📝 The C-Suite Playbooks

Hey folks,

Today, we’re going to have a look at some executive guides from BCG at the State of AI and how you in your organization can start to navigate AI through different role functions. Always lots to cover in this Friday edition so let’s dive in..

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👩‍💼 BCG Executive Perspectives Playbooks

🐝 The Buzz: With Generative AI at an inflection point, CEOs and senior executives are setting ambitious targets for their top and bottom lines. Over 50% of Executives with the highest AI maturity, companies that were first to scale GenAI, expect to see a return of more than double their investment in the next year. 47% of these AI-mature leaders view AI as a revenue driver and a cost cutting measure.

Sp, where should my organization start? These Playbooks will help!

• CEO's Guide to maximizing value from AI in 2024

• HR - Unlocking Impact from GenAI

• Sales - The Future of Sales with AI

• Supply Chain - Unlocking the Value of GenAI Transformation

• Finance - Unlocking value from AI and GenAI

💡 Takeaway: Staying informed on these pivotal topics is essential for leaders striving to navigate complexities and drive sustainable growth. BCG's Executive Perspectives provide valuable guidance to help organizations adapt and thrive amidst these global shifts.

🌏️ Microsoft unveils AI Agents, Copilot Actions 2024

🐝 The Buzz: Microsoft's Ignite 2024 event lit up with shiny new AI agents and Copilot features, aiming to ease your everyday grind without lifting a finger. Imagine having your very own digital assistant army!

• Employee Self-Service Agent tackles HR and IT tasks, giving you more lunch break time.

• Facilitator agent in Teams loves to scribble notes and plan your day.

• Copilot Action is here to make repetitive work magically vanish.

• No programming fuss needed—these AI agents are ready to serve across Microsoft 365.

💡 Takeaway: Microsoft's latest AI innovations highlight the push towards automating mundane office tasks, underscoring a focus on efficiency and reducing error-prone manual interventions. This marks a significant step in enhancing workplace productivity, ensuring more time for creative and strategic activities—and hopefully, fewer opportunities for embarrassing typos.

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💻️ How to control your data in ChatGPT

ChatGPT uses your data to train its AI models. Here's how you can turn it off

• Go to ChatGPT

• Go to Profile > Settings > Data Control > Improve the model for everyone

• Toggle it off, then your data is not used for training.

🐝 AI buzz bits

🎮 AI Adventure: The world's first fully AI-generated game, based on Minecraft, offers a unique, dynamic gameplay experience where player actions constantly reshape the game environment.

🌧️ AI-Powered Showers: The UAE is set to use artificial intelligence to optimize cloud seeding, aiming to enhance rainfall and combat its water scarcity woes.

🧠 Contextual Genius: Google's Gemini chatbot now boasts memory capabilities, allowing it to recall user preferences, but only for premium subscribers on the web client.

🖼️ Generative Art

Mermaid caught by fishing boat in the early morning, vintage photo from the late 20th century. Men on board are looking at a mermaid-like woman with long hair and a fish tail emerging from the water. She is standing up. Raw, vintage photograph.

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