Productivity
AI, Growth, and Jobs, Who Really Benefits?
People love a neat AI story. Either AI will take everyone’s job, or AI will make us all so productive we can retire early and become sourdough influencers. Reality is messier, and much more useful for leaders. A recent piece republished by ScienceAlert makes a strong point: the biggest risk is not mass unemployment, it…
Read More10 Ways to Reduce AI Hallucinations in Your Small Business
It is Monday morning, you are drafting an email to a client, pulling together a proposal, or trying to summarise last week’s meeting notes before the next call. Increasingly, small businesses turn to artificial intelligence as a trusted assistant in moments exactly like this. Tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Claude are now…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : February 2026
ChatGPT Health Launches In January, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated space within ChatGPT designed specifically for health and wellness conversations. Users can securely connect medical records, Apple Health, and supported wellness apps so that ChatGPT can provide answers grounded in their personal health data. Health conversations, memory, and files are kept completely separate from…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : January 2026
Visuals created by ChatGPT are really good now ChatGPT introduced Images 1.5, and the improvement over earlier versions is noticeable. Image quality is more consistent, hands and faces are more natural, and text within images is far more reliable. No more waxy faces, 8 fingers on hands and misspellings. Insights: This is now useful for…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : November 2025
ChatGPT Atlas Launches OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser with ChatGPT built directly into its core. Launched on 21 October 2025 for macOS (with Windows and mobile versions coming soon), Atlas aims to make the browsing experience conversational. Instead of switching between tabs and searches, users can ask questions, summarise pages, and…
Read MoreEmployers Choose AI Over Gen Z
A new British Standards Institution report says managers are increasingly substituting AI for junior roles, reshaping early careers and raising concerns for the UK labour market. The Study and Report The analysis comes from the British Standards Institution’s new insight report, ‘Evolving Together: AI, Automation and Building the Skilled Workforce of the Future’. It surveyed…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : October 2025
Breaking News: OpenAI Unveils Sora 2 Overnight, OpenAI has launched Sora 2, its next-generation text-to-video + audio model, along with a new social app simply called Sora. Unlike its predecessor, Sora 2 supports synchronised speech, sound effects, and ambient audio, enabling far more immersive and realistic video creations. Users can trigger “cameo” videos by verifying…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : September 2025
ChatGPT Gets Personal (and Smarter) OpenAI has rolled out GPT-5, its latest and most powerful model, and with it some intriguing new features. One highlight is personality modes. Plus and Pro subscribers can now toggle the chatbot’s style between these options “Cynic,” “Robot,” “Listener,” or “Nerd,” giving conversations a distinct tone. This change came alongside…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : August 2025
Age Verification on Socials and Apps The Online Safety Act has intensified the spotlight on how social platforms and apps verify users’ ages. For years, companies like Meta have quietly used behind-the-scenes tools to detect underage users. But newer platforms are taking more overt approaches. Bluesky, for example, now relies on three third-party providers for…
Read MoreBanning Mobiles : Impact On School Children
A recent study by the University of Birmingham has revealed that banning smartphones during school hours does not necessarily lead to improved mental health or academic performance among students. The SMART Schools Study The SMART Schools study, conducted by the University of Birmingham, set out to evaluate whether banning phone use throughout the school day…
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