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What is a Mindshift and Why Now? Plus Updates, Offers, and a Personal Request - Brian Solis
Before we jump in, I have some updates, offers, and a personal request. Let me start by wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Holidays! 🎄✨ Travel I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Vienna, where I participated in the Global Drucker Forum. I still need to take some time to write about my experience there—it truly inspired me to think like I did in the early days! A heartfelt thank you to Stephan Balzer for hosting...
AInsights: From Conversation to Creation, How ChatGPT 4o's Canvas Transforms AI Collaboration - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… My new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, just launched. I’m catching up on the biggest news coming out of the genAI world. Here’s more from OpenAI. The company recently announced its competitor to Google Search and in some respect, Perplexity, but so far, only in specific applications such as writing and coding. Canvas, provides a new window into collaborating with generative AI. On...
AInsights: OpenAI Introducing SearchGPT; Disrupts Google Again - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… With the launch of my new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, I’m a little behind in covering some of the industry’s biggest genAI news! So, let’s jump right in… During the summer of 2024, OpenAI previewed a prototype of AI search, designed to offer fast and timely answers with “clear and relevant sources.” It was marketed as a new way to search. On...
AInsights: Nvidia’s Bold Move: Open-Source AI That Challenges GPT-4 and Democratizes Innovation - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… My new book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future, just launched! Please join me on the journey to inspire a new genre of leadership and innovation! Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: NVLM 1.0, an open-source family of large multimodal AI models designed to compete head-to-head—and even outperform—OpenAI’s GPT-4. The highlight of this release is the NVLM-D-72B, a 72 billion parameter powerhouse that excels at both...
Andrew Keen and Brian Solis discuss how to reshape the future before it reshapes us - Brian Solis
Andrew Keen and I have been friends for the better part of almost two decades. We’ve crosses paths many times during the shift from Web 1.0 to 2.0, the rise of the iPhone and the mobile revolution, and now the consumerization of AI. We’ve also shared the stage around world and even crossed each other in airports around the world! Not only am I proud to call him a friend, I’m also a big fan of his work and thinking....
The First Review of Mindshift is In and Here's What It Says... - Brian Solis
John Pearson over at Pails in Comparison published the first Mindshift review and I just had to share it with you. To be honest, I was nervous. Like anyone who cares about their work, you wonder how others will experience it. Let me just share the highlights with you… I can’t praise this book enough! Why? Before you host your next same-old/same-old strategic planning task force meeting—inspire everyone to read this important book. Mindshift is next to impossible to review...
AInsights: Google's NotebookLM Will Turn Any Executive into an Expert Researcher, Analyst, and Podcaster? - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… I’m not going to lie, when I first heard about the Google Notebook, officially named NotebookLM, it’s new AI pilot program, I thought that it would be limited to use by students and educators. I’ve since changed my mind. You could say I shifted my mindset. So what is NotebookLM? Is it just another tool like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta.ai, or Claude? Yes and no. NotebookLM is powered...
How to Shift Your Mindset to Become Irreplaceable in the Age of AI - Brian Solis
I joined enterprise industry legends Pascal Bornet, Ray Wang, and Vala Afshar to explore a new future forward and I’m feeling so inspired! ✨ I’ve known Ray Wang and Vala Afshar for years, too many to count. I’ve also followed the work of Pascal Bornet, also, for too many years to count. It was a coming home of sorts when I joined them on DisrupTV for a conversation about AI and the mindset needed to think beyond automation. This was...
Is Your Company Ready for the Future? Exclusive Bulk Deals on Mindshift Now Available - Brian Solis
Hello friends! After years in development, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future will officially start shipping next week! 🎉 I’d love your support as we bring this much-needed book to leaders everywhere. 🙏😁 Believe it or not, this is my first business/leadership book since X: The Experience When Business Meets Design published in 2015 at SXSW. It feels incredible and, honestly, a little nerve-racking. 😅 But here’s the thing—Mindshift is exactly the book we need right now....
AInsights: OpenAI's o1 Model and the New Era of Generative AI That Can Reason and Learn - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… OpenAI recently introduced its o1-preview and o1-mini models. Previously rumored as Project Strawberry, o1 represents a significant advancement in generative AI evolution, designed to enhance reasoning capabilities and problem-solving skills. It consists of two main variants: o1-preview: The flagship model with deep reasoning and problem-solving abilities. o1-mini: A smaller, more efficient model optimized for code generation and technical tasks. The o1 model uses “Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning in 01...
Unleash the Leader Within: Introducing Mindshift, My First Book Since 2019 - Brian Solis
I can’t believe this day is finally here. I beyond proud to announce my next book, Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future. It’s my first book since Lifescale released in 2019 and my first business book since X in 2015. Though both books are still timely and continue to inspire readers, it was time for me to take on the subject of leadership. For the last several years, we have experienced incredible disruption. It also feels like...
