A pivotal study, conducted by experts from Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, the Boston Consulting Group, and the Wharton School, highlighted some great insights about using AI at work. The study focused on 18 complex, knowledge-intensive tasks, and involved 758 consultants from the Boston Consulting Group. These professionals were grouped into three categories: the first group were given no AI access, the second group were given access to GPT-4 (the AI model that ChatGPT is based on), and ... Read More

A new paper was recently published, called "Principled Instructions Are All You Need for Questioning LLaMA-1/2 GPT-3.5/4.” The study focused on optimizing the interaction with large language models (LLMs) through certain instructions and analyzed the impact of 26 different principles. Here are the top 5 principles that produced the largest average improvement percentage with GPT-3.5/4 In other words, if you use those 5 principles with ChatGPT, you should see significant improvements in ... Read More

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to discover a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The AI models developed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard analyze chemical structures to predict antibiotic activity and potential human cell toxicity. What does this mean for leaders? The main takeaway is that business leaders in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries should probably start investing in AI technologies to enhance research and ... Read More

A CNBC and SurveyMonkey poll reveals that 72% of employees who use AI at work find it boosts productivity. Despite the positive impact on productivity, 42% of employees express concerns about AI affecting their job security. This is not surprising as the more people use AI at work, the more they fear how this is going to affect them later. Experts suggest that AI will transform rather than eliminate jobs, advising workers to adapt and collaborate with technology. What does ... Read More

The Arena Group, the parent company of Sports Illustrated and The Street, dismissed its CEO Ross Levinsohn after a controversy involving AI-generated fake author profiles. This decision follows the termination of three key executives and coincides with allegations of unethical AI use in content creation. Although there was no direct link stated between the AI scandal and the recent firings (with the company remaining discreet about the reasons), many are speculating that this is ... Read More

Here’s an interesting take from an AI leader. In a recent interview with CNBC, OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer, Brad Lightcap, advised caution in expecting rapid, transformative business changes from AI technology. Despite the growing interest in generative AI for enterprise use, Lightcap interestingly said that AI is not a quick fix for complex business challenges. One main reason is that the technology is still evolving. There's a recognition that AI, in its current ... Read More

Ethan Mollick recently published a great article about rebuilding organizations for AI. Three main takeaways worth mentioning: First, he referenced a saying that “there are only two ways to react to exponential change: too early or too late.” In the case of AI, it’s best to react as early as possible even though today’s technology is limited and not without flaws. Starting early will give you an advantage because you’ll be more adaptable to change given that the advancements in ... Read More

In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned that OpenAI announced they’re rolling out custom versions of GPTs. This week, I made one. I created a custom GPT (based on my “Don’t Reply All” book) that would help anyone who uses it to write better emails at work. For context: my book covers some basic principles of email communication in a corporate environment, so this custom GPT takes the book’s concepts and tailors them to users of the GPT. It’s free to use this custom GPT, but you’ll ... Read More

The biggest news recently was about OpenAI’s DevDay where the organization behind ChatGPT discussed their latest AI advancements. You can watch the full video here (around 45 minutes): Here are three main takeaways: Customized GPTs OpenAI announced that they’re rolling out custom versions of GPTs that you can create to help you with specific purposes. Those custom GPTs can be sold on their "GPT Store” (similar to an App Store), which is launching soon. Anyone can create them, so no ... Read More

I recently attended a great talk by thought leaders in the AI space. One of the speakers was Elvis Saravia (founder and lead AI scientist at DAIR). He wrote a comprehensive guide called the “Prompt Engineering Guide” that covers the topic in-depth. Prompt engineering is this idea of tweaking and optimizing your prompts (i.e., the questions you ask a tool like ChatGPT) to improve the output that you get. Some AI experts believe that this whole discipline of prompt engineering will ... Read More