Ian Tan

Ian Tan

Newsletter 71 – As I see it

In this week’s newsletter, I share a nice photo, and then recap what I wrote about plucking weeds from your LinkedIn garden, three silly Gen AI prompting myths, how many Gen AI apps you should learn, creating a ridiculous studio…

3 Silly Gen AI Myths

At my recent AI workshop, a participant came up to me and said she was told in another workshop that Google Gemini will now give better responses if she writes prompts that are polite and kind to the AI. I…

Can ChatGPT be your doc?

CAN CHATGPT BE MY DOCTOR? I know my health is good for my age (I’ll be 50 in Aug) but the past few months have been a bit unnerving because I’ve seen several friends or friends of friends die between…

ST Masterclass Advanced – May 2026

Thank you to the latest batch of The Straits Times Advanced Gen AI Masterclass, from different departments in the Ministry of Defence of Singapore. You asked great questions and showed how quickly you could put together new AI solutions (chatbots and vibe-coded apps)…

Newsletter 69 – Work, Interrupted.

I wrote and spoke a lot about AI this past week, mostly about its impact on the workforce. Here we go: I appeared on MoneyFM 89.3 on Lynlee Foo’s radio program to talk about the evolving AI situation in Singapore.…

Google Omni AI video

Google just launched its new Omni video model, which is said to be more grounded in real-world physics and context. I tried it out with Google Flow first and it was a real struggle to get anything right. The results…