This week we feature articles from Jack Lindsey, et al, and Eliza Strickland.

Additional reading comes from Omer Goldman & Uri Shaham, Steven Sinofsky, Volodymyr Pavlyshyn, and Adam Bignell.

News comes from MindsDB, Access Innovations, Perplexity & firmly.ai, and Contentful.

Our next issue arrives April 23.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

On the biology of a large language model

Jack Lindsey and his colleagues at Anthropic…
“The black-box nature of models is increasingly unsatisfactory as they advance in intelligence and are deployed in a growing number of applications. Our goal is to reverse engineer how these models work on the inside, so we may better understand them and assess their fitness for purpose.”

Anthropic’s new research into how LLMs “think” is fascinating. Don’t be put off by the length of their paper — you can learn a lot by reading some of the introductory material, the discussion at the end, and then surfing the case studies and topics in-between. (1 hr 49 min)

https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html

12 graphs that explain the state of AI in 2025

The always useful and free AI Index from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) is available. The 455 page 2025 issue is “stuffed with graphs and data on the topics of R&D, technical performance, responsible AI, economic impacts, science and medicine, policy, education, and public opinion.” IEEE Spectrum’s Eliza Strickland provides highlights and links to the full report. (7 min)

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-index-2025

More Reading

• ECLeKTic: A novel benchmark for evaluating cross-lingual knowledge transfer in LLMs via Google Research Blog
• MCP – It’s hot, but will it win? Looking at middleware history. via Hardcore Software
• Metagraphs as homoiconic structures: Revolutionizing knowledge representation via Artificial Intelligence in Plain English
• New in NotebookLM: Discover sources from around the web via Google Labs blog

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Content technology news

MindsDB brings federated data access to Model Context Protocol

MindsDB & MCP enables AI applications and agents to run federated queries over data stored in different databases and applications as if they were a single database.
https://mindsdb.com

Access Innovations releases Data Harmony 3.17

The new version includes knowledge maps that illustrate the linkages (with color-coded legends) between categories and terms in a taxonomy.
https://www.accessinn.com/data-harmony-products/

Perplexity integrates firmly.ai ecommerce technology

By embedding firmly.ai’s commerce platform, Perplexity users can now complete their entire shopping journey, from product discovery to secure transaction, without leaving the platform.
https://www.firmly.ai ■ https://www.perplexity.ai

Contentful launches new CMS capabilities and Shopify partnership

New AI and personalization capabilities for technical teams build on the company’s CMS, and Contentful Studio, and a low-code product for marketing teams.
https://www.contentful.com/newsroom/contentful-reveals-next-phase-of-growth-with-modern-digital-experience

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This week we feature articles from Gary Marcus, and Ethan Mollick.

Additional reading comes from Eve Weinberg, Amber Case, Iulia Brezeanu, and Greg Kamradt.

News comes from Adobe, Databricks & Anthroic, Bynder, and Algolia.

Our next issue arrives April 9.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

Ezra Klein’s new take on AGI – and why I think it’s probably wrong

Gary Marcus is right…
“In a new episode of his podcast with Ben Buchanan former special adviser for artificial intelligence under Biden, entitled, The Government knows A.G.I. is coming, The New York Times’ usually fabulous Ezra Klein declares with too much certainty that AGI is pretty much imminent, and urges you to get with the program.” (11 min)

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ezra-kleins-new-take-on-agi-and-why

The Cybernetic teammate

Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience

Ethan Mollick…
“So, what happens when AI acts as a teammate? This past summer we conducted a pre-registered, randomized controlled trial of 776 professionals at Procter and Gamble, the consumer goods giant, to find out.” (5 min)

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-cybernetic-teammate

More Reading

• Designing for AI Engineers: UI patterns you need to know  via UX Collective
• Designing for users… Beyond Flat Design: Reclaiming the joy of dials and buttons via Calm Technology Institute
• Much more difficult… Introducing ARC-AGI-2 – A new benchmark that challenges frontier AI reasoning systems via ARC Prize Inc
• Enhancing agents with synthetic interaction data via Text Generation

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Content technology news

Adobe launches Adobe Experience Platform Agent Orchestrator

AEP enables businesses to build, manage and orchestrate AI agents from Adobe and third-party ecosystems. Adobe also announced, a suite of agents.
https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/03/adobe-launches-adobe-experience-platform-agent-orchestrator-for-businesses

Algolia launches AI-powered Collections

Collections reduce choice overload, guide users through intuitive navigation, improve search relevance, and help users find products faster.
https://www.algolia.com/products/ai-browse

Databricks brings Anthropic’s Claude models to platform

The strategic, five-year partnership offers Anthropic’s models and services natively through the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-and-anthropic-sign-landmark-deal-bring-claude-models

Bynder announces AI Agents

The AI agents execute business-critical tasks such as content enrichment, discovery, transformation, and governance for strategic DAM deployments.
https://labs.bynder.com/features/ai-agents

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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.

