{
  "id": 7436832,
  "title": "How to use AI to win (Hint: It has nothing to do with being more productive)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/how-to-use-ai-to-win-hint-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-being-more",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T01:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "e27",
    "slug": "e27",
    "url": "https://e27.co/how-to-use-ai-to-win-hint-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-being-more-productive-20260912/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The article emphasizes that while AI can improve productivity, it does not guarantee a competitive edge for businesses. Instead, the key to leveraging AI effectively is to use it to enhance strategic advantages. Companies like Apple and Netflix demonstrate this by integrating AI directly into their core products and services. By doing so, they reinforce their unique selling points, such as seamless user experiences and extensive content libraries. The article suggests that businesses should focus on their existing strengths—domain expertise, proprietary data, and customer relationships—and use AI to amplify these strengths rather than simply automating tasks. To determine if an AI strategy is effective, businesses should ask if competitors using the same tools would still give them an advantage. The goal is to widen and deepen the moat around the business by enhancing areas where it already excels. This approach ensures that AI contributes to a sustainable competitive advantage rather than just keeping pace with competitors.",
  "summary": "AI is automating tasks that used to take hours for humans to do. It’s pushing some costs down and it’s making some teams more productive. Don’t make the mistake, however, of thinking that using AI to do things more productively is enough to ensure your business has a competitive edge and succeeds. If you strip […] The post How to use AI to win (Hint: It has nothing to do with being more…",
  "key_points": [
    "AI can boost productivity but doesn't guarantee competitive edge",
    "Companies like Apple and Netflix use AI to strengthen core strengths",
    "Focus on domain expertise, data, and relationships to amplify with AI"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Using AI to reinforce existing strengths like domain expertise and customer relationships allows businesses to create a sustainable competitive advantage that competitors cannot easily replicate with the same tools.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}