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November 21, 2024

How I use AI to help my boss prepare for board meetings

We’re not shy about sharing our favorite AI use case: Leveraging it as a thought partner. But not all LLMs are created equally – so Section’s Chief of Staff to the COO, Ana, is sharing how they rank as thought partners for one of her most strategic use cases: Preparing the quarterly board deck.

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Greg Shove
Ana Silva
5 mins
For students
AI
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November 20, 2024

The hidden reasons you’re not using AI every day

We’ve been taught all our lives to value original ideas and hard work, but using AI challenges these principles. But you have to get over this thinking, because your CEO already has.

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Greg Shove
Greg & Taylor
6 mins
AI
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November 15, 2024

Meet your professor: Emerging tech and AI consultant, Elizabeth Shaw

Elizabeth Shaw has worked in emerging tech for nearly 25 years at companies including Gartner, Sephora, and Forrester. Now, she’s your new guest lecturer in Section’s AI Crash Course.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
5 mins
AI
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November 7, 2024

Why most organizations aren’t ready to deploy AI

In September, we re-ran our AI Proficiency Survey to over 5,000 knowledge workers across the US, UK, and Canada. Our biggest takeaway: The knowledge workforce is vastly unprepared for an AI-augmented future.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
4 mins
For companies
AI
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December 12, 2023

How we built a generative AI bot

By summer 2023, we were convinced we needed to use AI to improve our student experience. From August to October, we designed, built, and prototyped an AI course tutor called ProfAI. In today's post, we'll walk you through how we did it.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
7 mins
For students
AI
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December 8, 2023

Our hot take on Google Gemini

On Wednesday, Google announced its long (long, long)-awaited AI product, Gemini. We dug in to understand whether Gemini lives up to the hype, what it signals for OpenAI and Microsoft, and what you can use it for right now. 

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
7 mins
For students
AI
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October 25, 2024

Our Guide to Building Enterprise AI Applications

Every company needs to be thinking about where AI slots into their product or service, but all the noise and hype makes it hard to determine what a valuable vs. novel use case looks like. Machine & Partners’ Ed Ortega is sharing 2 frameworks to narrow down your laundry list of AI ideas.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
5 mins
For companies
AI
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August 16, 2024

How an AI expert built agents for Toyota and Universal Theme Parks

Brian Kolodny has designed chatbots for 37 Global 100 companies. Here's how he used them to create better customer experiences for Toyota and Universal Theme Parks.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
9 mins
For companies
AI

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