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Shipping AI in the Real World: Lessons From Our Latest Cycle

AI moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Recognising this, we have been running a structured approach to AI adoption for production systems.

A critical element is ensuring we keep up with the latest approaches while retaining safety, responsibility and avoiding inefficiencies cause by churn. Here are some of what we have learned from our latest cycle.

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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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Comparing AI Integration Approaches: Microsoft Copilot, Custom AI Solutions, and Copilot Customisation

Business leaders in 2024 are being urged from all sides to implement AI. Not only is AI an effective assistive tool, with 92% of those who regularly use it saying it makes their workload more manageable, but it can also be used by both businesses and individual users to facilitate wider digital transformation and innovation….

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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….

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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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Integrating Azure OpenAI into your Business Workflows

Azure OpenAI is a cloud-based platform that can be used to rapidly build and implement AI tools and applications. It gives users access to top-of-the-range AI models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4 Turbo, DALL-E, and Whisper, and allows them to retrain these models without the need for highly specialised AI expert support.1  These capabilities, in my opinion,…

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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 capabilities. The Talk Think Do team and I have often discussed the applications of AI for businesses (take a glance…

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