There’s a reason why Google Gemini remains unpopular as an LLM chatbot- its restrictive guardrails make it frustrating to use. Yesterday, I was preparing a workshop demo on how to incorporate web searches into prompts. I used a simple prompt:…
One of the best uses of Generative AI is in audio transcription. These days, you can record the audio from a meeting or lecture, and use Gen AI to first convert it to text, and then summarise or adapt the…
Another day, another new ChatGPT model from OpenAI. This time, it’s called “o3-mini”. This is a faster and cheaper version of “o1-mini”, which itself was a mini version of “o1”. Yeah, I know, the word soup is driving me crazy…
Singapore households spent $1.8 billion SGD on tuition in 2023, according to our government. There are about 1.4m households in Singapore. Do the math! Now, I’m not against the idea of tuition; I had Chinese tuition in primary school because…
I test every new LLM engine with the FIPP test (Flatter Ian Pretty Please test). DeepSeek, the new ChatGPT competitor, is able to retrieve salient info about me like a champ. Intriguing! I’m going to do more tests and it…
OpenAI launched its first public AI agent “Operator” today and it got me thinking about how our online behaviours will change in the next few years. Primer: OpenAI’s AI agent can visit websites, search for content, select things to buy,…
Yo, Singtel customers, freebie alert! Get Perplexity Pro free for a year (S$270 value) by redeeming the offer from the MySingtel app. Now, I’m always a little cautious about using Perplexity as a search engine as its Gen AI engine…
Here is my latest commentary on how we should think about our relationship with Generative AI. Use Gen AI to augment your own skills and not to automate what is valuable about you. This is what I say at every…
“The Agency of You” book project: Ok everybuddy, here’s the first page, feel free to comment on it and make it better. Perhaps you have more vivid thoughts about marketing woes than what I wrote! BACKGROUND: I’m writing a book…
I’m going to do something new in 2025 – I’m going to write a book “The Agency of You” and share the work-in-progress pages here for friends to preview and give feedback. What is “The Agency of You”? I believe…