--- title: "Decrypting the \"Gen AI Mania\" | Bruno Aziza CarCast" description: Decode the GenAI craze with expert insights on data leadership and tech trends. Plus, essential resources and AI impacts you can't miss. image: https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CarCast%20with%20Bruno%20Aziza-3-2.jpg --- [![c2c logo blue](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/c2c-logo-blue.svg "c2c logo blue")](https://www.c2cglobal.com/) [AI and Machine Learning](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/ai-and-machine-learning) # CarCast with Bruno Aziza: Decrypting the "Gen AI Mania" By [Bruno Aziza](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/author/bruno-aziza) | September 18, 2023 Hello C2C! **Generative AI** is everywhere.  It's in your apps, in your database, in your dashboards, on your phone. If you're a tech and data leaders, you're probably wondering: "How am I supposed to take advantage of the Gen AI mania?".  This week, a "special guest" joins Bruno's CarCast to help decrypt the "GenAI Mania".  The CarCast also covers some of the must-read resources from last week and the key ones to pay attention to for next week!  For instance: - **The Boston Consulting Group** just released interesting data about where CIOs should focus their efforts with GenAI, what use cases they should pick to get started, and more importantly, how they should prioritize their work.  **[The answer is not a stack rank, it's a quadrant](https://medium.com/be-data-driven/decrypting-the-genai-mania-7225538c7bf8)**.  - **AI in sales. ** Did you know that 1 in 5 leaders is NOT getting value in their sales app?  Why is that?  **[Most likely because they are using AI at the WRONG time in their sales cycle](https://medium.com/be-data-driven/decrypting-the-genai-mania-7225538c7bf8)**. - How is **Generative AI impacting cybersecurity?! **Ben Lorica's podcast features an approach for how to think about this emerging concern ("Inside the Mind of a Hacker").  A good resource to listen to ahead of key cyber events, **Crowdstrike's Fal.Con** and **Mandiant mWise** next week! The **CarCast** also **includes EXTRAS** like: *["How to Explain Vector Databases to a 5-year old"](https://medium.com/be-data-driven/decrypting-the-genai-mania-7225538c7bf8),  ["8 ways chief data officers can demonstrate value"](https://medium.com/be-data-driven/decrypting-the-genai-mania-7225538c7bf8)* and Why *"GenerativeAI is just a phase" -* What's your opinion on this week's topics? Leave your comment below and let's continue the conversation Analytically yours, Bruno --- ## Recent Articles [Data Analytics](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/data-analytics) ## [Generative AI: Are You Behind?!](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/generative-ai-are-you-behind) Review the latest insights from the AI Readiness Report. By Bruno Aziza [Industry Solutions](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/industry-solutions) ## [Make "Gen AI Work": Landscape, SLMs vs. LLMs, Cost & More...](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/make-gen-ai-work-landscape-slms-vs.-llms-cost-more) Discover the 5 metrics you need to know in order to be an exceptional CEO and Operator. By Bruno Aziza [Google Cloud Strategy](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/tag/google-cloud-strategy) ## [AI Cheat Sheet](https://www.c2cglobal.com/articles/ai-cheat-sheet) AI is no more and no less the drive to create robots with human minds so they can do everything we do and more. Use this cheat sheet to help decode the space. By Leah Zitter ## Subscribe to our newsletter Get the latest from C2C, direct to your inbox. [Subscribe](https://share.hsforms.com/1znKGo6ySS9uaRyvLQQzxRw4qbyr) ![c2c-logo-white-tagline](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/c2c-logo-white-tagline.svg "c2c-logo-white-tagline") C2C is the only peer-to-peer community built to support, connect, and educate Google Cloud customers across regions and industries so they can better harness the power of the cloud—and each other—to solve their biggest challenges and drive innovation. ©2024  C2C Global. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy](https://www.c2cglobal.com/privacy) 20 N Wacker Drive • Suite 1810 • Chicago, IL • 60606 **Join over 60K members on C2C.** Let's connect! - [mailto:hello@c2cglobal.com](mailto:hello@c2cglobal.com) - - - [![X](https://www.c2cglobal.com/hubfs/twitter-x-icon-white.svg)](https://twitter.com/MeetC2C) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=2634489&fmt=gif)