This week we feature articles from Kurt Cagel, and Tula Masterman.
Additional reading comes from Michal Malewicz, Tari Ibaba, Eugen Rochko, Rachel Andrew, and Sara Fischer.
News comes from MongoDB, Magnolia, Movable Ink, and Optimizely.
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Opinion / Analysis
An imperfect Canvas … but an interesting first step
OpenAI… “We’re introducing canvas, a new interface for working with ChatGPT on writing and coding projects that go beyond simple chat. Canvas opens in a separate window, allowing you and ChatGPT to collaborate on a project. This early beta introduces a new way of working together—not just through conversation, but by creating and refining ideas side by side.”
Kurt Cagel has taken Canvas for a spin, and describes his experience using the basic editing capabilities. (6 min)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/imperfect-canvas-interesting-first-step-kurt-cagle-1gwvc
AI agents: The intersection of tool calling and reasoning in generative AI
Tula Masterman’s article “… focuses on how reasoning is expressed through tool calling, explores some of the challenges of tool use, covers common ways to evaluate tool-calling ability, and provides examples of how different models and agents interact with tools.” is a valuable resource. Be sure to check out The Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard V3 she references. (11 min)
More Reading
- The Gaze Principle — Why most websites do it wrong via Michal Malewicz
- Nobody wants to use these HTML tags via Coding Beauty
- Mastodon 4.3 – New safety and discovery tools and a refreshed look via Mastodon Blog
- OpenAI and Hearst strike content deal via Axios
- New to the web platform in September via web.dev blog
Content technology news
MongoDB releases MongoDB 8.0
The document database has performance improvements, reduced scaling costs, additional scalability, resilience, and data security capabilities.
https://www.mongodb.com/products/updates/version-release
Magnolia integrates Magnolia DXP with Veeva Vault PromoMats
Marketers can create digital experiences for multiple channels using MLR reviewed and approved assets in Veeva Vault PromoMats.
https://www.magnolia-cms.com
Movable Ink adds Da Vinci to Adobe Experience Cloud integrations
Joint customers can leverage their enterprise-specific data and campaign assets to inform the intelligent assembly and personalization of email templates and content variations.
https://movableink.com/adobe-and-movable-ink
Optimizely to acquire NetSpring
Optimizely’s DXP provides “warehouse native” analytics, enabling customers to tie experimentation and other digital experience activities to business metrics.
https://www.optimizely.com/netspring
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