We must be nimble and flexible if we are to keep up with accelerating AI

By Simon Rawlinson2023-11-21T07:00:00

The pace of change in AI is breathtaking. Non-specialists like you and me need to take note says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis

When I started thinking about writing a column on artificial intelligence, my first idea was to focus on the Bletchley Park summit held at the start of this month. Getting 25 countries and the EU to discuss AI safety felt like a useful milestone in the dizzying rise of technology like ChatGPT with its 200 million registered users.

And then I looked at the sector a little more closely. Within the space of a week, Microsoft had launched Copilot, its integrated AI assistant, Elon Musk had entered the fray with Grok, his “AI chatbot with a sense of humour”, and OpenAI had announced the opening of its GPT App Store. That’s a lot of progress.

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