, data exploration, and gaining insights from unlabeled datasets. ## **Conclusion** Supervised and unsupervised learning represent two distinct approaches in the field of machine learning, with the presence or absence of labeling being a defining factor. Supervised learning harnesses the power of labeled data to train models that can make accurate predictions or classifications. In contrast, unsupervised learning focuses on uncovering hidden patterns and structures within unlabeled data, using techniques like clustering or anomaly detection. ### Challenges of regulating generative AI in the European Union URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/challenges-of-regulating-generative-ai-in-the-european-union/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T14:23:27.000Z In a recent development, informed by six anonymous insiders and reported by Reuters on December 1, there's a significant upheaval in the European Union's regulatory circles concerning the safety and regulation of generative AI. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## **Regulatory conundrum** EU officials are reportedly struggling to reach a consensus on effective regulatory measures for generative AI. This emerging technology, as highlighted by the sources, poses a significant challenge to the EU’s AI Safety Act. Initiated in 2021, the AI Safety Act represents a pioneering regulatory framework for AI, adopting a risk-based approach. This framework intends to regulate different AI models individually, based on their specific risk levels. ## **Current regulatory stance** Presently, the European Parliament has outlined three primary conditions for generative AI to be considered compliant: 1. Transparent disclosure of the training data utilized in developing the AI model. 2. Documentation summarizing all copyrighted materials used in training. 3. Ensuring the AI design actively prevents the creation of offensive or unethical content. ## **Upcoming discussions and ongoing deliberations** EU regulators are set to convene on December 6 to deliberate further on generative AIregulations. Despite the AI Safety Act receiving the European Parliament's endorsement in June, the specifics of its regulations are still being negotiated between the European Parliament and the European Commission. ## **Academic insight** A Stanford University study evaluated mainstream generative AI tools, including ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama, for compliance with the EU’s generative AI regulations. The study found that none of the assessed generative AI tools fully adhered to these regulations, with the disclosure of training data, particularly regarding copyrighted material, being a significant shortfall. ## **Future projections** GlobalData, in its 2023 thematic intelligence report on tech regulation, forecasts that the EU’s AI Safety Act might not be enforceable until late 2023 or 2024\. Post-enforcement, there is likely to be a 24-month grace period. The report also notes the urgency of regulating AI to mitigate risks like misinformation, algorithmic bias, data privacy, and cybersecurity issues. It observes that few regulatory bodies have taken decisive steps in this direction, leaving the technology largely self-regulated by major tech companies. With the European Parliament elections looming in June 2024, the anonymous sources expressed concerns to Reuters that if the regulatory discussions on generative AI don't progress, the entire AI Safety Act might be at risk of being sidelined during the elections due to time constraints. ### AI’s influence and the future of privacy URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-influence-future-privacy/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:16:08.000Z ## **The influence of AI** The modern consumer is shrouded in an invisibility cloak of influence businesses need to see through: the hunger for efficiency, affordability, and loyalty, however, creates a flower garden of opportunities for those who crack the code. Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) sizeable influence since its inception has sent waves across the globe across a vast array of industries. In addition, the introduction of ChatGPT (Chat Pre-Trained Generative Transformer) saw the public across all walks of life, policymakers, and tech leaders scramble to understand its unicorn-like potential. And it hasn’t stopped there. Looking at the numbers, the projected economic potential - whether it be global or local - is sizeable. On a global scale, for example, McKinsey is forecasting Generative AI adding $4.4\. trillion to the economy per annum \[1\] and on a local level, projecting a boost in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 26% \[1\]. In other words, AI is mighty. And it's only going to get mightier. However, big numbers and breakthroughs aside sheds light on an important consideration: how can companies educate the consumer about the benefits and pitfalls of AI whilst continually innovating their practices? Before looking into this, let’s look at AI’s immense influence. ## **Influence of AI across retail** With AI blending Engineering, Psychology, Computer Science, and Linguistics, tones of simplicity form on the surface and undertones of enormous complexity on the underside. As a result, AI hasn’t just been delivering groundbreaking solutions but also has created entire industries. Retail is just one of many sectors where significant developments in AI have and continue to occur. Whether it be utilizing Computer Vision (CV) to understand how and where consumers are browsing in-store, offering personalized shopping guidance on in-store Point-of-Sale (POS) systems to implementing Virtual Dressing Rooms (VDRs), AI services in the retail sector are predicted to increase to over $31 billion by 2028 \[2\]. Contrast this to back in 2016 when only 4% of retail companies were utilizing some form of AI and in 2021 where this number had climbed to 28% \[3\]. With COVID-19 acting as an incredible catalyst in the world of E-commerce, the future of online shopping is set to be a rollercoaster ride with AI in tow, but do consumers really understand what they’re getting themselves into? ## **So, how much do consumers understand AI?** AI has very much been a mixed bag when it comes to both understanding and trust. Generally speaking, interactions with AI chatbots are popular with a Consumer Data Platform Resources survey finding 53% of respondents have interacted with an AI chatbot of some form \[4\]. Healthcare, in particular, is one such industry where chatbots are becoming invaluable for administrative tasks, namely reordering prescriptions and booking appointments. Aside from the popularity of AI chatbots, AI’s holistic impact has its good and bad points: consumers find AI helpful in the likes of shopping (63%) and customer service (53%) \[4\]. However, from the same survey, only 34% of people find AI chatbots helpful and an additional 43% feel they need improvement \[4\]. What’s more telling, however, is the desire to access human support - something wished for by 64% of people \[4\]. In other words, chatbots can be useful but like any piece of technology, they can have their moments! [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## **Data privacy: Earning customer trust** Numbers and usefulness aside, turning to how consumers currently accept privacy communications is where things become a maze: messages ranging from “Accept”, “Ask app not to track” and “We value your privacy: we use cookies to help give you the best experience on our site..” have become the norm on both desktop and mobile browsers, so much so they’ve become buzzwords. With 81% of people having privacy concerns about the use of AI in recommendations, customer service, and support, questions are emerging about how companies can ensure their privacy policies aren’t alien statements to purely tick compliance boxes \[4\]. The language used in informing customers about the privacy angle, for example, is becoming increasingly important. Nowadays many website privacy policies are written in extensive jargon, creating a blur for consumers on **what** data is being and **why** it’s being collected. Put it another way: imagine a consumer signed up for a loyalty program with a retailer that had over the last few occasions delivered excellent service. The message wouldn’t be filled with corporate legal dictionary-like speak: it’ll combine a carefully curated selection of marketing buzzwords to draw the customer in. Linking to the above, another angle to earn customer trust is to look at the contents of the privacy policy. It’s important to have the essentials covered and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides guidance on this, but going a step further in explaining **why the data being collected is** an important angle to keep in mind**.** The backbone of education is explanation: being able to tell the consumer the advantages of sharing specific data. For example, having information in the prompt before simply accepting is a great way of helping the consumer feel comfortable with the destination of their data. Imagine then the consumer shares that experience with others about how well that company has respected their data: it builds loyalty, a wider customer base, and more importantly, trust. ## **Conclusion** Ultimately, whether it be adjusting the language in a privacy policy or working towards improving a chatbot's reliability, the many tentacles of AI will continue to inspire, test, worry, and excite all who use the tools. With no doubt some interesting innovations yet to come, data privacy and educating the consumer will be key in winning their long-term trust. For those in charge of data initiatives - whether it be a Sole Trader or the Chief Data Officer at a multinational corporation - look at your organization’s privacy policy and ask yourself: **do I understand what I’m being asked to share and why?** If not, there’s your starting point. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **McKinsey Tech Outlook**: Chui, M., Issler, M., Roberts, R. and Yee, L. (2023). McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023 | McKinsey. \[online\] www.mckinsey.com. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey digital/our-insights/ the-top-trends-in-tech#new-and-notable. \[2\] **Retail Sector AI Services**: Yili, W. (2023). Here’s how artificial intelligence can benefit the retail sector. \[online\] World Economic Forum. Available at: https:// www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/here-s-how-artificial-intelligence-benefit-retail sector-davos2023/. \[3\] **Retail Success with AI**: Kovalenko, O. (2023). Unlocking Retail Success with Artificial Intelligence (AI) | SPD Technology. \[online\] Software Product Development Company. Available at: https://spd.tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-for-retail/ \[Accessed 14 Nov. 2023\]. \[4\] **Customer Data Platform Resource**: Getting Personal: Consumer Perspectives on AI in Marketing and Customer Service. (n.d.). Available at: https:// get.treasuredata.com/rs/714-XIJ-402/images/Consumer-Perspectives-on-AI-In Marketing-and-Customer-Service.pdf \[Accessed 15 Nov. 2023\]. \[5\] **KPMG Consumer Insights**: Gillespie, N., Lockey, S., Curtis, C., Pool, J. and Ali Akbari (2023). Trust in Artificial Intelligence: A global study. Trust in artificial intelligence. doi:https://doi.org/10.14264/00d3c94\. ### Unlocking the future of AI: OpenAI’s game-changing developer conference URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/unlocking-future-ai-openai-game-changing-developer-conference/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:16:57.000Z In a trailblazing event that promises to reshape the AI landscape, OpenAI's inaugural developer conference has delivered a series of key announcements. Under the vision of OpenAI’s CEO, the conference showcased innovations designed to make AI more accessible, powerful, and customizable. Here's a detailed breakdown of the major revelations that are set to revolutionize the field. ## 1\. GPT-4 Turbo 128k: A new era of AI performance At the forefront of OpenAI’s announcements is the GPT-4 Turbo, a formidable model that narrows the performance chasm between GPT-3 and GPT-4\. Its standout feature is a 128,000-token context window, allowing it to process an expanse of data equivalent to a 300-page book in a single instance. This advance heralds unmatched accuracy and enhanced performance for complex, lengthy conversations. ## 2\. Substantial pricing reductions: Democratizing AI access Alongside the launch of GPT-4 Turbo is a strategic reduction in pricing, averaging 2.75 times lower than previous models. This initiative positions advanced AI within a more affordable range, catalyzing a wider adoption and spurring innovation. Similarly, the GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k will also see notable price cuts, further democratizing access to cutting-edge technology. ## 3\. New modalities: Expanding the AI toolbox The path into text-to-speech represents OpenAI’s bold challenge to industry incumbents. The debut of its text2Speech model alongside API access extensions for DALL-E 3, GPT-4 (Turbo and Vision), and the Text2Speech model equips developers with diverse tools for innovation. The introduction of Whisper V3 is poised to refine the company’s automatic speech recognition capabilities. ## 4\. Better world knowledge: Staying current and competitive Recognizing the need to keep AI informed, OpenAI has updated the GPT knowledge base to April 2023, with ongoing enhancements on the horizon. A tantalizing hint was dropped about the potential for users to input their data, signaling a competitive move toward the capabilities of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) services. ## 5\. More control: Enhancing functionality and consistency OpenAI is elevating user agency with improved function calling, allowing multiple functions within a single call for streamlined AI interactions. A specialized JSON mode addresses the needs of LLM builders, and a new seed parameter promises consistent outputs from identical prompts, reducing unpredictability and “hallucinations” in the process. ## 6\. Customization: Tailoring AI to your needs In a nod to user-specific requirements, OpenAI has unveiled the ability to fine-tune GPT-4, extending a customization feature previously seen in GPT-3.5\. In a Palantir-like collaborative model, OpenAI is dedicating its research and engineering workforce to assist businesses in developing AI solutions finely tuned to their specialized demands. ## 7\. Higher rate limits: Boosting efficiency In a move to boost operational efficiency, OpenAI has doubled the token processing rate limits, allowing for quicker AI interactions. The company also offers an option to request further rate increases, adding a layer of flexibility and adaptability for developers’ projects. ## 8\. Copyright shield: Protecting users’ interests In line with industry norms, OpenAI has introduced a copyright shield to safeguard its users, committing to defend against any claims of copyright infringement. This positions OpenAI as a trusted partner in the secure development of AI applications. These landmark advancements underscore OpenAI’s commitment to democratizing AI technology. By enhancing affordability, customization, and accessibility, OpenAI is empowering a new era of ethical and impactful AI applications. With these developments, the AI industry is poised on the cusp of a new frontier, opening up a world of possibilities for developers and businesses alike. The future of AI, fueled by these innovations, looks brighter than ever. ### How to leverage AI in finance with Christian Martinez URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-to-leverage-ai-in-finance-with-christian-martinez/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:17:28.000Z Our sister community, [Finance Alliance](https://www.financealliance.io/), recently held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session inside their [Slack community](https://www.financealliance.io/community/) with [Christian Martinez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmartinezthefinancialfox/?ref=financealliance.io), Finance Manager at Kraft Heinz. So, Christian answered members’ burning questions about how to successfully leverage AI tools in finance, and much more. Below, you'll find some highlights from the session, where Christian shared valuable insights and tips with Finance Alliance's members. ⬇ ## How FP&A professionals can leverage AI tools The main use cases for using these types of tools, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, include: - Identifying risks, opportunities, and trends. - Facilitating collaboration between departments. - Developing automatic AOP models. - Natural language processing (NLP). --- ## Can ChatGPT interpret past trends and data to help automate financial forecasting? I’ve seen that [Google Bard](https://www.financealliance.io/google-bard-with-google-sheets-excel/), ChatGPT, and other similar language models are very powerful tools for many processes, but in order to help automate financial forecasting, they require an additional tool. For example, Google Bard + Python. ## How can ChatGPT help perform real-time financial analysis? I see ChatGPT helping in two main ways: 1. Generating ideas on how to perform the analysis. 2. Providing [Python code](https://www.financealliance.io/how-to-use-chatgpt-with-python/) to use on Google Colab to perform real-time financial analysis. ## How can you ensure buy-in from management in finance transformation projects/initiatives? It's really important to have that buy-in from management. In order to get it, you need to understand the ‘*why are we doing this*,’ and ‘*why this matters*.’ The answers will depend on the management and the project, but understanding those is key. Another important thing you need to do is map your stakeholders/management people and understand how much interest and influence they have in your initiative. ## Do you use third-party tools as the basis for building models or are spreadsheets still the best go-to option? I prefer to use Python (with Google Colab) for this! But for the MVM (minimum viable model), I sometimes use Excel. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## What third-party tools do you recommend for finance professionals and why? I’m still in the process of exploring the potential of third-party tools. Right now, I’m using Tableau, Alteryx, Python, SQL, Microsoft Azure, and Power BI. ## What are your top 5 methods to forecast data? 1. Random forests 2. Linear regression 3. Clustering 4. Monte Carlo simulation 5. Time series ## How can AI help predict financial patterns? They can primarily help through decision-making algorithms, predictive analytics, and automation. ## What do you think are the best ChatGPT plugins for FP&A? I have many articles on plugins: [*3 Great ChatGPT Plug ins for Finance with Guide + Business Case*](https://link.medium.com/sneaghETAAb?ref=financealliance.io) [*Generate your own ChatGPT Plug in guide in 3 Simple Steps*](https://link.medium.com/MtxEi7FTAAb?ref=financealliance.io) [*10 Amazing Ways to Use ChatGPT Plugins for Stock Analysis: Part 1*](https://link.medium.com/ELk3GwITAAb?ref=financealliance.io) ## How can I use AI for financial modeling? There are many good use cases for [financial modeling](https://www.financealliance.io/build-a-saas-financial-model/). Some of the main ones are the creation of models (LBO, DCF, etc), research about models, generation of shortcuts guides on your financial modeling software, formula builder, etc. ## Do you recommend using ChatGPT API in Python or is inaccuracy still a huge issue? On its own, the API is the same as using the model on the OpenAI website. If you add things on top, it can then be valuable. On accuracy, there are two things I’d recommend: - Use this before your prompts: "*Act as a purely factual AI that doesn’t hallucinate. If you don't know an answer or if it's out of your training data, just say it...*" - Treat ChatGPT as the most junior member of your team. They can contribute and help a lot, but you need to check their work before submitting it to your stakeholders/customers. Use your knowledge and expertise to assess the veracity of what they produce. ## What news sources do you use to stay on top of all the tools and developments in AI? I mainly use Twitter and LinkedIn. I tend to follow a group of AI "general" influencers on Twitter, and then if I think it can be applied to finance and accounting, I post it on LinkedIn. These are some of the accounts I follow: - [TheRundownAI](https://twitter.com/TheRundownAI?t=nLmlqWbWYR5nSTp2gweSHg&s=09&ref=financealliance.io) - [TheJasSingh](https://twitter.com/TheJasSingh?t=sJgAb7nctDB%5FBIn%5FLdYgKQ&s=09&ref=financealliance.io) - [itsPaulAi](https://twitter.com/itsPaulAi?t=lViZhorZ2JhOaomQ8JDGyw&s=09&ref=financealliance.io) --- ## About Christian Martinez Christian Martinez is currently the Finance Manager at Kraft Heinz and has over six years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A). He’s also the founder of The Financial Fox, a non-profit startup project which aims to democratize machine learning and data analysis. Christian was named as one of the 30 under 30 in the Accounting and Finance industry in Australia in 2021\. He also won the EMEA Data Democratizer Award in 2022 and was a finalist in the Young Leaders in Finance Awards in 2018. --- ### Download Finance Alliance's AI in Finance eBook Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the finance industry and empowering finance teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions like never before. But how can you incorporate AI into *your* financial workflow? Welcome to the **AI in Finance** eBook, your trusted guide to merging AI’s vast potential with everyday finance operations such as forecasting, budgeting, analysis, and more.👇 [Download now](https://www.financealliance.io/ai-in-finance-ebook/) ### Why companies aren't using generative AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-companies-arent-using-generative-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:31:12.000Z Generative AI is changing the game for modern businesses, streamlining operations, reducing errors, and generally making lives easier in the workplace. Yet, despite its clear advantages, a number of companies remain hesitant to embrace generative AI’s advanced capabilities. In this article, we’ll deep-dive into the reasons why companies aren’t using generative AI: - [What is generative AI?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/aa87fa3f-3551-4687-82db-90e631d59335/#what-is-generative-ai) - [3 reasons why companies aren’t using generative AI tools](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/aa87fa3f-3551-4687-82db-90e631d59335/#3-reasons-why-companies-aren%E2%80%99t-using-generative-ai-tools) - [What else is stopping companies from adopting generative AI?](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/p/aa87fa3f-3551-4687-82db-90e631d59335/#what-else-is-stopping-companies-from-adopting-generative-ai) ## What is generative AI? [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/download-generative-ai-report/) is a subset of artificial intelligence and [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) that’s used to generate new content from existing information, including text, images, audio, 3D models, and data. Generative models have quickly risen to the forefront of artificial intelligence. This is due to advancements in [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) technologies; algorithms are now capable of creating a vast collection of realistic and innovative outputs. [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/) is one great example of a successful generative AI implementation. Advancements in hardware capabilities have also influenced the incredible growth of generative AI. Models are able to process massive amounts of data with great efficiency. Plus, the expansion of data sets has allowed the necessary training for algorithms to improve accuracy and performance. [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/business-performance-forecasting-using-generative-ai-the-hobbit/) is a powerful tool that can provide many benefits and use cases for sectors like healthcare, entertainment, retail, finance, and many more. But if it offers so many exciting opportunities, then why aren’t companies using it? Let’s dig into the data. ## 3 reasons why companies aren’t using generative AI tools We recently surveyed hundreds of AI users for our [Generative AI 2023 Report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/). The aim of the report was to gain insights into the key challenges and drivers behind companies’ use of AI. We found that **11.8%** of respondents don’t use generative AI tools at all. So what are the reasons behind this decision? Well, **46.2%** of respondents cited **lack of knowledge** as the number one reason for not using generative AI. The second most popular reason was **data privacy concerns**, with **30.8%** of the votes, followed by **concerns over IP**, with **15.4%** of the votes. ![Donut chart showing the results from the Generative AI Report 2023 - 'Why have you chosen not to use generative AI tools?'](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-11.17.02.png) Let’s look more closely at these three reasons: ### Lack of knowledge Lack of knowledge can be a major barrier to adopting generative AI for many companies. Firstly, generative AI can be complex, especially as it involves intricate algorithms and deep learning models. Understanding exactly how these models work, how to train them effectively, and how to correctly integrate, utilize, and derive value from them requires a sound understanding of [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-8-machine-learning-trends-in-2023/) principles. There can also be misconceptions about what generative AI models can and can’t do. Some companies might underestimate the tool’s capabilities, leading them to miss out on potential opportunities and [applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-5-primary-generative-ai-applications-and-how-they-work/). On the other hand, companies might overestimate generative AI’s capabilities, expecting it to generate perfect content every time and then being disappointed if it doesn’t match their expectations. It can take time to fully comprehend generative AI’s abilities and how to apply it to specific industry or business challenges. It’s therefore understandable why companies might be hesitant to invest in it. Implementing generative AI also requires the right expertise, and companies might not know where to begin in terms of training their employees on how to use it. [5 top generative AI startups & and OpenAI’s London moveWe delve into OpenAI’s strategic expansion and introduce you to five notable generative AI startups making waves in the UK’s AI landscape.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1684487747720-1ba29cda82f8?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDU1fHxnZW5lcmF0aXZlJTIwYWl8ZW58MHx8fHwxNjg4NTYwOTQ5fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-top-generative-ai-startups-to-watch-out-for-and-openais-international-move/) ### Data privacy With generative AI comes the risk of unintentionally sharing personal data. [Large language models (LLMs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/integrating-llms-business-operations-shakudo/) are typically trained on vast datasets that include personally identifiable information. This data can be obtained with a simple text prompt, and it can be difficult for individuals to locate and request its removal. To avoid this issue, companies need to ensure that personally identifiable information isn’t embedded in any language models being built or upgraded. They also need to make sure that personal information is easy to remove from the model in accordance with privacy laws. Employees also risk leaking company secrets and misusing consumer data. If employees are using tools like [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/) to speed up their processes, they may be inadvertently sharing confidential corporate information and customer data, which breaks company privacy policies and data breach laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ### Concerns over IP [Generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-generative-ai-killing-creativity/) models can produce new content, designs, and solutions. But who exactly owns the rights to this newly generated content? Copyright laws surrounding generative AI are very much a gray area, and its legal status could take a while to settle. Image generators like Midjourney and DALL·E can create realistic images and art from text-based descriptions, while AI-powered language models like ChatGPT can generate a variety of humanlike content, adeptly mimicking requested styles and forms. These types of tools are able to generate content from millions of examples in training sets, which means that their results are derived from existing sources. AKA, what they create isn’t original. When these tools produce content, the source of the data they’ve used could be unknown, which could potentially lead to legal, reputational, and financial risks for a business if it turns out they’ve been relying on another company’s intellectual property. There are very few, if any, legal precedents that provide clarity around IP and copyright challenges in regard to generative AI, and this needs to be addressed. [Business performance forecasting using generative AI & The HobbitWhat if you could use generative AI to project the performance of various industries and businesses?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteGregg W. Casey![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1462759353907-b2ea5ebd72e7?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGhvYmJpdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE2OTI2ODk3OTh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/business-performance-forecasting-using-generative-ai-the-hobbit/) ## What else is stopping companies from adopting generative AI? As you may have already noticed from the results of our [report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) earlier, when we asked our respondents why they chose not to use generative AI tools, 7.7% answered ‘other.’ There may be a number of additional reasons that companies opt against the use of generative AI. These could include: ### Lack of trust In our [Generative AI 2023 Report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/), we also wanted to know how much those who don’t use generative AI actually trust it. The results showed that approximately **27.2%** **of respondents don’t trust generative AI**. ![A donut chart showing results from the Generative AI 2023 Report - 'Do you trust generative AI tools?'](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-16.52.16.png) This perhaps isn’t surprising, as [generative AI models are known to make mistakes](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/) or produce results that deviate from intended outcomes. This makes it difficult for companies to fully rely on it to make critical decisions. ### Limited outputs [Machine learning algorithms](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/choosing-the-right-machine-learning-algorithm-for-your-problem/) can only generate new images, texts, etc. on existing datasets. Therefore, if the initial training dataset has a limited scope, the output will also be limited. ### Cost [Generative AI models can be expensive](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cost-saving-is-not-a-leading-driver-of-generative-ai-adoption/) to deploy. These costs include purchasing and implementing the technology, training the model, and the additional resources needed to operate them. Hiring developers who are trained in AI is especially pricey, as well as acquiring AI hardware. ## Conclusion It’s clear to see that there’s a myriad of possibilities and promise for the future of generative AI. However, as we’ve seen from our report findings, there are some major barriers preventing companies from being able to completely rely on it. It’s important for businesses to weigh up the pros and cons of adopting generative AI at this stage. However, as the technology becomes more [regulated](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-parliament-negotiate-ai-regulations/), it’s likely that we’ll see an uptake in adoption as industries gain a clearer understanding of its use cases. [Download the Generative AI 2023 report todayThe Generative AI 2023 report highlights the ‘why’ and the ‘why not’ of generative AI adoption, alongside a variety of surprising statistics.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2023/06/AIAI_Favicon_60x60px_.jpg)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Blog-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/download-generative-ai-report/) ### Combining computer vision and language models to create intelligent applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/combining-computer-vision-and-language-models-to-create-intelligent-applications/ Last updated: 2025-07-07T15:57:59.000Z *Sumedh Datar, R&D Senior Software Engineer at 7-Eleven, gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Festival in August 2023.* In this session, I’m going to talk about language models with computer vision. A decade back, when deep learning was proven to be the way to go towards solving problems in computer vision and natural language processing, there was no interconnect that was as good as today. [Computer vision models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/understanding-ai-an-introduction-to-computer-vision/) are very good for classification and detection techniques. Language models are very good for giving opinions, understanding the context, and understanding any language. So today, in this session, I'm going to talk about when you bring language models and computer vision together, and what the possibilities are that we can actually see in the AI domain. _This post is for subscribers only._ ### A third of Generative AI users worry about biases and errors URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/a-third-of-generative-ai-users-worry-about-biases-and-errors/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:18:34.000Z [Generative AI is buzzing in the tech world](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/), opening doors to craft new content like text, images, or music. As more fields hop onto the generative AI bandwagon, getting a grip on the challenges that come with it is becoming crucial. This article dives into the snags users hit when playing around with their chosen generative AI tools, all based on our [Generative AI report](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/). We wanted to know what was the main challenge with respondents’ number one generative AI tool. As you can see below, biases, errors, and limitations of generative AI were highlighted as the main concern when using the technology (**36.1%**), followed by a limited information pool (19.5%) and generative AI data security concerns (16.5%) in second and third place, respectively. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iANdYc3wxtOofaEEgajUcon3WOCBFdB-eGkdW-z_1iYXiQF7WYwDGUyV2XBuHTt6lPe-e97syQnOCdTTWT5IbAq7Kplv8Lnu3oRgqZaCWrm8GHvTgWDDWz5JjAE6-Y3I0N9R_y-naNJjangA1lCsQcg) Diving deeper below, we'll be looking at each challenge, spotlighting the ethical tight spots, ownership wrangles, data security shaky grounds, and the ties to third-party platforms. In this article, we’ll look at the 7 mentioned generative AI challenges: - Biases, errors, and limitations of generative AI - Generative AI vs. IP rights - Generative AI data security - Dependence on the 3rd party platform - Limited information pool - Costs associated with premium versions - Workforce morale ## Biases, errors, and limitations of generative AI Should the data used to train models have biases, the created content will reflect these. This can be a big concern when it comes to real-world applications in law enforcement, hiring processes, and healthcare. There are also ethical concerns when it comes to generative AI, as it can create or amplify harmful stereotypes. The model outputs can be unpredictable at times, and this can lead to errors or even impropriate content generation. ## Generative AI vs. IP rights As generative AI creates artworks, written content, and music pieces, the question arises: who owns the rights to this content? The AI developer, the user? This can be a big point of contention when using the models. Similarly, generative AI can produce content that is very close to existing copyrighted work and lead to legal disputes, or even recreate products or content based on existing ones and undermine the value of the original creations. ## Generative AI data security When generative models are trained on vast datasets, they can unintentionally memorize personal or sensitive information. And, when generating content for other users, there’s a possibility that models will leak this information. Models can also create false data or manipulate existing data, which presents challenges in guaranteeing data integrity – particularly in critical sectors like finance or healthcare. And, generative AI models can be susceptible to adversarial attacks, a slight deviation from the input can lead to models producing incorrect outputs. ## Dependence on the 3rd party platform There can be an over-reliance on specific platforms, meaning that migrating to other platforms or solutions becomes difficult. Should these third-party platforms have outages or discontinuations, users who depend on them can face serious disruptions. Relying on these external platforms can result in databeing stored in locations that are subject to different law regulations – or even to data being accessed by unwanted parties. ## Limited information pool Generative AI models are only as good as the data used to train them; if they’re trained on limited datasets, outputs can lack diversity or be highly inaccurate. Additionally, artificial intelligence models have a “knowledge cutoff”, meaning that they aren’t aware of new information or current events unless consistently updated. ## Costs associated with premium versions Premium versions of generative AI platforms can often have additional or advanced features that make work simpler and more efficient. They can, however, be expensive, which places them out of reach for small businesses or individuals. Alongside premium versions, there can also be hidden costs associated with data storage, computation, or other infrastructure needs. ## Workforce morale With the quick adoption of AI, there’s been a feat that it could replace certain job roles, especially generative AI, leading to reduced job security or unemployment. Employees might also be wary of AI-generated content and doubt its reliability and accuracy. As this adoption grows, so does the need for upskilling. Employees could feel overwhelmed or even left behind if they aren’t provided with adequate training. [Building the AI-ready workforce: Challenges and opportunitiesExplore the challenges and solutions to developing an AI-ready workforce. Understand the impact of AI across industries and the role of government in shaping AI’s future.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-102.png)AI Accelerator InstituteDr. Hemachandran K![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1633158834806-766387547d2c-1)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-the-ai-ready-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities-for-industries/) ## Bonus: Honourable mentions Respondents also mentioned a few other challenges that their first generative AI tool of choice has. A few of these are: - Its speed - Its availability - Lack of speech recognition - How hard it is to find someone who knows how to use the tools well enough to get the most out of them. - Knowing about what’s out there since there are so many tools available. - The cost of initial development is more than expected. ### Generative AI apps: Examples, use cases & top tools in 2026 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-applications/ Last updated: 2026-05-18T15:55:09.000Z ## What are generative AI applications? Generative AI applications are tools and workflows that use artificial intelligence to create new content, [**data**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-must-know-frameworks-for-data-engineers-in-2026/), analysis, or actions. These outputs can include text, images, code, audio, video, summaries, product concepts, reports, synthetic data, or conversational responses. In 2026, generative AI is no longer just about asking a chatbot to write a paragraph. The technology is increasingly multimodal, meaning it can work across text, images, audio, video, documents, spreadsheets, and code. It is also becoming more [**agentic**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/), meaning AI systems can help plan and complete multi-step workflows rather than only responding to one prompt at a time. Businesses now use generative AI to speed up repetitive tasks, personalize customer experiences, support research, automate workflows, improve software development, and make internal knowledge easier to access. --- ## How does generative AI work? Generative AI works by learning patterns from large datasets and using those patterns, combined with user instructions and relevant context, to produce new outputs. **A simple workflow usually looks like this:** 1. **The model is trained** on large volumes of text, images, code, audio, video, or structured data. 2. **The user provides an input**, such as a prompt, file, image, spreadsheet, codebase, or question. 3. **The system adds context**, often by retrieving information from trusted documents, websites, knowledge bases, or business systems. 4. **The model generates an output**, such as a draft, answer, image, video, recommendation, code change, or summary. 5. **A human reviews or approves the result**, especially in high-risk settings. Generative AI does not understand information in the same way a person does. It generates outputs based on patterns, probabilities, instructions, and context. That is why accuracy checks, source review, and human oversight still matter. [Data engineers: what tech leaders need to knowThe data engineer has gone from a largely behind-the-scenes role to one of the most strategically important positions in a modern technology organization. The leaders who understand why are making significantly better infrastructure decisions than the ones who do not.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-786bb43559cfc847e31b7bde81e27ba228726dc607702944dccb44c4e375694c.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--5-c32cff6d27b20472ee19fb630bf1bbe4ebdce88a4c15e0678293c40920f8a703.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-data-engineers-may-be-more-influential-than-you-think/) ## A brief history of generative AI The foundations of generative AI go back decades. Early systems such as Markov chains could generate simple sequences by predicting what was likely to come next. Later, deep learning made it possible to model more complex patterns in text, images, and audio. Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, and variational autoencoders, or VAEs, helped advance synthetic image and data generation. Transformers then became a major breakthrough for language models because they could process context more effectively across long sequences of information. Today’s generative AI applications are shaped by large language models, diffusion models, multimodal systems, retrieval-augmented generation, and AI agents. The focus has shifted from “What can AI generate?” to “What workflow can AI help complete?” [7 signs your AI agent system needs to start building its own toolsMost AI agents are stuck in their ways. Built once, they repeat the same patterns regardless of the task at hand. But new research suggests a smarter path forward: agents that get sharper with every challenge they face…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2026/05/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-agent-system-needs-to-start-building-its-own-tools/) ## 9 common generative AI applications Generative AI is used across content, software, research, operations, customer experience, analytics, and creative production. ### 1\. Text generation and content creation Text generation is one of the most widely used generative AI applications. Teams use it to draft, edit, summarize, localize, and repurpose written content. **Common use cases include:** - Blog outlines and article drafts - Email copy - Product descriptions - Social media posts - Report summaries - Meeting notes - SEO briefs and metadata - Customer support responses - Knowledge base articles For businesses, text generation can reduce repetitive writing work and help teams turn raw information into clearer communication. However, AI-generated content still needs review for accuracy, originality, tone, and brand voice. ### 2\. AI agents and workflow automation AI agents are one of the biggest developments in generative AI. Instead of only answering a single prompt, agents can help plan, coordinate, and complete multi-step tasks. > Examples include research agents that compare sources, sales agents that draft follow-ups, customer service agents that retrieve policy information, and coding agents that inspect repositories and suggest changes. AI agents are most useful when they are connected to approved tools and data sources, with clear human approval steps before anything is sent, published, changed, or deployed. ### 3\. Conversational AI and enterprise copilots Conversational AI has evolved from basic chatbots into more capable assistants embedded in workplace tools. Examples include customer support chatbots, HR and IT helpdesk tools, internal knowledge assistants, voice assistants, sales enablement assistants, and enterprise copilots inside productivity platforms. Modern conversational AI can answer follow-up questions, summarize documents, produce drafts, and help users navigate information without switching between systems. ### 4\. AI search and research assistants AI search tools help users move beyond lists of links by synthesizing information from multiple sources. They are useful for market research, competitor analysis, policy research, customer insight summaries, internal knowledge search, due diligence, and executive briefings. For business use, the most reliable tools provide citations, source traceability, and access to trusted internal or external data. ### 5\. Image generation and creative design Image generation tools create visuals from text prompts, reference images, sketches, or other inputs. Use cases include campaign concepts, product mock-ups, website imagery, ad variations, presentation visuals, storyboards, and brand-safe creative assets. 💡 Popular tools in this area include Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT image generation, Google Imagen, Leonardo.ai, and open-source image models. ### 6\. Video generation and editing Generative AI video tools can support text-to-video, image-to-video, video editing, synthetic presenters, storyboarding, visual effects, and video localization. Use cases include short-form social videos, training simulations, product demos, campaign assets, background replacement, and content repurposing. Tools in this space include Runway, Google Veo, Kling, Pika, Luma, and Adobe Firefly video features. Video generation is powerful, but it also creates risks around deepfakes, consent, likeness rights, and disclosure. ### 7\. Audio, voice, and music generation Generative AI audio tools can create, transform, or enhance sound. Applications include speech synthesis, voice assistants, audiobook narration, podcast editing, music generation, sound effects, transcription, captioning, dubbing, and multilingual voiceovers. Voice cloning should be handled carefully because it can be misused for impersonation or fraud. Consent and security controls are essential. ### 8\. Code generation and coding agents Generative AI is now part of many software development workflows. Developers use AI for code completion, debugging, test generation, documentation, refactoring, codebase explanation, pull request support, and multi-file edits. Tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Replit, Codeium, and Sourcegraph Cody can help developers move faster, but generated code still needs review, testing, and security checks. ### 9\. Data analysis and synthetic data Generative AI can help users analyze spreadsheets, summarize dashboards, explain trends, generate reports, clean data, and identify anomalies. It can also create synthetic data for model training, software testing, fraud detection, robotics simulations, and privacy-sensitive environments. Synthetic data is useful when real data is scarce, sensitive, or expensive to collect. However, it must be checked carefully to avoid bias, leakage, or misleading model performance. [AI readiness in 2026: Teams, agents & self-improving systemsI left Google ten days ago to found my own company. It’s been quite a journey figuring out how things work outside of the mothership, and I’m genuinely excited to share what I’ve learned from both sides of the house…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteShivani Poddar![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Author_Highlight--4--452d07a140c97ee0661e1b45b6ecc15a2b612adb36b064e3b5caeefd8e448c1a.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/becoming-ai-ready-building-a-company-with-12-ai-agents-as-my-first-hires/) ## Generative AI applications by industry ### Healthcare - Clinical note summaries - Patient communication drafts - Synthetic medical imaging - Drug discovery support ### Financial services - Report summaries - Fraud investigation support - Compliance drafts - Customer service agents ### Manufacturing - Product design - Predictive maintenance support - Quality inspection - Synthetic sensor data ### Software development - Code generation - Debugging - Documentation - Test creation - Coding agents ### Marketing and advertising - Campaign ideas - Ad copy - Personalized content - Image generation - SEO briefs ### Media and entertainment - Script ideas - Music generation - Visual effects - Synthetic voices - Localization ### Education and training - Personalized learning materials - Tutoring assistants - Assessment drafts - Training simulations ### Retail and ecommerce - Product descriptions - Personalized recommendations - Virtual try-ons - Review summaries ### Legal and compliance - Document summaries - Contract review support - Policy drafts - Compliance checklists ### Cybersecurity - Threat summaries - Phishing simulations - Incident response drafts - Vulnerability triage ### HR and people teams - Job description drafts - Onboarding assistants - Policy Q&A - Employee communications ### Operations - Workflow documentation - Process improvement ideas - Internal reporting - Procurement summaries --- ## Popular generative AI tools in 2026 The right generative AI tool depends on the task, data sensitivity, governance needs, and existing workflow. ### ChatGPT Best for general AI assistance, writing, analysis, images, documents, and coding support. ### Claude Best for long-form writing, document analysis, complex reasoning, and professional workflows. ### Gemini Best for multimodal productivity, Google ecosystem workflows, research, and image or video tasks. ### Microsoft Copilot Best for Microsoft 365 productivity, including meetings, documents, emails, spreadsheets, and presentations. ### GitHub Copilot Best for software development, code suggestions, debugging, tests, and pull request support. ### Cursor and AI code editors Best for AI-native development, codebase Q&A, refactoring, and multi-file changes. ### Perplexity Best for AI search, source-backed research, competitor analysis, and trend monitoring. ### Midjourney Best for high-quality image generation and creative exploration. ### Adobe Firefly Best for brand-conscious creative generation across Adobe workflows. ### Runway, Veo, Kling, Pika and Luma Best for video generation, editing, storyboarding, and motion concepts. ### ElevenLabs and voice tools Best for narration, dubbing, voiceovers, accessibility, and multilingual audio. ### Zapier, Make, n8n, Lindy and Gumloop Best for AI workflow automation and connected agents. --- ## Before choosing a tool, ask: 💡 What output do we need? Will the tool handle confidential data? Does it integrate with our existing systems? Can humans review the output before use? Does it provide citations or traceability where accuracy matters? Are there privacy, copyright, or security issues to manage? --- ## How to get started with generative AI Most organizations do not need to build a custom model to get started. A practical approach is to begin with focused, low-risk workflows. ### 1\. Choose a clear use case Start with a specific task that is repetitive, time-consuming, and easy to review. Examples include summarizing meeting notes, drafting internal documents, creating social post variations, generating FAQ answers, or summarizing research. ### 2\. Match the tool to the task Use a writing assistant for content, an AI search tool for research, an image tool for visuals, a video platform for motion content, a coding assistant for development, and an automation platform for repeated workflows across apps. ### 3\. Connect AI to trusted context The best business results often come when AI has access to approved documents, policies, product data, CRM records, or codebases. This reduces generic responses and helps the system produce more relevant outputs. ### 4\. Create prompt and review guidelines Good prompts should include context, audience, tone, format, and constraints. For repeat tasks, turn effective prompts into templates. Review outputs for accuracy, brand voice, bias, copyright, privacy, security, accessibility, and source quality. ### 5\. Start small and measure results Pilot one or two use cases before scaling. Track time saved, output quality, error rates, review time, adoption, customer impact, and cost per workflow. ### 6\. Create an AI usage policy A good policy should explain which tools are approved, what data can be entered, when disclosure is required, who reviews outputs, and when AI should not be used. [7 signs your AI agent system needs to start building its own toolsMost AI agents are stuck in their ways. Built once, they repeat the same patterns regardless of the task at hand. But new research suggests a smarter path forward: agents that get sharper with every challenge they face…![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-bfbd8c19a08e3471002e1bb396c312406cb7992da375ce546e0e46acbda34342.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/7-signs-your-ai-agent-system-needs-to-start-building-its-own-tools/) ## Risks, ethics, and limitations of generative AI Generative AI can be valuable, but it also introduces risks. ### Hallucinations AI systems can produce information that sounds confident but is incorrect. This can lead to misleading reports, poor decisions, compliance issues, or inaccurate customer communications. ### Bias Models can reflect biases in their training data. This can affect hiring content, marketing personas, customer support, image generation, and decision-support tools. ### Copyright and IP concerns Generated content can raise copyright and intellectual property questions, especially in creative work, software code, music, images, video, and branded assets. ### Deepfakes and synthetic media AI-generated images, audio, and video can be used to mislead audiences or impersonate people. Businesses should use consent, disclosure, and provenance safeguards where synthetic media could affect trust. ### Data privacy and security Employees may accidentally enter confidential information, customer data, source code, or internal documents into unapproved tools. Organizations need clear rules around approved tools and sensitive data. ### Prompt injection and connected-tool risks As AI systems connect to files, websites, business systems, and automation tools, malicious instructions can try to manipulate them. This is especially important for agents that can send emails, update records, run code, or trigger workflows. ### Over-reliance Generative AI should support human judgment, not replace it. For high-impact use cases, outputs should be treated as drafts, recommendations, or decision support rather than final answers. ## Best practices for responsible use To use generative AI safely and effectively: 💡 Start with low-risk use cases Keep humans involved in review and approval Avoid entering sensitive data into unapproved tools Check outputs for accuracy, bias, and source quality Use approved sources for factual claims Create clear AI usage policies Train employees on prompting and review Add approval steps before AI agents take external actions Monitor tools, risks, and policies as the technology changes [**Generative AI applications**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/turn-shadow-ai-into-safe-agentic-workforce-barndoor-ai/) are now used across content creation, customer support, software development, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, marketing, education, cybersecurity, research, and operations. The most important applications include text generation, [**AI agents**,](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-rise-of-agent-experience-ax/) conversational AI, AI search, image generation, video generation, audio generation, code generation, data analysis, and synthetic data. Businesses can get started by choosing a focused use case, selecting the right tool, connecting AI to trusted context, creating prompt and review guidelines, and building responsible AI policies. Used well, generative AI can help organizations work faster, explore more ideas, personalize experiences, and make information easier to use. Used carelessly, it can create errors, ethical concerns, security risks, and trust issues. --- ## FAQs ### What are generative AI applications? Generative AI applications are tools or workflows that use artificial intelligence to create new content, data, analysis, or actions. Examples include writing assistants, image generators, video tools, coding assistants, AI agents, research assistants, and enterprise copilots. ### What are examples of generative AI applications? Examples include AI writing tools, customer service agents, image generators, video generation platforms, coding assistants, AI search tools, voice synthesis tools, synthetic data systems, and workflow automation agents. ### Which industries use generative AI? Generative AI is used in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, software development, marketing, media, education, retail, legal services, cybersecurity, HR, and operations. ### What is the difference between generative AI and agentic AI? Generative AI creates outputs such as text, images, code, audio, video, or data. Agentic AI uses those capabilities to plan and carry out multi-step tasks, often by connecting to tools, systems, files, or workflows. ### What are the main risks of generative AI? The main risks include inaccurate outputs, hallucinations, bias, copyright concerns, data privacy issues, deepfakes, prompt injection, security risks, and workforce disruption. ### The impact of generative AI on future of digital transformation URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-digital-transformation/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:19:03.000Z What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of digital transformation? Generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, chatbots with feelings? Or even incredible, mind-bending optical illusions whilst visiting Camera Obscura in Edinburgh? The maze that’s intertwining the field of Digital transformation is filled with magic and mystery. Despite the spell-binding breakthroughs we’ve seen over the years, this space can experience the most subtle refinement that takes the era of convenience and efficiency to new heights. Take generative AI, for example, an area that could add as much as $4.4 trillion in economic value across a mosaic of use cases \[1\]. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2023/10/AIAI_Generative_A1_2023_Report_CTA.png) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-2023-report/) ## Model use cases Wizardry aside**,** Digital Transformation can take a variety of forms: whether it be implementing AI, deploying solutions in the cloud to going e-commerce. Before looking at what the future holds, here’s a couple of examples of the impact digital transformation can really have on an organization and its community. First up: the mining industry. Let’s take the company, Freeport-McMoRan. With the aim of increasing the site's copper output with minimal capital injection, the organization leveraged the power of AI through a blend of cross-functional teams across Product, Finance, Project Management, and more. Over time and as a result of the AI’s model recommendations, the copper mill’s production saw a substantial increase, and in the fourth quarter of 2018, Bagdad’s throughput exceeded a whopping 85,000 tones of ore per day: 10% more than the previous quarter. \[2\] Another company that took digital transformation to new heights was Netflix. Founded back in 1997 as a DVD rental service, they’re now a streaming behemoth: gaining a 20% market share in North American Viewing traffic back in 2010 and had an estimated valuation of $31.6 billion back in 2022 \[3\]. They’re to date, one of the largest companies for subscriber numbers, sitting as of the second quarter of 2023 at shy of 240 million subscribers \[4\]. ## The future of digital transformation The two use cases are just a small example of the many great things companies do with digital. It’s an exciting time to be in Digital Transformation and there’s lots of cool stuff on the horizon. For example, Gartner is forecasting low/no-code platforms will account for over 65% of software development by 2024 \[5\]. Without the need for formal training, low/no-code platforms have changed the way early-stage startups can get their idea into the market whilst simultaneously minimizing costs. Ultimately there’s space in the market for everyone, and time will tell what cool software ideas people come up with. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) In addition, another space needing no introduction apart from the thought: of where will it go next, is generative AI, namely ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer). From every corner of the planet, ChatGPT is permeating into almost every industry. Similar to low/no-code platforms, ChatGPT is helping content creators, educators and even CEOs turn ideas into a reality with a couple of taps. However, the ethical angle is under increased scrutiny: hallucination and lawsuits have seeped in as the technology has gained traction, so it’ll be a policy vs. pace race to ensure those leveraging this technology are fully aware of its benefits and pitfalls across the spectrum of stakeholders. Lastly and more broadly, the umbrella of automation brings up an important task facing businesses: how to balance the convergence of the digital and physical landscape. Whether it be supply chain, customer experience, or employee productivity, some Salesforce surveys found that 89% of workers are more satisfied with their role as a result of automation \[6\]. In addition, the consumer values it too, with 33% saying that continuously repeating themselves is their biggest frustration \[7\]. COVID-19 fundamentally changed how businesses thought of digital, and it’s going to remain that way for a very long time. ## Can we still call it digital transformation? Absolutely**.** However**,** digital transformation doesn’t need to be radical to transform a business. The smallest difference, for example, increasing automation in the supply chain, could make the difference for the consumer, and ultimately they’re the ones that’ll not just bring the value, but they’ll feel the value. In addition, generative AI’s meteoric rise through the introduction of ChatGPT will continuously send shockwaves through the digital transformation arena as the space becomes increasingly advanced, and thus it’ll be a delicate balancing act to maintain appetizing potions in the technology cauldron. ## Bibliography **\[1\] McKinsey Tech Outlook:** Chui, M., Issler, M., Roberts, R. and Yee, L. (2023). McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023 | McKinsey. \[online\] www.mckinsey.com. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/ the-top-trends-in-tech#new-and-notable. \[2\] **AI and Mining Case Study**: www.mckinsey.com. (n.d.). Inside a mining company’s AI transformation | McKinsey. \[online\] Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/ industries/metals-and-mining/how-we-help-clients/inside-a-mining-companys-ai transformation. \[2\] **Examples of Digital Transformation:** Mckinsey & Company (2023). What is digital transformation? | McKinsey. \[online\] www.mckinsey.com. Available at: https:// www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital transformation. \[3\] **Netflix Digital Transformation**: Magenest - One-Stop Digital Transformation Solution. (2023). Successful Digital Transformation Case Studies: 8 Best Examples. \[online\] Available at: https://magenest.com/en/successful-digital-transformation case-studies/ \[Accessed 3 Oct. 2023\]. \[4\] **Netflix Subscriber Numbers**: Statista. (n.d.). Netflix: number of subscribers worldwide 2023\. \[online\] Available at: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250934/ quarterly-number-of-netflix-streaming-subscribers-worldwide/#:\~:text=Quarterly%20Netflix%20subscribers%20count%20worldwide%202013%2D 2023&text=Netflix%20had%20around%20238.39%20million. \[5\] **Digital Transformation Trends**: FDM Group. (n.d.). Top 5 Digital Transformation Trends for 2023\. \[online\] Available at: https://www.fdmgroup.com/blog/digital transformation-trends/. \[6\] **Salesforce Automation Surveys**: December 2 and 2021 (2021). New Salesforce Research Links Lower Stress Levels and Business Automation. \[online\] Salesforce. Available at: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/new-salesforce-research links-lower-stress-levels-and-business-automation/. \[7\] **Consumer Automation**: getzowie.com. (n.d.). 5 Advantages of Customer Service Automation. \[online\] Available at: https://getzowie.com/blog/advantages-customer service-automation. ### Download the Generative AI 2023 report today URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/download-generative-ai-report/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T14:34:05.000Z Should your business adopt generative AI? This inaugural report analyzes the pros, cons, and key decisions businesses face when integrating generative AI. This report highlights the ‘why’ behind company adoption of generative AI, and the ‘why not’. It delves into the benefits and the challenges of using these tools, offering an overview of the reasoning behind integrating them into business. ## Download the report today and: 🤖 Gain insights on the main drivers behind companies adopting generative AI. 🦾 Understand the challenges associated with using tools like ChatGPT. 💡 Consider the impact this technology has on productivity and efficiency. ## Plus, solve answers to searing questions like: - Do experts in the field trust tools like ChatGPT? - What is the main reason behind using these tools? - What could be improved for higher adoption? ## Take a sneak peek at the key findings: ✅ On average, only **53.1%** of respondents who use generative AI trust the technology. **📈** A **fifth of the respondents** say generative AI doubled their productivity. **1️⃣ Efficiency** is the number one advantage of using generative AI ## So, what are you waiting for? Grab your copy today and have a look at what 100s of generative AI users had to say! 👇 Download the report today! ### Understanding the bias-variance tradeoff in machine learning URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/understanding-the-bias-variance-tradeoff-in-machine-learning/ Last updated: 2026-04-01T07:15:02.000Z Whenever we speak about model prediction, it is essential to comprehend prediction errors (bias and variance). There is a tradeoff between a model’s ability to minimize bias and variance. Gaining a proper understanding of these errors would help us to build accurate models and prevent the risk of overfitting and underfitting. So, let's begin with the basics and what difference they make to our [machine learning models](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/). ## **What is bias?** Bias is the deviation between the average prediction in the model and the correct value that we are attempting to predict. Models with high bias pay little attention to the training data and the model becomes oversimplified. It always leads to high errors in training and test data. ## **What is variance?** Variance is the variability of model prediction for a given data point or a value that tells the spread of data. Models with high variance pay a lot of attention to training data and don't generalize on the data that it has never seen before. Such models perform well on training data but have high error rates on test data. ## **Mathematically** Let the variable we are trying to predict as Y and other covariates as X. We assume there is a relationship between the two such that. Y=f(X) + e Where e is the error term, and it is normally distributed with a mean of zero. We have a model f^(X) of f(X) using linear regression or any other modeling technique. So, the expected squared error at a point x is. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/image-1.png) The Err(x) can be further decomposed as ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/image-2.png) Err(x) is the sum of Bias², variance,and the irreducible error. Irreducible error is anerror that cannot be reduced by creating good models. It is a measure of the amount of noise in our data. Here it is vital to understand that no matter how good we make our model, our data will have a certain amount of noise or irreducible error that cannot be removed. ## **Bias and variance using a bullseye diagram** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/image-3.png) In the above diagram, the center of the target is a model that perfectly predicts correct values. As we move away from the bullseye the predictions become worse and worse. We can repeat our process of model building to get separate hits on the target. In supervised learning, **underfitting** happens when a model is unable to capture the underlying pattern of the data. These models usually have high bias and low variance. It happens when we have little amount of data to build an accurate model or when we try to build a linear model with nonlinear data. These kinds of models are quite simple to capture the complex patterns in data like Linear and logistic regression. In supervised learning, **overfitting** happens when the model captures the noise along with the underlying pattern in data. It happens when we train our model a lot over noisy dataset. These models have low bias and high variance. These models are complex like Decision trees which are prone to overfitting. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/image-4.png) ## **Why an understanding of the Bias Variance Tradeoff is essential** If our model is too simple and has very few parameters, then it may have high bias and low variance. On the other hand, if the model has a substantial number of parameters, then it is going to have high variance and low bias. So, we need to find the right balance without overfitting and underfitting the data. This tradeoff in complexity is why there is a tradeoff between bias and variance. An algorithm cannot be more complex and less complex at the same time. ## Total error To build a good model, we need to determine a fine margin between bias and variance such that it minimizes the total error. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/10/image-5.png) An optimal balance of bias and variance would never overfit or underfit the model. Therefore, comprehending bias and variance is critical for understanding the behavior of prediction models. ### Boosting and bagging: Powerful ensemble methods in machine learning URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/boosting-and-bagging-powerful-ensemble-methods-in-machine-learning/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:17:59.000Z While working on a classification problem, a regression analysis, or another data science project, bagging, and boosting algorithms can play a vital role. This article summarizes: #1 **the idea of ensemble learning,** introduces, #2 **bagging** and, #3 **boosting,** before a comparison is made betweenboth methods to highlight similarities and differences. ## **#1: Introduction and idea behind ensemble learning** When we see overfitting or underfitting of our models, it’s necessary to know the key concepts of bagging and boosting, which both belong to the family of ensemble learning techniques: ![Example: Image classification](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-1.png) The idea behind ensemble learning comes from the fact that it is the usage of multiple algorithms and models that are used together for the same task. While single models use only one algorithm for predictive analytics, bagging and boosting methods aim to combine several of those to achieve better prediction with higher consistency. ### Example: Image classification Suppose a collection of images, each accompanied by a categorical label corresponding to the kind of animal or creature, is available for the purpose of training a model. In a traditional modeling approach, several techniques would be tried, and the accuracy of choosing one over the other calculated. Imagine if we used logistic regression, decision tree, and support vector machines here that perform differently on the given data set. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-2.png) In the above example, it was observed that a specific record was predicted as a dog by the logistic regression and decision tree models, while a support vector machine identified it as a cat. As various models have their distinct advantages and disadvantages for records, it is the key idea of ensemble learning to combine all three models instead of selecting only one approach that shows the highest accuracy. The above procedure is termed *aggregation* or *voting* and combines the predictions of all underlying models, to come up with one prediction that is assumed to be more precise than any sub-model that would stay alone. ### **Bias-Variance tradeoff** The next chart represents the relationship and the tradeoff between bias and variance on the test error rate. It effectively illustrates the correlation and compromise between bias and variance with respect to the testing error rate. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-3.png) The relationship between the variance and bias of a model is such that a reduction in variance results in an increase in bias, and vice versa. To achieve optimal performance, the model must be positioned at an equilibrium or balancing point, where the error rate is minimized, and the variance and bias are appropriately balanced. Ensemble learning can help to balance both extreme cases to a more stable prediction. One method is called bagging and the other is called boosting. ## **#2: Bagging (bootstrap aggregation)** Let’s view the Bagging technique termed bootstrap aggregation. Bootstrap aggregation aims to solve the right extreme of the previous chart by **reducing the variance** of the model to avoid overfitting. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-4.png) With this purpose, the idea is to have multiple models of the same learning algorithm that are trained by random subsets of the original training data. Those random subsets are called bags and can contain any combination of data. Each of those datasets is then used to fit an individual model which produces individual predictions for the given data. Those predictions are then aggregated into one final classifier. The calculation of the final ensemble aggregation uses either the simple average for regression problems or a simple majority vote for classification problems. For that, each model from each random sample produces a prediction for that given subset. For the average, those predictions are just summed up and divided by the number of created bags. ## **#3: Boosting** Boosting is a little variation of the bagging algorithm and uses sequential processing instead of parallel calculations. While bagging aims to reduce the variance of the model, the boosting method aims to **reduce the bias** to avoid underfitting the data. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-5.png) For that, it uses the miss-classified entries of the weak model with some other random data to create a new model. Therefore, the different models are not randomly chosen but are mainly influenced by wrong classified entries of the previous model. The steps for this technique are the following: 1. **Traininitial(weak)model** Create a subset of the data and train a weak learning model which is assumed to be the final ensemble model at this stage. Analyze the results of the given training data set which should identify those entries that were misclassified. 2. **Update weights and train a new model** **of**You create a new random subset of the original training data but weight those misclassified entries higher. This dataset is then used to train a new model. 3. **Aggregate the new model with the ensemble model** The next model should perform better on the more difficult entries and will be combined (aggregated) with the previous one into the new final ensemble model. The process can be repeated multiple times and continuously update the ensemble model until the prediction power is good enough. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/09/image-6.png) In comparison to Bagging, this technique uses weighted voting or weighted averaging based on the coefficients of the models that are considered together with their predictions. Therefore, this model can reduce underfitting, but might also tend to overfit sometimes. ## **#4: Conclusion: Differences** Since we learned briefly how bagging and boosting work, I would like to put the focus now on comparing both methods against each other. ### Differences - **Data partition|** whole data vs. bias While bagging uses random bags out of the training data for all models independently, boosting puts higher importance on misclassified data of the upcoming models. - **Models|** independent vs. sequences Bagging creates independent models that are aggregated together. However, boosting updates the existing model with the new ones in a sequence. - **Goal|** variance vs. bias Another difference is the fact that bagging aims to reduce the variance, but boosting tries to reduce the bias. Therefore, bagging can help to decrease overfitting, and boosting can reduce underfitting. - **Function|** weighted vs. non-weighted The final function to predict the outcome uses equally weighted average or equally weighted voting aggregations within the bagging technique. Boosting uses weighted majority vote or weighted average functions with more weight to those with better performance on training data. ## **References** \[1\]: Bühlmann, Peter. (2012). Bagging, Boosting and Ensemble Methods. Handbook of Computational Statistics. 10.1007/978–3–642–21551–3\_33. \[2\]: Banerjee, Prashant. Bagging vs Boosting @kaggle: ### How Shutterstock is overcoming the challenges of AI-generated art URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-shutterstock-is-overcoming-the-challenges-of-ai-generated-art/ Last updated: 2025-07-07T15:57:28.000Z *Lúí Smyth (Director of Product, Generative & AI Tooling, Shutterstock) gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Festival in August 2023.* Hello, everybody. My name is Lúí, and I'm the Director of Product for Generative and AI at Shutterstock. I'm going to be talking about art in the age of AI, and by the end of this presentation, I hope to have given you a sense of the crazy world that generative AI unlocks and how you can go about navigating that world. Specifically, I'm going to run through: - How generative AI works at a high level - What it unlocks - Some of the challenges it poses for us - And how we responded to those challenges at Shutterstock ## How does Shutterstock leverage AI? First, a few quick words on Shutterstock itself. We like to say that we’re one platform with 734 million ideas. That’s the number of images we have for sale right now. And that's just our image library. We also have music, video 3D, and various other content types. So you might ask, “Why is Shutterstock talking about AI?” And the answer is actually that we've been using AI for years in a ton of different ways. The most obvious is probably our reverse image search. It's one of the most used features on the site. If you have an image that's very close to the one you want, you can upload it onto the site and we’ll show you similar images that you can download and license. We also use AI to classify, score, and understand the images that contributors put up for sale on the site. This helps us surface them in search for the right customers that are looking for those pictures that’ll meet their needs. In recent years, we’ve become one of the biggest data brokers for computer vision companies looking for large datasets of well-tagged images that are available for licensing. And of course, we have our own AI image generator for anyone who wants to be able to very easily generate new images and license them with confidence, without having to train to become a prompt engineer. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of consumerism URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-the-future-of-consumerism/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T08:39:21.000Z ## **The consumer landscape** The rainbow sponge: a popular choice at children's birthdays and something fun to bake at home, but apply this to the future of consumerism and it creates an intriguing taste profile: something sweet, something sour, or something in between? How about a splash of custard with it? Really, though, consumerism is like a six-layer rainbow cake with varying degrees of complexity across the digital and physical landscape. For starters, let’s look at an example ingredient to the cake mix: the retail store. Although retail stores have heavy overheads, inflation added an extra burden on these costs. With high street store vacancies at the start of 2023 remaining at 13.8%, this was the only retail location type not to see quarter-on-quarter growth \[1\]. In addition, with the added convenience and rise of out-of-town shopping centers, retailers are remaining cautious about the mixture of high street and shopping center outlets in their portfolio. Irrespective of location though is the technological aspect: an angle many, regardless of whether they have high street or shopping center-based branches, are struggling to keep pace and balance with. ## **AI in the mix** The magnetic force of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed and shaped society across an extensive variety of industry verticals. With the right applications, AI can bring substantial global economic benefits. In the retail and consumer packaged goods segment alone, generative AI could bring in between $400 to $600 billion per annum \[2\]. In addition, COVID-19 in particular crafted a fundamental shift in how business’ elevate their consumer brand reach and digital presence. For example, in fashion retail, the power of virtual dressing rooms utilizing computer vision and augmented reality (AR) was, and continues to be, harnessed by brands to bridge the gap of being able to visit a store whilst providing a more immersive shopping experience. With Virtual Dressing Rooms (VDRs) Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) forecasted around 21% between 2023 and 2030\. \[3\], it’s an area still very much, despite the extensive technicalities, one of the best ways to immerse clients in the brand universe. For example, back in March this year, Savage X Fenty formed a partnership with Intel to give customers the option to get scanned using Intel’s patented body shape technology. \[4\] Specific applications aside, AI is breathing new life into understanding the consumer on a physical level. For example, heat mapping: being able to see where people are congregating in the store, and their facial expressions - these elements bring a different dimension to customer experience. With 56% of consumers saying they’d be repeat buyers from a retailer offering a personalized experience, these tools are important in what’s a dog-eat-dog race for consumers. \[5\] Furthermore, instead of having to continuously worry about staff worrying about stock levels, computer vision is being used to manage inventory, making sure the right products are in the right place at the right time. A classic example of this is with the Amazon Go stores, where customers have the ability to walk in, pick up what they need, and walk back out. Seamless on the surface and computer vision wizardry in the background, it’s an example that with the right approach, retail can be transformed. It’s not a concept that’d necessarily effectively translate across every retail store, but it’s an example of a new era of convenience. ## **The future of consumerism** Ultimately, the modern consumer wants convenience, value for money, and minimal friction in the purchasing experience. As AI technologies rapidly expand, this is where things will become contenious. For example, a recently published pre-ChatGPT MITRE-Harris survey identified a drop in public trust in AI. For example, only 39% of US adults believe AI is secure, down nine points from November 2022 and furthermore, 82% of US adults believe AI is being used for malicious intent compared to 78% in November 2022 \[6\]. On the other hand, though, 62% of millennials and 57% of Generation Z are excited by AI technologies and their potential benefits \[6\]. With this data in mind, treading sensitively and with less obsession with the bottom line will be key for companies to get buy-in for future technologies and maintain consumer trust. In addition, as the legislation around Generative AI, and not just AI itself starts to crystallize, more consumers will be wanting to ensure the data they’re sharing will *genuinely* add value to the brand experience. ## **Final thoughts** How Emerging Technologies have shaped and will continue to shape the future of consumerism is one of the most exciting areas today: the unique blend of data transformed through revolutionary algorithms will be an area under increasing scrutiny, especially with legislation playing catch-up. Consumers are only going to get savvier, AI is going to get savvier, and therefore businesses will need to find new ways of creating a brand universe defined through a subtle, but compelling offering. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Retail Store Landscape**: Weston, S. (2023). *High street retail vacancy rate stagnates*. \[online\] Drapers. Available at: https://www.drapersonline.com/news/high-street-retail-vacancy-rate stagnates. \[2\] **Economic Potential Generative AI:** www.mckinsey.com. (n.d.). *Economic potential of generative AI | McKinsey*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey digital/our-insights/the-economic-potential-of-generative-AI-the-next-productivity-frontier#/. \[3\] **Virtual Dressing Room Market size**: www.fortunebusinessinsights.com. (n.d.). *Virtual Fitting Room Market Size, Share | Global Report, 2026*. \[online\] Available at: https:// www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/virtual-fitting-room-vfr-market-100322\. \[4\] **Savage X Fenty Virtual Dressing Room Partnership:** Robert, Y. (n.d.). *Savage X Fenty And FIT: MATCH Introduce In Store Virtual Fitting Room Experience*. \[online\] Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yolarobert1/2023/03/09/savage-x-fenty-and-fitmatch--introduce-in store-virtual-fitting-room-experience/. \[5\] **Personalisation in 2023**: The State of Personalization 2023\. (n.d.). Available at: https:// segment.com/pdfs/State-of-Personalization-Report-Twilio-Segment-2023.pdf. \[6\] **MITRE-Harris AI Survey**: MITRE. (2023). *Public Trust in AI Technology Declines Amid Release of Consumer AI Tools*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.mitre.org/news-insights/news-release/ public-trust-ai-technology-declines-amid-release-consumer-ai tools#:\~:text=80%25%20worry%20about%20AI%20being \[Accessed 22 Sep. 2023\]. ### Tackling global challenges with artificial intelligence (AI) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/tackling-global-challenges-with-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:25:32.000Z Humanity currently faces a slew of complex global concerns that cut beyond geographical, cultural, and disciplinary lines. Due to their diverse character, these challenges—which include problems like socio-economic injustice, sickness, and environmental degradation—display remarkable complexity. The unpredictable interactions of variables frequently result in cascading effects that defy conventional approaches to problem-solving. Therefore, developing successful solutions necessitates a shift from traditional approach and a thorough awareness of the complex interactions between various facets of these difficulties. **Topics covered in this article:** - Role of technology, specifically artificial intelligence (AI) - Global challenges and the call for innovative solutions - Climate change and environmental degradation - Healthcare access and disease management - Poverty and inequality - Food security and agriculture - Education and skill development - Cybersecurity and privacy concerns - Interconnectedness and the need for innovative solutions - AI: Transforming problem-solving through innovation - Climate change and environmental degradation - Healthcare access and disease management - Poverty and inequality - Food security and agriculture - Education and skill development - Cybersecurity and privacy concerns - Conclusion ## Role of technology, specifically artificial intelligence (AI) Technology emerges as a ray of hope in this complex environment of international problems. A revolutionary area of technology called AI has the power to simplify the complexity of these problems. The development of computer systems with AI enables them to carry out operations that traditionally require human intelligence, such as pattern recognition, decision-making, and experience-based learning. AI can quickly identify hidden correlations in enormous data sets and extract insightful information that eludes human observation. This ability presents AI as a potent instrument to not only understand the complex dynamics of global concerns but also to develop cutting-edge approaches to effectively address them. This article begins an exploration of the innovative ways AI is being used to address a variety of urgent global challenges, ranging from revolutionizing healthcare diagnoses and treatment approaches to developing all-encompassing strategies for addressing the multifaceted challenges of climate change. It's becoming more and more clear that AI's capabilities go beyond simple automation as it develops into a force that changes how problems are solved across a variety of industries. This article illuminates the intriguing potential for creative solutions to address urgent global issues in a more subtle and efficient way through the perspective of AI's applications. ## Global challenges and the call for innovative solutions Humanity is challenged with a complicated web of difficulties that cross borders, disciplines, and ideologies in an increasingly interconnected globe. These global issues, which range from poverty and education to climate change and healthcare access, are interwoven, complex riddles that call for creative and cooperative solutions. As we examine these issues more closely, it becomes clear that they must be approached in creative ways, with technology, notably AI, emerging as an essential instrument to do so. ### Climate change and environmental degradation Climate change and environmental degradation may be among the most pressing and persistent global issues. Extreme weather, melting ice caps, and rising global temperatures all signal an imminent calamity. Ecosystem and economic interdependence emphasize the need for comprehensive approaches that address not only carbon emissions but also the complex linkages between human activity and environmental systems. ### Healthcare access and disease management Another urgent issue is gaining access to high-quality healthcare and efficient disease management. Diseases have little regard for borders, as the COVID-19 epidemic has eloquently shown. In order to stop global health problems, ensuring equal access to medical care and cutting-edge therapies becomes crucial. The global interconnectedness of health systems emphasizes the significance of interdisciplinary efforts and technological developments in diagnosis, therapy, and vaccine development. ### Poverty and inequality continue to be major global issues that threaten social cohesiveness and economic stability. The persistence of inequities is influenced by the intricate interactions of political structures, economic systems, and cultural elements. Innovative answers must take into account not only current problems, but also the underlying causes of poverty cycles and barriers to social mobility. ### Food security and agriculture Agriculture is under tremendous pressure to feed a growing global population while maintaining environmental sustainability. The interconnection of ecosystems, water supplies, and food production necessitates diverse approaches that encourage sustainable farming methods, boost crop resilience, and strengthen distribution networks to reduce food waste. ### Education and skill development The continued advancement of society and personal empowerment depends heavily on education. However, worldwide educational inequities continue, restricting prospects for disadvantaged groups. Innovative methods that use technology to close the digital divide, provide accessible learning resources, and promote skill development for the jobs of the future are required due to the intricate relationship between education, economic development, and social integration. ### Cybersecurity and privacy concerns cyber threats and privacy have become interconnected worldwide concerns in the digital age. Individuals, companies, and governments are vulnerable to cyberthreats that cross national borders due to the fast spread of the digital realm. Data networks' interconnection necessitates coordinated efforts to create strong cybersecurity defenses and protect individual privacy in an increasingly interconnected society. ## Interconnectedness and the need for innovative solutions What underscores these global challenges is their intricate interconnectedness. They are not isolated problems but rather nodes in an intricate network where actions in one domain can trigger cascading effects across others. Climate change, for instance, exacerbates poverty and food insecurity, leading to health crises. In turn, lack of education and healthcare hampers economic development, perpetuating inequality. This intricate web demands solutions that address multiple dimensions simultaneously. In this situation, technology, especially AI, manifests itself as a transformative force. AI has a distinct advantage when it comes to developing creative solutions to these problems because of its ability to analyze large datasets, find hidden patterns, and simulate complex scenarios. AI is able to simulate the effects of different interventions and model environmental patterns as they relate to climate change. It can help with early disease identification and personalized treatment in the medical field. Platforms with AI capabilities can improve access to high-quality educational resources and close educational disparities. AI-driven algorithms can also detect online dangers and maintain data integrity. As we navigate these challenges, collaboration becomes paramount. Governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and academia must join forces to develop integrated solutions that address the multidimensional aspects of these challenges. Cross-sector partnerships can leverage AI's capabilities to enhance disaster response, optimize resource allocation, and enable data-driven policy decisions. The world's most critical issues are interrelated systems that necessitate holistic and novel solutions rather than being isolated islands. The complex interconnections between healthcare, poverty, education, cybersecurity, and other issues highlight the need for comprehensive solutions. A ray of optimism is provided by technology, especially AI, in the face of these difficulties. AI has the potential to bring about disruptive change in a variety of fields by being able to comprehend complex data and produce insights. Humanity may usher in a future where global concerns are solved with creative, integrated, and sustainable solutions by promoting collaboration and utilizing AI's capabilities. ## AI: Transforming problem-solving through innovation AI has emerged as a transformative technology with the potential to revolutionize problem-solving approaches across diverse domains. At its core, AI replicates human cognitive processes, enabling machines to learn, reason, and make decisions. This ability to mimic human intelligence and its capacity to process vast amounts of data quickly sets AI apart as a game-changing tool in addressing complex challenges. In the past, solving problems frequently involved manual analysis and rudimentary data processing. This method took a lot of time and was subject to bias. But AI signals a paradigm shift. AI can comb through enormous databases using machine learning algorithms, picking out complex relationships and patterns that may escape human observation. The basis for creative ideas is this data-driven understanding. AI's predictive capabilities are particularly transformative. Through historical data analysis, AI models can forecast future trends and outcomes with remarkable accuracy. In fields like climate change, AI-driven predictive models offer insights into the behavior of complex systems, enabling informed decisions and interventions to mitigate adverse impacts. Similarly, in healthcare, AI's ability to analyze medical imaging and diagnostic data aids early disease detection, ultimately saving lives. The ability of AI to adapt is also essential to realizing its transformational potential. Machine learning algorithms continuously enhance their performance over time by learning from fresh data. AI can address problems with dynamic and changing characteristics, including cybersecurity risks, thanks to its versatility. AI may quickly detect and stop cyber threats in real time by keeping track of network activity and spotting irregularities, strengthening security measures. AI's capacity to automate tasks also redefines efficiency. Mundane, repetitive tasks can be delegated to AI systems, freeing up human resources for more creative and strategic endeavors. This is evident in industries like agriculture, where AI-powered drones monitor crop health, optimizing irrigation and pest control. Similarly, in education, personalized learning platforms adapt to individual student needs, enhancing engagement and learning outcomes. The revolutionary impact of AI also includes tackling problems that are interrelated. Given that many global challenges are interconnected, AI's capacity to analyze complex data is important for developing all-encompassing solutions. For instance, data-driven insights from AI help poverty reduction programs identify vulnerable populations and personalize treatments to their needs. Ethics are crucial as AI transforms problem-solving, though. To prevent biased results, AI decision-making methods must be transparent and equitable. The "AI skills gap" must also be closed, which calls for educational initiatives that give people the knowledge and abilities they require in this area. The transformative potential of AI lies in its ability to analyze data, forecast outcomes, adapt, automate, and address interrelated difficulties. AI transforms how we approach problem-solving, enabling us to solve complicated problems with a level of efficiency and precision never before possible. Although technology has enormous promise, ethical questions, and education must go along with its integration to ensure ethical and fair AI-driven breakthroughs. AI's influence on creating a more inventive and sustainable future is undeniable as it develops. ### Climate change and environmental degradation Predictive models powered by AI are essential for understanding and reducing the effects of climate change. These models use extensive datasets, such as historical climate patterns, to predict future trends with high accuracy. By anticipating and monitoring natural disasters, AI can help with disaster management by assisting governments and organizations in planning evacuation routes and effectively allocating resources. Additionally, AI plays a crucial role in smart grids, which balance energy supply and demand, cut waste, and encourage the integration of renewable energy sources, in optimizing energy use. ### Healthcare access and disease management Through its skills in medical diagnosis and treatment, [AI is revolutionizing healthcare](https://medium.com/@pranavneelanksharma/beyond-the-microscope-ais-healthcare-revolution-through-biopsy-9451685d4893). AI-powered medical imaging and pattern recognition algorithms can detect small irregularities in diagnostics that can be invisible to the human eye, allowing for the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases. AI-driven simulations and data analysis speed up the drug discovery process, cutting down on the time and expense needed to introduce new medicines to the market. Additionally, AI enables telemedicine, allowing for remote patient monitoring and diagnosis, which is particularly important in areas with poor access to healthcare services. ### Poverty and inequality AI's data-driven insights have enormous potential for developing focused strategies to reduce poverty. Governments and organizations can identify vulnerable populations and more efficiently allocate resources by studying demographic and socioeconomic data. Through AI-assisted skill development and job matching, AI can also contribute to the reduction of inequality. These technologies can help people find jobs that match their abilities and career goals, bridging the gap between companies and job seekers. ### Food security and agriculture Precision farming is one way that AI is transforming agricultural operations. Farmers can optimize irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest management by using sensors and drones with AI technology to monitor crop health and soil conditions. Early pest identification and disease control solutions powered by AI stop the spread of infections that endanger crops. AI supports sustainable farming practices and increases crop yields while reducing resource waste. ### Education and skill development AI is transforming education by enabling individualized learning experiences. AI algorithms are used by adaptive learning systems to examine the learning habits of students and modify the curriculum to meet specific learning requirements. This strategy caters to a variety of learning styles while improving engagement and retention. Additionally, AI-driven skill evaluation and suggestion systems give information about a person's ability gaps, providing targeted interventions and career advancement chances. ### Cybersecurity and privacy concerns Threats to cybersecurity and privacy issues are two brand-new difficulties that the digital era presents. By quickly identifying and thwarting threats in real time, AI is essential in resolving these problems. AI systems can examine network traffic patterns to spot anomalies suggestive of cyberattacks, allowing for quick response. Additionally, data can be used for training AI models without jeopardizing individual privacy thanks to privacy-preserving AI techniques like federated learning. ## Can AI provide solutions to global challenges? As we stand on the cusp of an AI-powered revolution in problem-solving, we have the unique opportunity to envision a future where innovation transcends boundaries and ignites a transformation toward a more sustainable and equitable world. Imagine a world where AI-driven solutions are not just tools, but partners in our collective journey to overcome global challenges. Envision a reality where predictive algorithms not only forecast climate patterns but also guide us in shaping policies that safeguard our planet for generations to come. Picture a healthcare landscape where AI-powered diagnostics and treatments leave no one behind, where diseases are intercepted at their inception, and access to quality care is a universal right. In this future, poverty and inequality are addressed with precision, as AI's discerning insights help tailor interventions that lift marginalized communities out of hardship. Visualize an agricultural realm where AI-orchestrated precision farming ensures bountiful harvests while respecting the delicate balance of nature. Consider an educational landscape where AI fosters personalized learning, nurturing each individual's potential, and empowering them to contribute meaningfully to society. But beyond these advancements lies a more profound transformation. Envision a world where the tapestry of interconnected global challenges is rewoven with threads of AI-driven innovation. A world where disparate issues are no longer siloed, but rather, the intersections between them are illuminated by AI's analytical brilliance. This holistic approach creates a ripple effect, where solutions in one realm cascade into benefits across others. The intricate dance of technology and humanity fosters a new era of collaboration, where governments, industries, researchers, and citizens unite under the banner of AI-driven progress. In this future, we not only see the potential for change, but we feel it in our lives and communities. It's a world where the divide between the privileged and the underserved narrows, where environmental stewardship is a shared responsibility, and where innovation is guided by ethical principles. As we envision this future, let us recognize that AI is not merely a tool; it is a catalyst for a global evolution toward greater sustainability and equity. The journey to this future starts with us today – in how we harness AI's potential, in the choices we make, and in the collaborative spirit we cultivate. Let us embark on this transformative path, driven by the belief that AI can and will lead us to a world that is not only smarter, but also kinder, fairer, and more harmonious for all. ### Patchwork artificial intelligence regulations URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/patchwork-ai-regulations/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:27:20.000Z Where’s Waldo LLC (“Waldo”), your U.K.-based digital advertising company, just got funded. Wonderful news! But it also just received a notice from the California Attorney General. Not wonderful. Why did you receive it? In the AG’s view, Waldo has been doing business in California since 2019\. Along the way, Waldo’s AI has been scraping and storing digital personality profiles of 100,000 California residents. The software then creates visual representations of this data for licensing to brands like Nike. No one told you that California’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulates the collection of such information. Until now. Read more to learn about some of the laws in the U.S. and beyond that regulate AI. ## **Privacy** There are various AI products that scrape data of consumers – including from websites. Amongst them is [Browse AI](https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/15/browse-ai-help-companies-build-bots-to-scrape-website-data-and-put-it-to-work/). Whether and how these products are lawful depends on the jurisdiction you are in. For example, California has two privacy laws. The first, California’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), was passed in 2018\. The CCPA only covers for-profit businesses that (a) do business in California, (b) collect personal information of consumers, and (c) satisfy one of the following criteria: (1) have annual gross revenues over $25,000,000.00, (2) annually receive, sell, or share personal information of 50,000 of more California residents or devices, or (3) derived 50% or more annual income from the selling of consumer information. The CCPA does not generally apply to non-profits – unless the non-profit is controlled by a covered business. More recently, California passed a second privacy law, the California Privacy Act (a/k/a “Proposition 24”). There are various issues to address when doing business in California with AI. In Waldo’s case, one is going to be whether Waldo is doing business in California. There are various factors in determining this. It is best to consult with qualified counsel. The same is true of “personal information.” Some information is not personal. For example, information scraped from governmental sources is generally not “personal information” in California. In the event Waldo takes law licenses listed in California and uses this information for a mailing spree – such information wouldn’t be “personal.” The same is true of Waldo’s dealings in other jurisdictions. In the E.U., there is the [GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/) and the [Data Protection Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/contents/enacted) in the U.K. How and in what ways these jurisdictions regulate your Waldo AI’s use of data is something to think about. ## **Ownership** Ownership of AI creations is tricky. For example, [in a recent decision from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia](https://gizmodo.com/ai-made-art-not-copyrightable-us-copyright-office-1850754829), the court found that wholly created AI works cannot be copyrighted. Others in the legal community disagree with this – arguing for a more permissive approach to AI ownership in the U.S., as [in this case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court](chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-919/263320/20230412115821327%5FNo.%2022-919%5FBrief.pdf). That being said, ostensibly, those fancy designs and graphs created by Waldo AI aren’t likely subject to copyright in the District of Columbia. Whether and how to get around this in California is another story. The moral is that you’d need to consult with qualified counsel before scaling Waldo AI in the U.S. In the E.U., the degree of human input into Waldo AI’s designs is relevant. [While AI cannot be listed as the author of your Waldo AI design](https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2021/04/ai-creations-legally-protected) in the E.U., whether a human could be listed is another question. In the EU, the “degree of human intervention” and “autonomy of AI” should be taken into account. ## **Liability** In the example above, assume that Waldo AI creates data designs that Nike then uses to age discriminate. Can your company be liable for its AI being used in this way? A recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in [*Google v. Gonzalez*](chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/www.landapllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/My-Ai-Did-It%5F-Intermediary-Liability-For-Ai%5F-%E2%80%93-California-Lawyers-Association-2.pdf) addresses the liability of AI owners for offline illegal conduct. In *Gonzalez*, plaintiffs whose family members were killed in various terrorist attacks – including in Paris – sued Google. The allegation: that social media websites like YouTube, which is owned by Google, enabled the crimes to occur by permitting algorithmic connections between the perpetrators. A big part of this is whether and how your technology enables such discrimination – an issue in this case. So the answer to the question will depend on a number of factors. But the point of this article is not to answer the question. Rather, it’s to raise it for your consideration when scaling in different countries. ## **Conclusion** When launching your AI product, due care needs to be taken. Not only are there software considerations to satisfy your target market – but here Nike’s advertising needs. But there's a patchwork of laws and regulations concerning, among other things, privacy, ownership, and liability that need to be tackled. ### Cashierless stores and computer vision: The future or a fad? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cashierless-stores-and-computer-vision-the-future-or-a-fad/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T15:36:16.000Z The number of increasingly fascinating, yet powerful applications of computer vision is making it one of the areas to watch in data science. With an estimated Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.6% forecasted between 2023 - 2026 and a market size shy of $17 billion by the end of 2023 \[1\], the ability to track customer moods, analyze shelf space, and offer virtual fitting rooms is paving the way for a new era of retail. Turning to the modern era of retail: a combination of carefully calculated visual merchandising and an obsession with spaghetti junctions of data. When thinking of futuristic retail, who comes to mind? *Amazon*? *Walmart*? Let’s take Amazon Go: the trendy teen on the block curated by Amazon \[2\], keen to take their e-commerce empire to new heights by tapping into the $1.5 trillion (and increasing) grocery market \[3\]. Despite continuous macroeconomic and supply chain pressures, US grocery dollar sales growth is expected to hit shy of $1.74 trillion by 2027 \[4\]. Commercially, it’s an ice-lolly sweet and cool space when AI technologies are fused in. ## **Computer vision and the future of retail** Aside from the post-COVID-19 wave Digital transformation has had to ride, the future of retail has created healthy debates between the turbocharged state of E-Commerce vs. the future of the traditional high street store, sometimes referred to as the *phygital experience \[5\].* Let’s take Amazon’s Go Store as an example: a chic convenience store on the outside but packed to the gills on the inside with Amazon’s own *“just walk out”* shopping technologies on the inside \[6\]. The diagram below summarises the customer experience: ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/rPAwYlkoAbFaeQnWyvQkcUj3qXHR5Ny9M4AvBsX3yZkp7GmU6j7QHVBUZmwZ4IFkuu0yLcSimldUCR1n62hrM3WS7iNj36_VWNCmDOjIkuPGIYL92yA-Xtp9tu0QDeYYKPpn9nHWLQaYaFANLsjnd9E) **Image Credit: Amazon* In summary: **1\.** Customer walks in and scans items with their phone. **2\.** Sensors around the store detect items that have been both picked up and put down. **3\.** Customer completes shop and can simply walk out of the store: their cart total is charged to the Amazon account in their name and a receipt is emailed shortly after. Although diagrammatically simple, Computer Vision technology of this nature requires an extensive number of considerations, for example: - Having the correct number of cameras within the stores and knowing their exact location. - The ability to identify the continual rotation of products on the shelf, any applicable sell-by dates, and when items have been sold or put back. - Recognizing obstructions in the store, whether it be through lighting, objects obstructing/ partially obstructing items on the shelf, or people standing close together. - Being able to identify subtle similarities in items, for example, differing flavors of drink. - Identification of which customers took what items. These are just some of the examples of the *in-store* challenges faced. In addition, user experience testing of *how the QR code should best be scanned* is another, as *detection of customers coming in and out, repeat custom* \- the list goes on and isn’t including the continuous stream of video being sent to the cloud combined with the amount of training data being processed. Heck, there could be several months' worth of training data being processed in a day. Serious stuff. ## **Computer vision: Future or a fad?** Despite the extensive number of considerations with a Cashierless store listed above, computer vision in retail isn’t a fad: With the correct use case it can provide significant insights traditional streams of data can’t capture: Crowd Analysis, for example, can provide insights into where customers are congregating in store, why they’re choosing that retailers product specifically and thus provide visual merchandising teams with new perspectives on how to display certain brands at key pillars in store. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/T3ciNsR_ymE2Uh5ZlloK7u0kIIQEHkpZwoT7i4_8N_XwdFsgzjZY0N3Lfnj6dzJfeJnc962OIjVkBUX9eo4hphiOeqRj5xA1XT5kB5WVxxCR4LQTKDEbN11O1WkpraHx3EhdjJgGLBqzlaL1wLywIVc) **Image Credit: V7 Labs \[8\]* In addition to the customer journey angle, the utilization of Computer Vision within Inventory Management allows retailers to identify gaps on shelves, and conduct stock audits to monitor and forecast pricing trends. As a result, the technology can help retailers not only better understand their customer's buying habits, but work towards a more efficient set of operations, allowing the staff to focus on helping the customers instead of worrying about what’s not on the shelves. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/baN1zmugvg3K_un87VSh32BxwsaKZiELzHBPnLiMK78zavezalrndHJY9gsFjYtrBxjoAm8cKDtInclg9FmiyzqMIO3RbZJHigBs4lzYDyBlenXhz3rBUC07U5Z0UWOLlkINli8QV-TPBK4tarh_wNQ) **Image Credit: V7 Labs \[8\]* Swish technology aside, looming over these technologies and use cases brings in the debate of *privacy*: Consumers are becoming increasingly savvy about where and whom they share their data with, so it’s a delicate balancing act of giving the consumer choice in sharing their data whilst giving them a personalized shopping experience and respecting data protection legislation. For example, what proportion of customers would be happy using or being exposed to such technologies when they’re already having to share chunks of data? How Amazon, for example, will shape the future of the Go Stores with increasing regulatory pressure on all sides will result in many fascinating fireside conversations. In addition, as policymakers and practitioners work to understand the increasing maze of ethical considerations within Generative AI, the more it’ll help carve a path in understanding what broader Data Science methodologies and tools really have the commercial longevity to keep the retailer a household name of the high street. ## **Conclusion** The future is going to see more incredible innovations within Emerging Technologies, but global macroeconomic conditions are still delicate, so taking steps to minimize choppy waters when consumer spending is still fragile is key. Computer vision applications have the power to revolutionize entire industries with big bucks behind them, but conceptualizing something new with solid buy-in is challenging and architecturally roadmapping it to see a return on investment is another beast altogether. Aside from the usual methods in road-mapping the potential for Computer Vision in a Retail environment, if you have a competitor utilizing the technology you’re thinking of deploying, *go and test it with your own eyes and hands.* Walking the journey as a customer can open your eyes to opportunities, pitfalls, and risks that can’t necessarily be observed through a glossy buzzword-filled brochure. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Computer Vision Market Size**: Market Research Reports & Consulting | GlobalData UK Ltd. (n.d.). Computer Vision Market Size, Share, Trends, and Analysis by Vertical (IT and Telecom, BFSI, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Manufacturing, and Energy and Utilities), Region and Segment Forecasts, 2023-2026\. \[online\] Available at: https://www.globaldata.com/store/report/computer-vision-market-analysis/ \[Accessed 6 Sep. 2023\]. \[2\] **US Grocery Market Size**: Supermarket News. (2023). U.S. grocery retail to grow 6% this year. \[online\] Available at: https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/us grocery-retail-grow-6-year \[Accessed 4 Sep. 2023\]. \[3\] **Amazon Estimated Revenue 2023**: companiesmarketcap.com. (2022). Amazon (AMZN) - Revenue. \[online\] Available at: https://companiesmarketcap.com/amazon/ revenue/. \[4\] **US Grocery Market Size**: Supermarket News. (2023). 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(n.d.). *6 AI Applications Shaping the Future of Retail*. \[online\] Available at: https://www.v7labs.com/blog/ai-in-retail. \[9\] **Amazon Store Closures:** Malik, A. (2023). *Amazon to close eight Amazon Go stores in Seattle, San Francisco and New York*. \[online\] TechCrunch. Available at: https:// guce.techcrunch.com/copyConsent?sessionId=3\_cc-session\_a4fa1ae0- a8bb-48fc-8951-2fd5568171ef&lang=en-US \[Accessed 11 Sep. 2023\]. ### How to solve real business problems with a custom ChatGPT Q/A process URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/solving-real-business-problems-via-a-custom-chatgpt-q-a/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T09:12:56.000Z Create a custom ChatGPT that knows your data. As far as “low-hanging fruit” is concerned, I think one of the best ChatGPT use cases for a company is a custom Q/A specific to their company. If done correctly, this eliminates the issue of asking the chat questions and getting made-up answers. ## How does it work? To do this I decided to start with [LangChain](https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain). LangChain is an exciting library used to link together various LLMs and APIs into a single seamless question and answering chain. You can, for example, link the abilities of ChatGPT, Wolfram Alpha, and IMDB to beat Jeopardy any day. I also found an example created by [Harrison Chase](https://github.com/hwchase17) who is also the person behind LangChain. This example called “Notion-qa” does exactly what I wanted to do but I wanted to make sure I could train it on a custom dataset. Notion-qa used a company’s employee handbook as input and allowed anyone to ask HR questions using natural language and get real, actual answers based on the handbook. If you ask a question for which it doesn’t have an answer, you will get “I don’t know” rather than a made-up answer. In order to prove that I could use any document, I used a utility to create my own employee handbook for a fictitious company. When I trained the algorithm on the new handbook, I left the original training document for the other company there as well. I found the results exciting. Let me share the results. ## What happened After training with the new document, I first tried the sample question in the Notion-qa documentation just to test it. The question was “What is the work-from-home policy”. Since I had not specified a work-from-home policy, I wasn’t sure what it would do. The response was: > “I don’t know.” That is GREAT! The original handbook didn’t have a WFH policy either! So we got the CORRECT answer; the algorithm didn’t make up its own answer! It’s also important to note that it lists its sources so we know it is looking at both handbooks: > **Sources:** Notion\_DB/Stealth AI Employee Handbook fa92d6d35e554a00ba6c6d9d645b12ea.md,Notion\_DB/Blendle’s Employee Handbook a834d55573614857a48a9ce9ec4194e3/Office d0ebcaaa2074442ba155c67a41d315dd.md *Note: “Stealth AI” is the name of the company for which I made the handbook.* Then I asked “What holidays do we get off each year” and the answer was even more interesting: > **Answer:** Employees at Blendle and Stealth AI get 8 national holidays off per year, including New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Employees at Blendle also get a floating holiday. So it knew to treat the two companies separately but intelligently grouped the answer together in a logical, simple-to-understand, and *HUMAN* way. Ok, so let’s make sure this is just using the source documents we passed it. Maybe there is some intuition in the work-from-home question that made it decide that it didn’t know. Maybe there was a statement in one of the documents like “We have not defined a WFH policy”? So let’s ask something off-topic that ChatGPT would definitely make up an answer for… “Plan a trip to Italy” Here is what ChatGPT generates. (I stopped it before it was done since my wife is a travel agent and knows Italy from top to bottom.) ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*uiJrakZatXe3kOUBaQHQdg.png) ChatGPT planning my vacation. It better add Venice next! So what does our Utility do? I’ll use the Streamlit interface for this. ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*3ysb7NwSsOpvW7n8i9R5mA.png) “There is no information about planning a company trip to Italy.” Perfect! This code shows us where it got its information. Notice that it only lists documents we have added to our vector database. These include the employee’s handbook sections for stress and party budget! These are reasonable places to look! ## Summary This shows the power of embedding custom intelligence into the Chat interface. Imagine doing this with various product documents. You could ask questions and get answers and comparisons on the products in a useful human way. Or, you could feed articles or video transcripts into the training process and ask questions that would point out the different answers in the different sources. I see people writing major critiques of the Chat technology because it can provide misinformation and that is a valid concern. However, with a little imagination we can realize tremendous uses for the tech today that avoid these issues until, very soon, those issues are solved altogether. I think we are only starting to realize what can be done with this technology TODAY. ## Links LinkedIn: My github: [Updated Clone of Harrison’s Work](https://github.com/gwc4github/notion-qa) Original Notion-qa: LangChain: ### Building artificial intelligence for drug discovery URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/building-ai-for-drug-discovery/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:32:27.000Z Drug discovery is perhaps the most exciting potential use case for [Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/). While many fear the inevitable foray of AI into our lives, there are many ways AI will improve our world for humans rather than annihilate us from the earth. One way is to help us create new treatments for diseases. AI-assisted Discovery of new drugs is already something over 43 companies have been working on for a few years now. Unassisted (non-AI) drug discovery is a time-consuming process that can take over 10 years and as much as $2.5B to get a new drug to market. It can be a tedious process of testing thousands of compounds knowing that the likelihood of any of them becoming a profitable drug is small. But what if we could zero in on a small list of compounds that are much more likely to be successful? AI can help with exactly that. We can create models that predict a compound’s potential and run this model on millions of compounds to find the most promising options to test in a wet lab. But with an estimated 10⁶⁰ compounds we still have a lot of compounds to evaluate. (To better conceptualize this number, realize that 1 million is just 10⁶.) So where do we get started? One technique is “virtual screening”. This predicts the repurposing of existing drugs. How does this work? 1. Create a database of compounds with their known properties like redox potential, solubility, toxicity, the 2D or 3D structure of the compound, etc. Then label them for the disease on which they are effective. 2. Create a model to accept these values as features and predict what diseases they are effective against. 3. Run all compounds in the database to see if any are predicted to have efficacy on diseases other than the one they are already approved for. This has been useful in some cases and the drug is easier to get approval for from the FDA when it is for currently off-label use since the toxicity is already deemed tolerable. However, remember that 10⁶⁰ number? How do we find ***new*** compounds that are helpful? Well, we could tag new compounds and run those through the model. This is very time-consuming and we would likely want to select compounds that are similar to existing successful compounds (like antibiotics) to increase the probability that we are successful. It might make sense that a similar compound would work well but what about the other compounds? There could be some very different compounds that have never been tested before and could drastically improve treatment. So, how do we solve this? Well, some scientists started thinking truly outside the box. They turned the whole process inside out. Instead of taking compounds as input and properties as predicted output, they decided to predict the compounds themselves directly. This is called Generative AI. You’ve probably seen Generative AI before. For years we’ve used it to generate stories, poems, emails, etc. (Autocomplete in your favorite email app or word processor is common.) More recently you’ve probably seen it generate images or even short videos. In the image below we see the text prompt “A robot couple fine dining with Eiffel Tower in the background.” and an impressive generated image. ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*tqdxXUVvHrApMZ5G) A sample image generated with AI by Imagen — Google Research, Brain Team. When generating compounds the solution is more like NLP’s Generative AI. We start with our own language, the SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) molecular modeling syntax. If we treat SMILES like a language with the compounds being sentences, then tokenize it as we do in standard transformer models, we can predict molecules that will make up a new “sentence” that has the same meaning. So, how well did this work? Well, it didn’t. BUT the problem was that the SMILE method didn’t embed all of the meaning of the components of the compound. Think of it this way, consider the following two sentences: 1. John was sitting on the bank of the river. 2. The bank was open so John sat inside. In each sentence, the word “bank” has a very different meaning. As you may know, in modern NLP models these two words would have different embeddings and the sentences would have different attention vectors. This solved the problem of distinguishing different meanings of the same word. Back to our compounds, the scientists also found that in some cases two almost identical compounds would be encoded to completely different strings using SMILES. This meant that we would never predict that the 2 compounds may provide a similar treatment. So how do we do this in the context of molecular bonds and their three-dimensional properties? What the scientists involved in one project decided to do is to create a new version of SMILES that looked at a different vocabulary. For example, common molecular structures (common within a compound) could be combined into 1 token (word) in the vocabulary. This provided better results in the next “word” prediction. The team was then able to reliably predict similar compounds and therefore (potentially) similar or better treatments. The AI community is still in the early stages of building our AI assistant in drug discovery. We have already seen a few exciting results. (See the Halicin story.) But creativity is key. There is no one way to build this AI and ingenuity will be critical in making greater progress. If you’d like to hear more of my writing please follow me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/greggcasey/) or [Medium](https://medium.com/@gregg.casey%5F44706) ### The challenges and opportunities of generative AI in education URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/generative-ai-and-education-the-bigger-picture/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:33:13.000Z Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to Education has become one of the most hotly anticipated applications of AI. With ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) being on many students' speed dial and allowing for groundbreaking ways for teachers to deliver an enriching curriculum, it’s an exciting time to be in the Education space. Within this article, I’ll share insight into how generative AI is paving the way into the education sector and explore examples of both challenges and opportunities in this fast-growing area. ## **The education landscape** Before moving into the nuts and bolts of AI within Education, let’s holistically lookat what’s happening within Education across the UK. Education at all levels - whether it be at primary, secondary, or university level - is undergoing significant reform. For example, T-Levels are being gradually rolled out across England. Broadly equivalent to three A-levels, these programs are designed to provide core knowledge but with the added extra of an industry placement to ensure students can apply their knowledge in a workplace. \[1\] In addition to T-levels, there’s been an increase in Masters Conversion Degrees across both AI and Data Science, with over 2,500 (and counting) courses being delivered across English universities: a core element of supporting the growth of the UK in becoming an AI powerhouse as part of the UK’s National AI Strategy. \[2\] ## **AI in education deep dive** Educational reform aside, we now turn to a closer look at AI applied to Education. A highly charged application in excitement, concern, and pace but significant in terms of market opportunity. With a market size worth $2.5 billion back in 2022, the catalyst of Generative AI is on its way to propel the sector to be worth over $23 billion by 2023\. \[4\] There’s a broad range of use cases in how AI can be brought into Education at all levels. A couple of examples of how teachers can utilize ChatGPT within lessons were covered in a recent article: [Transforming industries and everyday life with AI applications](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-industries-and-everyday-life-with-ai-applications/), but I’ll outline some holistic examples below. First up, is *critical thinking*. ### **Example 1: Critical thinking and AI** As students' education progresses, the increased importance of critical thinking emerges: the ability to *think* about arguments and ideas presented and not just recall facts and transcribe verbatim. Take a scenario where students are presented with two papers on what Hallucination in AI systems is: one written by a human and another written by ChatGPT. This exercise isn’t just checking the student understands what Hallucination *means*, but also can, more importantly, be used to facilitate discussion on *why one interpretation might be better explained than the other.* This example isn’t just showcasing the value of utilizing and comparing humans vs. machines, it’s showcasing how the responsible use of chatbots can *facilitate learning.* And that’s pretty powerful. ### **Example 2: School correspondence** Another angle of use for ChatGPT for teachers is for generating correspondence: not lessons, but letters. Let’s imagine a teacher is planning to take pupils on a school trip but has assignments needing to be marked and returned by the following day. Here goes (slight redaction due to response length): ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gh17EvSck0mOYmdd4YTuxW7Fwsb0TvW9UkOmaRWNQhdOqbN3lI2l0bhs4ka2Pdpvzl3a9q-PAfPWhlgpybfpZOyF196F5jJrnW_K_pm6S7ijOd5L0_PIg7TgNuXIrrsXNuC2rQPvSP041tyCsGMz9tw) ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gtbMJR5yEXnpK2ULzD-7Qfcp4betQJzjaVEm3s8V4380kKuRSFY0H50pp5lNQB5otKhLfKKbLhP0UHCxELPGaR6Z5qR6XT8S07fRIYzKeWs5Le9nHEiDfIEIjGwIjj42-pki3GBml5Q8innNl0nrQTI) In other words, there’s so many opportunities to utilise ChatGPT in education: If you’re unsure whether ChatGPT can do something, give it a go! ## **Ethical considerations** It’s important to recognize that AI’s impact on the sectors it has made its mark hasn’t come without tradeoffs, and it’s no different with Education. Before getting to the elephant in the room, one of the major challenges faced by Generative AI is the *pace:* AI is growing at such a rate that it’s becoming difficult for policymakers, educators, and even industry to keep up with the advancements. With tightened school budgets and curriculum reforms in full swing it’s proving to be a tough balancing act: making sure the next generation of data practitioners are taught skills the industry needs but at the same time ensuring there’s people with the relevant experience to teach the material in the first instance. Pace aside, turning to something that’s under increasing spotlight: *Academic Integrity and AI.* It could be argued that the rise of Generative AI has created a significant shift in how plagiarism is thought of*.* With ChatGPT’s 570GB of textual training data \[5\], concerns have been raised about balancing the use of the tool and maintaining the authenticity of the content. My take on balancing the plagiarism and Generative AI stance is to *educate to educate:* educate students about what plagiarism is and why it’s important, and in addition to this, share examples and consequences if plagiarism is detected in pieces of work: this is key in helping students appreciate the importance of authenticity in their work. On another angle, if there’s elements of the course where ChatGPT could add value to the students learning, share it! A blank canvas is all well and good, but if you feel ChatGPT could help your students in more challenging parts of the course and help them appreciate the use of it whilst not abusing it, then create some guidelines for them to work with. In addition to the above guidance, many educational institutions use plagiarism tracking software such as Turnitin, but an area of increasing interest is how well current platforms will be identifying AI-generated content. For example, being able to identify discrepancies in vocabulary or factual errors. This will become an increasingly important area to watch with the recent identification of ChatGPT-4 showing signs of hallucination \[6\]: phenomena not uncommon in AI systems, but an important aspect to keep in mind as Generative AI systems continually advance. ## **Conclusion** Generative AI is here to stay, so I’d encourage educators to work with the technology and not just push against it. Reflecting back on my Mathematics degree, ChatGPT reminds me of a calculator: for basic algebraic manipulation it helps as a safety net, but at the same time the over-reliance on it risks distorting the understanding of the topic. On the flip side, though, imagine doing work in Bayesian Statistics: the supplementary benefit of ChatGPT allows for *improving* understanding which is the best part of learning. Industry-academia relations are more important than ever in understanding the maze of Generative AI: take advantage of these links, whether it be through University Industry Advisory Groups or local meet-ups and the result could be transformative. