Digital Transformation and Tools – AIIP Connections Blog

AI Isn’t Coming for Information Professionals … But Only If We Engage as Partners

By Michael Ridley

Editors Note: This is part of our series from speakers and attendees of our AIIP 2026 Symposium. Michael will be presenting this topic Friday, April 9 at 7:00 pm ET. Register here.

Once again, it’s an honour to be speaking at the AIIP symposium whose members I consider my peers.

Of course, I’ll be talking about AI. Isn’t everyone? Are you bored of it all yet?

Last year, we talked about the importance of explainability: the imperative of AI to explain why and how it made decisions and recommendations. Still important IMHO. But things move on, and quickly, in AI.

Real Information Artificial Intelligence Series: AI & Multimedia – for Good and Evil

Can You Believe What You See?

By Arthur Weiss

An apology: in my last post, I promised to look at dangers in AI for research and summarizing topics. That’s still on my list. In this post, I’m going to address another danger and explore what AI promises for multimedia.

How Small Steps Made a Big Impact

By Janel Kinlaw

Running a business as a solopreneur means wearing many hats and constantly juggling tasks, deadlines, and client needs. After eight years as a solopreneur, I’ve learned that it’s not always the big, dramatic changes that make the biggest difference—it’s the small, thoughtful changes to everyday processes that add up over time.