Start off your weekend with these can’t-miss insights on gen AI

Has your inbox been suffering from overload lately? We’ve got you covered. Cut through the clutter with this quick round-up of McKinsey’s trending gen AI insights.

Listen: On the latest episode of The McKinsey Podcast, senior partner Kweilin Ellingrud and partner Saurabh Sanghvi share findings from McKinsey’s latest report on gen AI and explain why companies must pivot to embrace the technology.

Read: A new report by partner Alex Cosmas, senior partner Ben Ellencweig, and coauthors—in collaboration with Skift Research—explores the promise of travel in the age of AI.

Learn: What is prompt engineering? Our McKinsey Explainers series dives into the art of designing inputs for gen AI tools.

Meet: Pepe Cafferata is a senior partner who leads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey in Latin America. In this Tech: Forward blog post, Cafferata and coauthors identify four technical enablers that organizations should use to scale AI successfully.

Browse: Much like the internet, mobile, and social media, the gen AI boom presents CIOs of organizations with an opportunity to generate sustainable value—but they must move quickly. Check out these 10 must-reads for CIOs to stay ahead of the curve.

Play: Test your problem-solving skills with this week’s McKinsey Crossword, Applied AI.