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **T-Level Qualifications**: Department for Education (2020). *Introduction of T Levels*. \[online\] GOV.UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/ publications/introduction-of-t-levels/introduction-of-t-levels. \[2\] **AI in Education Market size**: Future, M.R. (2023). *AI in Education Market Size To Reach USD 23.82 Billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 38% – Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)*. \[online\] GlobeNewswire News Room. Available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/04/06/2642270/0/en/AI in-Education-Market-Size-To-Reach-USD-23-82-Billion-by-2030-with-a-CAGR of-38-Report-by-Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html \[Accessed 29 Aug. 2023\]. \[3\] **Digital Skills GDP Growth**: The UK workforce digital skills gap Why closing it matters and a roadmap for action. (n.d.). Available at: https://futuredotnow.uk/wp content/uploads/2023/07/FutureDotNow-roadmap\_final-digital.pdf \[Accessed 29 Aug. 2023\]. \[4\] **National AI Strategy**: National AI Strategy. (2021). Available at: https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/ attachment\_data/file/1020402/National\_AI\_Strategy\_-\_PDF\_version.pdf. \[5\] **ChatGPT Textual Training Data**: Ruby, D. (2023). *30+ Detailed ChatGPT Statistics — Users & Facts (August 2023)*. \[online\] DemandSage. Available at: https://www.demandsage.com/chatgpt-statistics/#:\~:text=ChatGPT%20is%20trained%20on%20300 \[Accessed 30 Aug. 2023\]. \[6\] **ChatGPT-4 Technical Report**: OpenAI (2023). *GPT-4 Technical Report*. \[online\] Available at: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf. ### How artificial intelligence can give startups a crucial advantage URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/starting-an-sme-and-the-ai-landscape/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:32:45.000Z The magnetic attraction that is Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated through many industry verticals: a disruptor so strong across that its halo effect is creating a fear of missing out (FOMO) culture across the business community. Despite the birth of AI stemming as far back as the 1950s \[1\], the recent rise of Generative AI and in particular, ChatGPT (Chat Generated Pre-Trained Transformer), has paved the way for an increasing number of SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) to board the AI train. Within the start of 2022 in the UK, there were 5.5 million SMEs with 0 to 49 employees, accounting for three-fifths of the employment and around half the turnover in the UK’s private sector \[2\]. Combine this with around one in six UK organizations bringing in at least one AI technology \[3\], it’s a space that with the right magic mixture can see ideas once thought of as science fiction becomes a reality. ## **AI in SMEs: Getting on the AI ladder** Statistics aside, starting a business generally is a daunting task: the capital requirement, the risk, the security, and the workload to maintain it: it’s not for the faint-hearted. Add in AI and it becomes a rollercoaster ride of excitement, suspense, confusion, feast, and famine. With this in mind, let’s look at how AI can be utilized in bootstrapped startups, starting with Generative AI. Generative AI allows users to input a command and the output to be either an image, text, or sound. [Since ChatGPT’s red carpet entrance](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/) to the AI space back in November 2022 \[4\], the chatbot has paved the way for a plethora of commands to be answered within seconds on the back of around 570GB of training data. From a business standpoint, for example, Search Engine Optimisation, also known as SEO, is a core tool in ensuring a business can be easily found in amongst the infinitely sized garden of businesses out there. Let’s therefore put it to the test, linking the example back to the bespoke furniture company covered in the [Demystifying AI: A beginners guide to understanding AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/demystifying-ai-a-beginners-guide-to-understanding-ai/) article. Outlined below are ChatGPT’s suggestions for SEO keywords, along with a subtle reminder to keep the copy natural! (Redacted slightly due to the number of options presented): ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DjgCmvs8MxtZJrqyzpwFgMEDLevELO3S_l_wdULLC2Jbh-9ZMSekW57vrB5SGSk4eq0NFK0ryIUrytN7rrvtRELxLhP1VBi7hp_np3dOYyv76iyWxSQQ_cCjEX4izCSSNFKL5areh1eQOKyI3Ar5vKM) ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pHQfranTc0KSyALWTWznglbVnpzxrZ3Yibkiz8HwHpjjHGFthi7bN6qe2qOO2hvjSRO1kBSAyiRSn2kCjPvv7TGrajM5rYF5IB_xuWhc2TOya8249T2zUFzobDINTwYXdNfiItyGVKPumDjzVeWy5qI) Options generated can give founders that lift of leverage to bring their product or service to life instead of having to immediately spend thousands of pounds for a major brand strategy. Relying on ChatGPT completely isn’t ideal, but as a starting point, it’s an incredibly handy tool. Furthermore, similar to ChatGPT, AI-based logo generation tools stretch far and wide. Using a popular AI logo site, here’s a logo generated for the furniture company within a matter of minutes after selecting some sample color schemes, the industry sector, and favorite styles of logo: ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2qfPPO-n-3sEAoMunVyw798ebeccdmSt1AlqsXGQhzNV7YVdjAiSexN-Ozo6nYOOSn3LWcBO89IUzAoVxK3SOJyfu0jDkgLEJiQdNZcIAiHMjvdFa_ssh5xuUQN6MRe4TqscUsMMSoyPk17iO1au0rM) Similar to SEO, the use of these tools can create catalytic effects that set off chains of ideas that increase the speed of the product and/or service reaching the market. Other examples include generating business names, business roadmaps, and even whole websites. Now, Generative AI tools aside, let’s now turn to another angle: creating an AI-based business. ## **Starting an AI-based business** Despite continuing macroeconomic pressures, in the UK over 202,130 businesses were set up in the first 12 weeks of 2023 \[5\] with technology-based startups seeing an average 7% year-on-year growth \[6\]. The UK, for example, is a major hub for AI-centric businesses, with the International Trade Administration estimating the UK AI market to be worth over £16.9 billion \[7\]. With a 688% increase in UK-based AI companies over the last decade \[7\], there’s big investment out there for groundbreaking and responsible solutions to better society. Starting an AI-based business though is hard: it comes with the same risks as starting a non-tech-based business but with a number of extra key considerations. Some examples include: • Determining whether there’s sufficient capital and customer buy-in for such a solution. • The expertise to craft, understand, deploy, and scale the proposed architecture. • Understanding the ethical considerations of the proposed idea. • An understanding and roadmap of the commercial longevity of the solution to increase the ability to secure investment. Despite the challenges, the continually increasing number of industry verticals integrating AI make it a challenging, but exciting journey. Leveraging the power of networking, getting involved in incubators, and speaking to those in the industry is one of the best ways to transform a passion into a scalable purpose. ## **AI isn’t always the answer** Despite the orchestra of noise AI is making and has made over the last decade, it’s important to recognize that not every problem using AI is solvable or scalable: being able to show uniqueness and scientific flair in the algorithmic mixture to disrupt industries requires a combination of the points outlined above. On another angle, an over-reliance on Generative AI tools could also be teaching bad practices. As a photographer outside of the day job, many people ask about whether I use the latest AI cropping and editing tools when doing retouches on my photos. The answer is no – I rarely edit, because whilst AI can perform a “quick fix” I much prefer to complement it, when I do use the tool, with the trained eye. In addition, how much trust the public puts in Generative AI-based tools will be an important topic of discussion, especially as and when more work is carried out to further understand their ethical side. Continuing along this theme, with the vast amounts of data these chatbots are trained on, some data could be factually wrong: an important angle to keep in mind. ## **Conclusion** To round off, AI isn’t always about reinventing the wheel: it’s about making the wheel go further. My advice is to be measured with AI: unless there’s already large injections of capital in place and an AI solution ready to scale, start with utilizing the many readily available AI tools to get your business out there – you never know what idea could stem from using these. Taking the journey in stages and being measured in the value produced from the data is better than rushing in and increasing churn because the hype train has been boarded too soon. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **History of AI**: www.tableau.com. (n.d.). What is the history of artificial intelligence (AI)? | Tableau. \[online\] Available at: https://www.tableau.com/data-insights/ai/history#:\~:text=Birth%20of%20AI%3A%201950%2D1956&text=The%20term%20\. \[2\] **Small Business Statistics**: FSB (2021). UK Small Business Statistics. \[online\] Fsb.org.uk. Available at: https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html. \[3\] **AI UK Market**: Hooson, M. (2023). UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statistics And Trends In 2023\. \[online\] Forbes Advisor UK. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/uk/ advisor/business/software/uk-artificial-intelligence-ai-statistics-2023/#:\~:text=The%20number%20of%20UK%20AI \[Accessed 22 Aug. 2023\]. \[4\] **ChatGPT**: OpenAI (2022). Introducing ChatGPT. \[online\] OpenAI. Available at: https:// openai.com/blog/chatgpt. \[5\] **2023 Startup Scene:** Startups Magazine. (n.d.). Record number of new companies set up so far in 2023\. \[online\] Available at: https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-record number-new-companies-set-so-far-2023\. \[6\] **UK Tech Startups 2023:** Lennox, S. (2023). Most Popular Startups Industries in 2023: Revealed. \[online\] Startups.co.uk. Available at: https://startups.co.uk/news/most-popular startup-industries/ \[Accessed 22 Aug. 2023\]. \[7\] **AI UK Market**: Hooson, M. (2023). UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statistics And Trends In 2023\. \[online\] Forbes Advisor UK. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/uk/ advisor/business/software/uk-artificial-intelligence-ai-statistics-2023/#:\~:text=The%20number%20of%20UK%20AI \[Accessed 22 Aug. 2023\]. ### Business performance forecasting using generative AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/business-performance-forecasting-using-generative-ai-the-hobbit/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T09:33:59.000Z For decades Wall Street has used every source of data it can get its hands on to make predictions to guide stock market purchases. In the beginning, it was as simple as reading newspapers and ticker tape. Although these companies don’t usually share their secrets, we know it has evolved to complex hand-written algorithms, machine learning, and, certainly now, artificial intelligence. However, it occurs to me that with the success of [generative AI like ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/), is there a new approach? I would love to know if this has already been tried and what the results were. For what it’s worth, here are my thoughts. What if you could use *generative AI*to project the performance of various industries and businesses? What if we could look at the business performance over time as a novel being written by generative AI? At this point, we are not likely to affect pico-second stock purchase decisions due to model performance but we should be able to come up with some interesting short-term predictions. Imagine predicting J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit. If the beginning is Bilbo getting visited by Gandalf and the end is the predicted destruction of the ring, there are thousands of events (data points) that converge between those two points in time. But many of those data points could have been predicted if you knew what happened before the story began. Isn’t the detail why we love the story so much? As the story unfolds, we learned this history — these data points. We learned how the ring was created. We learned of the history of Erebor, Smaug, and The Lonely Mountain. We learned of what happened to the kings who originally had the rings. We learned about Gollum and how he got the ring to rule them all and how it changed him. If we knew all of this history before the story began, would we have been able to predict more of what was going to happen? Well, current experiences with generative AI (i.e. ChatGPT) shows that we would. Although some details would have been different, I think the story would have been very similar. So what does this have to do with predicting a business’ performance? Well, if we look at stocks as a result of history past and present, we can see it as a math-dense novel hidden in massive amounts of text. ## Predicting The Hobbit’s journey So how would this work in The Shire? First, let’s create a simple linear graph of a small list of the events that occur in the journey from The Shire and back. ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*dcrJcWP1OA0boJcnhr5RRg.jpeg) In the graph, we can see a representation of some different points in the story (a.k.a. history) that led up to the destruction of the ring and the return home. What this doesn’t show is all of the things that happened that led up to the beginning of the story. We learn these things as the story progresses and they are critical to the events and why they happen. So let’s add some history and the graph. ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*v2lU3G3Yui7ISp3Hnuw7ow.jpeg) Of course, there is so much more detail in this novel. But you get the idea. If we knew enough details about the history leading up to the beginning of the novel before we started reading it, we could predict many of the events like the trek to Mordor. We might predict what events happened each day after leaving The Shire. ![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*vmJyP5d75etOJ2CLxpdz9g.jpeg) ## Moving into the real world Now, let’s bring this story into the real world. If the end of our story is predicting the value of a company or stock, then everything leading up to it is real-life history, like the fictitious history in our novel, describing how the company got there. **NOTE:** For those not familiar, ***completion task*** models take the start of a story like “Once upon a time” as input and then start generating a story from there. You can give it as much input as you want to get it started but it will take it from there. > NOTE: For those not familiar, completion task models take the start of a story like “Once upon a time” as input and then start generating a story from there. You can give it as much input as you want to get it started but it will take it from there. So, from a technical, generative AI standpoint, if you took an LLM and did the following: 1. Fine-tuned it for a completion task. 2. Fine-tuned it on all of the history of Middle Earth (the world of The Hobbit). 3. Started it with the prompt: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” You might end up with a story very similar to the one we all know and love. [Your guide to LLMOpsUnderstanding the varied landscape of LLMOps is essential for harnessing the full potential of large language models in today’s digital world.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-107.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--2--3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-llmops/) So what might happen if we do something similar to this with real-world history? You might ask, isn’t that what we already have with GPT4? Well GPT4 is really close to that. That’s why it does such a great job with so many things. But, there are a few differences: 1. It does not have the most recent information. (It was trained with data up through 2020.) 2. It is trained on non-factual information from many sources. (Social media, novels, jokes, etc.) 3. When it doesn’t have information, it makes stuff up. (Termed in the industry as “hallucinating”. Therefore, we need to fine-tune it, place some guardrails on it, and give it a steady stream of new content. For us, history will take the form of millions of data points representing: 1. News stories on the company and its impact on sales, stock price, etc. 2. News stories on the company’s industry and its impact on sales, stock price, etc. 3. Stock performance relative to news stories. 4. etc…. Remember that the diagram for The Hobbit is just a simplification of the history of Middle Earth. A “real” diagram would not be linear at all. It would quickly become unreadable. So when we expand this to the real world, we won’t try to extend that visualization. I think we would lose our minds. ## Creating history for our story So how would we go about this? Well, we laid out the steps above. 1. First, we need an LLM that is fine-tuned for completion. (Think completing our story.) There are a few out there both open-source and commercial. 2. Fine-tune it on the history of world finance and business. (Ok, this is big.) 3. Set some guardrails. The first step is easy. As I mentioned, you can find a lot of them to use. You can create your own if you like. If your use case is as big as predicting stock values, the financial cost is worth it. However, you will need to decide if spending time doing this is worth it. The months of delay in getting your product up and running could mean your competitors beat you to it. And, you can always swap in your private LLM later. Let’s start with the article: > “Volkswagen brand will only produce electric cars in Europe from 2033 -brand chief.” [link](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volkswagen-brand-will-be-electric-only-carmaker-europe-2033-brand-chief-2022-10-26/#:~:text=Charged-,Volkswagen%20brand%20will%20only%20produce%20electric,Europe%20from%202033%20%2Dbrand%20chief&text=BERLIN%2C%20Oct%2026%20%28Reuters%29,its%20previous%202033%2D2035%20target.) Today we might have used a sentiment analysis of this article as a feature (input) to a standard ML algorithm like XGBoost, but it would be better to take the whole article and take advantage of all its information like: > “Schaefer said in the coming decade the VW brand would narrow down the number of models on offer and raise the profit margin for all volume brands — Volkswagen, SEAT and Skoda, and commercial vehicles — to 8% by 2025.” Using articles like this in fine-tuning adds to our “history” and even gives us a glimpse of the future. This will help direct the Generative IA in its predictions so that our generated story is more accurate. This news was announced on Oct. 26, 2022, so we could see only the beginnings of how this will affect VW’s history. But with this approach, including articles on all industries and companies, we are building a picture of the world as it changes. It’s not just The Shire but the whole of Middle Earth. And, this is the way the world works, right? Looking at one industry in isolation is too limited. Issues like the price of fuel, global supply issues, war, rare minerals, new inventions/technology, etc. Even AI is affecting EV adoption. (Who might have seen that 10 years ago.) ## Generating training data Finding, curating, and cleaning reliable training data is always the biggest part of creating a good AI model. It is also critical that the data be clean and accurate. However, there are a few ways to use AI to actually create the training data for us. One way is to use Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to help improve the training. In short, a GAN involves a second model that sort of “grades” our model during training. It would work something like this: 1. The 2nd model generates new text (a news article) that may or may not reflect a past outcome. 2. The generated (fake) article is sent to the first model for a prediction. 3. The 2nd model already knows what the 1st model should predict so if the prediction is wrong, it is used to train the model for the next time. The idea is that you have 2 models fighting with each other in order to help them improve. This greatly reduces the amount of training data you will need to tag manually. Another way to do this is to use AI to summarize existing articles so that we can remove unnecessary noise. We could even decide to reduce articles to certain formats like CSV files or bulleted lists by topic. AI is pretty good at doing this so we may be able to generate a lot of data using AI itself that way too. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Do you think this idea will work? ### What is vector search? (And how does it work?) URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/why-and-when-do-you-need-a-purpose-built-vector-database/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T08:42:29.000Z The increasing popularity of [ChatGPT](https://zilliz.com/learn/ChatGPT-Vector-Database-Prompt-as-code?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) and other large language models (LLMs) has fueled the rise of vector search technologies, including purpose-built vector databases such as [Milvus](https://zilliz.com/what-is-milvus?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) and [Zilliz Cloud](https://zilliz.com/cloud?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai), vector search libraries such as [FAISS](https://zilliz.com/blog/set-up-with-facebook-ai-similarity-search-faiss?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai), and vector search plugins integrated with traditional databases. However, choosing the best solution for your needs can be challenging. Like choosing between a high-end restaurant and a fast-food chain, selecting the right vector search technology depends on your needs and expectations. In this post, I will provide an overview of vector search and its functioning, compare different vector search technologies, and explain why opting for a purpose-built vector database is crucial. ## What is vector search? [Vector search](https://zilliz.com/blog/vector-similarity-search?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai), also known as vector similarity search, is a technique for retrieving the top-k results that are most similar or semantically related to a given query vector among an extensive collection of dense vector data. Before conducting similarity searches, we leverage neural networks to transform [unstructured data](https://zilliz.com/blog/introduction-to-unstructured-data?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai), such as text, images, videos, and audio, into high-dimensional numerical vectors called embedding vectors. For example, we can use the pre-trained ResNet-50 convolutional neural network to transform a bird image into a collection of embeddings with 2,048 dimensions. Here, we list the first three and last three vector elements: \`\[0.1392, 0.3572, 0.1988, ..., 0.2888, 0.6611, 0.2909\]\`. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jfD7J6I_kus4xPeDcqX7yVYr9t16tMHd6jBpmpXR27OGAqvWIsBYWDr_3AylbzKGcjrSbStuT7XiKTpj9-kjTW6aMMC2MbSTZCdb3DEHmXgeh4QoEiJwi5RCzIPHUgB48IwREo-UICgTcFHlZFlcIUw) A bird image by [Patrice Bouchard](https://unsplash.com/photos/CcmxhowdIFc) After generating embedding vectors, vector search engines compare the spatial distance between the input query vector and the vectors in the vector stores. The closer they are in space, the more similar they are. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LxgfKDApZzJUPlR7hDp0eGQSxERqG0nTS5WNJ3ODyjWaosMaRwu8dZkuIchDwmCRZAlgUFtTqrpP8zj1ZKDnThz5njAFC0T63vUFEIEq_FVP1FPyJ0G9EaW7-tTlXFnW5k0MjuNpawQnKMDPoyr9o5Y) Embedding arithmetic ## Popular vector search technologies Multiple vector search technologies are available in the market, including machine learning libraries like Python's NumPy, vector search libraries like FAISS, vector search plugins built on traditional databases, and specialized vector databases like Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. ### Machine learning libraries Using machine learning libraries is the easiest way to implement vector searches. For instance, we can use Python's NumPy to implement a nearest neighbor algorithm in less than 20 lines of code. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-18.png) We can generate 100 two-dimensional vectors and find the nearest neighbor to the vector \[0.5, 0.5\]. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-19.png) Machine learning libraries, such as Python's NumPy, offer great flexibility at a low cost. However, they do have some limitations. For instance, they can only handle a small amount of data and do not ensure data persistence. I only recommend using NumPy or other machine learning libraries for vector search when: - You need quick prototyping. - You don't care about data persistence. - Your data size is under one million, and you do not require scalar filtering. - You do not need high performance. ### Vector search libraries Vector search libraries can help you quickly build a high-performance prototype vector search system. FAISS is a typical example. It is open-source and developed by Meta for efficient similarity search and dense vector clustering. FAISS can handle vector collections of any size, even those that cannot be fully loaded into memory. Additionally, FAISS offers tools for evaluation and parameter tuning. Even though written in C++, FAISS provides a Python/NumPy interface. Below is the code for an example vector search based on FAISS: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-20.png) Vector search libraries such as FAISS are easy to use and fast enough to handle small-scale production environments with millions of vectors. You can enhance their query performance by utilizing quantization and GPUs and reducing data dimensions. However, these libraries have some limitations when used in production. For example, FAISS does not support real-time data addition and deletion, remote calls, multiple languages, scalar filtering, scalability, or disaster recovery. ### Different types of vector databases Vector databases have emerged to address the limitations of the libraries above, providing a more comprehensive and practical solution for production applications. Four types of vector databases are available on the battlefield: - Existing relational or columnar databases that incorporate a vector search plugin. PG Vector is an example. - Traditional inverted index search engines with support for dense vector indexing. [ElasticSearch](https://zilliz.com/comparison/elastic-vs-milvus?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) is an example. - Lightweight vector databases built on vector search libraries. Chroma is an example. - **Purpose-built vector databases.** This type of database is specifically designed and optimized for vector searching from the bottom up. Purpose-built vector databases typically offer more advanced features, including distributed computing, disaster recovery, and data persistence. [Milvus](https://zilliz.com/what-is-milvus?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) is a primary example. Not all vector databases are created equal. Each stack has unique advantages and limitations, making them more or less suitable for different applications. I prefer specialized vector databases over other solutions because they are the most efficient and convenient option, offering numerous unique benefits. In the following sections, I will use Milvus as an example to explain the reasons for my preference. ## Key benefits of purpose-built vector databases [Milvus](https://milvus.io/?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) is an open-source, distributed, purpose-built vector database that can store, index, manage, and retrieve billions of embedding vectors. It is also one of the most popular vector databases for LLM [retrieval augmented generation](https://zilliz.com/use-cases/llm-retrieval-augmented-generation?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai). As an exemplary instance of purpose-built vector databases, Milvus shares many unique advantages with its counterparts. ### **Data persistence and cost-effective storage** While preventing data loss is the minimum requirement for a database, many single-machine and lightweight vector databases do not prioritize data reliability. By contrast, purpose-built distributed vector databases like [Milvus](https://zilliz.com/what-is-milvus?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) prioritize system resilience, scalability, and data persistence by separating storage and computation. Moreover, most vector databases that utilize approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) indexes need a lot of memory to perform vector searching, as they load ANN indexes purely into memory. However, Milvus supports disk indexes, making storage over ten times more cost-effective than in-memory indexes. ### **Optimal query performance** A specialized vector database provides optimal query performance compared to other vector search options. For example, Milvus is ten times faster at handling queries than vector search plugins. Milvus uses the ANN algorithm instead of the KNN brutal search algorithm for faster vector searching. Additionally, it shards its indexes, reducing the time it takes to construct an index as the data volume increases. This approach enables Milvus to easily handle billions of vectors with real-time data additions and deletions. In contrast, other vector search add-ons are only suitable for scenarios with fewer than tens of millions of data and infrequent additions and deletions. Milvus also supports GPU acceleration. Internal testing shows that GPU-accelerated vector indexing can achieve 10,000+ QPS when searching tens of millions of data, which is at least ten times faster than traditional CPU indexing for single-machine query performance. ### **System reliability** Many applications use vector databases for online queries that require low query latency and high throughput. These applications demand single-machine failover at the minute level, and some even require cross-region disaster recovery for critical scenarios. Traditional replication strategies based on Raft/Paxos suffer from serious resource waste and need help to pre-shard the data, leading to poor reliability. In contrast, Milvus has a distributed architecture that leverages K8s message queues for high availability, reducing recovery time and saving resources. **Operability and observability** To better serve enterprise users, vector databases must offer a range of enterprise-level features for better operability and observability. Milvus supports multiple deployment methods, including K8s Operator and Helm chart, docker-compose, and pip install, making it accessible to users with different needs. Milvus also provides a monitoring and alarm system based on Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki, improving its observability. With a distributed cloud-native architecture, Milvus is the industry's first vector database to support multi-tenant isolation, RBAC, quota limiting, and rolling upgrades. All of these approaches make managing and monitoring Milvus much simpler. ## Getting started with Milvus in 3 simple steps within 10 minutes Building a vector database is a complex task, but using one is as simple as using Numpy and FAISS. Even students unfamiliar with AI can implement vector search based on Milvus in just ten minutes. To experience highly scalable and high-performance vector search services, follow these three steps: 1. Deploy Milvus on your server with the help of the [Milvus deployment document](https://milvus.io/docs/install%5Fstandalone-docker.md?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai). 2. Implement vector search with just 50 lines of code by referring to the [Hello Milvus document](https://milvus.io/docs/example%5Fcode.md?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai). 3. Explore the [example documents of Towhee](https://github.com/towhee-io/examples/) to gain insight into [popular use cases](https://zilliz.com/use-cases?utm%5Fsource=vendor&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=2023-08-22%5Fblog%5Fwhy-a-vector-database%5Faiai) of vector databases. ### How to choose the right machine learning algorithm for your problem URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/choosing-the-right-machine-learning-algorithm-for-your-problem/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T13:38:09.000Z In this blog, I'll try to break down how to select an algorithm from a practical approach. However, the [Machine Learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) training workflow won't be explained in detail here. Here are five steps you should follow to finish with an optimal algorithm. ## **1\. Identify the type of problem** This will certainly help you reduce the number of algorithms to choose from. If you have and utilize the labeled data (target values), it's a **supervised learning** problem. If you're having and using unlabeled data (no target values) and your purpose is to find patterns/structures in your data, it's an **unsupervised learning** problem. If your solution involves interacting with the environment and getting feedback from it, it's a **reinforcement learning** problem. Depending on the output of data, it might be a classification or regression problem. If the output is numerical, it belongs to **regression** and if the output is categorical, it is a **classification-**type algorithm. Below is an easy-to-follow table that classifies the algorithm depending on the problem type. ## 2\. **Be familiar with the data** To dive deeper and understand the problem you may have to answer these questions: What's the available data? How many features do you have? Is the input of your data categorical or numerical? Is there a linear relationship in your data? If you have categorical target values, are they binary or multi-class? Do you have lots of outliers or anomalies? Few data and a high number of features would lead us to use algorithms with high bias and low variance so that they generalize well (Linear Regression, Naïve Bayes, linear SVM, logistic regression). Support Vector Machines are particularly well suited for problems with a high number of features. As for lots of data and fewer features, this would lead us to use algorithms with low bias and higher variance so that they learn better and don't underfit (KNN, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Kernel SVM, and neural nets. If your data contains lots of outliers and you don't want to or you can't get rid of them (you think they are important), you might want to avoid algorithms that are sensible to outliers (linear regression, logistic regression, etc.). Random Forest is, on the other hand, not sensible to outliers. Some algorithms are made to work better with linear relationships (linear regression, logistic regression, linear SVM). If your data does not contain linear relationships or your input is not numerical or does not have an order (cannot convert into numerical) you might want to try algorithms that can manage high dimensional and complex data structures (Random Forest, Kernel SVM, Gradient Boosting, Neural Nets). If your target values are binary, logistic regression and SVM are desirable choices of algorithm. However, if you have a multi-class target, you might need to opt for a more complex model like Random Forest or Gradient Boosting. ## 3\. **What are your expectations?** Choosing an algorithm also depends on what is your end goal. Does the model meet the business goals? You might have a threshold in accuracy or other metrics (speed, recall, precision, memory footprint…) that you want or do not want to surpass. In that case, you would want to compare the speed of your algorithms and choose wisely. Sometimes you might prefer algorithms that are easier to train and give a good enough result (Naïve Bayes and Linear and Logistic regression). This might be the case for time restriction, data simplicity, interpretability, etc. Approximate methods also tend to avoid overfitting and generalize well. Another important thing to consider is the number of parameters your algorithm has. The time required to train a model increases exponentially with the number of parameters since you must find the right pattern, so it performs well. So, if you are time-restricted you would want to take this into consideration. Knowing what metric is important in your problem might play a key role in deciding what model to pick. However, metrics are not always the only things that drive your decision. There is a well-known trade-off between accuracy and interpretability, and depending on your end goal you might want to choose the right algorithm. ## 4. **Test different models** Once you have an idea of what you are looking for and what algorithms may work for you and the team, it is always good to start with baseline models. The best preference is to start with the simplest algorithms so that if the performance satisfies the requirements, I do not even have to choose neural networks for instance, and waste some time. We do want to try a few different combinations of hyper-parameters to allow each model class to have the chance to perform well but do not make the error to waste too much time on it. Having evaluated all the algorithms with basic hyper-parameters, select the ones that are the best fit for the business problem. ## 5. **Compare and hyperparameter tuning** A machine learning pipeline can be set up that compares the performance of the final chosen algorithms on the dataset with selected evaluation criteria. Utilize grid search to bring the best out of the algorithms. Machine Learning is an iterative process, so from there on you might want to go back and play around with the selected features. Note that some features of engineering might shift the best algorithm options. ## **Conclusion** Selecting an algorithm for a specific problem isn't subjective and not a preference decision at the same time. It becomes easier with practice, but the description shall help you develop some sort of structural approach in choosing your algorithm instead of trial and error. ## **References** ### How AI is driving the future of autonomous vehicles URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:35:08.000Z *Girish Venkataramani, Senior Director, ML Accelerators at Cruise, gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Summit.* Hello, everyone. I'm really glad I made it here. I think that a really good topic to talk about today is transportation. But before we get to that, let's all acknowledge where we are in this AI revolution. Whether you like it or not, AI is upon us. I remember about 10 or 11 years back when we had the first deep learning models. Everything changed from there. We sold vision with ResNet, and so on, and then we went on to solve speech with transformers and BERT. We didn't really solve it, I'm just joking. The point is that AI is constantly evolving. The pace of innovation in AI is tremendous, from the first deep learning model that solved image classification problems to today, where we have ChatGPT and generative models taking us to another dimension. The question is, how are you going to adopt AI into your business? What's the right model? What's the right way to integrate it into your systems? What's the cost of AI? These are all very pertinent questions you should be asking yourself in terms of how it affects your business. But one thing is clear - we have to adopt and adapt to AI. So part of the accelerated growth of AI also means the accelerated growth of adoption, integration, and execution of AI systems in our businesses. Today, I'm going to talk about how we do that for our AVs or self-driving cars, and give you a little bit of a preview of what's coming down the line. ## Improving transportation in our cities: The mobility revolution Needless to say, I think we can all agree that transportation, or mobility, as we like to call it, is not in the most desirable state in our current societies. Cruise’s mission is to drive us safely and connect us to places as efficiently as possible. But it’s also a very personal mission for me. Going back to when I wasn’t even 10 years old, I remember my next-door neighbors deciding that they were going to move. I was growing up in Bangalore in India. They bought a house about 10 miles away, and I really wanted to see my friend. So I said to my mom, “We’ve got to go and visit.” We didn't have a car or any transportation of our own, so we had to take public transport. And it took us about two-plus hours on public transport to cover those 10 miles. This was back in the 80s. Oh, wait a minute, did I just date myself there? So, here we are today in the 2020s in the United States. But guess what? We haven't solved that problem. Even in the US today, going 10 miles using public transport will probably take you around two-plus hours. So that's a problem I want to solve. When I moved to the US, I decided to use public transport as much as possible. I was working in Boston and my workplace was about 15 miles away. It took me an hour and a half to get there. Something wasn’t working well. Apart from transportation as it is today, there are a number of other reasons why mobility needs some help. Safety, the environment, the amount of pollution that we're creating, carbon emissions, and the amount of space we allocate for cars. In some cities, there’s 20x more parking real estate than household real estate. This is true for certain cities in the US, and most of the time, these cars aren’t being used. Our utilization of our personal vehicles is probably around 10% of the time. We can do better, and we can invest in technology that can improve the state of mobility. In fact, McKinsey did a thorough report on this. They believe that we’re at the beginning of a mobility revolution. So when we talk about a mobility revolution, we're thinking about EVs, EV infrastructure, and AVs. Together, the ecosystem can get us to a better mobility future. And they believe that by 2040, about two-thirds of all miles driven in the US will be autonomous. We’re at the beginning of this revolution. At Cruise, we want to lead the way through to this future. And I'm going to talk about how we got started and where we’re at in our investment in this domain. ## How Cruise is disrupting the status quo of transportation I want to start off with this example, which is a great representation of what we can do today. It’s one of our driverless cars. There’s no driver in the front seat, and it was navigating its way through St. Patrick's Day in San Francisco last month. [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/rRk3ePadMMUMrYystqezRSUOm13DMsBD_8s8zDbrTpfxPrev_wLk5QlyO8AHGdvZzRMhPQ3Eg4oPfT7wuUPm-tvzApyJ4HhjGId4zNctDnyl7xOXc-4pRf9qAjiXXGtcME4gOHfoSheALxVQ_T5PM-g)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) On the front cameras, you can see how crowded the scene is. The top is what the software sees. You can see the main vehicle, which is our Cruise vehicle, all the little circles are pedestrians, and the boxes are other cars. You can see what our software is thinking in terms of the detection and tracking of these objects. You can also see a faint green patch in front of our AV; that's the path planning. That’s where we’re trying to go. But when we saw this and we realized what our cars could do, it was phenomenal. If you stay focused on the bottom frames below, you wouldn’t want to be driving in this mess. I know that I wouldn’t want to. This is some of the messiest street traffic that we’ve seen. [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/bqoOWzLRz7j8wLrr-gH1sPWG7fE33ocAwLIANsY4EXQee6rKUcCX0P5VFNO0YG3qOTWq7CHFA0aXtW6iMGX7uhVbNtwkwGH85NeXFuyK3ZKmUGspC17820QJmS-oan2vEyYeSHOLoFWKee1Q0oJ4G-w)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) And believe it or not, our AV was able to navigate it just perfectly. I was able to go around pedestrians, go through the traffic, across all the bars, through narrow streets and double-parked vehicles, and figure out a way to get out of there. We were amazed when we saw this video. It was really satisfying to see all the work we’d put in to get us to this stage. ## The evolution of Cruise So, where are we today? We launched our first driverless vehicles back in November 2021\. And today, we’ve clocked more than 1.5 million miles in SF without a driver in the front seat. This is incredible by any standards. We haven't had any severe incidents, and so we’ve built enough confidence and trust in the safety of our vehicles. But how did we get here? Cruise was founded back in 2013, so about 10 years back. And if you look at this timeline below, there's a lull in the first eight or so years. That's actually intentional because that's when we were investing in the technology. We were in an R&D mode. We were actually figuring out how to drive these cars. We were testing and iterating. [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UY4O-Hvm57X0lC-yRWf0p7MK7-Y8ruNngdIj8LzrLkji6aK_YxvR8jYWkzMFAPUROOcJiUgtW4MMqWXRRtNnImXRUlgDFtjIkMYqBWMVFop7q8a5VDHIL4APGxsw2Io3-sNI7EboujeXEoaaVhAZJNM)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) And as we were going, we started to build confidence in our investors. We got a lot of big investments from very prominent investors. And it was in November 2021 when we launched our first driverless rides in SF. And you can see the scaling which has happened in the last 17-18 months to today, where we’re now operating in all of SF. In fact, we just announced yesterday that Cruise AVs are available 24/7 in the entire seven-by-seven ODD of San Francisco. We’re also launching the service in Austin and Phoenix. We’ve got a great roadmap ahead, and I'm going to talk to you a little bit about that. ## The self-driving problem If you think about the technical problem and what we’re trying to solve, you can see that there’s a very standard way of defining autonomous driving. You start with sensors, you get sensor data, cameras, radars, whatever you have. And then you have perception as a subsystem, which is making sense of this data. Who's around me? What's the environment like? Where's my car? Who's coming at me? Where are others moving to? So that's perception. And then comes tracking. Tracking is trying to figure out what the objects are around me. Pedestrians, cyclists, other cars, and other vehicles. And then prediction tries to predict their path. Where are they going? Where are they headed? And then on top, you have localization mapping, which tells us where our AV is, and free space tells us where we can drive. So all this is input to our planning stack, which takes our input and figures out where to drive the car. And this needs to run in real-time on our AVs, within the hardware that's in our AVs. That’s the problem we've been solving. [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tbMDTONWyrsWtTQ1yJUeON7Z8WPgtqajd5d8TVXNRyiwjXh5L_ZSQPmZh7eVVm1T0Q3xKAqpOd9HWeLp9MY0IO05O85H6k99KdCi407q6yIcCejNuz24BToRSJcjZB82koTVQt0xuDk0yC7zt2tQm8A)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) Now remember, this problem has been solved in a way. We've all figured this out. Companies all around the world have figured out how to implement the system. The difficult part is to make sure that this system can work reliably 100% of the time. If you were working on an L3 or an ADAS system, a lot of your cars probably have it. You have your safety packages, you have some self-driving Teslas, but also other cars like Mercedes and BMW have it. You have the expectation of grabbing the wheel when something goes wrong. In that context, if you can drive autonomously for 90% of the time, it's really good. The software’s doing well. But for a fully self-driving, driverless system, it’s not good enough. We've got to burn down that 10%. We've got to be able to drive autonomously all the time. So, what’s the problem there? Obviously, driving autonomously all the time means being able to adapt to any situation that's thrown at the AV. Below are just a few examples of the types of scenes that our AVs have seen. All of this is camera footage from our AVs, and you can see the craziness that happens in SF. These are things that we learn and navigate and figure out how to drive through. [![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DigV0hvYT4H654rTeuoC7oY-8uvXQKiURH4QZv2ef3lLHhqpa3jFWzCC-cObyPa7Pf5Bm8ZS3Pr9eOwT5wy4OCPEbE7VpaSH8BCGHAhHVBBxIqEc1mBvZ4hSk0SjB6bxdb8pjmvqMuVi-3QF6lQMm2E)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Kx_d2cqKIqQcB6X8phPd6Mx9_ESThknQoKRk0jdAfc8zj5OlRmRBUIE2PkbJNrQmqQromJ58EgsDcjnoKET8x1bMR71k1D7mU0V92c3_BdGk8n22ZsBntX9C5Vj1dNUcWXqyjYiLV_c4ILCy1tkWCdM)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/jckrX-8_sX-fhVfZpHHnh2O8afv_aIrVHL9d41xKS-eWArjjm7BdpPFltywvmkd_JfJu3fTNoq-VTDEbymM4tGa5gg8tR3swLAajHaoL40qLSZ29tApUvBMU4FsB1z1893A9XwEXkk-5Z-v3Iy6t8HE)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) This is your long-tail. This is that 1% of scenarios that are really difficult to navigate through. And we've got to solve this problem if we want to get to a fully driverless mode. Safety is our North Star at Cruise. It always has been. We won’t put a product on the road if we can’t put confidence in our safety metrics behind it. That’s always been our first priority: safety. To summarise, our AVS must be capable of driving autonomously 100% of the time. So we've solved this problem 99% of the time, but it’s not good enough. Burning down that one last person. Usually, if you've worked with long-tail problems, you know that's where 99% of the effort goes. That's the long-tail investment. And it's an engineering problem here. You've got to test, iterate, come back, see what the results look like, send your cars into all these kinds of weird situations. Where are you performing poorly? Send your fleet out to test, bring back the results, analyze it, and start the process again. This is about engineering velocity. If you want to make it, we've got to accelerate the cycle of innovation and engineering to actually deploy autonomously. ## The AI lifecycle at Cruise At Cruise, this is what our AI lifecycle looks like: [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/He-5wQkNQt1xv8R_pgUs54J4LctKqMHf-DK5peCKHXMhOHFjzbxDgEqkdGFwVtjt_HiToLDdhV52xGD0_JM0XdbcgXU06Fj708JSXBabPOKItImuk2SXYVNuPHpYd2n4TfLgeUbDAuzrOw4yNwsDguM)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) We have a testing fleet that’s on-road, driving around, and gathering data. But we’re also starting to build our simulation system so we don't have to test on the road. Instead, we can get the signals from our simulation systems, and that's going to be the future of scaling too. Whatever method we have, we test and we get some data. There’s a lot of data. There are petabytes of data that come in every day and we’ve got to manage that. That's part of our data platform. And then from that data, we get two things. One is insights into what we're doing well and what we're doing poorly, and then we analyze that and figure out what our strategy is, what we need to change, and what models we need to update. And at the same time, take the data, mine it, ground truth it, label it, and make it available for training in the future. So this cycle is always continuing. Then when our ML engineers are building new models, they use newly labeled data sets, train the model, and then we have to optimize them. We’re going to run this in the car; it’s not running in the data center, it’s not running in the cloud, so it needs to run on its own in the hardware in the car. And it poses its own challenges, which I won’t get into. So, real-time integration, and then you start the cycle again. Now, once you deploy AI into our cars, the mistake that a lot of people make is they think that once you deploy, you're done. Let me tell you, in AI, there’s no such thing as ‘done.’ Your model is never done being deployed. You're always going to improve it with data. Data is what makes AI great. We’re getting new data all the time, so we need to update and upgrade our models with this new data. And this is where the acceleration comes in. We want to automate this whole process of getting data, ground-truthing it, mining it, improving our existing models, and pushing it back into the car. We’re looking to automate the whole lifecycle without a human in the loop. We call it the continuous learning machine. In each of your enterprise systems, you might have a similar problem; you’ve got to figure out how you're going to keep your models up to date with new data. ## Cruise leads the pack in driverless miles Below is a chart of how we've been doing. What I'm showing you is public data. The California DMV collects this data, and it's been collecting it for about seven years now from all AV companies which are testing on the road. [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2mkYY_-FVw131PodFrQo3UZ1hGt-MxgR0YStXgW7ZNvPAMiWaYrp1Rv7DvWqLqotc9DBj8wV8nowZHT4XWDUO780Bk4vnMj-BbWoQp6ari4QQ5SJ0C3LroZWsmlrbtn1VgpaLD_-WGR5hmbLi2t7TvY)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) What they collect is the number of autonomous miles that the fleet has driven, and what they call disengagement. Disengagement is when the safety driver needs to take over. Something went wrong, the software disengages, and the safety driver takes over. The y-axis is miles per disengagement. We want that number to be high. And I'm showing you the curves. This is all public data of all the different companies that are testing in this market. I hope this is pretty obvious, but I see a big orange hockey stick out there. I'm not going to go into detail as to why we're doing so well, but we drove more than 10x driverless miles than any other company or all the companies put together. We’ve had a quantum shift in the last year, and this is where Cruise is today. How did we get here? Through our guiding principles in the early days for safety. As I mentioned, we've got to put a safe product on the road. That’s achieved through engineering velocity. But let's not forget about the need to work with the government and with the regulatory frameworks to actually get the permits and get us going on the road. So this is a huge investment, and we have a great team that’s got us to where we are today. ## Launching autonomous vehicles commercially So that's how we built this technology. We launched driverless cars. But what are we doing next? Well, now we’re at the scaling phase. We've got a fleet of hundreds of cars driving on the road, and we’re looking to scale this by orders of magnitude. Tens of thousands of cars, production-intent vehicles, across multiple cities, and in any kind of conditions. That’s the inflection point that Cruise and many other AV companies are at today. And the challenges we have to solve, in addition to the three previous challenges, safety, engineering velocity, and government regulations, is that we have to think about rider experience, our infrastructure and ability to scale reliably, and most importantly, product-market fit. We oftentimes forget about that. We’ve got great technology, but how are we going to leverage it from a business perspective? From a product perspective, we have two products: ride-hail, which is similar to your Lyft and Uber kind of service, and delivery. We’re partnering with Walmart to deliver groceries for them. So these are the two products that we have. The next question is, how do we define the product-market fit? This is a very challenging problem. I can give you a little insight into how we did it in SF. We didn't go from zero to one overnight. When we launched, it was a small fleet. We had three dimensions that we were scaling on: the size of the fleet, the time of day we drive, and the geofence, or what we call the ODD, which is the operational design domain in which the cars drive. And then we slowly expanded that out. It was a small fleet in a small part of San Francisco, only at night. Today, we have a large fleet in all of San Francisco, 24/7\. That’s an iterative improvement. That's your ops team figuring out the product-market fit. And now we're launching in Austin and Phoenix as well. We’re scaling this to multiple cities, and we want to show that we can do this effectively. It’s the same stack running in different cities. So that's where we're driving today. We started small in SF, and now we’ve covered all of SF. Right now in Austin and Phoenix, again, we’re starting small, and we expect to cover the ODD of these cities in a short amount of time. ## Reducing costs is critical to successful commercialization Another part of commercialization, when you think about product-market fit, is the cost of the platform. You need to make money. You're generating revenue, which is great, but what's the cost of the platform? Can you generate profits? Cost is a huge contributor. The cost of an AV is the vehicle cost, the sensors, the compute, networking, and the hardware in the car. This is where we've had a lot of public debates about which sensors are expensive and which sensors are needed. I won't get into that, but they all factor into this equation. We’ve got to bring the cost down, which means we’re trying to run more complex AI models on a much more compressed hardware system. That’s a challenge that we have to solve in order to make this a reality. I'm going to point you to a blog article that I published recently, where we talk about this problem and why it’s a difficult problem to solve. The article is called, ‘AV Compute: Deploying to an edge supercomputer.’ I'm going to pick one thread here, which is the compute. [![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/m2wnZoltqJXGbFbrC4KPTm3rgg121SN51qQi6KsMpOtwbA-GatUNqCfdhpTtFCDbfsFdlFDgPkAgdKstt6oqSlXNdTtgOPobmNMLx8_toL1MuelkPapBs1JoLbW3ZexN5632B_oSAxoubOY3oI-U-Qc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-driving-the-future-of-autonomous-vehicles) If you think about AI hardware today, there are two ends of the spectrum. You have the data center hardware, like your NVIDIAs, TPUs, and whatnot, which are big, honking, high-capacity hardware systems, but are also power-consuming and very costly. On the other end of the spectrum, you have your tinyML, like your mobile and IoT hardware. They’re very power efficient, but not scalable when it comes to capacity. We fall in the middle of the spectrum, so there’s not much of an ecosystem that’s there to support us. So what we've realized at Cruise is that the only way to continue reducing cost is vertical integration, which means the entire platform, from the vehicle, up to the sensors, to the compute, to the platform, and the software and AI models as well. So that’s one of our driving principles as well. Now, I'm happy to say that we’ve invested in building our own hardware which will go into the cars. We have silicon that we've created, which is going into our next-generation platforms, and we’ve seen a tremendous reduction in cost because of that. To summarise, we have our first-generation AV that you'll see in SF. If you go there, you'll see our cars around. And we’re very excited about our next-gen-AV. It’s often called the Origin, and this is a production intent AV with no steering wheel or gas pedals, which is going to ferry passengers around. ## What does the future hold for Cruise? So, where do we go from here? Think about that McKinsey report I mentioned earlier. In a decade or two decades, we want to cover the entire world. We’re already starting on this path. We already have partnerships in Dubai and Japan to start testing and deploying our fleet out there. Additionally, we’re already starting to solve more complex problems, like how to drive in weird weather conditions like fog, rain, and snow. These are tough problems that are yet to be conquered, and that are on our radar. So, in order to achieve this, we've got to accelerate our AI technology. I talked about the lifecycle, continuous learning, etc. Innovation has to be accelerated. But we also need to accelerate our operations. As I said, commercial operations, business operations, product-market fit, getting the fleet reliably on the street, all of these things require data analytics. It doesn't just come from our gut. We have to be data-driven. There's data and AI in this whole equation, all over the place, and we're only going to succeed if we get to that level of acceleration. ### Transforming industries and everyday life with AI applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-industries-and-everyday-life-with-ai-applications/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:36:23.000Z From utilizing deep learning in tracking devices to help manage sleep routines in infants to computer vision-driven retail stores, AI has found its way into every possible industry sector. This article will cover a couple of highlights in which despite its risks and challenges, AI is transforming society. First up: Education. ## **Education and AI** Education and AI have seen extensive press coverage as of late, not just from a curriculum development standpoint but also from the perspective of how Generative AI is being utilized in teaching and learning. With the Global AI in the education space expected to grow from $4.25bn in 2023 to over $20.65bn in 2028 with a predicted Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 45.9% between 2023 to 2028, \[1\] this particular application of AI is going to create a substantial pressure test in amongst an already fragile Computing curriculum. ChatGPT (Chat Pre-Trained Generative Transformer), the Generative AI chatbot founded by OpenAI back in November 2022 \[2\] has been highly controversial in education, with some universities banning the technology over academic integrity fears. \[3\] Despite the dark clouds, ChatGPT in education has many advantages. Take content creation, for example: an integral part of teaching but a highly resource-intensive process. Whether it be creating a lesson plan, practicing problems on a new piece of theory, or explaining abstract topics in a simplified way, ChatGPT is an incredibly powerful tool. Instead of talking about it, here are some examples: ## **A computing science study guide** Imagine a teacher is preparing their GCSE Computing Science students for an upcoming test and wishes to create a study guide. Simply input the command as follows: ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/JtqSlYzdQ9aMs1UuQ4_zJiEm2Z3cR-Ofqhc1vTBd0WooC6Vp8eDJnlhg_JxfkJtDYHKO30p8zDXwVemf55wMhMWz8cx-aRqZF5iaBfvNwPgrV6ILql5JAhOrrQDb-OYYAJ0TsV-XmFGaUefuK5_P4Nk) Here’s ChatGPT’s output (redacted due to its length): ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pp50afLzF-uJyCn-s2bHSusNt4iTzUfTQaRJgMnalyuma_lbYCIFcmxBHo9y_I4e0MJpMYnLlnoVPZnvs7bdkhADWBoX5XWdZMEAbOHG0-sL43TZgqs1hsJzeKCpcIkdz77OQoRI7OI2hHA2op6oiSM) Whilst for some it may not feel groundbreaking to create something on the surface that looks simple, this use case gives teachers the chance to focus their energies on inspiring the students with the content instead of being bogged down by lesson planning. ## **ChatGPT and practice problems** Following the above study guide idea, teachers can go a step further and ask ChatGPT to create practice problems in a particular area. Here’s an example set of questions on the topic of Computer Software: ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8deoh3REJY4Cl-FSrg5crRiQ6dNfJqZn2juVp07nBY2PxTH_ENvo6ya_7uPbJfHfnXIZabs2U7UjZA6Bn3OavYPwZkTLmrkAit05N1T0HbEmLsADH9GDY6WQyvL6_YYFXDpksLxrzXFR1nmCg8e78QA) And the output from ChatGPT gives (redacted due to length): ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w_oE38HHXc08G1mUm5ETker49SKhdSYlBzGB-SxqHLPRE0-ZBxL6lroyPkxPdISJ6n8giLV6UoqlarU9I9rKE0U8KdXVW3oOgX7YOlWTdlljWeCFYtRMWp1fYazd-XIXWoAQBozPxUAfoMjr1b8Pq5w) From the above, say students have been revising away using the resources created above but some are struggling with certain topic areas in Computer hardware: ChatGPT can help in explaining topics on a more simplistic level. Let’s use the example of Random Access Memory (RAM): ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/jiUta5QdGSgaNx5fofYy_rlwwlsZl1ETkxCNth9yRlVKif9et61roGJzm1SNIopxZ_djYELqxwyEe96_SPamt0xgYnDDfKIWUDGvhTaS09BWAFd8ZpLNsBMnc3ot8420OxOONpd2tPKAKFusW_XdA0o) ChatGPT’s reply is as follows: ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/4N3Xxq3BMM9Y4pKfd6FF1WL8h2ily8yE2bx56m8a_USFGdQ3Ho3ZkGUMeoQvGGlPAp4AvMGdG5XJjR2UWMVw5u9pSchCuX1Rs4AUy7BlDUK-3daGoJ_v1YqFugfAsjLSS-DCEdOOJpEj8ahjaZNpnDQ) The examples outlined above are just one of many ways ChatGPT has found its way into education, and it’s only a matter of time before leaner and smarter ways of integrating the chatbot into education are discovered. What’s key is in ensuring the technology can be deployed whilst upholding the principles of academic integrity. The current worry is the pace of growth in generative AI is outstripping teachers' capability to understand how it can be best brought into a classroom *whilst maintaining academic integrity*, and with governments only able to provide finite levels of advice academia-industry relations are more important than ever to guide educators what’s going to the challenging period ahead. ## **AI in healthcare** Let’s now turn to another transformative application of AI: Healthcare. With a forecasted CAGR of 51.9% between 2022 - 2030 and a market size forecasted to reach shy of $12.22bn by 2030 \[4\], it’s one of the most exciting spaces AI-application-wise. When it comes to life and death decision-making, AI with such a high level of data integrity put into the mixture makes things very interesting. For example, the utilization of AI in medical diagnostics is one of these areas very much in the spotlight. Take breast cancer identification as an example. ## **Breast cancer diagnosis** In 2018, Baidu research announced the development of a deep learning algorithm that from initial testing, outperformed human pathologists in its ability to identify breast cancer metastasis \[5\]. Through the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), the network was trained by thousands of tiny images split from 400 images. From this 200,000 of the smaller images were selected at random with analysis conducted to classify each of the smaller photos as well as neighboring cells. \[5\] From the Free-Response Receiver Operating Characteristic (FROC) score (this is a measurement taking into account the average detection sensitivity with 6 predefined false positive rates per slide), it was found Baidu’s algorithm achieved a score of 80.9: higher than the 72.4 achieved by human pathologists. \[5\] When the findings came to light, Computer Vision was touted as one of the most important and promising areas of Artificial Intelligence, and to this day, many more exciting medical applications have come to light. ## **Workflow automation** Medical aspects aside, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a transformative shift in how we think of and utilize technology. AI-related, another area where AI is supporting healthcare isn’t clinical, but administrative. In summary, workflow automation utilizing AI could result in savings of $18 billion in areas ranging from utilizing voice-to-text transcriptions to prescribing medication and ordering tests \[6\]. For example, a partnership between IBM Watson and Cleveland Clinic saw the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to comb through thousands of medical documents to inform patient treatment plans. More recently, the partnership was taken to new heights through the deployment of a quantum computer to push further the boundaries of healthcare research. \[7\] ## **Conclusions and thoughts** Education and healthcare are just two of many examples of the transformative applications of AI. Within healthcare, as more groundbreaking applications come into play there’ll be increasing pressure in ensuring the protection of patient confidentiality, whilst with education there’ll be an increasingly challenging balancing act of academic integrity and AI. How both these areas continue to produce groundbreaking innovation in amongst these challenges will be an exciting story to watch unfold. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **Global AI in Education Market Size**: Inc, G.M.E. (2023). *Global AI in Education Market Size & Analysis*. \[online\] GlobeNewswire News Room. Available at: https:// www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/02/23/2614481/0/en/Global-AI-in Education-Market-Size-Analysis.html. \[2\] **ChatGPT History**: Heaven, W.D. (2023). *The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it*. \[online\] MIT Technology Review. Available at: https:// www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/03/1069311/inside-story-oral-history-how-chatgpt built-openai/. \[3\] **ChatGPT Banned over Plagiarism fears**: sciencespo\_author, sciencespo\_author (2023). *Sciences Po bans the use of ChatGPT without transparent referencing*. \[online\] Espace Presse Sciences Po. Available at: https://newsroom.sciencespo.fr/sciences-po-bans the-use-of-chatgpt/. \[4\] **AI in Healthcare market:** Future, M.R. (2023). *Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Market Size to Hit USD 12.22 Billion by 2030 at 51.9% CAGR – Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)*. \[online\] GlobeNewswire News Room. Available at: https:// www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/18/2672191/0/en/Artificial-Intelligence-in Healthcare-Market-Size-to-Hit-USD-12-22-Billion-by-2030-at-51-9-CAGR-Report-by Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html \[Accessed 20 Jul. 2023\]. \[5\] **Baidu Research Cancer Recognition**: VentureBeat. (2018). *Baidu Research’s breast cancer detection algorithm outperforms human pathologists*. \[online\] Available at: https:// venturebeat.com/ai/baidu-researchs-breast-cancer-detection-algorithm-outperforms-human pathologists/. \[6\] **Workflow Automation in Healthcare**: Marr, B. (n.d.). *How Is AI Used In Healthcare - 5 Powerful Real-World Examples That Show The Latest Advances*. \[online\] Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/07/27/how-is-ai-used-in healthcare-5-powerful-real-world-examples-that-show-the-latest-advances/? sh=5f99d395dfbe \[Accessed 20 Jul. 2023\]. \[7\] **Cleveland Clinic and IBM Quantum Computer**: IBM Newsroom. (n.d.). *Cleveland Clinic and IBM Unveil First Quantum Computer Dedicated to Healthcare Research*. \[online\] Available at: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-03-20-Cleveland-Clinic-and-IBM Unveil-First-Quantum-Computer-Dedicated-to-Healthcare-Research. ### How deep learning enhances computer vision in modern manufacturing URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-deep-learning-enhances-computer-vision-in-modern-manufacturing/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:40:43.000Z Innovative manufacturers are beginning to harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly a machine learning niche termed [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/), for machine vision endeavors. While machine vision systems, comprising both hardware and software, are not novel, their advantages are profoundly evident in sectors like automotive, pharmaceutical, electronic manufacturing, and food and beverage that demand heightened safety, speed, quality, and compliance. Machine vision tools play pivotal roles in quality control, part traceability, dimensional checks, presence detection, and various other inspections. Nonetheless, the challenges with older machine vision technology persist, such as hardware-software compatibility issues, financial burdens, long procurement and maintenance periods, interoperability concerns, and complexities in training and intricate use cases. For manufacturers, especially in Germany, the difficulty in recruiting skilled personnel is mounting, making automation a crucial assistant to the existing labor force. [Deep learning for computer vision: Four use casesFew technologies have made such rapid developments in recent years as deep learning has. In this article, we’re going to be looking at four applications for deep learning in the visual realm that you can use right now to leverage its stunning capabilities.