This week we feature articles from Klaudia Jaźwińska & Aisvarya Chandrasekar, and Ethan Mollick.
Additional reading comes from Ksenia Se, Maxwell Zeff & Kyle Wiggers, Sebastian Raschka, and Huei-Hsin Wang.
News comes from Databricks & Palantir, Elsevier, Syncro Soft, and Implicit.
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Opinion / Analysis
AI search has a citation problem
We compared eight AI search engines. They’re all bad at citing news.
Klaudia Jaźwińska & Aisvarya Chandrasekar’s research is fascinating and the individual comparisons slightly surprising. They provide a link to download the data. (13 min)
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php
Speaking things into existence
Expertise in a vibe-filled world of work
Ethan Mollick shares his first vibecoding experience, and demonstrates the role of expertise in co-working with AI. A useful read as usual. (8 min)
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-things-into-existence
More Reading
- The Model Context Protocol… What is MCP, and why is everyone talking about it? via Turing Post
- No one knows what the hell an AI agent is via TechCrunch
- The state of LLM reasoning models via Ahead of AI
- Less effort, more completion: The EAS framework for simplifying forms via NN/g
Content technology news
Palantir and Databricks partner
Partnership combines Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) and Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform to accelerate the production of AI applications and reduce TCO.
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/palantir-and-databricks-announce-strategic-product-partnership ■ https://www.palantir.com
Elsevier launches ScienceDirect AI
The generative AI tool enables researchers to instantly extract, summarize and compare trusted insights from millions of full-text articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect.
https://elsevier.shorthandstories.com/sciencedirect-ai
Syncro Soft releases Oxygen Content Fusion 8.0
Version 8.0 turns Oxygen Content Fusion integrates with the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant, and consolidates it as a Content Management System for DITA content.
https://www.oxygenxml.com/content_fusion/whats_new.html
Implicit launches AI platform to transform product expertise
Designed to improve customer experience with AI-driven agent support and knowledge management, using knowledge graphs, GraphRAG, & chain-of-thought.
https://www.implicit.cloud/article/introducing-implicit-the-future-of-product-expertise
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