Recruiting Future Podcast: Augmenting Talent Acquisition with Generative AI - Brian Solis
This is me with Matt Alder, Talent Acquisition Futurist, podcast host, and my new friend, following my presentation at SmartRecruiters’ Hiring Success event in Amsterdam. I joined Matt on his show, Recruiting Future We discussed ways generative AI is reshaping the future of talent acquisition for companies and job seekers. Please listen! Most conversations about AI in talent acquisition focus on efficiencies and automating repetitive tasks. However, we are missing the point if we don’t start talking about how AI...
AInsights: OpenAI Introduces SearchGPT and With It, The Rise of an AI Search Revolution - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… First Perplexity introduced genAI users to the practice of intelligent search. Then Perplexity introduced Pages to reflect intelligent summaries of your research. Now OpenAI is joining the mix to introduce SearchGPT, a genAI-powered search engine designed to take on Google and other generative AI platforms. SearchGPT leverages OpenAI’s generative AI language models, specifically from GPT-4, to provide more intuitive and conversational search experiences. Instead of just listing links, usually...
AInsights: OpenAI Defines Five Stages to Track Progress Toward Human-Level Intelligence - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… OpenAI has outlined a five-level system to track the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) towards achieving human-level intelligence, also known as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). According to an OpenAI spokesperson, the company told Bloomberg that the company is close to level two, “Reasoners,” where AI can perform problem-solving at the level of a human with a doctorate degree but no access to tools. How close is OpenAI to...
Unlocking Potential and the Future of Work: An Interview with Espresso Displays Part 1 - Brian Solis
While in Sydney delivering the locknote at the ServiceNow Sydney Summit, I had the opportunity to meet with my friends at Espresso Displays. We were able to turn my room at the W Sydney into a mini studio. Our conversation explored the future of work in two parts. Here’s part one… Work is evolving faster than ever before. In an age of uncertainty, its even more important to rethink our relationship to work. Brian Solis, the Global Head of Innovation...
Brian Solis' Keynote Helps Leaders Reimagine Their Business in an AI-First World - Brian Solis
Will Artificial Intelligence Outpace Human Genius? Here’s a quick take from a recent keynote in Italy… The truth is that no leader has experienced a technology like genAI before, one that performs tasks as well as or better than humans. What’s clear, we have now catapulted toward a post-digital transformation era. AI has forever changed the trajectory of business evolution, putting ‘business as usual’ in the rearview mirror. Leaders now face an entirely new set of prospects and challenges that...
AInsights: Forgetting Google? Perplexity Pages Craft Expert Content Search Engines Love - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights making sense of the latest in generative AI… Perplexity, my favorite AI-powered answers engine, just introduced Perplexity Pages. This is a game changer on so many fronts. Let’s start with what it is, and then we’ll get into why this is such a big deal. As a content creator, I do my research. Then, I assemble the information into an article, blog, video, podcast, website, paper, etc., and publish a link where people can visit to...
Brian Solis Keynote: AI Is Eating the World - Time to Innovate for a AI First World - Brian Solis
Brian Solis delivered the keynote at Innov8rs in Los Angeles, “AI Is Eating the World: Time to Innovate for a AI-First World.” Generative AI is now the fastest growing technology in the world. In this riveting keynote, world-renowned futurist and eight-time best-selling author Brian Solis shares why now is the time to reimagine your business for an entirely new future. Solis argues why automation is the norm, not a goal. In this session he demonstrates how augmentation becomes the key...
The Inception of Our New Spatial Reality: Immerse or Die! - Brian Solis
In the worlds of AR , VR, gaming, and spatial computing, Cathy Hackl and Irena Cronin are renowned. I’ve known them for the better part of 15+ years and they are still among my favorite subject matter experts to follow. I’m proud to share that their new book, Spatial Computing: An AI Business Revolution, is now available. I’m also proud to share that I had the privilege of writing the foreword and I get to share it with you here!...
The Story Behind The Conversation Prism, A Viral Social Media Infographic by Brian Solis and JESS3 - Brian Solis
In 2007, JESS3 and I released v1.0 of The Conversation Prism, a map and mental model for navigating the social media landscape at the time. Fun fact: this became one of the first ever viral social media infographics. We would go on to release 4 additional iterations and ship thousands of full-size posters. Who knows, maybe we’ll release the next version one day soon! This is the backstory. Please watch! 🙏 You can find V5.0 here. If you’d like to...
