Are you missing the key to awesome AI outputs?

Today’s question: How can I get better, more relevant answers from generative AI? 

Not getting the best results from your generative AI queries? The difference between useful and useless AI outputs is metadata, a labeling system that provides added context and information about your data. 

Every AI platform and copilot out there is built on reams of data. But the most effective ones have metadata too. Here we explain how to get metadata into the mix for your most successful AI efforts. 

Marketer’s love/hate relationship with AI 

In the latest State of Marketing report, 4,800 marketers ranked AI implementation as their number one priority, and — yikes — it’s also their number one headache. Learn what else they’re saying.  

What our community is saying 

“It’s clear that without robust metadata, even the most advanced AI systems risk missing the context necessary for producing relevant and actionable insights. This underscores the importance of strategic data management as we integrate AI more deeply into business processes.” 

—  Jole Barron , business intelligence manager, AI solutions architect at Swyft Filings

What we’re reading 

• Researchers at Anthropic found clues about why large language models behave the way they do, which could make AI models safer. ( Anthropic )
• Two Carnegie Mellon professors have developed an AI tool with a “notes to prose” feature that turns bullet points and stray thoughts into draft paragraphs. What makes it unique is it only uses the student’s notes rather than drawing from a wider dataset. ( Fast Company )
• Here are 7 hard truths to help CIOs get from pilot to scale with generative AI. One tip? Use reusable code to speed generative AI use cases by up to 50 percent. ( McKinsey & Company )

This newsletter was curated by Lisa DiCarlo Lee , Contributing Editor at Salesforce .

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