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How to Identify and Scale AI Use Cases: A Three-Step Strategy and Best Practices Guide

May 01, 2025

The "Identifying and Scaling AI Use Cases" report by OpenAI outlines a three-step strategy for identifying and scaling AI applications, providing best practices and operational guidelines to help businesses efficiently apply AI in diverse scenarios.

I. Identifying AI Use Cases

  1. Identifying Key Areas: The first step is to identify AI opportunities in the day-to-day operations of the company, particularly focusing on tasks that are efficient, low-value, and highly repetitive. AI can help automate processes, optimize data analysis, and accelerate decision-making, thereby freeing up employees' time to focus on more strategic tasks.

  2. Concept of AI as a Super Assistant: AI can act as a super assistant, supporting all work tasks, particularly in areas such as low-value repetitive tasks, skill bottlenecks, and navigating uncertainty. For example, AI can automatically generate reports, analyze data trends, assist with code writing, and more.

II. Scaling AI Use Cases

  1. Six Core Use Cases: Businesses can apply the following six core use cases based on the needs of different departments:

    • Content Creation: Automating the generation of copy, reports, product manuals, etc.

    • Research: Using AI for market research, competitor analysis, and other research tasks.

    • Coding: Assisting developers with code generation, debugging, and more.

    • Data Analysis: Automating the processing and analysis of multi-source data.

    • Ideation and Strategy: Providing creative support and generating strategic plans.

    • Automation: Simplifying and optimizing repetitive tasks within business processes.

  2. Internal Promotion: Encourage employees across departments to identify AI use cases through regular activities such as hackathons, workshops, and peer learning sessions. By starting with small-scale pilot projects, organizations can accumulate experience and gradually scale up AI applications.

III. Prioritizing Use Cases

  1. Impact/Effort Matrix: By evaluating each AI use case in terms of its impact and effort, prioritize those with high impact and low effort. These are often the best starting points for quickly delivering results and driving larger-scale AI application adoption.

  2. Resource Allocation and Leadership Support: High-value, high-effort use cases require more time, resources, and support from top management. Starting with small projects and gradually expanding their scale will allow businesses to enhance their overall AI implementation more effectively.

IV. Implementation Steps

  1. Understanding AI’s Value: The first step is to identify which business areas can benefit most from AI, such as automating repetitive tasks or enhancing data analysis capabilities.

  2. Employee Training and Framework Development: Provide training to employees to help them understand and master the six core use cases. Practical examples can be used to help employees better identify AI's potential.

  3. Prioritizing Projects: Use the impact/effort matrix to prioritize all AI use cases. Start with high-benefit, low-cost projects and gradually expand to other areas.

Summary

When implementing AI use case identification and scaling, businesses should focus on foundational tasks, identifying high-impact use cases, and promoting full employee participation through training, workshops, and other activities. Start with low-effort, high-benefit use cases for pilot projects, and gradually build on experience and data to expand AI applications across the organization. Leadership support and effective resource allocation are also crucial for the successful adoption of AI.

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