$40 billion... yes, that's with a b
01/04/25 10:39
OK, I don't care who you are, $40B is a lot of money… the weeds of the deal are for others to worry about but a key issue is OpenAI's status - the deal requires OpenAI to become a for-profit entity. The AI space is swimming in money and competition… bet on seeing some very interesting things in the near term. Agentic AI here we come!
AI and risk
18/03/25 09:42
This is a really interesting site - the MIT Risk Repository
It's not a trivial task to review this site but it's well worth a coffee's worth of time. The MIT taxonomy of risk is, all by itself, worth the price of admission… which is free by the way. As project managers we think about risk all the time but this site can help, I think, by making us consider sources of risk that we might not always think about. You have to love a good road map!
It's not a trivial task to review this site but it's well worth a coffee's worth of time. The MIT taxonomy of risk is, all by itself, worth the price of admission… which is free by the way. As project managers we think about risk all the time but this site can help, I think, by making us consider sources of risk that we might not always think about. You have to love a good road map!
ChatGPT 4.5
06/03/25 09:31
ChatGPT 4.5 is out. Granted it's only for ChatGPT Pro users but still… and you know what? I can't get too excited. Maybe I'm just testy today but keeping track of available AI models isn't my job. AI is a tool that I use. And, if it gets better over time, great! But evaluating tools really can't be a daily or weekly occurrence… who's got time for that? So for now, all you AI developers - keep on keeping on and God Speed… I'd love to chat but really do have things to do.
AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AI (Academic Integrity)
27/02/25 09:10
I let my students use AI. It's a good tool and why wouldn't we want our students to learn how to use good tools? But, like all swords, this one is double edged. Some students use AI for generating ideas, studying for assessments and helping with assignments. Others use it to generate a document or a presentation and then hand it in 1. As their own work, and 2. Without even bothering to edit the work. Clearly these latter students are violating Academic Integrity guidelines. But what to do? The AI genie isn't going back into the bottle and banning its use is akin to schools attempting, back in the day, to ban calculators. I suspect the middle ground is teaching students to use AI properly, to cite their use and to make the resulting outcomes their own, AND to go back to old school type assessments - oral exams perhaps Proctored rooms? Authentic assessments are difficult to do and usually aren't scalable but the alternative is unpalatable.
Want your own GPT?
25/02/25 10:15
When it comes to good prompting, context always helps - let the GPT know its role, audience, level of output, etc. In other words, set up the prompt for your environment. Well, why not set up the entire GPT that way? You can and it's very straightforward actually. We're playing with this now to determine how the output changes - try it yourself. If you use ChatGPT simply login and there's a link entitled "Explore GPTs". Click that and then click on "Create"… and poof, you're about to build a customized GPT for your specific requirements. If nothing else, you can casually drop this into cocktail party conversations and sound like you're cutting edge!