AInsights: Exploring OpenAI's new Flagship Generative AI Model GPT-4o and What It Means to You - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… OpenAI introduced GPT-4o, its new flagship, real-time generative AI model. The “o” stands for “omni,” which refers to the model’s ability to process multimodal prompts including text, voice, and video. During its live virtual event, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati explained this version’s significance, “…this is incredibly important, because we’re looking at the future of interaction between ourselves and machines.” Let’s dive-in to the announcement to explore the new features and what...
AInsights: Microsoft Developing Its Own AI Model with MAI-1; Serves as a Competitive Lesson for All Businesses - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI Microsoft is perhaps building one of the most prolific genAI investment portfolios of any company out there. The company is a deep investor ($10 billion) in OpenAI. OpenAI not only powers ChatGPT, but also Microsoft’s Copilot. Microsoft recently invested in French startup Mistral. The company also just pseudo-acquired Inflection AI, appointing co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as its CEO of consumer AI. Compare this to Apple, one of most innovative companies in...
AInsights: Everything You Need to Know About Google Gemini 1.5; Surpasses Anthropic, OpenAI, In Performance, For Now - Brian Solis
AInsights: Your executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI Google is making up for lost time in the AI race by following the age old Silicon Valley mantra, move fast and break things. Google recently released Gemini 1.5, and it’s next level! This release dethrones Anthropic’s brief reign as leading foundation model. But by the time you read this, OpenAI will also have made an announcement about ChatGPT improvements. It’s now become a matter of perpetual leapfrogging, which benefits...
X: The Experience When Business Meets Design Named to Best Customer Experience Books of All Time List - Brian Solis
When Brian Solis published X: The Experience When Business Meets Design, it was lauded as one of the best books to capture the zeitgeist of the digital revolution while laying out a practical blueprint to lead the future of modern customer experience design and innovation. Even today, the book still leads the way forward, especially in an era of generative AI. And as testament to its endurance relevance and value, Bookauthority just announced X as one of the “Best Customer...
AInsights: Microsoft's VASA-1 Model Uses AI to Create Hyper-Realistic Digital Twins Using a Picture and Voice Sample - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI Just when you’ve seen it all, there’s always something new that will surprise you, almost to the point, where you may lose the magic of surprise. We live in some incredible times, don’t we? As OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman said recently, “This is the most interesting year in human history, except for all future years.” Well, I just read a research paper published by Microsoft Asia that blew my...
AInsights: Meta's Llama 3 LLM Redefines the Limits of Artificial Intelligence and Makes Meta One of the Leading AI Players - Brian Solis
Your AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… Meta released its Llama 3 Large Language Model (LLM), serving as the foundation for Meta AI. Furthermore, Meta is making Llama 3 open source for other third-party developers to use, modify, and distribute for research and commercial purposes, without any licensing fees or restrictions. More on that in a bit. Meta AI serves as the AI engine for Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, as well as my go-to sunglasses created in partnership...
AInsights: Perplexity AI is Now a Unicorn, Counts Jeff Bezos as an Investor, and Releases Enterprise Pro - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… Perplexity AI announced that it raised a whopping $62.7M+ at a valuation of 1.04 billion, led by Daniel Gross, former head of AI at Y Combinator. This officially makes Perplexity the latest minted Unicorn. 🦄 Other investors include a who’s who list of industry leaders, Stan Druckenmiller, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, Tobi Lutke, Garry Tan, Andrej Karpathy, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, IVP, NEA, Jakob Uszkoreit, Naval Ravikant, Brad Gerstner, and...
AInsights: Reid Hoffman Interviews His AI Digital Twin and It's Both Creepy and Mind-Blowing - Brian Solis
Your AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… You may know Reid Hoffman as the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn. He’s also a prolific investor and author, writing a book with my friend Chris Yeh, one I refer a lot to founders, Blitzscaling. Hoffman recently recorded an interview with Reid AI, his digital twin, and it is wild! It’s innovative while also blurring the line between fantastical and the uncanny valley. Like ChatGPT itself, Reid AI was...
AInsights: AI is a New Digital Species — a Companion in Guiding You Toward Innovative Outcomes - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Mustafa Suleyman is now CEO of Microsoft AI following Microsoft’s “acquisition” of Inflection AI, a company Suleyman co-founded after leaving Google of DeepMind, an AI company previously acquired by Google. Following the news of Inflection’s move to Microsoft, Suleyman spoke at TED in April to share his view on the long-game of AI and it is captivating. First, I need to observe his incredible gift to make a complex and...
AInsights: Microsoft Diversifies Its AI Investment Portfolio with Commitment to French Startup Mistral - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Microsoft is on a tear lately. In addition to its investment in OpenAI and its recent “acquisition” of Inflection AI, Microsoft also invested in French startup Mistral. We're announcing a multi-year partnership with @MistralAI, as we build on our commitment to offer customers the best choice of open and foundation models on Azure. https://t.co/k1L7lfFeES — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) February 26, 2024 Microsoft’s Sata Nadella positioned the investment as a commitment...
