Series: AI Learnings
Artificial Intelligence is now a daily conversation topic and is in everyone’s mind one way or another. The learning can be simple or steep and complex depending on where you want to take it.
Here is a list of blog posts that I have written on this topic as I learn and try to keep up with this amazing technology landscape which is changing every day. Simply amazing.
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Related Blog Posts on AI
Cloud AI vs Local AI – Cost Comparision
Back in 2024 I wrote a blog post: How Much Does It Cost to Operate AI ChatBots? As we move into the new era of the token economy, the conversations, about tokens costs and power are very much part of the story. A useful model must account for real model pricing, utilization, infrastructure, performance, and…
Windows 11 Taskbar: Now Open to AI Agents
Starting with the May 2026 security update, any developer can register AI agents via Windows.UI.Shell.Tasks API to appear alongside Copilot. Users invoke with “@” in search, monitor chain-of-thought via hover. This positions Windows as the OS for agents, not just AI features. In a move bigger than another Copilot tweak, Microsoft is turning Windows 11…
Microsoft Agent 365: Governance for AI Agents
As organizations move from experimenting with AI assistants to deploying autonomous and semi‑autonomous agents, a new challenge emerges: governing what those agents actually do at runtime.This isn’t about who built an agent—it’s about what it can access, what actions it can take, and whether it’s operating safely inside the enterprise. That’s the problem Microsoft Agent…
Small Local Models: Why Tiny AI Is Having a Big Moment
The narrative around artificial intelligence has long been dominated by bigger equals better. Models with trillions of parameters, trained on internet-scale datasets, powered by massive GPU clusters—these were the benchmarks of progress. But something interesting is happening at the other end of the spectrum. Small models—measured in billions, not trillions of parameters—are proving they can…
ServiceNow AI Control Tower Overview
ServiceNow AI Control Tower is a centralized governance and oversight platform designed to give enterprises visibility, control, and accountability over AI systems across their organization. Launched at Knowledge 2025, it addresses a critical challenge facing large enterprises: the inability to see, manage, and govern the rapidly expanding fleet of AI agents and models running throughout…
AI Governance & Orchestration Vendors (May 2026)
The AI orchestration market is projected to grow from $11.02 billion in 2025 to $30.23 billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate of 22.3%. This rapid growth is attracting investment from both specialized AI companies and large platform vendors, creating a crowded and evolving competitive field. Please see companion blog posts on Microsoft…
The Future of Work: Microsoft Copilot Cowork
It is funny how things change… a couple of days ago I posted about: Microsoft Copilot Growing Up – How to remove Copilot from your Device , and today… At a recent showcase in Sydney, Microsoft unveiled a glimpse into the next evolution of productivity: Agentic AI. This isn’t just about a chatbot answering questions;…
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Microsoft Copilot Growing Up
My own relationship with Microsoft Copilot started with high hopes, followed by the “trough of disillusionment.” Like many, I grudgingly launched it yesterday only because I needed to handle confidential data within our enterprise security layer. I went through my standard procedure to manually override the default—and then I saw it: Claude Opus in the…
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Microsoft Enables Copilot App Removal
For the past year, Microsoft Copilot has felt like the uninvited guest that wouldn’t leave. Forced onto taskbars and integrated into nearly every corner of Windows 11, the AI assistant was met with mixed reviews—and significant pushback from enterprise IT departments concerned about data privacy and “AI bloat.” Following the April 2026 Patch Tuesday update,…