The FastForward newsletter delivers cutting-edge insights on AI and enterprise tech trends every Friday. This archive includes editions since the independent relaunch. Earlier issues are available here: https://fastforward.boldstart.vc/fastforward-newsletter/
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I spent the early part of the week in Boston at IBM Think. Boston is a town with a lot of colleges. The talk of AI mixed with upcoming graduations got me thinking about entry level jobs. If you like my newsletter, please share this week’s edition of FastForward
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Hi everyone. As we turn to May with the flowers blooming and the apple trees in my yard bursting, I've been thinking a lot about the value we humans bring in a world of AI hype. This week, I decided to explore that idea. If you like my
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Hi everyone. As agents take center stage (at least in the hype cycle), this week I explore the notion of headless everything. If you like my newsletter, please share this week’s edition of FastForward with a friend, it really helps.💌 Sign up here. ForwardThinking 🤔 Get ready for headless everything
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Hi everyone, spring finally sprung here this week, and I launched the FastForward on PPN podcast. You can watch the pilot episode here. If you like my newsletter, please share this week’s edition of FastForward with a friend, it really helps.💌 Sign up here. ForwardThinking 🤔 Wall Street keeps falling
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Editor’s Note: I was at HumanX this week, so this is an abbreviated newsletter without the News of the Week section. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at feedback@fastforward.blog. ForwardThinking 🤔 AI hype...AI reality I spent the first part of the week at
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ForwardThinking 🤔 Oracle's Tuesday morning massacre On Tuesday morning, thousands of Oracle employees were sent packing with an email. While there is no great way to conduct a mass layoff, this move felt particularly cold, waking up to an impersonal missive with the line: "We are sharing some
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ForwardThinking 🤔 Everyone hates AI Well, it's been building up inside of me For, oh, I don't know how long I don't know why, but I keep thinking Something's bound to go wrong ~Beach Boys, Don't Worry Baby A backlash against
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ForwardThinking 🤔 Agents here, there and nowhere We’ve all heard the relentless hype around AI agents. They will be so potent they will come for our jobs, our software, our workflows. Agentic workforces will force an all-encompassing overhaul of how we do business. Wall Street has bought into this
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ForwardThinking 🤔 Sam and Dario's not-so-excellent AI adventure As the drama unfolded last week over OpenAI’s sudden partnership with the DoD, the department was also threatening to treat Anthropic as a supply chain risk (a designation that has since been made official). One of the key
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ForwardThinking 🤔 Been a long cold lonely winter As the winter snow keeps accumulating in the Northeast and the tech news continues to pile up with it, I thought it would be fun to once again pay homage to Dan Shaughnessy, the long-time sports columnist at the Boston Globe, who
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ForwardThinking 🤔 The true cost of easy-peasy AI I was at an event recently where I had an interesting discussion with a college dean about preparing young people for the changing world AI is creating. When I asked about his students' interest in AI, he surprised me with his
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ForwardThinking 🤔 With a little help from my bots Conventional wisdom suggests that using AI tools makes us more productive. Think about it: you've got this bot that can do stuff for you, whether that's writing code, conducting research or editing this commentary. In theory, that should