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Stephen Phillips April 2025 update
1st April 2025

  • Product review of Ask FT
  • Using third-party data with enterprise AI
  • Upskilling for AI
  • Are you managing expert-network vendors?

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Stephen Phillips SLA dissolution – supporting information professionals in times of change
1st April 2025

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced its forthcoming dissolution, after 116 years of professionalism, advocacy and networking for special librarians and information managers around the world.

I reflect on this sad news, and offer our thoughts and support for everyone associated with SLA.

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Jody Ridgwell All recent Jinfo Subscription content
25th March 2025

Here’s a comprehensive list of the range of content recently published by Jinfo.

The main focus has been around the impact of AI, including webinars on the future of news and AI, with Dow Jones and Financial Times.

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Stephen Phillips Can you use third-party data on enterprise AI?
18th March 2025

Information managers are frequently asking us the question:

"Can we use third-party content in enterprise AI tools?" 

In this blog, Jinfo reflects on recent discussions with several clients on this tricky issue.

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Stephen Phillips March 2025 update
12th March 2025

  • Should information teams pivot away from research?
  • AI reasoning and “Deep Research” - the latest threat to information managers?
  • News and AI - what’s next and why pay?
  • Mind the AI gap
  • Another private equity investment? A CEO’s perspective

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Stephen Phillips What will new outside investment mean for Northern Light?
12th March 2025

Jinfo has interviewed David Seuss, CEO of Northern Light, about how the company intends to use their very recent investment from LoneTree Capital.

In this Blog item, I cover a bit about what it means for their clients and their vision for the future, and provide links to video highlights from the discussion, and the full recording.

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Stephen Phillips February 2025 Update
12th February 2025

  • Data-led initiatives and the role of information managers
  • Educating colleagues and users about developing and using AI
  • Standardised data licences for AI - a new study
  • From information retrieval to integrated intelligence with Dow Jones

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Stephen Phillips Data-led AI initiatives - the role for information managers
11th February 2025

As algorithms and large language models (LLMs) become commoditised, the AI conversation is shifting away from the technology.   

Data is the ultimate differentiator and without data, there is no AI.

In this article, we reflect on the opportunity for information managers to leverage their expertise to source and manage high quality data for data-led AI initiatives.

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Stephen Phillips January 2025 Update
7th January 2025

  • The Age of Intelligence is here - how to thrive in 2025
  • A conversation about AI with Dow Jones
  • AI contracting clinic - the answers to your questions
  • New "Focus on Information Risk"
  • End-user education survey

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Stephen Phillips December 2024 Update
10th December 2024

  • Insights from the FT on AI in news production and licensing
  • Clinic on contracting for AI
  • Intelligent data integration
  • Strategic guides for information managers, on AI governance
  • Are you a freelance content product expert?
  • Contribute to our end-user training research

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