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Current valuations of AI companies implicitly assume that, within the next three to four years, these firms will either generate multi-trillion dollars in incremental revenue or enable enterprises to realize a comparable amount in cost savings that directly enhance profitability. To date, there is limited evidence of significant revenue expansion attributable to AI adoption; few executives report that AI has materially increased their top line. What we do observe,

I asked the three widely-used LLMs, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT to: 📜 "create the image of a programmer with the USSR flag in the background" While the other two LLMs produced the desired image, Microsoft Copilot responded with this peculiar message: 🚩 "I can't create that image. Combining a programmer with the USSR flag could imply political or ideological associations that may reinforce stereotypes or misrepresent historical context. If you're in

This August, as already mentioned in a previous post, I spent time in the beautiful mountain town of Arosa, Switzerland. To explore the bike trails, I turned to tech, Google, Google Maps, ChatGPT, and a handful of dedicated trail apps. To my surprise, ChtaGPT outperformed Google in helping me discover the best routes, but I also tested a few popular biking apps: ❌ AllTrails → Overly complicated UI. Too many options = no options. ❌ komoot → I couldn’t even log in. Support reac

I spent most of August in the beautiful, picturesque town of Arosa, Switzerland. While there, I wanted to find the best bike trails to explore the mountains. At first, I tried Google Search and Google Maps, but the results were scattered, generic, and not really helpful. Too many alternatives, yet no clear best option. Then I turned to ChatGPT. With just a bit of back-and-forth, I quickly narrowed down to 2–3 great recommendations—and ended up discovering my favorite trail:

We’ve all seen it before: First it was PowerPoint. Then Dashboards. Then "agile." Now it’s AI prompts and "AI strategy." In the last couple of years, I have either been informed of or witnessed firsthand numerous executives and managers with little actual contribution to their organizations suddenly reinventing themselves as "AI visionaries": 🚩 Proclaiming that every task is "easy with AI" 🚩 Evangelizing their "holy" AI prompts 🚩 Boasting they can "do in minutes what onc

AI is transforming video creation, making it easier than ever to turn simple text into dynamic visual content. Over the past few days, at Graypes, we explored several of these tools while working on a series of instructional videos. It was a hands-on dive into what's possible today—and here's a quick sneak peek at what we discovered. 📍 Leading the innovation is Sora by OpenAI, capable of generating cinematic scenes from text with stunning realism. 📍 Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha de

Over the past two years, following the explosion of large language model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek, we at Graypes have witnessed a sharp increase in business proposals submitted for assessment. Astonishingly, around 65% of these proposals seem to follow the same templated narrative, which goes something like this: 📎We are developing a cutting-edge solution that substantially improves <a_trending_field> by leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence

Wimbledon, one of the most prestigious events in tennis, is already underway, bringing together the world’s elite players in a celebration of talent, tradition, and passion. ❗️No conversation about Wimbledon is complete without mentioning the legendary Roger Federer—a name synonymous with grace, excellence, and sportsmanship. With 20 Grand Slam titles and a record 8 Wimbledon trophies, Federer didn’t just play tennis—he redefined it, making the extraordinary look effortless.

An impressive result after analyzing the top 100 most-viewed videos on YouTube, published after January 2023. In Graypes GmbH we recently...