James Tutt

Founder, Grannom Consulting. Comms leader. Ex-Microsoft. Fractional Head of Comms at Fish Legal. Probably fly-fishing somewhere, or thinking about it.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@mustafasuleyman Is that the default transcription model in Copilot? I find that (compared to Chat GPT) is a) a second or so slower so when I click "stop dictation" it cuts off the end of my sentence b) it transcribes all my Ums and Ahhs and puts in random punctuation. Otherwise Cp v good!

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

This is an excellent explainer. And a strong indirect case for why a multi-model tool like Co-pilot (sitting within org-wide security/privacy/etc policies) will be more useful to orgs than always using bleeding edge frontier models from one provider.

[Charles Lamanna @clamanna]

There isn’t one model that’s best at everything anymore.

Choosing the right one for each task (without sacrificing quality or paying more than you need to) is a hard engineering problem.

That’s what we’re working on with Auto in Copilot.

Today, more than 90% of Copilot queries use Auto to dynamically route work across models and optimize for quality, speed, and cost. In this video, I share how it works and chooses the right model for the job...

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@tempholdcroft12 @DAaronovitch How would this work? In practice I mean.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

Conservative plans to withdraw from Aarhus Convention come under attack in of all places, the Daily Telegraph. Aarhus is the reason we all found about about the sewage scandal! River polluters will love this. cc @Feargal_Sharkey https://t.co/MG3Bu93Q6c

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@ADavies61517 @davidyelland @Telegraph That wouldn't explain why US journalism has been like this for decades.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@s8mb Why do you think now is the right time to draw a line and declare if it’s useful or not?

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@K_Niemietz 20 something years ago we had triplets. The Head of foetal medicine who managed my wife’s pregnancy said the only thing he insisted she took religiously was folic acid, which would prevent spina bifida. This is not a quack medicine issue.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@stevecla Quite recursive. But actually that has started me thinking...

[Carter Church @CarterWChurch]

I used GPT-6 Astra to break an unsolved cipher to one of Napoleon's generals that had gone unread for 217 years.

What makes this impressive isn't actually the codebreaking, but that Astra completed the entire multi-modal workflow in ~6 hours from a single image and goal.

1/6🧵

[Trout & Salmon @TroutSalmonUK]

The Environment Agency will take until the end of 2028 to decide whether the Wye needs a Water Protection Zone. Fish Legal calls it “outrageous”. https://t.co/VGia6Y7K1r

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@tomwarren Brad is the most comms-aware and adept senior exec there. I worked closely with him and latterly for him. Makes sense. As long as it is kept totally separate from legal.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

Strong but depressing investigation in the Guardian. The definition of impunity, https://t.co/E1GkxVnE4I

[Save The Wye Coalition @SaveTheWye]

Disappointing to hear the sound of the can being kicked down the road yet again.
@FishLegal_ "Environment Agency’s Statement of Intent commits the regulator to completing a full assessment of a possible Water Protection Zone by the end of 2028."
https://t.co/gWXlRGyWZg

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

. @FishLegal_ criticises the EA’s 2028 River Wye assessment deadline after a decade of legal action.
That would be 13 years from the binding 2015 commitment just to decide whether to seek stronger controls.
The Wye needs action now.
Read more: https://t.co/27qf8ydSGl

[Ken Harbaugh @Team_Harbaugh]

Ukraine's military goes to extreme lengths to save injured soldiers. Meanwhile, Russia's wounded-to-killed ratio is worse than during WWI.

My latest in The Atlantic (gift article):

https://t.co/EAhMfTd0Mc

[Pippa Neill @neill_pippa]

Almost 100,000 homes in Sussex face having their taps turned off this winter if the region does not see heavy rainfall in the coming months. @luciemheath reports

https://t.co/c1vTQLgfa2

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

This is a truly shocking case, which I have some knowledge of. It is unbelievable what happened.

[Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green @MPIainDS]

This morning I joined Heather Cornelius and Ryan Cornelius’ brother Chris at @10DowningStreet to deliver a personal letter from Ryan’s family, calling on the Government to do everything it can to secure his release from detention in the UAE. Tim Roca MP @Tim_Roca and Lord Clement-Jones joined us.
Ryan Cornelius must be freed and reunited with his family. We will not stop pressing for action until he is home. @FCDOGovUK @GMJCampaign

[Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green @MPIainDS]

This morning I joined Heather Cornelius and Ryan Cornelius’ brother Chris at @10DowningStreet to deliver a personal letter from Ryan’s family, calling on the Government to do everything it can to secure his release from detention in the UAE. Tim Roca MP @Tim_Roca and Lord Clement-Jones joined us.
Ryan Cornelius must be freed and reunited with his family. We will not stop pressing for action until he is home. @FCDOGovUK @GMJCampaign

[Kuppy @hkuppy]

1) Went to Petra in Jordan. If you ever wanted to go, go now. It’s the value investor opportunity of a lifetime. The place is absolutely empty. Less than 200 visitors a day, down from 5,000+ previously (down ~95%). Hotels are cheap. Food is great. Amazing guides are available and you literally get the place to yourself…

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@InnocentTater @KewCogs @veanimator Brit here. That is how you pronounce it. Both the sauce, the county and the county town (Worcester). No one here understands why you all tie yourselves in knots over it.