Matt Hammond

The platform for advanced AI apps in 2025

The recent announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2024, particularly the introduction of Microsoft Fabric’s SQL Database and Azure AI Foundry, present significant advancements that align seamlessly with our mission to deliver cutting-edge generative AI implementations for our clients. Enhancing Generative AI Implementations with Microsoft Fabric’s SQL Database The SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric is engineered to…

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Customising Microsoft Copilot: Exploring Options for Tailored AI Assistance

If you’ve been following AI developments in 2024, Microsoft Copilot is a tool you’re likely already familiar with. Aimed at improving workplace productivity, streamlining decision-making, and optimising business processes, Copilot is being used by tens of thousands of people at an impressive 40% of Fortune 100 companies.1 While it’s still too early to tell what…

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Evaluating AI Tools Using a Task-Based Framework to Optimise Productivity

We’ve all heard about how AI can improve productivity, boost work quality, and open doors to new business opportunities. But the reality is that these kinds of successful results rely on considerable preparation and careful implementation. According to recent surveys, 63% of respondents in successful businesses say that the implementation of generative AI is a…

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Best Practices in AI Development: Ensuring Model-Agnostic Customisations

Approximately 42% of enterprise-scale companies have actively deployed AI, while 40% are in the experimentation phase.1 Why is the percentage of businesses interested in AI but hesitant to implement it so high? In my view, it is largely down to the speed at which the AI market is moving; businesses don’t want to employ AI…

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Microsoft Generative AI Use Cases for Businesses

In 2022, the world was stunned by the emergence of the highly advanced, publicly available generative AI tool, ChatGPT. By 2023, businesses were beginning to question how AI could be used in the workplace. In 2024, generative AI adoption has continued to increase, with 65% of organisations now regularly using it in their business functions.1…

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Future-Proofing Work: A Task-Based Framework for AI Integration in Enterprises

Since the launch of ChatGPT just under two years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced its very own “Cambrian explosion”, with countless new tools flooding the market. This has transformed the way businesses operate, with 35% of global companies already using AI and another half of all businesses planning to incorporate it into their processes…

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From Integration to Innovation: Exploring Custom AI Solutions for Businesses

Every milestone hit in the technology space is sure to be closely followed by businesses utilising it to its fullest potential. And few milestones have been discussed, debated, and considered like the growth of AI. The Talk Think Do team and I have often discussed the applications of AI for businesses (take a glance through…

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Why AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Human-Led Thinking and Delivery

“There will come a point where no job is needed… AI will be able to do everything.”  This statement by Elon Musk reflects a lot of the general attitude towards AI in 2024. Despite the benefits AI poses towards businesses, there’s still a level of scepticism, worry, and even fear.  Are these feelings justified? In…

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Generative AI: Transforming Software & Product Delivery Across Businesses

Code documentation, generation, and refactoring tasks can all be completed faster with generative AI (GenAI). I’m already seeing the significant shift in how software developers and product delivery managers are working — which is definitely promising. However, research and experience both tell us that AI tools still struggle to deliver when it comes to more…

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The Business Leader’s Guide to Responsible AI Use

The business benefits of implementing artificial intelligence (AI) are clearer now than ever before. More than half of organisations worldwide are seeing greater returns in costs and overall efficiency from using AI in their IT, business, and network processes.1 However, as is always the case with a new way of working, AI isn’t something that…

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