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Are intranets ready for generative AI?
Sharon Dawson Sharon Dawson

Are intranets ready for generative AI?

Will AI take over the intranet?

The overwhelming consensus is that AI and the intranet won’t work together unless governance measures are in place and content is up to date. Learn how organisations are using AI and the intranet.

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Getting your intranet ready for AI is like moving house
Sharon Dawson Sharon Dawson

Getting your intranet ready for AI is like moving house

If you want to get your intranet AI-ready, think of it like a fresh start when you move house. You need to get rid of the junk, you need to do a good clean-up of the old house and have structures in place in the new house to keep everything organised.

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When Artificial Intelligence Sentiment Analysis Meets Yammer
Yammer Laurence Lock Lee Yammer Laurence Lock Lee

When Artificial Intelligence Sentiment Analysis Meets Yammer

Microsoft is undoubtedly the leader in office productivity software, with generations having now grown up using its Office products suite. Less heralded in the productivity space, however, are the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities Microsoft has developed over a similar time frame.Much of the AI found in the Office suite is hidden or embedded in functions like the spelling and grammar checker in MS Word. Other AI applications are more explicit, such as Cortana, which can, among other things, remind us of commitments we may have made but overlooked. Microsoft is making much of this AI capability available to development partners with API connections through its Cognitive Services unit. While it is still early days, we have observed some active piloted integrations with selected Microsoft products like Dynamics 365.

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What does AI have to say about the Trump vs Turnbull Leak?
Thought Leadership Laurence Lock Lee Thought Leadership Laurence Lock Lee

What does AI have to say about the Trump vs Turnbull Leak?

Our weekend papers were filled with transcripts of the ‘robust’ conversation had between President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Turnbull on the issue of refugees. Some commentators were concerned about how ‘leaky’ the Trump administration had become. Others welcomed the transparency afforded by the transcripts, allowing the public to see beneath the public personas that many leaders are adept at maintaining. One thing is clear however, increased digitisation is providing us with at least the technical capability to track virtually everything anyone says to each other over digital channels. Stopping the leaks through purely governance mechanisms alone is like pushing the proverbial uphill. In the end we can only rely on developing the appropriate cultural and behavioural ethical norms.

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