In June, 2024, at the Community of Human and Organizational Learning’s 30th Annual Conference, First Analytics participated in general session entitled, "My CEO Asked for AI: A Year in Review". This was an update to the prior year's session, The…
Adopting artificial intelligence (AI) into your business can drive innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage. However, one of the crucial decisions you'll face is whether to build your AI solution in-house or buy a ready-made solution from a vendor. This "build…
We invite you to attend a webinar we are participating in, sponsored by the Community of Human and Organizational Learning. Here is the event description: With all of the publicity and hype surrounding Generative AI, it is easy to be…
We announce the publication of the Harvard Business Review digital paper, "GenAI Can Help Companies Do More with Customer Feedback," co-authored by First Analytics co-founders Tom Davenport and Mike Thompson, along with Jim Sterne. This research offers deep insights into…
AI chatbots are becoming widespread in areas such customer service, marketing, and operational matters. With a variety of open and free-to-use large language models (LLMs) available, the most prominent being Open AI's ChatGPT, employees have turned to these AI assistants…
Do your eyes roll when you hear the term "AI" thrown out indiscriminately? Do you bring your AI Buzzword Bingo card to meetings, especially vendor sales pitches? Then we have something for you! We have placed in our library a…
We have published the Railroad Greenhouse Gas Expert plugin for ChatGPT to OpenAI's ChatGPT store. This plugin is primarily built from papers, reports, and other materials produced by Wayne Kennedy, a long-time subject matter consultant to First Analytics, along with…
Large Language Models (LLMs) have historically struggled with numerical data, primarily because they are, at their core, language models. But OpenAI has aspirations to move into the business intelligence and analytics spaces. One way is through the Advanced Data Analysis…
This article was originaly posted at Forbes.com by First Analytics chairman and cofounder, Tom Davenport. XREA and First Analytics are partners, as announced here. ---- During the Information Age, many companies pulled together data from public and private sources and…
At First Analytics we have been using Generative AI tools, such as Large Language Models, to enhance our own productivity. Exercising caution is necessary, as we discussed in this June co-presention. With extensive work in the rail industry, we are…