This week we feature articles from Alex Klein, and Alberto Romero.
Additional reading comes from Jim Clyde Monge, James O’Donnell, Cobus Greyling, and Scott Brinker.
News comes from Adobe, Apple, SoundHound & Perplexity, and Acquia.
All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index
Opinion / Analysis
The agentic era of UX
“The future of digital experience is here — but it’s being minced into microscopic use cases.”
Alex Klein argues that AI user experience requires a holistic approach that pulls together point use cases into a workflow that addresses more complete user journeys, and that the role of design is critical. He explains, and has some good advice on how to proceed. (8 min)
https://uxdesign.cc/the-agentic-era-of-ux-4b58634e410b
OpenAI rules the changes but Meta changes the rules
Alberto Romero comes up with an enlightening analysis of the AI market focused on Meta’s strategy of making LLMs a commodity with Llama, and OpenAi, representing current LLM leadership.
OpenAI’s Monday announcement of GPT-4o keeps the pressure on Google, Anthropic, et al. Some the impressive GPT-4o demos were on phones and suggest what we might see if Apple and OpenAI finalize an agreement. (7 min)
https://www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/openai-rules-the-changes-but-meta
More Reading
- Questions… Stack Overflow partners with OpenAI via Generative AI
- Different data… The robot race is fueling a fight for training data via MIT Technology Review
- Stack update… Large language model (LLM) stack — version 6 via Cobus Greyling
- Pretty stacks… 26 magnificently illustrated martech stacks from the 2024 Stackie Awards via chiefmartec
Content technology news
Adobe launches Acrobat AI Assistant for the enterprise
Acrobat AI Assistant can be deployed in minutes with enterprise controls, increasing productivity for knowledge workers on desktop, web and mobile.
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/05/08/adobe-acrobat-ai-assistant-enterprise-our-commitment-data-governance-security
SoundHound AI and Perplexity partner
Perplexity’s capabilities added to SoundHound Chat AI will respond to questions conversationally with real-time knowledge from the web.
https://www.soundhound.com/newsroom/press-releases/soundhound-ai-and-perplexity-partner-to-bring-online-llms-to-its-next-gen-voice-assistants-across-cars-and-iot-devices/■ https://www.perplexity.ai
Apple Final Cut Pro 2 on iPad and Mac get new AI features
Final Cut Pro 2 transforms video creation with Live Multicam on the new iPad Pro and new AI features on iPad Pro and Final Cut Pro Mac 10.8.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/final-cut-pro-transforms-video-creation-with-live-multicam-on-ipad-and-new-ai-features-on-mac/
Acquia supports latest W3C content accessibility guidelines
With the Accessibility Module in Monsido, customers can scan their websites, obtain an accessibility score, and get recommendations to improve accessibility.
https://www.acquia.com/products/monsido
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