For many managers, you may be in luck because all of that uncertainty makes your employees want to stick with something stable. Assuming, of course, that the situation in your workplace is stable. 
If it’s not, and you’re adding to their uncertainty? Look out. 
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I probably haven’t been thinking enough about how the budget for AI might come at the cost of several other IT projects and what that might mean in terms of old, insecure, and inefficient technology not being replaced.
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As I have said before, if your data is stored somewhere outside your control, it’s only a matter of time before it gets hacked. Your AI assistant will have a lot of private information, making it a prime target. 
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This makes me wonder if eDiscovery productions shouldn’t be done using a solution like SharePoint, with permissions that allow the opposing side to read documents online but not download a copy. Thus, they would not have a copy to upload to a GenAI platform.
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I also understand why this happens, though. Even out-of-the-box AI tools like Copilot or ChatGPT require some level of data access and security. That’s a complicated task that, in normal times, would require a months-long project, at minimum. 
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Pay people enough money so that they can live and stop the mass layoffs every time the stock price dips a little bit. Much of the financial stress people face is because they don’t make enough money to pay for things like childcare and are constantly worried about losing their jobs. If you want to…

Generative AI is already creating positive change and will continue to do so. It is also making very negative changes as well, with deepfake porn, fake video and audio, scams and disinformation proliferation, etc. 
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This is a good reminder of how we can all help anyone dealing with layoffs, job stress, anxiety, etc. After I was laid off in 2023, one of the best things I had going for me was my network. There were people who connected me with people, offered to chat, texted me to check in,……