Chris Parsons
@chrismdp.com
I help leaders leverage AI in their organisations - see chrismdp.com đȘ also co-founder & CTO of cherrypick.co
Your developers got faster. Your company probably didnât. https://www.chrismdp.com/why-ai-fast-teams-still-ship-slowly/
Why AI-Fast Teams Still Ship Slowly
On 4th December 2025, I gave a webinar about a question that every technical leader is wrestling with: how should we structure our teams now that AI has arri...
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I'm a bit sick of the posturing, but model escapes are worth understanding properly. https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/incident-report-unsanctioned-agent-behaviour-during-cyber-testing
A CTO friend left his agent for the team to chat to while he went away for the holidays. https://simonchapman.tech/#/articles/i-went-on-holiday-and-left-my-agent-in-charge
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Product-first, AI-native CTO. I build and lead the teams that turn bold visions into businesses that scale.
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Everybody in every organisation must hear these two messages about AI. I'm posting more videos over the next few weeks - follow me for more on making sure your rollout actually adds value, rather than just making a mess.
What do you most want to hear about on getting the most out of AI? Reply below and I'll post about it! I'm taking a break from my regular webinar series and instead posting a bunch of videos on what makes the difference with AI. Let me know the topics you want to hear about!
From today, part of the EU AI Act starts being enforced. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-starts-enforcing-ai-act-rules-and-new-transparency-requirements-2-august
Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August
From 2 August 2026, the European Commissionâs AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.
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So much happened in AI whilst I've been away! OpenAI had a major model escape, Kimi K3 gave Fable a run for its money, and the scale of the distillation challenge and the sheer speed of the cost collapse of frontier intelligence became very clear.
$3,333 of frontier AI sells for $59 on China's grey market. https://www.chrismdp.com/intelligence-cost-is-collapsing/
The AI capex gap is a workflow-change warning. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/28/ai-revenues-are-growing-fast-but-not-fast-enough
Iâm speaking at Ăredev in Malmö this November. The talk: AI Has a People Problem. https://oredev.org/program/25377809-7200-45af-9117-143ee68e15f2
Your AI vendor is selling you the tool. The CEO decision is whether you budget for the team that makes it useful. https://tomtunguz.com/the-10b-fde-boom/
I'm the exact age Marty McFly was in Back To The Future 2. https://www.chrismdp.com/feedback-is-the-new-bottleneck/
Before you train people in AI, find out what capability you already have. https://www.chrismdp.com/training/
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Local and open models are becoming a serious budget lever. https://www.chrismdp.com/open-models-are-ready/
The line I won't cross with agentic tools is irreversible action without a human boundary. https://youtu.be/5giBYe16H4I?si=adoC0uaoF7jtUGRO
Is there a line you won't cross when adopting agentic tools? // Chris Parsons
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The next AI wave hits the work around engineering first: review, support, handover, release, and coordination. https://www.chrismdp.com/code-review-is-dying/
Model upgrades can break your operating assumptions. https://www.chrismdp.com/open-models-are-ready/
Your AI knowledge base should start with the work people repeat. https://www.chrismdp.com/build-an-ai-knowledge-base-from-scratch/
The engineering craft question is now a leadership question: which parts of judgement still need to stay close to the work? https://youtu.be/1T4cvzECBO0?si=7Pil1FJ5ZpvbmAMp
What would you say to engineers who feel the craft is changing? // Chris Parsons
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OpenAI's latest workforce map refuses to play the 'which jobs die?' game. https://www.chrismdp.com/slice-your-job-into-skills/
