A.I. for Data Visualization: Best Practices

A.I. for Data Visualization

A.I. tools like ChatGPT can be used to generate data visualizations. If you are a business owner looking to transform raw data into visualized pie charts, bar graphs, and the like, A.I. can be useful.  The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post Use cases include quickly putting together slide-show presentations or newsletters. If a […]

Is Copilot’s “Think Deeper” a Deep Thinker?

Copilot

Reasoning models are a hot topic in A.I. These models take more time to answer prompts than large language models that generate instant answers. The result ought to be a better answer. Copilot’s Think Deeper feature, powered by OpenAI’s o1 model.  The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post Think Deeper is meant for extended […]

Google’s Gemini “Translates” Spreadsheets to Charts

Google's Gemini "Translates" Spreadsheets to Charts

For users of Google Workspace, there is a Gemini feature that allows users to readily visualize Google Sheets. The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post You can also get insights about data from Gemini. These insights can be predictive, such as predicting customer-churn rate for the next quarter. The insights can also be analytical.  […]

A.I. Use Case: Machine Translation in Minnesota Enterprise Translations Office

Machine Translation

Businesses with the need for translation services could look for inspiration to the State of Minnesota’s Enterprise Translations Office (ETO), which provides translation services for the state’s Executive Branch, using A.I. for machine translation in communicating with people.    The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post Approximately a fifth of Minnesota’s population primarily speaks […]

A.I. Vocab Lesson: Test-Time Compute

A.I. Vocab Lesson

Test-time compute is an important term to know about the so-called “reasoning models”, which are the next step after L.L.M.s (i.e., large-language models) in A.I. models. Test-time compute involves giving A.I. time to “think” over a prompt, in contrast to having to instantly generate an output.    The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post […]

Meta AI’s Memory Helps Personalize Recommendations

Meta AI's Memory

Using customer data has always been a key for online platforms to deliver effective recommendations to consumers. Meta AI will further improve this process through a memory feature that “remembers” key features about users from one-on-one chats with the Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp and Messenger.     The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post […]

A.I. in Automotive: L.L.M.’s in Vehicles

A.I. in Automotive

 Large language models (L.L.M.’s), examples of which include ChatGPT and Claude, are integrating into some vehicles. Notably, a Google L.L.M. is integrating in Mercedes Benz for its CLA class of vehicles.  The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post The idea here is to create “smart” cars where the Voice Assistant is more adaptable and […]

Microsoft’s Core AI Seeks to Affect All of the App Stack

Microsoft's Core AI

A former Facebook engineering chief is heading Core AI, an initiative by Microsoft to A.I.-ify the app stack of Microsoft’s services. What does this mean for business owners?  The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post “Agentic” is a key word that comes up in Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo about Core AI. This refers […]

A.I. That Saves Time: Seek-and-Find Assistants

Seek-and-Find Assistants

Finding files, fulfilling tasks, and adjusting settings are some of the core features for anyone who works on a computer. For business owners, file organization and task fulfillment can be made easier through A.I. that makes the seek-and-find process easier.  The Five Most-Key Takeaways from This Blog Post Microsoft is a high-profile company that is […]