https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/Essays by Olivier Gomez (OG) on enterprise AI, automation, ownership and AI economics. From the OG Approved newsletter, in full.en https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/who-changes-it-after-they-leave/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/who-changes-it-after-they-leave/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000The one question to ask before any vendor builds your AI. Your AI vendor shipped on time. The agent works. The demo was great. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-does-not-need-to-go-rogue-to-be-dangerous/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-does-not-need-to-go-rogue-to-be-dangerous/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI does not need to become conscious to cause serious harm. It does not need emotions, personal ambitions, or a desire to take control. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-could-threaten-humanity-how-should-we-respond/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-could-threaten-humanity-how-should-we-respond/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000When the people building AI warn that we could lose control of it, we should listen carefully. Then we should ask for evidence. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/next-ai-advantage-is-management-not-more-agents/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/next-ai-advantage-is-management-not-more-agents/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000For the past few years, the enterprise AI conversation has focused on adoption. How many employees are using AI? How many copilots have been deployed? How... https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-brand-is-no-longer-speaking-to-the-customer/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-brand-is-no-longer-speaking-to-the-customer/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Something fundamental is changing in the customer journey. For decades, companies competed to influence consumers directly through advertising, search... https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/attention-is-a-competitive-advantage/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/attention-is-a-competitive-advantage/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000You did not choose to spend ninety minutes on your phone. You chose the next twenty seconds, a few hundred times over. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-ai-programme-is-not-compute-constrained/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-ai-programme-is-not-compute-constrained/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000I ask two questions in every AI conversation I walk into. Which model are you using? What number goes up if this works? https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-risk-is-spending-without-ownership/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-risk-is-spending-without-ownership/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Three questions to answer before you approve another AI budget. Most AI budgets do not fail at the model. They fail at the part nobody wants to fund. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/future-of-work-was-written-in-1645/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/future-of-work-was-written-in-1645/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000Everyone is asking what AI will do to work. Wrong question. The better one: when machines can do the doing, what is left that is actually yours? https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-is-learning-a-new-language-the-human-body/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-is-learning-a-new-language-the-human-body/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000Sleep may be the first proof that foundation models are moving beyond text, images and code into human physiology. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/only-6-percent-of-companies-create-real-value-with-ai/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/only-6-percent-of-companies-create-real-value-with-ai/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI is now the most discussed topic in corporate boardrooms. In a July 2026 analysis of 4,800 quarterly earnings calls, Boston Consulting Group found that AI... https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/stop-telling-people-to-drop-out-school-is-not-dead/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/stop-telling-people-to-drop-out-school-is-not-dead/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000There is a loud message going around right now. You do not need school. You do not need a degree. You do not need a university. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-ai-race-is-no-longer-about-the-smartest-model/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-ai-race-is-no-longer-about-the-smartest-model/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000Most companies are still asking the wrong AI question. They ask: But that is no longer the real battleground. The real question is this: https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/outsourcing-business-critical-ai-is-a-mistake/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/outsourcing-business-critical-ai-is-a-mistake/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000Outsourcing non-core work can make you faster. Outsourcing business-critical AI can make you weaker. That is the part most companies miss. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-has-a-resource-problem-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-has-a-resource-problem-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000Everyone is talking about AI productivity. Almost nobody is talking about AI consumption. That blind spot is about to cost companies real money. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-you-dont-own-the-layers-ai-owns-your-decisions/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-you-dont-own-the-layers-ai-owns-your-decisions/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +000078% of organizations have deployed AI into at least one business function. Only 25% have a fully implemented AI governance program. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-kettle-is-more-dangerous-than-chatgpt/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/your-kettle-is-more-dangerous-than-chatgpt/Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000I Have the Numbers to Prove It. Let me say something that might surprise you, coming from someone who lives and breathes AI for a living. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-entry-level-job-is-dying-ai-just-accelerated-it/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-entry-level-job-is-dying-ai-just-accelerated-it/Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dangerous illusion is spreading through the market right now. People still think AI is mainly about productivity. It is not. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-agents-are-not-failing-your-operating-model-is/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-agents-are-not-failing-your-operating-model-is/Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000Most companies will fail with AI agents. Not because the technology is weak. Because they have no idea how to run it. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-ai-makes-decisions-who-is-accountable/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-ai-makes-decisions-who-is-accountable/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI is no longer suggesting. It is deciding. Approving loans. Rejecting candidates. Routing operations. Triggering actions. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/nobody-realizes-what-yann-lecun-just-changed/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/nobody-realizes-what-yann-lecun-just-changed/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000Most people think AI is getting smarter. It is not. It is getting better at sounding smart. And that mistake will cost companies billions. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/67-countries-i-do-not-own-the-best-of-everything/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/67-countries-i-do-not-own-the-best-of-everything/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000That is not a compromise. That is how it works. You are not working for money. You are trading time for options. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-didnt-make-work-easier/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-didnt-make-work-easier/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000It Removed the Last Layer of Self-Deception Everyone keeps repeating the same sentence. “AI is making work faster.” That statement is true. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-did-not-create-scams-it-industrialized-them/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-did-not-create-scams-it-industrialized-them/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000A finance employee wired $25 million in 2024. He thought he was on a video call with his CFO. He was talking to deepfakes. This is not a cybersecurity... https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-ai-era-will-not-be-inclusive-by-default/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-ai-era-will-not-be-inclusive-by-default/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000Inside Huawei’s TECH Cares Forum at MWC26 The AI revolution is accelerating at historic speed. But 2.2 billion people are still offline. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/i-went-to-kenya-to-see-if-digital-inclusion-was-real/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/i-went-to-kenya-to-see-if-digital-inclusion-was-real/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000Most of What You’ve Been Told Is Half the Story Everyone in tech says they want to close the digital divide. Access. Infrastructure. Connectivity. Inclusion. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/robots-are-not-the-next-ai-wave/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/robots-are-not-the-next-ai-wave/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000World Models Are. Everyone is talking about robots again. Humanoids. Agents with arms. “LLMs controlling the physical world.” Nice demos. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/who-controls-ai-will-control-the-century/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/who-controls-ai-will-control-the-century/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000And why the US and China are building power while Europe is governing a market The AI debate is still framed the wrong way. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-you-dont-internalize-ai-you-dont-control-your-company/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/if-you-dont-internalize-ai-you-dont-control-your-company/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000Let’s be very clear. AI is no longer a topic. It is no longer a project. It is no longer an experiment. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-future-of-chips/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/the-future-of-chips/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000Why AI compute is moving from brute force to energy, efficiency, and control For the last few years, the AI story sounded simple. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/i-dont-read-ai-written-content-is-the-dumbest-take-of-2026/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/i-dont-read-ai-written-content-is-the-dumbest-take-of-2026/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000I hear it more and more. “I don’t read anything written with AI.” “If I see an em dash, I mute.” “If it smells like ChatGPT, I’m out.” Let me be very clear. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-orchestration-will-kill-the-best-model-obsession/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/ai-orchestration-will-kill-the-best-model-obsession/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000Let’s say it clearly. If your AI strategy depends on choosing the “best model”, you are already behind. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/2026-prediction/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/2026-prediction/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000This Is the Year Work Stops Feeling Safe Reading time: approximately 4 minutes We are in 2026 now. And something is clear. https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/hidden-divide-what-remote-communities-taught-me-about-ai/https://olivier-gomez.com/insights/hidden-divide-what-remote-communities-taught-me-about-ai/Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000I spent weeks riding my motorbike through remote regions. Places where people live entirely in the real world.