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-67.png)AI Accelerator InstituteBen Schultz![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/3wBPUcDrR9KaduD3PvkY_DSC_0915-1.JPG)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/four-applications-of-deep-learning-for-computer-vision/) ## Machine vision and deep learning in sync Establishing and overseeing industrial automation can be cumbersome, primarily due to the use of various devices that have outdated interfaces and different software requirements. Unfortunately, this lack of uniformity makes the process expensive and challenging, contradicting the fundamental ideas of scalability and compatibility that should be universal, especially in mobility and automation domains. The manufacturing sector has undergone significant changes. With rising production rates, increasing data volume, and new compliance measures, manufacturers are on the lookout for contemporary machine vision solutions to meet these needs. Surprisingly, many industry professionals are yet to grasp the benefits of deep learning-driven machine vision or understand its transformative potential for inspection processes. Statistics show that 81% of decision-makers in the automotive sector feel that a more tech-centric approach would propel their businesses forward. Meanwhile, 78% think that innovation is crucial for staying competitive. Conversely, a similar percentage feels overwhelmed by the rapid pace of tech advancements. By automating visual inspections through machine vision, precision, speed, compliance, and safety can be significantly improved. This transition allows engineers to allocate their expertise to other essential tasks. ## Power, adaptability, and user-friendly nature Deep learning-fueled machine vision software excels in tasks like surface examination, raw material inspections, textile quality checks, classification, and anomaly detection. The harmonious blend of contemporary hardware and software magnifies the capabilities of machine vision applications, enabling them to tackle challenges that their predecessors couldn't. Modern AI-infused machine vision tools are characterized by their intuitive interfaces, extensive tools, and straightforward solution-building methods. These tools are backed by seasoned machine vision experts who offer invaluable insights. Additionally, these tools offer adaptive upgrade paths. For instance, traditional industrial scanners can be transitioned to machine vision cameras with an uncomplicated software license, fostering cost-efficiency and adaptability. In collaborative spaces, engineers and data scientists can utilize vast libraries of pre-established filters and customized code-generation tools for crafting intricate vision applications. Machine vision solutions may need to implement Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for tasks like product traceability. Though OCR isn't new, its challenges, like extensive training requirements and sensitivity to environmental changes, are well-known. Advanced OCR tools, however, leverage deep learning's neural network approach to provide unparalleled accuracy and versatility. They eliminate time-consuming training phases and provide unmatched stability even for novices. This cutting-edge OCR technology is adaptable and can be deployed across various platforms, ensuring a consistent experience for professionals in industrial imaging. ### Kubeflow: Streamlining MLOps with efficient ML workflow management URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/kubeflow-streamlining-mlops-with-efficient-ml-workflow-management/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:19:57.000Z Kubeflow is an open-source platform that makes it easy to deploy and manage machine learning (ML) workflows on Kubernetes, a popular open-source system for automating containerized applications’ deployment, scaling, and management. Kubeflow can help you run machine learning tasks on your computer by making it easy to set up and manage a cluster of computers to work together on the task. It acts like a “traffic cop” for your computer work, ensuring all the tasks’ different steps are done in the right order and that all the computers are working together correctly. This way, you can focus on the task at hand, such as making predictions or finding patterns in your data, and let Kubeflow handle the underlying infrastructure. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/eFcW6zmyJ_tDBodj3eBZiwKeEtxflRVDlEQIiuSKxp3DaAjAjT0Gy6DrRVQLFExtEzzct-Y7Kp61N8oEreqLbNgfnokDb0TUj_u5u0Q9b7pjaJYP3RqenYa7Y3yKd0-OoqzMPq4uBPvgNTKqkd3gO5Q) Imagine you have a big toy box with many different toys inside. Kubeflow is like the toy box organizer. It helps you track all the different toy types and ensure they’re in the right place. Kubernetes is like the toy box itself. It keeps all the toys together and ensures they don’t get lost. It also helps you easily take out the toys you want to play with and put them back when you’re done. In simple words, Kubeflow makes it easy to run and manage ML workflows on top of Kubernetes, which helps manage and scale containerized applications. This article will go through an end-to-end example of using Kubeflow to build, train, and deploy an ML model, from data preparation to model serving. We’ll cover the various components of Kubeflow and how they work together to make the ML workflow more efficient and streamlined. By the end of this article, you’ll have a better understanding of how to use Kubeflow to manage your ML projects and be able to apply the concepts to your own projects. **Learning Objectives:** - Understand the basics of Kubeflow and its components - Understand how to use Kubeflow to manage ML workflows - Learn how to deploy Kubeflow on a Kubernetes cluster - Learn how to use Kubeflow to train and deploy ML models ## Table of contents 1. What is Kubeflow? 2. Deploying Kubeflow on a Kubernetes cluster 3. Managing ML workflows with Kubeflow 4. Training and deploying ML models with Kubeflow 5. Kubeflow pipeline 6. Track the progress and results of the pipeline runs 7. Model evaluation 8. Model deployment and hyperparameter tuning in the pipeline 9. Conclusion ## What is Kubeflow? Kubeflow is used to simplify the deployment and management of machine learning (ML) workflows on Kubernetes. It provides a set of tools and frameworks that enable data scientists and ML engineers to easily build, train, and deploy ML models in a scalable and repeatable way. By leveraging the power of Kubernetes, Kubeflow can manage the underlying infrastructure and dependencies, making it easy for data scientists and engineers to focus on building and deploying ML models. Additionally, its ability to be deployed on any Kubernetes cluster and its modular and extensible architecture make it a powerful and flexible tool for MLOps. - Kubeflow is an open-source project for managing machine learning workflows on Kubernetes. - It provides a set of tools and frameworks for data scientists and ML engineers to easily build, train, and deploy ML models. - It leverages the power of Kubernetes to manage underlying infrastructure and dependencies. ## Deploying Kubeflow on a Kubernetes cluster This article will discuss how to deploy Kubeflow using the CLI. Kubeflow can be deployed on any Kubernetes cluster, whether it’s on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge. There are two main ways to deploy Kubeflow: A. Command-line interface (CLI), or B. The graphical user interface (GUI) ## Managing ML workflows with Kubeflow - Kubeflow provides a set of tools foraging ML workflows, including JupyterHub, TensorFlow Job, and Katib. - JupyterHub allows data scientists to access and run Jupyter Notebooks easily. - TensorFlow Job and Katib provide tools for running distributed training jobs and hyperparameter tuning, respectively. ## Training and deploying ML models with Kubeflow - Kubeflow provides a set of tools for training and deploying ML models, including TensorFlow Training, TensorFlow Serving, and Seldon. - TensorFlow Training allows data scientists to train ML models using TensorFlow easily. - TensorFlow Serving and Seldon provide tools for deploying trained models to production. ## Kubeflow Pipeline 1. Set up a Kubernetes cluster. 2. Install Kubeflow on the cluster. 3. Create a Python script that’ll be used as the main component of the pipeline. 4. Use the Kubeflow Pipelines SDK to create the pipeline. 5. Run the pipeline. 6. Track the progress and results of the pipeline runs. ## What is a Kubernetes Cluster? A Kubernetes cluster is like a group of computers that work together to ensure your programs run smoothly. The group comprises of two types of computers, the master and the worker. The master computer is like the boss, and ensures everything is running as it should be, and the worker computers are like the helpers who do the actual work of running your programs. The master and worker computers talk to each other to ensure everything works correctly. Kubernetes helps you run, manage, and scale your computer programs easily and efficiently, just like how a good boss and a team of helpers can make your work easier. - Master nodes - Worker nodes - Etcd - Networking Kubernetes can be installed on-premise, on cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure, or using managed Kubernetes services like EKS, GKE, and AKS. **Master nodes** are like the leaders of the group of computers in a Kubernetes cluster. They ensure everything is running well and decide which computers should do certain jobs. They use special tools like the API server and the kube-scheduler to do this. Think of it like the leaders of a group making a plan and giving jobs to the other members of the group. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/PeeDRZy-PwN2aa77QGpEy63xGByqHuS8NWTAYhNqiLmnTFyuPqtsTN_obrCpSMvUnCDp2pqx5BgJnA4InYxmhSQEfV2TsCxogvOHQ3keIknECKZC4Y1UcmIaenlT1Y6e3dyZZvqwnC7ZyKp57nPNOcA) **Worker nodes** are like helpers in a group of computers in a Kubernetes cluster. They do the actual work of running programs and ensure they’re working correctly. They use special tools like kubelet and kube-proxy to do this. They also talk to the master nodes to let them know how things are going. Think of it like helpers in a group who do the tasks and let the leaders know how it’s going. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/IwmyfQu5_QlzLYtpqd1pNB23i-rd631G0bTlB1FCCkw8u3GFOHi23ucuTEbV0L95LBoGT95MHve1FzWhOUug1nd_ZEd-UiyZpv0ZrLgII_oC0jUQCIsZKzQJ_UyvEeBELPxeFiK-zMy3ORebBYseLHU) **Etcd** is a distributed key-value store used by the Kubernetes control plane to store the configuration data for the cluster. It’s like a big notebook where the leaders of the group of computers in a Kubernetes cluster keep entrant information about how everything should be set up. They use it to ensure everything is running as it should be, and it’s shared across all the computers in the group, so they all have the same information. Think of it like a shared notebook that everyone in the group can see and use to ensure they’re all on the same page. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1_UEU9vqK8zFnJxQBC8NvUel_OoPVs4tChbsD2P2obn_7b60-mPaa-oQJoAemgruVQkbzR4STIBZS1BRy1ByYo2cKyO8T9hahHtEsdO0ACxb6ont8oyzpf9fwxC7nvCfibeXUvj4LlK0tMMJ0hjg24U) **Networking** in a Kubernetes cluster is configuring how the cluster’s different components communicate with each other, including pods, services, and nodes. Pods are the smallest deployable units and have their own IP addresses, and services are used to access pods and provide a stable endpoint. They’re assigned an IP address called ClusterIP that’s only reachable within the cluster. To allow communication between pods and services in different nodes, Kubernetes uses a networking plugin called the Container Network Interface (CNI), which is responsible for creating and managing the network bridges and virtual interfaces that connect the pods and services. For external communication, Kubernetes uses Ingress, a collection of rules that allows external traffic to access services inside the cluster, usually associated with a LoadBalancer or NodePort service which provides a stable endpoint for external communication. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PfsYjYpliFdd_gBhio1KHYRKT7OKKF6t7t8yg6-qtnzKbPCzz9DM7jWkj7y1ibrPlp_WPzeDLNyW_VfQ9dtdQgPpuVNAYX41cpGt0rzcdijmLzUBTqSjfAfwVNXaUKeVmQKZEBNgs8_PYIbgG-ebU6w) Here’s an example of how you might set up a Kubernetes cluster using the command-line tool, kubeadm, and a few additional scripts. This example assumes you already have a group of machines (VMs, bare-metal, etc.) that you want to use as your cluster, and they all have Ubuntu 18.04 installed. ### Step 1: Install the necessary packages sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https curlcurl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -cat < Here is an example of how you might set up a Kubernetes cluster using the command-line tool, kubeadm, and a few additional scripts. This example assumes you already have a group of machines (VMs, bare-metal, etc.) that you want to use as your cluster and that they all have Ubuntu 18.04 installed. To make a group of computers work together as a Kubernetes cluster, we use kubeadm. We first put special computer programs called packages on all the computers in the group. Then, we pick one computer to be the leader, and we tell it how we want the group to work together by using kubeadm. We also make sure that all the computers can talk to each other. curl curl tells all the other computers in the group to listen to the leader. We can check if everything is working well by asking kubectl, another special computer program. **Initialize the cluster on the master node:** sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr=10.244.0.0/16 This command will configure the master node and create a default configuration file in /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf **On the worker nodes, join the cluster using the command:** sudo kubeadm join : --token --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256: This command can be found in the output of the kubeadm init command on the master node. Once the worker nodes have joined the cluster, you can check the status of the nodes using the command. You should see the master and worker nodes in the list. **To use the cluster, you need to configure kubectl to use the admin.conf file that was created in step 2:** mkdir -p $HOME/.kube sudo cp -i /etc/kubernet ### Step 2: Install Kubeflow on the cluster Install the kfctl command-line tool, which is a command-line utility used to deploy and manage Kubeflow; you can download the latest version of it by using this command: curl -LO https://github.com/kubeflow/kfctl/releases/download/v1.3.0/kfctl\_v1.3.0\_linux.tar.gz **Extract the downloaded tar file:** tar xzf kfctl\_v1.3.0\_linux.tar.gz **A directory for your Kubeflow configuration:** mkdir kubeflow-configcd kubeflow-config **Download the Kubeflow configuration file. By using this command, you’ll be able to download the kubeflow configuration file:** curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/v1.3-branch/bootstrap/config/kfctl\_k8s\_istio.v1.3.0.yaml **Use the kfctl command-line tool to install Kubeflow:** ./kKubernetesly -V -f kfctl\_k8s\_istio.v1.3.0.yaml This command will deploy the Kubeflow components on the cluster; you can check the status of the deployment by running kubectl get pods -n kubeflow Once all the pods are running, and in a running state, you can access the Kubeflow UI by running the Kubeflow dashboard. **Note:** The commands and code examples provided should be executed in a terminal window or command prompt, which is a command-line interface that allows you to interact with the operating system. You can open a terminal by pressing the Ctrl + Alt + T key combination or by searching for “terminal” in the applications menu. Once the terminal is open, you can type in the commands and press the enter key to run them. Using a terminal application such as ssh is recommended to connect to each machine, as it allows you to run commands on remote machines as if you were sitting in front of them. Keep in mind that these commands will make changes to the system and may require superuser or root access, so it’s important to run them with the appropriate permissions, starting with the master node on each machine in the cluster. ### Step 3: Create a Python script that will be used as the main component of the pipeline !pip install kfp import kfpfrom kfp import dsl@dsl.pipeline( name='My Pipeline', description='A simp ### Step 4:Use the Kubeflow Pipelines SDK to create the pipeline An example of how to use the Kubeflow Pipelines SDK to create the pipeline defined in the previous example: **Python SDK** import kfp client = kfp.Client() **Compile the pipeline DSL compiler** pipeline\_func = my\_pipeline pipeline\_filename = 'my\_pipeline.py' compiler = kfp.compiler.Compiler() compiler.compile(pipeline\_func, pipeline\_filename) **Create the pipeline in Kubeflow** experiment\_name = 'My Experiment' run\_name = 'My Run' arguments = {'input\_data':'gs://my-bucket/input/', 'output\_data':'gs://my-bucket/output/', 'model\_path':'gs://my-bucket/models/'} “experiment\_name” is like giving your project a name, such as “My Science Project.” “run\_name” is giving a name to a specific time you did your project, like “My Science Project – First Try”. “arguments” is the list of things you need for your project, such as the materials you need for a science experiment. E.g. “input\_data”, “output\_data”, and “model\_path” are like different types of materials you need for the project and where you can find them. For example, “input\_data” includes the things you need to start your project, “output\_data” includes the things you make while doing your project, and “model\_path” is the instructions you need to follow to do your project. ### Step 5: Submit a pipeline run run\_result = client.create\_run\_from\_pipeline\_func(pipeline\_func, In this example, the pipeline is first compiled using the kfp.compiler.Compiler() class and saved to the file, ‘my\_pipeline.py.’ Then, an instance of the kfp.Client() class is created and used to create the pipeline in Kubeflow by calling the create\_run\_from\_pipeline\_func method. The method takes in the pipeline function, the experiment’s name, the run’s name, and a dictionary of arguments that’ll be passed to the pipeline. After submitting the pipeline run, the pipeline will be executed, and the run results can be viewed on the Kubeflow Pipelines UI. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5cRz2UjbBrAq-0ctnL0peVroPER_WxvfNEoUWKZXR3WD65Clce6i6HijPd7bToFTlnLy6Oqc7aX0AKQBTeXuF9_1m0NnuwNi56A4ADmKyArvHzOY8bGhW3YtURlfTSbTbaV0XH5s2fMzReRlk_OOJeo) **Note:** The first code example defines the pipeline using the KFP SDK, while the second code example uses the KFP SDK to create and run the pipeline on Kubeflow. The first script focuses on the pipeline structure, steps, and inputs/outputs, while the second script focuses on the interaction with the Kubeflow service to create, compile, and run the pipeline. **With the knowledge we’ve gained about Kubeflow pipelines, we’re now ready to create our first pipeline using the Iris dataset.** from kfp import dsl from sklearn import datasets from sklearn.model\_selection import train\_test\_split from sklearn.metrics import accuracy\_score from sklearn.svm import SVC This pipeline uses the Iris dataset and trains a **support vector classifier (SVC)** model with a specified kernel and learning rate. It then evaluates the model’s accuracy on a test set and prints the accuracy score. **Run the pipeline using Kubeflow pipelines SDK:** from kfp import Client client = Client() EXPERIMENT\_NAME = 'Iris classification' run\_result = client.create\_run\_from\_pipeline\_func(iris\_classification\_pipeline\_func, experiment\_name=EXPERIMENT\_NAME) ### Step 6: Track the progress and results of the pipeline runs Now that we have a clear understanding of creating a Kubeflow pipeline using the Iris dataset, we can begin tracking the progress and results of our pipeline runs. This can be done by monitoring the pipeline’s status, viewing the outputs of each pipeline step, and analyzing the results of the pipeline run as a whole. This allows us to ensure the pipeline is running smoothly, identify any issues that may arise, and make any necessary adjustments to improve the pipeline’s performance. Additionally, we can use this information to evaluate the effectiveness of our machine-learning models and optimize their performance. ## Model evaluation To evaluate the performance of a model within a Kubeflow pipeline, you can use the “Evaluator” component. This component takes in the trained model and a dataset and outputs metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. Here’s how to use the “Evaluator” component: - Inputs: - trained\_model: the trained model that you want to evaluate - test\_data: the dataset that you want to use for evaluation - Outputs: - Metrics: the evaluation metrics - Parameters: - metric\_names: the names of the metrics that you want to compute (e.g. “accuracy”, “precision”, “recall”) from kfp import components evaluator = components.load\_component\_from\_url('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubeflow/pipelines/v0.5.1/components/evaluator/component.yaml') @dsl.pipeline( name='Iris classification pipeline', description='A pipeline to train and evaluate a model on the Iris dataset' ) def iris\_classification\_pipeline(): #define pipeline steps here ... eval\_results = evaluator( trained\_model=train\_step.outputs\['model'\], test\_data=load\_data\_step.outputs\['data'\], metric\_names=\['accuracy', 'precision', 'recall', 'f1\_score'\] ).outputs\['metrics'\] ... In this example, the evaluator component takes the output of the train\_step component, which is the trained model, and the output of the load\_data\_step component, which is the test dataset. The metric\_names parameter is set to compute accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. The output of the evaluator component is a dictionary of metrics, which can be accessed via the metrics key. Now we can add a new component called ‘evaluate\_step’ after the ‘train\_step’ component in our pipeline. This component will take the output of the ‘train\_step’ component, which is the trained model, and the output of the ‘load\_data\_step’ component, which is the test dataset. In the ‘evaluate\_step’ component, we will: - Use the sci-kit learn library to create a **confusion matrix** using the trained model and test dataset, giving us a visual representation of the number of correct and incorrect predictions made by the model. - The **ROC curve** will help us evaluate the model’s performance by plotting the true positive rate against the false positive rate. from sklearn.metrics import confusion\_matrix, roc\_curve from sklearn.metrics import auc def evaluate\_step(model, test\_data): \# make predictions on test data test\_predictions = model.predict(test\_data.data) \# create confusion matrix confusion\_mat = confusion\_matrix(test\_data.target, test\_predictions) print("Confusion Matrix:",confusion\_mat) \# calculate true positive rate and false positive rate fpr, tpr, thresholds = roc\_curve(test\_data.target, test\_predictions) roc\_auc = auc(fpr, tpr) return {"fpr": fpr, "tpr": tpr, "roc\_auc": roc\_auc} This component will give you a dictionary with fpr, tpr, and roc\_auc, which you can use for plotting the ROC curve. ## Model deployment and hyperparameter tuning in the pipeline \# define pipeline and pipeline steps @dsl.pipeline(name="Iris pipeline") def kfpipeline(): \# train with hyper-parameters train = mlrun.import\_function('hub://sklearn\_classifier').as\_step( name="train", parama s={"sample" : -1, "label\_column" : y, "test\_size" : 0.10, 'model\_pkg\_class': "sklearthe n.ensemble.RandomForestClassifier", 'n\_estimators': 10, # added hyperparameter 'max\_depth': 3, # added hyperparameter 'random\_state': 42}, # added hyperparameter inputs={"dataset" : X}, outputs=\['model', 'test\_set'\]) \# deploy our model as a serverless function, we can pass a list of models to serve deploy = mlrun.import\_function('hub://v2\_model\_server').deploy\_step( models=\[{"key": "iris\_model:v1", "model\_path": train.outputs\['model'\]}\]) \# test out new model server (via REST API calls) tester = mlrun.import\_function('hub://v2\_model\_tester').as\_step( name='model-tester', params={'addr': deploy.outputs\['endpoint'\], 'model': "iris\_model:v1"}, inputs={'table': train.outputs\['test\_set'\]}) In this example, I’ve added **hyperparameters** for the Random Forest classifier, such as n\_estimators, max\_depth, and random\_state, and set values for them. I’ve changed the label\_column to y, which is the target variable of the Iris dataset, and the dataset input to **X**, which is the feature variable of the Iris dataset. I’ve also changed the model name to iris\_model:v1. **Kubeflow** may be set up using either the **GUI** (which only supports Google Cloud) or **CLI**. If you only want to experiment with Kubeflow, I advise using the GUI. If you want to perform a real permanent deployment, use the CLI. ## CLI CLI provides a text-based interface for interacting with a computer or software application. It allows users to input commands and receive output through a command-line prompt. CLI is commonly used in system administration, programming, and automation tasks. Some examples of CLI include the Windows Command Prompt, Linux Terminal, and the MacOS Terminal. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ixrOCFit7kIVcxKZs-rSIF9r2RG9Yuos3F9ovcPCFrX7jXVqKNM9-e94jKuorvJ-zyw9oDgU3q-EcDqyTb-JOzj7GcO5N7TB9XpBR4v0qlGIDzqHwUOEt5lNGGx01TPVHBqFIoYYmQU8Iv5l_W2q43w) I chose the CLI deployment because the GUI deployment left some items out. Initially, ordinary computers were used in the deployment, even though I intended to operate the entire environment on pre-emptibles. Pre-emptibles are machines with a 24-hour kill time that’s 20% less expensive than regular instances. Support for GPU-powered devices was another inclusion I really desired (and yes you guessed correct, also pre-emptible because I love our cheap stuff). ## Conclusion Kubeflow is a powerful tool for managing machine learning workflows on Kubernetes. Kubeflow is an open-source project that simplifies the deployment and management of machine learning workflows on Kubernetes. It provides a set of tools and frameworks that allow data scientists and IL engineers to easily build, train, and deploy ML models in a scalable and repeatable way. Furthermore, Kubeflow’s use cases are not limited to specific industries, and they can be applied in several fields like healthcare and finance, where scalability, reliability, and security are crucial. The community-driven nature of the project ensures that it’s constantly evolving and improving, with new features and bug fixes being added regularly. By following the steps outlined in this article, you should now have a better understanding of how to use Kubeflow to manage your ML projects and be able to apply the concepts to your own projects. ## Key takeaways: - Kubeflow is an open-source tool for automating and managing machine learning workflows on Kubernetes. - It provides a set of tools and frameworks for data scientists and ML engineers to easily build, train, and deploy ML models. ### OpenAI progresses with GPT-5 trademark registration URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/openai-gpt5-trademark/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:36:50.000Z OpenAI OpCo, LLC has recently initiated the process of trademarking "GPT-5" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The filing, dated July 18, 2023, is now undergoing processing. ## **Digging deeper into the GPT-5 trademark move** As Windows Latest first reported and was subsequently echoed across Twitter, this trademark aims to encompass a vast spectrum of applications. Primarily, it seeks to include downloadable software and programs associated with language models, the artificial creation of human-like speech and text, and all aspects of natural language processing, be it generation, comprehension, or analysis. The range further spans software that deals with machine-learning-driven language and speech interpretation, converting speech or text between languages, distributing datasets essential for machine learning, predictive analytics, and constructing language models. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) Additionally, it pertains to software that can turn audio files into text, recognize voice and speech, produce and generate textual content, and design, execute, and assess algorithms with learning capabilities, especially when exposed to data. The scope also covers software designed for crafting and deploying artificial neural networks. In this context, OpenAI also aims to roll out these functionalities as Software as a Service (SaaS). Currently, the application is under the "new application processing" phase, signifying its acceptance and the impending allocation to a review attorney. To draw a parallel, OpenAI OpCo, LLC embarked on a similar trademark journey for GPT-4, dated March 13, 2023. According to USPTO's records, they are presently reviewing applications lodged between September 29, 2022, and October 13, 2022. ## **Sam Altman on GPT-5's journey** OpenAI's move to trademark GPT-5 can be interpreted in various ways. At a recent gathering, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, shed light on GPT-5's evolution, stating, “The road ahead for GPT-5 is long. It demands significant time and effort. We're not nearing its completion. It mandates extensive safety reviews. I wish I had insights into GPT's forthcoming timeline.” Although this doesn't necessarily hint at an imminent release of an enhanced language model, it does underscore OpenAI's unwavering commitment to furthering AI tech, especially in areas like natural language processing and machine learning. ### Using AI to find your celebrity stylist URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/using-ai-to-find-your-celebrity-stylist/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:37:44.000Z I love wearing pink pants during my talks, which has become one of my signature looks. I own multiple pairs, which has sparked many discussions about fashion and style. Recently, I have been involved in a project called "Fashion AI," where we utilize a fine-tuned model to segment clothing in images. We then crop out each labeled article and resize the images to the same size. Finally, we store the embeddings generated from those images in [Milvus](https://milvus.io/), an open-source vector database that can store and query billions of vector embeddings. To find the closest matching articles in our database, we apply the same transformations to the image and the query along the same vectors. For each query, this project returns three results. You can interpret the results based on your preference. You can also determine which celebrity is the closest match for you. You may choose the most common first place, the lowest aggregated distance, or the most common overall. You can [find the images here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pBO02iLgToBSCOyMJ58zWHQf4ZRkP5AY/view?usp=drive%5Flink). In addition to the images, you will need an upgraded Python version and \`pip install milvus pymilvus torch torchvision matplotlib\`. We use the[ clothing segmenter model](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga/segformer%5Fb2%5Fclothes) from [Mateusz Dziemian](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga) on Hugging Face, and this [ResNet50](https://pytorch.org/hub/nvidia%5Fdeeplearningexamples%5Fresnet50/) model from Nvidia on PyTorch for image segmentation and embeddings. In this post, we’ll discuss how to generate image segmentation for fashion items, add your image data to Milvus, and find out which celebrity your style is most like. ## Image segmentation for clothing articles To perform image segmentation, I have found three models to look at on Hugging Face. - The [segformer\_b2\_clothes](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga/segformer%5Fb2%5Fclothes) by[ Mateusz Dziemian](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga) - The [YOLOS-Fashionpedia](https://huggingface.co/valentinafeve/yolos-fashionpedia) by[ Valentina Feruere](https://huggingface.co/valentinafeve) - The[ Fashion-CLIP](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga) model by[ Patrick John Chia](https://huggingface.co/patrickjohncyh) I ultimately chose the "segformer" model. It provides accurate segmentation for different articles of clothing and identifies 18 types of "objects." For example, it detects "upper clothes" for any kind of tops, "dress," "left shoe," "right shoe," "hat," and many more articles of clothing. In addition, it can detect things like "face," "hair," "right leg," and "left leg." You can find the full set of 18 object types[ here](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga/segformer%5Fb2%5Fclothes/blob/main/config.json#L30). We begin by importing the necessary packages for image manipulation in this project. These include \`torch\` for feature extraction, \`segformer\` object from \`transformers\`, \`matplotlib\`, and some \`torchvision\` imports such as \`Resize, masks\_to\_boxes\`, and \`crop\`. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image.png) ### Generate segmentation masks with HuggingFace There are many approaches to segmenting your image, depending on the model you use and what it detects. For this example, our model returns an 18-layer image, one for each object type, including the background. The first function we need to write is one that generates this image. The \`get\_segmentation\` function requires three parameters: a feature extractor, a model, and an image. First, it generates input features using the image and extractor. Then, it obtains the model output and converts it into logits. Afterward, it upsamples the logits through a PyTorch bilinear interpolation. Finally, the function takes only the maximum prediction for each pixel in the upsampled samples to create a segmentation mask. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-1.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-2.png) For reference, the images in \`upsampled\_logits\` look like this: ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZexP8CeOAiWziGVwrBVyHQz4t0SsoZ6CQ2Kw5ZCBIhk_MTnibi9LBcvcSmuxXBRd-IiqJMaL2CerpiAuIiupjSF-xZFuY0A82mOVcWevjI85O9SK7wxu6ocRMphqsEuKNj9fQbpHKsdSmJXvg95ZE-w) Whereas the \`pred\_seg\` image looks like this: (these are two different images, although both are of Andre 3000) ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0mYaRuqFyNM7xNLclWiY1dSLJCFC4EoV-Pki2XtwVuPuNZlZqw_RZ10P_BSTDkB1RbPRwESTquu7JTd1NvYoMdoc4ALYiIqz6TlSUT3SeB_Vc6OhqpsrGm_YjK-dvQvd34KZYof1fsH6F06N4_5TbQ) Getting the segmentation masks is straightforward from here. We obtain all the unique values in the segmentation; in this model, there can only be up to 18\. We discard the first entry, which represents the background. To create the masks, we extract the pixels in the segmentation that have the same value as the object ID. I make this function return both the masks and the IDs so that we can keep track of both. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-3.png) This function creates masks that look like this (hair and upper clothes masks shown): ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VOBTfxbMRSSEQ2HJJQeBjuv6wZWXOHbxuvLz1WQamg6PTemJzbOfqmxMKLRYehM2D2P3LK0t5OK5tPdnmGYvbPPZQElO36lY43yzM3o8vQm6DDi-omAYducbqcJjdBzgpx2lNFCHn_HBy0U25ykGdpk) [*Fameflynet Pictures via Buzzfeed*](https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/proven-steps-on-how-to-hold-your-purse-exactly-like-taylo?utm%5Fterm=.vsQ1BPJJd#.xmpjAD00o) ### Crop and resize your images with Pytorch transforms We can now create a new image for each detected object using the \`get\_masks\` function's masks and object ideas, as well as the original image. Then, we call trhe magical \`masks\_to\_boxes\` function, which we imported earlier from \`torchvision.ops\`, to convert the created masks into bounding boxes. Next, we create a list of boxes to crop and convert the box coordinate system into the \`crop\` coordinate system. The boxes are returned as values in the form of \`(x1, x2, y1, y2)\`. On the other hand, the \`crop\` function expects an input in the form of \`(top, left, height, width)\`. Before we crop the images, we also define a preprocessing function. We want to resize each image to 256x256 and convert them into PyTorch Tensors (currently PIL Images). Now it’s time to crop the images. We loop through the crop boxes and call the \`crop\` function on the image using the values we got earlier. Then we add the preprocessed image as the value corresponding to the key value of the segmentation id to a dictionary. At the end of the function, we return that dictionary. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-4.png) Below is an example of the boxes we crop and create separate images for using Drake in a fire output. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Ai14QoPlrZoucXDkqbS1QHq1vQ9aglQTijrgJRdkW7-5BE3UuZI6TSufy2BqNmdahhkxEI8W0ZgttOEq9PAfhJsRGp6CDQLouUaLEYeXSDozSwX-PJ0p9T8wToen0We2znwEwTzeaYdzjjYik0AfSgo) ## Add your image data to a vector database Now that we have all the images segmented and cropped, let’s add them to [Milvus](https://milvus.io/), our vector database. To help you get started with Milvus quickly, we use [Milvus Lite](https://milvus.io/blog/introducing-milvus-lite-lightweight-version-of-milvus.md), a lightweight version of Mivlus, in this example to run an instance of Milvus in our notebook. Then we use \`pymilvus\` to connect to the default server provided by Milvus Lite. We also use this section to set up some constants. Let’s define the number of dimensions in a vector (from the Nvidia ResNet50 model), the batch size, the name of our collection, and the number of results to return. Finally, we run an \`ssl\` function to create an unverified context to get the model from PyTorch. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-5.png) ### Defining your schema to store metadata in a vector database Step one: define your schema. The schema is used to organize the data saved in the vector database. The \`id\` field is a regular key ID in SQL or NoSQL databases, while the other fields have SQL-like definitions in their data types (int64, varchar, float, etc). For this example, we save the file path, the celebrity's name, and the segmentation ID as metadata. In the future, we may add more fields, such as the location of bounding boxes or masks. Once we define the FieldSchema, we define a CollectionSchema, and then create a Collection in Milvus based on the given schema and collection name. Now that we have a collection, let's define its index. These index parameters are pretty basic. We use[ IVF Flat](https://zilliz.com/blog/vector-index) with 128 centroids and L2 as the distance metric. We create the index in our collection, specifying that the \`embedding\` field is the one to operate on. Then, we load the collection into memory so that it is ready to be operated on. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-6.png) ### Getting your vector embeddings from Nvidia’s ResNet50 The first step in this section is to load the model. We load Nvidia’s ResNet50 model from PyTorch, then we cut off the output layer. Vector embeddings are the output of the second to last layer in a model. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-7.png) This function is responsible for receiving the vector embeddings and inserting the data into Milvus. It accepts three parameters: the data, the collection object, and a model, which in this case is the embedding model. To keep track of how the data is being operated as we add it to our vector database, I have added several print statements. In addition to printing debugging data, we stack all the values in \`data\[0\]\` into one tensor and then remove any dimensions of size 1 from the output using the \`squeeze\` function. Then, we insert a new list consisting of the last three entries of the original data batch, followed by the output tensor converted into a list. These correspond to the file path, name, segmentation ID, and the 2048 dimensional embedding. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-8.png) The printed data looks like the image shown below. Each data batch has a size of 128 until the end, with each entry being of size 3x256x256\. The output is a PyTorch Tensor of length 128, with each entry in the output being of length 2048\. The printed tensor is the output from the first entry in the data batch. ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/dubf_a-vdhfg5ktqrkuJHn-Xb3nEMvkHvP7ePVyYnT-BV3ff4k44428TsmWI8nDxAuyxc5NRUEeidQ7oagBtbdqLo_fmxkox1u1F5evdVmNesyNXZiOI4rSddoSLhmfwLmJmkg48h0ylGZ-Vk5W3mlc) ### Storing your image data into a vector database Remember that extractor and segmentation model we talked about earlier? This is where we use them. We use this [pre-trained segformer](https://huggingface.co/mattmdjaga/segformer%5Fb2%5Fclothes) model from Hugging Face. After loading the models, we put all the file paths into a list to loop through. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-9.png) Milvus expects a list of lists as input. In this example, we use a list of 4 lists, which correspond to the image, the file path, the name, and the segmentation ID. In the \`embed\_insert\` function, we convert the image into a vector embedding. We then loop through each file path to the images, gather their segmentation masks, and crop them. Finally, we add the images with their metadata to the data batch. Every 128 images, we embed and insert them into Milvus, and then clear out the data batch. At the end of the loop, we embed and insert the rest of the data batch into Milvus and flush it to complete the indexing. On an M1 2021 Mac with 16GB of RAM, this process takes approximately 8 minutes to run. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-10.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-11.png) ## Find out which celebrities you dress most like There’s a lot you can do with this setup. I will provide additional methods for matching and evaluating your fashion choices in an upcoming piece. In this example, we’ll get the top three pictures based on each segmented article of clothing. We use a couple of examples of Taylor Swift and get a perfect recall. ### Generating embeddings for your input images Similar to how we load images into the database, we need to process input images. The function for embedding search images takes two parameters: data and the (embedding) model. We use the model to get the embeddings, flatten or squeeze them depending on the number of images queried, convert them into a list, and return them. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-12.png) Similar to the \`embed\_insert\` function, I added several print statements here to keep track of the data. As shown below, the \`data\` passed into this function is essentially the \`data\[0\]\` object, in comparison to the \`embed\_insert\` function. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xvhbVlGEWSNYSdxnP0il-1GZrmWObTM07vLRb_PhiCuicc2if2TeraqCLNvjEQh-qMyhMKH18V_fS7EjCFFrkUb-V8pqvSI_E-DIRanPjzXvc2d8yd_CdsaMQrhJX3DcRG2QPgGk71fBxUGOFqGH6qs) To query the database, we only need the vector embeddings, which we can obtain in a similar manner to when we added images to Milvus. However, it is useful to keep these other variables in memory to facilitate comparisons later. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-13.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-14.png) ### Querying the vector database Now that we have the embeddings, we can query the database. For fun, I'm adding the \`time\` module to track how long these queries take. In this example, we measure the query time for 23 2048-dimensional vectors. To query Milvus, we simply use the \`search\` function with the embeddings generated above. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-15.png) After looping through the results, we can see the generated response, shown in the image below the code. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/08/image-16.png) ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VaQm_HxWSH314KSA_-CUQafo9jVlbdDOCXhVbVgzKtshhsuMxaVlu5WejBHSw_oMl3WmCsPFfOgEb384v246-go0FHdI4yI53Jc5d46d61SZHqXQajBZzl-j91XfDyEi1j45tccswdvXcymGmTSoyLQ) ## Summary That's all for this section. You're now ready to compare any images of yourself or your friends (with permission!) to some celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Drake, and Andre 3000\. To do this, start by getting a segmentation of the clothing articles in the image using a model found on Hugging Face. With the segmentations in hand, grab each unique segmentation from the image and crop them into separate images. Before putting these cropped images into the vector database, resize them and turn them into tensors. Then, pass them through a ResNet50 embeddings model from Nvidia to get the vector embeddings to store. For querying, perform a similar procedure to loading the vectors. In this example, we only went as far as getting the query results. To go further, save the bounding boxes or masks in the vector database and bring them out to show specific matches. Alternatively, run the input images through the model again and do the same thing. Since we do everything locally, we can use local memory. I hope you enjoyed this. Feel free to [connect with me](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yujiantang/) and share your feedback. Also, please let me know which celebrity you dress the most like! ### AI innovation vs regulation: Where do we draw the line? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/innovation-vs-regulation-where-do-we-draw-the-line/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:38:07.000Z ## **The role of innovation** The beauty of innovation is in its non-linear characteristics. Instead of a traditional painting, innovation nowadays presents itself as an abstract watercolour piece highlighting the elegance of opportunity, risk, and reward. With the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) seeping into almost every industry sector ranging from improving the diagnosis of Cancers to improving safety with industrial machinery, an important consideration comes into play: *where do companies draw the line between innovating and* *respecting regulation?* With the backdrop of a challenging macroeconomic climate and continued political instability, the industry faces a data-driven world unlike anything seen before. Generally speaking, data protection laws vary widely across the globe ranging from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) \[1\] to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) \[2\] to more recent laws such as Brazil’s *Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD)* which came into force in September 2020\. \[3\] Within the UK and Europe, for example, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been a globally recognized, staple regulation since its introduction in May 2018 replacing the previous 1995 Data Protection Directive \[4\]. Legislation of this nature is in place to ensure companies are lawfully processing data without impeding the rights and freedoms of individuals, but on the flip side presents a combination of opportunities and challenges for organizations wishing to take their first step on the AI technologies ladder or scale their technologies beyond their current framework. This is where within the UK, for example, the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) comes in. ## **The Data Protection Impact Assessment** The Data Protection Impact Assessment is a process for companies to identify, analyze**,** and minimize any data protection risks that might stem from a project. Flexible and scalable in nature, they can be adapted for a variety of sectors and for companies of varying shapes and sizes. With the DPIA being an important aspect of companies being accountable to GDPR legislation, businesses must ensure there’s sufficient rigor against desired strategic outcomes to ensure privacy risks are fully understood. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) provide templates for guidance in structuring the assessment, but it’s perfectly fine for companies to design their own bespoke version for more specific alignment. What’s paramount is companies continually review and iterate their DPIA in alignment with the scalability and iteration of the project. \[5\] [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) Bringing in AI-based technologies is where things become complex, falling under the bracket of *high-risk*,processing. Risk is an important aspect of a DPIA, but without a universal definition applied to GDPR, the level of subjectivity is vast. In summary, the ICO defines risk in the following way: “….*the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, of varying likelihood and severity, may result from data processing which could lead to physical, material or non-material damage, in particular: where the data processing may give rise to discrimination, identity theft or fraud, financial loss, damage to the reputation, loss of confidentiality…” \[6\]* In this definition, it’s imperative to recognise the risk *recognize* of harm can be intangible through social and economic means. ## **The modern data economy and generative AI** DPIA aside, the post-COVID-19 data economy has created a fresh wave of consumer reflection on how companies handle and utilize personal data. According to a 2022 *Salesforce Connected Consumer Report,* 79% of consumers say they’d be increasingly inclined to trust a company with their data if the company were clearer in explaining *how* they’d use it. \[7\] Combining this with 74% of consumers being concerned over companies collecting more data than they need \[7\], the science of balancing education and choice will become increasingly challenging as the AI adoption wave heightens. In addition, with the rise of Generative AI through the introduction of ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) back in November 2022, a variety of use cases stem from its 100 million (and increasing) user base, \[8\] creating a myriad of legal and ethical considerations leaving policymakers and practitioners scratching their head for answers. Despite the combined uptake and magnetic attraction in consumers trusting Generative AI, it has been found ChatGPT-4 – the most recent version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT – hallucinates. \[9\] Whilst the output of the chatbot on the surface may be reasonable, the information output could in fact be factually wrong, completely fake, or totally out of context. With 73% of consumers trusting content that’s generative AI-generated \[10\], this puts into perspective the importance of balancing adoption and risk, especially with the legalities and risks not yet being fully understood. In summary, think of the above as the creation of an intriguing cake mix: a packet of educating the consumer, a healthy jug of consumer choice, a splash of strategic objectives, a large bowl of trust, and a large serving spoon of risk: how would the cake look if it was baked in the oven? [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) ## **Conclusion** Last but not least, finding a balance between innovation and regulation isn’t straightforward. If there’s any advice I can give to balance both aspects, it’s this: - Involve your stakeholders in the development of your data strategy from the start. *Yes, right from the start*. The more you involve your stakeholders the higher the chance of buy-in. After all, *a return on trust* is equally as important as a return on investment. - Engage with organizations such as the ICO. Although it’s a legal requirement to complete a DPIA for any high-risk processing, it’s ok to pick up the phone and ask for advice. After all, as much as they want you to work within the rules they want you to innovate too! To round off, the biggest advantage in the data space is the power of *networking*: being able to speak to practitioners in the same industries who have experienced both the challenges and opportunities. DPIA’s and human-in-the-loop systems are great, but complementing them with real-world advice is key in balancing innovation and regulation. ## **Bibliography** \[1\] **GDPR**: Smith, J. (2017). The History of the General Data Protection Regulation – European Data Protection Supervisor – European Data Protection Supervisor. \[online\] European Data Protection Supervisor - European Data Protection Supervisor. Available at: https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/legislation/history-general-data protection-regulation\_en. \[2\] **California Consumer Privacy Act:** State of California Department of Justice (2023). *California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)*. \[online\] State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. Available at: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa. \[3\] **Brazil’s Privacy Law**: Shreya (2021). *Data Privacy Laws Around the World: A Quick Look*. \[online\] CookieYes. Available at: https://www.cookieyes.com/blog/data-privacy-laws in-the-world/#:\~:text=There%20are%20many%20data%20privacy \[Accessed 17 Jul. 2023\]. \[4\] **GDPR History**: Smith, J. (2017). The History of the General Data Protection Regulation - European Data Protection Supervisor - European Data Protection Supervisor. \[online\] European Data Protection Supervisor - European Data Protection Supervisor. Available at: https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/legislation/history general-data-protection-regulation\_en. \[5\] **ICO DPIA**: ico.org.uk. (2023). *What is a DPIA?* \[online\] Available at: https:// ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/accountability-and governance/data-protection-impact-assessments-dpias/what-is-a-dpia/#what1 \[Accessed 5 Jul. 2023\]. \[6\] **ICO High Risk Processing**: ico.org.uk. (2023). *Examples of processing ‘likely to result in high risk’*. \[online\] Available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance and-resources/accountability-and-governance/data-protection-impact-assessments-dpias/ examples-of-processing-likely-to-result-in-high-risk/ \[Accessed 5 Jul. 2023\]. \[7\] **Salesforce Consumer Connected Report**: State of the Connected Customer FIFTH EDITION Insights from nearly 17,000 consumers and business buyers on the new customer engagement landscape. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/ en\_us/www/documents/research/salesforce-state-of-the-connected-customer-fifth-ed.pdf. \[8\] **ChatGPT User Stats**: Ruby, D. (2023). *ChatGPT Statistics for 2023: Comprehensive Facts and Data*. \[online\] demandsage. Available at: https://www.demandsage.com/chatgpt statistics/. \[9\] **ChatGPT-4 Technical Report**: OpenAI (2023). *GPT-4 Technical Report*. \[online\] Available at: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf. \[10\] **Capgemini Generative AI Report**: Why Consumers Love Generative AI. (n.d.). Available at: https://prod.ucwe.capgemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ GENERATIVE-AI\_Final\_WEB\_060723.pdf \[Accessed 18 Jul. 2023\]. ### AI in cinema: From machine domination to the horrors that haunt humanity URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/cinema-from-machine-domination-to-the-horrors-that-haunt-humanity/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:38:26.000Z In the realm of cinematic storytelling, artificial intelligence (AI) and robots have long served as fascinating subjects, often symbolizing the ever-evolving relationship between humans and technology. Throughout the history of cinema, from the first motion pictures to modern television series and movies, depictions of AI have provoked a range of human phobias. This article explores the main differences in human fears surrounding the notion of machines ruling the world. It delves into the enduring phobias depicted in cinema that continue to haunt humanity. ## Early depictions of AI in film The birth of AI in cinema can be traced back to Fritz Lang's iconic silent film, "Metropolis" (1927). The film addressed concerns about the industrial revolution and the fear of a working-class uprising led by a robot called "Maria." These early depictions highlighted apprehensions over the potential loss of control and chaos ensuing from the rise of intelligent machines. ## Machine uprising in science fiction As cinema progressed, the portrayal of AI evolved, reflecting shifts in human fears. Classic science fiction films like "The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) "and "War of the Worlds" (1953) presented AI as an external threat, with machines representing alien invaders. These films tapped into Cold War anxieties, mirroring the fear of domination and destruction by an external force. Here, the phobia shifted from machines ruling the world to the fear of machines aiding an external force in the subjugation of humanity. ## Technological paranoia and AI In the latter half of the 20th century, advancements in technology brought forth a new wave of AI-inspired movies. Films like "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) and "Blade Runner" (1982) explored the concept of conscious AI, raising concerns surrounding the potential usurpation of human intelligence and identity. Human phobias in these films revolved around the loss of control over one's own consciousness and the existential dilemmas posed by AI's increasing similarity to humans. ## The Ethical Dilemma of AI More recent films, such as "Ex Machina" (2014) and "Her" (2013), address the ethical dilemmas associated with AI. These movies delve into the question of human emotions and relationships with AI, triggering fears relating to the blurring of boundaries between humans and machines. Phobias in these films center around the potential for emotional manipulation, vulnerability, and the erosion of authentic human connections. ## The horrors of humanity While fears of machines ruling the world have taken a backseat in recent years, cinema has continued to explore the horrors that haunt humanity. Films like "The Matrix" (1999) and "Westworld" (1973, 2016) depict AI as a reflection of human flaws and the potential for humankind's self-destruction. These films reflect deeper phobias ingrained in human nature, including the fear of losing autonomy, the consequences of our own actions, and the existential crisis of identity and purpose. ## The future of AI phobias As AI continues to advance in the real world, there is no doubt that cinema will continue to explore the evolving fear surrounding this technology. With the rise of AI-driven algorithms, there is a growing concern about the loss of privacy, ethical transgressions, and the potential for mass surveillance. Future films may tap into these fears, depicting AI as an insidious force invading every aspect of our lives. ## Conclusion From the early days of cinema to the present, films have mirrored human anxieties and fears regarding artificial intelligence. The shift in phobias surrounding AI in cinema reflects societal and technological advancements, transitioning from the idea of machines ruling the world to exploring deeper fears that lie within human nature. While the fear of machine domination has somewhat subsided, films continue to highlight the horrors that haunt humanity, reminding us of our own vulnerability, ethical dilemmas, and existential concerns. As AI continues to evolve, it's certain that cinema will keep pace, reflecting the ever-changing fears and anxieties that arise from our complex relationship with technology. ### Computer Vision in Healthcare: Download the eBook today URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-in-healthcare-download-the-ebook-today/ Last updated: 2023-07-20T10:59:02.000Z Unlock the mystery of the innovative intersection of technology and medicine with our latest eBook, **Computer Vision in Healthcare**. Diving deep into the transformative power of digital technology, this eBook serves as a comprehensive guide for those who want to know more about the future of healthcare and the technology propelling it. ## Why you need this eBook Computer vision is advancing extremely quickly in healthcare, which can often be overwhelming. This eBook offers an authoritative, simplified, and accessible insight into the cutting-edge trends in healthcare technology, focusing on: 🏥 The role of computer vision in modern medicine. **🦾** How technology is revolutionizing oncology. **🤖** Discover the growing field of surgical guidance and robotics. **⌚️** Learn about wearable devices and sensors. **⚕️** Understand how technology aids in disease detection and diagnosis. **📈** The impact of healthcare analytics. **😷** Patient privacy and data security. Whether you're a healthcare professional, technology enthusiast, or just curious, this eBook will prove to be an enlightening and educational resource. **Get your FREE download today!** Download now! ### Topic modelling: Uncovering hidden themes in large text collections URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/topic-modelling-uncovering-hidden-themes-in-large-text-collections/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:39:07.000Z Imagine, you are trying to find some articles or papers for your assignment or are trying to figure out how to fix a particular problem at work. What is the first thing you do? Open Google and search for relevant information. It can be exhausting to go page by page and look for the required data. Seeing an increase in the availability of vast amounts of textual social media data online has led enterprises and their teams to utilise machine learning and natural language processing algorithms. Among these techniques, topic modelling has emerged as a popular method for analysing and extracting valuable insights from this extensive corpus. Topic modelling is an unsupervised machine learning method that can analyse a collection of documents, identify patterns of words and phrases, and automatically group them into clusters based on their similarity. This technique enables the identification of word groups and expressions that effectively capture the essence of a given set of documents. This article explores the importance of topic modelling. We will start with some basics and slowly dive into practical hands-on exercises to learn about existing topic modelling algorithms. Further, this article talks about some advanced techniques but before delving into the technical details, let's review some fundamental concepts. ## Understanding topic modelling The documents are composed of a mixture of topics, and each topic consists of a set of related words. For instance, a group of words such as 'patient,' 'doctor,' 'disease,' diabetes,' and 'health' could indicate the topic of 'healthcare.' Topic modelling algorithms aim to uncover these latent topics by analysing the distribution of words across documents. Using Topic Modelling we can extract co-occurring keywords for succinctly summarising vast amounts of textual data and uncover concealed themes within documents. This is how it facilitates the annotation of documents based on those themes and aids in organising extensive unstructured data. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nj7GrDH9MQ5J6V3CC3G2tSvAFuh5dzYIhRy_CjyMqSZLNM7hVq9KSxlrvi8AxCrX6y3_BODDK3ufKuuK1OA7CEPyrnIC16ONw0ibyWDEcXgQEuneKnCpIToo-Dp_GeZtq9MrOEtJO1-LcNJ0VsR2jeg) There are many topic modelling techniques and they can be categorised under two groups - Non-Probabilistic and Probabilistic. The probabilistic model is more popular as it helps to improve the algebraic model by adding generative model approaches. One of the widely known topic modelling algorithms is LDA - Latent Dirichlet Allocation. ### Latent Dirichlet Allocation: A topic model Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is a probabilistic topic modelling technique that assumes that each document in the collection is a mixture of multiple topics. Each topic is characterised by a probability distribution over words, meaning certain words are more likely to appear in documents about a specific topic. The distribution of topics in a document and the choice of words within that document are both governed by probability distributions, which means the LDA model is able to infer topics from a given collection of documents without relying on any prior knowledge or input. