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The Shapers Awards
The Shapers Award, the result of an in-depth investigation in French-speaking Switzerland, highlights the impetus of our local industry in adopting disruptive innovations and celebrates the men and women who are driving this transformation.


On Sunday, we're voting on a non-issue
What threatens us is population decline! By Xavier Comtesse & Philippe Labouchère


Russia has lost the war of meaning
By imposing its narrative, Moscow believed it could shape reality. The battlefield ultimately decided otherwise. By Xavier Comtesse


Palantir, a company that is not well known
From intelligence services to factories, software that transforms data into a strategic weapon. By Xavier Comtesse and Gauthier Ménard


The real target of AI: business models
When knowledge becomes virtually free, intermediaries falter and the economy must reinvent itself at breakneck speed. By Xavier Comtesse and Pascal Eichenberger


The old journalism is dying, a new one is emerging
A profound shift: faced with data overload, value is shifting towards analysis, anticipation, and meaning. By Xavier Comtesse


The book is "finally" making its revolution
Thanks to artificial intelligence, the book is transformed into a network of interconnected, adaptive, and navigable knowledge, going beyond the traditional linear format. By Xavier Comtesse and Pascal Eichenberger


AI in 2026? Here's what will emerge
Forget the grand models of language. Three new types of artificial intelligence will change our daily lives, for the better. By Xavier Comtesse & Pascal Eichenberger


Companies are panicking in the face of AI!
Overwhelmed by technological announcements, many players are struggling to understand how to integrate artificial intelligence without putting themselves at risk. By Xavier Comtesse


Will the artificial intelligence bubble burst?
Three years after ChatGPT, AI is revolutionizing everything and sending markets into a frenzy: sustainable innovation, guaranteed volatility. By Xavier Comtesse & Pascal Eichenberger


AI in business, like a "second skin"
An intelligent layer can enhance existing systems, optimize flows, and open up new services without the technology being rejected internally.


AI's "Gutenberg" moment
Chaque révolution technologique de l’impression a reconfiguré la diffusion du savoir humain et forge son évolution moderne. Par Xavier Comtesse & Pascal Eichenberger


One million happy people along "Léman 101"!
Analysis of a linear city from Geneva to Villeneuve, a million inhabitants united by the lake and movement. By Xavier Comtesse, Jeffrey Huang & Adam Cohen


From Taylorism to AI: The Great Shift in Business
Under the pressure of artificial intelligence, the business model inherited from the industrial era is faltering. By Xavier Comtesse & Pascal Eichenberger
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] Prompt Future: A Visionary AI Agent for Transformational Change - Johan Wüthrich](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_87dba221113248e38d1d970d1976d97a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_87dba221113248e38d1d970d1976d97a~mv2.webp)
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] Prompt Future: A Visionary AI Agent for Transformational Change - Johan Wüthrich](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_87dba221113248e38d1d970d1976d97a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_460,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_87dba221113248e38d1d970d1976d97a~mv2.webp)
[AI SHAPERS 2025] Prompt Future: A Visionary AI Agent for Transformational Change - Johan Wüthrich
By using the Prompt Future methodology (described in the book 2024 by Manufacture Thinking) as a basis for structuring the interaction and generating the video content, this "Visionary of Change" agent could offer an engaging, personalized, and memorable experience of discovering the transformational proposition.
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] AI Agent to Create Multiple-Choice Questions - Nadim Mottu](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_8d9313ec1fba455f92f0ce65b53307d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_8d9313ec1fba455f92f0ce65b53307d3~mv2.webp)
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] AI Agent to Create Multiple-Choice Questions - Nadim Mottu](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_8d9313ec1fba455f92f0ce65b53307d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_460,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_8d9313ec1fba455f92f0ce65b53307d3~mv2.webp)
[AI SHAPERS 2025] AI Agent to Create Multiple-Choice Questions - Nadim Mottu
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into education opens up fascinating possibilities, particularly in the creation and distribution of educational materials.
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] Autonomous Machines and Multi-Agent Systems: Towards Intelligent Maintenance - Loïck Jeanneret](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_6dc5152ca447499fa1306c2abfa275b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_6dc5152ca447499fa1306c2abfa275b4~mv2.webp)
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] Autonomous Machines and Multi-Agent Systems: Towards Intelligent Maintenance - Loïck Jeanneret](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_6dc5152ca447499fa1306c2abfa275b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_460,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_6dc5152ca447499fa1306c2abfa275b4~mv2.webp)
[AI SHAPERS 2025] Autonomous Machines and Multi-Agent Systems: Towards Intelligent Maintenance - Loïck Jeanneret
Today, modern industrial machines can already detect and resolve certain anomalies thanks to their integrated sensors.
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] The AI Agent, Agent Creator: The Digital Companion for Distributed Intelligence - Lucien Jeanprêtre](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_ec3e33d9bc1e4e0995fa2ef2f0a5d08b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_ec3e33d9bc1e4e0995fa2ef2f0a5d08b~mv2.webp)
![[AI SHAPERS 2025] The AI Agent, Agent Creator: The Digital Companion for Distributed Intelligence - Lucien Jeanprêtre](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/19f5ee_ec3e33d9bc1e4e0995fa2ef2f0a5d08b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_460,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/19f5ee_ec3e33d9bc1e4e0995fa2ef2f0a5d08b~mv2.webp)
[AI SHAPERS 2025] The AI Agent, Agent Creator: The Digital Companion for Distributed Intelligence - Lucien Jeanprêtre
An agent that accompanies and guides anyone wanting to create their own agents. Interactive and user-friendly, the agent handles the writing of the agentic algorithm. It describes the actions that the computer must perform. It serves as the dialogue interface to facilitate human-computer interaction.
![[SUMMER SERIES 1/8] Zurich, a city in decline or preparing its renewal behind the scenes?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_a0a0d71721de41e6aee2ffbc4a40b56d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/11062b_a0a0d71721de41e6aee2ffbc4a40b56d~mv2.webp)
![[SUMMER SERIES 1/8] Zurich, a city in decline or preparing its renewal behind the scenes?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_a0a0d71721de41e6aee2ffbc4a40b56d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_460,h_345,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/11062b_a0a0d71721de41e6aee2ffbc4a40b56d~mv2.webp)
[SUMMER SERIES 1/8] Zurich, a city in decline or preparing its renewal behind the scenes?
Zurich, a step ahead (summer series 1/8). This summer, Xavier Comtesse and Philippe Labouchère paint a portrait of the country's economic capital and draw lessons for French-speaking Switzerland.
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