Friday, September 20, 2024

20 Sep 2024

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This week’s AI for the C Suite takes you inside our research analysis process, spotlights the latest in AI regulations and catches you up on Salesforce and Microsoft’s newest AI offerings. Here’s what you need to know:

1. Paper Trail: AI Research Decoded

Why (and How) We Analyze Academic Research About AI

One question that often arises from prospective Subscribers is why we analyze academic research and what that analysis looks like. Here’s the 411 on why (and what) we do with academic papers about AI:

  • Our why is straightforward: We are laser focused on applying generative AI to the middle market because these tools DO NOT come with an instruction manual or well developed use cases. To riff on an over-used metaphor, we are figuring out not only how to fly the plane while it’s being built but how to go farther, higher and faster as individual plane components (like the engine and wings) are upgraded during flight. In short, we’re helping you figure out how what’s now while simultaneously preparing you for what’s next.
  • Every week we sort through upwards of 300 published and pre-print publication academic papers focused exclusively on AI to select solely the ones that are relevant to the leaders of middle market organizations
  • We break these papers down into articles that do not exceed 1500 words and organize it each article with the following sections:
    • Executive Summary
    • Key Findings
    • Recommendations for Middle Market Leaders
    • Future Trends
    • Final Thoughts
  • We also include an infographic that summarizes a key point from the research

Foundation Models: The New Frontier of AI for Middle Market Leaders

A paper titled Understanding Foundation Models: Are We Back in 1924? poses interesting questions about how Foundation Models are reshaping AI capabilities and what it means for middle market organizations. Our analysis explores this research and key takeaways include:

  • Foundation Models are demonstrating advanced reasoning abilities, rivaling larger counterparts
  • Current benchmarking methods struggle to fully evaluate FM capabilities
  • Understanding FM internal mechanisms remains a challenge, similar to neuroscience efforts with the human brain

Read our full analysis of each of these research papers at AI for the C Suite.

2. Sound Waves: Podcast Highlights

Our most recent podcast episode, released Monday, 9.16.24, features our conversation with Ross Stockdale, owner of Thunderstock Marketing. Catch up on our conversation with Ross this weekend the  Subscribe to our podcast today on your listening platform of choice to ensure you never miss a beat. New episodes release every two weeks.

3. Code & Law: AI Policy Watch

AI Legislation Tracker

At last count there are over 120 federal bills pending that impact AI regulation in some way. Fortunately, the Brennan Center for Justice has assembled na interactive AI legislation tracker narrowly focused on the 118th Congress. Check out their AI Legislation Tracker or cruise over to the MIT Technology Review (subscription may be required) for their meta analysis of what all these pieces of legislation might mean.

California SB1047

The clock is ticking with no word on whether California Governor Newsom intends to sign SB1047 – known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act. We’ll post more when th legislation moves. Until then, subscribers to our platform may read our past analysis of this legislation to learn more about what it may mean and why it’s important.

4. AI Buzz: Fresh Bytes

  • This past Monday Microsoft upgraded and unveiled the newest version of CoPilot. To learn what’s evolving, Check out the article Microsoft Copilot AI Gets Faster, Smarter and More Collaborative.
  • Saas behemoth Salesforce’s AI reality may finally be catching up to its rhetoric as its new generative AI bots debuted last week under the name “Agentforce.”  Check out the article Salesforce unleashes its first AI Agents to learn more.

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Chad