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Byte-sized AI: Bubble, bubble
I’m back for another Byte-sized AI issue, and as promised here are my three things: 😁
- Something that you can do to improve how you work
- Something techy from the news
- Something that made me laugh
📰 The one item of news:
Is this a bubble I see before me?
As sure as night follows day, a transformative technology creates an investment bubble. I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about how the AI bubble is sure to burst any minute, and then seen that followed up with assertions that this means the AI is all going to disappear.
Let’s have a look at some past investment bubbles: tulips; railways; the internet. Notice anything? In each case the bubble burst, and in each case the product is still with us. The current bubble around AI (if those more wise on these things than I are correct – I am not your financial advisor) will burst and some people will lose a lot of money. But I would be surprised if many of the people reading this are in that group.
Historical bubbles show that the issue is overvaluing the product and overvaluing the companies that claim to do magical things. The underlying product still has value and doesn’t go away. I am sure the next few years will see some consolidation, but your business will continue to benefit from the product.
Don’t believe the hype that companies that make no profit are worth a gazillion dollars. Don’t believe the hype that a correction will put everything back to 2015 either.t SMEs in particular have been left with little resources to help properly implement and benefit from the technology. The result, not surprisingly, is a lot of people feeling frustrated and disappointed.
😂 The one thing that made me laugh:
Why not?!
What’s the difference between morals and ethics?
Morals are a set of guidelines and rules for living a good life.
Ethics is between London and Suffolk.
💡 The one thing you can do next week:
Summarize it!
Here’s a quick, high-impact tip for anyone using Copilot for Microsoft 365:
Use “Summarize” in Outlook for Instant Context. When you open a long email thread or meeting invite in Outlook, click the Copilot icon and type:
“Summarize this conversation and highlight any actions for me.”
Copilot will:
- Condense the entire thread into a clear summary.
- Pull out key decisions, deadlines, and action items.
- Save you from scrolling through dozens of replies.
Bonus: You can follow up with:
“Draft a response confirming my next steps.”
This turns hours of email triage into seconds of clarity and action.
If you are interested to find out how AI, automation and all things clever can help your organisation why not take a look at Future Workplace, our super special IT consultancy service that can supercharge productivity, business efficiency and so much more.
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Check out past Byte-sized AI issues:
- Byte-sized AI: Watching Paint DryThe rise of Small Language Models, have you watched AI Confidential and build you own Microsoft Copilot Agent.
- Byte-sized AI: Standing-on-towelCyberScotland Week, standing-on-towel and Authenticator.
- Byte-sized AI: Bubble, bubbleIs the AI bubble about to burst? Using Copilot in Microsoft Outlook. Ethics and morals, the big difference answered.
- Byte-sized AI: Did you miss me? I bet you did!AI adoption in UK SMEs, how amazing House is and the amazing ever evolving Microsoft Copilot.
- Byte-sized AI: AI overviews and using personasAI in search is here, some of it great, some not! 😂 Plus, make your AI tools ten times better.
- Byte-sized AI: Numbers tell a storyDevelop your team for AI, Copilot for Notebook and pining for the fjords!
- Byte-sized AI: Lost in an open plan area!Find out what Nick has been up to at the Kent and Medway Business Summit and have you tried triple promoting.
- Byte-sized AI: AI actFind out how AI is being kept in check, decide if AI is funny, and have you started going loopy!
- Byte-sized AI: AI opportunities£7 million, belly laughs and AI distilled! What more can you want? Byte-sized AI from the mind of Nick Ellis!
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- Byte-sized AI: Its a little bit of snow!This week we have seen the government get behind AI in a big way. This was inevitable whoever was in power, I think. There are a few obvious challenges here:
- Byte-sized AI: Say hello to ClaudeFor the more technical parts of my job, I use an AI called Claude, which was created by Anthropic.
- Byte-sized AI: Granny is here to make it all better!O2 have created an AI that sounds like your gran! The obvious question is “why?”. Firstly, it doesn’t sound like your gran specifically, that would be weird; it’s a generic gran called Daisy, complete with confusion about technology and a tendency to talk about her cat too much. Still doesn’t answer why though.
- Byte-sized AI: A llama with AI and an admission!Meta are doing something very interesting. They have a set of AI models collectively called “Llama” which anyone can download and use in their products for free.
- Byte-sized AI: Something special is happening in the UK!The UK is doing something a bit special. The global average for businesses adopting AI to some extent is around 13%.
- Byte-sized AI: Up, up and… back down! 😕Every so often in the world of tech something happens that is so astonishing, so utterly gob-smacking that we should all just stop and applaud.
- Byte-sized AI: An extra brain in the room!I’m back for another Byte-sized AI issue, and as promised here are my three things! 😁
- Byte-sized AI: The machines have taken over SainsburysWelcome to the very first issue of my new technology newsletter Byte-sized AI. Each issue I will give you three things:Something techy from the news Something that made me laugh Something that you can do to improve how you work
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Nick Ellis
AI and Innovation Lead
Nick Ellis is the AI and Innovation Lead at Select Technology. He is the driving force behind our Future Workplace service, which enables SMEs across all industries to use AI and automation to enhance business operations
Throughout his career he has been instrumental in helping organisations across London and the South East, to unlock the power of AI and automation to build smarter workflows that remove manual administration and connect systems. He has helped organisations replace inefficient tools with simplified processes, freeing up teams to focus on what they do best and enabling business growth without increasing costs.
With over 30 years’ experience in business technology, spanning FTSE 500 organisations and SMEs, Nick specialises in Microsoft 365, cloud software, AI solutions, and business intelligence.