Recent progress in speech technology provides an economical way for businesses to deepen their connection with consumers by using their native language.

AI guardrails are safety mechanisms to ensure that AI applications are aligned with our ethical standards and societal expectations. We have all heard examples of chatbots going “off the rails”.

As the year draws to a close, I find myself amazed at the progress in artificial intelligence. Each year the boundaries are pushed but, OMG, this year was exceptional.

Cloud providers have to spend billions on hardware to run AI models for users. Apple will have no such cost because the model will run on… your iPhone.

In a 2004 New York Times interview Bill Gates predicted that any company that would create a breakthrough in machine learning (AI) could potentially displace Microsoft.

I recall visiting a McKinsey office maybe 15 years ago and being very impressed by their structured approach to organising knowledge.

Retrieval Augmented Generation is currently the best way to mitigate Large Language Model hallucinations.

AI-based image generation tools are transforming the way we perceive and create art. I explored four such tools to understand their unique capabilities and limitations. The test subject was the dame blanche website (and Instagram feed) that I have finally released...

Every time a new technology comes along, we seem to first believe that it will (a) replace all previous technologies and (b) that it will solve all future problems. Inevitably we then discover the limitations and then finally we put the new tool where it belongs, in its own niche where it shines.

we are well aware of model drift, where the input variables (the real world), over time, become different from the data distribution the model was trained on. It’s not so much the model that drifts here but rather the input data.

With LLMs the models themselves also ‘drift’ in that

When typing this question into ChatGPT I was impressed by the response that suggests deep insight into the relationship between the shape, weight and strength of a manhole cover, the challenges to manufacture and manipulate it as well as worker safety concerns. Surely an AI needs a model of the world and true reasoning capability to arrive at this answer?