Grant Elliott

One of the questions I regularly get asked when I demo our new AI platform (beta launch coming soon) is whether we have developed our own AI learning model. When I explain that we have not, there is usually a short pause. The implication is clear. If you are serious about AI, surely you are training your own model. And if not, then what exactly makes your product defensible? It is a fair question given where we are in the AI hype cycle. Right now, building and owning your own AI model feels...

The first time I met 80s pop icon Kim Wilde , she was actually watching me on stage. It was 1997, in Deville, northern France. I was presenting my product prototype at a major partner event. To set the tone, my company had hired the West End cast of Tommy  to open the show. It was loud, polished, and theatrical. Only later did I learn that one of the performers was dating Kim Wilde, best known for the pop hits Kids in America and  You Keep Me Hangin’ On . She was sitting in the audience,...

And why it’s not ignoring you on purpose When your prompt is clear, but the AI is negotiating with six other things you cannot see. I will admit it. I have sworn at my AI. Usually it happens when I ask for something simple. Reformat this text. Do not change the wording. Keep the structure exactly the same. And then it does the one thing I explicitly told it not to do. It rewrites sections. It changes formatting. It adds words. It summarizes. Sometimes it apologizes. Sometimes it confidently...