AInsights: Microsoft's Acquisition of Inflection AI and What it Means to Business Customers and Investors - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Microsoft recently acquired Inflection for $650 million, an AI startup founded by Mustafa Suleyman, former head of applied AI at DeepMind, an AI company acquired by Google. Acquire might be the wrong way to describe this deal though. Technically, Microsoft is licensing Inflection’s software for $650 million while the company hired nearly all of Inflection’s staff. Inflection, in turn, is using that money to pay a “positive” return to investors....
It's Time for a New Genre of Leaders: A Conversation in Australia with My Friend, Dave Anderson - Brian Solis
When I was in Melbourne, Australia last year, I had the most wonderful opportunity to spend time with my friend Dave Anderson. We met at a wine bar, he brought a ton of AV gear, and we recorded a podcast while enjoying a glass of wine. What did we talk about? Here are the topics we covered… – Mega and Micro Trends; how do we keep up? – AI…How do we embrace it? – What’s going on with Digital Experience?...
AInsights: The Future of Google Search Ain't What It Used To Be; The Rise of Ignite Moments - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Google is exploring options to charge for “premium” features powered by generative artificial intelligence (genAI), which could rock its core search business and the search industry at large. The idea is to introduce value-added AI services into its premium subscription, which also offers Gemini AI assistant in Gmail and Google Docs. Google’s traditional search engine would remain free to users, supported by advertising. But charging for enhanced search features could...
AInsights: Google Released a Prompting Guide 101 to Advance GenAI Prompting Skills and Outcomes - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Google released a “prompt guide” for Gemini in Google Workspace. Think of it as text-based ‘co-pilot’ to help users in Google Workspace get the most out of the Gemini large language model assistant. OpenAI did something similar with ChatGPT in January 2024 (infographic here.) The guide provides valuable tips and best practices for crafting effective prompts to get the most out of Gemini, such as using clear and concise language,...
AInsights: Nvidia's Advancements in AI Compute, AI-Powered Humanoid Robots, and Connecting Omniverse to Apple's Vision Pro - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI…subscribe here. Nvidia accelerates its foray into the future of AI and robotics at its annual GTC event. Nvidia made a series of important announcement at its annual GPU Technology Conference recently. This isn’t a news site, so I’ll just cover what was announced and why it’s important to you. I’ll share the news, followed by my AInsights… 1. Nvidia introduced Blackwell and Grace Blackwell Superchip the “world’s most powerful chips” according...
Generative AI Prompting: A Guide to Achieving Incredible and Fantastical Outcomes with GenAI - Brian Solis
Is prompt engineering a passing fad? Will AI learn to prompt itself based on your desired outcome? Writing for Harvard Business Review, Oguz A. Acar believes that “AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future.” Instead, he believes the future lies in prompt formulation and problem solving. The truth is that prompt engineering is a continuous experiment and unique to each AI model. And as Acar suggests, alternative approaches are boundless. Tell the chatbot that the output is important to your job...
AInsights: AI will be Smarter Than Humans before 2030, So What? - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… As a keynote speaker, I engage with executives in every industry at varying levels of technological maturity and curiosity. Several years ago, I would ask audiences, “how many of you believe that AI will take jobs?” Almost every hand would go up. I would then ask, “how many of you believe AI will take your job?” Almost every hand would go down. I tried that question again recently at a conference...
Lessons Learned, Advice I Would Give Myself and Probably Ignore, and the Skills I'm Learning to Unlock the Next Phase of My Career - Brian Solis
For those of you who followed my work over the years, thank you. 🙏 I’ve always been reluctant to pull the curtain back to tell my story. Honestly, I have a hard time talking about myself, even if it’s personal. I open up more about this in the video/links below… My friends Nathalie Nahai and Dr. Aaron Balick launched a new community, “Time To Show Up,” to help professionals reconnect with their values, creative drive and personal mission. I was...
AInsights: Anthropic Releases Claude 3, ChatGPT Reads Aloud, New Sora Videos Astonish, Sam Altman Return to OpenAI's Board - Brian Solis
AInsights: Executive-level insights on the latest in generative AI… Please subscribe to AInsights. Please also subscribe to my master newsletter, a Quantum of Solis. Anthropic announced Claude 3, setting new industry benchmarks in reasoning, math, coding, multilingual understanding, and vision Anthropic’s next generation AI models, Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, are now available and appear to surpass OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4 performance. Opus and Sonnet are accessible in its API, enabling developers to start using these models immediately. Sonnet is...