12 AI influencers you might not follow, but should

Today’s question: With so many diverse voices driving the conversation around AI, who should you be paying attention to?

As AI continues to reshape industries at a breakneck pace, staying in the know is more important than ever. But who should you tune in to? 

The people influencing AI aren’t only the engineers and scientists building the technology. Some of AI’s most prominent leaders and thinkers hail from sectors like academia, technology, media, and public policy. 

Here are twelve AI influencers you should follow. 

Ground out AI hallucinations with grounding 

One of generative AI’s greatest shortcomings is its tendency to hallucinate or output inaccurate answers. To address this gap, organizations are using a process called grounding that infuses LLM prompts with internal company data, “grounding” the prompt in relevant context. Here’s how it works and what it means for your business. 

What our community is saying 

“I see AI as democratizing innovation. But I also see the convergence of AI and IP where AI is really a disruptor. And that’s what we’re really focused on. AI can now be part of the inventive process.”

— Kathi Vidal, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Head of the USPTO, on the Ask More of AI podcast with Clara Shih 

What we’re reading 

• What is AI? This (very) deep dive explores what it means for machines to understand speech, write sentences, produce videos, and how much we should trust them to do these things for us. (MIT Technology Review)

• Some U.S. senators are raising the alarm over “reverse acqui-hires,” where tech behemoths poach AI talent from innovative startups, leaving just a shell behind. (Inc. Magazine)

• China leads the U.S. in generative AI use but lags in maturity, with 24% of U.S. survey respondents saying their organizations have “fully implemented” AI. (CIO Online)

This newsletter was curated by Lisa DiCarlo Lee, Contributing Editor at Salesforce.

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