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
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
Not another product launch – a shift towards integration, usability, and AI that supports good work rather than interrupting it.
This week brought a reminder that the more we rely on technology the more we need to consider the business continuity when things go wrong.
This week brought validation: Nobel prizes, job data, and institutional confidence. Here's what the economic shift means for your business - and a spooky coding challenge for the weekend.
Rabbit holes, robins, and platform plays - plus a prompt to expand your thinking, and a new take on what the next generation might do in an AI-powered world.
This week’s drops weren’t just flashy - they showed who AI is really for. Inside: a weekend build challenge, model tribes, and smart moves for Q4 strategy.
Is your calendar chaos? Try this AI fix, plus optimism vs anxiety in AI, and why now is the time to plan ahead. This is your dose of AI Optimism for 19th September - 25th September