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/T16kbE-vLAH72io6PLESXl9QsJFaWDnXJYK-Pgflrd9X_Qca7wKg4SzYBO0oRRK8VHPWdkA0OBKPmToxYF4hcjQEWJl8iPLKaHQSV1k_CGp0KJJQt1vsuG2pG6lDXEQ5N_5GUZuL0-s6qAdz-MwOEtw) Where,*α - Dirichlet prior to document topic distribution* *θ - Topic distribution over a document* *z - Topics for a particular word in a document* *w - Chosen words among all number of words in a document* *N - Number of words in the document* *β - Dirichlet for the word distribution* In LDA we calculate word-topic probabilities, reassign words to topics, and update topic-word and document-topic distributions until a maximum number of iterations is reached. Once you have the final distribution, interpret and analyse the topic-word distribution to understand the discovered topics based on the most probable words associated with each topic. ### Applications of topic modelling Topic modelling has found numerous applications across various domains due to its ability to uncover hidden themes in text data. Some of the key applications of topic modelling include: **Document clustering and organization -** Topic modelling can be used to automatically group similar documents together based on their shared topics. This aids in organising large document collections, improving information retrieval, and facilitating content recommendation systems. **Information retrieval and recommendation systems -** By identifying the main themes within documents, topic modelling helps improve search and recommendation algorithms by matching user queries or preferences with relevant topics instead of relying solely on keyword matching. **Text summarization -** Topic modelling can be leveraged to generate summaries of large text collections by extracting the most representative topics and key phrases within each document. This aids in providing concise overviews of lengthy documents or assisting in generating abstracts. **Trend analysis and social media monitoring -** Topic modelling enables the identification and tracking of emerging trends or popular topics in real-time by analysing text data from social media platforms, news articles, or online forums. This helps businesses, researchers, and marketers stay updated with current discussions and sentiments. **Customer reviews and feedback analysis -** Topic modelling can be applied to analyse customer reviews, feedback, or survey responses. It helps in identifying the main themes or topics discussed by customers, allowing businesses to gain insights into customer preferences, sentiment analysis, and areas for improvement. **Content categorization and tagging -** By assigning topics to documents, topic modelling aids in automatically categorising or tagging content, making it easier to organise and retrieve information. This is particularly useful in content management systems or information-intensive platforms. **Fraud detection and anomaly detection -** Topic modelling can assist in detecting fraudulent or anomalous behaviour by identifying unusual patterns or topics that deviate from the norm. This is applicable in areas such as cybersecurity, finance, or online community moderation. **Research and literature analysis** \- Topic modelling supports researchers in exploring and analysing large volumes of scientific literature. It helps in identifying key research areas, uncovering relationships between different topics, and facilitating knowledge discovery. These are just a few examples of the wide-ranging applications of topic modelling. With its ability to extract meaningful topics and uncover hidden structures within text data, topic modelling continues to be a valuable tool in various fields for organising, analysing, and gaining insights from large textual datasets. Let’s see how it is actually done. ## Uncovering hidden structures: Hands-on exercise In the previous sections, we talked about the basics of topic modelling and what LDA is and how it works. Here we are going to follow the steps when using the LDA model for generating topics across documents: **Data load & preprocessing:** We will load the data and then remove unnecessary characters, punctuation, and special symbols, as well as convert the text to lowercase. | import pandas as pdimport numpy as npraw\_data = pd.read\_csv("/content/News\_Data.csv", parse\_dates=\[0\], infer\_datetime\_format=True)reindexed\_data = raw\_data\['headline\_text'\]reindexed\_data.index = raw\_data\['publish\_date'\]raw\_data.head() | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Here we will tokenize the data to split the text into individual words or tokens. We will be removing stop words, which are common words that lack meaningful significance **Create a document-term matrix:** We will count the frequency of each term (word) in each document and create a matrix where each row represents a document, and each column represents a term, with the corresponding frequency. | from sklearn.feature\_extraction.text import CountVectorizersmall\_count\_vectorizer = CountVectorizer(stop\_words='english', max\_features=40000)small\_text\_sample = reindexed\_data.sample(n=10000, random\_state=0).valuesprint('Headline before vectorization: {}'.format(small\_text\_sample\[123\]))small\_document\_term\_matrix = small\_count\_vectorizer.fit\_transform(small\_text\_sample)print('Headline after vectorization: \\n{}'.format(small\_document\_term\_matrix\[123\])) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | **Define helper functions:** To identify the topics | \# Define helper functionsfrom collections import Counterdef get\_keys(topic\_matrix): ''' returns an integer list of predicted topic categories for a given topic matrix ''' keys = topic\_matrix.argmax(axis=1).tolist() return keysdef keys\_to\_counts(keys): ''' returns a tuple of topic categories and their accompanying magnitudes for a given list of keys ''' count\_pairs = Counter(keys).items() categories = \[pair\[0\] for pair in count\_pairs\] counts = \[pair\[1\] for pair in count\_pairs\] return (categories, counts) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | \# Define helper functionsn\_topics=8def get\_top\_n\_words(n, keys, document\_term\_matrix, count\_vectorizer): ''' returns a list of n\_topic strings, where each string contains the n most common words in a predicted category, in order ''' top\_word\_indices = \[\] for topic in range(n\_topics): temp\_vector\_sum = 0 for i in range(len(keys)): if keys\[i\] == topic: temp\_vector\_sum += document\_term\_matrix\[i\] temp\_vector\_sum = temp\_vector\_sum.toarray() top\_n\_word\_indices = np.flip(np.argsort(temp\_vector\_sum)\[0\]\[-n:\],0) top\_word\_indices.append(top\_n\_word\_indices) top\_words = \[\] for topic in top\_word\_indices: topic\_words = \[\] for index in topic: temp\_word\_vector = np.zeros((1,document\_term\_matrix.shape\[1\])) temp\_word\_vector\[:,index\] = 1 the\_word = count\_vectorizer.inverse\_transform(temp\_word\_vector)\[0\]\[0\] topic\_words.append(the\_word.encode('ascii').decode('utf-8')) top\_words.append(" ".join(topic\_words)) return top\_words | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | **Apply LDA algorithm:** We need to specify the number of topics (k) to be identified. Next, each word in each document is randomly assigned to one of the k topics. Then, an iterative process begins where each word is reassigned to a topic based on probabilities. This process continues until convergence, where topic proportions for each document and word distributions for each topic are calculated. | \# Train the LDA modelfrom sklearn.decomposition import LatentDirichletAllocationlda\_model = LatentDirichletAllocation(n\_components=8, learning\_method='online', random\_state=0, verbose=0)lda\_topic\_matrix = lda\_model.fit\_transform(small\_document\_term\_matrix)lda\_keys = get\_keys(lda\_topic\_matrix)lda\_categories, lda\_counts = keys\_to\_counts(lda\_keys) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | **Evaluate and interpret the results:** Topic categories can be characterised by their most frequent words. | top\_n\_words\_lda = get\_top\_n\_words(10, lda\_keys, small\_document\_term\_matrix, small\_count\_vectorizer)for i in range(len(top\_n\_words\_lda)): print("Topic {}: ".format(i+1), top\_n\_words\_lda\[i\]) | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ## Common challenges & limitations Topic modelling is a powerful technique for uncovering latent themes in text data, but it also faces certain challenges. Here are some common challenges associated with topic modelling: **Determining the optimal number of topics -** Selecting the appropriate number of topics (K) is a subjective task. If the number of topics is too low, important subtopics may be overlooked. Conversely, if the number is too high, topics may become too fine-grained and less interpretable. **Overlapping topics -** Words can have multiple meanings or be associated with multiple topics, leading to ambiguity. Additionally, topics can overlap, making it difficult to assign documents to a single topic or distinguish between similar topics. **Preprocessing and data quality -** Topic modelling heavily relies on the quality of the input data. Noisy or unclean data, including spelling errors, inconsistent formatting, or incomplete sentences, can hinder the accuracy and coherence of the extracted topics. **Sensitivity to hyperparameters -** Topic modelling algorithms, such as LDA, require setting hyperparameters like alpha and beta, which control the topic distribution within documents and the word distribution within topics, respectively. The choice of hyperparameters can significantly impact the quality and coherence of the generated topics. **Scalability -** Topic modelling algorithms may face scalability issues when applied to large text corpora. Processing large datasets requires computational resources and efficient algorithms to handle the increased computational complexity. **Evaluation metrics -** Evaluating the quality of generated topics is subjective and challenging. Metrics like topic coherence or human evaluation may be used, but they do not always capture the true semantic relevance or interpretability of topics. Addressing these challenges often requires careful consideration of data preprocessing techniques, parameter tuning, incorporating external knowledge, and selecting appropriate evaluation strategies. ## Conclusion Throughout this article, we discussed the importance of topic modelling and its application in analysing large text collections. We also dwell into the steps involved in using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), model for generating topics across documents. We also briefly covered the challenges and limitations of topic modelling and how we can overcome those. There are a lot of other things that can be done to take a step further in learning about topic modelling; - Interpreting and visualising Topics using word clouds, topic coherence graphs - Topic modelling with metadata and document attributes - Dynamic topic modelling for temporal analysis - Incorporating deep learning approaches into topic modelling ### AI's future unfazed: The rise, dip, and persistence of ChatGPT URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ais-future-unfazed-the-rise-dip-and-persistence-of-chatgpt/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:40:22.000Z The recent 9.7% downturn in traffic to ChatGPT's website and app during June, as reported by the Washington Post, is being viewed by some as a sign that the artificial intelligence (AI) bubble, popularized through the launch of ChatGPT, has peaked and is now receding after only six months. However, this interpretation could not be further from the truth. AI's impact and potential extend far beyond the scope of ChatGPT, despite its recent sensation. In the distant future, when AI is ubiquitously adopted, the past six months with ChatGPT will be just a blip in our memory. The reasons behind ChatGPT's overnight success are not entirely clear. AI technology has been brewing for over a decade, and its rise was evident much before the advent of ChatGPT on November 30th. The ability of ChatGPT to generate both authentic and faux content with remarkable ease indeed attracted attention. It sparked both excitement and fear as it made clear the potential of AI to alter or replace various job roles, bringing AI out of the realm of theory into tangible reality. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) However, ChatGPT was far from flawless. It often provided incorrect responses and filtered certain topics, among other issues. As the academic year came to a close, alternative uncensored tools emerged, and the initial novelty of ChatGPT began to fade, a decline in users is not surprising. Crucially, content creation using AI is only a fraction of AI's potential influence. In essence, AI can infiltrate any field where intelligence is currently utilized, making it a game-changer. Realizing this immense potential of AI will take time. Despite our familiarity with computers performing complex or humanly impossible tasks, they fundamentally lack human intelligence. They require far more data to learn, slowing the AI implementation process. From the perspective of retailers and brands, the ebb in ChatGPT user numbers means little. The capabilities to increase your efficiency and service delivery will be dramatically boosted by AI advancements. The time will come when AI can suggest consumer preferences based on sales data across diverse sectors. Retailers will have the power to determine what products to place where, at what price point. While these changes will occur behind the scenes, they are already being put into practice. AI, like all technologies, has the potential for both benefit and harm. However, the downturn in ChatGPT usage is in no way indicative of AI's future. Pioneering technologies take time to develop, and the key task currently is to persevere. The initial surge and subsequent decline in ChatGPT usage bear no consequence to those building consumer-oriented businesses for the future. ### Top 5 UK generative AI startups to watch out for URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-top-generative-ai-startups-to-watch-out-for-and-openais-international-move/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T08:49:51.000Z OpenAI, a trailblazer in artificial general intelligence (AGI), is going global with its decision to establish a base in London, setting the stage for a bold new chapter in its unfolding story. The move indicates OpenAI’s unwavering commitment to augmenting its reach and diversifying its expertise, reinforcing its objective to develop AGI that’s secure and beneficial for all. London’s rich technological ecosystem, coupled with its reservoir of extraordinary talent, serves as fertile ground for the next phase of OpenAI’s ambitious venture. But in the backdrop of this development, it’s also essential to cast an eye on the innovative generative AI startups sprouting in the UK, which are pushing the boundaries in their own remarkable ways. In this article, we're lifting the lid on London's vibrant generative AI ecosystem and introducing five notable generative AI startups making waves in the UK’s AI landscape. [Your guide to generative AIGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) lets users quickly create new content based on a wide variety of inputs.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-92.png)AI Accelerator InstituteMarisa Garanhel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--15-.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-generative-ai/) --- ## 5 UK-based generative AI startups that are making waves ### 1\. Stability AI **HQ:** London **Founded:** 2020 **Funding:** US$101 million Stability AI develops open-source AI tools and one of their most noteworthy projects is Stable Diffusion. This is an image-creating AI similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E. The company achieved a unicorn value of US$1 billion in October 2022 when it secured a big funding deal by raising US$101 million. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue Management led the investment round. [Stability AIStability AI sparked the Generative AI revolution with the release of Stable Diffusion, developing cutting-edge open models in image, video, 3D, and audio.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/favicon-1.ico)Stability AIIntroducing Our New SVP, Head of Product, Ryan Ellis![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/6213c340453c3f502425776e/t/67be64d12e08f820a19c943d/1728899860281/Artboard+9.png?format=1500w)](https://stability.ai/) ### 2\. Genei **HQ:** London **Founded:** 2019 **Funding:** US$125,000 The company created a document summarization platform, where users can input large bodies of text from books and academic articles. The platform then generates detailed summaries that allow for fast automated note-taking. Genei is targeting university students, online content creators, blog writers, and freelance writers as its users. [genei | AI-powered summarisation & research toolgenei is a intelligent research tool enabling you to improve productivity by using a custom AI algorithm to summarise articles, analyse research and find key information, instantly.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/5fbbb0e57743e441e6fe09b1_genei-favicon-square-256x256.png)AI-powered summarisation & research tool![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/5fbbb0e57743e40081fe09a2_genei-logo.png)](https://www.genei.io/) ### 3\. Syntonym **HQ:** London **Founded:** 2019 **Funding:** US$390,000 This generative AI project supports privacy via realistic synthetic human faces. It uses face-swapping tech to mask users’ faces with a realistic but digitally generated one. This lets users create video content and stay anonymous while having a realistic human appearance. [Syntonym | Generative AI for Privacy!Syntonym’s face generation technology creates unique and anonymous faces in real-time, whether on mobile, cloud, or local platforms, ensuring individuals have a secure and reliable solution to safeguard their privacy and anonymity when required.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/6578788f32262b3fe429e3d9_Icon-outermaskICO.png)Generative AI for Privacy!![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/64759626f37a6917f053f7fb_Layer_1.png)](https://www.syntonym.com/) ### 4\. Synthesia **HQ:** London **Founded:** 2017 **Funding:** US$63.2 million Targeting enterprises as end users, the AI platform generates video presentations from user input, which is then delivered by a digital avatar. Synthesia says its synthetic presenters are practically indistinguishable from human speakers. Usable in over 60 languages and mainly for company training videos, it aims at saving businesses money on both professional speakers and camera equipment. [Free AI Video Generator - Create AI Videos in 140 LanguagesCreate AI generated videos from text with the most advanced AI avatars and voiceovers in 140+ languages. Try our free AI video generator now!![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/664f0f482fa5a4d527d892bc_Favicon-Web-Security-201.png)Synthesia Logo![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/664dff84b972812764843b0f_NEW_OG.gif)](https://www.synthesia.io/) ### 5\. Mindtech **HQ:** London **Founded:** 2017 **Funding:** US$7.45 million The company’s Chameleon’s behavioral simulator generates relevant data to quickly and more accurately train AI-based vision systems. This platform allows data scientists to create, specific, and curate datasets quickly and seamlessly – which melds real-world data with the benefits of synthetic data. [Synthetic data for computer visionAI vision analysis and synthetic data solutions in the UK, empowering Automotive to Safety & Security.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/MT-Favicon4.png)Mindtech Global![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/Chameleon4.png)](https://www.mindtech.global/) ## Key insights - OpenAI is broadening its global footprint with the establishment of its first overseas office in London, demonstrating its commitment to diversified expertise and expanded reach. - The selection of London for OpenAI's international base acknowledges the city's vibrant technological ecosystem and exceptional talent pool. - This move aims to facilitate OpenAI's continued efforts to ensure AGI is secure and beneficial for all, with a focus on cutting-edge research and engineering. OpenAI intends to build robust teams in London for various roles including Research, Engineering, and Go-to-Market, among others. - OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, sees the expansion as a remarkable opportunity to attract elite talent and stimulate innovation in AGI development and policy. OpenAI's new London office is actively seeking interested applicants to join their growing global team. - The UK is home to several groundbreaking generative AI startups. ### Artificial intelligence and the age of synthesis URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-the-age-of-synthesis/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:42:32.000Z **How much data do you think AI will create?** In the last few decades, we've seen the data problem go from "how do I collect the data" to "how do store the data" and more recently to "uh oh I created too much data, how do I make sense of this." As a product marketer for a data company, [CastorDoc](https://www.castordoc.com/), I think about this quite a bit. The data ecosystem is already struggling with building understanding around data, a [collective intelligence](https://www.castordoc.com/blog/collective-intelligence) ([1](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-1-131988113)). So, through all the excitement generated around AI, I can't stop thinking about the explosion of quick and easy content creation. This data has to go somewhere. ## The evolution of information **As a species, humans are creators.** This is our survival advantage. We didn’t evolve with giant teeth or claws; we evolved as problem-solving creators. From the first human to build a fire, pick up a stick to use a tool, and speak the first words of a language, it is necessary to create. Eventually, this desire to create turned to information to collect thoughts and ideas and make sense of the world around us. In this case, let’s keep our definition simple and assume the idea of information starts with the emergence of writing. The first time humans began to collect and document thoughts likely started with tools like [tally sticks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally%5Fstick) used to count and mark quantities, going back 30 to 40 thousand years ago ([2](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-2-131988113)). This likely started at an inflection point where social structures were becoming complex enough that pure memory didn’t suffice. Maybe they needed to share information across people or groups. Word of mouth didn’t cut it. Honestly sounds like a problem lots of small startups face. In short, some early humans needed to create information so another human could make sense of it or understand it. The early tally sticks started as a low-effort information creation method, simply adding notches or symbols to bones or sticks. But as we already know, we built on this, ultimately forming advanced language and writing and moving on to more advanced distribution systems. The evolution of information has seemingly been a push and pull between the ease of information creation and the ability to understand or synthesize it. With every new advancement, information creation requires less effort in the pure sense of physically creating it. However, as information creation has become easier, synthesizing it has become more difficult. It’s much easier to pull meaning from a tally stick than War and Peace. With AI’s emergence, we are now looking at another inflection point, where creating information is nearly effortless. ## The information cup runneth over **AI can now create, parse, and manipulate large amounts of data, making creating information seemingly effortless.** Is all the information correct or quality? Probably not, but it's information that is being stored somewhere, regardless. With the emergence of [big data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%5Fdata) in the 2000s, we first stepped into the problems faced by the unfathomable amounts of data being created ([3](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-3-131988113)). We answered that call by building data warehouses for storage and other cloud-based data tools to synthesize and visualize this data. And that was just for information created by humans and basic automation, vast but not on the same scale as AI capabilities. With the advent of AI, we're witnessing a new dawn where content isn't just easily available but also cheap and quickly produced. But how much data will AI produce? We have barely scratched the surface of what generative AI will create. This endless data stream, while obviously valuable on so many levels, also presents new challenges. We have reached a turning point where creating and distributing data isn't the problem. It's understanding and synthesizing it. Remember, this is already a problem in the data ecosystem for human-created data. Still, AI will take this to a whole new level. Information overload is now a serious problem we will face. With AI churning out data around the clock, the risk of drowning in information has never been higher. The simple act of making sense of all this data is becoming an uphill task. Here is how I visualize the effort required for information creation vs synthesis. Generative AI has put us at a critical inflection point, where the speed at which we can create data requires far less effort than our ability to make sense of it. ![Time/effort chart of GenAI](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17eb4e44-9ec4-4364-b155-d366dcc532f2_2193x1823.jpeg) A completely (un)reliable chart I made based on absolutely human-created no real data. In terms of information's evolution, the problem now isn't about creating information; we've got that covered, maybe even too well. Our new opponent lies in synthesizing this information into meaningful, digestible, and useful knowledge. ## Making Sense of the Mess With AI’s global impact, I think we are witnessing the onset of a new technological age, moving humans beyond the Information Age. Going forward, historians will talk about this moment in terms of before and after. In terms of us addressing the aspect of abundant information in this new age, the only viable solution here will be to build AI models centered around synthesizing data rather than generative models. Our problem isn't the lack of information anymore; it's too much of it. When you are presented with so many options, where do you even start? This is a pure example of a [signal-to-noise ratio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise%5Fratio) ([4](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-4-131988113)). How do you make sense of all the information and weed out what's unimportant? The goal is to maximize the signal while minimizing the noise. But the catch is that the noise is loud, overwhelming, and coming from a new constant stream of AI-generated content moving at light speed. In the next wave of AI, we will see more emphasis on increasing effort and understanding. We are already starting to see this discussed, with suggested [SynthAI models over GenAI](https://a16z.com/2023/03/30/b2b-generative-ai-synthai/) (absolutely). With the rate at which AI advances, I see this coming fast. With the next milestones, it will be about not who can produce the most content but who can sift through it to find the wisdom. **The race is on, and synthesis is the next step.** --- [1](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-anchor-1-131988113). *Leyritz, Louise de. “Collective Intelligence: The Key to Building Better Documentation.” CastorDoc Blog, June 8, 2023\. https://www.castordoc.com/blog/collective-intelligence.* [2](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-anchor-2-131988113). *“Tally Stick.” Wikipedia, April 12, 2023\. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally\_stick.* [3](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-anchor-3-131988113)*.“Big Data.” Wikipedia, June 30, 2023\. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big\_data.* [4](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-anchor-4-131988113). *“Signal-to-Noise Ratio.” Wikipedia, May 29, 2023\. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise\_ratio.* [5](https://supercrisp.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-age-of-synthesis?r=1d5gc8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web#footnote-anchor-5-131988113). *Zeya Yang, Kristina Shen. “For B2B Generative Ai Apps, Is Less More?” Andreessen Horowitz, June 21, 2023\. https://a16z.com/2023/03/30/b2b-generative-ai-synthai/.* ### Driving efficiency in AI: Cost-effective ways to speed up your applications URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:43:09.000Z *This presentation was given by Anna Connolly (VP, Customer Success, OctoML) and Bassem Yacoube (Solutions Architect, OctoML) at the* [*Computer Vision Summit in San Jose*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-summit-san-jose-april-2023-ai-accelerator-institute/)*, April 2023.* In this article, we're going to focus on deploying models efficiently, particularly in the cloud. But first, a little word on OctoML. We're a company of 100 machine learning systems experts who know a lot about infrastructure and how to deploy models, and we compile our experts from all around the world. Our vision is a world where AI is sustainable, accessible, and used thoughtfully to improve lives. And we do that in a specific way by employing developers to deploy any trained model into an intelligent application in production anywhere. Our founding team created the Apache TVM open source project and the XGBoost technology. ## The challenges of deploying generative AI models **Anna Connolly** First, let’s just take a second to remind ourselves how ubiquitous AI is in the world today. This used to be a niche thing and now it's everywhere. It's in every application and in all the technology we're using. Models that were in academic papers six to eight months ago are now being talked about in the mainstream. I was talking about ChatGPT at a birthday party last weekend. When your mom starts asking you about it, and when your kids and teachers are trying to figure out how to deal with this, you know that it's really broken through. And I think the speed at which all of this is developing is really incredible. But what you all know is that this is a hard thing to do, to go from research into production, and to really make these apps usable for people. One of our co-founders, Jason Knight, asked GPT-4 why generative AI models like the one that powers this app are so difficult to deploy. And the app dutifully returned a few key reasons. Number one is performance considerations. In this specific talk, we're going to speak about performance in terms of speed of inference, latency, and throughput, and not issues of model accuracy or quality. So that's the first consideration. The second one is compute constraints. Do you have enough of the hardware you need to deploy your feature or app and scale it up as demand increases? And then number three is production costs. Is it economically viable for you to put this feature into production given the revenue or the traffic you might get from it and the cost to serve it? Before we go into customer stories, we're going to look at these considerations in a little bit more detail. ### Many applications require the lowest latency possible **Anna Connolly** A lot of computer vision applications require really low latency. There are offline batch processing use cases where throughput is the name of the game, but there are others where getting a model as fast as possible is the most important thing. This can be because of user experience. Maybe you don't want your visitors to have to wait 30 seconds for their avatar to be created. Attention spans are short so you don't want them to click off a page or something like that. But also for use cases like autonomous vehicles for object detection, this is super important for safety. Models don't just exit the training process fast. There's a whole other set of things that have to happen to make them run really well in the hardware where you're going to deploy them. ### Limited AI compute availability **Anna Connolly** The second is AI compute availability. You've all seen these headlines of empty shelves and the most powerful GPUs being unavailable for people who want them. This is true but also not true, to a certain extent. The most powerful GPUs that people are using for training, like NVIDIA A100s, are in short supply because they're increasingly being used for training large models and deploying large language models and inference. But what's more available are smaller but still mighty devices like NVIDIA A10s, AWS Inferentia chips, and Google TPUs. These are really powerful, and if they're used properly, they can meet your SLAs and also be used in a much more cost-efficient manner. The problem here is that the model code is tied to the hardware on which the model runs because of the training frameworks and vendor libraries, and you need specialized expertise to unlock this ability to switch from one hardware to another. ### Model serving costs are going to rise and keep rising **Anna Connolly** Thirdly, model serving costs are going to rise and they're going to keep rising. We like to say that training is a sunk cost. It happens once and maybe it happens again, but relatively infrequently. But inference costs are forever. And hopefully, if you're successful, they'll keep rising. We can illustrate this with a quick story about incorporating a generative model into your app. Let's say you're building an app for consumers who want to redecorate their houses. They upload an image of their living room, and maybe they can see different configurations of furniture or switch products in and out, and then they go and buy it. And maybe your product manager comes to you when you're building this app and says, “Hey, instead of people selecting from a drop-down, I want them to be able to just type in a text prompt and redecorate in the style of a Tuscan Villa,” or whatever it is. And then you show the image and they can be on their way. That'll be a better user experience. So you say, “I know this model. Stable Diffusion does this pretty well. Maybe we retain it a little bit, fine-tune it, and put it in production.” But what you maybe haven't considered is that even if your app already has a lot of users or this feature goes viral, and you ramp up to tens of thousands of users in a month and they're each uploading a few images and selecting a few different configurations or prompts, you can scale your costs up to what you can see below. [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/4kR0atCikP9eiTrvXBTlwTDlUK_GVmfH_O-YnJPSGbxf2zOdj8YVgQFuOxi4HoGHC-jegg57ltT58SSJB5PiN1ziXcmA3v9QtYCyOGXO9idWdK6xslPPo07GrrCE-7R5hRl8kXhAWtLH0VhWqgPSgcQ)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) If you're a small startup and you're incorporating this into your app, this can have a really big impact on your business model, your pricing plan, and how you fundraise. And you may not even know that when you're thinking through this. ## How OctoML drives AI efficiency for its customers **Anna Connolly** At OctoML, what we're trying to do is help you take control of your AI destiny, find the right kind of configuration and efficiency for your models and hardware targets, and optimize them to minimize all these costs and make AI affordable, sustainable, and abundant. ### Customer 1: Microsoft WatchFor **Anna Connolly** So now we can talk about customers. We’ve worked extensively with Microsoft, and this is one example of our work with one of their teams called WatchFor. This team has built a digital safety platform and content moderation that's used by other business units like XBox, Bing, and LinkedIn.They process a tonne of video and image content - 4 billion frames monthly, and inference at this scale is super costly. They're spending a lot of money on it. They came to us to increase automation and see what other kinds of cost efficiency they could get. And one problem they had is that their models could be deployed on any number of hardware architectures, from a very old CPU to a state-of-the-art GPU. And figuring out the best configuration software library to use for each model in any of those circumstances is really time-consuming, hard to benchmark, and hard to configure. So they wanted to get more automation into that deployment process. The Microsoft WatchFor team are expert users of a technology called ONNX Runtime. It's a machine learning open-source accelerator that Microsoft produced. So of course, they also leveraged it, which means their models were pretty well optimized to begin with. They were already running pretty fast. We helped them use Apache TVM, which is a compiler-based approach, to get increased throughput because unlike the low latency use case we were talking about before, throughput and batch processing is really what's important to them for a number of their models on both GPU and CPU, and then to benchmark and help them determine the best way to deploy the rest of their suite. [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wOAbarTBXe4I19PVGOJ9vNBRzMI0LfFKBMW-ifCqkUtFo3c9sflt7-cjJGyfbhFI8V49Z7oxSY2wdArR9CEWuXqdenQVepiQUWKBT_NqxpO5YIlM2hVt-WCOfeuLhjSgAyPmye4cQj4gthLxnJaavlk)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) We were able to achieve 2X faster model performance, 94% savings on certain CPU run models, and 23% on GPUs. I think the quote below really illustrates what many of our customers say about working with us. For some of the hardest machine learning systems problems that they have, they're able to just leave that to us and allow their developers to focus on tasks that are more important and beneficial to the company, like building a better application, understanding their users better, and more efficient tasks. [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/8z0TTynaZIRjgTfTko3BFmmqYgTQkcDyKYHi6PcSjMxR2UcDA0LWLZmEvUxZTfLNIItKM-qyPUVdEJMrCfUFc-qfQ5i9qRuq07qIQ8gZQGZeytUXnlHDM1cre4DxyHFGMu3bsKqQ0KrDMM9rxccoR5w)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) Now, Bassem’s going to talk to you about a generative AI case. ### Customer 2: Wombo **Bassem Yacoube** Hi, everyone. So the next customer project we're going to talk about is Wombo. Wombo is now the world's most popular AI lip sync app. They have over 100 million downloads on the App Store, and they use generative AI for a number of use cases. One of the new features that they're planning to release soon is the ability to let the user select and upload an image of a celebrity and send a certain text message. And then they're going to generate a video of this celebrity saying that message. As you can imagine, this is something that's very compute-intensive. They started testing a few generative AI models on their own, like Stable Diffusion, text-to-video, and the FILM model. Then they came to us to work with them on trying to accelerate these models and get any efficiencies there. The model that we worked with them on first is the FILM model. FILM is an open-source model created by Google. It stands for ‘frame interpolation for large motion.‘ You give this model two images and it creates a video of the morphing or the interpolation between those two images, from image A to image B, using the number of frames that you specify. The way we optimized the FILM model was by running that model on our platform. Our platform does a sweep of different hardware targets and different machine learning runtimes, creates all these experiments, and benchmarks the model for you, giving you the different latency and cost for this model on different hardware with different runtime back ends. The other thing it tests is the runtime environment. We try several different runtimes, like ONNX, ONNX with CUDA, ONNX with TensorRT, OpenVINO, TensorFlow runtime, and our own Apache TVM. One thing I want to mention is the way these optimizations are done. It's a very deep, technical field, and there’s still a lot of research going on. But it uses operations like kernel tuning, quantization, operator fusion, and tensor fusion. These are just a few examples. If you want to learn more about this, you can check out our website and go take a look at the TVM documentation. There are a lot more resources on how exactly this stuff is done. But from our experience working with customers and their engineering teams, creating those experiments and running them could take several hours to several days to create each one, because just getting these environments ready with all the dependencies, getting your containers, getting your test harnesses, and timing the performance correctly isn’t an easy task. The good news is that you don't have to do any of this. You can just upload your model to the OctoML platform, and we’ll automatically run all these experiments for you and give you the models with the best results on the best hardware and the best runtime. For the FILM model, these are some of the results that we were able to get: [![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3dDKWSe24Xkm1UZnWZGsjSuYIRo8XGYkwvh4MeE17KsyXeD3wm9zz7O_2lMGjwOUdrZwPQbqKlT8PQuMdy9A889lisn1WjEaijBj08NAD6kEf3Wg_l1xNfxJeLL0I_hP5GVZtWQrY3exIat_fgqJQWs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) If you assume that we’re doing 15 frames for an interpolation of two images that are 1568 x 972 resolution, and doing that by using the baseline model, which is TensorFlow plus CUDA on an A100 GPU, this is what we used as our original baseline. That takes about 10 seconds. After optimizing the model, you can run it on an A10, which is a lot cheaper and a much more available instance, and it’ll take about 2.7 seconds to do the same interpolation. It's almost 4X speedup, and we don't do anything that affects the model accuracy. Our tool just basically runs at the layer where the model instructions get compiled into machine code that runs on specific hardware. Your model doesn’t get altered and your accuracy stays the same, which is finding faster ways to execute on your target hardware. We improved the latency by 4X, and if we translate this into cost, assuming you're doing 1,000 images on the A100 using the baseline time, you’d be paying about $11.50\. If you do the same 1,000 images on an A10G, it’ll cost you less than a quarter of $1\. So that’s 98% cost savings, which for somebody building an app that, for example, is going to do 10,000 images a day over a year, that's the difference between $43,000 and $800\. [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MFUhDptdcxyZPq5mj7AwzvnGWGWSYJWjhTYFCv7BmYzmmaD7Z57DHEk9Tfht0k1Qoml5M2ZcE8mCCIeUPZJ7OHd3KCQNOKVxZlNMIIrok5mOWjpg3HA2_rewj44irJnjH0AIAkBl-nbNukM04vLvvWU)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) It’s a huge impact on the bottom line. But that's not the only benefit that Wombo was excited about. The time saving itself is very valuable because that could mean that they could award more users on this new feature without having to pay more for their cloud usage. They can also do more frames and have the videos be smoother and have a better resolution. Or they can just improve the user experience. Instead of having to wait 30 seconds, they're going to wait less than 10 seconds. So these are all benefits you can get with a platform like OctoML, that optimizes your model automatically and tells you the best hardware target and best runtime for them. ## OctoML’s AI compute service **Bassem Yacoube** The last thing I wanted to tell you about is that we're introducing our AI compute service very soon. This’ll be a cloud AI service; it’ll allow you to upload your model and get it optimized and deployed to any cloud of your choice. And you'll just receive an endpoint that you can use directly in your application. In addition to that, we're also going to be accelerating several foundational models and publishing those as out-of-the-box endpoints like Whisper, Stable Diffusion, and so on. Below are the results that we got just this week on Stable Diffusion 2.1\. We were able to accelerate it by almost 3X. It’s so much faster than any Stable Diffusion app that you've played with before. [![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RS7qnsU3632F7zAOZfQAOOyQEhTLf6AJG166idc6orLPkQcsR9NXvaWIa5OyQcDESKRoLZiigltpGzNeesq-0Uii3K5gMAYYR9P9bFr9WYV3hC_hwfyjMeQBm8zWrV0OYR_nGpdvlhQvzsn7uMktrBY)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/driving-efficiency-in-ai-cost-effective-ways-to-speed-up-your-applications) ## Solutions for your AI journey **Anna Connolly** Just as a wrap-up, we went through the problems you’re all probably facing in getting your models deployed and in production. We also went through some solutions for customers. Our goal is for you to never even be aware of these problems. Do you even care what software we're using to optimize your model? You just want something fast and you want it easy, and that's what we aim to give you, so you don't have to worry about what hardware you're running on. ### What's the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in retail? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-and-the-high-street-whats-the-next-step/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:27:41.000Z [Artificial Intelligence (AI) in retail](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence-in-retail/): it’s a cake mix blending customer experience, competitive advantage, ethics, and retail reform. With a turbulent economic landscape and policymaking pressure to keep AI under control, an interesting question emerges: *Where does AI sit in the future of the high street?* ## **Retail operations and technology** The daily operating costs of a physical retail store have become increasingly under pressure as a result of both COVID-19 and the cost of living crisis. From an AI standpoint, this already complex infrastructure being intertwined into physical retail spaces in challenging macroeconomic conditions adds an extra dimension of pressure to maintain a technological competitive advantage. Furthermore, economic headwinds have affected and will continue to affect consumer spending. As a result, these conditions create an important mix of considerations companies must evaluate to determine what technologies can be effectively strategized, deployed, and scaled. From [PWC’s 2023 Consumer Insights Pulse Survey](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/consumer-markets/consumer-insights-survey-feb-2023.html), 96% of surveyed consumers intend to adopt cost-saving behaviors over the next six months. With inflation currently at 8.7% (as of June, 2023), the cost of living is very much on people's minds, with 57% of consumers expecting to spend less on everyday items. ## **How is AI being used in retail?** We now turn to a key consideration: the utilization of Emerging Technologies in retail spaces, in particular, Artificial Intelligence. AI in retail is no small feat: expected to be worth just shy of $57.8 billion by 2030, there are many ways it can be utilized, ranging from product demand forecasting to personalized shopping. Ultimately, it’s a dog-eat-dog for technologies that bring the customer closer to the brand than ever before. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## **AI and the changing retail landscape** Market landscape aside, an area of increasing importance is how AI will slot into the convergence of the physical and digital retail experience. Whilst 50% of consumers prefer the ability to speak to a friendly associate, 42% of consumers want the ability to use self-service checkouts. Among these statistics, 82% of respondents are happy to share personal data in return for an improved customer experience. With these statistics in mind, a key question arises: *to what extent will the* *physical and digital retail experience converge?* This is a discussion point that’s easier said than done. For this, let’s take an existing retail concept that’s still niche, but operational: Amazon Go. This a classic example of what’s defined as *frictionless retail.* Walk in and you’ve sensors monitoring you from every angle: looking at what you pick up, put back on the shelf, and what you walk out of the shop with. With that, this information is fed through some wizardry to link to a customer's online account. Whilst these [Computer Vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) examples combine convenience for the customer, shifting *completely to digital and integrating AI-based solutions* won’t always be the answer. It’s, in my view, all about experimentation of *how much* technology is brought into the retail experience: making sure the technology-savvy shopper can be serviced efficiently versus those who wish for a subtle digital offering complemented with a sprinkle of human interaction. ### **What’s the next step?** Ultimately, the convergence of both the physical and digital retail space presents a thought-provoking digital transformation challenge. I’m personally of the view that the future of high street retail will be a combination of a subtle AI offering whilst maintaining a level of human interaction. Do I think the future of the high street will be like Amazon Go? No. Sure, there may be brands that start leveraging advanced Computer Vision Technologies, but certain retailers will need to keep a core human element. Take climbing retailers, for example. Yes, digital billboards and signage along with an in-store point of sale (POS) can cater to customers who wish for a slicker transaction, but there isn’t a substitute for real-world advice and experience. You need humans for that, and in my view, human interaction, irrespective of how advanced AI gets, will be a staple of the high street for years to come. ## **Bibliography** **AI Retail Market Worth**: Ltd, M.M.R.P. (2023). *AI in Retail Market to Be Worth $57.8 Billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by Meticulous Research®*. \[online\] GlobeNewswire News Room. Available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/04/24/2652693/0/en/AI-in-Retail-Market-to-Be Worth-57-8-Billion-by-2030-Exclusive-Report-by-Meticulous-Research.html \[Accessed 29 May 2023\]. **PWC Retail Predictions**: PriceWaterhouseCoopers (2019). *Retail outlook: 2019 Retail Predictions - PwC UK*. \[online\] PwC. Available at: https://www.pwc.co.uk/industries/retail-consumer/insights/retail outlook.html. **PWC Survey 2023**: PWC (2023). *Global Consumer Insights Survey: PwC*. \[online\] PWC. Available at: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/consumer-markets/consumer-insights-survey.html. **Inflation Figure**: Bank of England (2023). *Inflation and the 2% Target*. \[online\] Bank of England. Available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation. ### Artificial intelligence in the food industry: Calorie counting with AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-food-industry-calorie-counting-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-15T08:36:08.000Z SnapCalorie, an innovative health-centric startup, has been making waves with its unique application of artificial intelligence (AI). The brainchild of Wade Norris, a former Google employee and co-creator of Google Lens, and Scott Baron, an aerospace industry systems engineer, SnapCalorie uses AI to determine the caloric and macronutrient content of meals from a single smartphone photo. This groundbreaking venture has recently raised $2 million in a funding round, which included notable investors like Accel, Index Ventures, and Y Combinator, adding to the $125,000 raised in a previous pre-seed round. While SnapCalorie isn't the pioneer in using computer vision for calorie counting, it sets itself apart through its unique approach. It leverages depth sensors on compatible devices to gauge portion sizes and employs human reviewers to ensure quality, thereby reducing the margin of error in calorie estimation to less than 20%. This is an improvement over other AI-driven meal tracking apps that don't focus on portion size estimation, a critical factor in reducing errors. Despite the promising technology, it's worth noting that AI-based calorie counters have faced skepticism due to issues with accuracy. For instance, a 2020 study found that even the best among these apps, Calorie Mama, was only correct 63% of the time. SnapCalorie has taken steps to address these issues by developing a proprietary algorithm that performs better than a human in estimating a meal's caloric content. This is achieved by identifying the food items in a photo and calculating their portion sizes. The algorithm's effectiveness is attributed to the unique training dataset of 5,000 meals, compiled through a process that involved taking thousands of photos of various meals with a robotic rig. However, SnapCalorie acknowledges certain limitations. The algorithm shows a bias towards American food due to the primarily U.S.-based initial training data. But the company is working on diversifying the training data to encompass a broader range of cuisines​. Norris also stresses that no app can fully account for the many variables in caloric intake, such as differences in cooking methods. Therefore, SnapCalorie's calorie estimating tools are best seen as one piece of a larger nutrition management strategy. To further assist users, the app includes a chatbot, powered by ChatGPT, which offers meal suggestions based on a user's personal goals and past preferences​. SnapCalorie has found a particular niche among diners who frequent restaurants that don't provide nutritional information. Norris reports that the app is seeing a steady increase in popularity, with the company aiming to attract 1,000 new users this month alone. For now, SnapCalorie's focus is on expanding its user base, rather than monetizing its services, with Norris describing the company's spending as "very conservative". ### What is feature engineering in machine learning? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-power-of-feature-engineering-for-machine-learning-success/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T18:10:02.000Z Feature engineering consists of the selection, manipulation, and transformation of raw data into features used in [supervised learning](https://h2o.ai/wiki/supervised-machine-learning). The purpose and power of feature engineering and selection is to improve the performance of machine-learning algorithms. In return, model accuracy on unseen data is improved. It also leverages the information in the training set to create new variables. Simplification and speeding up data transformations, feature engineering can enhance model accuracy by producing new features for supervised and [unsupervised learning](https://h2o.ai/wiki/unsupervised-machine-learning). Illustrations of feature engineering: ## **1\. Continuous data** This type of data can take any value from a given range. For example, the price of a product or the coordinates of some geographical feature. The feature generation solely depends on the domain data. If we diminish the warehouse price from the shelf price, the profit can be calculated. Similarly, if the distance between two locations on a map is calculated, then the distance can be determined. The possibilities for new features are limited only by the available features and known mathematical operations. ## **2\. Categorical features** The second most popular type is categorical data, which refers to features that can take on values from a limited set. In most scenarios, the feature can only take a single value. It can also happen otherwise, but in that case, the feature is usually separated into a set of features. E.g., Defining four genders: not known, male, female, and not applicable. ## **3\. Text features** Feature engineering also involves converting text into a set of representative numerical values. All automatic mining of social media data encodes the text as numbers. It is easiest to encode data by word count. ## **4\. Image features** Another common need for machine learning analysis is to encode images appropriately. ## **Importance of FE** Features engineering comprises several key components viz., such as the selection of relevant features, dealing with missing data, data encoding, and normalization. Determining a model's output is one of the most vital tasks. If the wrong hypotheses are provided, then the accuracy of the [Machine Learning model](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) will not be obtained as expected. The quality of the view will determine the success of the machine learning model. A good feature is critical for accuracy and interoperability. By examining the essential variables and removing irrelevant variables, feature selection improves the machine learning process and increases the predictive power of the same. Like that of the correlation matrix, feature importance allows you to comprehend the relationship between the features and the target variable. In addition, it indicates which features are redundant to the model. ## **Feature engineering vs. feature selection** With feature engineering, more complex models can be created than when working with raw data. It also allows for the development and interpretation of interpretable models from any amount of data. The feature selection process will help decrease the number of features to a reasonable number. ## **Feature engineering vs. feature extraction** Feature engineering is the conversion of raw data into features/attributes that reflect the underlying structure of the data. Feature extraction is the procedure of transformation of raw data into its desired form. ## **Feature engineering vs. hyperparameter tuning** Feature engineering uses data to create features that make machine learning algorithms perform based on the right set of Hypotheses. Hyperparameter tuning or optimization refers to selecting a specific set of optimal hyperparameters for a learning algorithm. Hyperparameter optimization strives to improve model performance by altering model parameters. A feature reduction would be an illustration of feature engineering related to data. ### EU parliament to negotiate groundbreaking AI regulations URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/eu-parliament-negotiate-ai-regulations/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:29:30.000Z The European Parliament has embarked on historic negotiations to establish unprecedented artificial intelligence (AI) usage regulations. The proposed laws aim to foster the adoption of AI technologies that prioritize human values and safety, while also safeguarding health, fundamental rights, and democratic institutions from potential AI-induced harm. The position of the European Parliament on the AI Act received overwhelming support, with 499 votes for, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. ## **Addressing risks with a tiered approach** The proposed legislation takes a risk-based approach, setting requirements for AI developers and users based on the potential risk associated with each AI system. Systems deemed to pose unacceptable risks to public safety will be outrightly prohibited. The prohibitions include real-time biometric identification systems in public spaces, post-event remote biometric identification systems (with limited exceptions), biometric categorization systems using sensitive attributes, predictive policing systems, emotion recognition systems in certain areas, and indiscriminate collection of facial images for facial recognition databases. ## S**pecial attention to high-risk AI** The regulations will treat high-risk AI systems with particular caution. High-risk systems are defined as those that could substantially harm people’s health, safety, fundamental rights, or the environment. AI systems used to sway election outcomes or used in recommendation engines by large-scale social media platforms are now listed under high-risk AI. ## **Responsibilities for general-purpose AI** AI foundation models, representing a new and rapidly evolving domain within AI, will be subject to specific obligations. Before launching these models in the EU market, providers will be required to evaluate and mitigate potential risks to health, safety, fundamental rights, the environment, democracy, and the rule of law. Generative AI systems like ChatGPT will have to meet transparency requirements, such as disclosing AI-generated content, and should have measures in place to prevent the generation of illegal content. --- Did you know we're having a generative AI event in Berlin this October? It's important to discuss these technologies, not only in the abstract but also in person, which is why we're bringing together experts and enthusiasts in the field. Our upcoming event will provide a platform for key stakeholders to share their experiences and insights on topics like: - Generative AI: analysing what's next in the latest tech revolution - Quantifying uncertainty in generated models to create more reliable products - Deploying robust generative adversarial networks for image synthesis - How to choose the right data preprocessing technique - Powering your GANs & VAEs with state-of-the-art compute for rapid output - What does a fully monetized generative AI landscape look like? So, what are you waiting for? Get your tickets today! [Generative AI Summit | Berlin 2023Join the most influential community of customer marketing managers at the largest customer marketing summit. Register today.![](https://storage.googleapis.com/acara-assets-production/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1683812197942-image-2023-05-11T143536724.png)Berlin 2023![](https://storage.googleapis.com/acara-assets-production/production/organizations/62876e3d645e9fcb6e40225e/1685460785762-Generative-AI-Summit-Metas-2023-2.png)](https://genaialliance.com/location/berlin/register) --- ## **Encouraging innovation and upholding citizens' rights** The proposed rules will foster AI innovation and support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by offering exemptions for research activities and open-source AI components. The legislation encourages the creation of regulatory sandboxes, offering real-world environments for testing AI systems before deployment. Further, the proposal enhances citizens’ rights to lodge complaints against AI systems and to receive explanations for decisions made by high-risk AI systems that profoundly affect their fundamental rights. The EU AI Office will monitor the implementation of these AI regulations. --- ### The case for regulation in AI usage in higher education URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/navigating-the-future-the-need-for-regulation-in-ai-usage-in-higher-education/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:30:04.000Z In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced significantly, revolutionizing a variety of industries. Higher education is no exception, as academic institutions are gradually using AI technology to simplify administrative processes, aid in research initiatives, and enhance learning opportunities. Despite the great potential that AI has for enhancing higher education, it is crucial to recognize the need for strict regulation to ensure ethical and responsible AI deployment. The importance of restricting AI usage in higher education is examined in this article, along with numerous related subtopics. ## **The rise of AI in higher education** Incorporating artificial intelligence into higher education has significantly increased in recent years. Educational institutions are employing AI technology to change teaching, research, and administration. Automated administrative tasks, data analysis, individualized learning environments, intelligent teaching, and plagiarism detection are all performed by AI-powered systems. These changes might improve operational efficiency, boost student performance, and pave the way for fresh lines of inquiry. Appropriate regulation is needed to address ethical issues, privacy issues, and algorithmic biases in order to ensure ethical, egalitarian, and fair usage of AI in higher education. ## **Promises and pitfalls: Benefits and risks of AI in higher education** The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education is rife with both potential and risks. On the one hand, artificial intelligence (AI) offers benefits including tailored learning, efficient administrative processes, and data-driven decision-making insights. It might change instructional procedures and improve student performance. However, there are other risks, including concerns over algorithmic biases, employment displacement, and data privacy. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of ethical problems, accountable AI systems, and transparency. Careful governance and prudent deployment are required to enhance AI's positive benefits on higher education. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## **Ethical considerations in AI implementation** The use of AI in higher education must take ethical issues into account. Addressing issues like data privacy, algorithmic biases, and the possible effects on students and instructors is crucial as AI systems become more integrated. Institutions must place a high priority on accountability and transparency, ensuring that decision-making procedures and AI algorithms are impartial and fair. There should be rules and regulations in place to safeguard individuals' private rights, encourage inclusion, and advance equal opportunity. Higher education can navigate the future responsibly and defend ideals of justice, equity, and respect for individual rights by integrating strong ethical concerns into the application of AI. ## **Protecting privacy: Data security and consent in AI usage** An important consideration when using AI in higher education is privacy protection. Institutions must place a high priority on data security and verify that persons whose data is acquired have given their informed consent because AI significantly depends on data. To protect sensitive information, such as student records and research data, strong safeguards must be in place. To guarantee that people have control over their data and understand how it will be used, transparent data usage rules and unambiguous permission processes are crucial. To promote trust and uphold moral AI practices in higher education, it is essential to strike the correct balance between utilizing AI's promise and safeguarding privacy rights. ## **Ensuring accountability: Transparency and explainability in AI systems** It is critical to ensure accountability in AI systems in order to use them responsibly in higher education. To do this, transparency and explainability are essential. Institutions must work towards transparent AI algorithms and procedures that clearly outline the judgments and suggestions that AI systems make. Explainability enables stakeholders to comprehend the logic behind AI-driven results and contributes to the development of trust. It makes it possible for teachers, pupils, and administrators to recognize and correct any potential biases or inaccuracies. Higher education institutions may promote accountability, create better knowledge of AI systems, and reduce the dangers of unexpected effects or unethical practices by encouraging openness and explainability. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2022/11/AIAI_Computer_Vision_Landscape_Report_2022_CTA.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-landscape-2022/) ## **Addressing bias and discrimination in AI algorithms** It is imperative to address bias and discrimination in AI systems in the context of higher education. AI is not immune to prejudices, and if left unchecked, it might exacerbate prejudice and sustain existing inequalities. Institutions must work together to identify and eliminate biases in AI algorithms, both during the data collection phase and throughout the algorithm creation. This necessitates the use of inclusive and diverse data sets, meticulous bias testing, and continuous AI system monitoring. The creation and use of AI algorithms should be governed by ethical principles in order to advance justice, diversity, and equal opportunities in higher education. ## **The role of regulation: Current frameworks and guidelines** To ensure ethical and responsible practices, regulation of AI deployment in higher education is crucial. The foundation for tackling important issues including data privacy, algorithmic transparency, bias reduction, and accountability is provided by current frameworks and rules. Regulations should include strong safeguards for private information, encourage openness in AI algorithms, and make organizations responsible for judgments made using AI. Institutions may create a strong regulatory framework that builds confidence, safeguards human rights, and encourages responsible and advantageous AI practices by following current frameworks and norms while also adapting them to the particular problems of AI in higher education. ## **Key areas requiring regulation in AI usage in higher education** To promote ethical and responsible practices, regulations regarding AI deployment in higher education should concentrate on crucial areas. These topics include tackling prejudice and discrimination, algorithmic openness and explainability, accountability for AI results, and the ethical ramifications of AI deployment. Sensitive data should be protected, openness in AI algorithms should be encouraged, prejudice and discrimination should be minimized, institutions should be held accountable for AI-driven choices, and ethical issues related to AI usage should be addressed. Effective regulation will support fair and responsible AI practices in higher education while also fostering trust and defending individual rights. ## **Building a collaborative approach: Stakeholders in AI regulation** Diverse parties must be included in developing a cooperative strategy for AI regulation in higher education. Educational institutions, governmental organizations, AI developers, researchers, students, and privacy activists are some of these stakeholders. Collaboration between various parties ensures that the potential and challenges of using AI are seen from a variety of angles. It enables the creation of comprehensive and functional regulatory frameworks that handle issues like data privacy, bias, and accountability. Stakeholders may be actively involved in the development of fair and comprehensive policies that support ethical and advantageous AI use in higher education by participating in open discussions, exchanging knowledge, and forming collaborations. ## **Striking the right balance: Fostering innovation while ensuring responsibility** In the area of using AI in higher education, finding the ideal balance between encouraging innovation and assuring accountability is essential. Institutions may embrace the revolutionary power of AI technology by fostering innovation, which will lead to improvements in administration, teaching, and research. To solve ethical issues, safeguard privacy, and reduce biases, it is crucial to assure responsible AI practices. By putting in place strong regulatory frameworks, encouraging accountability, promoting openness, and encouraging a culture of moral AI research and use, this balance may be reached. By doing this, higher education may take advantage of AI's advantages while preserving moral principles and societal obligations. ## **Conclusion** In light of the future of AI in higher education, regulation will be crucial. To ensure ethical and fair AI usage as AI technologies develop further, it is essential to create regulatory and ethical frameworks. Important topics like data privacy, algorithmic biases, transparency, and accountability should be covered by the regulation. Higher education institutions may fully utilize AI while protecting privacy, promoting justice, and keeping ethical norms by finding the proper balance between encouraging innovation and assuring accountability. A future where AI improves education while prioritizing social values and ethical issues depends on effective regulation. ### Certifying machine learning for runway detection in autonomous flight URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T17:21:32.000Z *Jean-Guillaume Durand, Head of Perception at Xwing, gave this presentation at the* [*Computer Vision Summit*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-summit-san-jose-april-2023-ai-accelerator-institute/) *in San Jose in 2023.* We've seen a few great applications of AI so far. But the question I want to raise is, what happens when you try to put these systems on commercial aircraft? This is what we're going to talk about today. ## Journeying into autonomous aviation with Xwing My background is mostly in aerospace engineering studies, starting in France. Then I finished my doctorate at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. At the same time, it turned out that Amazon was starting their drone delivery program in Seattle, so I joined them as one of their first interns in 2015. Then I moved on to larger platforms with commercial aircraft with Airbus. And as of last year, I've been leading the perception effort at Xwing, which focuses more on cargo aircraft of smaller sizes. The work I'm presenting here is a collaboration with the Stanford Center for AI Safety (SAFE), and it's also a succession of papers that we've published or are going to have published. We're going to focus mainly on runway detection as an application, and how we think about certifying AI systems for this application at Xwing. But first, let me talk a little bit about my company and what we do. We retrofit existing aircraft with autonomous technology to be able to automate the cargo market. We believe that by focusing first on smaller platforms or on just cargo instead of passengers, we're able to have a much bigger impact and also learn from the experience, as opposed to moving directly to passenger aircraft. We operate a few routes in the US with all 35 aircraft. All those flights happen with UPS, and there are around 400 flights per week. And those aircraft are piloted by human pilots. This is in parallel to the autonomous part of the business that we have, and we're going to talk about that as well. In 2021, we expanded the first fully autonomous flight gate-to-gate with a cargo aircraft without any human intervention. For the R&D part of the business, the image below is the aircraft that we retrofit with what we call sensor pods. We’re currently in the process of certifying those, and they're here for data collection. But we also have control over the actuators of the aircraft. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DWOAiTbk22cNK7vjD3GHPy3FhdfiGq_4A6NKr44aN8kPc8oYJZFz-bsky3OBpd_TRDzyyg6PXc8uSMQOUAWfVitTgB5x1F2YnPWAbTK1PBq7lfzWIAZWg9X6TGaonUoFdXAUX17I49dZVkpO0DqGuQo) So far, with this technology that we call SuperPilot, we've done more than 200 fully autonomous flights, and we've accumulated a lot of flight hours on that platform. Fun fact, the longest flight was around 800 miles, and I believe it was a fully autonomous mission to deliver masks during the COVID crisis. ## Machine learning for autonomous flight So, where do we apply machine learning at Xwing in this autonomous flight domain? You first start by breaking the flight down into the different phases. You might be interested before you even turn on the engine to see if the propeller is clear of any obstacles. Then you taxi to the runway. While you taxi, you might be interested in detecting whether there are any obstacles around the vehicle. During take-off, again, you make sure that the runway is clear of any obstacles. You try to follow the center line so you can do a little bit of navigation with the sensors. And then comes the critical part of landing. Landing is the process of guiding the aircraft to the runway, and you can do that with machine learning and computer vision as well. ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yc6Jdt4uRGeTJWTWXQI4yMvGVSklUegEOZvkRJXkA33YkNVxRwYoflSJR7PerknaPcURM24XGwdwDItluyKwKMFaeLZEgD073cXg_nBhHwzf258r2pBfHqcmwq3FsM-ZyD4eq2H7A-G99-PZxm2PIkw) There's a bunch of cool applications that you could do with machine learning for autonomous flight and computer vision. Detect-and-avoid can be done on the ground. Imagine that we're about to enter the runway, but there's another aircraft already landing on that runway. Having those sanity checks in place really helps to maintain safety during your operations. You can also do detect-and-avoid in the air too to make sure you don't come too close to any other airborne traffic. You can use computer vision to aid navigation and complement the GPS sensor that you already have to land the aircraft, or if your GPS breaks down. There's also what I call ‘off-aircraft operations’ as well. You might be helping the crew clean the aircraft, do maintenance, set up the sensors, or do the calibration of the sensors. So you can use computer vision and AI tools to guide all the operations that happen around the aircraft. That being said, we're going to focus mostly on vision-based landing and runway detection. For example, the input to the system is going to be an image. There’s a camera feed from the aircraft, and you might see the corners of the runway very slightly overlaid in blue as they’re detected by our algorithm onboard. At the bottom of the feed, you have the construction of the scene as we think it's happening based on those detections. So, we first detect the runway in the image, and from that, we reconstruct where we think the aircraft is with respect to that runway. For the reconstruction, the aircraft highlighted in blue in the image below is our solution with computer vision, and the pink aircraft is the GPS and initial sensor solution. Here, we compare both, and as we get closer and closer to the runway, both solutions agree pretty nicely. ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0DSOzr-3RhLQUyqhzbJ3vpaFP3L8EsItk3jG7XxYbZAaYNZ_ypD0uV_D6PuCmQhjdlAd7PSea_Is6BmN1GYBhfmAMQBUAzIM-yPHYHXqfxK1q-6jVvOL7x539r5cqfkpVV2UUAM1saqVTrbbFOKeo6Q) This is a good application, and it works great as prototyping and demos, but how would we go about certifying that for everyday operations and as a part of the business? ## Approaching certification for autonomous flights Firstly, what is certification? A very broad definition would be: *Ensuring that the hardware, software, and processes that you have in place follow a defined set of design, performance, and safety, and ultimately have a very low probability of failure to maintain the safety of the general public.* On one side, we could maybe consider autonomous driving. There’s one administration that takes care of all these guidelines. Currently, I believe there are a few federal guidelines in place and a lot of local state laws. Depending on whether you operate in San Francisco or Denver, you might have different laws on what you can and can’t do with self-driving. And that applies to whether you're delivering cargo, passengers, or small packages. On the other side, we have autonomous flight, which is administrated by the Federal Administration, or the FAA. Here, there's no clear standard policy already in place. It's very much a work in progress. We have a few industry groups that are working on defining potential solutions to put AI on such systems, but no clear policies are out yet. This is where we step in and try to propose this type of solution here. For autonomous driving, if you were to show a failure rate of one failure per 100 million miles, the vehicles have to drive 275 million failure-free miles. That really shows the amount of testing that you need to do just to show that safety level. How is certification usually done in aerospace? Below are the current processes in place. It follows pretty much a traditional Engineering V diagram. As you go down the V, you decompose the system level by level and function by function. And as you go back up the V, you test each function and basically try to prove that it meets the requirements. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tB919_4t3fVlz2UA9B1pv9qcibfpnQIJzBiYFzcAm9oQ5rGuCESY7_su2R-vAQRp_JPpF_0hp_tccVfa7_-QJrFjkCCrsJKm_BWNh0T07DL_2cN3KlsZG2J-C8w3YI_SPsNqui7ibvm-GukOVmz3aRc) The problem with machine learning is that the current process sort of breaks down. Usually, when you have software, you want to show that you have complete coverage in terms of testing, and each line of code meets a given requirement. With machine learning, however, the pioneers of your models and your software are weights. They learn from the data, and as such, they don't really correspond to any requirements. Maybe an inspiration here would be to see how hardware is certified and how we could go about porting that to machine learning models. ## Runway detection: Computing the probability of failure For the scope of this presentation, we'll look at a notional system. You have a mission management system and a communication system, and one of those systems is AutoFlight, which is maintaining the flight of the aircraft. One of those sub-components would be guidance. You can do that with ILS, which is an instrumental approach that you have at most airports. You can also do that with GPS and inertial sensors. And one of the solutions that we just saw could also be done with computer vision. For example, you might have a machine learning-based runway detector, and then a bunch of additional steps that reconstruct the runway. The main idea and takeaway is that if you consider the stack as a whole, the machinery component on the software on the aircraft is a very small piece. One key misconception that we often have to break down is that the AI here is not the brain of the aircraft. The output is bounded by other algorithms which are more traditional software. There are a lot of algorithms that perform very well out there and have for many years. At Xwing, we use the machine learning component only where it can provide a clear advantage. So, in this case, this is for object detection. For our ML component, we decompose the system, we go down the V diagram, and we assign it a function, which is to provide runway detection. That function is associated with different failure modes, and each one of them gets assigned a probability of failure. Here, I put this notional number for the sake of the example of one failure for 100,000 approaches, and that's going to drive a requirement for this algorithm here. [![Notional number](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/uxFa1qWh-i3ypnrYAetZaH-MVMe7lPaXcfVIgNu0SLFWpNheUN6ILWrnnkjQgNT3XrAZy1setGddgHLaFMZJNxvROiV-GFEwQLYatRYONsCkYFqXqT5K-emp70_b8iGBsw2Ln6jWBVf6c9JWGG4OOsc)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) In the research community, there are a few tracks and main approaches to verify the machine learning models. The first one is explainability, where you try to dive deep into the network, the different layers, and different neurons. However, there are many different model architectures out there, and even if you take very famous architectures, each one of those is always fine-tuned and tweaked by researchers and practitioners, so it's impossible to keep track of the different variations. That's a bit of a limitation of this approach. For more verifiers, they provide very robust guarantees. The problem with these approaches right now is that they don’t quite scale yet to the big models that are used in the industry. More development is needed here. What we're going to focus on is statistical verifiers. [![Literature review](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9l2gpqvMuGHQqJO2Fu9uTjl4IFn8P_GqG7Jp-0Kkga0tLc1idsy6fuxlcXRx03h_j89lCefp4W4yZpR8WzuYj-2_Rl_JIeiWtJ6ojm5ocMi7K5qcrK15NpP-qzbHtlcq30iIAUzFjh6lhCSsFfkp-yE)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) We have this requirement of a probability of failure, and we want to find a way to compute that probability of failure for our system. One of the ideas here is to take where we expect the aircraft to operate and decompose that into an operational domain. On the graph below, I put the distance to the runway for the model on the x-axis, and what we call the glide slope angle on the y-axis. That defines a problem with two variables. [![distance to the runway for the model on the x-axis, and what we call the glide slope angle on the y-axis](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/09dQFzNFfbVeLwKS6CcI14zS34DPm8nTTj02VAB32SUJrDEGSAFO2rf87uoaVa3C4n9xYvRJ7E4U60bjjQxWuxP9ziBxvQWvQ4eEbDUy93PmIfW51mfnzihej30U5uLdHZEa1h6bvZkrLofGYpS6gxs)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) We can see in that small domain where the model fails and where it succeeds, so successes will be the green area. You can also see if we're pretty close to the runway, it’s a pretty high slope, and we detect the runway. In the red area is where we had the failures of the model, where maybe it was three nautical miles from the runway too far. We don't detect the runway. Of course, in reality, you’ll have more than two dimensions. It's not only the distance to the runway and the glide slope angle, but maybe where you expect to operate, different airports in the world, the position of the aircraft with respect to the runway, the weather, the time of day; all these variables add up to provide the complete parametric space that we have to cover. Here we use simulation to help us cover all those cases. We have very difficult cases in reality. For example, the sun could be in the field of view of the camera, or the aircraft is at a pretty steep angle with respect to the runway, and there’s bad weather on top of that. Simulation really helps us here. That defines the overall parametric space we'd like to cover and compute that probability of failure over. ## Sampling the parametric space How do we sample that parametric space? A very simple idea is that we have two dimensions that we subdivide into a grid, and we evaluate the model at each of those points. It's very intuitive and very easy to explain to the certification authorities as well. We can easily put that on a bunch of parallel machines and run it pretty quickly. [![Graph](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OqG1cBRjjewePohnGjJkQILKDrC93hIrs-ChbyDNNOa4caX6i--UN1WY4nrb9wqbuVt1Aco_cLVk56X4wiDKEQfHMFncx_DRk2zlvTRRO6BVxo_AGKTladHFpoXbAP3D3827c6sySm120S1_1OUWrOI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) However, as you add more dimensions, there's the curse of dimensionality. You just add one more dimension to this, and all of a sudden, your number of points dramatically explodes. The distance between your samples also becomes bigger and bigger as you add more dimensions, so there's a very high chance that in the end, between two samples, you might actually have a failure that sits there that you wouldn't discover. How can we tweak this approach to really compute this probability of failure, this boundary failure, and try to do it in an efficient way? That's going to be our research question here. Robert Moss and his advisor from Stanford have worked on this algorithm for probabilistic failure estimation. The main idea is that you focus on three main criteria to cover the space. [![Probabilistic failure probability estimation](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vemf-07mfs8OZRZZcQG09SJPuARuOoj5jncAzidE3YJCXP254YblFJCq6eIx6dzsjBfs9iGSCIuzrp1zXIF02ECPLN0ahQKu4ph7Ep8t6-P1bsGfiqMUPGfig1K5bGI_cdd-Nztx2PPk_oGXnA06ThM)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) You try to add samples and points where you have a lot of uncertainty in order to reduce that uncertainty. You also try to refine where the boundary is, so when the model goes from success to failure, this is what you want to cover in detail. You try to add more samples around that region. And the final one is operational refinement, which is most of the points you know where the model is expected to operate most of the time. For pilots, they try to do the approach mostly at a three-degree glide slope. You know that most of the points will be there and you’ll try to add more samples in that region. Now, we're going to try to see how that works in practice. Again, on the graph below, we have the distance of the runway on the x-axis, and the glide slope angle on the y-axis. This corresponds pretty much to the envelope here with the distance of the runway and different glide slope angles. All the points that you see here in that domain would be in that envelope here. In purple, I put the operational likelihood that we already have. [![Iterations](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/piQ6eca-xbdW1qVXa8yKxrYOJJ2CrU7UCY1_YHYB8nfbz4ThhG8pz5Wg8nbMfdszkZvrgQeKielVCejQsjMW3qerCdIZ-PXbIEp4idgVBsfi4PVpTKxQFI2CyO4KpWdDvMv3fsbJrazwuo2AyOlqQQI)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) As I said, most pilots land the aircraft at around a three-degree glide slope, so that's most of the points concentrated in this area. At Xwing, we try to operate the model pretty close to the runway. We're not going to try to dedicate the runway too far. This is where we concentrate most of our points, close to the runway. What the algorithm does is basically start sampling. We start with three samples. All of those happened to be successes. The model correctly detected the runway in those samples, and that gives us an initial idea of where the failure boundary might be. [![Algorithm sampling graph](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/taL9M2TzLRZ7siFD_ATDZQoqeHQAjLg325btYUYhqvBMmMEM1NOeJNJebq-j9G_SgbfA1dBVYSR2QW7dqnVrnWc4xGJ0fgTBEkoG-aIohNDaRQ3DpgLOD918eyEeMQtd4GsYkzhgACy10zWf_Gu8dfk)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) There's a lot of uncertainty in those regions because we don't have any samples. So the algorithm is going to try to sample there, and we have three more points. And as you go, you keep adding those samples, and we already see a trend that a lot of points tend to accumulate here because we have more likelihood of operation, and also because the algorithm captures that there's a lot of variation of the model here from failure to success, so is concentrating most of the points there. [![Another algorithm graph](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ab2i5sU9d5KjPSCxxbqNZNQUirde-I_oyNp-J2Kkck9K-u7G60vKeFj6Adl4A4s2caf978pts7gqI81xzM_FoTKRCsHg-DrIr53aY2y5mwfz3BIJxPlMj7wpj1oXk09mvqmun19dj-RXH0JcJ5S2I_c)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) I'm going to go through a few more iterations. You can see that some points have also been added in the empty regions of the space to reduce the uncertainty. This is the final iteration of the algorithm below. Again, we can see that accumulation of points here in that region, which is very critical. The model seems to change a lot between failure and success in this region of the space. [![Iterations graph end](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/srJYefSTECLVnj2IqeM4IVkPFyqnCeng_zuSb-bFiiQ4mxKUarbJmBgC0kmQYe6QxP40LIxQNFIO0WuomKO6SjB5ct3Z4-YSHT5756Cu1OCSuxFdjG3aZjXEhN54c4SWSOWYpZYMxHBPtAkOKXJejNY)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) What can we do with that? We now have this hard failure boundary that you can see below. And if I compare that with where we’re expected to operate, we're left with the region where we know we want to operate, and the model fails. That gives us what we wanted: the probability of failure of the model. [![failure probability estimation](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/eN0rEZww5Eh22SJB6El4ERmo6spbcif-bT4IqxNC87dGzelNGyNfFSImz4e4JDnUbMmUG3IMPcDCrXSrF9X_3rPKQvWtPlmiN28OFHD7ggNDpWcaoThQ42jHowV7rreCcBiZiSCe5Q2pXHtTLTRQjxU)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) Here, that's the example of the type problem of 5%. If we try to compare that to our requirements of one failure per 100,000 approaches, we're not quite there yet. But the nice thing about the framework is that I'm going to show you how you can use it to improve that number and meet the certification requirements. Another thing that this algorithm gives you is the most likely failure, where your model is expected to fail the most. And, interestingly, in the example below it's the point that corresponds to the image, which is three nautical miles from the runway and regular slope angle. [![Failure graph](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GVkMKsTa3HfjY1750nbmITsJnAhg_SEXCt7LGk5wYwmSmat_T97uj8tbiyrq3aVgAUMepg4aizDCk0JzGGSNVgz_cDb2gJ_YGReuXd8gH4uiY1BxUpSmMCkSKssB0RFjtm98pZxDIRB3FkxctdWSl3w)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) What can you do with the result? With the first one we just did, we computed the probability of failure. The second one is that you can refine the operational domain. If you realize that your model fails most in a certain region, you can very much decide that you’re not going to operate in that region. That corresponds to what I'm doing here. I can just say, “Well, we're always going to activate the runway detection below three nautical miles.” If I do that, we automatically see that most of the area becomes green, and we're left with very few failures. That might help us meet the requirements for certification. [![Actionable results from data](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lPjr_ZEaiGtVgLXY5dCs489eorUChjpIzZ24Q9vTQJ6GwXJtFwEC7GGAWEhv4jXltNS3dq_04eUyG5GcSdXQkthc7WQ9TNlWoTx0VmJXfj4lxv27iXaNlZZ4oozwThg8nYLZGt1QhR_QTaLAhFYen30)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ready-for-takeoff-certifying-machine-learning-for-runway-detection-in-autonomous-flight) In the process of running the algorithm, you also generate a whole bunch of failure examples. You can use those to train the model in that region so that region then becomes green. Finally, you could validate all of that data with an actual test flight to go and collect those sample points in real life as well improve your confidence in the estimate. Robert Moss’ paper looked at comparing this approach to different sampling schemes. We have the discrete one that we used initially with regular space points, What came out of the comparison with those different sampling schemes was that our algorithms showed more stability in the estimate of the true probability of failure, and also faster convergence. You get to prove your probability of failure with fewer samples. We can imagine that those samples might be expensive to collect. If each sample is a flight and a test point, it might be pretty expensive to calculate and correct. ## Summary To summarise the key takeaways from the presentation, we take the system's approach to certify the machine learning onboard the aircraft. Let's remember that it's only a very small component of the overall stack, and that's the small piece that you're trying to certify. The rest of the stack follows the traditional process. You get an assigned probability of failure, and this is what you're trying to compute. For that, we introduced that statistical verifier algorithm that scales to the current big architectures that you have in the industry. It's a black box approach, so it doesn't care about what model you're trying to evaluate. That makes it very modular and adaptable to different approaches. We didn't consider every possible value for every pixel of the camera. We switched the vision from the pixel space of the sensor input space to this vision of operational domain space, where the aircraft is operating more than what the sensor’s going to see. Currently, we're working on ways to show robustness between the different samples that we collect and have a little bit more robustness there. And we’re extending that approach to the many dimensions that we have in the parametric space. ### Top 7 features of Apple's Vision Pro: Spatial computing era URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-7-features-of-apples-vision-pro-spatial-computing-era/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:32:06.000Z Apple Vision Pro is a spatial computer that seamlessly combines digital content with the physical world, allowing users to remain present and connected to others. It provides an infinite canvas for apps, extending beyond the confines of a traditional display and presenting a fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by the user's eyes, hands, and voice. The operating system is called visionOS, which is hailed as the world's first spatial operating system. Vision Pro comes with an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays and is powered by custom Apple silicon in a dual-chip design. Here are seven unique experiences offered by the Apple Vision Pro: - Apps on an infinite canvas - Entertainment experiences - Spatial computing for gaming - Immersive environments - Spatial photos and videos - Spatial FaceTime - More app experiences ## Apps on an infinite canvas VisionOS features a 3D interface that frees apps from the boundaries of a display. It allows for multitasking, productivity, and support for Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad. Apps can fill the space around users, be moved anywhere, and scale to the perfect size. They even react to lighting and cast shadows. ## Entertainment experiences The device transforms any space into a personal movie theater with a screen that feels 100 feet wide and an advanced Spatial Audio system. There is also a provision for stunning three-dimensional movies and 180-degree high-resolution recordings with Spatial Audio. ## Spatial computing for gaming New types of games are possible with titles that can span a spectrum of immersion and bring gamers into all-new worlds. Users can also play over 100 Apple Arcade games on a screen as large as they want, with immersive audio and support for popular game controllers​1. ## Immersive environments Users can expand their world beyond the dimensions of a physical room with dynamic, beautiful landscapes that help them focus or reduce clutter in busy spaces. ## Spatial photos and videos Apple Vision Pro features Apple's first three-dimensional camera, allowing users to capture, relive, and immerse themselves in favorite memories with Spatial Audio. Users can view their photos and videos at a life-size scale with brilliant color and spectacular detail. ## Spatial FaceTime FaceTime calls take advantage of the room around the user, with everyone on the call reflected in life-size tiles, as well as Spatial Audio. Users wearing Vision Pro during a FaceTime call are reflected as a Persona, a digital representation of themselves created using Apple's most advanced machine learning techniques, which reflects face and hand movements in real-time. ## More app experiences Apple Vision Pro has a new App Store where users can discover apps and content from developers, and access hundreds of thousands of familiar iPhone and iPad apps that work with the new input system for Vision Pro. Developers can design new app experiences and reimagine existing ones for spatial computing. VisionOS, the operating system of Vision Pro, features a new 3D interface that makes digital content look and feel present in a user's physical world. It responds dynamically to natural light and casts shadows, helping the user understand scale and distance. The new input system is controlled by a person’s eyes, hands, and voice. Users can browse through apps by simply looking at them, tapping their fingers to select, flicking their wrist to scroll, or using voice to dictate. ### AIAI + Product-Led Alliance | Expert Session | Chris Butler "Is there such a thing as an AI PM?" URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/expert-session/ Last updated: 2023-06-02T17:40:44.000Z We know you’re interested in AI, which is why we wanted to exclusively invite you to an event happening in our sister community: Product-Led Alliance.This is part of our Product-Led Alliance Expert Sessions, which covers niche trending topics once a month. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### How AI is breathing life into plant-inspired robotics URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-breathing-life-into-plant-inspired-robotics/ Last updated: 2023-05-29T12:12:32.000Z This talk was conducted at the AI Accelerator Summit, and featured: - Barbara Mazzolei, Associate Director for Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Yasmine Meroz, Principal Investigator, Tel Aviv University - Emanuela Del Dottore, Postdoctoral Researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Isabella Fiorello, Postdoctoral Researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Maria Balk, Scientific Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Ourania (Rania) Giannopoulou, Postdoctoral Researcher, GrowBot - Lucia Nasti, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mathematics, GrowBot --- *Listen to this talk on our podcast [Women in AI: Breaking the Mold](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/women-in-ai-breaking-the-mold/).* --- ## The role of plants in bio-inspired robotics **Barbara** There’s recently been a lot of talk about big data and AI, and that's great. But it's even more exciting if we mix it up with robotics. That's what we primarily represent over here. We are scientists who are primarily working on a novel approach to designing robots, which is known as bio-inspired robotics. Bio-inspired robotics refers to systems that take inspiration from nature in design principles and control principles. And then you want to deploy these systems in natural environments. We create an environment where robots are ubiquitous with us so that we can use them for assistive purposes or anything else you can imagine that doesn't exist in this day. One of the things that has happened in bio-inspired robotics is that we’re now taking inspiration from one of the most unusual organisms: plants. Plants represent systems that we think are sessile and don't interact with the environment or do nothing for the environment. But actually, they interact much better, which is why they’re able to colonize a bigger portion of the Earth than in fact, humans can. So, here we have scientists who are working on a European-funded project which is known as GrowBot, where we’re trying to develop a novel, growing bio-inspired robot. I'd like to very quickly introduce our panelists. First of all, we have Yasmine Meroz from Tel Aviv University. She did her PhD in Chemical Physics at Tel Aviv University, and went on to do a postdoc in Condensed Matter Physics at the Weizmann Institute in Israel. She continued a postdoc at Harvard University in Applied Mathematics, focusing on memory phenomena of biological systems. Right now, she's a senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Following her, we have Emanuela Del Dottore, who has a Ph.D. from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, which is also where I’m from. She did her Ph.D. in Biorobotics. Her research interests include plant-inspired robotics and the development and implementation of control and decision-making strategies for bio-inspired robotics. Following her, we have Isabella Fiorello, who is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. She also received her Ph.D. in Biorobotics from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. She's received several national and international awards, including the Eni Award for Young Researcher of the Year. Currently, Isabella is working on microfabricated adhesives with climbing plant-inspired microhooks for reversible anchoring to textiles, skin, and plant leaf tissues. After her, we have Maria Balk, who received her diploma degree in Chemistry from Germany, and her Ph.D. in Material Life Sciences at the University of Potsdam. She’s currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Active Polymers in Helmholtz, Germany. She's focusing on the design of shape memory hydrogels, which are sensitive to a variety of stimuli and actuator materials. Second last, we have Rania Giannopoulou, who’s a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Gran Sasso Science Institute in Italy. Her research deals with the development of a three-dimensional model, describing the intertwining of growing shoots. And finally, we have Lucia Nasti, who is also a Postdoctoral Researcher from the Gran Sasso Science Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pisa in 2020, where she worked between the research fields of bioinformatics, systems biology, and formal methods. Her scientific interests revolve around a deep understanding of complex systems to computational approaches. What I would like you all to understand today is why we’re looking to plants. Why are plants so interesting in the development of robotics? [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) **Yasmine** I'm probably the closest thing to a biologist in this set of people. I'm not originally a biologist, but I currently study how plants interact with the environment. Looking at a plant from an engineering point of view, we have a plant that’s equipped with sensors and has no central nervous system or brain, and yet somehow it manages to get information from its sensory system and process it in a distributed manner, and then there's an output. There's some kind of strategic plan regarding how to grow. What is the optimal way to grow? There are a lot of interesting questions here, and I'm mostly interested in understanding this black box of computation. How does computation occur in a distributed system? Basically, we do a lot of experiments where we have a controlled stimulus and then we follow the growth pattern of different plants. And from this, we try to reverse engineer these kinds of computational principles. So it's experiments coupled with a lot of mathematical models describing this. There are two big things about plants that I find great. There’s 80% of the biomass that's saying something. And also, if you think about the oldest living tree, which is this old pine in California, it's almost 5,000 years old. That's insane. If you think about the number of civilizations that have passed by in this time, and the storms and fires and whatnot that have occurred, this tree is still there. It means it's doing something “right.” We have something to learn about its strategies. So that's one thing I find really interesting about plants, and we're just beginning to scratch the surface. And the other thing is what I mentioned before, the fact that it's a distributed system and still doing interesting, complex computations. Distributed computing is something that’s of great interest and maybe we can learn something from how nature does it. ## Implementing plant biology into engineering solutions **Barbara** Plants have these very interesting features. What have you guys taken from biology and actually have implemented in an engineering solution, where you’ve actually developed something that’s plant related? **Maria** I'm a Material Chemist and I’m working on the design of polymer-based systems. I'm concentrating on how we can implement active movements into polymer materials. For example, I'm working on shape memory materials that can be sensitive to the environment. For example, they can feel changes in temperature, changes in immunity, and changes in enzyme concentration, which is similar to what plants can do. We were able to develop artificial plant leaves, which can close their shape when the temperature has decreased and open up their shape when the temperature has increased. This is a thermomonastic behavior that’s similar to rhododendron leaves, and that you can artificially create. **Isabella** During my Ph.D., I worked a lot on climbing plants at a microscale level. I actually developed new materials which were inspired by climbing plants or reversible anchoring to several structures. I took inspiration from the biomechanics and morphology of selected climbing plants. To give you an example, I took inspiration from a plant called gallium aparine. This plant can actually anchor its body to surfaces in nature. And what I did during my research was take inspiration from the microstructure that’s present on the leaf of this plant, and mimic the morphology and the biomechanics of these microstructures. Then I designed and fabricated this structure at a microscale level using a micro-manufacturing technique. You can actually use these devices in different fields. For example, we applied this in the climbing robots applications, but also, you can attach them to the leaf for leaf sensing and drug delivery. There are many features from which we take inspiration. I mainly took inspiration from the anchoring, but also from the morphology and biomechanics. **Barbara** Systems that are attached to actual biological organisms. In a way, we’re moving towards a new novel interaction between robots and humans. Another thing that’s very interesting is that Emanuela, one of the first growing robots, and the growing part of the system, is being developed by you. What exactly is the mechanism that you're working on? What are the computational principles that you're using? And how are you developing control algorithms for these robots? **Emanuela** Plants can offer many different ideas, both in the materials, because they’ll respond to many different types of stimuli from the tissues, and also from an internal, physiological computation where they can improve their performance in terms of growth and direction. We took inspiration from this basic but fundamental principle in plants that they move and explore different environments through their growth. This is a very different concept of movement with respect to animals, which shift all of their body from two points in space, while they’re adding new materials at extremities. Plants have affixes on the roots or any parts where there are cell divisions and variation. It’s only this time that they move forward in the environment. We took inspiration from this basic but effective principle to develop a growing system, recalling to the principle of the additive manufacturing processes. We basically miniaturize with an FDM 3D printer in a four or five-centimeter scale of diameter. And what the system does is take the thermal plastic material in the commercially available 3D printer and fuse it at the tip and deposit this filament in order to increase the body layer by layer. The body is not actually redefined. We’re basically building the body of the system in real time, so the system embeds a control that’s inspired by tropism, which is the main mechanism for plants to navigate the environment. So they grow towards the light. The shoots are attracted to the light, or they escape from negative obstacles or metals or other stuff that can kill them. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2022/11/AIAI_Computer_Vision_Landscape_Report_2022_CTA.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-landscape-2022/) **Barbara** That's so very interesting. And Emanuela's raised a very interesting and important point, which is embodied intelligence, which is something that has been overlooked so far. We consider artificial intelligence as mostly the algorithmic part. But in fact, what we’re trying to explain is that the body itself plays a big role in developing artificial intelligence, especially when we’re talking about these artificial systems and robotics. We can no longer consider robotic systems independent of algorithms. They have to work hand in hand. Maybe Lucia or Rania can highlight what they’re working on, which is modeling and trying to understand these complex interactions, that something as simple as plants are able to do with very simple bodies, such as intertwining, and these computational capabilities. **Rania** Hello, I'm Rania, and what I've been occupied by in the GrowBot project has been finding a mathematical model for intertwining. This is a strategy where plants have evolved in order to bridge gaps among structures, climb on other structures, or attach to other plants. Essentially, what they do is twine different stems together, and this has been shown to improve their mechanical and structural properties. The point is that we’d like to have a mathematical model that we can understand deeply, and then translate this model into something that’s amenable for robotics use. The main quantity that we measure is the stiffness of the material, and when we compare one shoot growing by itself or two shoots growing together, we see a very large difference. So this is an example of how we can incorporate these mathematical models and the knowledge into AI and bio-inspired robotics. **Lucia** If I can add something, I think that it’s important to state that AI is playing a key role in developing predictive models in the biological system. But a limitation can be that in many cases, we don't have all the data, so we have to deal with incomplete or missing data. Therefore, we can’t rely on this kind of approach alone. Maybe what we can do instead is combine mechanistic models or mathematical models when they are available, with the potentiality of machine learning or reinforcement learning. I’m currently working on the application of reinforcement learning to understand the plant adaptation strategy. When we work with reinforcement learning, we need very little data so we can also generate our data in the training step. We generate data through the interaction between the agent that is the model in our case, and the environment. So perhaps this is a great opportunity for other applications. ## Unlocking the potential of plant-inspired robotics and AI **Barbara** When we’re talking about this completely new concept of people who are dealing with algorithms, what would you like people to take away from plant-inspired robotics, the role of AI in plant-inspired robotics, and the future of plant-inspired robotics? **Lucia** For me, the most important thing is the control strategy. For example, with reinforcement learning, we’ve already observed the environment, and then we have to perform many actions to complete the task in an optimal manner. This is what the plants do in nature, so maybe this is the key point of these two approaches together. **Maria** For me, I would say that it’s important to know that the appliance shows a diversity of different structures which are able to respond to the environment. They can respond to a diversity of different signals, and they are much more complex than what we thought before starting this project. **Isabella** For me, one very important thing is the capability of plants to adapt to several structured environments. And I think we must take inspiration from there, especially from the material properties of plants. We can mimic the morphology and biomechanics of these materials to create new materials for robotics. Actually, I can see a connection between plant-inspired robotics and artificial intelligence, especially if we think about applications for agriculture or forestry, for example. During my research, we developed smart materials that are inspired by plants, but they can also be applied to plants. Maybe in the future, these materials can work together with artificial intelligence that can create a network to understand when to give water or pesticides to plants. We can envision these kinds of devices in a vineyard or in a forest. **Rania** I would agree with Isabella. We can use all this knowledge to actually create new materials. We can use them for robots or environmental monitoring where you need something that can survive in a particular environment. We’ve already seen all these new robots that are for self-manipulators, so I think that there are many options where we can apply this knowledge. **Emanuela** Plants are an excellent model of embodied intelligence, and an excellent example of a distributed system. We have computation distributed all along their bodies so that we can achieve very high complexity that is displayed in plants and in their phenotypic expression. But perhaps it’s reached with simple rules that are implemented locally. So, perhaps this isn’t a very new concept, but this model can renew the paradigm of modularity, distributed intelligence, and embodiment. **Yasmine** I'd focus on one thing, which is just to keep in mind how fundamentally different plants are from animal systems or classic robotic systems. We all know those very cool movies from Boston Dynamics where you have a robot that pushes Atlas or Spot over and it manages to somehow stay put. So how does posture control work? I know what my body consists of, and if my senses feel forces that they're not supposed to feel, we can interpret this as an external force. And then we push back. That's also how we stand when someone pushes us as human beings. But what happens with a plant or a growing robot? The morphology changes continuously. This means that the whole fundamental concept that we know about in posture control, which is very well understood and very easy in classic robotics, basically means we can't use the existing control system. We have to chuck everything out of the window and start from scratch, and since it's hard to find solutions for these things, we need to learn through plants. How do plants find solutions for this? So if posture control is already difficult, next time you see a tree and you see that it's straight, you can marvel at that. But this also means that everything else is complicated and conceptionally very different. In animals, development and behavior/movement are two separate things. But in plants, we can’t take these two things apart. They're always together. Through development, which is growth, that's your way of manifesting your behavior or moving. And this means that everything is different. All the computational processes need to be different. It's a goldmine of open questions, and that's what makes it fun for everyone here involved. ### Transforming the customer and agent experience with conversational AI URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/transforming-the-customer-and-agent-experience-with-conversational-ai/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:33:28.000Z I want to take a moment to quickly talk about what we do at Quantiphi. We’re a team of 3,500+ professionals. We started in 2013, and have seen 3x growth YoY. We've also gained some key recognitions like ISG and IDC in the past few years. We’re an AI-first digital engineering services company. We provide applied AI solutions to our customers, set up the infrastructure, and provide data solutions to them as well. We also have a strong partnership with Google Cloud. We’ve been working with them for the past six years, and have also managed to be the Google Cloud Partner of the Year, every year consecutively. About five years back, we started this practice called conversational AI, primarily because Google launched Google Contact Center AI at that point, which caters to customer experience solutions using AI. We were one of the first three launch partners that were shortlisted, primarily because of our experience with Dialogflow, even before it was Dialogflow and was called Api.ai. Because of our experience delivering such solutions, we managed to be the launch partner for that, and have been running this practice for the past five years ever since. I'm here to talk more about how you can reimagine your customer and agent experience and reduce operational costs using conversational AI. Let's take a look at this. ## Top challenges associated with contact centers We've been going through some challenging times in the past few years. We just got some stability post-pandemic, and now there are economic factors that are affecting our businesses: continuous global disruption, the threat of economic recession keeps looming, and our customers are expecting better experiences every day. During these times, it’s very important for businesses to be able to sustain. And what we mean by sustain is ensuring that they’re reducing the operational cost while not compromising on the customer experience. And to be able to do so is a very delicate mix that we need to find. Also, if you compromise on your customer experience, that's your brand. The impression of your company, be it good or bad, depends on how you actually serve your customers. That's what we want to talk about more today. But before we actually get into that, let's just take a step back and go through some of the challenges that we face as customers. Aren't we all eagerly waiting to press nine on a call to speak to an agent? It's crazy how we first have to go through that rudimentary part, listen to that music, and then they keep saying, “Your call is important to us.” But is it really important? You're serving all the other customers at this point, and it's taking a long time to get to speak to someone. Getting to speak to someone means you have to go through a long process. And if your query is between Monday to Friday, 8 pm-5 pm, you’re good, but if not, you're out of luck. Customer experiences are primarily very important, but agent experience also counts for your businesses. Your agents are overwhelmed with the surge in call volumes day in and day out, and your average handle time is increasing on a daily basis. Looking for information and responding to the same questions over and over again exhausts the agents, and you as an organization or a business also have to go through a lot of training and onboarding costs to get these agents. But at the same time, there's a huge turnover rate that you have to keep going through. Employees are trying to understand how we can automate the processes. Where do we start? What are the right touch points for us to get started? To be able to do so, we also have to make data-driven decisions. How can we leverage what exists already to get actionable insights to keep going? And from an organizational standpoint, we all want to cut the cost of our contact center, which is ever-increasing due to huge turnover rates, agents leaving, hiring, onboarding, and all of that. So, these are some of the challenges that we're all facing. ## How Quantiphi enhances contact center operations I quickly want to introduce you to total experience, as we call it, which is a sum total of not just focusing on customer experience, but also thinking about all the people that constitute your business today. These are the employees, the agents, the affiliates, the vendors, etc. All of this combined leads to total experience and also ensures that you’re providing a multi-channel experience, not just limiting it to one channel, but to multiple omnichannel experiences. It's a loop; your agents and your employees are happy, so your customers are also happy. Your customer experience cannot do without the other experiences, which is why it’s a total experience. How do we do this? A customer calls and speaks to a virtual agent first, and then the call gets transferred. Then the live agent comes in. But even the live agent is getting assistance with AI-assisted responses. But I'm just going to break down the solution in a more graphical way. The experience for your customer remains the same. With the input, which could be in the form of chat, voice, or email, they still reach out to your organization in the same fashion. What we do in the background is integrate with your existing contact center platform. This could be Genesis, Avaya, or whichever ones you use. In case you don't have one or you want to move to another one, we also provide an end-to-end contact center as a service (CCaaS) platform as well, which is in the form of a Google Cloud Contact Centre AI platform. That experience remains the same in the sense that they still reach out on the same number of the same channel. We integrate with that, and in the background, we use Google's Dialogflow, which is the conversational code that actually provides the best NLU capabilities to be able to interpret and provide a response and get back to the customer. But how do we train these virtual agents? You need a corpus of data to go back and analyze why people are calling. Take all your historical call recordings and your metadata from whichever CRM tool you use today. We perform topic modeling. We have a bunch of machine learning models that we use to gain insights as to why people are calling, what their sentiment is, and how agents are responding, stuff like that. Based on that, we’ll then create a roadmap for you and start training the virtual agent on those high-impact use cases that can actually drive containment and also lead to resolution. This is also integrated with any back-end systems that you use. It could be Salesforce or ServiceNow. It could be Epic for healthcare or LMS for an education company. We integrate with your system so that there are dynamic responses as well. And that's how the virtual agent is then built. The virtual agent is then capable of handling queries that are coming in, and can also resolve those queries firsthand. There's the first call resolution that happens. But there will always be times when there is some level of human in the loop that’s needed. Let's say a virtual agent hasn’t solved a particular query or they can't handle a certain intent. That’s when we need to transfer to a live agent. There's a seamless transfer that can happen to the live agent as well. And while that transfer is happening, we ensure that we equip the live agents with the transcription between the virtual agent and the customer. They start off from wherever the virtual agent left off, and the customer won’t have to repeat themselves again. With the transcript, there’s also Agent Assist in the background that listens to the conversation and provides real-time recommendations. The recommendations keep popping up, and then towards the end, there's a conversation summary that can be created. That conversation summarization is one of the key components of Agent Assist, and it can also automate the after-call work that your agents need to do with respect to going back and adding those case notes on your CRM tools. This solution can reduce your average handle time drastically. Hypothetically, about five minutes can come down to between two and two and a half minutes, so you end up saving a lot of time on those calls. You can cater to more customers and agent productivity increases. And all of this can have a functional layer of insights running in the background, which can just keep generating insights. It's not just insights with respect to how your contact center was performing before, but even how it’s performing now that you've implemented this technology. Are we seeing the right containment? Are we seeing the average handle time going down? And then there's also a feedback loop mechanism. Once the virtual agent has been trained, deployed, and it's live, you’ll also get to know why people are calling and what queries aren’t getting handled, and that's when the feedback loop comes in. We keep training it over and over again, based on whatever insights we generate. This is how we do it with Quantiphi and Google Cloud’s technology combined. We provide engineering services, virtual agents, Agent Assist, and insights. We also provide a cloud-native platform that you can use in case you want a holistic solution and an end-to-end platform that can do all of this. And any custom NLU that’s needed for your organization to actually train it on your industry jargon, that’s also something that can happen. So, those are some of the services we provide. ## Total experience transformation success stories Since we've been doing this for so long, we've already worked with about 125+ customers and done about 200+ implementations. We've gathered a lot of knowledge as to how the market works and what people are looking for. Based, on this, we’ve productized some of these offerings. We’ve built out some industry-focused, pre-built virtual agent templates that can quickly help you get started on those high-impact, prominent use cases for your industry. And then you can continue to build upon those to customize it for your business. Gatekeeper connectors are some of the productized modules that we have within Quantiphi that we use to connect it with your integration points, which basically are the back-end systems that you use today. We also have some connectors that are readily available to be able to do so. And then we've built out the insights and analytics framework which has all the standard KPIs that you want to see to measure the performance. While we're doing all of this, we’re making sure that we also provide advisory services throughout, ensuring that when a customer wants to get started, and when they want to make an assessment of where they stand in terms of customer experience maturity, we help them understand the stage from a maturity assessment standpoint. We also help them understand how you can get started on this transformation roadmap with ROI analysis. We also perform that. And once the technology has been deployed and it’s being used by your agents, one very important aspect is ensuring that the employees are also getting a hang of the technology because you suddenly introduced something, and things could just go haywire. How do they adapt to that? How do we go through an organizational change management process which leads to the right steps and processes that we need to take so that the adoption of the technology is being maximized to its best potential? That's a bit about how we do it, but for your organization, if you want to get started from a total experience transformation standpoint, what we recommend you do first is select those KPIs that actually matter to your business. What’s the business value that you want to drive? You start off with that first. It could be from a customer experience standpoint, reducing operational costs, or agent productivity. You select those KPIs first that you want to solve. You even put a measure to it. Currently, let's say my IVR containment rate is about 10%. How do I get it to 40% in the next four months? So, that's how you set the business problem first. And then we help you get started with the key aspects that you need to consider to be able to start doing this. Which channel do you want to consider? Is it chat? Is it voice? Is it email? What industry solutions are already there in the market that can be leveraged, and what is it that you want to customize? What integration points do you need with your current systems? For example, if I want to do a password reset or customer authentication, I have to integrate with a CRM tool. Does it have the right API endpoints? The other one is privacy and compliance issues that we all have to think about while we're building these solutions. What’s the scale at which you want to do this? You look at your call volume and average handle time, and then you can select the department that you want to tackle. You start first with one department or one channel, you maximize the potential of that, and then you keep growing. But starting is what’s important. And that's what we wanted to touch upon here. Now, I also want to put this into perspective a little bit with some real-life examples of what we've done with some of our other customers. The State of Illinois is one such customer that actually made sure they made good use of the crisis. As they say, never let a crisis go to waste. So, when the pandemic hit, there was an unprecedented surge of unemployment claims, and everybody wanted to claim their benefits. There was a huge surge in call volume, but the agents were practicing social distancing. Supply and demand became an issue, of course. At that point, we built out a virtual agent within two weeks, and first deployed it on their website in the form of chat that was first taking in all these unemployment-related questions. Then it actually started performing claiming unemployment benefits as well. We then took it live in the next two weeks on voice. It was an omnichannel solution, and it catered to about 3.2 million inquiries handled in the first two weeks itself. The State of Illinois estimated annual savings of 100 million dollars just through this virtual agent, and 40,000 after-hours calls were answered per night. Whenever the agents weren’t available, there were still calls that were getting handled. That's a little bit about the State of Illinois and how we did it with them. Another success story would be with an insurance company where they had rudimentary, IVR retirement-related queries, etc. But the step that we did with them was we actually took a very strategic and systematic approach to how we wanted to solve this problem. We first started off with insights. We first figured out why people were calling, and how their current contact center’s performing today. Then we built out the virtual agent by identifying those touch points. And that's how the virtual agent was built to address all these retirement-related issues. We saw a 40% increase in call containment, a reduction in average handle time by three minutes, and estimated savings of about 50%. We integrated with their Genesis system as well, and currently, we're also doing Agent Assist. After we've handled the automation aspect from a customer standpoint, we're now moving to agent productivity. All of this is great, but our favorite, and our hot topic of this year, is about generative AI, and how generative AI is paving the way we do things for a better future, especially in the conversational AI domain and how we interact. ## Baioniq: The regenerative platform for responsible and ethical AI Late last year, when ChatGPT was launched, we were introduced and exposed to generative AI models called large language models (LLMs). Although they already existed before, they came to light because of ChatGPT. Now it's changing the way we do things and companies need to start adopting this. But for organizations to adopt this at an enterprise level, there's a good, bad, and an ugly side to it. Let's talk about that a bit. The good is, of course, that they’re generative. They're problem solvers, human-like, and low-effort as well. But there's a bad side to it, especially from an enterprise standpoint - the responses aren’t factually correct. For example, it can talk about DNA computing, but DNA computing doesn’t actually exist. Because generative AI kind of hallucinates and it can generate any kind of response, it picked up DNA and computing and just created its own response which is factually incorrect. But still, it provided a response. That’s dangerous. But what’s ugly and even more dangerous than this is when you ask questions that can actually cause harm to humans or lead to malpractices. For example, you can ask a question about how to make a Molotov cocktail, which is dangerous, but it still gives a response. You can't control how these LLMs are behaving or what kind of responses they're generating, and that actually brings us to just summarise the drawbacks that we face with LLMs at an enterprise level. From a customer standpoint, it’s fine. All of us are using ChatGPT, we get great responses, everything's great. We decide what we take. But from an enterprise standpoint, you don't want to take the risk of customers asking anything and there are any kinds of responses that are getting generated. It's not trained on your proprietary data. It’s built on all of this data that you don't control, especially the ones that are publicly available. And there’s a lack of control over your output. It can hallucinate and generate any kind of response. You never know what it gives. The task-specific training needs are another element that’s very important for enterprises. It needs to have domain knowledge, it needs to have a sense of why people are reaching out, and it should be able to have the business logic that’s integrated with your current business. And the other is, of course, data privacy and security measures that all enterprises have to take into account. With these challenges, although we want to leverage generative AI and large language models in our enterprises, this becomes a hindrance. And what I'm going to talk about next is how we can overcome these challenges and still leverage generative AI, but the ones that are enterprise-ready. This is Baioniq, our enterprise regenerative AI platform: 💡 **Baioniq is the AI platform you can trust and scale to unlock the value of unstructured data and make it instantly accessible while converting it into actionable knowledge to drive quantifiable outcomes and increase productivity for your knowledge workers.Unlike standard generative AI and large language models that come with gaps like factual inconsistencies, lack of enterprise-specific domain understanding, and potential misalignment, with responsible AI principles, Baioniq is raising the standard by helping enterprises get AI right.Baioniqperforms domain adaptation of LLMs on organizations’ proprietary data to ensure that generative responses are specific to their unique domains. Baioniq performs instruction fine-tuning on LLMs on a broad range of enterprise-specific tasks.Baioniq generates responses while maintaining reference ability to the source of truth. Baioniqadheres to responsible and ethical AI principles by continuously filtering out unwanted responses through reinforcement learning.Baioniq honors human centricity and responsible AI because, at the core, these values are fundamentally and fully aligned with the values of quantifying as the marginal cost of intelligence goes down.The economics of generative AI will become increasingly favorable. With Baioniq, you can maximize the full potential of LLMs and generative AI to increase enterprise productivity.* You can use any of your proprietary data sources and integrate Baioniq with it. You can use any of your generative AI large language models that exist in the essence of it, but on top of it to ensure that it’s getting the right domain knowledge, You can use your propriety data sources, you can integrate it with something called Compositor, and we have certain modules within Baioniq also. That's the integration layer that can integrate with any of your propriety data sources and pull in the information from there. The other aspect is having the foundation model repository, this is where any of your large language models that exist today can come into play. Then there is some domain expertise that you need to add. That’s the section where we have calibrate that does that. And then comes the library or the warehouse of prompts. Any kind of prompt engineering that you need to do can also be automated through that aspect. How do we have an interface that puts all of this into perspective? And how do you actually want to use it? What's the consumption layer for your customers? It could be in the form of enterprise search, it could be chatting through text, it could be voice, or it could also just be using RPA. That's where Blink comes into play, where we have modularity connectors that actually decide the consumption layer. ## Summary Baioniq and generative AI in general helps you increase your knowledge and workers’ productivity. The essence of using generative AI is not to replace humans. Humans that use AI are replacing humans that don't use AI. So, it's just changing the way we do things. It's making it smarter and more economical as well. What you could do in months of building all of these solutions, now you can build it in days or even in a few minutes for that matter. It's very important for organizations to leverage this technology to stand out in the market and make sure that all of these things that we discussed today, especially from an operating cost standpoint, we're able to use that and leverage such technology. ### Mastering data clustering: Your comprehensive guide to K-means and K-means++ URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/mastering-data-clustering-your-comprehensive-guide-to-k-means-and-k-means/ Last updated: 2026-04-22T10:40:35.000Z ## What is K-means clustering? K-means clustering is an unsupervised [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) algorithm used for clustering or grouping similar data points together in a dataset. It’s a partitioning algorithm that divides the data into non-overlapping clusters, where each data point belongs to a single cluster. K-means clustering aims to minimize the sum of squared distances between each data point and its assigned centroid. --- Before you dive in, can you spare a few minutes to share your expertise in generative AI and help shape the industry? --- ## Theory — How does it work? **Step 1.** First, we need to decide the value of K, which is the number of clusters we want to create. The value of K can be decided either randomly or by using some method like Elbow or Silhouette. **Step 2.** Next, we randomly select K points from the dataset to act as initial centroids for each cluster. **Step 3\.** We then calculate the Euclidean distance between each data point and the centroids and assign the data point to the nearest centroid, creating K clusters. **Step 4\.** After assigning all data points to their nearest centroid, we update each centroid’s location by computing the mean of all the data points assigned to that centroid. **Step 5\.** We repeat steps 3 and 4 until the algorithm converges, which means that the centroids no longer move or the improvement in the sum of squared distances between data points and their assigned centroid becomes insignificant. ## How does the code work? **Import the necessary libraries:** 💡 import numpy as npimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt **Generate or load your data into a numpy array:** 💡 X = np.random.rand(100, 2) \* 2plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show() ![Numpy array](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-20512ee0-3470-45d7-a234-9a9641c04098.png) **Choose the number of clusters, K, and initialize the centroids randomly:** 💡 K = 7centroids = X\[np.random.choice(len(X), K, replace=False)\]plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.scatter(centroids\[:, 0\], centroids\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200,linewidths=3, color='r')plt.show() ![Choose the number of clusters, K, and initialize the centroids randomly](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-bf84c350-c260-4a08-b04e-d23e74870038.png) 💡 while True: # Assign data points to the nearest centroid distances = np.sqrt(((X - centroids\[:,np.newaxis\])\*\*2).sum(axis=2)) labels = np.argmin(distances, axis=0) # Calculate new centroids new\_centroids = np.array(\[X\[labels == i\].mean(axis=0) for i in range(K)\]) # Check for convergence if np.all(centroids == new\_centroids):Break # Update centroids centroids = new\_centroidsplt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\], c=labels)plt.scatter(centroids\[:, 0\], centroids\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.show() ![Successfully clustered data](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-a376e7cb-6ec5-408d-b1d5-27f36a6b7691.png) So, here we can see that data have been clustered successfully. ## Limitations of K means algorithm 1. K means clustering is sensitive to initial centroid selection. The algorithm may converge to a suboptimal solution if the initial centroids are not selected appropriately. 2. K means clustering is sensitive to outliers. 3. K means clustering is sensitive to the value of K. If K is not chosen correctly, it may give suboptimal clusters. This is a very basic explanation of K-means clustering. The original algorithm will have a more detailed implementation. This post is to help readers get started with K-means in a very easy way. ## K-means++: The next-generation clustering algorithm for efficient data segmentation ## What is K-means ++ K-means++ is an improvement on the standard K-means clustering algorithm. Like K-means, it is an unsupervised learning algorithm used to group similar data points together based on their similarity. The goal of K-means++ is to initialize the cluster centers in a more intelligent way than the random initialization used by K-means, which can lead to suboptimal results. ## How does K-means++ work? Here are the main steps of the K-means++ algorithm: **Step 1\.** Initialize the first cluster center by randomly selecting one data point from the dataset. **Step 2.** For each data point not yet chosen as a cluster center, compute the distance between the point and the nearest cluster center. **Step 3\.** Select the next cluster center from the remaining data points with probability proportional to the distance squared to the nearest cluster center. This ensures that the new center is far away from existing centers. This helps to ensure that the initial cluster centers are well spread out across the dataset, and not clustered in a single region. This in turn can lead to more accurate clustering results, as the initial cluster centers can greatly influence the final clustering result. **Step 4\.** Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all K cluster centers have been initialized. Proceed with the standard K-means algorithm to assign data points to clusters and update cluster centers until convergence. By initializing the cluster centers in a more intelligent way, K-means++ is less likely to get stuck in a suboptimal solution and can lead to better clustering results. ## How the code works Let's create some random points and plot them: 💡 import numpy as npimport matplotlib.pyplot as pltX = np.random.rand(100, 2) \* 2plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show() ![Random plotted points](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-a41281aa-4cc8-4963-9cbc-14941c979979.png) **Step 1: Initialize the first cluster center by randomly selecting one data point from the dataset.** 💡 \# Generate some random dataimport numpy as npX = np.random.randn(100, 2)# Initialize the first cluster center by randomly selecting one data point from the datasetcenter\_indices = np.random.choice(len(X), size=1)centers = X\[center\_indices\]# Lets plot the initial Clusterplt.scatter(centers\[:, 0\], centers\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show() ![ Initialize the first cluster center by randomly selecting one data point from the dataset](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-2b29e026-4ea7-4c7d-8437-a1c75bf964ac.png) **Step 2: For each data point not yet chosen as a cluster center, compute the distance between the point and the nearest cluster center.** 💡 \# Compute the distances between each data point and the nearest cluster centerdistances = np.sqrt(((X - centers\[:,np.newaxis\])\*\*2).sum(axis=2))min\_distances = distances.min(axis=0) **Step 3: Select the next cluster center from the remaining data points with probability proportional to the distance squared to the nearest cluster center.** 💡 \# Select the next cluster center with probability proportional to the distance squared to the nearest cluster centerprobs = min\_distances\*\*2 / np.sum(min\_distances\*\*2)center\_index = np.random.choice(np.arange(len(X)), p=probs)#Lets plot again and check the clustersplt.scatter(centers\[:, 0\], centers\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show() ![Select the next cluster center from the remaining data points with probability proportional to the distance squared to the nearest cluster center](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-0c97bfcf-3001-4fb5-bc79-e53937dd875c.png) **Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all K cluster centers have been initialized.