Our next issue arrives April 2.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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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

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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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This week we feature articles from Simon Willison, and Michael Iantosca.

Additional reading comes from Stella Jo, Paolo Perrone, David Pierce, and Michael Hunger.

News comes from Coveo, data.world, Couchbase, and TransPerfect.

Our next issue arrives March 19.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

Content management considerations for generative AI RAG

“Few generative AI solutions have been designed with professional content management requirements as part of their architecture. Those that have are amateurish at best, relying on simplistic techniques such as date stamping or re-building of vector databases and their embeddings.”

Michael Iantosca explains the complexities of content operations and details how knowledge graphs address critical issues. For those who already know, Iantosca’s article may help colleagues or clients who don’t. (11 min)

https://medium.com/@nc_mike/content-management-considerations-for-generative-ai-rag-8b54535ccf92

What’s new in the world of LLMs

This is a must read for anyone who needs the latest on LLMs. Simon Willison has experimented with major LLMs since at least ChatGPT and reports his findings on his blog. His blog is focused on developers but includes posts such as this one that are valuable for users and technology decision-makers.

This post includes slides with notes from a presentation he made last week at NICARs (National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting) annual data journalism conference for investigative reporters and editors. (7 min)

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms

More Reading

• High level; nicely done… LLM reasoning vs. logical ontology graph reasoning: A comparative analysis via Stella Jo
• How to design data visualizations that work via Data Science Collective
• Digg is coming back via The Verge
• LLM knowledge graph builder update via Neo4j Developer Blog

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Content technology news

Coveo augments AI support

Coveo expands AI toolkit for developers with suite of off-the-shelf APIs, launches Agentic AI Design Partner Program for better Gen AI and Agentic AI applications.
https://www.coveo.com/en/company/news-releases/2025/agenticai

Couchbase unveils Edge Server

Expanded support for edge workloads allows businesses to effectively operate in remote, disconnected, and resource-constrained environments.
https://www.couchbase.com/blog/couchbase-edge-server-lightweight-sync/

data.world launches Archie Chat

New conversational AI assistant transforms how organizations discover, understand, and interact with their data assets.
https://data.world

TransPerfect introduces Zendesk Support App

The new app enables users to instantly translate messages and ticket conversations while integrating seamlessly with the GlobalLink Now API.
https://www.transperfect.com/about/press/transperfect-introduces-zendesk-support-app

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This week we feature articles from Alissa Cooper, and Simon Willison.

Additional reading comes from Hamel Husain & Greg Ceccarelli, Hannah Mayer, Lareina Yee, Michael Chui, &  Roger Roberts, Daniel Tunkelang, and Project Liberty.

News comes from Contentstack, IBM & DataStax, MongoDB, Foxit, and Adobe.

Our next issue arrives March 12.

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Opinion / Analysis

The web can thrive without Google’s search monopoly

The Google online search monopoly case is now in the remedies phase, and the DOJ’s proposal includes a divestiture of Google Chrome. Last week Alissa Cooper published two posts addressing what this might mean for the web.

This post summarizes her analysis, and links to her more detailed post (The true cost of browser innovation: Why Chrome’s divestiture wouldn’t end the open web), supporting her conclusion. If you’re already interested in the topic you could just skip to the more comprehensive post. (6 min)

https://www.techpolicy.press/the-web-can-thrive-without-googles-search-monopoly

Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes

Simon Willison… “The real risk from using LLMs for code is that they’ll make mistakes that aren’t instantly caught by the language compiler or interpreter. And these happen all the time!”

Testing AI-generated code yourself is, if anything, even more critical than hand-written code. Willison explains, and also provides some tips on how to reduce hallucinations. His audience is mostly developers but this is an important and easy read for tech and non-tech executives. (4 min).

