Month: September 2025

  • Why 95% of People Calling the MIT AI Study a Failure Are Completely Wrong About Enterprise AI

    Hot take: 95% of people reading the MIT AI study and claiming AI is a failure either know nothing about AI, didn’t read the study, or know nothing about enterprise business. Let’s talk about why. First, the study said that in the study period, only 5% of task-specific embedded GenAI projects emerged from pilot. Let’s…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: The Future of AI-Generated Art?

    Summary In today's episode, I examine how AI art interacts with search engine keywords and user experience. Here's what this means for you. You can use generative tools to replace mediocre, generic content with higher-performing visual assets. You'll also learn these concepts: how search engines use profile data to add context to prompts, why machines…

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  • How AI Can Transform Your Next Doctor’s Visit: A Patient’s Guide to Better Health Outcomes

    How do I go to the doctor in the age of generative AI? In the old days, we’d just go to the doctor’s office. We’d have a vague recollection of the past, and we’d have whatever was current on our minds when we met with our primary care physician and care team. That meant they…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Future-Proof Content Against AI?

    Summary In today's episode, I discuss how content marketers can protect their organic traffic from Google's generative AI overviews. Here's what this means for you. You can shift your strategy from providing mere answers to offering unique experiences that machines cannot easily replicate. You'll also learn these concepts: why focusing on experiences beats providing static…

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  • Almost Timely News: 🗞️ Cognitive Offloading and AI (2025-09-28)

    Almost Timely News: 🗞️ Cognitive Offloading and AI (2025-09-28) :: View in Browser The Big Plug 🇬🇧 There are only 2 seats left for my full day workshop in London, England, on 31 October! 👁️ Register for our new online course, the AI-Ready Strategist, now available! Content Authenticity Statement 100% of this week’s newsletter was…

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  • Why Your AI Is Probably Smarter Than You Think (And What It Means for Your Work)

    See if you can answer this question. Astronomers are studying a star with a Teff of approximately 6000 K. They are interested in spectroscopically determining the surface gravity of the star using spectral lines (EW < 100 mA) of two chemical elements, El1 and El2. Given the atmospheric temperature of the star, El1 is mostly…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Trusting AI Deep Research?

    Summary In today's episode, I explore the risks of hallucinations in deep research AI and provide strategies to mitigate them. Here's what this means for you. You can leverage deep research tools more reliably by learning how to guide them with precision. You'll also learn these concepts: how precedence rules resolve contradictory data, why specific…

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  • Vibe Coding: How to Avoid Over-Engineering and Build Smarter, Not Harder

    In the world of vibe coding, one of the things to be on the lookout for is over-engineering. Remember that generative AI is trained on patterns from its training data. And that training data can be anything from some kid’s MIT Scratch project all the way up to enterprise grade software. And enterprise grade software…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: AI for Fast Content Creation?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to leverage AI for rapid content creation without sacrificing quality. Here's what this means for you. You gain the ability to produce high-quality content at scale even during time-sensitive periods. You'll also learn these concepts: why preparatory work prevents low-quality AI slop, how to build a content ingredient…

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  • How Generative AI Silently Devalues Female Voices: A Disturbing Case Study

    Here’s a very blatant example of gender bias baked into an AI model. Each week, Katie Robbert reads aloud the Trust Insights newsletter. In preparation, I take the raw video, transcribe it word for word with NVIDIA Parakeet, and then give to Gemini 2.5 Pro to turn into a YouTube description. Now, to be clear,…

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