Ian Tan

Ian Tan

ST Advanced Gen AI Masterclass

INVEST IN YOURSELF: I saw many familiar faces in The Straits Times Advanced Generative AI Masterclass. They had attended the original Masterclass (now renamed the Fundamentals version) and were back to level up their skills in prompting, data analysis, and…

Newsletter 42 – Keeping Up

In this week’s newsletter: how words can change perspectives; how people are using ChatGPT; how communication techniques are used by scammers; how I put together my nearly perfect work laptop; and how to make stuff in new ways using Google…

Google Whisk – Workshop masterpiece

Applying what I teach in the Advanced Generative AI Masterclass, organised by The Straits Times: We can take different images and reimagine them in Google Whisk. Here’s how I am sharing our group photo without sharing the actual photo. Thank…

OpenAI’s research on how people use ChatGPT

OpenAI just released a research study of 1.5 million ChatGPT conversations and it provides insights into how people use the world’s most popular chatbot. There’s a toss-up between “Writing” and “Practical Guidance” (about 28% each), followed closely by “Seeking Information”…

Newsletter 41 – Going bananas with art

In this week’s newsletter, I share some of the visuals I’ve created with Google’s Nano Banana for my advanced Gen AI Masterclass and a talk on Agentic AI. I didn’t write much on LinkedIn in the past week as I…

ST Masterclass in Advanced Gen AI

I just conducted the first run of The Straits Times Masterclass in Advanced Generative AI and it was a blast! We spent the whole day levelling up our skills in prompting, using data, applying frameworks, creating problem-solving chatbots and apps, and designing…

Defining Agentic

There are many ways to define Agentic AI and AI agents, and it can get confusing. Yesterday, for my talk on Agentic AI with over 100 folks from National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), I created these two slides to pin…

Cyborg dreaming

In the future, will our LinkedIn posts be written by AI, or another version of us? Background: I was experimenting with Google Gemini over the weekend. To depict my reliance on technology, I tried to create images that turned half…

Newsletter 40: Meow Meow Meow

In this week’s newsletter: The possible revival of IT trade fairs in Singapore, using Google Gemini to create pointless selfies, and how to communicate with your heart (literally). I also share two unlocked NYT articles that you should like. Meow!…