Also see the link below to AI essentials for tech executives. 

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/hallucinations-in-code

More Reading

• Really useful communication tips and AI essentials for tech executives via O’Reilly Radar
• McKinsey report… Superagency in the workplace: Empowering people to unlock AI’s full potential via McKinsey
• ChatGPT, are you just telling me what I want to hear? Measles and 🎼 It’s not unusual 🎶… via Daniel Tunkelang
• Project Liberty and Free Our Feeds partner to build a resilient open social web via Project Liberty

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Content technology news

Introducing Contentstack EDGE

The new DXP unifies the company’s headless CMS, Lytics customer data platform, personalization, automation, AI, and front-end hosting capabilities.
https://www.contentstack.com/company/press/introducing-contentstack-edge-the-worlds-first-adaptive-digital-experience-platform

IBM to acquire DataStax

Acquisition furthers IBM’s commitment to open-source; helps clients access untapped, unstructured enterprise data to maximize impact of generative AI.
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-02-25-ibm-to-acquire-datastax,-deepening-watsonx-capabilities-and-addressing-generative-ai-data-needs-for-the-enterprise

Foxit adds multi-document analysis to mobile AI Assistant

Enables users to boost productivity with AI-powered summaries, cross-document Insights, and instant data extraction with iOS & Android phones.
https://foxit.com

MongoDB acquires Voyage AI

MongoDB to integrate Voyage AI’s embedding and reranking models, delivering accurate and relevant information retrieval for sophisticated AI use cases.
https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/redefining-database-ai-why-mongodb-acquired-voyage-ai

Adobe brings Photoshop to iPhone, expands web version

New Photoshop iPhone app delivers Photoshop’s core imaging and design tools like layering and masking, tailored for mobile devices.
https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/02/photoshop-mobile-web

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This week we feature articles from Shayne Longpre, and Hugo Bowne-Anderson & Alan Nichol.

Additional reading comes from Deborah Turness, Cory Doctorow, Kurt Cagle, and Michael Andrews.

News comes from Perplexity, Sprinklr & Bluesky, Databricks & SAP, accessiBe, and Transperfect.

Our next issue arrives March 5.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed

There’s an accelerating cat-and-mouse game between web publishers and AI crawlers, and we all stand to lose.

Shayne Longpre explains how this is likely to play out. He is not optimistic, but is hopeful. I’m sure he would love to hear about happier alternatives. You can reach him the Data Provenance Initiative. (5 min)

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/11/1111518/ai-crawler-wars-closed-web

Beyond prompt-and-pray

Building reliable LLM-powered software in an agentic world

Companies may be excited about the potential of AI agents, but enterprise workflows are complex and largely mission-critical, so most organizations are sensibly leery. Hugo Bowne-Anderson & Alan Nichol propose a “Structured automation … development approach that separates conversational AI’s natural language understanding from deterministic workflow execution”. Good advice. (8 min)

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/beyond-prompt-and-pray

More Reading

• BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants via BBC
• You should be using an RSS reader. Totally! via Cory Doctorow
• Attention and relevance are different via Story Needle
• MarkLogic gets a serious upgrade via The Cagle Report

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Content technology news

Introducing Perplexity Deep Research

Deep Research performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and reasons through the material to autonomously deliver a comprehensive report.
www.perplexity.ai

Sprinklr announces new integration with Bluesky

Customers can use the Sprinklr platform to engage audiences on Bluesky, deliver consistent content, track metrics, and gather insights to inform brand strategies.
https://www.sprinklr.com

Databricks announces launch of SAP Databricks

The partnership with SAP natively integrates the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform within the newly launched SAP Business Data Cloud.
https://www.databricks.com/blog/introducing-sap-databricks

accessiBe updates accessFlow for native accessibility in web projects

Developers can achieve lasting accessibility improvements at a native level across web projects in alignment with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
https://accessibe.com

Transperfect acquires Apostroph Group

Apostroph expands TransPerfect’s footprint in the region, which includes client service, production, and studio facilities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
https://www.transperfect.com

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This week we feature articles from Kurt Cagle, and Dharmesh Shah.

Additional reading comes from Sarah Gilbert, John Timmer, Mrinank Sharma, et al, and Ben Hylak, Shawn Wang, & Alessio Fanelli.

