Elemental Insights

Insights on AI strategy, digital transformation, and enterprise technology

AI ModelsAugust 10, 20253 min read

GPT-5: First Impressions

GPT-5 isn't magic or AGI, but it does provide tighter adherence, better voice, cleaner coding sandbox. An incremental step forward rather than a giant leap.

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AI ModelsAugust 5, 20253 min read

Why Claude Opus 4.1

Core capability bumps coding accuracy on the industry-standard SWE-bench Verified to 74.5% (up from 72.5% in Opus 4) and shows measurable gains on multi-step reasoning and data-analysis tasks.

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AI AnalysisJune 19, 20254 min read

What Gemini 2.5 says about ChatGPT

This is the output from Gemini Pro 2.5 on how Gemini 2.5 can analyze YouTube videos and why OpenAI o3 is less capable here. This speaks to a major data advantage Google has.

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AI CreativityJune 13, 20255 min read

The Creative Power of AI - An Existential Use Case

The creative possibilities of AI continue to amaze me. What started as a simple meditation I had written became an immersive visual journey—all thanks to a carefully orchestrated workflow.

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AI ToolsJune 10, 20258 min read

Veo-3 Experiment - Testing Prompts from Leading AI Platforms

In an effort to understand how to best create prompts for Google's new Veo-3 video model, I decided to have a bake off between leading AI Assistants.

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No-Code AIMay 29, 20257 min read

AI Development Tools for Non-Coders (Vibe Code)

Here's my detailed assessment of the best tools for those who prefer to steer clear of IDEs and traditional coding environments.

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Enterprise AIMay 6, 20255 min read

OpenAI - AI in the Enterprise

It's hard to separate hype from hard value in the current AI gold rush. I dug into OpenAI's latest AI in the Enterprise case-study compendium. Seven themes emerged.

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AI StrategyJanuary 20, 20254 min read

Rapid 'Proto Personas' Using Generative AI

Imagine raising $50 million with just ten slides. Such is the power of storytelling. But what if we could amplify the storytelling craft with Generative AI?

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ResearchJanuary 13, 20254 min read

Complex Contagion: Unveiling Network Dynamics in Social Behavior

Research on complex contagion has reshaped our perception of network behavior, revealing that the spread of transformative ideas is less about a single persuasive exposure.

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