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The Concorde was fast, but not that fast. It could go from New York to Paris in just over 3 hours. The starry-eyed futurists of the song could be forgiven for expecting things to get even better. But even when oil prices were cheap, it was just too expensive to run, so we gave up on that dream, and now are lucky to travel that distance in 7 hours.

Recent discussions on enterprise AI reveal that while individual workers may benefit from productivity gains, the overall ROI for companies remains unclear and challenging to measure.

‘I think the level of quality that everything has these days, every image, every website, every song, every video also has downsides. It defining the “norm”, the expectation we have from one another has two main issues that keep irritating me.’ 🔗 The Professionalism Trap

nine out of the top 10 AI labs use Google’s infrastructure. He also says that nearly all generative AI unicorns run on Google Cloud, that 60% of all GenAI startups worldwide have chosen Google as their cloud provider, and that the company has lined up $58 billion in new revenue commitments over the next two years, which represents more than double its current annual run rate. (1) Clearly, some comms work in action here, to, (2) get the message out there that Google is kind of a big deal.

The critique acknowledges the flaws in a HBR study about “workslop” while embracing the term itself.

Doing SEO for the LLMs so that your content can be found. 🔗 AEO for YouTube: How to Get Your Videos Cited by ChatGPT

Sources say that Simo has recently been meeting with potential candidates, including some of her former Facebook colleagues, to lead a new team that will be tasked with bringing ads to ChatGPT. The role will oversee all monetization efforts across OpenAI, including subscriptions. 🔗 OpenAI is looking for a head of ads for ChatGPT

This is also what it’s like to work in corporate strategy and supporting the executive suite. It feels like a lot of time wasted when someone could have been coming up with fixes instead of silo-hopping. That said: the point of a system is what it does. So, coordinating with the giant organization is often the goal, not so much the actual actions taken. Also in the “that said” category: it takes a lot of effort to make a change, but once that change is in place, the power of the giant organization has a huge impact.

I always forget that Nixon was a vice president, and I’m still shocked every time I’m reminded of that.