News comes from Databricks, Docugami, Adobe, and Brightcove.

Next issue arrives February 19.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

When do you need a knowledge graph?

“Building a knowledge graph can be a significant undertaking, and consequently, it is worth taking the time to figure out if you need to make that effort in establishing one. There are a few questions you can ask when assessing this effort.” Kurt Cagle’s post will help decision-making teams get started. (5 min)

https://ontologist.substack.com/p/when-do-you-need-a-knowledge-graph

What OpenAI Operator means for AI Agents

Dharmesh Shah, who hosts a “marketplace and professional network for AI agents” (currently 784), is unsurprisingly excited about the recent announcements of OpenAI’s Operator, and Perplexity’s Assistant. He explains what “these new AI agents can (and can’t) do, why this matters, and what developers need to know about our new AI-first internet”. (5 min)

https://simple.ai/p/what-openai-operator-means-for-ai-agents

More Reading

• It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs via Ars Technica
• Three reasons Meta will struggle with community fact-checking via MIT Technology Review
• Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks. Break it for reward! via Anthropic
• o1 isn’t a chat model (and that’s the point) via Latent Space

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Content technology news

Databricks acquires BladeBridge

BladeBridge to help enterprises migrate to Databricks’ lakehouse, assess scope of conversion, configurable code transpiling, and LLM-conversion.
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-acquires-bladebridge-technology-and-talent

Docugami launches Canadian subsidiary

Docugami Canada will accelerate collaboration to advance the science of document Artificial Intelligence and expand customer engagement in Canada.
https://www.docugami.com

Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant adds GenAI features focused on contracts

The new features help customers grasp complex terms and spot differences between multiple agreements to understand and verify documents more easily.

https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/02/acrobat-ai-assistant-contracts

Brightcove launches AI Content Suite

The Brightcove AI Content Suite includes three AI-powered capabilities: content creation, metadata optimization, and language translation.
https://www.brightcove.com/company/press/brightcove-launches-ai-content-suite-ga/

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This week we feature articles from Ethan Mollick, and Alberto Romero.

Additional reading comes from Daniel Tunkelang, Cassie Kozyrkov, Mike Masnick, and Om Malik.

News comes from Progress Software, Perplexity, TransPerfect, and TileDB.

Next issue arrives February 12.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

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Opinion / Analysis

Which AI to use now: An updated opinionated guide

Picking your general-purpose AI

Ethan Mollick’s article is unbiased, non-technical, recent (well, 2 days old), includes 7 models, a feature table, and examples. This is a valuable resource for anyone who isn’t a full-time AI expert or practitioner, or doesn’t have the time or interest to try out all the models on their own.  (10 min)

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-to-use-now-an-updated-opinionated

7 implications of DeepSeek’s victory over American AI companies

DeepSeek burst into the AI mainstream a week ago on Monday, after DeepSeek R1 was released. Excitement and panic ensued as analysts and investors digested the potential implications. Alberto Romero published a good technical analysis, and followed up yesterday with a look at some larger market and political issues — both articles are worth reading. This free version of his post expands on 5 of the 7 implications he mentions. (14 min)

https://www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/7-implications-of-deepseeks-victory

More Reading

• Unbiased demo of Operator (Agent from OpenAI) 5 use cases via Cassie Kozyrkov
• Ground Truth: A useful fiction via Daniel Tunkelang
• Will A.I. eat the Browser? via Crazy Stupid Tech
• Empowering users, not overlords: Overcoming digital helplessness via Techdirt

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Content technology news

Progress launches Progress Data Cloud Platform

The new Progress Data Cloud platform enables managed hosting of feature-complete instances of Progress Semaphore and Progress MarkLogic.
https://www.progress.com/data-cloud

Perplexity introduces Sonar Pro API

With Perplexity’s features combined with Sonar and Sonar Pro API you can build GenAI search capabilities with real-time, web-wide research.
https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/getting-started

TransPerfect acquires H2A

Enables TransPerfect to enhance its global business services and broaden support for clients with diverse language needs.
https://www.transperfect.com/about/press/transperfect-expands-global-contact-center-and-bpo-capabilities-acquisition-h2a

TileDB now available in AWS Marketplace

Research, business and data teams can organize, structure, collaborate and analyze structured and unstructured data in one place.
https://tiledb.com

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