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By now you’ve heard ChatGPT-o1 (fka Strawberry) was released. We asked our Lead AI Consultant, Chase Ballard, for his thoughts – good and bad – and here’s what he said: Firstly, a lot of people are already grabbing for attention with the new model release. It IS initially impressive, but we don’t know what it can really do yet – and most of the time, the best stuff comes out after the hype dies down. So here’s what you need to know so far: ⭐ Prompting is simpler – Context rules over complexity with o1 ⭐ Better reasoning capabilities – Will we see more reliable and trustworthy outputs? ⭐ A more agentic approach – Problems are broken apart and solved individually 🍅 Weaker writing abilities – Better for math and coding, based on human preferences 🍅 No additional context – Can’t process uploaded inputs like images, PDFs etc. yet 🍅 No image generation – Doesn’t yet work with DALL-E Does the model show immense promise? Heck yeah! But we want to put it through its paces a little more before we start singing its praises. Check back next week for a full review.

Scott Galloway has it “all”: money in the bank, a family, and success. He'll tell you how to build the same life in a free event on September 26. Join us and ask Scott anything you want to know about how to build wealth, companies, and happiness (all at the same time). Link to RSVP (and submit your Q's ahead of time) in the comments - you may have the toggle the filter to "most recent".

Custom GPTs are great for automating parts of a process – but don’t you wish it could just run the entire workflow for you? The good news is: It can, with integrations like Zapier. Chase Ballard will show you how to do it in his brand new workshop - Integrating your Custom GPT with Zapier running on September 26. Walk away with an understanding of Zapier's AI actions, how to use them in a workflow, and how to connect external tools - like the Google suite and your database - to close the loop on your workflow. Link to enroll in the comments (you may have to toggle the filter to "most recent"!)

AI in art is muddled with comments about bad quality and cheaper value. But is AI really the enemy of art, or does it play a role in making us more creative? Peter Stone, Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin and Chief Scientist at SonyAI, is joining us on 9/25 to hash out questions like: ❓Will AI's involvement put a premium on art that isn’t AI-assisted? ❓If AI makes everyone an artist, what is the value of an artist’s expertise? ❓How can creatives standout in a world where their craft is commoditized? You can RSVP for free now. We'll leave the link in the comments (you may have to toggle your comments from "most relevant" to "most recent")

AI will change how we learn for the better. Think personalized tutoring for every person and a co-pilot helping you build a capstone project. Gregory Shove is sitting down with Candice F., Co-Founder of Disco, to talk about the future of AI in learning businesses on September 24 at 12 p.m. ET. Join us to learn how Section is reimagining education with AI - it's free! Link in comments to RSVP.

You’ve heard us talk a lot about the AI class and AI experts – but who are they? In last week’s Strategy Brief we broke down the industries that are AI leaders and AI laggers. Leading the pack in AI proficiency are knowledge workers in consulting, B2B software, and advertising/media/branding. A third of them are using AI every day, and nearly 20% leverage all of AI’s personas to help them. The result: Nearly a quarter are saving 20-30% (and more!) of their time at work. Curious to see who’s lagging behind? We’ll link the whole post in the comments. (You may have to change your comments filter to "most recent"!)

In last week’s Strategy Brief, Chase Ballard shared the results of his experiments with Claude for Teams’ new features – Projects and Artifacts. Take a peek at this workflow he put together. He shared some other powerful use cases – for Claude and other LLMs. Link in the comments to watch more, and leave us feedback on how much they helped you. (You may have to toggle your comments filter to "most recent"!)

Business is all about battling for attention. You have 1 min to make an impression in a sales pitch and 3 in a presentation. So how do you tell a story people will pay attention to? You design a roller coaster they want to ride. Start with an arresting moment to get their buy-in, then introduce tension to show them why they should keep listening. Add in an insight that’s not easily deduced, and offer a glimpse at success. Our Storytelling for Business workshop walks you through how to make all your future comms a riveting success, and it’s running again on September 24th. Link to enroll in the comments (you may have to change your filter to "most recent"!).

Hey leaders: Having an AI policy isn’t enough to make innovation happen. Here are the 3 things you need to be doing to get your team into the AI Class 👇 1. Make your stance on AI clear – A good AI policy is only the first step, but it’s important. Most AI Skeptics are in companies who are silent about AI. 2. Give them access to a paid LLM – Free models aren’t going to give you the best results and your team might just abandon it. Start them off on the right foot. 3. Provide formal training – Don’t just let them loose without any guidance. Provide support and resources to help them make the most of AI. The result? They’ll join the 7% of the knowledge workforce who are saving more than 30% of their time each week by using AI with everything. Download the full report in the comments.