Articles by Lutz Finger, Forbes column, LinkedIn pieces, and elsewhere.https://www.lutzfinger.com/en-ushttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/26/the-missing-moat-in-ai-your-eval-data/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/26/the-missing-moat-in-ai-your-eval-data/The Missing Moat In AI: Your Eval Data [Image: AI chats don't just generate answers. They generate eval data. The company that harvests it best wins. getty] What wins the AI race? UX? Access to users? The foundation model? The data?Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmissingmoatevaldatahttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/25/dna-is-becoming-programmable-curing-cancer-with-ai/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/25/dna-is-becoming-programmable-curing-cancer-with-ai/DNA Is Becoming Programmable. Curing Cancer With AI. [Image: Cyriac Roeding, Earli at DLD. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images] Everyone is talking about "physical AI," the idea that models will finally step out of the chatbot and into…Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbecomingprogrammablecuringcancerhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/25/if-your-name-isnt-western-ai-could-cost-you-the-promotion/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/25/if-your-name-isnt-western-ai-could-cost-you-the-promotion/If Your Name Isn't Western, AI Could Cost You The Promotion. [Image: The future of work will be AI driven transparency. That's not without risks.getty] Imagine a company where every meeting is recorded, transcribed, and read by a machine.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwesterncouldpromotionhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/23/three-mistakes-brands-make-in-the-age-of-ai-driven-e-commerce/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/05/23/three-mistakes-brands-make-in-the-age-of-ai-driven-e-commerce/Three Mistakes Brands Make In The Age Of AI-Driven E-Commerce For thirty years, online retail looked the same: a search box, a grid of results, a page of specifications. That era is ending.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTecommerceGEOaisearchchatbotsfine-tuned-aiproduct-discoverybranded-aidata-moathttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-e-commerce-finetuned-ai-every-brand-lutz-finger-gs5bf/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-e-commerce-finetuned-ai-every-brand-lutz-finger-gs5bf/The State Of E-Commerce: Every Layer Of Discovery Changed At Once r2decide, the company I started, is now part of Zoovu. Here is the bigger picture behind that news.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/27/ai-in-the-boardroom-what-directors-need-to-know/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/27/ai-in-the-boardroom-what-directors-need-to-know/What must Board Directors measure in the new AI world: track training, manage supplier and model risk, add guardrails, and reassess business models in revenue and cost.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTleadershiprisksAI Producthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/25/meta-laid-off-8000-and-launched-aiwhy-jobs-need-different-skills/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/25/meta-laid-off-8000-and-launched-aiwhy-jobs-need-different-skills/Meta Laid Off 8,000 And Launched AI - Why Jobs Need Different Skills This week, Meta cut 8,000 employees and launched the new AI Muse model on the same day. Microsoft offered voluntary retirement to thousands of long-tenured staff.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetalayoffsai-engineersai-product-managerssilicon-valleyworkforce-transformationprobabilistic-systemsretrainingmckinseymicrosoftllmagentic-workflowshuman-judgmentcornellhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/24/saaspocalypse-is-deadthe-future-of-saas-is-saas/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/04/24/saaspocalypse-is-deadthe-future-of-saas-is-saas/SaaSpocalypse Is Dead - The Future Of SaaS Is SaaS In February 2026, a 48-hour sell-off wiped roughly $285 billion from SaaS valuations. Wall Street called it the SaaSpocalypse.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTsaasai-agentsmcpdata-moatplatformvibecodingintuitspotifysalesforceshopifyhubspothttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/02/13/ai-cuts-creative-teams-what-companies-must-learn-about-ai-leadership/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/02/13/ai-cuts-creative-teams-what-companies-must-learn-about-ai-leadership/AI Cuts Creative Teams: What Companies Must Learn About AI Leadership [Image: TOPSHOT - LA Times Guild journalists rally in front of City Hall to protest against layoffs and changes to job seniority protections during a walkout of the Los…Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTcreativeteamscompanieslearnabouthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/02/10/even-if-ai-could-kill-chris-hemsworth-convenience-beats-fear/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/02/10/even-if-ai-could-kill-chris-hemsworth-convenience-beats-fear/Chris Hemsworth Super Bowl Ad Shows Why We'll Use AI Even If We Fear It [Image: Chris Hemsworth at European Gala Screening for Amazon's CRIME 101, London January 28 2026.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTcouldchrishemsworthconveniencebeatshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/01/16/healthcares-ai-lesson-autocomplete-isnt-understanding/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/01/16/healthcares-ai-lesson-autocomplete-isnt-understanding/Healthcare's AI Lesson: Autocomplete Isn't Understanding [Image: A human-looking robot selling fake medicaments, Dutch artist Dries Verhoeven] I just got back from the JP Morgan conference.