Chris Grannell

Apparently AI might be starting to democratise... capability... That’s one of the more interesting signals coming out of a new field study by Procter & Gamble and The Wharton School featured in Mi3Australia. Instead of running a lab experiment, they embedded GPT-4 into real teams working on actual product development tasks and evaluated the outcomes. What they found that might be worth paying attention to: • Junior team members using AI consistently performed at similar levels to experts • Juniors with AI tools didn’t just keep up with the control group of seasoned human teams, it outperformed them in speed, output quality, and collaboration • Innovation outcomes improved with more "top-shelf" ideas  • People using AI reported feeling better about their work but also less confident about the quality of their outputs I've been banging on for a while about the impact of AI on graduate roles and how it will reduce opportunities for young people to enter the workforce... But perhaps that was a misread... Maybe instead they will be thrown into the deep end sooner with AI as their, ugh, "co-pilot", and be able to contribute at a much higher level much sooner - but without the confidence to validate the accuracy or value of their own work. Which is probably equally problematic. If things play out this way it throws up a few potential curve balls around how organisations need to structure their AI augmented workforce - something we all need to be planning in the near future. What's certain for now, in my mind anyway, is that we need to be thinking deeply about how we transition traditional education frameworks to support the next generations ability to find meaningful work. This is probably because I have three kids in high school and it's hard to guide them on what educational path they should be planning to take at the moment. I'll pop a link to the full article in the first comment - well worth a read. Big thanks to Mr Andrew Birmingham 🕵️‍♂️ for the article - for those who don't already follow his writings, if you are interested in this space, then I strongly recommend you do. #AI #FutureOfWork #BusinessTransformation

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There have been a lot of hot takes around DeepSeek, what I'm calling the Deep-Freak, but this is a boon for Australian start-ups. Why? It delivers OpenAI-level reasoning at 1/30th of the cost, plus it's open source with lightweight versions available. TLDR: lower capex and increased capability = more products can built. Let's go! 🚀 Thank you Bronwen Clune and Capital Brief, for covering this. Rampersand partner Andrew Poesaste, meanwhile, describes it as "a transformational moment for vertical software companies". "Australian startups in verticals from agriculture, climate, education, and industrial to healthcare will benefit from dramatically lower costs to access higher intelligence AI capabilities," he says. #AustralianTech #StartupAU #AIInnovation #DeepSeek https://lnkd.in/g4AiyUV5

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Why Australia Needs More Startups (And Why You Should Care) Australia has everything—great weather, world-class coffee, and a pretty good economy. But if we want to keep the good times rolling, we need more startups. Not just more big corporations, not just more real estate. More homegrown businesses that solve problems create jobs and put Australia on the map for something other than mining and budgie smugglers. Here’s why this matters to all of us: • Economic Strength – We can’t rely on digging stuff out of the ground forever. Startups bring new industries and long-term growth. • More Jobs – Unlike big companies that “streamline” (aka cut jobs), startups hire and grow fast. • A Global Edge – The world is moving fast with AI, clean energy, and automation. If we don’t innovate, we’ll be left importing ideas instead of exporting them. • Keeping Talent Here – Too many of our best and brightest take their big ideas overseas. An intense startup scene keeps them building in Australia. Startups aren’t just about making money—they tackle real-world problems, from climate change to healthcare. So next time you see a scrappy little Aussie startup trying to make it big, remember: they might be the next Canva or Atlassian. And hey, who knows? Maybe one day we’ll be famous for something other than budgie smugglers. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g5Xf424B #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Australia #Tech #BusinessGrowth David Kenney, Gavin Heaton, Gavin Brown, Ben Reid, Simon Banks, Ryan McGovern, Raaj Rayat, CFA, Cloë Stanbridge, Luther Poier, Duco van Breemen, Alan Jones, Paul McCarney, Paul Blackburn, Sofie Lord, Randolf Clinton

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