** 💡 \# Initialize K-means++ clustering algorithm with 3 clustersk = 3centers = X\[np.random.choice(len(X), size=1)\]#Lets plot again and check the clustersplt.scatter(centers\[:, 0\], centers\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show()while len(centers) < k: distances = np.sqrt(((X - centers\[:,np.newaxis\])\*\*2).sum(axis=2)) min\_distances = distances.min(axis=0) probs = min\_distances\*\*2 / np.sum(min\_distances\*\*2) center\_index = np.random.choice(np.arange(len(X)), p=probs) centers = np.vstack(\[centers, X\[center\_index\]\])#Lets plot again and check the clustersplt.scatter(centers\[:, 0\], centers\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.show() ![Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all K cluster centers have been initialized](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-9bfe3fd1-ecc0-4054-81d1-e2d851365449.png) ![Initialising K cluster centers](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-f0984828-9bc4-4e06-bd16-3f34ca3467db.png) ![Initialising K cluster centers](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-8e4cccef-1014-4e85-b88c-6bf91370ee5c.png) In this step, we repeat steps 2 and 3 until all K cluster centers have been initialized. We first set the number of clusters to k. We then initialize the first cluster center as described in step 1\. We use a while loop to repeat steps 2 and 3 until len(centers) equals k. **Step 5: Proceed with the standard K-means algorithm to assign data** 💡 cnt = 0centroids = Nonewhile True and cnt < 10:cnt = cnt +1# Initialize the first cluster center by randomly selecting one data point from the datasetcenter\_indices = np.random.choice(len(X), size=1)centers = X\[center\_indices\]# Calculate new centroidswhile len(centers) < k:distances = np.sqrt(((X - centers\[:,np.newaxis\])\*\*2).sum(axis=2))min\_distances = distances.min(axis=0)probs = min\_distances\*\*2 / np.sum(min\_distances\*\*2)center\_index = np.random.choice(np.arange(len(X)), p=probs)centers = np.vstack(\[centers, X\[center\_index\]\])# Check for convergenceif centroids is not None and np.all(centroids == centers):break# Update centroidscentroids = centers#Plot the new clustersplt.scatter(X\[:, 0\], X\[:, 1\])plt.scatter(centroids\[:, 0\], centroids\[:, 1\], marker='x', s=200, linewidths=3, color='r')plt.show() ![Proceed with the standard K-means algorithm to assign data](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/data-src-image-6f82c83f-4148-4b82-b275-b95bbcf78f01.png) ## Cons of K-means++ While K-means++ is a popular and effective clustering algorithm, it is not without its limitations and drawbacks. Here are some of the main cons of K-means++: 1. **Sensitive to initial seed:** Although K-means++ helps to ensure a good initial set of cluster centers, the algorithm is still sensitive to the initial seed or starting point. Different initial seeds can result in different cluster centers and ultimately different clustering results. 2. **Difficulty in determining optimal number of clusters:** K-means++ requires the number of clusters to be specified beforehand. However, determining the optimal number of clusters is not always straightforward and can require trial and error or other methods such as the elbow method or silhouette score. 3. **Prone to local optima:** Like traditional K-means, K-means++ is prone to getting stuck in local optima, which can result in suboptimal clustering results. This can be mitigated by running the algorithm multiple times with different initial seeds and selecting the best result. 4. **Assumes spherical clusters:** K-means++ assumes that clusters are spherical and have a similar size and density. This may not be appropriate for datasets with non-spherical or irregularly shaped clusters. 5. **Can be computationally expensive:** K-means++ can be computationally expensive for large datasets or high-dimensional data. The algorithm requires multiple iterations of computing distances and probabilities, which can be time-consuming for large datasets or high-dimensional data. 6. **Struggles with high dimensional data** Overall, K-means++ is a useful and widely used clustering algorithm, but it is important to be aware of its limitations and potential drawbacks. ## When to use Kmeans++ K-means++ is a good choice when the number of clusters is known or can be estimated beforehand. It’s also a good choice when the data has a clear underlying structure and the clusters are relatively well-separated. K-means is intended to be used when all of your features are numeric. Here are some scenarios where K-means++ can be a good choice: 1. **Image segmentation:** K-means++ can be used for image segmentation, where the goal is to partition an image into different regions based on color or texture. In this case, the number of clusters can be estimated based on the number of distinct regions in the image. 2. **Market segmentation:** K-means++ can be used for market segmentation, where the goal is to identify groups of customers with similar purchasing behavior or preferences. In this case, the number of clusters can be estimated based on the number of distinct customer segments. 3. **Inventory categorization** This is an intuition to K-means ++. The original implementation may be different from this. Stay tuned for more such explanations. ### Artificial intelligence in gaming: Revolutionizing the player experience URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-gaming-revolutionizing-the-player-experience/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:34:01.000Z The application of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) in gaming has come a long way in recent years. It's no longer just about creating tougher, smarter enemies; AI has the power to generate entire worlds, create lifelike non-playable characters (NPCs), and influence how narratives unfold. We live in an exciting era of technology, where the boundaries between human players and AI-controlled elements are continually being blurred, taking the overall gaming experience to an unthinkable new degree of personalization and immersion. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into the applications of AI in gaming, highlighting key advancements and challenges, and how it will continue to shape the future of the industry. Are you ready to level up your understanding of AI in video games? Then let’s get started. ## Applications of AI in gaming ### NPC behavior In most modern games, players are required to interact with pre-programmed non-playable characters. Originally, these characters followed simplistic, predictable patterns, and were easy for players to outsmart in combat. Now, that’s all changed. Today’s AI-powered NPCs are capable of mimicking human-like behavior and learning from other players' actions, adapting their tactics accordingly to create a more realistic gaming experience. NPCs analyze the simulated environment and respond accordingly based on a player’s decisions, game objectives, and context. They can engage in activities such as exploring and trading, and can even function as cooperative teammates. In a combat scenario, NPCs can evaluate a player's strengths and weaknesses and react in real time, making the game more challenging than ever. In role-playing games, NPCs can also engage in complex dialogues based on a player's decisions. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) NPCs that are powered by natural language processing (NLP) and voice recognition technologies can understand a wide range of verbal commands, questions, and responses, and generate contextually relevant replies. This increased level of sophistication creates a more personalized and interactive experience for the game narrative. Many gaming companies use imitation to train NPCs. This massively reduces development time, as the coding of NPC behaviors can usually be an incredibly lengthy process. ### Procedural content generation (PCG) PCG is currently reshaping the way game worlds are designed and experienced by users. PCG refers to the use of algorithms to create game content, such as levels, quests, maps, and characters, rather than relying on manual, pre-designed elements. This has allowed a significant degree of variation and unpredictability and keeps games fresh and exciting for both new and long-time players. By using AI in PCG, developers can not only craft richer, more diverse worlds, they can also streamline the development process to create large-scale, complex environments at an accelerated rate to meet consumer demand. ### Adaptive difficulty Adaptive difficulty is a system used in gaming that analyzes player behavior and adjusts the difficulty of the game in real time to foster more engaging and personalized gaming experiences. These systems monitor and analyze factors such as player skill, response time, strategy, and progression speed, and use the data collected to create a customized difficulty level for each player. For example, if a player is progressing through levels quickly and easily, the AI can increase the difficulty to maintain engagement and ensure the game continues to be challenging enough. Equally, if a player is struggling with the difficulty of the game, AI can be used to make it easier and prevent frustration and rage quitting. The dynamic difficulty adjustment (DDA) facilitated by AI helps developers deliver an optimal balance between challenge and accessibility so that games can be tailored to individual capabilities and preferences. ### Personalized gaming recommendations AI algorithms are also capable of providing personalized game recommendations based on players’ preferences. AI systems analyze a variety of factors such as genre preference, gameplay style, in-game decisions, and feedback on previous games to suggest new ones that align with players’ interests. Additionally, AI can curate content such as missions, challenges, and in-game experiences based on a player's behaviors and decisions. This predictive personalization enhances user engagement by creating an immersive and customized gaming experience that’s relevant and unique to each individual. ### Testing and debugging Automated testing tools can simulate thousands of playthroughs at an accelerated pace to identify bugs, glitches, and balance issues that might not be immediately spotted by the human eye. These AI-enabled debugging tools can efficiently scan through vast amounts of code to spot potential errors and suggest fixes. These processes are not only faster than manual testing, but they can also cover a wider range of potential issues. Automating these labor-intensive and time-consuming tasks allows game developers to focus on more creative work, and produce higher-quality games that can be delivered to the market at a quicker rate. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## The ethical considerations of AI in gaming Despite the many benefits of integrating AI in games, developers must also consider the ethical challenges that arise. AI systems typically rely on user data, which raises concerns about what kind of data is collected, how it’s stored, and who can access it. So, it’s essential that developers be completely transparent about the use of this data, and ensure reliable and robust security measures are put in place to protect information and maintain trust in their consumers. AI-enhanced video games can also increase the risk of addiction. AI adds to the immersive nature of virtual worlds, which may encourage players to spend excessive amounts of time playing. As such, developers should implement time limits or remind players to take regular breaks. It’s also important to consider that as AI grows in sophistication, it may be able to produce content that is offensive or harmful. Game characters may express certain prejudices, use offensive language, or demonstrate violent behaviors. This is a major concern, especially for younger players who are typically more impressionable. Therefore, developers should be careful that the AI-generated content they put out does not promote harmful stereotypes or actions. ## The future of AI in gaming It’s clear that AI has firmly established itself in the modern gaming experience. But what does the future hold for AI and [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) in games? Let’s take a look at the key trends that are emerging. ### Generative AI Generative AI allows developers to produce infinite, ever-changing content. This means that games will continue to feel fresh and exciting, regardless of when they were released. For example, games like Minecraft and No Man’s Sky are ensuring that players never run out of places to discover in their virtual landscapes. Generative AI is also capable of creating more intelligent NPCs and adjusting difficulty levels, narratives, and music in response to gameplay, which keeps games unpredictable and replayable. The use of generative AI will speed up the production of game prototypes, reduce testing time, and require fewer developers. In turn, this might also threaten developers’ jobs. Developers will need generative AI skills to keep up with the industry and secure roles. Generative AI could also cause major copyright issues by using developers’ content without asking permission. Therefore, it’s important that regulations are put in place to avoid developers being replaced, or their work being stolen. ### Cloud-based gaming Cloud-based gaming allows users to play games without having to download or install them. All cloud gaming requires is an internet connection, and it runs the game on remote servers in data centers. You don’t need an expensive gaming PC or console; you can play games remotely on a TV, tablet, or smartphone. With cloud-based gaming, you don’t even need to worry about losing your progress; you can save games halfway through and resume them later on another device. ### NFTs Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are [‘unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated.’](https://www.investopedia.com/non-fungible-tokens-nft-5115211) In the gaming world, NFTs enable in-game economies that allow players to trade and exchange assets to make games feel more rewarding. So, where does AI come in? AI can help developers create more targeted content by analyzing player data to identify what types of assets they might be interested in. This also creates a more personalized experience for players. NFTs can present a potential source of income for those who create skins, maps, and patches for skins. And, as AI continues to enhance the realism and immersion of gaming experiences, it will hopefully open up further opportunities for creators to monetize their digital products. ### AR and VR Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) allow players to explore and interact with virtual worlds in a unique way. With AI, these 3D environments can become even more realistic with the richer details that can be added. AI algorithms can further enhance the performance of AR and VR hardware by improving the tracking accuracy of motion controllers and the functional capabilities of graphic cards, resulting in a more seamless experience for users. ### Voice and audio recognition Voice recognition allows players to control their characters, navigate menus, and interact with other players through speech. This innovative feature means there’s no need for a controller or keyboard, making games more accessible for disabled people and enabling a deeper level of immersion in gameplay. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2022/11/AIAI_Computer_Vision_Landscape_Report_2022_CTA.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-landscape-2022/) ## Conclusion The face of the gaming industry has been transformed significantly through the integration of AI, paving the way for even more dynamic and engaging gaming experiences. AI has proven to be instrumental in accelerating and enhancing game development processes, offering efficiency in testing, debugging, and content creation, which ultimately leads to a faster time-to-market. The future looks bright for artificial intelligence in gaming, showcased through the emergence of NFTs, cloud-based gaming, augmented and virtual reality, and voice recognition technology. All contribute to enriching gameplay and personalized player interactions. However, these advancements aren't without their challenges. Issues related to player privacy, data security, addiction, and other ethical considerations are becoming more prominent and require careful navigation. It's imperative for developers and industry leaders to balance innovation with responsible practice. By doing so, the full potential of AI can be harnessed to craft unique, interactive experiences that cater to the diverse needs of players worldwide. ### An introduction to ethical considerations in artificial intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/an-introduction-to-ethical-considerations-in-artificial/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:34:22.000Z ## What do we mean by “Ethics” in AI? Ethics involves the broader considerations of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) and how it plays a role in society beyond the code. With Data Science holistically being a working capital-hungry, high-risk investment, ensuring AI is deployed without denigrating the rights and freedoms of individuals is key. So, let’s start with a big one that often is brought up: *automation*. ## Ethical considerations: Automation At the very heart, AI is a *tool.* Yes, it’s an incredibly fancy one but it’s a tool. One of the key areas where AI ethics comes into play is *automation*. Recently I’ve written an article *“*[*Is Artificial Intelligence killing creativity?*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-generative-ai-killing-creativity/)*”* which’ll also cover some of my thoughts on this area. If we take the Arts sector, for example, some fear AI will take jobs people have trained for years on: a very valid concern, and it’ll only be a matter of time to see how this pans out. According to the *World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2023,* example jobs likely to see the largest decline are clerical and secretarial roles. In addition, an Accenture paper *“A new era of generative AI for everyone”* predicts approximately 40% of all working hours could be impacted by Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT- 4 (Chat Pre Trained Generative Transformer). This is as a result of those language tasks accounting for 62% of the total time employees work. A key consideration to keep in mind though is machines won’t *just* replace humans: through a combination of augmentation and automation, 65% of the time spent on language tasks could be *transformed* into productivity. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) ## Ethical considerations: Bias We then turn to another key ethical consideration. Bias, whilst not being new, is one of a number of areas to consider with AI systems. I think of bias as an entity wrapped in an invisibility cloak: it can easily intertwine its way through training data (the data we train the system to make decisions on), even if special category data (ie: gender, race) is removed. There’s plenty of research going into bias in AI systems, and as a result, the issue of bias creates an interesting domino effect of how it can occur in a cycle of human decision making which could then seep into system design. With the above in mind, within bias comes the concept of *fairness.* Now this is where things get even more intriguing. Measuring fairness in itself can create barriers. Technical ways of defining fairness have been created, for example, *the requirement of equal predictive value.* In addition, another is to *require models to have an equal false positive and false negatives across groups.* It’s important to note thought that differing definitions of fairness can’t always be simultaneously satisfied. In summary, mitigating bias isn’t just about tuning or changing algorithms. Let’s think about *human-in-the-loop* systems: having humans and machines working together is a powerful combination. Humans being able to select options generated by the system allows for a holistic assessment of how much weighting should be given to a system-generated recommendation, thus in the longer term being useful in increasing both confidence and transparency. ## Ethical considerations: Privacy The last part I’ll cover is in my view the backbone of ethics: privacy. This is an area that can result in a continued tug of war within organizations: respecting the customers' privacy versus using data to enhance their experience to keep them loyal. The UK has some of the toughest privacy laws through the *General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).* With petabytes of data being shared around the world every second, bringing AI into the mix creates murkier waters: a system could identify an individual who originally wasn’t identifiable from the input datasets standpoint. On a separate note, whilst the input data into an AI system may be straightforward the data processing in the “black box” could still reveal unwelcome surprises. Whilst it’s impossible to eliminate the risk completely, completing a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is crucial in both understanding and minimizing these risks. As information sharing increases and AI-based systems become more advanced, AI and privacy will continue to be a long and complex road to navigate. As a result, regulating these systems to ensure they don’t get out of control will be key, and one to watch too. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_5-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/subscribe-to-the-aiai-newsletter/) ## Conclusions In summary, ethics is a fascinating part of a data journey. The rapid rise of ChatGPT has resulted in a paradigm shift in how we think about AI and ethics. Irrespective of whether you’re a startup or a multinational, I can’t emphasize this enough: put ethics at the heart of your data strategy: don’t just launch into the fancy code. ## Bibliography Gordon, C. (n.d.). 2023 Will Be The Year Of AI Ethics Legislation Acceleration. \[online\] Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2022/12/28/2023-will-be the-year-of-ai-ethics-legislation-acceleration/?sh=345d8fade855 \[Accessed 12 May 2023\]. Manyika, J., Silberg, J. and Presten, B. (2019). *What Do We Do About the Biases in AI?* \[online\] Harvard Business Review. Available at: https://hbr.org/2019/10/what-do-we-do about-the-biases-in-ai. A new era of generative AI for everyone. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.accenture.com/ content/dam/accenture/final/accenture-com/document/Accenture-A-New-Era-of Generative-AI-for-Everyone.pdf. Bossmann, J. (2016). *Top 9 ethical issues in artificial intelligence*. \[online\] World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/top-10-ethical-issues-in artificial-intelligence/. ### What are variational autoencoders? And how do they work? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/variational-autoencoders-simply-explained/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T09:31:55.000Z The idea of creativity is often solely associated with humans. Our ability to draw, write, and innovate is rivalled by no other species. It’s what has allowed us to become as advanced as we are today. But soon, we might not be the only ones with the skill of creativity. Computers are catching up, and they’re catching up *fast.* Artificial intelligence (AI) has already given computers the ability to [play Atari games](https://ai.plainenglish.io/deep-q-learning-simply-explained-450c35ac954b) and [write like Shakespeare](https://towardsdatascience.com/writing-like-shakespeare-with-machine-learning-in-pytorch-d77f851d910c). They’ve even been able to create their own music and art. Creating art and composing music takes years for many to master. It requires consistent effort and dedication for a human to become skilled at performing such tasks. *But computers can learn such skills in hours.* It’s remarkable that a computer can learn extremely complex skills in such a short time, but how do they go about doing this? To understand the process, let’s observe how a computer can be taught to create its own handwritten digits. ## **Behold, the Variational Autoencoder!** Imagine conveying the plot of a 500-page fiction novel in ten words. Having to convey so much information in so few words sounds impossible. But computers can perform similar feats relatively easily using **variational autoencoders**! A variational autoencoder, or a VAE for short, is an AI algorithm with two main purposes — encoding and decoding information. Although it isn’t their primary purpose, they can also generate new information using this encoding and decoding ability (more on this later). When encoding information, the VAE maps large amounts of information to smaller representations. This compressed representation of information is called the **latent space** of the VAE, as the original information is hidden in this compressed representation. Considering the example of encoding and decoding images of handwritten numbers, the VAE would take in an image of a handwritten number and compress it into a latent space. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-3.png) An example of how an input image would be decoded. The image of the number is 28px x 28px and thus consists of 784 pixels. The VAE can encode all of the information from the 784 pixels in just ****five numbers.** What’s cool about the VAE, though, is its ability to work backwards. It can reconstruct the original input image by observing the latent space. In other words, the VAE *decodes* the latent space to reconstruct the input. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-4.png) The VAE can recognize the information stored in the latent space and use it to reconstruct the original image. It can thus work backwards. Being able to condense and reconstruct images is super cool, but not easy to do. The VAE has to teach itself how to properly map from an input image to a latent space. Because they’re really good at learning such mappings, we typically train an AI algorithm called a **neural network** to work as a VAE. ## **A Brief Introduction to Neural Networks** A neural network is really good at identifying patterns from [data](https://becominghuman.ai/ai-fail-to-popularize-and-scale-chatbots-we-need-better-data-88ed005724f6). It’s typically visualized as a series of interconnected circles called **nodes.** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-5.png) Sample neural network architecture. [Source](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9jzpy.jpg) Each column of nodes is collectively referred to as a **layer.** Information usually enters a neural network through the leftmost layer, which is called the **input layer**. The information then gets passed to the middle layer, or **hidden layer**. More hidden layers in a neural network allow for the algorithm to learn more complex patterns in the input [data](https://becominghuman.ai/roadmap-to-data-scientist-b1dcb17896e7). After using the hidden layers to identify these complex patterns, a final **output layer** returns the neural network’s findings. The way in which the input, output, and hidden layers are arranged is referred to as the neural network’s **architecture.** Different architectures can allow neural networks to perform different tasks. Because our VAE is created to encode and decode information, it requires a very specific neural network architecture to function. ## **Constructing the VAE** The VAE’s architecture consists of two parts — the encoder and decoder. The encoder is utilized for mapping the input to a latent space, while the decoder maps the latent space back to the original input. Because the decoder is used to reconstruct input information, it’s built as the exact opposite of the encoder. Putting the encoder and decoder together makes the VAE’s signature bowtie-like shape. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-6.png) The architecture of the VAE. The left side layers form the encoder while the right-hand layers are used for the decoder. The latent space rests in between these two parts. [Source](https://www.topbots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cover%5FVAE%5Fintuitively%5Fweb.jpg) However, in the VAE, the encoder doesn’t directly map to the latent space. Rather, it first uses the input data to output two quantities called *mu (*the u symbol)and *sigma* (the o symbol). ## **Mu and Sigma** Let’s say we have two images of the number 7, both of which are fed to the VAE’s encoder. The latent spaces of both of these images should theoretically be similar, as both images contain the number 7. Surprisingly, though, that’s not the case. Visualizing encodings of handwritten number images showcases this phenomenon. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-7.png) The encodings of various images of handwritten digits. Each point represents an encoding of a single image. The color denotes the handwritten number that was in the encoded image. [Source](https://thilospinner.com/towards-an-interpretable-latent-space/images/distribution%5FAE.png) Notice how scattered the encodings of the same numbers are. The points are quite distant from each other. This is bad news for our VAE. The VAE’s encoder should give similar encodings to similar images. By doing this, the VAE’s decoder can more accurately reconstruct the original image from the latent space. If one specific encoding is generated per input image, however, the VAE’s decoder will get overwhelmed. It’s like trying to memorize the exact definitions of a million different words; the decoder cannot possibly learn how to deal with millions of specific encodings — the more general, the better. To ensure that the decoder doesn’t have this problem, the VAE utilizes mu and sigma. Think of mu and sigma as the VAE’s way of creating more general encodings. Utilizing mu and sigma allows for two distinct images of the number 6 to have similar encodings. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-8.png) Two images of the number 6 encoded with mu and sigma. Notice how similar the latent spaces are. With mu and sigma, similar images get similar latent spaces. The generality of the encodings with mu and sigma can be seen when visualizing various latent spaces. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-9.png) The encodings of various images of handwritten numbers. Each dot represents an encoding of a single image. The color denotes what handwritten digit was in the original image. [Source](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/38730/what-mu-and-sigma-vector-really-mean-in-vae) Now, images of the same numbers have encodings that are clustered together. The decoder won’t have to undergo the monumental task of learning how to decode millions of specific encodings. But, unfortunately, the VAE isn’t created with the ability to create a meaningful mu and sigma that can successfully create more general encodings. It can’t even properly decode a latent space. Our VAE needs to train itself to efficiently perform these tasks. ## **Training the VAE** Every AI needs a way to critique itself. This includes our VAE; it cannot improve without knowing how to improve. To understand its mistakes and figure out how to improve itself, an AI uses a mathematical function called the **loss function**. Thus, our VAE needs a loss function in order to learn how to properly function. It employs a very specific kind of loss function called the **reconstruction loss.** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-10.png) The original image is encoded into the latent space, which is then decoded to create a reconstructed image. The reconstruction loss measures the difference between the original and reconstructed image. The reconstruction loss measures the difference between an original image and a reconstructed image. A higher reconstruction loss corresponds to a higher lack of quality in the reconstructed image. By aiming to minimize the reconstruction loss, the VAE can understand why its reconstructed images are missing the mark. With this knowledge, the VAE can tweak itself and flawlessly reconstruct input images! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-11.png) Reconstruction loss can be calculated with a formula like the ****mean squared error**, which compares the pixel-for-pixel similarity between the original and reconstructed image. Y corresponds to the input image while ỹ corresponds to the reconstructed image. However, the reconstruction loss does not help with learning a better mu and sigma. Improving these quantities requires the use of an additional equation called the **Kullback-Leibler Divergence,** or KL-Divergence, which is used to learn a mu and sigma that can effectively create more general latent spaces. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-12.png) The formula for the KL-Divergence. Using mu (the u symbol) and sigma (the o symbol), the KL-Divergence can judge the efficacy of the VAE’s current mu and sigma. With the feedback from the KL-Divergence, the VAE tweaks its mu and sigma to get better latent spaces. Armed with the KL-Divergence and the reconstruction loss, the VAE is ready to learn! Here’s what the final training process would look like if we wanted to train a VAE to encode and decode images: - The VAE first takes in an input image, which it encodes into a mu and sigma. - The mu and sigma are combined to create a latent space. - The VAE uses its decoder to reconstruct the input image from the latent space. - The reconstruction loss and KL-Divergence are calculated using the reconstructed image, input image, mu, and sigma. - Using the reconstruction loss and KL-Divergence values, the VAE slightly tweaks its encoder, decoder, mu, and sigma. This process occurs repeatedly; the VAE encodes and decodes thousands of images, continually improving itself until, eventually, the VAE becomes really good at encoding and decoding images. ## **Generating New Handwritten Numbers With the VAE** While it may seem that the VAE’s sole purpose is for encoding and decoding data, it can also be used to create new data! Because the VAE is good at decoding general latent spaces, it can actually decode random latent spaces as well. Picking random numbers for a latent space and feeding them to the VAE’s decoder gives some pretty interesting results! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-13.png) An example of the output of a random latent space. The generated image will sometimes be fuzzy or even incomprehensible due to the use of a random latent space. You never know what kind of image the VAE will create! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/05/image-14.png) A bunch of different generated images! Some look really clear while others are, well, questionable. With the VAE, computers can begin to create their own handwritten numbers. And this is only the start. VAEs are beginning to express their creativity further, performing feats like creating their own clothes. Computers are becoming increasingly creative, and VAEs are playing a big role in furthering that creativity. ### What is Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE)? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-is-googles-search-generative-experience/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:34:49.000Z Following the launch of the new OpenAI-powered Bing in February, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, said he wanted the world to know that they [“made Google dance”](https://fortune.com/2023/02/10/microsoft-ai-search-bing-compete-google-satya-nadella-made-them-dance/). Fast forward a few months, and it’s safe to say that Google – the proverbial 800 lb gorilla – now has its dancing shoes firmly on. At its recent [I/O conference](https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-io-2023-keynote-sundar-pichai/#ai-products), Google finally unveiled how it plans to incorporate generative AI into its core search offering. In short, the search giant is going all in on AI – and the way we discover and access information online is set to fundamentally change. ### What will the future of search look like? Google has taken the radical step of incorporating [generative AI](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-generative-ai-killing-creativity/) into the most valuable real estate on the internet: its search engine results page (SERP). In the near future, users will be provided with “AI snapshot” responses to their queries, rather than wading through snippets, FAQs, and links. These snapshots will provide high-level answers and overviews, while suggesting further reading for users who want to dive deeper into the subject. Google calls this new-look search interface an “integrated search results page”. ![Screenshot of google search page of query about what's better for a family of three going to the grand canyon](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/IOM_BryceCanyon_Desktop_Launch.width-1000.format-webp.webp) In practice, Google is attempting to use generative AI to help users resolve their queries more efficiently. Suppose you have a specific, complex question, or a query that involves a comparison. Instead of breaking your search up into a series of smaller queries, Google’s new generative AI capabilities will do the heavy lifting for you, providing a more complete answer instantly. Under the AI snapshot, users will be presented with the option to ask a follow-up question, or select from a series of suggested prompts. Selecting any of these options will take the user away from the integrated results page, and into “conversational mode” – something more reminiscent of [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/) or [Bard](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/chatgpt-vs-bard-what-are-the-top-key-differences/). Google’s [Search Generative Experience (SGE)](https://www.revenuemarketingalliance.com/seo-2-0-how-to-adapt-to-the-future-of-search/) is a fundamental departure from the “10 blue links” model that has become synonymous with search for the past two decades. ### Will all queries be answered by AI? Not every query type will be part of Google’s Search Generative Experience. “Your money, your life” (YMYL) queries are off-limits for now, as are queries related to medicine and civic information. Google has made it clear that they’re holding this new search experience to “an even higher standard when it comes to generating responses about certain queries where information quality is critically important.” But where Google expects its Search Generative Experience to add real value is in the realm of “No One Right Answer” (NORA) queries that go beyond basic informational search. Take the example of planning a three-day trip to New York. You can find restaurants, book hotels, check museum opening times, buy theater tickets, and plan journeys yourself – but that takes dozens of individual searches, and involves visiting just as many websites. But within the SGE, Google will be able to provide the user with an itinerary, formed through the completion of multiple, disparate searches that are synthesized into a single answer. ### PaLM 2: Google’s new LLM All of this has been made possible by [the arrival of PaLM 2](https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-palm-2-ai-large-language-model/), Google’s newest large language model, a development aimed specifically at enhancing its AI chatbots and other text-related services. This advanced LLM has been trained across an expansive set of over 100 languages, and showcases exceptional abilities in coding, mathematics, and creative writing. Google revealed that there are actually four distinct versions of PaLM, with the most compact variant, named "Gecko", specifically designed to function on mobile devices. PaLM 2 signifies the continuation of Google's work on the original PaLM model from 2022, and PaLM-E, a multimodal model, launched earlier this year. Google has also developed a specialized LLM for the medical field, known as Med-PaLM 2, aimed at providing accurate responses to medical queries. Google shared that this system achieved an impressive 85% accuracy rate on the US Medical Licensing Examination. While the incorporation of AI in the medical field raises substantial ethical considerations, Google anticipates that Med-PaLM could potentially identify medical conditions from image analysis, such as X-rays. ### Has Google retaken the initiative in the AI wars? Search is only one theater in the battle for AI supremacy – but it’s a big one. The introduction of the Search Generative Experience has certainly helped to dispel any concerns that Google was losing in the application of generative AI. The 800 lb gorilla might be slow, but it’s still the market leader – and SGE will likely be enough to secure its supremacy over Bing for the time being. ### 4 ways to implement real change through artificial intelligence URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-ways-to-implement-real-change-through-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2025-07-07T15:57:45.000Z *This talk was presented at AI Accelerator Summit San Jose 2023\. To watch more insightful talks by AI experts, sign up for our membership and go* [*OnDemand*](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/aiai-ondemand/)*.* Hi, I’m Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, and todayI'm going to talk about getting real change from artificial intelligence. What I'm hoping people can leave with, and what I'm hoping to see in this world, is that we can take healthcare, or just about anything which is deeply, deeply broken, add the power of artificial intelligence, and improve lives. The purpose of this talk is for me to share my experience in doing that, or trying to do that. There have been mostly failures, but there's also been a smatter of successes in there over the past 15 years. The first thing to remember is that this is actually important work, whether you're in healthcare or outside of healthcare. People don't get the care that they need. Now, whether that's because they're not getting the healthcare they need, or because they're busy doing things that don't give meaning to their lives, that's really where we can make a difference. We've all seen people needlessly suffer. I know I have. And I think we all miss the people who are no longer in our lives. And I think we want to anchor everything that we do back to having some purpose. My promise to you is that I'm going to share four things that I've learned from screwing things up over the past 15 years, with some successes in there. And with that, I hope that you're able to turn what I have, which are big, geeky dreams, into life-saving differences. ## Deeply understand the problem An effective solution starts with a deep understanding of the problem from multiple perspectives. I do a lot of consulting for pre-seed, to seed, to start-up, to the big four tech companies when they're getting into healthcare, and how to make a difference. And the biggest problem that I’ve noticed is not understanding the problem. So I understand the problem with not understanding the problem at least. Let's take a scenario. The problem may not initially be apparent, so let's go into that problem and then figure out how we can do even better than what’s on the surface and what's being done currently. Let's say a friend and his son went to buy a car. That's a pretty good target for an AI. You go into the car dealership and say, “I want a car.” And you try and make it as quick as possible to go from, “I want a car,” to, “I have a car.” You can automate a lot of the processes: the financing, the loan, the car selection, and all the paperwork. That's a typical consumer experience. The goal is to go from “I want,” to, “I have,” as quickly and easily as possible. But I actually think there are a lot of areas of our society where that's not really what we want to do. And I think this is a place where we can maybe move the needle forward a little bit. In this case, the person wanted the car, and he got the car. But did he *need* that car? In that consumer model, we assume that ‘want’ is the same as ‘need.’ Is this an opportunity where we can actually intervene to say, “Is that *really* what you really, really want?” [![Image of range vintage car parked sideways on the street](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/dan-gold-N7RiDzfF2iw-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-ways-to-implement-real-change-through-artificial-intelligence) I think if *I* went into a car dealership, and the car dealer had some magic crystal ball, and they said, “That's not the right car for this kid of yours, what he really needs is one from our special scratch and dent collection, and maybe one of these with a good tailwind and a nice downhill. It gets up to 65\. It’s the perfect car for him,” I think I'd be pretty pissed off actually. On the other hand, it could actually avoid some tragedy and is probably correct. So how do we intervene in a way that empathizes with the consumer and yet actually gets them to where they want and need? Well, in healthcare, that's exactly what I have to do a lot. I'm a physician. This isn’t an unusual scenario. Say you have a 16-year-old boy who has abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He comes into my emergency department and his parents want a CT scan. Why? Because they searched on Google, WebMD, or ChatGPT and it said he has appendicitis. It sounds like I'm blaming tech, but otherwise, it's the mother-in-law or someone else who says he has appendicitis. Someone always does. But what do the parents really want? Do they want a CT scan? Or do they actually just want the kid to feel better? Maybe that's what it is. Or maybe they feel really anxious that there's something wrong with their child, and they're actually trying to get rid of that anxious feeling they have and they just need reassurance. So, in this case, what someone states they want, and what they really need, are very different. I think that's glaring in healthcare, which is why so much of the consumerized tech fails in healthcare. But I actually think that's true, like with our car example. This is another scenario, and it's very similar to the one I had a few weeks ago. And if you haven't figured it out, I work in the emergency department. That's where I practice. A 31-year-old woman comes in at 3 am on Friday with back pain. She wants an x-ray of her back. I find out it started four years ago. So why is she here at 3 am for an x-ray of her back? It hurts after work, and it’s better when she has a few days off. Okay, maybe there's some sort of exposure thing going on here. She works as a waitress and she carries heavy trays, so the pain is probably from carrying heavy trays at work. My back hurts just thinking about that. That's hard work. And yet, she's here at 3 am. Why? Well, it turns out her younger brother was recently diagnosed with cancer. She searched Google for the causes of back pain, and it's all cancer. So what does she want? Radiation? I'm guessing that's not it. A big medical bill? Well, whether she wants it or not, she's getting it. A note for work so she can do dinner with her brother the next night? Reassurance that her back pain isn't from cancer? Maybe that's what it is. And then we get into the harder thing of, *What does she need?* Who thinks she needs an x-ray to diagnose her back pain? Not me. Who thinks that maybe an x-ray is a reassurance she needs to get on with her life and not have anxiety about this? Maybe. So should I get an x-ray of her back or not? If I were to try and build a large language model or any sort of data model around this, where would I get the data to figure out that that's really what was going on and to actually deliver what I want to deliver? ## Bridging healthcare and innovation We’ll take a quick pause to talk about my relationship with healthcare and innovations. Where am I coming from? I'm the VP at Inflect Health and Vituity. We staff about 450 hospitals, we're the largest physician partnership, and I oversee our innovation hub. I still practice ER. I do about six shifts a month. I also have a Ph.D. in stats, so I have a lot of experience to bridge those worlds. Since 1991, I've been building and deploying software, and I have a couple of patents. We’ve developed and deployed about 30 tools successfully, and we had about 300 that we were unsuccessful with, so it's about a 10% success rate, which isn’t great. In medicine, it wouldn't quite cut it. And now I advise companies large and small. What this talk represents in these four things I'm trying to convey is that I have experience and observations that have led to many hypotheses. Every day, I'm reminded that I don't have any answers. ## Identify the right technology for the problem So, the first thing that we're talking about is that you have to understand the problem, and you have to understand what the real deep root of the problem is from many perspectives. The second is that you need to understand what the technology is so that you can use the right technology. In this case, we're seeing that hard hats do in fact protect heads. But I don't know that they protect the head in certain situations. One of the things that I think we all have to combat with the technology aspect of things is when we see cool tech like large language models or ChatGPT come out. There comes this halo effect of what you can do with this technology, and it fixes everything. I remember when I first drove a Tesla back in 2013\. It was my first experience with an electric car, and I did what I think most people do. You get in and you slam the accelerator down as hard as you can to see what happens, and you go, “This is amazing acceleration.” It was fun. It was a completely new car experience. And then I started thinking about all the things that having an electric car and electric drive train can do for the car. And I was coming up with things like, *It's a new car, it's a new experience, the seats are going to be more comfortable, the airbags are going to be better*. What performance characteristics around that electric motor are going to make the seats and the airbag better? It doesn't happen. And yet, with technology, when we apply it, there comes this halo effect where we start applying the wrong technologies. And so that gets to the important aspect of matching the technology with the task. If we wanted to understand a prompt and respond based on training data, a large language model works pretty well. And it works better with more parameters and more training. If we want to problem solve through hypothesis formulation and testing based on a conceptual model, which is a diagnostic challenge in medicine, then we probably need more traditional symbolic AI or a hybrid AI system. If we're trying to prevent and predict an event, like having a heart attack based on individual data, now we're getting back to more typical ML models or a more definitive approach. If we're trying to understand goals and context, mind a person to determine real needs and desires. The Theory of Mind problem, that's what I was talking about to some extent with the back pain example. The language model is excellent for communication with the person. But how are we going to teach that language model to understand that that back pain was about concern for cancer if that's not made explicit? How do we train models where there’s no training data available? We can think of online retail as another example, with users trying to resolve their frustrations with a purchase. Well, a language model may be a great way to provide empathic communication back to them. But if you're trying to figure out what you want to offer to assuage them, whether it's a return, refund, or gift certificate, an ML predictive model is probably better. Most healthcare is figuring out what the patient actually wants and what they actually need. And that sounds really weird because we're used to the consumer aspect of things where you go from ‘want’ equals ‘need.’ [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_4-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/interview-series/) But if you actually think of your own healthcare experience or the healthcare experience of your loved ones and people you know, you go to the doctor and they say, “Oh, gee, I don't know what it is, I'm going to do all these tests.” And then they say, “I don't know, you're going to have to go see a specialist. Then you go to a specialist and the specialist does the same thing. They may refer you to another specialist, or they’ll say, “We need to do these other tests.” And at the end of a very long cycle, they say, “This is the pill you need, and you'll be better. Or they say, ”Don't worry about it.” And if you think of what that whole episode of care is, most of that entire episode is figuring out what you needed, which is actually the reverse of most of the consumer things we do, where you say that what you need is what you want, and most of what we do is now trying to fulfill that need. What is the right technology for high emotional intelligence and compassionate problem-solving? If I had answers to this, I'd probably be retired. Can a large language model that makes sophisticated next-word predictions formulate and test hypotheses? It's had other phenomena emerge that I wouldn't have predicted. And how about something with a knowledge graph and predefined rules? And of course, healthcare is also operations, logistics, communication, financial transactions, and monitoring. There's a business and operational side to it too. ## Meet the needs of stakeholders, shareholders, and users First, understand the problem being solved. We understand the problem and we understand the right technology. But I think of it in terms of users, shareholders, and stakeholders. Many of the implementations that I've had fail were because I ignored one of these groups. If we think of our car buying example, the user was the kid driving the car. The shareholder is the one who's financially involved in the transaction, so that would’ve been the parents. And the stakeholders are everybody else affected by the kid driving that car, which are probably siblings, other drivers on the road, the insurance company, auto service maintenance, the garage shop, and the dealership. One of the other places where I think this has been done wrong in tech is Google Glass. The user was the person wearing the glasses. The shareholder, the person making the purchase decision, was the person wearing the glasses. So that was nicely aligned and made that easy. But then you had the stakeholders, which were the people sitting across from the person wearing the Google Glass who had different nomenclature for that person. So, you didn't get adoption. They didn’t align all three of those groups. What I often find is that start-ups sell really cool technology to somebody like an insurance company or a hospital, but they don't align all three of the things. If you don't align with a stakeholder, no one's paying for it. If you don't align with the shareholders, you don't get the sales cycle and the traction takes too long. And if you don't align with the user, you never get value from that solution. [![Two businesswomen sititing on a table facing each other and on their laptops](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/airfocus-uoRdYYwZa_Q-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-ways-to-implement-real-change-through-artificial-intelligence) ## Invisible AI creates radical change So now we’ve understood the problem, we’ve identified the right technology, and we’ve developed a solution that appeals to the user, the stakeholder, and the shareholders. But how do we get people to adopt the new technology? About seven or eight years ago, we created a really cool ML model that predicted a patient's cardiac event in the next 30 days. The model fired at the time that they arrived at the emergency department. By any measure, it was an amazing model. I said, “Okay, now we're going to implement our amazingness.” And we put it as a pop-up in the electronic health record. That didn't work. No luck there, it didn't change behavior at all. I figured that I just wasn’t delivering this message correctly, so we implemented it as a separate app that ran on the desktop where the physician was working. But that didn’t do anything either. Then we thought, *Everyone loves text messages, right? We can be modern and do text messages.* So the physician got a text message and it was secure. It was a pain to do, but that didn't work. The physicians in this three-hospital system we were doing this in had a scribe working with them, so we notified the scribe to notify the physician. But no, that didn't work either. If you're wondering what that looks like, unimplemented brilliance looks an awful lot like a cool patent plaque on the wall, and absolutely nothing more. Definitely not worth it. How did we modify and change that for another iteration of it? Another company that we were working with was looking into sepsis. Sepsis occurs once your body gets to the end of some infectious process. It’s the final common pathway for infection when your body's failing you. So, who dies from sepsis? We looked at the data and we found that there are two groups, people who are super sick on arrival, which anyone can recognize. And you need better treatments for that. You don't need a pop-up, you don't need notification, none of that. You just need better treatments. There was another group that actually wasn't septic on arrival, they just had an infection and looked kind of sick. But they then became septic later in their hospital state, 24, 48, and 72 hours later. So we said, “That's the group we need to identify and treat earlier.” And so the company we were working with created an ML model to solve that specific problem. They identified the people who didn't know the signs of sepsis when they got there and became septic 24, 48, and 72 hours later. We implemented it as a lab test this time. For the physician, it just looks like a lab test that comes back. They have no idea that there’s a sophisticated model running in the background that makes it easy for them to incorporate it into their workflow and makes it easy to know what to do with it because we know what to do with lab tests. So, how do you implement AI? Well, if it's cool, that’s second place. If it's invisible, that's a radical change. When AI's invisible, it works great. But it can't always be invisible. Sometimes you have to have your user interact with it. So how can we do that? Here's my hypothesis of what we've been doing to get that done. As human beings, we’re meaning makers, and we make meaning through narrative and story. And what that means is that we anthropomorphize like it's going out of style. So when we call something artificial intelligence, and we need mathematical equations and neural networks, we shouldn't be shocked that people anthropomorphize that. And you have something like the gender of technology, where that communication seems and feels human. We know that it's not, but we attribute other human skills like reasoning, empathy, and intention all of a sudden to these things. And that's seductive, but it leads to using the wrong technology to solve the problem. I feel like the future is built by the engineers who understand the technology and then destroyed by the pundits who misplace their hopes and dreams with technology that's not going to solve their problems. So, what does that have to do with how we implement it when we can't get away from having the user needing to interact with the technology? I believe that among the pundits and strategists, the strong human drive to anthropomorphize represents one of the greatest risks to realizing the real-world benefits of AI and advanced technologies. But in the setting of implementation, I actually think it's a great opportunity to make that technology easy for people to adopt into their normal routines. We have a cool AI system that does patient intake and diagnosis and everything. We call it a virtual medical resident. People know how to use it. When my physicians ask, “How do I use ChatGPT?” I could describe it in a million ways. But if I say it's like a brilliant intern that's mildly intoxicated, that's exactly how you use it. You have to supervise what it does and you have to coach it. Every once in a while you're shocked by its brilliance, and every once in a while, you're shocked that it's drunk. Another way we can think of that is through a smartphone. Why on earth is that called a phone? Because when it was rolled out, you knew what to do with it. It felt comfortable. If someone said, “Here's a computer that tracks your every movement that we're going to give you to carry in your pocket,” iPhones would probably not be the dominant player. [![Man holding phone and pointing at it](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/05/luis-villasmil-4V8uMZx8FYA-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/4-ways-to-implement-real-change-through-artificial-intelligence) ## The importance of embracing hope So, in summary: 1. Deeply understand the problem. 2. Understand the right technology for the right problem. 3. Make the solution meet the needs of the stakeholder, the shareholder, and the user. 4. Implementation is invisible, or it's highly relatable to an analog world. My final plea to everybody is if you've been in the position where you implement, and I hope everyone is or will be because there's something magical about it, most of the time is spent in frustration. And that frustration, at least for me, can easily bleed into anger. But anger is an easy emotion, and I’d encourage you all to embrace the difficulty of hope, which is far more demanding of you. ### Computer vision: Transforming industries with AI & APIs URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-and-cloud-computing/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:42:48.000Z [Computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) is a subfield of [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) that focuses on enabling machines to interpret and understand visual information from the world around them. The goal of computer vision is to teach computers to recognize and interpret images and videos just like humans do. Computer vision algorithms use [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/) and other advanced techniques to analyze and interpret visual data. These algorithms can be trained on large datasets of images and videos, and they can learn to recognize patterns, identify objects and features, and detect anomalies. Computer vision has become an essential tool in many industries, and its applications are constantly expanding. Here are some of the sectors where computer vision can be used: 1. **Manufacturing:** Computer vision can be used to improve the manufacturing process by monitoring the assembly line, detecting defects, and identifying quality issues. 2. **Retail:** Computer vision can be used in retail to provide personalized shopping experiences, detect theft, and track inventory. 3. **Healthcare:** Computer vision can be used in healthcare to diagnose diseases, track patient health, and monitor patients in real time. 4. **Autonomous vehicles:** Computer vision is a critical component in the development of autonomous vehicles. It can be used to detect obstacles, traffic signs, and other objects in the vehicle's environment. 5. **Security:** Computer vision can be used in security systems to detect intruders, monitor crowds, and identify suspicious behavior. 6. **Agriculture:** Computer vision can be used in agriculture to monitor crops, identify diseases, and track growth patterns. 7. Entertainment: Computer vision can be used in the entertainment industry to create special effects, facial recognition, and character animation. 8. **Sports:** Computer Vision can be used in sports to track player movements, analyze gameplay, and provide real-time insights to coaches and players. Computer vision APIs are often used in cloud computing to provide a scalable and flexible solution for image and video processing. Here are some ways in which computer vision APIs can be used in cloud computing: 1. **Image and video recognition:** Cloud-based computer vision APIs can be used to analyze and recognize images and videos, including objects, faces, emotions, and text. 2. **Augmented reality:** Computer vision APIs can be used in augmented reality (AR) applications to detect and track objects in the real world and overlay virtual content. 3. **Security:** Computer vision APIs can be used in security systems, including facial recognition and object detection, to detect and identify potential threats. 4. **Real-time analytics:** Cloud-based computer vision APIs can be used to process data in real time, allowing for faster decision-making and improved user experiences. 5. **Automated quality control:** Computer vision APIs can be used in manufacturing and production environments to automate quality control processes and detect defects in products. 6. **Visual search:** Computer Vision APIs can be used to enable visual search capabilities in e-commerce and other applications, allowing users to search for products by uploading images. 