The AI Optimist
For leaders who want to respond to the AI opportunity rather than react to the AI hype - weekly AI news delivered with pragmatic optimism you can act on.
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Your AI Briefing for 17th May - 23rd May 2025
Your AI Briefing for 26th April - 2nd May 2025
Your AI Briefing for 10th May - 16th May 2025
Your dose of AI Optimism for 12th September - 19th September
Your dose of AI Optimism for 6th September - 12th September
An AI Strategy Primer
Alex Smith on ego death, my research on the 94 building blocks of knowledge work, and why 43% of what we do is irreducibly human.
Claude Cowork, healthcare's trust test, deepfake laws, and why your teams need permission to be more ambitious.
The foundation for AI that doesn't hallucinate (and what your kids should be learning)
There are a wide variety of models that are designed to do different jobs. By moving past LLMs you can cut costs and make AI more environmentally sound.
13 predictions on how AI will change our world to ponder over the holiday period.
How can AI make us more ambitious, How do we find the time for up-skilling in AI and is ChatGPT's new image capability good?
The biggest AI competitors just donated the plumbing for the next web just in time for Christmas. And retailers are waking up to the reality of agentic christmas shopping.
Google's AI ecosystem play, OpenAI's panic, and what it means for your AI strategy.
Frugal AI. Shipping containers, AI operating systems and money trees. All against the backdrop of the UK's autumn budget.
Why an octopus-shaped organisation wins in 2026 and how AI, code, and collaboration make it possible.
Control the cost, control the carbon, control the outcomes. What frugal AI means for your 2026 plan – and a simple way to level up your prompting skills.
When you don’t own your AI, you’re not in control. Here’s what’s changing - and how to prepare + How to perfect your prompts
