Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 01Sep2023
Best business article(s) I read this week…
Generative AI at Mastercard: Governance Takes Center Stage
Describes how Mastercard is addressing issues related to the adoption and use of generative AI, such as ethics and governance.
What’s the future of generative AI?
McKinsey & Company recently published this “visual explainer.” It presents 15 different charts that describe various aspects of generative AI.
5 Things CFOs Should Know About Generative AI
This Wall Street Journal article is one in an ongoing series that is published as part of their CIO Journal series. It makes the point that the CFO's job could be greatly impacted by AI because it is the “nexus of data” in the corporation.
ChatGPT: A Case Study on Copyright Challenges…
Provides an overview of the emerging legal issues regarding the training of Large Language Models (LLMs).
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
As someone who helps companies adopt and use collaborative intelligence technologies, I am always interested in new perspectives. This journal article examines ChatGPT’s “creepiness” and how that affects usage patterns, trust, and other issues related to successful adoption and deployment. (The link takes you to an extended outline, but access to the entire article requires a subscription or purchase [US$24.95].)
Other item(s) of note…
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
To date, most companies’ experience with machine intelligence is limited to applying machine learning to various analyses and forecasts used in their business. Microsoft will soon allow Excel users to access Python libraries for data analysis and visualization, making Excel a much more powerful tool for such applications.
The coolest thing I saw…
Google Bard Can Decode Ancient Writing, and It’s Mind Blowing
One of the benefits of being immersed in collaborative intelligence each day is my discovery of the many unexpected uses of LLMs. In this article, the author describes how he used Bard to translate ancient Greek and Sumerian texts. I think it’s cool.