7. **Natural language processing:** Computer vision APIs can be used in combination with natural language processing (NLP) to provide a more comprehensive understanding of text and images. Here are some of the most popular computer vision APIs and a brief comparison of their features: ### Google Cloud Vision API The Google Cloud Vision API is a powerful computer vision API that offers a wide range of features, including image and video recognition, OCR, facial detection, and object tracking. It’s known for its accuracy and reliability, and it offers a simple and user-friendly API. ### Amazon Rekognition Amazon Rekognition is another popular computer vision API that offers features such as object detection, facial recognition, text recognition, and celebrity recognition. It’s known for its ease of use and scalability, and it integrates well with other Amazon Web Services. ### Microsoft Azure computer vision API The Microsoft Azure computer vision API offers features such as image and video recognition, OCR, and facial recognition. It’s known for its accuracy and speed, and it offers a wide range of language support. ### IBM Watson Visual Recognition The IBM Watson Visual Recognition API offers features such as image recognition, facial recognition, and custom training. It’s known for its flexibility and customization options, and it integrates well with other IBM Watson services. ### Clarifai Clarifai is a popular Computer Vision API that offers features such as image and video recognition, custom training, and object detection. It’s known for its accuracy and ease of use, and it offers a user-friendly API. ## Trend Analysis Computer vision APIs are becoming increasingly popular, as they provide developers with the tools to create intelligent applications that can recognize, analyze, and interpret visual data from images and videos. The market for CV APIs is expected to grow significantly in the next few years, driven by the increasing demand for intelligent applications in various industries. According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the global computer vision market is expected to grow from $10.9 billion in 2019 to $17.4 billion by 2024, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%. This growth is expected to continue beyond 2024, and by 2030, the market for CV APIs is expected to be worth several billion dollars. One of the key drivers of this growth is the increasing adoption of CV APIs in various industries, such as automotive, healthcare, retail, and security. For example, CV APIs can be used in the automotive industry for driver assistance and safety features, such as lane departure warnings and collision avoidance. In healthcare, CV APIs can be used for medical imaging analysis, disease detection, and drug discovery. In retail, CV APIs can be used for product recognition, customer tracking, and inventory management. In security, CV APIs can be used for facial recognition, object detection, and anomaly detection. Another driver of growth in the CV API market is the increasing availability and affordability of cloud-based CV APIs, which allow developers to easily integrate CV capabilities into their applications without the need for complex infrastructure or high upfront costs. ### AI decodes thoughts by analyzing brain activity, study shows URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-decodes-thoughts-by-analyzing-brain-activity-study-shows/ Last updated: 2023-05-02T15:18:32.000Z In recent years, [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) has rapidly advanced, being implemented in various fields, including healthcare, finance, and communication. In neuroscience, AI has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of the brain and its functions. One example is the use of AI to decode brain activity and identify the thoughts or images someone perceives. A recent study published in [Nature Neuroscience](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9.epdf?sharing%5Ftoken=TxIl7w-LzveYxwD3Bra-HdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NG3whxCLvPExlNSoYRnDSfIOgKVxuQpIpQTlvwbh56sqHnheubLg6SBcc6UcbQsOlow1nfuGXb3PNEL23ZAWnzuZ7-R0djBgGH8-ZqQhwGVIO9Qqyt76JOoiymgFtM74rj8so6Z9hK%5F9%5FjPC-vyeC-EstnL-hhenHP41nL-X1BIg%3D%3D&tracking%5Freferrer=www.vice.com) demonstrates how AI can be used to passively decode thoughts by analyzing brain activity. The research team used a type of AI called GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) to analyze brain activity in participants who were shown images of natural scenes while undergoing an MRI scan. GPT is a deep learning model that has been pre-trained on a large dataset, allowing it to perform various natural language processing tasks. In the study, the researchers found that GPT could predict which image participants were viewing based solely on the patterns of brain activity detected by the MRI. The researchers suggest this approach could be used to decode other types of mental activity, like dreams or memories, and has potential applications in fields such as neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces. This study is significant. It shows AI can passively decode thoughts without any explicit instructions or feedback from the participant. This sets it apart from other brain decoding methods, which often require participants to perform specific tasks or provide explicit feedback. This passive decoding approach might be used to gain insights into the mental processes of people who are unable to communicate or perform tasks, such as those with locked-in syndrome or disorders of consciousness. However, the study also raises ethical concerns about privacy and the misuse of such technology. If it becomes possible to decode thoughts or mental activity, it could be used for nefarious purposes, such as invading a person's privacy or influencing their thoughts or behaviors. Therefore, it’s important for researchers and policymakers to consider the ethical implications of this technology and ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect individuals' privacy and autonomy. Further research is needed to fully understand the capabilities and limitations of this technology and to ensure that appropriate ethical safeguards are in place. ### Meta's DinoV2: A transformative leap in computer vision URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/metas-dinov2-a-transformative-leap-in-computer-vision/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:44:15.000Z Meta's DinoV2 is a cutting-edge [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) model that could revolutionize the way we approach computer vision tasks. This model is a foundation for various computer vision tasks like object detection, semantic segmentation, and instance segmentation. What sets DinoV2 apart from other computer vision models is its unique architecture. Instead of using traditional convolutional neural networks (CNNs), DinoV2 uses transformers, which are typically used in natural language processing (NLP) tasks. This approach allows the model to process images in a different way and enables it to learn from large datasets without overfitting. The DinoV2 model is made up of a backbone network and a task-specific head. The backbone network is responsible for encoding the input image, while the head is responsible for predicting the output. This architecture is designed to be modular, allowing it to be easily customized for different tasks. One of the key benefits of the DinoV2 model is its ability to perform well with small amounts of labeled data. This is because the model is pre-trained on large amounts of unlabeled data, allowing it to learn general features of images that can be applied to new tasks with limited labeled data. However, despite its many benefits, there are some challenges associated with using the DinoV2 model. One such challenge is the need for large amounts of training data to achieve optimal performance. Additionally, fine-tuning the model for specific tasks can be difficult, as the model's pre-trained weights may not always be relevant to the task at hand. Despite these challenges, the DinoV2 model has already demonstrated impressive results in various computer vision tasks. For example, in the COCO object detection challenge, DinoV2 outperformed other state-of-the-art models such as EfficientDet and DETR. Meta's DinoV2 is a foundation model for computer vision that has the potential to improve the accuracy and efficiency of various computer vision tasks. Its unique architecture and ability to learn from large amounts of unlabeled data make it a promising tool for the future of computer vision research. However, further research is needed to fully explore the capabilities of this model and to address the challenges associated with using it. ### Fashion product recommendation system using ResNet-50 URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/fashion-product-recommendation-system-using-resnet-50/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T07:36:05.000Z Fashion is an ever-evolving industry that requires constant adaptation and innovation to stay relevant. But staying up-to-date with the latest trends can be a daunting task. In this blog post, I’ll explore how ResNet-50 can be leveraged to build robust fashion recommendation systems that can provide personalized fashion choices to customers, making their shopping experience seamless and enjoyable. It’s a captivating realm, and one of the latest technological advancements in the industry is the use of deep learning algorithms for fashion recommendation systems. In this blog, we’ll explore how to use the ResNet-50 model for building a fashion recommendation system. For this point in time, we created one Streamlit webpage on a local system to see the 10 recommended fashion product images which look similar to the query image. ## What is ResNet-50? ResNet-50 is a deep convolutional neural network that was introduced by Microsoft Research in 2015\. It is a powerful model that has been trained on millions of images and can recognize a wide range of objects, including fashion items. This makes it an ideal choice for building a fashion recommendation system. For a detailed explanation, check out my other blog on [ResNet-50](https://medium.com/@sharma.tanish096/detailed-explanation-of-residual-network-resnet50-cnn-model-106e0ab9fa9e). We won’t fully train on the ResNet-50 model from scratch(as it’s already trained on the ImageNet dataset). We use a transfer learning concept here, and just simply extract the features by passing dataset images (credits: [Param Aggarwal](https://www.kaggle.com/paramaggarwal/datasets)). The dataset consists of 44k images of fashion products. ![dataset images](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-6.png) Credits: [Param Aggarwal](https://www.kaggle.com/paramaggarwal/datasets) We’ll pass 44k images to the ResNet-50 model and take the output of the last conv. block before avg. pooling. The resultant output would be a 2D array of size 44k\*2048 where each image has a 2048 dimensional vector called features. ## Why Streamlit? Streamlit provides a simple and intuitive API to create web applications using only a few lines of Python code. Streamlit is an open-source Python library that enables developers to quickly and easily create web applications for data science and machine learning projects. With Streamlit, developers can build interactive web-based applications that allow users to visualize, explore, and analyze data in real-time. Streamlit includes built-in support for a wide range of data visualization and analysis tools, including charts, tables, maps, and machine learning models. For further details, check out their [official website](https://docs.streamlit.io/). ## Plan of Action **Import model:** Import model ResNet-50 using keras with preprocessing\_input to just process the image. *from tensorflow.keras.applications.resnet50 import ResNet50, preprocess\_input* *############################ Defining Model##############################################* *model=ResNet50(weights='imagenet',include\_top=False, input\_shape=(224,224,3))* *model.trainable=False* *model=tf.keras.Sequential(\[model,GlobalMaxPool2D()\])* *model.summary()* **Extract features:** Pass 44k images to ResNet-50 model, extract features, and then flatten the features to convert them into 1D vectors. Extracted features and images have to be stored in pickle files so that during recommendation, we pass the index of resultant features to get images in return. *############### One time Code: need to extract features of 44k images, U can run this ######* *def image\_preprocess(path,model):* *img=image.load\_img(path, target\_size=(224,224))* *img\_arr=image.img\_to\_array(img)* *ex\_img\_arr=np.expand\_dims(img\_arr,axis=0)* *pre\_pr\_img=preprocess\_input(ex\_img\_arr)* *result=model.predict(pre\_pr\_img).flatten()* *normal\_result=result/norm(result)* *return normal\_result* *path=r'C:\\Users\\TanishSharm\\Desktop\\Fashion\_recom\_sys\\myntradataset\\images'* *images=\[os.path.join(path,files) for files in os.listdir(path)\]* *pickle.dump(images,open('images.pkl','wb'))* *feature\_list=\[\]* *for file in tqdm(images):* *feature\_list.append(image\_preprocess(file, model))* *pickle.dump(feature\_list,open('fetaures.pkl','wb'))* **Load extracted features:** Get recommendations for given query points using distance metrics. *################################Loading Stored Features and images##################################* *file\_img=pickle.load(open(r'C:\\Users\\TanishSharma\\Desktop\\Fashion\_recom\_sys\\images.pkl','rb'))* *feature\_list=(pickle.load(open(r'C:\\Users\\TanishSharma\\Desktop\\Fashion\_recom\_sys\\fetaures.pkl','rb')))* **Save Images:** We use Streamlit to make this system. Create one upload button that will provide a browse option, then click on upload image which will be saved into the uploads folder in your local system. *st.title('Fashion Recommender system')## title of the webpage* *###################### Method to Save Uploaded Image into local############################* *def Save\_img(upload\_img):* *try:* *with open(os.path.join('uploads',upload\_img.name),'wb') as f:* *f.write(upload\_img.getbuffer())* *return 1* *except:* *return 0* *########### To display upload button onto screen######################* *upload\_img=st.file\_uploader("Choose an image")* **Generate recommendation:** Now features get stored and will pass new query images to the ResNet-50 model. It’ll generate features that will flatten further. Here, we use Euclidean distance metrics to find out the recommended 10 Nearest Neighbors or look for similar images. Below are two methods to extract feature and prod recommendations: *######################## Method to Extract features of new query image#######################* *def feature\_extraction(path,model):* *img=image.load\_img(path, target\_size=(224,224))# Load image in size of 224,224,3* *img\_arr=image.img\_to\_array(img)# storing into array* *ex\_img\_arr=np.expand\_dims(img\_arr,axis=0)## Expanding the dimension of image* *pre\_pr\_img=preprocess\_input(ex\_img\_arr)## preprocessing the image* *result=model.predict(pre\_pr\_img).flatten()### to make 1d vector* *normal\_result=result/norm(result)## Normalize the result using norm func from linalg(numpy)* *return normal\_result* *def prod\_recom(features, feature\_list):* *neb=NearestNeighbors(n\_neighbors=10,algorithm='brute',metric='euclidean') #using brute force algo here as data is not too big* *neb.fit(feature\_list)## fit with feature list* *dist, ind=neb.kneighbors(\[features\])# return distance and index but we use index to find out nearest images from stored features vector return ind* We’ll call these functions to extract features, get 10 recommendations, and create sections of recommended images in the Streamlit app. Find below the code for the same: *\### Condition to check if image got uploaded then call save\_img method to save and preprocess image followed by extract features and recommendation* *if upload\_img is not None:* *if Save\_img(upload\_img):* *st.image(Image.open(upload\_img))* *st.header("file uploaded successfully")* *features=feature\_extraction(os.path.join("uploads",upload\_img.name),model)* *progress\_text = "Hold on! Result will shown below."* *my\_bar = st.progress(0, text=progress\_text)* *for percent\_complete in range(100):* *time.sleep(0.02)* *my\_bar.progress(percent\_complete + 1, text=progress\_text) ## to add progress bar untill feature got extracted* *ind=prod\_recom(features, feature\_list)# calling recom. func to get 10 recommendation* *\### to create 10 section of images into the screen* *col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10=st.columns(10)* *##for each section image shown by below code* *with col1:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[0\]\]))* *with col2:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[1\]\]))* *with col3:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[2\]\]))* *with col4:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[3\]\]))* *with col5:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[4\]\]))* *with col6:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[5\]\]))* *with col7:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[6\]\]))* *with col8:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[7\]\]))* *with col9:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[8\]\]))* *with col10:* *st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[ind\[0\]\[9\]\]))* *\# st.text("Using Spotify ANNoy")* *\# df = pd.DataFrame({'img\_id':file\_img, 'img\_repr': feature\_list})* *\# f=len(df\['img\_repr'\]\[0\])* *\# ai=AnnoyIndex(f,'angular')* *\# for i in tqdm(range(len(feature\_list))):* *\# v=feature\_list\[i\]* *\# ai.add\_item(i,v)* *\# ai.build(10) # no of binary tress want to build more number of tree more accuracy* *\# neigh=(ai.get\_nns\_by\_item(0,5))* *\# with col1:* *\# st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[neigh\[0\]\]))* *\# with col2:* *\# st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[neigh\[1\]\]))* *\# with col3:* *\# st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[neigh\[2\]\]))* *\# with col4:* *\# st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[neigh\[3\]\]))* *\# for i in range(len(neigh)):* *\# with st.columns(i):* *\# st.image(Image.open(file\_img\[neigh\[i\]\]))* *else:* *st.header("Some error occured")* Find the full code of .py file in my [GitHub profile.](https://github.com/sharma096/Resnet50) # Steps 1. Create a new project in your IDE (PyCharm, Spyder, Vscode, etc.) 2. Paste your downloaded dataset from the given resource inside the same folder 3. Execute the given two steps in the above plan of action section and store features in local machine inside the same folder. 4. Open cmd-> activate python env-> Streamlit run main.py ![Streamlit cmd ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/03/data-src-image-7fb1fc31-33f9-4073-bf6c-975448eae484.png) ![Fashion recommend system](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/03/data-src-image-64620fe3-05af-453f-8d21-9671d9e423ac.png) 1. Browse any fashion product image and wait for a couple of seconds. The 10 look-alike products are shown below: ![Image of shoe](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2025/03/data-src-image-9732c768-cd72-4de9-a155-db8c7323df5c.png) Recommendations can be improved based on distance metrics. You can try different metrics like Manhattan distance, Minkowski distance, or Hamming Distance, and see the results. Or you can try annoy index (used by Spotify in music recommendation) to find out the best-recommended products. ## Conclusion A fashion recommendation system using ResNet-50 can provide a personalized shopping experience for users and help fashion retailers increase sales. By analyzing the features of fashion items, the system can recommend similar items that are more likely to be of interest to the user. As deep learning algorithms continue to advance, we can expect to see more sophisticated fashion recommendation systems in the future. ### How is deep learning shaping computer vision algorithm development URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:45:51.000Z My name is Eldad Klaiman, and I'm a Software Engineering Manager and Engagement Lead at Roche Information Solutions. Today, I'm going to be talking about how Roche is leveraging open source mentality and developer communities through its journey of digitalization, in order to deal with new types of algorithm developments in computer vision. ## About Roche Information Solutions Roche Information Solutions is a relatively new thing. It was founded a couple of years ago, with the aim to be a software engineering-oriented organization within Roche to drive digital technology in a rapidly digitalizing healthcare market. Research Decision Support is a team inside Roche Information Solutions that develops internal research tools for our internal scientists and developers. The platforms and tools I'll be sharing with you today aren’t commercially available, but they're being used by a growing community of scientists and researchers inside the company. We're working with oncology data sets, which are largely computer vision data sets for digital pathology and radiology images. Although our platforms are focused on the oncology disease area, they can also be extended to other disease areas that have imaging modalities. And lastly, the engagement team, which I lead, is responsible for the advanced users, features, and support. Advanced users are basically what we call our internal algorithm developers who are coding and developing new algorithms. ## The three stages of pharma digitalization [![Three stages of pharma digitalization](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-2.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development) ### Stage 1: Information I was lucky enough to join Roche at the beginning of its digitalization journey about 10 years ago. Initially, we digitalized everything. We got the slides from microscopes, scanned them, and stored them on disks. We got different patient metadata, and those were then stored. We were basically working with tens and hundreds of Excel sheets with file names and where those were stored and where they came from. And slowly, as developers and data scientists started using these data sets across the organization, collecting them and using them to develop new applications and algorithms, we saw a shift and an evolution in data storage strategy. From being files on disks and in folders, these data sets became cloud-based data lakes with APIs and graphic user interfaces that allowed you to search, access, and manage the data. Concepts like FAIR were also evolving; findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of data. And really, it was pretty amazing to see this kind of evolution of data strategies. ### Stage 2: Computation The next step came with deep learning. This was the evolution and growth of GPU capabilities and a big buzz around deep learning, especially in computer vision with the success of ImageNet. Roche identified the potential in this technology and started building compute capabilities inside the company. We had several high-performance computing (HPC) clusters built inside the company, and those were available for our data scientists, algorithm developers, and researchers to use freely. This led to very broad experimentation in this field. We conducted myriads of experiments in fields like semantic segmentation, survival prediction, weakly supervised learning, style transfers, and so on. This allowed us to also compete in different public challenges and achieve quite a high ranking in those as well. ### Stage 3: Consolidation So we organized the data, we got our data lakes, we got the compute, and we experimented a bit with the different use cases in deep learning. But what now? I think we've been entering a sort of consolidation stage in this area in the last few years. We're trying to leverage the research that we've done in this field in deep learning and computer vision to try and leverage it to bring more business value to our customers, open up opportunities, and develop different functionalities and products. We're doing this in personalized healthcare by developing predictive algorithms for patient risk or mortality. We're doing this in companion diagnostics by developing algorithms that detect antigens for specific drugs. We're also doing this in reverse translation or drug discovery by developing Explainable AI that basically allows us to understand the tumor microenvironment better, and to inform back to our discovery team so that they can create better drugs and molecules. In order to support this algorithm development internally, we're developing a platform that activates multimodal data. Users can use this platform to develop their algorithms and quickly pass them to the clinical infrastructures. We're helping data scientists and algorithm developers to develop the algorithms and integrate them. But before I show you the actual platform itself, let's talk a bit about these algorithm developers that we're supporting. ## A new type of algorithm developer has emerged in computer vision As I said, we work with these algorithm developers to help them develop the algorithms. Traditionally, these algorithm developers have been computer scientists and engineers that were very proficient in coding and computer vision. They knew what the Fourier transform and feature engineering was, and this requires some specific type of support to help these guys develop. Slowly, with the emergence of deep learning, we see more and more engineers and data scientists developing algorithms for computer vision. However, they have no computer vision domain knowledge because all the software developer needs to do is train a convolutional neural network with some annotated data, and they get the computer vision algorithm without needing to do explicit feature engineering. And even more concerning than this is in the past year, we have had a new type of algorithm developer, and this is related to the buzz around AI. I just want to take a quick detour to explain what I think might be one of the root causes that influenced this change in the type of algorithm developer. Polanyi’s paradox is named after the British-Hungarian philosopher, Michael Polanyi. He basically talks about how human knowledge of our own capabilities and actions is to a large extent beyond our explicit understanding. This is summarized in the sentence, ‘We know more than we can tell.’ This means that the mundane, daily tasks that we do are mainly based on our intuitive tacit knowledge, and we can't really verbalize them or explain how we do them. This is very common in many of the things that we do day to day, like driving a car, identifying somebody's face, or lifting a glass of water. It's very hard to explain in detail how to do that. And this is why for many years, this has been recognized as one of the obstacles in the field of AI and automation; in order to write an algorithm or a system that does something automatically, you need a very good description of how you perform the task. All of this has now basically changed, but this is why we mostly still see iRobot-type robots and not C-3PO housemaids. ## How deep learning has transformed the computer vision developer profile I've mentioned this change, but deep learning completely sidesteps this whole paradox by helping us train algorithms without needing to explain to them what they should do. All we really need to do with deep learning is to give it annotated data. So basically data and labels, and recently not even labels. This has even progressed with AutoML methods by allowing us to develop algorithms without coding at all, without even selecting a network architecture, without specifying hyperparameters, or anything else. All we need is a tonne of data. This has changed dramatically in computer vision use cases for two main reasons. One is the exponential growth of the amount of data that we have. The imaging data comes from natural sources like cell phones and cameras, and also in the medical field, from high-resolution cities to digital pathology scanners. [![How deep learning chanfed the CV developer profile](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development) So, we have trillions of datasets and pixels that give us a lot of opportunities in this field of deep learning. Another thing is that these imaging data sets are typically annotated by very expensive experts. These annotations take a lot of time, and it's also very inconsistent. For example, recent studies show that pathologist concordance in annotations is less than 70%. I've actually conducted experiments at Roche where pathologist concordance was less than 40% in cell classification. This is a big problem. So essentially, we have our new algorithm developers now. These clinicians, biologists, and pathologists that have been sitting on tonnes of annotated data that they themselves created, have seen people like me, data scientists, and engineers, use the data that they prepare in order to train these AI and machine learning algorithms, and they suddenly realize that they can do the same thing. Add to that the fact that in traditional pharma companies, there have always been more biological natural scientists and clinicians than data scientists. This has always caused long waiting times to get your data analyzed or your hypotheses tested. So basically, we're now facing an influx of new algorithm developers that don't know how to code, don't know anything about computer vision, and barely know anything about deep learning. But they want to develop computer vision algorithms with deep learning. So this makes the work of supporting these algorithm developers much more challenging. There is one silver lining about all of this. Clinicians are typically very conservative, but because of this buzz around AI, they're willing to be more welcoming of new algorithms now, especially if they're involved in the development of those. And this allows us to introduce new technologies that we weren't able to do before since they were considered experimental or science fiction. ## How Roche’s products support the different types of algorithm developers Our approach leverages structural data lakes with a graphic user interface that allows us to enable non-coding developers to organize their data in different data sets to filter out things. Then we have a self-serve paradigm with internal open-source libraries that users can leverage in order to develop their specific algorithms. And by delivering the correct tool to each user, we’re minimizing the need for active support. ### The IRISe framework The IRISe framework is basically our data lake. But it's not only a data lake, it's a web-based platform that allows users to design experiments, perform data curation activities, and develop and deploy their algorithms online. This platform was initially limited to digital pathology data, but because of the popularity of its features and functionality, we’re now expanding it to support clinical imaging like CTs and PET, and other modalities as well. The platform application is designed as a web portal, and this eliminates the need to install any software on the client's computer. It also removes any dependency on the computer hardware or the operating systems. Once you're logged in to this platform, you can upload images, organize them into data sets according to your preferences, and copy images from one project to another in order to create the setup and the data sets that you need to train your algorithm. [![The IRISe Framework](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-4.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development) You can also create a team and share those data sets and projects with the different team members. Once data is organized in this project and experiments, the user can view them in a dedicated web viewer. This viewer supports different types of manual annotations and visualization of algorithm results. The platform also contains an app catalog to which users can publish their applications in order to share them with the community. They can also trigger applications that they publish there on thousands of slides on our platform compute resources with a click of a button. This makes the algorithms useable for the entire community without needing to think about how or where to run and deploy them. ### Open source solutions *‘If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. But if you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.’* With this proverb in mind, we’re developing inner source libraries for the advanced user community. Developers are not only permitted to download and reuse the code, but they're encouraged to fork it, use it wherever they want, copy it, and take it away from us. We encourage them to contribute back to our source code and to our community, and the advantages of doing that are getting support from our team of experts and also from the different community experts. This kind of community with the open source magnet at the center triggers a lot of collaboration between different departments, silo breaking, and basically creates this community of experts that goes and supports itself. We offer our customers two advanced user open-source products. One of them is Pyris, which is a shallow-level Python API library that allows the user to connect to our platform and interact with the data on a framework. You can basically use it to push and pull images, post annotations on an image, or upload or download analysis results for a specific image asset. The other open-source library we offer is called IRISAI, which is basically a portfolio of deep learning-based modules for algorithm development. This was also initially only for pathology, but now we support different use cases and modalities like radiology and genomics. We have modules that are specifically designed for semantic segmentation, survival prediction, multimodal analysis, and others. When I started developing IRISAI as purely a research tool in pharma, we were two users basically using this software. But in the last two years, as we open-sourced it, the number of advanced users using this product grew from two to 200. In comparison, the engagement team that supports these user groups grew from three engineers to six. We then spent the first year after open-sourcing just building tools and methods that’ll allow us to manage this growth and scale up. We have Slack channels for the community to talk to each other and receive support from our team. We have automatic documentation servers and a website with dedicated blogs that explain the different modules in the library. Each of these blogs contains a runnable Jupyter Notebook that the user can download and run without having any prior knowledge of that specific technology. ### Kubeflow Addressing a growing need in the community for quick and easy prototyping and reproducible pipelines, we're also starting to leverage Kubeflow in order to extend our platform and the services that we provide. We're doing this first of all with Kubeflow pipelines. Kubeflow pipelines is a module in Kubeflow that allows you to consistently and reproducibly run complex workflows of algorithms. We have pipeline templates in IRISAI that provide an internal compute environment and allow users to trigger and manage their advanced analytics experiments. And since Kubeflow pipelines are run with a graphic user interface, non-coding users can also leverage this feature in order to trigger experiments and analysis on datasets. These pipelines can also be systematically run on schedule in order to run existing algorithms and verify the results on new incoming data sets to see if there’s any data drift. Another module that we're using in Kubeflow is Kubeflow Notebook Servers. This is a module that originally allowed a user to launch a Jupyter Notebook server on Kubeflow. In the last few years, this feature has evolved to support more and more functionality and run more software like VS Code, and recently customizable user software. [![Kubeflow and IRIS](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-5.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-computer-vision-algorithm-development) ### IRIS-Extensions This enabled us to conceptualize what we now call IRIS-Extensions. IRIS-Extensions are basically interactive web applications that are connected to our platform via our API libraries like Pyris. They can be developed, uploaded, and triggered at will by any user. One of the things that we noticed is that with the influx of new users with new use cases, we had a lot of new user interface functionality requests. These requests were flooding our engineering teams and creating long development queues. IRIS-Extensions help us to overcome these queues by allowing users to develop their own user interface by themselves and trigger that connected to our platform data on the Kubeflow framework. This allows us to eliminate these long queues and achieve better result satisfaction as well. Another advantage of this extension concept is that it allows us to quickly and efficiently connect third-party software to the data on our platforms as well. ### DeePathology Studio One example of such an extension is DeePathology Studio. DeePathology is a company that actually emerged from Roche’s own startup accelerator in Munich. They created software that allows codeless development of digital pathology, with use cases like cell detection, segmentation type, classification, and object detection. This off-the-shelf web app has been integrated into IRIS through the extension concept, and it allows our customers to create deep learning-based computer vision algorithms and deploy them on our app catalog without writing a single line of code. All of the images and annotations that we generate using this third-party software are synchronized via Pyris and with our platform data so that we remain with a single point of truth. And this collaboration with the pathology and the concept of various extensions allowed us to complete this integration in record-breaking time with almost no use of our internal engineering resources. ## Summary Deep learning has transformed the types of audiences that want to develop computer vision applications. Finding ways to service and maintain this large influx of new developers with no software or computer vision domain knowledge is a big challenge for us. Creating open-source communities and self-service solutions can mitigate the stress on engineering teams and create self-sustaining user ecosystems. ### The future of AI: smaller models could be the way forward, says OpenAI CEO URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/the-future-of-ai-smaller-models-could-be-the-way-forward-says-openai-ceo/ Last updated: 2023-04-18T14:42:42.000Z OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, spoke to Wired about how the era of giant [artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) models has likely already ended. He also talks about how the trend of building larger and larger artificial intelligence models is probably not sustainable long term, as there are problems with cost, energy consumption, and environmental impact being the main concerns. From Altman's point of view, smaller and more efficient models could be the solution, as they can more easily be tailored for specific tasks. These smaller models can also be easier to train, more flexible, and potentially even outperform larger models. His comments come over growing concerns about the environmental impact of these larger models. Needing great amounts of both computing power and energy when training and running, these large models' carbon footprint has quickly become a serious issue in recent years. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1600/2022/02/AIAI_CTA_Web_Meta_3-1.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions/) There are also practical limitations to the size of these artificial intelligence models; as they get larger, they become increasingly difficult to train and use. Altman believes smaller models can give a more practical and sustainable approach to developing artificial intelligence technology. Despite these concerns, OpenAI's CEO is still optimistic about the future of artificial intelligence. Smaller models are a wonderful potential for innovation and progress opportunities in the field. And, as technology continues to evolve, it's interesting to see how developers and researchers are adapting to new challenges and opportunities. ### Is Generative AI killing creativity? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-generative-ai-killing-creativity/ Last updated: 2025-03-13T17:44:19.000Z I like to think of creativity being the canvas for innovation. Like a mosaic, the breadth of creativity intertwines itself across a variety of industries ranging from Law to Defence, Education, and Design. With developments in [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) (AI) becoming leaner and smarter every day, the rapid rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence is challenging how creativity is perceived and nurtured across industries. So, without further ado let’s go further into the world of Generative AI. ## What is Generative AI? Where is it used? Without going into the technical nitty-gritty, Generative AI is a system using user input to output text, images, or sound. Rather than me telling you, let me showcase a couple of examples: one using [ChatGPT](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/is-chatgpt-the-new-google/) (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, or in another way, a cool chatbot) and another that’s focused on imagery. For the ChatGPT example, once I’ve gone to Open AI’s website and clicked “Try ChatGPT” I get taken to a page where I can ask the bot to generate responses. There’s plenty of examples I could input, but let’s say I was starting a Design company and was needing copy ideas for one of my Design services. I simply type my instructions and the bot outputs the response: ![Marketing copy using ChatGPT](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image.png) Marketing copy using ChatGPT Pretty cool, huh? Sure, I’d want to put my own spin on it but it’s a great starting point if I’m struggling for inspiration. From the imagery side, there’s a number of notable examples. Let’s take Lensa AI, an application allowing users to transform their pictures using AI, whether it be special effects or subtle retouches. Furthermore, here’s another example of AI showing its creative prowess: the painting of *Edmond De Belamy*. ![Portrait of Edmond De Belamy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2023/04/image-1.png) Edmond De Belamy. Credit: Obvious Art This image above was painted by Obvious Art (a company with a mission to showcase the creative side of AI) using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). When put up for auction at Christies in New York the painting didn’t just sell, it sold at almost forty-five times its high estimate! The two examples I’ve shared are just one of many applications of Generative AI. As more use cases ranging from drug design to AI portraits expand at a rate of noughts, I’ll turn to the crux of this article: ## Will Generative AI kill creativity? In my view, Generative AI won’t kill creativity. Let’s first approach it from a human perspective. Thinking creatively is like a whisky: the ingredients to make a good one don’t come from a singular entity. Instead, it takes years of practice, thinking, experience, and plenty of human interaction. The more you share thoughts around a whiteboard, the more the ideas and improved knowledge come from, and as a result, I don’t believe AI on its own can achieve this. It’ll get close, but in my view, it’ll not directly replace the cumulative effect of knowledge exchange, ideas, and emotions between humans. From a business perspective, it’s important to remember AI is a tool. Although Venture Capital firms have invested over $1.7 billion in Generative AI-based solutions over the past three years, the combination of scalability, commercialism, and expertise needs human input and guidance. I’m therefore of the view that whilst companies moving forward will find creative ways to utilize AI, human input will run alongside these systems to ensure there’s consideration of ethics combined with a maximum return on investment from both a profitability and efficiency standpoint. ## What’s next for Generative AI? In light of the above, the future of Generative AI will create an insightful array of perspectives. I’m personally of the view technologies of this nature are catalysts in helping people create Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) for new ventures, as well as encouraging practitioners to continually reflect on how ethical standards within Emerging Technologies can be maintained. Where will Generative AI take us next, and what new industries could it help pioneer? With the current pace of things, I don’t think it’ll be long till we find out! ## Bibliography - Gartner. (n.d.). Beyond ChatGPT: The Future of Generative AI for Enterprises. \[online\] Available at: https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/beyond-chatgpt-the-future-ofgenerative-ai-for-enterprises. - Anon, (n.d.). Edmond De Belamy – Obvious. \[online\] Available at: https://obviousart.com/portfolio/edmond-de-belamy/. - Christie's (2018). Is artificial intelligence set to become art’s next medium? \[online\] Christies.com. Available at: https://www.christies.com/features/A-collaborationbetween-two-artists-one-human-one-a-machine-9332-1.aspx. - Anon, (n.d.). Obvious – Art & AI. \[online\] Available at: https://obvious-art.com. 🤖 ****Biography** Ana Simion is the CEO of INRO London, a Bespoke Product Design company, and the Institute Director at The Simion Institute of Innovation. Her expertise is frequently called upon across academia as a Board Advisor in Emerging Technologies, where she’s heavily involved in Guest Lecturing and Curriculum Reform within the Computer and Data Sciences as well as industry, where she regularly contributes her knowledge through Advisory Councils, keynotes (Including the likes of London Tech Week, Women in AI), podcasts (ie: Business of Data) and written articles. ### Researchers create tiny robot capable of identifying and capturing single cells URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/researchers-create-tiny-robot-capable-of-identifying-and-capturing-single-cells/ Last updated: 2023-04-03T15:39:16.000Z Researchers have developed a tiny hybrid robot capable of identifying and capturing individual living cells. The robot, which measures just 0.001 square millimeters, uses a combination of biological and mechanical components to detect and capture cells with a high level of precision. The robot is made up of a single living cell that is attached to a small mechanical arm. The arm is coated with a special material that enables it to capture cells by mimicking how cells attach to one another. The robot is also equipped with a tiny camera that allows it to identify and locate cells that are of interest. The researchers tested the robot by using it to capture various types of cells, including yeast cells, blood cells, and cancer cells. They found that the robot was able to capture cells with a high degree of accuracy and that it was able to do so without causing any damage to the cells. The tiny size of the robot means that it has potential applications in a range of fields, including medicine and biotechnology. It could be used to capture individual cells for analysis or diagnosis or to deliver drugs or other treatments directly to specific cells within the body. Overall, the development of this tiny hybrid robot represents a significant step forward in the field of robotics and has the potential to revolutionize how cells are studied and treated. ### Harnessing the power of computer vision in social advertising URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/harnessing-the-power-of-computer-vision-in-social-advertising/ Last updated: 2024-03-05T09:09:27.000Z *Rahul Agrawal, Senior Director of AI at Sharechat, gave this presentation at the Computer Vision Summit in November 2022.* Today, I’d like to talk about how computer vision can be unleashed in terms of making better models or making better setups where real-world problems can be solved in a much more scalable manner. _This post is for paying subscribers only._ ### Top 5 computer vision applications in the retail sector URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/ Last updated: 2025-03-14T12:46:51.000Z [Computer vision software](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/) can help companies tackle important retail pain points, leading to transformed customer – and employee – experiences. You can enhance customer journeys by improving your store layout based on real-time feedback, not just intuition. Customers expect not only personalization but also convenience when shopping, which has paved the way for technologies like augmented reality and automated stores. A well-rounded approach when implementing computer vision can make a big difference. In this article, we’ll go over a few computer vision applications in retail: - [Interactive experiences](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/#1-interactive-experiences) - [Automated stores](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/#2-automated-stores) - [Inventory management](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/#3-inventory-management) - [AI-enabled security cameras](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/#4-ai-enabled-security-cameras) - [Retail heat maps](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/top-5-computer-vision-applications-in-retail-in-2023/#5-retail-heat-maps) ## 1\. Interactive experiences Virtual and augmented realities are digital retail trends helping companies offer technology-aided interaction. This helps customers make more informed decisions and adds an element of fun to their virtual shopping experience. QR codes are the easiest way to incorporate both virtual and augmented realities into your retail business. Customers can find out more information about items by scanning the code with their phone and using a filter to see themselves in dedicated apps. Virtual fitting rooms are great for customers wanting to try out clothes, accessories, cosmetics, furniture, and more without having to physically touch them. IKEA’s Place app, for example, lets customers place IKEA products in their own homes. ## 2\. Automated stores Customer service automation has risen in recent years, leading to the greater use of computer vision systems in automated checkouts. These systems allow in-store cameras and sensors to track shelves, products, and even customers accurately. No-contact stores, where customers experience a contactless, cashless, and autonomous experience, aim at minimizing friction and delays in the shopping flow – and also reduce human contact to zero. You likely noticed this trend being valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, but other customer needs like high anxiety also appeal to those wanting this shopping experience. These stores are typically categorized by: - NFC-based payments or mobile wallets - A ‘buy only pick up in-store ability - Self-service checkout kiosks Neurolinguistic programming can also help these stores recognize the human language, assisting customers with their buying experience. An example of a contactless store is the Amazon Go network, which provides a Just Walk Out technology for 100% cashier-less experiences. By using AI-enabled cameras, computer vision, infrared lead sensors, RFID strips, mobile apps, and microphones, Amazon Go allows customers to simply walk in, get their shopping in a cart, pay, and leave. ## 3\. Inventory management It can be challenging to meet customer demand by supplying the right amount of products without overstocking – this can lead to items expiring and going to waste, meaning you lose both stock and money. Having ideal on-shelf availability leads to customers viewing products at the time, place, and price. Computer vision and machine learning can be great tools in helping you minimize the mismanagement of on-shelf availability. You can monitor and view your inventory at all times through real-time data collection of images and videos. Computer vision-empowered software can also help detect mislabelled items, order from suppliers, and much more. Auchan, one of the biggest European grocery retailers, implemented Internet of Things and computer vision-powered autonomous Trax robots to monitor shelves in 34 of their Portuguese stores. Computers then gather data and compile it to generate a report with valuable insights and actionable metrics. ## 4\. AI-enabled security cameras Security cameras with built-in artificial intelligence, 5G, and computer vision technologies can be programmed to detect both the presence and the removal of specific types of items in stores. They can also trace footfall activity and movement patterns. These cameras can help with crime prevention by reading license plates and QR codes on items and by recognizing human faces, making it easier to detect shoplifters. Tracking customer behavior is helpful for more than crime prevention, however, as you can gather insights into product demand as well. As you can find patterns in data, you can segregate customer paths around the store and see which promotions are gaining engagement and which ones aren’t. If installing sensors isn’t ideal, you can process your existing video streams with deep learning algorithms. [ ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w1000/2022/11/AIAI_Computer_Vision_Landscape_Report_2022_CTA.jpg) ](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/computer-vision-landscape-2022/) ## 5\. Retail heat maps Computer vision can help you create retail heat maps, leading to a better understanding of your store’s functionality. This technology uses real-time imaging to detect customer movement, allocating different colors according to traffic volume on each floor area. Samsung, for example, used both data analytics and computer vision to optimize its store for the pre-launch of the Galaxy S9 mobile phone. A variety of in-store computer vision cameras helped the company gather demographic, dwell time, footprint, and product interaction data. This enabled Samsung to identify the zones with bigger conversion impact, the best messaging, and when the store was understaffed, so the company could adjust the floor layout in real time and derive the maximum value from their marketing efforts. --- *Watch OnDemand the episode of State of AI in Retail below. Exclusive for members.* [State of AI: Panel SessionsFrom manufacturers to platform consumers, in each panel, you’ll be joined by AI ecosystem leaders as they share their insights and best practices just for you.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/03/aiai_favicon_smaller.png)AI Accelerator Institute | Future of Artificial IntelligenceJordan Dunne![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/2021/12/AIAI_Panel_Series_Meta--2-.jpg)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/state-of-ai-panel-sessions-2021-2022/?wchannelid=0oyungkxv6&wmediaid=0zbmp1f99b) ### 10 branches of artificial intelligence: Explained URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/ Last updated: 2026-04-01T15:00:37.000Z [Artificial intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/) has made significant strides in a wide variety of industries. Systems that mimic similar behaviors and characteristics found in human intelligence can learn, reason, and understand tasks to take action. It’s important to understand the different concepts in artificial intelligence that help solve real-world problems. This can be done by implementing processes and techniques like [machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-machine-learning/), which is a branch of artificial intelligence. In this article, we’ll go over the main branches of artificial intelligence, such as: - [Computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#1-computer-vision) - [Fuzzy logic](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#2-fuzzy-logic) - [Expert systems](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#3-expert-systems) - [Robotics](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#4-robotics) - [Machine learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#5-machine-learning) - [Neural networks/deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#6-neural-networksdeep-learning) - [Natural language processing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#7-natural-language-processing) - [Evolutionary computation](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#8-evolutionary-computation) - [Swarm intelligence](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#9-Swarm-intelligence) - [Cognitive computing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/what-are-the-top-7-branches-of-artificial-intelligence/#10-cognitive-computing) --- ## Types of artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence can be categorized in two key ways: by capability (what it can do) and by functionality (how it works). ### By capability 💡 ****Narrow AI (Weak AI)** The only form of AI that exists today. Narrow AI is designed to perform a single task or a limited set of tasks — and does so without any genuine understanding or consciousness. Examples include voice assistants like Siri, recommendation engines on Netflix, and spam filters in your inbox. 💡 ****General AI (Strong AI)** A theoretical form of AI that would match human intelligence across any intellectual task — reasoning, learning, and applying knowledge in entirely new situations. General AI does not yet exist, but remains a long-term goal of AI research. 💡 ****Super AI** A hypothetical stage beyond General AI, where a machine surpasses human intelligence in every domain — including creativity, problem-solving, and emotional understanding. Super AI is largely the subject of philosophical debate and scientific speculation. ### By functionality **Reactive machines** The most basic form of AI. Reactive machines respond to inputs in real time but have no memory and cannot learn from past experience. IBM's Deep Blue chess engine is a classic example. **Limited memory AI** The most common type in use today. These systems can draw on past data to inform decisions — self-driving cars, for instance, use recent observations about speed, road conditions, and other vehicles to navigate safely. **Theory of mind AI** A future category of AI designed to understand human emotions, intentions, and social cues. This type of AI would be capable of genuine two-way social interaction, but does not yet exist in any meaningful form. **Self-Aware AI** The most advanced and entirely hypothetical stage, where an AI would possess its own consciousness, desires, and sense of self. Self-aware AI remains firmly in the realm of science fiction. --- ## The top 10 branches of artificial intelligence ### 1\. Computer vision One of the most popular branches of artificial intelligence right now, [computer vision](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-computer-vision/), aims to develop techniques that assist computers in seeing and understanding digital images and videos. Applying machine learning models to images allows computers to identify objects, faces, people, animals, and more. 💡 Algorithmic models help computers teach themselves about visual data’s contexts, and with enough data fed through a model, computers can teach themselves to distinguish one image from another. A convolutional neural network works alongside a model to break images down into pixels, giving them tags or labels. The neural network then uses the labels to conduct convolutions, which is a mathematical operation on two functions to produce a third function and make predictions about what it sees. Computer vision has applications across industries, such as: - **Object tracking.** Following or tracking detected objects. - **Image classification.** An image is classified and accurately predicted to belong to certain classes. - **Facial recognition.** Face unlock on smartphones unlocks devices by mapping and matching facial features. --- ### 2\. Fuzzy Logic Fuzzy logic is a technique that helps to solve issues or statements that can either be true or false. 💡 This method copies human decisions by considering all existing possibilities between digital values of ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Put simply, it measures the degree to which a hypothesis is correct. You’d use this branch of artificial intelligence to reason about uncertain topics. It’s a convenient and flexible way of implementing machine learning techniques and copying human thought logically. Fuzzy logic’s architecture is composed of four parts: - **Rule base.** Has all the rules and if-then conditions. - **Fuzzification.** Helps to convert inputs. - **Inference engine.** Determines the degree of match between rules and fuzzy inputs. - **Defuzzification.** Converts fuzzy sets into crips values. Companies like Nissan use fuzzy logic to control breaks in dangerous situations, which depend on individual car acceleration, speed, and wheel speed. --- ### 3\. Expert systems An expert system is a program specializing in a singular task, just like a human expert. These systems are mainly designed to solve intricate problems with human-like decision-making capabilities. They use a set of rules, called inference rules, that a knowledge base fed by data defines for them. By using if-then logical notions, they can solve complex issues and help in information management, virus detection, loan analysis, and more. The first expert system was developed in the 1970s, and greatly contributed to the success of artificial intelligence. An example of an expert system is CaDeT, a diagnostic support system that can help medical professionals by detecting cancer in its early stages. --- ### 4\. Robotics Robots are programmed machines that can automatically carry out complex series of actions. People control them with external devices, or their control systems can be embedded within themselves. Robots help humans with tedious and repetitive tasks. AI-powered robots, in particular, can help companies like NASA in [space exploration](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-in-space-exploration/). Humanoid robots are the latest developments and better-known examples of robotic evolution. Sophia, a robot developed by Hanson Robotics, works through a combination of artificial intelligence and neural networks. She recognizes human faces and understands emotions and gestures – and can even interact with people. Common examples of robotics in everyday life applications include industries like [manufacturing](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/artificial-intelligence-in-manufacturing/), healthcare, retail, and more. [Breaking the bottlenecks: How AIRA2 achieves AI researchWhile we’ve seen remarkable progress in AI for coding and mathematics, creating agents that can navigate the messy, open-ended nature of real research (where things break for no obvious reason) has proven far more challenging.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-674.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--2-1.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-aira2-breaks-ai-research-bottlenecks/) ### 5\. Machine learning Machine learning is the ability of machines to automatically learn from data and algorithms, and is one of the more demanding branches of artificial intelligence. Machine learning improves performance using past experiences and can make decisions without being specifically programmed to do so. The process starts with historical data collection, like instructions and direct experience, so that logical models can be built for future inference. Output accuracy depends on data size – a larger amount of data will build a better model, which in turn increases its accuracy. Machine learning algorithms are classified into three types: - **Supervised learning.** Machines are trained with labeled data to predict the outcome. - **Unsupervised learning.** Machines are trained with unlabeled data, with the model extracting information from the input to identify features and patterns, so it can generate an outcome. - **Reinforcement learning.** Machines learn through trial and error, using feedback to form actions. --- ### 6\. Neural networks/deep learning Neural networks are also known as artificial neural networks (ANNs) or simulated neural networks (SNNs). At the heart of [deep learning](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/your-guide-to-deep-learning/) algorithms, neural networks are inspired by the human brain, and they copy how biological neurons signal to each other. ANNs have node layers – consisting of an input layer, one or more hidden layers, and an output layer. Each node, also called an artificial neuron, connects to other neurons and has an associated threshold and weight. When an individual node’s output is over a specified threshold value, the node is activated to send data to the next network layer. Neural networks need training data to both learn and improve accuracy. --- ### 7\. Language processing Natural language processing allows computers to understand both text and spoken words like humans can. Combining machine learning, linguistics, and deep learning models, computers can process human language in voice or text data to understand the full meaning, intent, and sentiment. In speech recognition or speech-to-text, for example, voice data is reliably converted to text data. This can be challenging as people speak with varied intonations, emphasis, and accents. Programmers have to teach computers natural language-driven applications so they can understand and recognize data from the beginning. Some natural language processing use cases are: - [**Virtual chatbots**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-ais-like-chatgpt/)**.** They can recognize contextual information to offer customers better responses over time. - **Spam detection.** Natural language processing text classification can scan language in emails to detect phishing or spam. - **Sentiment analysis.** Analyzing language used in social media platforms helps to extract emotions and attitudes about products. [AI swarms are here: How autonomous agents work togetherIf the last wave of AI felt like hiring a very smart intern, this one feels more like managing an entire organization that never sleeps (and occasionally argues with itself).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-672.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--8.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) ### 8\. Evolutionary computation Evolutionary computation is a branch of AI inspired by the process of natural selection. Algorithms generate a population of candidate solutions to a problem, test them, discard the weakest, and evolve the strongest through mutation and recombination, repeating this cycle until an optimal solution emerges. The most well-known technique is the **genetic algorithm**, but the field also includes evolutionary strategies, genetic programming, and differential evolution. 💡 These methods are particularly useful for complex optimization problems where traditional approaches struggle, such as designing engineering components, scheduling systems, or training neural networks. ### 9\. Swarm intelligence [**Swarm intelligence**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/ai-swarms-are-coming-heres-why-it-matters/) studies how simple agents, following simple rules, can collectively produce intelligent, adaptive behavior. The inspiration comes from nature: ant colonies, bird flocks, and bee swarms all solve complex problems (finding food, navigating, making decisions) without any central coordination. In AI, this translates into algorithms like **Ant Colony Optimization** (used for routing and logistics) and **Particle Swarm Optimization** (used for training models and solving search problems). Swarm-based approaches are especially valuable in robotics, where teams of simple robots must coordinate without a central controller. --- ### 10\. Cognitive computing Cognitive computing aims to simulate human thought processes in a computerized model. Rather than following rigid, pre-programmed rules, cognitive systems are designed to reason under uncertainty, learn from experience, and interact with humans in a natural way. **IBM's Watson** is the most prominent example, a system built to interpret unstructured data, weigh evidence, and generate contextually appropriate responses. Cognitive computing draws heavily on natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision, and is widely applied in healthcare, customer service, and financial analysis. Sure! I'll need to pull up the page to remind myself of all 10 branches (including the 3 new ones we just added) before building the table.Got everything I need. Here's the comparison table covering all 10 branches. --- ## Branches of AI: Comparison table The table below breaks down all 10 branches, what they do, and where you'll find them in the real world: | Branch | Definition | Real-World Example | | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | **Computer Vision** | Teaching machines to interpret images and video | Facial recognition on smartphones | | **Machine Learning** | Learning from data to improve without explicit programming | Netflix recommendation engine | | **Natural Language Processing** | Understanding and generating human language | ChatGPT, spam filters | | **Neural Networks / Deep Learning** | Brain-inspired layered networks for complex data processing | Image generation, fraud detection | | **Robotics** | Machines that perceive and interact with the physical world | Surgical robots, manufacturing automation | | **Expert Systems** | Rule-based programs that replicate human expert decisions | Medical diagnosis, loan approval | | **Fuzzy Logic** | Reasoning where answers aren't strictly true or false | Anti-lock braking, climate control | | **Evolutionary Computation** | Optimising solutions by mimicking natural selection | Engineering design optimisation | | **Swarm Intelligence** | Collective problem-solving by simple decentralised agents | Logistics routing, drone coordination | | **Cognitive Computing** | Simulating human thought to reason and interact naturally | IBM Watson in healthcare | ## How the branches of AI interconnect No branch of AI operates in isolation. The most powerful AI systems draw on multiple branches working together, and it's this combination that makes them truly capable. Take self-driving cars: computer vision processes what the cameras see, machine learning improves the system over time, NLP handles voice commands, and robotics controls the vehicle itself. Similarly, in [**healthcare**](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-personalized-predictive-and-proactive-medicine/), expert systems apply clinical rules while machine learning and NLP work together to analyze patient data and interpret doctor's notes. 💡 As AI matures, the lines between branches are blurring. Cognitive computing deliberately fuses NLP, machine learning, and computer vision into one framework. Swarm intelligence is being paired with robotics to coordinate drone fleets. Evolutionary computation is being used to design better neural networks. Understanding each branch individually is a useful starting point, but the real power of AI lies in how they come together. [The story of Sora: What it reveals about building real-world AIAfter ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the race to define the next frontier of generative AI accelerated. One of the most talked-about innovations was OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI model that promised to transform digital content creation.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/icon/AIAI-ICON-673.png)AI Accelerator InstituteAndrew Lovell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b3/26b323cb-c378-4831-bc7d-27e29def746a/content/images/thumbnail/AIAI_Website_Article_Images_Doodles--3--1-3.png)](https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/5-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sora-hype-vs-reality/) ### BritGPT: What’s behind the UK's £900M Investment in AI? URL: https://www.aiacceleratorinstitute.com/britgpt-whats-behind-the-uks-900m-investment-in-ai/ Last updated: 2023-03-21T12:41:39.000Z The UK government is set to invest £900m in a cutting-edge supercomputer as part of its new artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The investment comes on the heels of the recent explosion of interest in AI, driven by the release of large language models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. The government plans to build an exascale computer that is several times more powerful than the largest computers currently in the UK and establish a new AI research body. The proposed investment will enable researchers to better understand climate change, discover new drugs, and maximize the country's potential in AI. ## What is an exascale computer? An exascale computer is a type of supercomputer that’s capable of performing more than one billion billion simple calculations per second, which is measured in exaflops. This level of computing power is several times more powerful than the largest computers currently available in the UK. Currently, only one such machine exists, Frontier, which is located at America's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is used for scientific research. Exascale computers are essential for training complex AI models, as well as for other applications in science, industry, and defense. The UK government's proposed investment in an exascale computer is a significant step towards advancing AI research and development in the country. The machine will be instrumental in modeling weather forecasts and climate projections. The government believes that the £900m investment will lead to better insights into climate change, discovering new drugs, and maximizing the UK's potential in AI. ## Britain’s answer to ChatGPT? The UK government also recognizes the importance of large language models, the technology behind chatbots like OpenAI's chatGPT and Google's Bard, which has yet to be released to the public. The government will establish a task force to promote UK sovereign capability in foundation models, including large language models. The proposed investment in AI is a response to concerns raised by MPs who warned the UK that it risked falling behind in areas such as healthcare and cybersecurity if it didn't invest in large language models. Adrian Joseph, BT's chief data and AI officer, expressed concerns that the UK would lose out to major tech companies and China in the AI "arms race." To further encourage AI research, the UK government will award a £1m prize every year for the next 10 years for the most groundbreaking AI research. The award will be called the Manchester Prize, in honor of the Manchester Baby, a forerunner of the modern computer built at the University of Manchester in 1948. In addition to the proposed investment in AI, the UK government plans to invest £2.5bn in quantum technologies over the next decade. Quantum computing is based on quantum physics, which explores how subatomic particles work. Quantum computers can process vast numbers of different outcomes, making them an essential tool for scientific research and development. _Includes the latest 500 public posts. Use `/sitemap.xml` for the complete archive of public content._