4 "Essential" Enterprise AI News Items for Week of Jul 7-11
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Our team of AI Analysts rated 4 articles last week as “Essential” on our daily AI news show. Subscribe and watch our daily AI news show on YouTube and review all articles reviewed here.
How to Build an Agent (from Langchain)
Rating rationale: This guide provides a clear, step‑by‑step primer on designing, testing, and deploying AI agents in production—covering data collection, MVP building, safety checks, and orchestration. Our analysts praised it for demystifying agent creation, helping everyone from leaders to developers gain practical confidence in AI‑driven agentic content creation.
Rating rationale: This MIT Sloan article draws on Novo Nordisk’s deployment of generative AI across 20,000 employees to showcase a structured, real-world approach to scaling GenAI initiatives. Each employee saved 2.17 hours per week, on average. Our analysts highlighted its practical insights—proactive management of adoption dips, targeted training led by workflow experts, and use of senior-led champion networks—as critical lessons for AI transformation in the enterprise.
Case Study: Commonwealth Bank’s ChatIT helps employees fix IT issues in seconds using generative AI
Rating rationale: This Microsoft-backed case study shows CommBank using generative AI to reduce average IT resolution time from 17 to 2 minutes—a concrete demonstration of AI automation and enterprise ROI. As our analysts noted, this is a pervasive, high-impact use case in large organizations that delivers visible savings and productivity gains.
Against "Brain Damage" (Ethan Mollick’s critique)
Rating rationale: Ethan Mollick’s critique on how generative AI tools can subtly erode critical thinking is a timely exploration of AI ethics, cognitive rigour, and human‑machine interaction. Our analysts emphasized that AI shouldn't replace learning processes, but instead coach and critique our thinking—making this a must-read for any AI leader.
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