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Notes on putting AI to work.
Examples of successful AI pilots and best-practice guides on operationalising agentic AI — from the team building it inside real businesses.
Why doctors won't write your discharge letter yet
In August 2026, almost 14,000 adults a day in England's major hospitals were stuck in a bed they no longer needed. Everyone thinks they know why: ther…
Buy the commodity, build the moat
Most companies deciding whether to buy or build AI are watching the bill. The bill is real, and it is the wrong thing to watch. The cost that matters …
The risk in NHS ambient voice technology contracts is year four
The NHS has just given itself four years of certainty on what it spends on buildings and equipment. The software it is buying to sit inside those buil…
NHS Data Silos Aren't a Technology Failure. They're a Business Model.
Every few years, someone announces a grand plan to finally fix NHS IT and get all the systems talking to each other. And every few years, that plan qu…
Why Your AI Never Finishes Anything
Ask most business leaders what "using AI" looks like across their organisation, and the candid answer is almost always the same: someone opens a brows…
Top use cases for AI agents in research and data reporting
Most people are already familiar with conversational AI. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini respond to a prompt, generate an answer, and wait for t…
What is the best AI model for extracting data from documents?
In today’s AI-native world, extracting data from documents is perhaps one of the easiest, and most versatile use cases. From uploading transcripts and…
Can you use AI for contract analysis?
Within legal teams, AI tools can be used within contract analysis in order to summarise long agreements, extract clauses, flag risks, and point out di…
