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HBR IdeaCast · 2025-07-08 · 32 min · 5,728 words

How to Build an AI Assistant for Any Challenge

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Turn breakthrough ideas into real results at the virtual HBR Innovation Summit on November 12th with top CEOs and master classes on AI and growth. HBR executive subscribers attend free, with exclusive programming November 13th. Learn more at hbr.org slash innovation summit. I'm Allison Beard. And I'm Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR Idea cast.

Adi, I have a confession for you. Okay, I'm all ears. We write so much about generative AI, but I am not really using it all that much. How about you? Well, you know, I I was a really quick adopter.

I mean, I I was sort of ahead of everybody, but finding sustaining use cases, you know, I'm not the greatest on that. Well, I guarantee you, we are not alone in that. I spoke to Kareem Lakhani. Recently he's an HBS professor and an expert on AI in the workplace and he was talking about CEOs who are all talking about AI. They're talking a great game and they're talking to their shareholders about AI, but in his view, very few CEOs are actually using it or actually understand its potential.

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