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThealthcareslessonautocompleteunderstandinghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/11/18/good-news-for-consultants-google-ceo-no-company-is-immune-to-ai/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/11/18/good-news-for-consultants-google-ceo-no-company-is-immune-to-ai/Good News For Consultants. Google CEO: No Company Is Immune To AI [Image: A couple of young businessmen astounded by profits] Google's CEO Sundar Pichai recently warned that "No company is going to be immune" to AI.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTconsultantsgooglecompanyimmunehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/08/20/generative-engine-optimization-geo-a-playbook-for-online-retailers/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/08/20/generative-engine-optimization-geo-a-playbook-for-online-retailers/AI Is Changing The Rules Of Web Traffic, A GEO Playbook For Online Retailers [Image: The end of e-commerce as we know it. Brands will need a new playbook.] Google's search is losing relevance for e-commerce, and Amazon's homepage is losing…Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTgenerativeengineoptimizationplaybookonlinehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/08/18/ai-fail---chancellor-merz-is-not-chancellor-merkel/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/08/18/ai-fail---chancellor-merz-is-not-chancellor-merkel/AI Fail, Trump Says 'Merz' , YouTube Transcribes 'Merkel' [Image: Yellow robot with 404 error code on blue background] President Trump met with European leaders, including Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, at the White House to discuss the…Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTchancellorchancellormerkelhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/07/24/ai-agentsthe-internet-is-being-rewrittensurvey-users-vs-brands/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/07/24/ai-agentsthe-internet-is-being-rewrittensurvey-users-vs-brands/AI Agents - The Internet Is Being Rewritten - Survey Users Vs Brands? [Image: Early internet era, Getty Images] A recent memo from OpenAI lays it out clearly: they aim to become the dominant interface for everything on the internet. Bold?Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTagentstheinternetbeingrewrittensurveyusershttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/07/15/ai-for-private-equity---the-future-of-b2b-distribution/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/07/15/ai-for-private-equity---the-future-of-b2b-distribution/AI For Private Equity, The Future Of B2B Distribution [Image: AI is transforming B2B distribution making it a playground for VC and PE] Online B2B distribution?Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTprivateequityfuturedistributionhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/30/the-end-of-amazon-walmart-best-buy---ai-driven-retail-unbundling/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/30/the-end-of-amazon-walmart-best-buy---ai-driven-retail-unbundling/The End Of Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy? AI-Driven Retail Unbundling [Image: Amazon's homepage might be dying soon. Retail is being unbundled, just like media was a decade ago.] The days of big online retail as we know it are over.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTamazonwalmartdrivenretailunbundlinghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/answer-engine-optimization-aeo--what-brands-need-to-know/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/answer-engine-optimization-aeo--what-brands-need-to-know/Answer Engine Optimization, What Brands Need To Know [Image: A passenger at San Francisco International Airport in front of a Twilio sign, Getty Images] Traffic from ChatGPT-style experiences converts up to nine times better than…Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTanswerengineoptimizationbrandshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/study-shows-llm-conversion-rate-is-9x-better---aeo-is-coming/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/study-shows-llm-conversion-rate-is-9x-better---aeo-is-coming/Study Shows LLM Conversion Rate Is 9x Better, AEO Is Coming [Image: Bing, OpenAI, Microsoft and Google logos on a phone screen, Getty Images] Some predict that by 2028, more people will discover products and information through large…Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTstudyshowsconversionbettercominghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/16/nvidia-wants-to-power-europes-ai-dreams-the-eu-isnt-ready/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/16/nvidia-wants-to-power-europes-ai-dreams-the-eu-isnt-ready/Nvidia Wants To Power Europe's AI Dreams. The EU Isn't Ready [Image: King Frederik X of Denmark and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang switching on the AI supercomputer Gefion in Denmark] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's recent tour across Europe aligned…Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTnvidiawantspowereuropesdreamshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/R2Decide is looking for you - the MBA with the marketing skills that wants to dip their toes into the world of AI and e-commerce. Join us this summer as a Growth Marketing Hacker. This is not your average internship.Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2025/number/3/article/artificial-intelligence-made-in-the-u-s-a-can-europe-learn-from-the-past.htmlhttps://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2025/number/3/article/artificial-intelligence-made-in-the-u-s-a-can-europe-learn-from-the-past.htmlIntereconomics, Vol. 60 No. 3, pp. 154-159. How Europe has missed every major wave of the third industrial revolution; how broken IP rights could be Europe's fix; why regulation alone isn't enough, Europe needs bold builders; and why AI is just a tool, agency still belongs to us.Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTEuropeAI policyIntereconomicshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/ai-in-educationup-level-your-teaching-with-ai-by-cloning-yourself/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/ai-in-educationup-level-your-teaching-with-ai-by-cloning-yourself/AI In Education, Up-level Your Teaching With AI By Cloning Yourself [Image: Department of Education headquarters in Washington DC, Getty Images] AI agents will transform every industry, and one industry I know well is education.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTeducationuplevelteachingcloningyourselfhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/trumps-third-termhow-ai-can-help-to-overthrow-the-us-government/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/31/trumps-third-termhow-ai-can-help-to-overthrow-the-us-government/Trump's Third Term, The Role Of AI In Creating A Strategy [Image: Protesters near Trump's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, LA Times via Getty Images] President Donald J. Trump floated the idea of a third term.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTtrumpsthirdtermhowoverthrowgovernmenthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/21/state-of-genai--only-1---shoptalk-2025-in-numbers/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/21/state-of-genai--only-1---shoptalk-2025-in-numbers/ShopTalk 2025: Just 1% Of Vendors Use Generative AI To The Max [Image: The Sphere in Las Vegas lit up on Independence Day 2023, Getty Images] Surprise: the generative AI future has not yet arrived in business.Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTstategenaishoptalknumbershttps://www.lutzfinger.com/articles/lutz-finger-nzz-europa-verliert-im-ki-wettbewerb-2025-03-19.pdfhttps://www.lutzfinger.com/articles/lutz-finger-nzz-europa-verliert-im-ki-wettbewerb-2025-03-19.pdfNeue Zürcher Zeitung, Meinung & Debatte, 19 March 2025, page 19. While the U.S. and China dominate AI, Europe risks missing the wave once again. Macron and von der Leyen promise billions; Lutz argues that money alone is not enough. Europe needs four shifts: more freedom to deploy (a Section-230-style liability shield for AI), easier access to training data (Japan-style), open weights for any model used in Europe, and a sovereign chip-and-policy stance between the U.S. and China.Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTEuropeAI policyNZZGeopoliticshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/10/overhyped-manus-from-monicaai-made-in-china/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/03/10/overhyped-manus-from-monicaai-made-in-china/Overhyped: Manus From Monica, AI Made In China [Image: Long March-7 rocket launch in Wenchang, China, VCG via Getty Images] Another "Sputnik moment"? Another "DeepSeek breakthrough"? Hardly.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMToverhypedmanusmonicaaichinahttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/11/goku---a-chinese-open-source-model-challenges-openai-and-the-us/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/11/goku---a-chinese-open-source-model-challenges-openai-and-the-us/Goku, A Chinese Open-Source Model, Challenges OpenAI And The U.S. [Image: Goku, not only a manga action figure but also an advanced AI model for image and video generation] No fun days for Sam Altman, first Elon Musk's hostile bid, and now…Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTchinesesourcemodelchallengesopenaihttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/10/europe-is-behind-in-ai---heres-how-to-catch-up-and-innovate/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/10/europe-is-behind-in-ai---heres-how-to-catch-up-and-innovate/Macron's AI Investment, But Europe Will Need To Do More To Catch Up [Image: Lutz Finger at INSEAD Americas Conference 2025 discussing EU vs US AI enterprise value] French President Emmanuel Macron announced investment pledges to bolster…Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTeuropebehindherescatchinnovatehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/10/musk-vs-altman-value-and-reality-of-open-ai/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/02/10/musk-vs-altman-value-and-reality-of-open-ai/Musk Vs. Altman: Value And Reality Of Open AI [Image: Elon Musk portrait and the seal of the US President, NurPhoto via Getty Images] Elon Musk and his investors have made a $97.4 billion offer to take over OpenAI.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTaltmanvaluerealityhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/29/deepseeknew-economic-rules-and-regulatory-challenge/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/29/deepseeknew-economic-rules-and-regulatory-challenge/DeepSeek - New Economic Rules And Regulatory Challenge [Image: New Economic Reality, Lutz Finger] DeepSeek's recent announcement sent NVIDIA's stock tumbling, shedding $600 billion in market cap.Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTdeepseekneweconomicrulesregulatorychallengehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/29/is-openai-a-victim---deepseek-and-ip-rights---a-playbook-for-leaders/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/29/is-openai-a-victim---deepseek-and-ip-rights---a-playbook-for-leaders/Is OpenAI A Victim, DeepSeek And IP Rights, A Playbook For Leaders [Image: Is OpenAI A Victim, Learn From Sam Altman's Playbook] Microsoft investigates whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI APIs? Wait, what?Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTopenaivictimdeepseekrightsplaybookhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/22/is-ai-replacing-us-good-news-for-knowledge-workers/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/22/is-ai-replacing-us-good-news-for-knowledge-workers/Is AI Replacing Us, Good News For Knowledge Workers [Image: Will AI Replace Us? Good News for Knowledge Workers!] "Is AI replacing us?" That's one of the most common questions I hear from my students.Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTreplacingknowledgeworkershttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/22/stargate-the-500b-message-to-china---the-future-of-ai-regulation/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/22/stargate-the-500b-message-to-china---the-future-of-ai-regulation/Stargate: The $500 Billion Message To China, The Future Of AI Regulation [Image: Stargate: Masayoshi Son pays, Sam Altman builds, Larry Ellison hosts, President Trump helps] President Donald Trump just announced Stargate, a $500 billion AI…Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTstargatemessagechinafutureregulationhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/07/sam-altman---agi--ai-workforce-in-2025-the-battle-of-tech-giants/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/07/sam-altman---agi--ai-workforce-in-2025-the-battle-of-tech-giants/Sam Altman Says, 'We Know How To Build AGI', Not So Fast [Image: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI DevDay 2023, Getty Images] OpenAI has always been great at grabbing attention in the news. Its announcements often come with big, bold claims.Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTaltmanworkforcebattlegiantshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/07/the-race-for-ai-agents-who-will-supply-tomorrows-workforce/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/07/the-race-for-ai-agents-who-will-supply-tomorrows-workforce/The Race For AI Agents. Who Will Supply Tomorrow's Workforce? [Image: Who Will Supply Tomorrow's Workforce? The Race is on.] Soon, there will be job websites with posts that only AI agents can apply for.Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTagentssupplytomorrowsworkforcehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/06/multimodal-ai-in-2025-from-healthcare-to-ecommerce-and-beyond/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/06/multimodal-ai-in-2025-from-healthcare-to-ecommerce-and-beyond/Multimodal AI In 2025: From Healthcare To eCommerce And Beyond [Image: Multimodal AI Use Cases, Lutz Finger] Multimodality is set to redefine how enterprises leverage AI in 2025.Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTmultimodalhealthcareecommercebeyondhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/05/ai-agents-in-2025-what-enterprise-leaders-need-to-know/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/05/ai-agents-in-2025-what-enterprise-leaders-need-to-know/AI Agents In 2025: What Enterprise Leaders Need To Know [Image: AI Agents for the Enterprise will be the focus of 2025] "2025 will be the year of the AI agent." Back in 2023, I talked about chaining AI models in my podcast.Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTagentsenterpriseleadershttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/03/2025-the-year-of-search-but-not-the-end-of-google/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/03/2025-the-year-of-search-but-not-the-end-of-google/2025: The Year Of Search But Not The End Of Google [Image: 2025: New Search Technology Will Put Google Under Pressure] It might sound like a throwback to the 1990s, but technology has transformed the way we search for and interact with…Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTsearchgooglehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/03/no-agi-but-a-killer-app2025-ai-prediction-110/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/01/03/no-agi-but-a-killer-app2025-ai-prediction-110/No AGI But A 'Killer App', 2025 AI Prediction [Image: We have heard a lot about AGI but it won't happen in 2025] No Artificial General Intelligence and the Singularity in 2025.Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTkillerapp2025predictionhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/There will be no AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) in 2025, no matter what Sam Altman or others claim. The concept of AGI revolves around the idea that AI can operate independently, like a human, adapting to tasks across diverse…Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2024/10/26/bidens-ai-plan--why-central-control-might-not-work/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2024/10/26/bidens-ai-plan--why-central-control-might-not-work/Biden's AI Plan And Why Central Control Might Not Work [Image: President Biden at the White House press briefing room, Getty Images] Biden just released a new plan to regulate AI. The main idea aims to have control over AI.Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTbidenscentralcontrolmighthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2024/10/22/emmanuel-macron-is-right-about-ai-over-regulatingi-have-no-doubt/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2024/10/22/emmanuel-macron-is-right-about-ai-over-regulatingi-have-no-doubt/Emmanuel Macron On AI: We Are Regulating Ourselves Out Of The Market [Image: AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, November 2023, Getty Images] French President Emmanuel Macron said it correctly: "We are over-regulating and underinvesting.Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTemmanuelmacronrightaboutregulatingihttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/regulating-ai-its-question-how-lutz-finger-cjnif/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/regulating-ai-its-question-how-lutz-finger-cjnif/Recently, I was invited by the GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) to share my thoughts with a delegation from Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and…Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/08/18/the-potential-moat-of-openaihow-openai-can-secure-its-investments/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/08/18/the-potential-moat-of-openaihow-openai-can-secure-its-investments/How OpenAI Can Secure Its Investments - A Playbook That Needs Microsoft [Image: How to create a business moat, the playbook for OpenAI] Rumors of OpenAI's demise are exaggerated, but they point to a potential problem that Large Language…Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTpotentialopenaihowopenaisecureinvestmentshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/08/18/is-openai-going-bankrupt-no-but-ai-models-dont-create-moats/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/08/18/is-openai-going-bankrupt-no-but-ai-models-dont-create-moats/OpenAI Isn't Going Bankrupt, But It Has A Business Model Problem [Image: OpenAI business model analysis, Lutz Finger & Midjourney] While the Economics Times headline about OpenAI, "Experts predict bankruptcy", was attention-grabbing, a…Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTopenaigoingbankruptmodelscreatehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/07/05/changing-healthcarea-platform-approach-using-data--ai/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/07/05/changing-healthcarea-platform-approach-using-data--ai/Changing Healthcare - A Platform Approach Using Data & AI [Image: Changing healthcare through a platform approach using Data & AI] Did you know that Type II Diabetes can be reversed? Why aren't we doing it?Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTchanginghealthcareaplatformapproachusinghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/06/27/healthcare-and-datahow-to-measure-quality/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/06/27/healthcare-and-datahow-to-measure-quality/Healthcare And Data - How To Measure Quality [Image: Health Care Quality Measures: Which data should you trust?] We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, but when it comes to our own health experience, we have little to no data.Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThealthcaredatahowmeasurequalityhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/05/01/three-trends-of-transformation-how-ai--value-based-care-vbc-will-drive-transformation-of-self-insured-healthcare/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/05/01/three-trends-of-transformation-how-ai--value-based-care-vbc-will-drive-transformation-of-self-insured-healthcare/Three Trends Of Transformation: How AI & Value-Based Care (VBC) Will Drive Transformation Of Self-Insured Healthcare [Image: AI Foundational models can predict risks further into the future compared to traditional machine learning]…Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTthreetrendstransformationvaluebasedhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/04/04/what-is-the-competitive-advantage-of-llms-like-chatgpt-for-your-business-three-takeaways/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/04/04/what-is-the-competitive-advantage-of-llms-like-chatgpt-for-your-business-three-takeaways/What Is The Competitive Advantage Of LLMs Like ChatGPT For Your Business? Three Takeaways. [Image: Do large language models create a moat?, Lutz Finger & Midjourney] Do large language models create a moat?Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTcompetitiveadvantagechatgptbusinessthreehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/04/03/hack-for-fairness-unlocking-the-predictive-power-of-data-validation-and-quality-assurance-in-education/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/04/03/hack-for-fairness-unlocking-the-predictive-power-of-data-validation-and-quality-assurance-in-education/Hack For Fairness: Unlocking The Predictive Power Of Data Validation And Quality Assurance In Education [Image: The power of Data Validation and Quality Assurance, Lutz Finger & Midjourney] Have you ever wondered how to bring fairness to…Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTfairnessunlockingpredictivepowervalidationhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/03/27/large-language-models--ai-in-healthcare/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2023/03/27/large-language-models--ai-in-healthcare/Large Language Models & AI In Healthcare [Image: Large language models being integrated into health care workflows, Lutz Finger & Midjourney] Over the past few weeks, we have seen an ever-increasing number of companies that integrate…Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTlargelanguagemodelshealthcarehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2022/09/08/deepfakesthe-danger-of-artificial-intelligence-that-we-will-learn-to-manage-better/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2022/09/08/deepfakesthe-danger-of-artificial-intelligence-that-we-will-learn-to-manage-better/Deepfakes - The Danger Of Artificial Intelligence That We Will Learn To Manage Better [Image: Deep Fakes are here to stay, Lutz Finger] Deepfakes are scarily simple to create.