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Is Deep Research worth $200 a month?

4 steps to attracting and keeping the best talent in business (even if you're not Google)
You don't need to be a big tech firm to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent. Here's our four-step process for doing it right.

5 research-backed secrets to get employees to engage in learning
L&D faces an age-old challenge: How the heck do you get employees to prioritize and engage in learning? We've been focused on learning engagement for three years. Here's what we've learned.

How did Twitter's blue check mark go from status symbol to total embarrassment?
In less than six months, Twitter's blue check mark "verification" has gone from a status symbol for the rich and famous to a warning sign associated with Elon fanboys and trolls. We unpack what happened, using lessons in brand strategy and viral growth.

Which skills matter? Employees and L&D leaders don’t always agree [research]
Which skills matter in the modern workplace – to get promoted, to get ahead, to impact the business? It turns out that employees and learning leaders don’t always agree.
We recently surveyed 10,000 students and 250 learning leaders on the skills that are their biggest priority in 2023.

How to Build a Business with AI
Getting a new business off the ground comes with a lot of moving pieces – and AI can automate a bunch of them. Here's how Ashley Gross built an online community with one person and $400 a month using AI.

How to build custom GPTs that can do your grunt work
AI-powered products are the future. But for those who don’t have the time or resources to build something in-house, custom GPTs are a good low-fi solution. Here's how to build one.

How the Royal Family’s AI-powered mental health agent overcame privacy concerns
Most orgs feel unready for the challenges that Gen AI brings to risk management. Yet many AI applications will have to navigate the line between user value and user privacy. So we sat down with specialist, Brian Kolodny, to understand how he traversed matters of privacy when building a mental health bot for the Royal Family’s foundation.

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.