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTdeepfakesthedangerartificialintelligencelearnhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2022/09/08/overview-of-how-to-create-deepfakesits-scarily-simple/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2022/09/08/overview-of-how-to-create-deepfakesits-scarily-simple/Overview Of How To Create Deepfakes - It's Scarily Simple [Image: Deepfakes are simple to make, scarily simple] Deepfakes are simple to make. Scarily simple if you are concerned about abuse. Early deepfakes were focused on pornography.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMToverviewcreatedeepfakesitsscarilysimplehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Google is truly a fantastic place. No, I am not talking about the colorful bikes, the great food, the free perks, and more. After four years of building what Google Health is today, here is my view of what makes Google so unique: people…Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/05/06/get-vaccinated-how-trust-into-the-institutions-determines-vaccination-rates-in-the-eu/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/05/06/get-vaccinated-how-trust-into-the-institutions-determines-vaccination-rates-in-the-eu/Get Vaccinated? How Trust In Institutions Determines COVID Vaccination Rates In The EU [Image: Trust in Institutions Determines COVID Vaccination Rates] Why do counties that voted for Republicans and Donald Trump have lower vaccination…Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTvaccinatedtrustinstitutionsdeterminesvaccinationhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/02/09/clubhouses-future-depends-on-datahow-to-build-a-tiktok-like-algorithm/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/02/09/clubhouses-future-depends-on-datahow-to-build-a-tiktok-like-algorithm/Clubhouse's Future Depends On Data - How To Build A TikTok Like Algorithm [Image: The future of Clubhouse depends on how it can help users find content and enable engagement through data] For someone like me who worked at Snap, LinkedIn,…Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTclubhousesfuturedependsdatahowbuildhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/02/04/president-biden-is-man-woman-and-40-years-old---why-we-need-algorithmic-transparency/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/02/04/president-biden-is-man-woman-and-40-years-old---why-we-need-algorithmic-transparency/President Biden Is Man, Woman And 40 Years Old - Why We Need Algorithmic Transparency [Image: AI Is Everywhere, algorithmic transparency is key] Did you know that Angela Merkel is a boy and that Joe Biden is both a "man" and a "woman"?Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTpresidentbidenwomanyearsalgorithmichttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/01/26/whatsapp-we-should-discuss-what-our-data-is-used-for-not-who-has-it/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2021/01/26/whatsapp-we-should-discuss-what-our-data-is-used-for-not-who-has-it/WhatsApp: We Should Discuss What Our Data Is Used For, Not Who Has It [Image: We should discuss what our data is used for, not who has it] If you are on WhatsApp, you will have realized an outcry over the updated privacy policy where they…Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTwhatsappshoulddiscusshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2020/05/28/its-the-data-stupid-why-ai-might-get-it-wrong/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2020/05/28/its-the-data-stupid-why-ai-might-get-it-wrong/It's The Data, Stupid! Why AI Might Get It Wrong. [Image: What's wrong with AI?, It's the data, stupid!] Much of the public outrage about clearview.ai was about the privacy aspect.Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTstupidmightwronghttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2020/05/14/how-covid-changed-our-classrooms-a-self-experiment-of-online-teaching/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2020/05/14/how-covid-changed-our-classrooms-a-self-experiment-of-online-teaching/How COVID Changed Our Classrooms? A Self-Experiment Of Online Teaching. [Image: Online teaching experiment during COVID-19] The COVID-19 crisis has changed many things.Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTcovidchangedclassroomsexperimentonlinehttps://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2019/number/4/article/access-to-data-will-change-the-world-power-structure.htmlhttps://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2019/number/4/article/access-to-data-will-change-the-world-power-structure.htmlIntereconomics, Vol. 54 No. 4, pp. 267-268. Whoever controls data, not territory or capital, will define the next century of geopolitical power. Drawing on the social-media analytics era to argue that data access is the new sovereignty question.Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTDataGeopoliticsIntereconomicshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Data-driven decision making is a practice in many commercial industries now. But especially the real estate industry is using data. Companies like Zillow or Redfin provide estimates of a given house in a given neighborhood for renters and…Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/How can small businesses leverage point of sale data to make informed decisions? Big Data sounds often like Big Business, but the power of data is available even to small businesses without extensive resources.Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Anyone who lives in the Ditmars neighborhood of Astoria, Queens will speak fondly of El Rey Del Taco, a neighborhood favorite food late night food truck that often has a line down the block.Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Do you want to work in data? What does this mean? For the last 3 years I was at one of the coolest companies in the data space: LinkedIn! LinkedIn has amazing data assets and they have been at the forefront of data science.Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Deutsche sind immer pünktlich, Franzosen haben den besten Wein und Italiener machen die leckersten Spaghetti – was einzelne Nationalitäten angeht, haben wir alle ganz bestimmte Bilder im Kopf.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Every morning, New York City police officers receive insights from computers, directing them to areas where crime is likely to occur. If that sounds similar to the 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report, it’s because it is quite similar.Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/How does the latest “Star Wars” movie parallel with the data industry? Both have a force that awakens. However, while Rey, the tough scavenger in “Star Wars” (played well by Daisy Ridley), saw her force come to life in less then 30min, the…Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/How do you create amazing new data driven products! By studying deep, deeper and the deepest machine learning algorithms? Nope – by enabling business folks to talk and think data . Recently I had the opportunity to test this theory.Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-linkedin-important-capital-market-lutz-finger/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-linkedin-important-capital-market-lutz-finger/Recently, my favorite INSEAD Professor, Kevin Kaiser, came over to LinkedIn with a group of executives from around the world. We chatted about value creation in Silicon Valley.Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Social media bots have become an increasingly challenging issue. They can trick you into buying stuff or even influence your opinion (read more about the trouble they can cause here).Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/During this year’s STRATA conference, President Obama introduced Dr. DJ Patil as his new Chief Data Scientist in a video message. DJ is a very well known data scientist and is even credited by some with coining the term “data science”.Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Warning: reading this might lead you to lose faith in the media and marketing world! Oh – you didn’t really trust them to begin with? Well, let’s dig right in and meet the now-removed Twitter account from @AIAGW.Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Framed Data raises $2M, 6Sense raises $12M, Reflektion raises $8M… The list goes on and on. What these companies have in common, aside from multi-million dollar investments, is that they are all in the market of predictive analytics.Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/To build a data product you need to have the right data. This sounds simple, but it is often forgotten by entrepreneurs or top managers alike. Data should not be confused with the product or the business question that makes it powerful.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/What is the future of big data? It will be all about predictions! Predictions based on data has come into our world and we often do not even know it.Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Recommendation Engines have gained the most attention in the Big Data world. Why is that? Big Data has created three distinct types of data driven products: Data used to Benchmark Data used for Recommendation and Filter systems Data used…Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Today we see discussions on Big Data everywhere. Big Data - so has been the promise since 2011, when this hype started - surrounds all of us and will yield to new products - DATA PRODUCTS.Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/Germany defeated Brazil in the World Cup semi-finals. It was a brutal 7-1 drubbing and totally was unexpected! What does this tell us about data? Many of us who work with data hail the possibilities (see the Age of the Algorithm).Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140618141134-6074593-rule-the-world-with-small-data/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140618141134-6074593-rule-the-world-with-small-data/I was recently asked to “outline a vision of what Big Data may do in the future” for a book published by Dave Coplin - Microsoft's Chief Envisioning Officer. Yes, it’s time for a vision but not on Big but on Small Data.Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/South by South West Interactive (SxSW) is no ordinary conference. It is a festival and platform that allows showcasing the fusion of content with technology.Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutzfinger/recent-activity/articles/"Data Demystified" is the best way to describe this year’s Strata Conference. The data conference STRATA has grown substantially: more visitors, more talks, more vendors at the exhibitions, and more space.Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT